Dr. Heather Canavan, an associate professor in both biomedical engineering and chemical and biological engineering at UNM, has been named a 2018 AVS (American Vacuum Society) fellow. She will be honored at the AVS award ceremony on October 24, 2018, at the 65th AVS International Symposium and Exhibition in California. Canavan is a recipient of […] Read More
Dr. Katie Witkiewitz named to NIH committee UNM psychology professor Dr. Katie Witkiewitz has been named as a chairperson of the Addiction Risks and Mechanisms Study Section for a two year term. She was offered this position based off of her achievements, publications in scientific journals, and honors in the realm of biomedical research. According […] Read More
Chemistry professor appointed to prestigious American Chemical Society board UNM adjunct chemistry faculty member and full time CNM chemistry faculty member Clarissa Sorensen-Unruh was recently appointed as a Board Associate within the Board of Publications for American Chemical Society’s Division of Chemical Education. The BoP supports the Journal of Chemical Education, which is a […] Read More
Vanessa Svihla, an assistant professor in Organization, Information and Learning Sciences and Chemical and Biological Engineering at UNM in January 2018 was awarded a $516,000 National Science Foundation CAREER Award for her work. Her program is called the Framing and Reframing Agency in making and Engineering, or FRAME. She is analyzing design team conversations to […] Read More
Assistant Civil Engineering Professor Jose M. Cerrato recently won a CAREER award through the National Science Foundation for his work “Understanding Reactivity in American Native Impacted Uranium Mines (URANIUM): Research, Education and Outreach.” Cerrato’s research focuses on the contamination of sediments in Native American communities from uranium mines. The grant will be used to […] Read More
Speech and hearing professor studies how bilingual adults with Parkinson’s communicate Dr. Amy Neel, an associate professor of speech and hearing sciences at UNM, is working with Dr. Alison Behrman at Lehman College/City University of New York in order to help improve listener understanding of bilingual adults with Parkinson disease. Neel’s research is the subaward […] Read More
UNM program receives funding from Federal Emergency Management Agency to photograph acequias UNM’s Earth Data Analysis Center (EDAC) received a grant to work alongside the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the New Mexico Department of Homeland Security (DHSEM) and the Office of the State Engineer to develop a GIS database using existing Light Detection and […] Read More
New UNM faculty member at Nuclear Engineering Department Dr. Neven Y. Ali began as a new faculty member in the fall of 2017 in the Department of Nuclear Engineering. According to Ali, one of her goals at UNM is to develop new pedagogical approaches and technologies to be used in classrooms to facilitate learning. Ali […] Read More
New grant continues fish vaccination research Associate professor of biology Irene Salinas received a $500,000 grant from the USDA to further research vaccinations in trout aquaculture populations. Her previous research found that vaccinations help keep populations of fish disease-free. Health of the fish is a serious concern for aquaculturists. By 2020, the aquaculture industry will […] Read More
UNM professor researches hydrogen fuel cells Associate professor in Biomedical Engineering Kateryna Atyushkova received a grant from the National Science Foundation’s Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research to study the functions of hydrogen fuel cells at both the atomic and molecular levels. The approximately $200,000 grant will form a partnership with the Lawrence Berkeley National […] Read More
UNM professor receives funding for work that could help fight cancer Lina Cui, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, has received a $543,335 grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to develop a positron emission tomography or PET imaging probe for heparanase that could help detect aggressive cancer lesions. Heparanase […] Read More
UNM professors collaborates with CNM on sustainable construction project Dr. Susan Bogus Halter, an associate professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, is the principal investigator on an NSF grant, along with Dr. Vanessa Valentin of the same department. The project, “NM Green: Advancing Sustainable Construction Technology Education” is a collaboration between faculty at the […] Read More
Polisci prof will delve into emotional side of politics UNM political science professor Dr. Lonna Atkeson has won a $30,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study people’s emotions in the current political environment. The project, called “Emotion Regulation, Attitudes, and Activism in Extraordinary Times,” is part of a one-year grant from the NSF. […] Read More
UNM professor studies the central regions of our Milky Way Associate Professor Ylva Pihlström from the Department of Physics and Astronomy has an active NSF grant of $306,230.00 until August of 2018. Dr. Pihlström’s research looks at the dynamics of the bulge and bar structure found in central regions of the Milky Way. According to […] Read More
Political science professor mentors people and sends students to Germany Dr. Kathy Powers received an NSF grant in 2015 with Dr. Christian Davenport from the University of Michigan to support African-American students and faculty on the path to Ph.Ds and tenure positions in political science. Powers is the first tenured African-American woman in the United […] Read More
Dr. Lindsay Lowe Worthington recently received a $154,689 grant from the National Science Foundation to study the Earth’s structure. Her work aims to understand deformation of the Earth’s crust, glacial history of high latitude continental margins, and faulting and seismic hazards. Worthington, of the Earth and Planetary Sciences Department, works to understand the interplay of […] Read More
Professors help underrepresented students prepare for graduate school Two UNM professors, Dr. Cristina Takacs-Vesbach and Dr. Heather Canavan, are spearheading UNM’s Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC), a program designed to help underrepresented groups pursue biomedical research opportunities and higher education through training and support. Takacs-Vesbach is from the Biology department, while Canavan is from […] Read More
UNM EPS prof studies Tibetan geothermal springs Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences Laura Crossey is working with three collaborators to understand the deep structure of the world’s most dramatic tectonic collision. Now beginning its second year, her research is funded through 2019 by the Structure and Tectonics Program of National Science Foundation. The collaborators […] Read More
UNM research professor won Best Diversity Paper award for 2016 Dr. Vanessa Svihla is an assistant professor in the Chemical and Biological Engineering department at UNM. Along with colleagues Abhaya Datye, Jamie Gomez, Victor Law, and Sophia Bowers, Dr. Svihla submitted the paper “Mapping Assets of Diverse Groups for Chemical Engineering Design Problem Framing Ability” […] Read More
UNM professor receives NSF grant to study experiences of expatriate Indian engineers School of Public Administration professor Dr. Roli Varma received on March 8 of 2017, $140,186.00 as part of a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant for her research project “Keeping U.S. High-Tech Sector Diverse: Avoiding Reverse Brain Drain from the United States to India.” […] Read More
UNM professor studies impact of river management on wildlife Assistant Biology Research Professor Rebecca Bixby is continuing to study the consequences river management has on wildlife in the Middle Rio Grande with collaborators Angela Gregory, Dr. Mark Stone and Dr. Ayesha Burdett. Now in its second year, her research is funded through 2020 by a […] Read More
UNM promotes professor who studies robotics and antibodies Dr. Lydia Tapia was recently promoted to assistant professor in the computer science department at UNM. Tapia’s research has two main focuses. The first is the development of autonomous robots. Autonomous robots are capable of accounting for different uncertainties when completing a task. “We have developed several […] Read More
Dr. Elizabeth Yakes Jimenez started in July as the the Director of the Dietetics Practice-Based Research Network for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Dr. Yakes Jimenez has been a research associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine and the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Preventive Medicine […] Read More
Physics professor helps organize national conference Dr. Sally Seidel is organizing a national conference called “New Technologies for Discovery: the Third Workshop of the Coordinating Panel for Advanced Detectors” to be held at UNM from October 12-14. The conference will focus on instrumentation used in particle physics experiments. Seidel received a $5,000 grant from the […] Read More
UNM professor receives funding for long-term research on role of heparanase in various biological systems Assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and member of the UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center, Dr Lina Cui, is the recipient of a $1.89M grant, known as the Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) for Early Stage Investigators (R35) from […] Read More
