This spring, faculty in the Schmid College of Science and Technology continued to push the boundaries of discovery across disciplines, from research on sustainable chemistry and wildfire resilience to genome editing and the origins of interstellar dust. Recent externally funded awards highlight not only the breadth of research underway at Schmid but also its impact:
A new paper by Schmid College Professor Christine O’Connell found that rising global temperatures could release record amounts of greenhouse gases from rain forest soils. Christine O’Connell, Ph.D, is a soil ecologist and an assistant professor of biology at Schmid College. She has spent the past ten years studying rain forest soils and their role
Schmid College of Science and Technology continues to produce world-class research on the environment. A new publication in the journal Earth’s Future from senior research associate Wenzhao Li, including faculty members Thomas Piechota, Joshua Fisher and Hesham El-Askary, considers the significant changes in the weather conditions of the western U.S., marked by increased variability and
Schmid College of Science and Technology’s doctoral program in Computational and Data Science (CADS) has landed once again on TechGuide’s list of best data science Ph.D. programs. Christine O’Connell, assistant professor of biological sciences, has won a National Science Foundation RAPID grant to study heavy metals in urban soils following the recent fires in Los
As climate change accelerates, finding effective solutions that deliver outsized impact becomes increasingly crucial. New research led by Richelle Tanner, assistant professor of environmental science and policy, shows that a tiny marine mollusk native to the U.S. West Coast may hold the key to more effective coastal restoration. The study, “Variation in thermal tolerance plasticity
Chapman researchers found that 40% of America’s most popular seafoods are mislabeled. Why should we care?
The university’s Grand Challenges Initiative is becoming a reliable stepping-stone for postdocs seeking permanent academic roles.
Chapman University researchers are challenging the common beliefs behind police and military dog selection.
Since their domestication millennia ago, dogs have been man’s best friend, and aside from friendship, centuries of selective breeding have tailored them for tasks like herding, hunting and guarding — or so we thought. A new study led by Schmid College of Science and Technology’s Nicholas Hebdon and Lindsay Waldrop, published in the journal Science
Pradeu is a tenured senior investigator in philosophy of science at France’s National Centre for Scientific Research and the University of Bordeaux.