A faculty member since 2014, Lombardi will lead the program that includes 1,500 students and ranks second on campus for the number of bachelor’s degrees awarded annually.
The senior biological sciences major explores fungal samples from the western Italian Alps.
Fifteen tenured/tenure-track faculty members, five instructional faculty members and five research faculty members were promoted, effective between November 2023 and August 2024. Two additional faculty members were named Distinguished University Professor—the highest academic honor bestowed by the university.
He is the fourth director in the living-learning program’s 30-year history.
The Gemstone Honors students are researching whether common varieties of mushrooms can prevent infections linked to medical implants.
More than 1,600 students from our college are set to graduate in May 2024.
Using a novel approach called reverse vaccinology, which employs powerful bioinformatic tools and reverse pharmacology practices, the researchers are examining the genetic makeup of several parasites that cause malaria, seeking specific antigens to target with new vaccines.
When you donate to the Reid and Nancy Compton Maryland Promise Scholarship, your gift will be matched dollar for dollar by the A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation and the University of Maryland.
Ata is Biology's associate director of research and faculty affairs.
UMD graduate students Marron McConnell and Qianru Liao are combining their expertise in biomathematics and remote sensing to learn how climate change shapes caribou population dynamics and migration behavior in the Arctic.