Chapman University’s science facilities have been in the news recently, ranking number five nationally on a list of best science lab facilities provided by the Princeton Review’s Best 390 Colleges guidebook. You can take a virtual tour of the Keck Center for Science and Engineering by watching this video. Rebecca Glineburg, assistant professor of biological
A Schmid College scientist is taking part in NASA-funded research aiming to mitigate deadly fires caused by climate change.
Students and faculty from the Schmid College of Science and Technology will be at the annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America in Long Beach, California in August. Among those presenting are Patricia Lopes, associate professor of biological sciences, who will chair an organized oral session on the ecology of disgust, which explores how
Yakir Aharanov, the James J. Farley Professor in Natural Philosophy, has been elected a fellow of the Royal Society. The elected fellows, recognized for their invaluable contributions to science, are leaders in their fields and come from all parts of the world. Other elected Royal Society fellows include Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Benjamin Franklin, Dorothy
Faculty in Schmid College of Science and Technology have been recognized with a number of university awards this spring: Rosalee Hellberg, associate professor of food science, has been recognized with the university’s Award in Mentorship of Undergraduate Research & Creative Activity. Students in Hellberg’s lab have worked on projects ranging from developing methods for detecting
Anuradha Prakash, professor of food science, has been featured amongst Orange County Business Journal’s Women in STEM. In addition to her longstanding academic research program, Prakash leads one of the few food science testing laboratories in the region. In this role, she regularly works with new and established businesses who are developing new products. Recent
Yakir Aharonov, a professor at Schmid College of Science and Technology and holder of the James J. Farley Professorship in Natural Philosophy, has been elected as a member of the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences.
Lorena Munoz ’24, Noelle Clark ’24 and Emma Kocik ’22 were among a select group of students nationwide recognized with honorable mentions for their applications for Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation. Oliver Lopez, instructional associate professor of mathematics, has been appointed as a primary member of Kaiser Permanente’s Institutional Review Board for
The Office of Research announced research grants awarded to Chapman University faculty, including grant from NSF, NASA, and NIH for Schmid College professors.
The Common Loon, an icon of the northern wilderness, is under threat from climate change due to reduced water clarity, according to a new study authored by Chapman University professor, Walter Piper. The study, published April 1 in Ecology, followed up an earlier paper that showed substantial reproductive decline in the author’s study area in