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The College of Sciences offers biosciences, chemistry, geoscience, mathematics, and physics courses that support a diverse undergraduate curriculum and outstanding graduate programs.

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Pre-med major Ashley Busch (\'05) takes notes during a mathematics class.

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Jason McClure, a doctoral student in high-pressure physics, prepares an experiment in one of the laboratories in the Robert L. Bigelow Physics Building.

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The College of Sciences supplements state funding by competing with other universities for prestigious federal grant funds and by securing private donations from individuals, families, foundations, and corporations. We are indebted to those donors who support our teaching, research, and community service efforts.

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Vanja Velickovska, a Ph.D. student in biology, works with assistant professor Frank Van Breukelen and other faculty members on a series of research projects.

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The School of life Sciences offers a wide array of classes. Laboratory instructor Linh Nguyen leads a Biology 251: General Microbiology class through assignments that focus on aspects of soil, aquatic, ecological, and pathogenic bacteriology, as well as virology and molecular genetics. Science majors, nursing students, and others are required to take such classes.

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Goverdhan Gajjala, a graduate student in electrical engineering, is part of associate professor Clemens Heske’s interdisciplinary research team. In this photo, Gajjala is monitoring the activity of lab equipment in the chemistry building’s Surface and Interface Science Laboratory.

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The Robert L. Bigelow Physics Building, active day and night, glows from within on the UNLV campus.

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The Lilly Fong Geoscience Building (LFG), located in the center of campus, houses classrooms, state-of-the art laboratories, and faculty offices.

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Terri Nilson, an undergraduate biology major, examines insect specimens in a Juanita Greer White Biosciences Building laboratory.

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Derek Houston, a Ph.D. student in biology, examines fish samples in the Molecular Systematics laboratory.

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Rachael Johnsen, an undergraduate student with a major in geology and a minor in mathematical science, carefully examines a specimen gathered from the Nevada desert. Her work contributes to the studies of the Nevada region, and other arid lands, that are a speciality of our geoscience department.

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Ken Nagamine, assistant professor in the department of physics and astronomy, gives a seminar on the formation of stars.

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Christine Serway, Ph.D. student, uses a dissecting microscope to sort through different genotypes of flies.

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Eun-Hae Kim, a master’s student, works on the conservation of a mechanism of protein localization among different taxa.

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Linh Nguyen, Ph.D. student, examines soil microbial samples from the Mojave Desert.

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Dharshani Nanayakkara, a laboratory coordinator in the School of Life Sciences, prepares for a microbial systems lab class.

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College of Sciences students work in the computer lab of Professor Dale Devitt, director of the Center for Urban Horticulture and Water Conservation.

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Linh Nguyen, Ph.D. student, searches for supplies in the lab.

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Laboratory coordinator Shyama Malwane, School of Life Sciences, prepares experiments for use in the microbiology teaching labs.

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Students in Biology 189, Fundamentals of Life Science, learn how to use microscopes and prepare samples.

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Visiting students from the University of Sonora in Hermosillo, Mexico work on soil samples with Eduardo Robleto, assistant professor, school of life sciences.

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Brenda Concepcion Ruiz, a visiting undergraduate from the University of Sonora, prepares a sample for gel electrophoresis.

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Scientific research, in all its varied forms, engages undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty in the search for information to improve our quality of life.

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In the summer of 2007 Brenda Concepcion Ruiz, a visiting junior from the University of Sonora, in Hermosillo, Mexico participated in an exchange program.

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Erika Cecilia Ruiz, a visiting undergraduate from the University of Sonora prepares soil samples to be added to a gel solution.

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The study of soil microbes allows scientists to measure and improve nutrients and plant growth, which translates into more efficient agricultural practices.

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Brenda Concepcion Ruiz, an undergraduate from the University of Sonora gained laboratory research experience at UNLV that she plans to pass on to students at her institution.

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Professor Brett Riddle, school of life sciences, examines a ringtail (Bassariscus astutus), relative of the raccoon, an animal common in arid regions and rocky outcrops and canyons throughout Nevada.

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Fluorescent nanofibers, viewed under an ultra-violet light in the lab of Dong-Chan Lee, assistant professor of chemistry.

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Kyoungmi Jang (Ph.D. student, Chemistry) from South Korea works with fluorescent nanofibers, viewed under an ultra-violet light in the lab of Dong-Chan Lee, assistant professor of chemistry.

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(L to R) Hatice Gecol, director of the Nevada State Office of Energy; Frank Tussing, executive director of the Nevada Alliance for Defense, Energy & Business; and Clemens Heske, chemistry professor discuss the various experimental approaches used to study surfaces and interfaces in a variety of devices for energy conversion.

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(Clemens Heske, chemistry professor studies surfaces and interfaces in a variety of devices for energy conversion.

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Dong-Chan Lee assistant professor of chemistry (left), and Hatice Gecol, director of the Nevada State Office of Energy discuss his research.

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The Bioimaging Laboratory, a component of the School of Life Sciences, is located on the second floor of Juanita Greer White Life Sciences Building.

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The UNLV Genomics Center supports a wide range of research grants and offers assistance and analysis in preparing and studying samples.

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Assistant Professor Stephen Roberts and his lab explore the physiological, biomechanical, and biochemical traits that allow insects to meet and vary the aerodynamic and energetic requirements for flight.

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The careful handling and processing of research samples is critical to produce accurate, verifiable research data.

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The tools of science in the lab of Dong-Chan Lee, assistant professor of chemistry.

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UNLV student Nicole McShea enjoys her internship at the Mirage Dolphin Habitat. Photo Courtesy of The Mirage.

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UNLV student Chelsea Hess enjoys her internship at The Mirage aquarium.

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UNLV student Nicole McShea enjoys her internship at the Mirage Dolphin Habitat. Photo Courtesy of The Mirage.

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UNLV student Nicole McShea enjoys her internship at the Mirage Dolphin Habitat. Photo Courtesy of The Mirage.

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UNLV undergraduate Ryan Huang works with a rice protein, WRKY71, which plays key roles in many developmental processes.

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Paul Howse, a UNLV undergraduate examines membrane-bounded iron crystals that cause the bacteria to align along the Earth’s geomagnetic field lines.

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Undergraduate May Yared examines cells in conditions of stress, and the global transcriptional regulator CodY. Carmen Lui, a Clark County High School student assists in this study.

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Whitney Shofner, UNLV undergraduate studies the characterization and chemical synthesis of composites containing aniline and N-Phenylenediamine (NPPD), synthesized with palladium, to determine hydrogen storage capabilities.

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Grant Hall, (B.S., 2008) proclaims his allegiance to UNLV during a field trip for Geomorphology (GEOL 333) in the Spring 2007 semester. Hall is examining the sands of the main star dune in the Mesquite Dune field, near Stovepipe Wells, Death Valley, California.

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Chulsung Bae, assistant professor of chemistry works to develop polymeric catalysts, new organic/polymeric materials for electronics or energy storage, and polyelectrolyte membranes for fuel cell applications.

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Graduate student Tae Soo Jo works to develop polymeric catalysts, new organic/polymeric materials for electronics or energy storage, and polyelectrolyte membranes for fuel cell applications.

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Research projects in the UNLV Chemistry Department include efforts to develop polymeric catalysts, new organic/polymeric materials for electronics or energy storage, and polyelectrolyte membranes for fuel cell applications.

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Graduate student Jihoon Shin works to develop polymeric catalysts, new organic/polymeric materials for electronics or energy storage, and polyelectrolyte membranes for fuel cell applications.

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Chulsung Bae, assistant professor of chemistry and recipient of an NSF Career Award, works with a team of faculty members, postdoctoral scholars, graduate students, and undergraduate students to develop polymeric catalysts, new organic/polymeric materials for electronics or energy storage, and polyelectrolyte membranes for fuel cell applications.

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Undergraduate student Adi Avi-Izak contributes to state-of-the-art research projects in the laboratory of assistant professor Chulsung Bae.

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Graduate student Lacie Brownell prepares an experiment to develop polymeric catalysts, new organic/polymeric materials for electronics or energy storage, and polyelectrolyte membranes for fuel cell applications.

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