Henrik Larsson Wins DOE Award to Simulate Electron Motion at Quantum Speeds

Nestor Oviedo’s NIH-Funded Study Investigates How Stem Cell Regulation Influences Tissue Renewal, Cancer Development

Christine Isborn Leads Teams’ National Effort to Unlock Quantum Secrets of Twisty Molecules

Adeyemi Adebiyi won this year's Hellman Fellowship Award.

Research into Hidden Chemistry Shaping Future Air Quality Earns Xuan Zhang an NSF Award

Ryan Baxter’s Research Shows Vaping Produces a Chemical that Destroys Human Tissue

Andy LiWang's Research Shows That Tiny Artificial Cells Can Keep Time

Sora Kim Dives with Crocs, Displays Megalodon Expertise During Shark Week

Chris Amemiya Awarded for Research, Teaching, Outreach and Service

Andy LiWang’s Research into Biological Clocks Earns Protein Society Honors

Adeyemi Adebiyi ‘s Study Indicates Human-caused Dust Events are Linked to Fallow Farmland

Clarissa Nobie’s NIH Maximizing Investigators' Research Award Enables her to Advance Knowledge of Microbial Infections

Chih-Chun Chien Co-Directs Program to Train Quantum Science Workforce

Jennifer Lee Receives NSF DMREF Award to Study the Dynamic Behavior of Well-Controlled Catalysts

Scientists Discover Way to Pause Ultrafast Melting in Silicon Using Precisely Timed Laser Pulses

Outstanding Graduating Senior Award Winners

Each semester the School of Natural Sciences recognizes exceptional graduating undergraduate students with ‘Outstanding Graduating Senior Awards’. Students are nominated and selected by the faculty who oversee their major. Awardees are selected based on criteria including academic excellence, achievements in research, service to UC Merced, and community service and outreach. This semester’s winners were recognized during an awards reception on December 11th:

Patrick (EunSang) Park- Applied Mathematical Sciences

Andres Aguilar- Biological Sciences

Autum Walker- Biological Sciences

Judy Chukwueloka- Biological Sciences

Antonio Gonzalez-Environmental Systems Science

Adán Rodriguez- Chemistry

Shang-Wen Stradleigh- Physics

On the Spot Awards

The On-the-Spot Recognition Program provides SNS staff a way to show appreciation for their fellow SNS colleagues in-the-moment. Nominators submit a few sentences of recognition which are shared during our monthly staff breakfast. Winners receive a gift card as a token of appreciation.

This semester’s winners were:

Alisa Kravchuk
Whitney Williams
Salvador Mejia
Beth Nelson
Renha Samra
Emily Heng
Mel Alexandra
Krista Kremerskotter
Judy Malone
Destinee Lopez Chavolla
Stephanie Lopez
Jory McKune
Angelina Gutierrez
Maricela Melendrez
Erica Robbins
Vanessa Ortega
Chelsea Flannerly
Jenn Souza
Cynthia Grandos
Melissa Cutter

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