Accomplishments: College of Sciences
A recent study from Chandra Bhattacharya's (Chemistry and Biochemistry) laboratory developed a lipid nanoparticle platform that can deliver mRNA intravenously to the pancreas with an unprecedented 99% selectivity. This work was published in Advanced Materials, titled "Reengineering Endogenous Targeting Lipid Nanoparticles (ENDO) for鈥
Drew Peltier (Life Sciences) co-authored two synthesis journal articles in Global Change Biology, one titled, "Identifying the Climate Conditions Associated With Extreme Growth States in Trees Across the Western United States," and the second titled, "Precipitation Pulse Dynamics Are Not Ubiquitous: A Global Meta-Analysis of Plant and Ecosystem鈥
The Office of the Associate Vice Provost for Student Success is excited to announce the 2024-2025 award winners of the academic advising awards through 性视界传媒 and NACADA: The Global Community for Academic Advising. Learn more about our accomplished colleagues and how they have contributed to the 性视界传媒 and academic advising community in this鈥
Elizabeth Stacy (Life Sciences), in collaboration with Becky Ostertag at the University of Hawaii, published: "Niche conservatism and sympatric parallel evolution may help to maintain eight nascent tree taxa along a sharp elevation gradient," in Functional Ecology.
They asked how eight races, varieties, and species of 驶艑hi驶a trees (Hawaiian鈥
Ph.D. candidate Josie Libero-Cruzado and Ph.D. student Becca Manns, along with faculty advisors Frederic Poineau and Dan Koury (all Chemistry and Biochemistry), recently published an article in the Journal of Alloys and Compounds. Their research, "Diffusion and phase formation in the 纬-uranium-technetium system," expands on known uranium-鈥
Cynthia Tochukwu Nnolum (Mathematical Sciences) published a research article titled "Dynamics of Solutions to a Multi-patch Epidemic Model with a Saturation Incidence Mechanism," in the Journal of Mathematical Biology.
The paper analyzed the behavior of disease dynamics across multiple interconnected patches (regions), incorporating a鈥
Assistant professor Jingchun Chen and undergraduate students Melika Cummings, Tyrell Pratt, Alice Lee, Eunjae Lee, Jennifer Zheng, Faria Tavacoli (all Nevada Institute of Personalized Medicine) presented at the 2025 National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), a premier academic event that celebrates undergraduate achievements across鈥
Congratulations to the 性视界传媒 racquetball team who competed in Corporate Challenge on Thursday, April 10. They won 1st overall and 10 points for 性视界传媒. Competitors were Adam Koebke (Mathematics) who won gold in men's singles, Venki Muthukumar (Electrical Engineering) and Sai Parsa (Computer Science) who won gold in men's doubles, and Erica Marti鈥
艁ukasz Sznajder (Chemistry and Biochemistry) and Krzysztof Sobczak from the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poland have been awarded a grant through the 鈥淚nitiative of Excellence - Research University鈥 program, funded by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education. This grant will support鈥
Manisha Gun (Chemistry and Biochemistry) has been awarded the RNA Society Research Presentation Fellowship to support her presentation on RNA misprocessing in myotonic dystrophy at the 2025 RNA Society Meeting.
Kingsley Ukandu Rachidi Salako (Mathematical Sciences) presented part of his joint work with advisor Rachidi Salako. The paper, titled 鈥淣ew Spatial Patterns of Endemic Equilibria Set in SIS Epidemic Model: Effects of Susceptible Population Moment,鈥 was presented at the AMS Sectional Meeting hosted by the University of Kansas in Lawrence.鈥
Radiochemistry professor Frederic Poineau (Chemistry) was recently published in the journal Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering. The article titled, Uranium fluoride micromaterials: a new frontier in nuclear engineering, explores recent advancements in the synthesis and application of uranium fluoride micromaterials, emphasizing their鈥