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  • Brayden Weaver
    Chemistry student wins NSF research fellowship

    Brayden Weaver ('25 chemistry) has been awarded the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship. He is one of three Iowa State students to receive the scholarship.

    April 28, 2025

  • Jonathan Kelly awarded National Science Foundation grant

    Jonathan Kelly, professor in the Department of Psychology, has earned a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The nearly $230,000 award was received from the NSF’s competitive Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences Division. The grant will support Kelly’s research until 2025. Kelly’s project “Decision Processes in Human Navigation,” will investigate…

    September 23, 2022

  • Two graduate students sift through dirt to recover artifacts in Mexico
    Search for clues may explain the collapse of ancient city in Mexico

    Andrew Somerville, assistant professor of anthropology in the Department of World Languages and Cultures, leads the international research team.

    September 21, 2022

  • Four Iowa State researchers gather outside an Ames apartment building, collaborating to help Ukrainians find housing
    Researchers working to help Ukrainian refugees find housing, integrate into the Midwest

    Nell Gabiam, associate professor in the Department of World Languages and Cultures, and Scott Feinstein, assistant professor in the Department of Political Science, are part of this NSF-funded project.

    August 18, 2022

  • Nell Gabiam and Scott Feinstein awarded National Science Foundation grant

    Nell Gabiam and Scott Feinstein have been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study the integration of Ukrainian refugees into the United States. Gabiam, associate professor in the Department of World Languages and Cultures, and Feinstein, associate professor in the Department of Political…

    July 27, 2022

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    Thomas Iadecola earns NSF CAREER award for quantum computer research

    The $470,000 grant will support Iadecola’s theoretical research and efforts to engage pre-college and college students in science, technology and mathematics.

    January 31, 2022

  • Nok Wongpiromsarn earns NSF CAREER award

    Nok Wongpiromsarn, assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science, has earned a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The CAREER award is the NSF’s most prestigious honor in support of early-career faculty members who serve as exemplary teacher-scholars through outstanding research, teaching excellence and the…

    January 18, 2022

  • Assistant Professor Robbyn Anand in her chemistry lab
    Anand honored for chemistry-based innovations in human health

    Robbyn Anand named Carlyle G. Caldwell Endowed Chair in Chemistry, honored for pioneering the development of microfluidic devices that detect, capture and analyze cells.

    January 14, 2022