Jichun Li (Mathematical Sciences) was ranked 885 (out of 1155 total ranked mathematicians) in United States 2271 in the world in the 2026 edition of Research.com's Best Mathematics Scientists 2026 Rankings.

Quinn Summerfield (Radiochemistry) was awarded the prestigious ASCENDR Fellowship. Advised by chemistry professor Art Gelis, Summerfield will participate in this highly competitive, one-year program designed for STEM students at HSRU Alliance institutions. The cohort-based fellowship prepares emerging scientists for leadership in the…

Angel Diaz and Mel Hernandez (Sciences Advising) represented UNLV at the 2026 NSHE Corequisite Conference on April 9-10 in Reno, Nevada, where they facilitated an interactive workshop titled “Advising at the Core: An Interactive STEM Workshop.”  Their session engaged attendees in collaborative strategies to support student success in…

UNLV graduate student and faculty microbiologists traveled to Tuba City, in the Navajo Nation for the regional American Society for Microbiology conference. Microbiologists from across Arizona and Southern Nevada attended to share their research. Three UNLV graduate students were awarded prizes for their research talks. They were Austin Dmitrieff-…

Fabian Vargas Rowan, a prospective Ph.D. student at UNLV, has been awarded the 2026 U.S. National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. Beginning in fall 2026, he will join Yan Zhou’s group in the Department of Physics and Astronomy to work on developing novel quantum sensors aimed at probing fundamental symmetry breaking and exploring…

Ph.D. candidate Renee Olney (Radiochemistry) has been awarded a prestigious fellowship with the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). As a member of the Class of 2026-27 NNSA Graduate Fellowship Program (NGFP), Olney will begin a 12-month appointment in Washington, D.C., within the NA-22 Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation…

Mohammed K. A. Kaabar (Mathematical Sciences) has been elected as a board member of the Books Committee at the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (MarEST), United Kingdom. IMarEST is one of the world’s leading professional institutions dedicated to advancing marine engineering, science, and applied technology. This…

Satish C. Bhatnagar (Mathematical Sciences) presented a paper on the Bricks and Blocks of Ultra mathematicians in the session, "Unspoken History of Mathematics," organized during the 105th annual meeting of the Southeastern section of the Mathematical Association of America held in Florence, Alabama, on March 26-28, 2026. 

Lex de Asis (Psychology) and Adrianna N. Tsao (Biological Sciences; Neuroscience) were named 2026 Barry Goldwater Scholars.The Goldwater Scholarship is the nation’s premier undergraduate award for students pursuing research careers in the natural sciences, engineering, and mathematics. This year, 1,485 students from 482 institutions were nominated…

Satish C. Bhatnagar (Mathematical Sciences) presented a paper, "A confluence of Hinduism and Judaism," during the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion - Western Region, which was held (both live and on Zoom) on the UNLV campus March 13-15, 2026.

Mohammed Kaabar (Mathematical Sciences), has been selected as one of the 25 recipients of the 2026 Peer Reviewers Extraordinaire Award by MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching), a program of California State University, Long Beach. The recognition was announced during the OLC Innovate 2026 Conference, an…

Monika Karney, alumna Taylor Gerson, and Helen Wing (Life Sciences) published a paper in Nucleic Acids Research (Oxford University Press). Gerson completed her Ph.D. in December and is a post-doc at Scripps Research, San Diego, Calif. Karney is a self-funded MS student who works as a lab manager on Wing's team.