Noami Shin Honor: 2017 Women In STEM research award winner Title: associate professor in the Departments of Spanish and Portuguese and Linguistics Winning project: Minority language development: How do children acquire grammar when exposure to language is limited? Project focus: Along with Jill Morford and Barbara Shaffer, the project examines children’s acquisition of two U.S. minority languages, […] Read More
Barb Shaffer Honor: 2017 Women In STEM research award winner Title: associate professor in the Department of Linguistics Winning project: Minority language development: How do children acquire grammar when exposure to language is limited? Project focus: Along with Naomi Shin and Jill Morford, the project examines children’s acquisition of two U.S. minority languages, Spanish and American […] Read More
Kendra Koivu Honor: 2017 Women In STEM travel award winner Title: assistant professor in the Department of Political Science Winning project: European Consortium for Political Research Methods School: Advanced Course in Qualitative Comparative Analysis Project focus: Koivu will use the funding to travel to Budapest for a two-week intensive workshop on qualitative comparative analysis. Qualitative comparative analysis […] Read More
Ylva Pihlstrom Honor: 2017 Women In STEM travel award winner Title: associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy Winning project: Estimating Distances to Dusty Stars. Project focus: Pihlstrom will use the funding to visit the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Los Angeles to survey stars that will help explore the structure of the galaxy […] Read More
Michelle Facette Honor: 2017 Women In STEM seed award winner Title: assistant professor in the Department of Biology Winning project: Development of Fluorescent Protein Marker Lines for Monitoring Cell Division in Maize. Project focus: Facette will further her work on the development of fluorescent protein marker lines for monitoring cell division in maize. Fluorescent proteins allow protein dynamics […] Read More
Jill Morford Honor: 2017 Women In STEM research award Title: professor in the Department of Linguistics Winning project: Minority language development: How do children acquire grammar when exposure to language is limited? Project focus: Along with Naomi Shin and Barbara Shaffer, the project examines children’s acquisition of two U.S. minority languages, Spanish and American Sign Language, and investigates […] Read More
Jami Nelson Nunez Honor: 2017 Women In STEM research award Title: assistant professor in the Political Science Department Winning project: NGO-collaboration in service delivery and Peru and Bolivia. Project focus: Nelson Nunez will investigate interactions between nongovernmental organizations and mayors in decentralized settings around challenges into service delivery. She also will look at the conditions under which collaborations […] Read More
Kristina Trujillo Honor: 2017 Women In STEM research award winner Title: assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Winning project: Modulating mitchondrial function to alter insulin signaling in insulin resistant C2C12 cells. Project focus: Along with Christine Mermier, Trujillo will continue their work on understanding the link between mitochondrial function and insulin signaling. This […] Read More
Christine Mermier Honor: 2017 Women In STEM research award winner Title: associate professor in the Exercise Science Department Winning project: Modulating mitchondrial function to alter insulin signaling in insulin resistant C2C12 cells. Project focus: Along with Kristina Trujillo, Mermier will continue their work on understanding the link between mitochondrial function and insulin signaling. This research […] Read More
Eva Chi Honor: 2017 Women In STEM research award winner Title: assistant professor in the Biomedical Engineering Department Winning project: Development of Novel Theranostics for the Simultaneous Detection and Treatment of Amyloid Diseases. Project focus: Chi’s work looks at developing theranostic agents for the simultaneous detection and treatment of amyloid diseases, which are the cause of Alzheimer’s […] Read More
Mousumi Roy Honor: 2016 Women In STEM award winner Title: professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy Winning project: What Lies Beneath the Dunes? Geophysical Modeling of Subsurface Structure in White Sands National Monument. Project focus: The project looks at the influence of subsurface geology and earth structure on dune migration patterns in the world’s largest […] Read More
Christina Salas Honor: 2016 Women In STEM award winner Title: an assistant professor in UNM’s Department of Mechanical Engineering Winning project: Engineering the Bone-Ligament Interface through 3D Bioprinting/Electrospinning Project focus: The work targets delineating the interrelationship between a hybrid material fabrication technique, the structure of each material phase, and multi-scale mechanical properties of a biocomposite […] Read More
Lindsay Worthington Honor: 2016 Women In STEM award winner Title: assistant professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Science Winning project: What Lies Beneath the Dunes? Geophysical Modeling of Subsurface Structure in White Sands National Monument Project focus: The project examines the influence of subsurface geology and earth structure on dune migration patterns in the world’s […] Read More
JingJing Wang Honor: 2016 Women In STEM award winner Title: assistant professor, Department of Economics Winning project: Integrated Modeling and Policy Evaluation for Sustainable Food, Energy, and Water Systems: A Case Study of the Dairy Industry in New Mexico Project focus: the work focuses on using the dairy industry in New Mexico as a case […] Read More
Jessica Feezell Honor: 2016 Women In STEM travel award winner Title: assistant professor, Department of Political Science Winning project: Experimental Analysis of Framing Effects on Blame Attributions and Attitudes Towards Muslim Americans Project focus: the work focuses on the ways that news frames influence how the public identifies the causes of, and attributes blame for, […] Read More
Siobhan Mattison Honor: 2106 Women In STEM workshop award winner Title: assistant professor, Department of Anthropology Winning project: The Dynamics of Gender in Matrilineal Kinship Systems Project focus: Her project focuses on gender roles in systems of kinship that are biased toward females. Her workshop in February 2017 will bring together leading experts on kinship […] Read More
Katie Witkiewitz Honor: 2016 Women In STEM award winner Title: associate professor, Department of Psychology Winning project: Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention and Transcranial Direct Current Brain Stimulation to Reduce Heavy Drinking. Project focus: The project looks at integrating a non-invasive form of brain stimulation, transcranial direct current stimulation, with mindfulness meditation as a treatment for individuals […] Read More