Research News

NIH Career Development Award for Psychology Prof. Moody

(This story initially appeared on UMBC Insights). Danielle L. Beatty Moody, an assistant professor of psychology, has received a Career Development Award from the National Institutes of Health...

Posted: August 26, 2015, 10:35 AM

Prof. Daniel receives grant on anti-cancer nanoparticles

Marie-Christine Daniel, associate professor of chemistry, has received a three-year $390,000 NSF grant, starting August 1, to develop multifunctional nanoparticles, which have shown promising...

Posted: August 11, 2015, 11:38 AM

Ivan Erill publishes cover article, Journal of Bacteriology

Research maps genes of unique Betaproteobacteria

The latest issue of the Journal of Bacteriology features on its cover new research co-authored by Ivan Erill, biological sciences, that maps the genes involved in DNA repair of a recently...

Posted: August 11, 2015, 11:35 AM

Jane Turner Named Director, Ctr for Space Science Technology

Dr. Turner will also serve as Associate Director of CRESST

TO: UMBC Community FROM: Karl Steiner, Vice President for Research and William LaCourse, Dean, College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences We are delighted to announce the appointment of physics...

Posted: August 11, 2015, 11:32 AM

UMBC a partner in $12M NSF award for sustainability research

Cooperative agreement creates Urban Water Innovation Network

Note: This story has also been covered by the Daily Record, as detailed by this post in UMBC Insights. UMBC is a founding member of a new consortium of 14 U.S. academic institutions and key...

Posted: July 31, 2015, 3:15 PM

UMBC to Create Cybersecurity Educational Assessment Tools

Department of Defense will fund the project

Professors Alan Sherman (CSEE), Dhananjay Phatak (CSEE), and Linda Oliva (Education) have been awarded a research grant from the Department of Defense to create two educational cybersecurity...

Posted: July 24, 2015, 3:57 PM

Curtis Menyuk, CSEE, Wins Humboldt Research Award

Curtis Menyuk, computer science and electrical engineering, won the prestigious Humboldt Research Award. The award is granted by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to scholars who have made a...

Posted: July 6, 2015, 11:28 AM