UNM professor studies genetic diversity of amphibians to understand impacts of environmental change on the future of species Dr. Lisa Barrow, an assistant professor of Biology and Curator of Amphibians and Reptiles at the Museum of Southwestern Biology at UNM, has been awarded a $970,175 grant for her project “Determinants of amphibian genomic diversity: […] Read More
Dr. Eva Chi, a professor of chemical and biological engineering at UNM is studying possible ways to kill SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses using UV light and polymers. Using synthetic polymer materials, Chi and Dr. David Whitten found an effective way to kill bacteria and simple viruses. Whitten is an associate director for the […] Read More
Dr. Jessica Richardson has worked with people with post-stroke aphasia, or with other acquired cognitive or communication deficits, for more than 20 years. UNM associate professor of speech and hearing sciences works to detect rare communication disease Dr. Jessica Richardson, a UNM associate professor of speech and hearing sciences, alongside […] Read More
Title with Advance at UNM: Internal Advisory Board Member Your background in academia: Peter Fawcett earned a B.Sc. in geology from McMaster University and graduate degrees in geoscience from Penn State University. He did a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Toronto in atmospheric physics before joining the faculty at the University of New […] Read More
Tiffany Lee Title with Advance at UNM: Internal Advisory Board Member Your background in academia: Tiffany S. Lee (Diné/Oglala Lakota) is a Professor and Chair of Native American Studies at the University of New Mexico. She earned her Ph.D. at Stanford University in Sociology of Education. Her research examines educational and culturally-based outcomes of Indigenous-centered […] Read More
Title with Advance at UNM: Internal Advisory Board Member Your background in academia: A chemist and materials scientist with extensive academic leadership experience, Dr. Ellen Fisher serves as the Vice President for Research (VPR) at the University of New Mexico (UNM) and is a Professor of Chemistry. She came to UNM in 2021 from Colorado […] Read More
Title with Advance at UNM: Internal Advisory Board Member Your background in academia: Richard Rand earned his bachelors degree from UC Berkeley, majoring in physics and astronomy, and his PhD in astronomy from Caltech. After postdocs at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands and the University of Maryland, he joined the faculty of the […] Read More
Title with Advance at UNM:Internal Advisory Board MemberYour background in academia:Dr. Patria de Lancer Julnes is an internationally recognized scholar and consultant in performance measurement, government capacity building, and citizen-driven governance. She received her Ph.D. in public administration from Rutgers University. Dr. de Lancer Julnes joined the University of New Mexico as the inaugural Rosenthal […] Read More
During a virtual workshop on October 25, 2021, panelists shared insights and skills related to science communication. Speakers included Frances Hayashida, director, LAII and professor of anthropology, Heather Himmelberger, director, Southwest Environmental Finance Center, and Irene Salinas, associate professor of biology. The panel was moderated by Anthony Salvagno, associate director of X Studio. […] Read More
UNM postdoctoral fellow of anthropology awarded two prestigious grants UNM Postdoctoral Fellow of Anthropology Dr. April Kamp-Whittaker has been awarded the prestigious NSF SPARC Grant and an American Philosophical Society Franklin Research Grant. Kamp-Whittaker is using the NSF SPARC Grant to develop a ArcGIS StoryMap about the history and archeology of the Granada […] Read More
UNM economist publishes article on market efficiency during COVID-19, chosen as a 2021 Women in STEM Award winner UNM assistant professor of Economics Dr. Jingjing Wang recently published an article on COVID-19 effects on financial market efficiency in the journal Finance Research Letters. According to her paper, the Covid-19 pandemic caused the market […] Read More
UNM professor aims to expand students’ Arabic skills through a summer program UNM Associate Professor of Arabic Dr. Emma Trentman is directing the STARTALK program at UNM which aims to teach and enhance students’ Arabic speaking skills during the summer. The STARTALK program encourages middle and high school students’ critical language skills. It […] Read More
UNM Sociologist Awarded 2021 Teaching Excellence Award UNM Assistant Professor of Sociology Dr. Elizabeth Korver-Glenn has been awarded a prestigious Teaching Excellence Award. The Teaching Excellence Awards recognize outstanding teachers at UNM. According to the Center For Teaching Excellence website, the awards “recognize the tremendous work and ingenuity instructors have demonstrated in response […] Read More
