Cynthia Tochukwu Nnolum (Mathematical Sciences) presented some of her recent results on “Dynamics of solutions to a multiple-patch epidemic model with a saturation incidence mechanism” at the American Mathematical Society (AMS) Sectional Meeting at the University of Texas, San Antonio, in the special session on Recent trends in differential…

Kingsley C. Ukandu (Mathematical Sciences) presented part of his work with Rachidi B. Salako (Mathematical Sciences) in a 30 minute talk titled "Structure of the Endemic Equilibria Set of an Epidemic Network Model as the Dispersal Rate of the Susceptible Population Varies" at the American Mathematical Society sectional meeting on "Recent…

Art Gelis (Radiochemistry) and collaborators from University of Illinois, Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory recently published an article titled, "X-ray Induced Cycling of Rare-Earth Elements between Bulk and Interfacial Liquid," in the journal ACS Applied Material & Interfaces. The research performed at UNLV was supported by the Nuclear…

Keith Lawler and Craig Schwartz (both Nevada Extreme Conditions Laboratory) have been awarded a four-year, $999,305 grant from the Department of Energy Building EPSCoR-State/National Laboratory Partnerships program for their project "Probing Perovskite Chirality with the Orbital Angular Momentum of X-rays." This project seeks to exploit recent…

Ph.D. student April Wallace (Life Sciences) has been awarded a Graduate Student Research Award from the Botanical Society of America for her proposal, "Exploring shikimate pathway disruption as a possible intrinsic isolating barrier in trees." This $1,500 award will be used to determine if disruption of a key biochemical pathway in…

Graduate student Simon Matin (Physics and Astronomy) was recently awarded a fellowship as part of the Nevada NASA Space Grant Graduate Fellowship program. This award recognizes Matin's accomplishments thus far and the strength of his proposed ongoing research work. The specific proposed project will simulate measurements of galaxies made with the…

Łukasz J. Sznajder (Biochemistry) was awarded an NIH R16 grant ($0.75M) through the National Institute of General Medical Sciences for a project titled, "Identifying tandem repeat expansion-mediated mechanisms of autism-risk genes." Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a set of neurodevelopmental conditions that affect communication and social…

Kelly Tseng, an associate professor in the School of Life Sciences with a secondary appointment at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, has been awarded one of the 2023 Rosalind Franklin Society Awards in Science from the Rosalind Franklin Society. These prestigious annual awards were started in 2021 to recognize outstanding contributions in…

Helen J. Wing (Life Sciences) received a new NIH award — a diversity supplement to support the training of Ph.D. candidate Elizabeth Huezo. The award (totaling $149, 536) will supplement Wing's active R15-05 award and runs until the end of the current project period (November 2026).

Hokwon Cho (Mathematical Sciences) published a single-authored research article (partially UNLV funded), "Goodness-of-fit tests for multinomial models with inverse sampling," online in the Francis Taylor Statistics journal, Sequential Analysis Vol. 43, Issue 3 (2024). DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1080/07474946.2024.2367974

College of Sciences Advancing Success of Underrepresented Groups – Awards for Academic Year 2024-25  What is it? Overseen by the College of Sciences DEI Committee this program within the college recognizes that the career progression of underrepresented groups in the STEM fields faces a number of challenges at all levels. The program offers…

On July 1, Satish C. Bhatnagar (Mathematical Sciences) gave a talk on the topic, A Story of Research in Physical Sciences in a Hybrid Mode. The event was organized by the Mathematics Department of Central University of Punjab, Bathinda (India). Faculty and research scholars from the departments of physical sciences made up the audience. He is an…