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Top Stories of 2025: Cell Communication, Mosquito-killing Fungus and More

Top Stories of 2025: Cell Communication, Mosquito-killing Fungus and More

December 18, 2025

UMD Astrobiologist on Team Selected by NASA to Investigate Ocean Worlds and Their Organic Carbon Cycles

UMD Astrobiologist on Team Selected by NASA to Investigate Ocean Worlds and Their Organic Carbon Cycles

December 3, 2025

UMD Astronomer Co-Leads Creation of First 3D Temperature Map of Distant Exoplanet

UMD Astronomer Co-Leads Creation of First 3D Temperature Map of Distant Exoplanet

October 28, 2025

Congratulations to the College's August 2025 Graduates!

Congratulations to the College's August 2025 Graduates!

October 21, 2025

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Meet the Department

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Daniel Patrick Moriarty III

Assistant Research Scientist

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Jordan Nicole Ealy

Graduate Student

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Michael S. Kelley

Research Scientist

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Amanda Broadmeadow

Graduate Student

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Graduate Student

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Leland Nicholas Cheyne

Program Manager

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David Paul Bennett

Research Scientist

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Cecilia Chirenti

Associate Research Scientist

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Visiting Assistant Research Scientist

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Stephen Bradley Cenko

Adjunct Professor

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Post-Doctoral Associate

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Patrick Liam Whelley

Associate Research Scientist

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Graduate Student

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Elizabeth M. Warner

Principal Faculty Specialist

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Emily Hope Callahan

Business Manager

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Massimo Ricotti

Professor

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Graduate Student

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David R. Leskauskas Jr.

Faculty Specialist

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Gokul Prem Srinivasaragavan

Graduate Student

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Christopher S. Reynolds

Professor

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Kelly Ramos-Walker

Faculty Specialist

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Natalia Buzulukova

Associate Research Scientist

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Joseph Ryan Eggen

Senior Faculty Specialist

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Professor

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Peter J. Teuben

Research Scientist

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Caitlin Joannah Ahrens

Assistant Research Scientist

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Assistant Research Scientist

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Visiting Assistant Research Scientist

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Andrew I. Harris

Professor

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Assistant Research Scientist

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Leo Drake Deming

Research Professor

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Joanna Natacha Berteaud

Post-Doctoral Associate

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Edward J. Shaya

Associate Research Scientist

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Juan Ignacio Martin de Blas

Post-Doctoral Associate

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Abderahmen Zoghbi

Associate Research Scientist

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Gregory Michael Olmschenk

Assistant Research Scientist

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Visiting Assistant Research Scientist

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Graduate Student

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Visiting Research Scientist

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Visiting Assistant Research Scientist