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In the News
Metro UK
Confusing calls for ‘priority boarders’ and numbered groups can make the process drag on — so it might surprise travelers to learn that there’s actually a tried and tested boarding system proven to make the process quicker.
Jason Steffen
Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Congresswoman Dina Titus is set to announce a new grant of more than $1 million supporting UNLV’s Instrumentation for Pathogen Detection in Water project on Thursday. The funding will be used to purchase new equipment that can measure pathogen levels in water and strengthen public health and water security efforts across Nevada.
Airlines use slower boarding methods because they help sell perks like priority boarding and seat upgrades.
Jason Steffen
Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Accomplishments
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…
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…
Experts
Associate Professor-in-Residence, School of Life Sciences
An expert on mammals.
Professor of Molecular Biology and Microbiology
An expert on bacterial gene regulation and bacterial pathogens, including E. coli, Shigella, and Salmonella.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
An expert on math, scientific computing, and deep learning.