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Announcements from the Office of Research

January 18, 2022

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Letter From the Associate Dean for Research


This year, the College of Arts & Sciences launched a brand new undergraduate fellowship designed to encourage more collaborations between faculty and undergraduate students interested in research. Since its launch this past fall, the Arts & Sciences Support for Undergraduate Research Experience (ASSURE) has supported 41 undergraduate students and we look forward to supporti students working closely with the College's world class faculty to train New Mexico's next generation of innovators.


Congratulations go out to our Spring 2022 recipients:

Anistasia Baca

Faculty Mentor: Yolanda Lin, PhD

Geography & Environmental Studies


Naija Cuzmar

Faculty Mentor: Lisa Barrow, PhD

Biology


Megan Friedman

Faculty Mentor: Phyllis Palmer, PhD

Speech and Hearing Sciences


Christopher Holets

Faculty Mentor: Rosa Vallejos, PhD

Linguistics


Nalanie Miranda

Faculty Mentor: Lisa Barrow, PhD

Biology


Damen Reyes

Faculty Mentor: Ylva Pihlström, PhD

Physics and Astronomy


Melissa Rudden

Faculty Mentor: Jeffrey Rack, PhD

Chemistry & Chemical Biology


Mattilyn Wiseman

Faculty Mentor: David Witherington, PhD

Psychology

Claire Benton

Faculty Mentor: Benjamin Clark, PhD

Psychology


Connor Dixson

Faculty Mentor: Lee Taylor, PhD

Biology


Alexis Gonzalez

Faculty Mentor: Mubarak H. Syed, PhD

Biology


Sean Maez

Faculty Mentor: Mubarak H. Syed, PhD

Biology


Jadin Moore

Faculty Mentor: Christian Koops, PhD

Linguistics


Benjamin Rodriguez

Faculty Mentor: Karl Karlstrom, PhD

Earth & Planetary Sciences


Hugo Saavedra

Faculty Mentor: Maxim Zinchenko, PhD

Mathematics & Statistics

Jude Chavez

Faculty Mentor: Matthew Pearson, PhD

Psychology


Valerie Fong

Faculty Mentor: Owen Lewis, PhD

Mathematics & Statistics


Ninel Hernandez

Faculty Mentor: Amy Neel, PhD

Speech and Hearing Sciences


Jordan Minke

Faculty Mentor: Joshua Birchall, PhD

Linguistics


Samantha Morowski

Faculty Mentor: Phyllis Palmer, PhD

Speech and Hearing Sciences


Bryana Romero

Faculty Mentor: Kristina Rewin Ciesielski, PhD

Psychology


Veronika Simko

Faculty Mentor: David Keating, PhD

Communication & Journalism


Warmly,

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Christopher D. Lippitt, PhD

Associate Dean for Research

College of Arts & Sciences

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Congratulations to the following on

new awards received between

January 10 - 14, 2022



Lead PI: Melissa Binder, PhD

MPP Program

UNM Evaluation Lab: Partnership & Learning Community for Early Childhood Non-Profits

Funder: Brindle Foundation

Award: $17,500


Lead PI: Ylva Pihlstrom, PhD

Physics and Astronomy

Womxn in Physics, Astronomy and Optics

Funder: American Physical Society

Award: $915


Lead PI: Lisa Broidy, PhD

Institute for Social Research

Reducing Inequality: Community Based Diversion for Juveniles and Young-Adults

Funder: Con Alma Health Foundation

Award: $12,000

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The energetics of uniquely human subsistence strategies

Co-Author: Ian J. Wallace, PhD

Department: Anthropology

Publication: Science



Terminal Pleistocene through Middle Holocene Occupations in Southeastern Mesoamerica: Linking Ecology and Culture in the Context of Neotropical Foragers and Early Farmers

Lead Author: Keith M. Prufer, PhD

Department: Anthropology

Publication: Ancient Mesoamerica



Supergene Copper and the Ancient Mining Landscapes of the Atacama Desert: Refining the Protocol for the Study of Archaeological Copper Minerals through the Case Study of Pukara de Turi

Co-Author: Frances Hayashida, PhD

Department: Anthropology

Publication: Minerals


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Demise of Churince

Chapter Author: Evan W. Carson, PhD

Department: Biology

Publication: Springer, Cham


Corrigendum to: Differences in the use of surface water resources by desert birds are revealed using isotopic tracers

Co-Author: Blair O. Wolf, PhD

Department: Biology

Publication: Ornithology



Designing Efficient Cascade Reactions in Drug Discovery

Co-Author: Wei Wang, PhD

Department: Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Publication: Green Chemistry in Drug Discovery



Mountain Pine Beetle Impacts on Health through Lost Forest Air Pollutant Sinks

Lead Author: Benjamin A. Jones, PhD

Department: Economics

Publication: Forests

Pathways of Development in Child Heritage Speakers' Use of Spanish Demonstratives

Lead Author: Naomi Shin, PhD

Co-Authors: Mariana Marchesi, PhD Candidate and Jill P. Morford, PhD

Department: Linguistics

Publication: Spanish as a Heritage Language


Acquisition of cumulative conditioning effects on words: Spanish-speaking children's [subject pronoun + verb] usage

Co-Author: Naomi Shin, PhD

Department: Linguistics

Publication: First Language



Prenatal Metal Exposures and Infants' Developmental Outcomes in a Navajo Population

Co-Author: Li Li, PhD

Department: Mathematics and Statistics

Publication: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health


Applying Time-Parallelization to Turbulent Flows

Co-Author: Jacob B. Schroder, PhD

Department: Mathematics and Statistics

Publication: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc.


Embedded Upconversion Nanoparticles in Magnetic Molecularly Imprinted Polymers for Photodynamic Therapy of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Co-Author: James L. Thomas, PhD

Department: Physics and Astronomy

Publication: Biomedicines


Emotional intelligence in incarcerated sexual offenders with sexual sadism

Co-Author: Kent A. Kiehl, PhD

Department: Psychology

Publication: Journal of Sexual Aggression



If you Build it, will they come? Use of rural Drinking Water Systems in the Peruvian Amazon

Lead Author: Jami Nelson-Nuñez, PhD

Department: Political Science

Publication: The Journal of Developmental Studies


Selected Papers from the 7th National Symposium on Spanish as a Heritage Language

Lead Author: Damián Vergara Wilson, PhD

Department: Spanish and Portuguese

Publication: Spanish as a Heritage Language

Did you recently have a book published?


Please share it with us at ResearchWins@unm.edu. Submissions will be highlighted in a new feature section of the Research Report beginning in 2022.

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Brady Horn, Associate Professor, Department of Economics and his co-authors, Monica Deza and Dhaval Dave, are the winners of the

Georgescu-Roegen Prize for 2021 for their article “Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs, Opioid Abuse, and Crime” published in the Southern Economic Journal (Volume 87, Issue 3, January 2021). This award is presented annually to the best academic article published in the Southern Economic Journal that year.

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Brady Horn, PhD

Associate Professor and Associate Chair,

Department of Economics



To nominate A&S research faculty, staff, or students for a future Highlight, please send an e-mail to ResearchWins@unm.edu



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EXTERNAL OPPORTUNITIES


NSF Small Business Innovation Research Phase II (SBIR)/ Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs Phase II (SBIR/STTR Phase II) - various submission windows


Paid Internship and Fellowship Opportunities with the Department of Defense - apply now


Dear Colleague Letter: Announcement of Upcoming Topics for the 2022 NSF Convergence Accelerator Solicitation- TBA


BLM Wild Horse and Burro Program - due

January 18, 2022


Summer 2022 Repperger Research Intern Program - due January 24, 2022


New Mexico NASA EPSCoR Rapid Response Research- notice of intent due January 21, 2022 with full proposals due March 7, 2022


The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty Award (YFA) - due January 25, 2022


L’Oréal USA FWIS Program - due January 28, 2022


Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program - applications accepted January 3 - February 28, 2022


U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) 2022 HSI Fellowships - applications due March 2, 2022


NM Space Grant Fall 2022 - Spring 2023 Scholarships and Fellowships - due April 11, 2022


U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science Funding Opportunities - multiple opportunities through September 30, 2022

UNM RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT FUNDS


Research Allocations Committee spring proposals - due February 1 - 15, 2022


Lobo Rainforest I-Corps - due February 13, 2022


Globally-Engaged Research Awards CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - due March 4, 2022


WeR1: Program for Enhancing Research Capacity (PERC) Spring 2022 - due March 11, 2022


ADVANCE: Faculty Professional Development Assistance - during Spring 2022




FOR STUDENTS


Inclusive Excellence Postdoctoral and Visiting Scholars Program 

- due January 24, 2022


2022 Physics & Astronomy REU program - due February 11, 2022


LAII Field Research Grant - due March 11, 2022


Museum Research Traineeship - applications now open


Fulbright Scholarship U.S. Student Program - UNM Deadline: September 6, 2022






LIMITED COMPETITIONS


NSF, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (STEM Ed PRF), Institutional Cohort Postdoctoral Fellowship, (NSF 22-531) - preproposals due January 27, 2022


Harpo Foundation, New Work Project Grants- preproposals due February 16, 2022




View more opportunities here


ADDITIONAL ITEMS


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Research Project Submission

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Fostering Research Expansion in the Social Sciences and Humanities (FRESSH) Info Sessions


January 19, 2022

2:00 - 2:45 pm

Register here



ORISE Virtual Career Fair - January 19, 2022


Public Lecture for the Annual Statewide UNM-PNM Math Contest - 10:00 am Saturday, February 5, 2022



Fulbright Scholarship U.S. Student Program Group Presentation Session

- March 21, 2022



Undergraduate Research Opportunity Conference (UROC) - April 7, 2022



Team Research Symposium - April 19 - 21, 2022


NOW ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS for the Student Team Research Concept Competition at the Team Research Symposium. Submissions are due March 1, 2022.

Undergraduate and Graduate teams apply here

PUNNY STORY


Have a Punny Story to share? Please send it to ResearchWins@unm.edu if you'd like us to include it in a future Research Report.


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