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Alaska wildfires and Iowa droughts  topics for NASA DEVELOP presentations

Alaska wildfires and Iowa droughts topics for NASA DEVELOP presentations

Apr 03, 2019

Three students and one alumna at UAH recently made presentations to NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) officials regarding their research as part of the UAH-hosted MSFC node of NASA DEVELOP. ...


Novel else-tree classifier seeks to minimize misclassification in biological research studies

Novel else-tree classifier seeks to minimize misclassification in biological research studies

Jan 28, 2019

Truong Xuan Tran may have started his academic career as an electronic and telecommunication engineering major at the Hanoi University of Science and Technology, but since coming to the U.S., he’s decided to follow his passion for computer scienc...


Research

Seven get New Faculty Research awards

Dec 04, 2018

Seven new tenure-track faculty members at UAH will share $62,518 in 2018-19 New Faculty Research (NFR) awards from UAH's Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development. ...


Alabama’s bioscience industry buoyed by research universities like UAH

Alabama’s bioscience industry buoyed by research universities like UAH

Oct 03, 2018

The nation’s bioscience industry is rapidly becoming an economic driver according to a recent report from the Biotechnology Innovation Organization, generating $2 trillion in annual economic impact and employing more than 1.74 million people. ...


Biology Fall 18 Lab Schedule

Fall 2019 BYS Lab Start Dates

Aug 13, 2018

ALL Biology lab sections will begin the week of August 26, 2019.  ...


Dr. Bruce Stallsmith and Zeina Sleiman

From fish to pharmaceuticals, UAH biology major reaps rewards after pursuing research opportunities

May 25, 2018

Zeina Sleiman couldn’t have predicted she’d end up waist-deep in the icy waters of Estill Fork when she took a job in the chemistry stockroom at UAH as a freshman. But that’s exactly where the junior biology major found herself last spring, c...


Dr. Niemiller

UAH cave ecologist sheds light on subterranean species

Apr 26, 2018

As a cave ecologist, Dr. Matthew Niemiller is a frequent visitor to the dark, damp caves of the Southeastern U.S., where he chases millipedes, beetles, and other diminutive creatures through tight spaces. Hours spent breathing cool, heavy air and w...


Shrestha

UAH student part of discovery that may improve treatment of type 1 diabetes

Apr 24, 2018

Shristi Shrestha is both literally and figuratively a long way from her days as an undergraduate student conducting research on medicinal plants. ...


BioTrain

Four UAH students selected for prestigious BioTrain internship at HudsonAlpha

Apr 09, 2018

Four students at UAH – Brianna Graham, Zeina Sleiman, Katelyn Miller, and Alexander Moss – were selected from 300 applicants to participate in the BioTrain internship program at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. ...


Tara Bennewitz

Tara Bennewitz finds a teaching position she loves across country from Huntsville

Jan 25, 2018

It took awhile for Tara Bennewitz to get to yes when husband John asked her if she was willing to move from her native Huntsville across country to Los Angeles, Calif. ...


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