Research

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Graduate Students Help Further the Understanding of Diseases such as Alzheimer's
April 12, 2023
Student researchers in experimental physics Professor Jing Xu’s lab have played a critical role in a study that will help understand Alzheimer’s and other diseases that progressively destroy brain tissue. Three students, including a... Read More
First Test of Perovskite Films in Space Indicates More Resilience than Researchers Expected
April 12, 2023
Solar films developed by a graduate student in the Department of Physics at UC Merced while on an internship at NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC) not only survived 10 months in space with minimal degradation, but the little damage they did... Read More
Grant Funds Research into Computational Materials Science, Collaboration with Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
March 21, 2023
Materials Science and Engineering Professor Beth Nowadnick has earned a National Science Foundation (NSF) award to study materials that may provide new ways to store or process information. Nowadnick has been collaborating for the past... Read More
Student Researchers Working with National Lab on Mercury Remediation
March 8, 2023
At UC Merced, mercury is a regional challenge that student and faculty researchers have been tackling for several years. Mercury was used to extract gold during the Gold Rush in California, and the element was also mined at the New Almaden... Read More
Research Week Highlights Solutions to Urgent Environmental Issues
March 2, 2023
It's time for the campus and the community to celebrate UC Merced’s high-level research during Research Week, March 6 through 10. The annual research showcase, hosted by the Office of Research and Economic Development, kicks off with a... Read More
CIS Ph.D. Student Gains Confidence at NIH Internship
February 14, 2023
Cognitive and Information Sciences (CIS) Ph.D. student Ben Nguyen spent last summer working as a data analyst at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Nguyen was selected for the competitive fellowship through the nonprofit organization... Read More
Alumna Credits UC Merced for Inspiring Her Interest in Cancer Research
February 13, 2023
After transferring from a Sacramento community college to UC Merced in 2007, Maxine Umeh-Garcia was unsure of her future career. She admits she hadn’t looked at the majors the newest UC offered before applying and imagined she’d teach high... Read More
Wilson Selected as a 2023 American Astronomical Society Fellow
February 8, 2023
Vice Chancellor for Research, Innovation and Economic Development Gillian Wilson has been named a 2023 American Astronomical Society (AAS) Fellow — the preeminent organization of professional astronomers in North America. “It is an honor... Read More
Alumni Success Celebrated at Inaugural Math Event
February 7, 2023
The Department of Applied Mathematics, the Applied Mathematics Graduate Program and the student chapter of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) celebrated their many successful alumni recently by holding their... Read More
Matlock Receives International Cognitive Science Prize
February 6, 2023
Teenie Matlock, Cognitive and Information Sciences professor and the McClatchy Chair in Communications, has been awarded the fourth Jeffrey L. Elman Prize for Scientific Achievement and Community Building — one of the highest honors in the... Read More