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PASSY STUDYING THE CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES OF RARITY IN FRESHWATER SPECIES

PASSY STUDYING THE CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES OF RARITY IN FRESHWATER SPECIES

Sophia Passy, associate professor of biology, is using a $199K grant from the National Science Foundation to learn more about the mechanisms that determine the patterns of inequality in species abundance in freshwater environments.
SHIN STUDYING POSSIBLE LINK BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICALS, RISK OF AUTISM IN CHILDREN

SHIN STUDYING POSSIBLE LINK BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICALS, RISK OF AUTISM IN CHILDREN

Hyeong-Moo Shin, assistant professor of earth and environmental sciences, is using a $436K grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to study whether exposure to perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) at an early age is associated with risk for autism spectrum disorders.
UTA PHYSICISTS DEVELOP NEW DEVICE TO DETECT RARE RADIOACTIVE DECAYS

UTA PHYSICISTS DEVELOP NEW DEVICE TO DETECT RARE RADIOACTIVE DECAYS

Assistant professor of physics Ben Jones and graduate student Austin McDonald are part of a team utilizing a biochemistry technique that uses fluorescence in their search for the radioactive decay called neutrinoless double-beta decay.
Purnendu "Sandy" Dasgupta

Chemistry professor receives prestigious state, national awards

Purnendu “Sandy” Dasgupta has been named the 2018 Distinguished Texas Scientist by the Texas Academy of Science and also was recently named the recipient of the 2018 American Chemical Society’s Division of Analytical Chemistry Chemical Instrumentation Award.
UTA expands efforts to develop water recycling technologies

UTA expands efforts to develop water recycling technologies

The Collaborative Laboratories for Environmental Analysis and Remediation has expanded its partnership with Challenger Water Solutions to develop water recycling technologies that will transform waste from oil and gas development into reusable water.
Genome facility will be major boost for research in North Texas and beyond

Genome facility will be major boost for research in North Texas and beyond

The new North Texas Genome Center, a partnership between UTA and the University of North Texas Health Science Center, will provide massive DNA sequencing capability for regional biotech and medical research.

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