Women in STEM Award winner profile: Diana Dragomir
Editor’s note: This Women in STEM Award winner profile is part of a series of stories that explores what recipients have been working on since the awards began in 2106.
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Women in STEM Award Winner profile: Dr. Eliane El Hayek
UNM professor explores link between microplastics and respiratory distress Key info: Every day, we inhale plastics that are too small to see. Eliane El Hayek, a research assistant professor in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the College of Pharmacy at UNM is studying the impact. Quote: “The impact of polymer plastics on human health is currently a […] Read More
Women in STEM Award Winner profile: Kathy Kambic
Landscape architecture professor studies contemporary issues of Rio Grande Key info: The project by UNM Associate Professor Kathy Kambic explores the connection between geophysical properties of the land, settlement patterns and contemporary issues facing the Rio Grande region. Quote: “Understanding living systems in the Rio Grande Valley or anywhere on the planet can help […] Read More
Women In STEM Award winner profile: Dr. Ylva Pihlström
Physics and astronomy professor researches mass loss in dying stars Key info: Dr. Ylva Pihlström recently was awarded a three-year grant from NASA amounting $564,000 for research initiated by her 2017 Women In STEM Award. The work, set to begin in January 2022, aims to better understand and quantify the mass-loss process of Asymptotic […] Read More
Women In STEM Award winner profile: Dr. Katie Witkiewitz
UNM psychology professor examines brain stimulation and mindfulness therapy to reduce heavy drinking Key info: Dr. Witkiewitz’ project focused on integrating a non-invasive form of brain stimulation, called transcranial direct current stimulation, along with mindfulness meditation as a treatment for individuals who want to reduce heavy drinking. The study also examined neurobiological mechanisms of […] Read More
Women in STEM Award winner profile: Dr. Heather Edgar
In this video, hear from Dr. Heather Edgar, an associate professor of anthropology at UNM, about her project ”Improving Identification for Missing and Murdered American Indians.” The work uses pre-existing post mortem CT scans and collects measurements from American Indians who have died in New Mexico over the last 10 years. The goal is […] Read More
Women In STEM award winner profile: Dr. Heather Edgar
Anthropology professor creating better way to identify Native American remains Key info: Dr. Heather Edgar’s work expands the number of CT scans available for researchers looking to make positive identifications of deceased people. The sample size in a widely used database is woefully inadequate, leading to delays and in some cases misidentifications of a […] Read More
Women In STEM award winner profile: Eirini Tsiropoulou
UNM Electrical and Computer Engineering professor researches resource management in 5G systems Key info: Through the award, Dr. Tsiropoulou aimed to “rationalize” the resource allocation process in cyber-physical social systems including 5G wireless communication systems and Internet of Things infrastructures Quote: “The main objective we fulfilled in this project is the autonomy in 5G networks […] Read More
Women in STEM award winner profile: Naomi Shin, Barbara Shaffer and Jill P. Morford
Three linguistics professors research child acquisition of minority languages Key info: The group looked at how language develops in children when exposure to a language is limited, as is often the case for children learning minority languages in the United States. Quote: “Even though research has shown that bilingualism is beneficial in so many ways, […] Read More