UMD Senior’s Children’s Book Honors her Sister with Autism

Seti Ouelega’s close bond with her sister, Meghan, inspired her to study neuroscience and write a children’s book to spread autism awareness.

UMD's Quantitative Biology Initiative Announces Inaugural Postdoctoral Fellow Cohort

Spencer Hobson-Gutierrez, Julie Pourtois and James Richardson will work with QBI faculty, staff and students for three years to address critical issues in the life sciences using quantitative approaches.

Portrait of Chitrini Anand Chitrini Anand

Biological Sciences Major
Data Science and Disability Studies Minors
San Jose, CA

Concocting Chemicals to Fight Drug Overdose

When chemistry Ph.D. candidate Manny Bazan-Bergamino isn’t playing his clarinet, you can find him developing “molecular containers” that flush drugs out of the body.

A Computational Mind Drives a Scientist to the Bioinformatics of Immunity

Nicholas Rachmaninoff (Ph.D. ’23, biological sciences) found his passion in the data-driven analysis of the immune system, using math and code to understand how the body fights disease.

Portrait of Faiza Syed Faiza Syed

Computer Science Major
Ashburn, VA
Technology Internship Program at M&T Bank

Portrait of Rida Sukhera Rida Sukhera

Neuroscience Major
Silver Spring, MD
FIRE Program

Portrait of Alexia Rigal Alexia Rigal

Physics and Astronomy double majors
Greenbelt, MD
Institute of Research in Electronics and Applied Physics

Portrait of Colin Kurniawan Colin Kurniawan

Computer Science and Mathematics dual majors
Phoenix, MD
University Honors

Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Rice Production Have Doubled Since 1961, UMD Study Finds

Despite rising emissions, improved farm management could reduce emissions by about 10% without compromising yields.