Accomplishments: College of Sciences
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…
Ali Balooch (Mathematical Sciences) presented "Teaching Exponentials and Logarithms through Video Games" at the 2024 SIAM Annual Meeting, July 8-12 in Spokane, Washington.
Ph.D. candidate Harry Jang (Radiochemistry) recently published an article in ACS Omega titled, "Tailoring Triuranium Octoxide into Multidimensional Uranyl Fluoride Micromaterials." The article investigates uranium microstructured materials with the aim of elaborating on unexplored uranium fluoride micromaterials. The successful…
The article "Advancing the Nuclear Safety and Security Culture Post-Fukushima: Strengthening the Broader Humanitarian Impacts Agenda" was recently published in the British American Information Security Council's (BASIC) Emerging Voices Network (EVN). Radiochemistry Ph.D. candidate, Liuba Pauline Williams (Chemistry and Biochemistry) is a first…
Ranjani Murali (Life Sciences), in collaboration with researchers from Caltech, is the lead author of a groundbreaking new study that found many more bacteria produce greenhouse gases than previously thought.
The research team discovered a new class of enzymes that enable various bacteria to use nitrate as a substitute for oxygen in low-…
Kelly Tseng (Life Sciences) participated as an invited speaker and panelist in the Lessons from Successful Grantees panel at the Dialogue With Institutional Leaders Ê×Ò³| Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Successfully Navigating NIH conference held at the National Institutes of Health main campus in Bethesda, MD.
Euiseong Ko (Computer Science), Farhad Shokoohi (Mathematical Sciences), and Mingon Kang (Computer Science) published original research titled "SPIN: sex-specific and pathway-based interpretable neural network for sexual dimorphism analysis" in Briefings in Bioinformatics (IF: 9.5). The study proposes a new deep learning-based unified framework,…
On May 31, 2024, Satish C. Bhatnagar (Mathematical Sciences) addressed nearly fifty graduate students and faculty on the importance of multidisciplinary training of mind in the pursuit of a PhD program at the Mathematics Department of Central University at Tezpur in an eastern state of Assam.
On May 27, 2004, Satish C. Bhatnagar (Mathematical Sciences) was the chief guest at the one-day workshop for the research scholars in the mathematics department of Maharshi Dayanand University at Rohtak. He gave an hour-long talk on research methodology in mathematics.
On May 23, 2024, Satish C. Bhatnagar (Mathematical Sciences) addressed the research students in science and engineering departments of the JC Bose University of Science and Technology, Faridabad. His topic was on the Challenges While Working on Ph.D. Degrees in Mathematical Sciences. Earlier on the same day, as a chief guest, he also recognized…
Farhad Shokoohi (Mathematical Sciences) and his collaborators have published a paper in Biomolecules titled, "Identifying Differential Methylation in Cancer Epigenetics via a Bayesian Functional Regression Model," as part of the Special Issue on DNA Methylation in Human Diseases. The paper introduces an efficient method for identifying…
Chad Cross (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), Louisa Messenger (Environmental and Occupational Health), and Sean Neiswenter (Life Sciences) were selected to receive a UNLV 2024 Faculty Opportunity Award for their project titled, "Emerging Parasitic & Vector-Borne Diseases: Disease Ecology from a One Health Perspective."
The Faculty…