UNM professor receives grant from National Park Service Visiting Associate Professor Diana Northup received a new award from the National Park Service of $10,953.04 for her project “Assessing Western Bat Hibernacula for the Presence of Pseudogymnoascus,” until the end of the year of 2017. Dr. Northup works with colleagues from the Subsurface Life In Mineral […] Read More
Advance at UNM recently received the National Science Foundation grant funding for years three through five of our program. This means we are now fully funded and will be able to continue our work recruiting and retaining women and minorities in the STEM fields at UNM! We have a busy schedule lined up for the […] Read More
UNM professor receives grant to continue as director for UNM lab Associate Professor Melissa Binder received a continuation award for $59,273 from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) until the end of August of 2017, for the New Mexico Evaluation Lab @ UNM. “Many non-profit organizations want to know if their programs are working, but they […] Read More
UNM promotes professor who studies drug and alcohol use Dr. Katie Witkiewitz was recently promoted to professor in the psychology department. Her research revolves around alcohol and drug use, particularly using quantitative data to comprehend the variation in alcohol and drug use behavior. It has been funded by grants from the National Institute on Alcohol […] Read More
UNM promotes professor who studies crime and gender Dr. Lisa Broidy was recently promoted to professor in the Department of Sociology. Her research investigates the connection between crime and gender. Her work centers on how social and structural customs constrain women’s opportunities and incentives for committing serious crimes. She looks at gendered procedures for criminal […] Read More
New UNM professor researches different contributors to segregated cities Dr. Elizabeth Korver-Glenn recently joined UNM as an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology. “I decided to come to UNM because I wanted to be part of an institution that emphasizes high-quality research alongside excellence in teaching and community engagement,” Korver-Glenn said. Her award-winning research […] Read More
New UNM professor studies the optimization of network resources Dr. Eirini Tsiropoulou joined UNM this year as an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. She recently won the N²Women: Rising Stars in Networking and Communications award as well as a Susan Frazier Postdoctoral Research Travel Award. Her research centers around how […] Read More
Algebra conference took place at UNM with help of professor UNM professor Janet Vassilev helped run the Southwest Local Algebra Meeting, which took place March 4-5 at UNM. The National Science Foundation provided a grant to help fund the conference. “These conferences are aimed at giving graduate students in the Southwest an opportunity to learn about new research […] Read More
Healthy bat populations are being studied to prevent deadly disease Biology research scientist Jennifer Jane Marshall Hathaway is studying the microbiome in bats in New Mexico to help understand healthy bat populations. Funded by the New Mexico Fish and Game department, the project could potentially assist in the prevention of the spread of white-nose syndrome, […] Read More
Study gives children with speech impairments iPads to help them communicate UNM professor Cathy Binger is working on a project that helps young children with severe speech impairments communicate by using an iPad to form sentences. In conjunction with Dr. Jennifer Kent-Walsh, this five-year project is funded by the National Institutes of Health. “The results are expected to […] Read More
Genetic diversity of Rio Grande silvery minnow studied by UNM professor UNM Research Professor Megan Osborne is working on the Rio Grande Silvery Minnow Genetics Assessment and Monitoring project, which monitors the effects conservation actions, like captive breeding, have on genetic diversity in the Rio Grande Silvery silvery minnow. Osborne has been working with Thomas Turner […] Read More
Prof helps students stick with intro physics class Dr. Leandra Boucheron, a lecturer in the Department of Physics and Astronomy is a 2016-2017 UNM Center for Teaching and Learning teaching fellow. Her work focuses on undergraduate teaching and the challenge of engaging a diverse population of UNM students. The call for the fellowship focused on improving the student […] Read More
Biology professor measures atmospheric changes in New Mexico UNM Biology Professor Marcy Litvak is participating in a project using eddy covariance towers to determine the fluctuations in energy, water and carbon between the environment and the atmosphere. Eddy covariance towers are stations that measure certain atmospheric conditions, and can be used for a variety of […] Read More
Professor seeks connection between temperature and mosquito-borne virus transmission UNM Biology and Mathematics Professor Helen Wearing is conducting research pertaining to the effects temperature has on the spread of two mosquito-borne viruses that affect humans – Zika and Chikungunya. The grant, in conjunction with Dr. Rebecca Christofferson from Louisiana State University, is for $116,394 […] Read More
Research should show effects of tree mortality on drier ecosystems UNM Biology Professor Marcy Litvak is researching tree mortality and the effect it has on other living trees in semi-arid ecosystems. Litvak is working on an extended grant. The original award was for $1,046,194 from the Department of Energy. A new National Science Foundation award […] Read More
Pottery research should reveal the unity of the Gallina people UNM doctoral student Jacqueline Kocer is studying pottery from the Gallina, a group of people native to New Mexico for her dissertation research. Kocer is working on a two-year NSF grant from the National Science Foundation. The grant is estimated to be for $29,742, starting […] Read More
Fish research could help understand history of immune system UNM Biology Professor Irene Salinas is conducting research into the presence of defense structures in the body of lungfish that could be the evolutionary forerunners of human tonsils and adenoids. Salinas is working on a three-year NSF grant from the National Science Foundation. Now in year […] Read More
Professor will gauge Old World animals’ impact on New Mexico UNM Anthropology Professor Emily Jones is conducting research about the impact domesticated animals from the Eastern Hemisphere had on New Mexico. Dr. Jones is working on a two-year NSF grant from the National Science Foundation. Granted on June 6, the award is estimated to […] Read More
Our latest STEM shoutout goes to several local African American women scientists who were featured on the Feb. 25 episode of Women’s Focus on KUNM. The women shared their experience and perspectives in a variety of STEM fields, from computer science to pharmaceuticals. According to the KUNM website, the show, called Salute to New Mexico […] Read More
