Dr. Jessica Gaskin wins 2020 Alumni of Achievement award for College of Science
Oct 08, 2020
The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, announced that Dr. Jessica A. Gaskin has won the 2020 Alumni of Achievement Award for the College of Science. ...
Dr. Parisa Mostafavi is 2020 Space Physics and Aeronomy Fred L. Scarf Award honoree
Sep 30, 2020
The American Geophysical Union (AGU) announced today that Dr. Parisa Mostafavi is the 2020 Space Physics and Aeronomy Fred L. Scarf Award honoree. Dr. Mostafavi has a BS in engineering physics and a master's in plasma engineering. She was awarded h...
UAH interim science dean gets $600,000 to create more accurate analysis of soil moisture
Sep 10, 2020
A two-year, $600,000 grant to create a more accurate analysis of soil moisture for drought depiction, agricultural assessments and flood potential has been awarded to the interim dean of the College of Science at The University of Alabama in Huntsv...
Study of how COVID tourism decline affects Belize’s coastal waters earns NASA grant
Sep 04, 2020
A study to investigate how a COVID-19 related decline in tourism might reduce human impacts that affect coastal water quality in Belize earned a one year, $50,000 NASA Rapid Response grant for the associate dean of the College of Science at The Uni...
UAH Earth system science master’s graduate co-authors glacial lake expansion paper
Sep 03, 2020
A recently graduated master’s student at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, is a co-author of a research paper in Nature about the rapid growth of glacial lakes since 1990. ...
Professors to study whether socioeconomics and environment affect child immunity
Feb 03, 2020
Two professors at UAH have teamed up with a genetic sequencing firm at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology to try to understand whether the socioeconomic status of parents and environmental exposures have an impact on the developing immune ...
UAH’s aerospace engineering research activities rank fifth in the United States
Jan 06, 2020
Five programs among the top 12 nationally. ...
UAH alumnus Scott Mackaro named VP, Science, Innovation & Development for AccuWeather
Nov 04, 2019
The 1996 blockbuster movie, Twister cinched Scott Mackaro’s (’03, M.S., ’08 PhD, Atmospheric Science) decision to become a scientist. Today, Mackaro is Vice President of Science, Innovation, and Development for AccuWeather, a media company p...
Conference offers sneak peek at future TEMPO, MAIA satellite health research data
Sep 12, 2019
On Oct. 10 at UAH, researchers who study the effects of atmospheric gases and particulate matter on public health will be preparing to get some new eyes in the sky. ...
ESSC research scientist receives AI for Earth Innovation grant
Jan 09, 2019
A research scientist at the UAH Earth System Science Center (ESSC) is one of 11 change-makers selected to receive Microsoft and National Geographic AI for Earth Innovation grants to apply artificial intelligence (AI) to help understand and protect ...
