News
May
Auburn chemist is computational chemist lead on research featured in "Science"
05/25/2023
Evangelos Miliordos, associate professor and a computational chemist at Auburn University whose research focuses on the electronic properties of metal ammonia complexes, is part of an international collaboration with six experimental chemists from ETH Zurich, University of Freiburg and Synchrotron SOLEIL in France that was published in the prestigious journal Science on May 25, 2023.
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Lanius receives $600K from NSF
05/24/2023
DMS assistant professor Melinda Lanius who is co-principal investigator on a new NSF project "Inclusive Course Design for Enhancing Active Learning in STEM." This 3-year project received ~$600K to provide "innovative training opportunities through a new program called Inclusive Design for Enhancing Active Learning in STEM, or IDEALS, for 30 COSAM faculty." The other investigators on this project are Dr. Stephanie Shepherd (PI) of Geosciences and Dr. Lindsay Doukopoulos (co-PI) of the Biggio Center. Details of the award are found at
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2236315
Congratulations, Melinda!
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New mathematics conference held at Auburn University
05/24/2023
Auburn University hosted the first Joint Alabama-Florida Conference on Differential Equations, Dynamical Systems and Applications on May 13 and 14. The conference was held in the university’s new Academic Classroom and Laboratory Complex.
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05/23/2023
Michael Brown, an assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, is the recipient of his first National Science Foundation, or NSF, award for $220,000 in commutative algebra and algebraic geometry. He will attempt a broad generalization of a 1984 breakthrough theorem on the equations defining projective curves.
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Auburn scientist makes groundbreaking discoveries using James Webb Space Telescope
05/23/2023
Mohi Saki, a postdoctoral scientist and part of the Dennis Bodewits research team in the Department of Physics, recently had an opportunity to use the world’s most advanced telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Launched in December 2021, the JWST enables scientists to conduct in-depth spectroscopic investigations of molecules, heralding a new era in our understanding of space.
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STEM Summer Bridge alumni celebrate 25 years with fun-filled event
05/16/2023
The STEM Summer Bridge program celebrated its 25th anniversary with a carnival-themed event. Alumni that participated in the program reflected on the impact this program made on their college experience and in their lives.
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Inclusive teaching strategies aim to impact 3,000 undergraduate students through IDEALS program
05/16/2023
A collaboration between the Biggio Center and faculty in the College of Sciences and Mathematics, or COSAM, will introduce inclusive teaching strategies to faculty using active learning spaces in the Academic Classroom and Laboratory Complex, or ACLC, that can increase STEM education effectiveness for all auburn students.
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DMS Professor Hal Schenck publishes book using methods developed during the pandemic
05/09/2023
As DMS Professor Hal Schenck prepared to teach his applied topology course during the summer of 2020, the pandemic was in full swing, and faculty across the country were struggling with how to teach amid the challenges of hybrid learning and reach students despite a mainly digital presence.
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Auburn statistician works to help identify gene expressions to predict breast cancer
05/09/2023
Rob Molinari, an assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, is working on a new idea in data analysis that could directly help identify genetic expressions linked to breast cancer.
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Mark Liles appointed COSAM’s Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies
05/02/2023
Mark Liles, the acting associate dean of research and graduate studies in the College of Sciences and Mathematics (COSAM), has been appointed to the permanent position. Since August 2021, Liles has been in a transitional role. As of May 1, 2023, Liles will officially be the associate dean for research and graduate studies.
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COSAM undergraduate student receives Young Botanist Award: Certificate of Special Achievement
05/02/2023
Noah Yawn has been recognized by the Botanical Society of America (BSA), the nation’s major botanical professional organization founded in 1893. In April the BSA selected Yawn as a recipient of a 2023 Certificate of Special Achievement. This highest award of the society’s Young Botanist Awards is awarded to the top 25 graduating seniors from a pool nominated by faculty members from across the country. Yawn will be graduating in May 2023 with concurrent degrees in Integrative Biology and Geology–Earth System Science.
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