Accomplishments: College of Sciences
Graduate student Simon Matin (Physics and Astronomy) was recently awarded a fellowship as part of the Nevada NASA Space Grant Graduate Fellowship program. This award recognizes Matin's accomplishments thus far and the strength of his proposed ongoing research work. The specific proposed project will simulate measurements of galaxies made with the鈥
艁ukasz J. Sznajder (Biochemistry) was awarded an NIH R16 grant ($0.75M) through the National Institute of General Medical Sciences for a project titled, "Identifying tandem repeat expansion-mediated mechanisms of autism-risk genes."
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a set of neurodevelopmental conditions that affect communication and social鈥
Kelly Tseng, an associate professor in the School of Life Sciences with a secondary appointment at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, has been awarded one of the 2023 Rosalind Franklin Society Awards in Science from the Rosalind Franklin Society. These prestigious annual awards were started in 2021 to recognize outstanding contributions in鈥
Helen J. Wing (Life Sciences) received a new NIH award 鈥 a diversity supplement to support the training of Ph.D. candidate Elizabeth Huezo. The award (totaling $149, 536) will supplement Wing's active R15-05 award and runs until the end of the current project period (November 2026).
Hokwon Cho (Mathematical Sciences) published a single-authored research article (partially 性视界传媒 funded), "Goodness-of-fit tests for multinomial models with inverse sampling," online in the Francis Taylor Statistics journal, Sequential Analysis Vol. 43, Issue 3 (2024).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/07474946.2024.2367974
College of Sciences Advancing Success of Underrepresented Groups 鈥 Awards for Academic Year 2024-25
What is it?
Overseen by the College of Sciences DEI Committee this program within the college recognizes that the career progression of underrepresented groups in the STEM fields faces a number of challenges at all levels. The program offers鈥
On July 1, Satish C. Bhatnagar (Mathematical Sciences) gave a talk on the topic, A Story of Research in Physical Sciences in a Hybrid Mode. The event was organized by the Mathematics Department of Central University of Punjab, Bathinda (India). Faculty and research scholars from the departments of physical sciences made up the audience. He is an鈥
Ali Balooch (Mathematical Sciences) presented "Teaching Exponentials and Logarithms through Video Games" at the 2024 SIAM Annual Meeting, July 8-12 in Spokane, Washington.
Ph.D. candidate Harry Jang (Radiochemistry) recently published an article in ACS Omega titled, "Tailoring Triuranium Octoxide into Multidimensional Uranyl Fluoride Micromaterials." The article investigates uranium microstructured materials with the aim of elaborating on unexplored uranium fluoride micromaterials. The successful鈥
The article "Advancing the Nuclear Safety and Security Culture Post-Fukushima: Strengthening the Broader Humanitarian Impacts Agenda" was recently published in the British American Information Security Council's (BASIC) Emerging Voices Network (EVN). Radiochemistry Ph.D. candidate, Liuba Pauline Williams (Chemistry and Biochemistry) is a first鈥
Ranjani Murali (Life Sciences), in collaboration with researchers from Caltech, is the lead author of a groundbreaking new study that found many more bacteria produce greenhouse gases than previously thought.
The research team discovered a new class of enzymes that enable various bacteria to use nitrate as a substitute for oxygen in low-鈥
Kelly Tseng (Life Sciences) participated as an invited speaker and panelist in the Lessons from Successful Grantees panel at the Dialogue With Institutional Leaders 性视界传媒 Successfully Navigating NIH conference held at the National Institutes of Health main campus in Bethesda, MD.