Faculty | College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences

Biology’s Scott Juntti Receives Grant to Develop New Tools that Link Genetic Changes to Traits in Cichlid Fish

Biology’s Scott Juntti Receives Grant to Develop New Tools that Link Genetic Changes to Traits in Cichlid Fish
Award came from the National Science Foundation’s Enabling Discovery through Genomic Tools (EDGE) program.
International Collaboration Finds Land Plant Genes in Ancient Aquatic Alga

International Collaboration Finds Land Plant Genes in Ancient Aquatic Alga
Newly sequenced algal genome shows that adaptations essential for land plants evolved before land plants did.
Dinesh Manocha Joins UMD as the Paul Chrisman Iribe Professor of Computer Science

Dinesh Manocha Joins UMD as the Paul Chrisman Iribe Professor of Computer Science
Endowed professorship in virtual reality created with private and state support.
Amitabh Varshney Named Dean of the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences at UMD

Amitabh Varshney Named Dean of the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences at UMD
Varshney has been a faculty member in UMD’s Department of Computer Science since 2000.
Ming Lin Named Chair of UMD Department of Computer Science

Ming Lin Named Chair of UMD Department of Computer Science
An expert in virtual reality, computer graphics and robotics, Lin joins UMD from the University of Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Scott Juntti Joins UMD as William J. Higgins Assistant Professor of Biology

Scott Juntti Joins UMD as William J. Higgins Assistant Professor of Biology
Created by alumni to honor their educator and mentor, this is the first endowed professorship in biology.
Matthias Zwicker Joins UMD as the Reginald Allan Hahne Endowed E-Nnovate Professor in Computer Science

Matthias Zwicker Joins UMD as the Reginald Allan Hahne Endowed E-Nnovate Professor in Computer Science
Endowed professorship in virtual reality created with private and state support.
UMD Receives $2.1M from the State of Maryland to Create Two Endowed Chairs

UMD Receives $2.1M from the State of Maryland to Create Two Endowed Chairs
State initiative matches donations from Michael and Eugenia Brin and Elizabeth Stevinson Iribe to establish endowed chairs in mathematics and computer science.