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January 22, 2024

 

Congratulations to the spring 2024 cohort of the

Arts & Sciences Support for Undergraduate Research Experiences (ASSURE)

 

Logan Ballou

Linguistics

Project: Attention in the Amazon: Secoya

Mentor: Rosa Vallejos


Bianca Camacho

Geography & Environmental Studies, and Psychology

Project: Quantifying and categorizing insects, spiders, and other arthropods in the Lobo Gardens

Mentor: Marygold Walsh-Dilley


Valeria Cortes-Mora

Geography & Environmental Studies

Project: Spatial-temporal analysis for rainforests driven by big earth observation data: An ArcGIS story map of the Amazon area in Colombia

Mentor: Liping Yang


Celina Eberle

Biology

Project: Invasion genomics of introduced bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana) of New Mexico

Mentor: Lisa Barrow


Braeden Fields

Physics & Astronomy

Project: Modeling of SiO maser excitation conditions

Mentor: Ylva Pihlstrom


Elizabeth Galles

Psychology and Philosophy

Project: The Logic of Confabulation

Mentor: Eric Ruthruff


Fernando Garcia Cortez

Physics & Astronomy and Mathematics & Statistics

Project: Particle models of non-standard neutrino interactions

Mentor: Francis-Yan Cyr-Racine


Andrew Gibson

Physics & Astronomy

Project: Gas Mixture and Energy Resolution Analysis in Time Projection Chambers

Mentor: Dinesh Loomba


Sa'angna Mi'ila Gollette

Earth & Planetary Sciences

Project: Reconstructing Late Holocene Climate in Central America Using Oxygen Isotopes of Speleothems

Mentor: Keith Prufer

Trinity Griffus

Biology

Project: From Red Dust to Green Oasis: The Cultivation Plants and Mycorrhizae Fungi in Martian Regolith for Sustainable Space Exploration 

Mentor: David Hanson


Murphy John

Mathematics & Statistics

Project: Spotted Fever Rickettsiosis Dynamics in the United States

Mentor: Yan Lin


Cole Kochan

Economics, and Mathematics & Statistics

Project: Parallel Economic Systems and the “Obligation to Incorporate”: A Loss Valuation Review

Mentor: Manuel Montoya


Cheyenne Levy

Speech Language Pathology

Project: Continuation of Pediatric Swallow Normative project

Mentor: Phyllis Palmer


Melanie Lente

Linguistics

Project: Developing Culturally Appropriate Materials for Future Research in Pueblo Communities

Mentor: Joshua Birchall


Francine Lopez

Sociology

Project: Bridging Political Divides: Communication in Criminal Justice Reform

Mentor: Noah Painter-Davis


My Linh Lucero

Anthropology and Psychology

Project: Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain among Non-Industrial Societies

Mentor: Ian Wallace


Ian Malone

Earth & Planetary Sciences

Project: Carbonaceous Chondrites: Liquid Water On Earth 

Mentor: Adrian Brearley

Janna Martinez

Geography & Environmental Studies

Project: Effects of groundwater levels on the abundance and diversity of terrestrial arthropods in the San Antonio Oxbow region of the Rio Grande

Mentor: Becky Bixby


Rhoan McMaster

Economics

Project: Solar PV Energy Inequity Research 

Mentor: Yuting Yang


Stephanie Paiva-Flynn

Physics & Astronomy

Project: Using Clustering to Analyze Geochemical Data Sets

Mentor: Mousumi Roy


Simon Ruybalid

History and Anthropology

Project: Song of the Colibrí: Legal Chisme in Colonial Latin American

Mentor: Kimberly Gauderman


Jason Sanchez Hernandez

Economics

Project: Effectiveness of College-Readiness and College Support Programs

Mentor: Melissa Binder


Renae Simonson

Biology

Project: Determining how type II lineages in the eye and central complex communicate with each other during development

Mentor: Mubarak Syed


Serena Smith

Anthropology and Psychology

Project: Neural Oscillation Disruption in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

Mentor: Benjamin Clark


Jordyn Suber

International Studies

Project: Charles Sumner's Reconstructions

Mentor: David Prior


Amber Wood

Biology

Project: Unconvering Crptotis Shrew Diversity in South America for Conservation

Mentor: Joe Cook





 
 

IN THE NEWS

 

FROM THE UNM NEWSROOM








FROM THE COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES




 
 
 

NEW PUBLICATIONS

 

Choclo virus (CHOV) recovered from deep metatranscriptomics of archived frozen tissues in natural history biorepositories

Lead Author: Paris S. Salazar-Hamm, Ph.D.

Co-Authors: Jonathan L. Dunnum, Ph.D. and Joseph A. Cook, Ph.D.

Department: Biology

Publisher: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases


Revisiting the bucket model: Long-term effects of rainfall variability and nitrogen enrichment on net primary production in a desert grassland

Lead Author: Renee F. Brown, Ph.D.

Co-Author: Scott L. Collins, Ph.D.

Department: Biology

Publisher: Journal of Ecology


The effect of shrub cover on conifer water-use patterns, growth, and response to precipitation variability in the southern Sierra Nevada

Lead Author: Marissa J. Goodwin

Co-Author: Matthew D. Hurteau, Ph.D.

Department: Biology

Publisher: Tree Physiology


Machine learning and phylogenetic models identify predictors of genetic variation in Neotropical amphibians

Lead Author: Luis Amador, Ph.D.

Co-Author: Irvin Arroyo-Torres, Ph.D. Student and Lisa N. Barrow, Ph.D.

Department: Biology, Museum of Southwestern Biology

Publisher: Journal of Biogeography

State Regulations Set the Stage for Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) Participation in Home-Based Childcare

Lead Author: Hailey Heinz

Department: Cradle to Career Policy Institute

Publisher: American Journal of Public Health


Perspectives of Home-Based Child Care Providers in New Mexico on Barriers and Facilitators to Participating in the Child and Adult Care Food Program, 2021–2022

Lead Author: Hailey Heinz

Co-Authors: Monica Fiorella Asencio Pimentel, Ph.D.; Darlene Castillo; Yoselin Cordova; Rebecca Fowler; Dana Bell

Department: Cradle to Career Policy Institute

Publisher: American Journal of Public Health


How is counterfactual thinking integrated in organizational risk and resilience practices?

Lead Author: Yolanda C. Lin, Ph.D.

Co-Authors: Asa B. Stone, Ph.D. and Lindsey Rotche, Ph.D. Student

Department: Geography & Environmental Studies

Publisher: Journal of Risk Research


Amplitude-determined seizure-threshold, electric field modeling, and electroconvulsive therapy antidepressant and cognitive outcomes

Co-Author: Erik Erhardt, Ph.D.

Department: Mathematics & Statistics

Publisher: Neuropsychopharmacology

 

PUBLISHER SPOTLIGHT

 

Situating Shakespeare Pedagogy in US Higher Education: Social Justice and Institutional Contexts


Co-edited by:

Marissa Greenberg, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Department of English Language & Literature



Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

 

FACULTY SPOTLIGHT

 
 
 

Felisa Smith, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor

Department of Biology


Congratulations to Distinguished Professor Felisa Smith who is the honoree for the 68th Annual Research Lectureship (ARL) for Career Achievement award. The ARL is one of the highest honors that The University bestows on its faculty members in recognition of research and/or creative activity of exceptional merit. Dr. Smith's focus is on paleoecological and evolutionary research—specifically the effects of current global and past climatic change and biodiversity loss on mammals.

 
 

RESOURCES

& FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

 

FOR STUDENTS


The University of New Mexico Hibben Graduate Fellowships in Anthropology


Undergraduate Research, Arts & Design Network Opportunities


Internships and fellowships with DoD through ORISE


Public Health Undergraduate Scholars Program - Applications due January 31


Jim and Mary Lois Hulsman Undergraduate Library Research Award - Applications due February 12




LIMITED COMPETITIONS


NSF: EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII) Track-4:

EPSCoR Research Fellows (NSF 23-535) - Statements of interest due February 9


REVIEWERS NEEDED

The Faculty Research Development Office (FRDO) is always recruiting volunteers to join their pool of prospective reviewers for limited competitions. If you are interested, the sign-up form can be accessed here.

UNM RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT FUNDS


OVPR Sandia Academic Alliance Fund - Submissions due February 9


College of Arts & Sciences Supplemental Travel Program - Spring 2024 - Applications due February 15


College of Arts & Sciences Subvention Support Program - Spring 2024 - Applications due February 15


Sevilleta LTER Summer Funding (Faculty) - Applications due March 1


Sevilleta LTER Summer Funding (Graduate Students) - Applications due March 1




EXTERNAL OPPORTUNITIES


Sandia National Laboratory Directed Research & Development - Submissions due January 23


NM Research University Team Pitch Award - Submissions due March 4


The New Mexico Alliance for Minority Participation (NM AMP) - Various deadlines


Summer Research Team Program for Minority Serving Institutions - Now accepting applications

 
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UPCOMING

EVENTS

 

ASPIREational Talk & Social Hour with Savannah Devine, M.S. Candidate in Earth and Planetary Sciences


January 23

4 - 5 PM

Draft & Table in the SUB


Future Dates: Feb 13, Mar 5, Apr 2, Apr 23

5 Forces, 5 Trends, and 5 Skills Critical to Your Geospatial Journey: A conversation with Dr. Joseph Kerski, Education Manager, ESRI

January 24

12 - 1 PM

PAIS 2120 IS Co-op Room

Lobo Living Room: Moon Exploration & Developing A Space Economy

January 24

5:15 - 8 PM

PAIS Building Room 1100

Journal of Anthropological Research Distinguished Lecture

Featuring Dr. Shannon Speed, The University of California, Los Angeles


Lecture

January 25

7:30 PM

Anthropology Lecture Hall (Room 163)


Discussion

January 26

11 AM

Anthropology 178


Seminar

January 26

12 PM

Anthropology 248

Scholarship & Research Speaker Series: Veteran & Military Health Care Outcomes Update

January 30

5 - 7 PM

Intermountain West Transformation Network Spring Convergence Speaking Series


Convergence, Transdisciplinarity, and Team Science: The Transformation Network's Interepistemic Approach with UNM's Melinda Morgan

January 24

11 - 11:50 AM


Identifying Pathways Towards Water Sustainability Through New Approaches in System Dynamics Modeling with UNM's Alex Webster

March 27

11 - 11:50 AM


Shared Futures: Fostering Convergence and Envisioning Possible Futures with SciArt with UNM's Yolanda Lin

April 24

11 - 11:50 AM

Undergraduate Research Opportunity Conference (UROC)

April 12


Intend to present form must be submitted by February 16

Apply here


Student Team Research Concept Competition proposals due March 1

Apply here

UNM Tech Days

April 25 & 26

UNM SUB


Proposals due March 15

Submit here

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