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Research Reveals an Easy Way Dairy Farmers Can Dramatically Reduce their Climate Impact

November 28, 2022

Adding even a small amount of biochar — a charcoal-like material produced by burning organic matter — to a dairy’s manure-composting process reduces methane emissions by 84%, a recent study by UC Merced researchers shows. The dairy industry is one of the main sources of methane in California,...

Xu Chosen One of Four New Council Members of Biophysical Organization

October 14, 2022

Physics Professor Jing Xu has been elected to the Council of the Biophysical Society. She will help guide the organization of more than 7,500 members who teach and conduct research in colleges, universities, laboratories, government agencies and industries around the world. Xu’s three-year term...

Undergrad Stem Cell Training Positions Students For Careers After Graduation

September 29, 2022

Rising juniors this fall will have an unprecedented opportunity for stem cell research training that could lead directly to careers in stem cell science after graduation. School of Engineering Professor Kara McCloskey and School of Natural Sciences Professor Jennifer Manilay are leading a...

UC Merced Lands $12.5M NSF Grant to Predict the Impact of Climate Change on Symbiotic Systems

September 26, 2022

UC Merced has received a $12.5 million grant funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop the Biology Integration Institute (BII): INSITE — the INstitute for Symbiotic Interactions, Training and Education — a research collaborative that aims to expand the fundamental knowledge of...

Our faculty members, Profs. Roummel Marcia, Arnold Kim, and Lei Yue win the 2021-2022 SNS Awards

September 23, 2022

Developing or improving academic programs and tracks. This award recognizes a faculty member who has taken the lead in developing academic programming that serves the changing needs of our students and support the growth of our School. This year’s award goes to Roummel Marcia...

Applied Math Grad Student Awarded Prestigious NIH Fellowship

August 17, 2022

Doctoral student Ali Heydari recently received the Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award, also known as the National Institute of Health F31 fellowship. Heydari, who is from Minneapolis, is an Applied Mathematics Ph.D. student in Professor Suzanne Sindi’s lab....

Phoebe Adamyan selected as a 2022-23 Livermore Lab Foundation Fellow

August 12, 2022

Phoebe is a full-year UC Merced Fellow studying Bioengineering with Math minor. This year at Lawrence Livermore National Lab, she will be working on a viral genomes project that analyzes biological sequences of viruses to characterize virus populations, evolution and adaptation. UC Merced - LLNL...

New Bioinformatics Training Opportunity Opening for Undergraduates

August 8, 2022

Starting this fall, undergraduates interested in the biomedical sciences will have an opportunity to take part in a new and innovative training program that will give them strong foundations in computational biology, systems biology and big data analytics. The National Institutes of Health (NIH)...

Applied Math Challenge for High School Students

August 5, 2022

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Valentin Dallerit has successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis

August 3, 2022

Our Ph.D. student, Valentin Dallerit (adviser: Prof. Mayya Tokman), has successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled "Construction, analysis, and application of novel exponential time integrators for stiff problems". Congratulations, Dr. Dallerit!

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