Department of Biology | University of Maryland

Emme Bruns Unravels Interactions Between Diseases and Hosts

New assistant professor investigates the relationship between wildflowers and a sterilizing fungus.

For Emily “Emme” Bruns, who grew up rooting around in the dirt and exploring in the forests of Northern California, a

- 10 February 2022

Sound Decisions: Nikolas Francis Beats His Own Drum in Considering How Brains Process and Understand Sound

He recently spoke to Terp alumni magazine about what we don’t know about sound, how his research could help fill those gaps and how he switches between the lab and the stage.

- 2 February 2022

Sean Carroll is Executive Producer of Film that Won World Documentary Grand Jury Prize at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival

Carroll has served as executive producer or presenter on more than a dozen feature documentary films.

Distinguished University Professor of Biology Sean Carroll is exec

- 31 January 2022

Karen Lips Named Rotating Program Director in the Office of International Science and Engineering at the National Science Foundation

Lips’ work at the NSF will build on her extensive science policy work. She was a Jefferson Science Fellow from 2016-18, working with the U.S. Department of State both domestically and internationally (in Colombia).

Biology Professor Karen Lips has accepted the position of rotating program director

- 31 January 2022

Meet Neuroscience Major Rakshita Balaji

She is an undergraduate researcher in the lab of Assistant Professor Melissa Caras, where she studies the neural basis of sensory plasticity and perceptual learning.

Rakshita Balaji’s interest in neuroscience sprang in high school when she began to wonder

- 30 January 2022