The 2025 CNS Alumni Awards
Matthew Tirrell PhD '77, Derrick Maxwell BS '14, and Ahmed A. H. Siddig PhD ’15 have been named the recipients of this year's awards.
Isaac Larsen of EGCS Elected Fellow of the Geological Society of America
Larsen uses field, geochemical, remote-sensing, and modeling tools to quantify rates of Earth surface change and understand how landscapes evolve.
Wu Lab Wins NIH Grant to Study RNP Condensates and Their Role in Human Disease
Wu argues that this research could help us to understand how cells carry out important tasks in the body.
CNS Professors Linda Tropp and Jim Watkins Receive Endowed Chairs
Both professors have previously been honored with a variety of directorships, awards, and fellowships from UMass.
CNS Chemists Develop Tool Providing Unrivaled Look Inside Cells
This new tool allows researchers the ability to ‘turn the knob’ of things like temperature and salt, and see how they affect RNA’s phase separation.
CNS Food Scientist Eric Decker Wins Chevreul Medal
Decker was honored for his research into free radical oxidation of lipids and mechanisms of antioxidants in numerous food systems.
CNS Biologists Find That Salmon Use Pituitary Glands to ‘See’ When Migrating
The team found that the pituitary gland, located at the base of salmons' brains, is studded with photoreceptors that can “see” the changing daylight.
Food Science Challenge Seeks New Products, Practices, and Technology
The challenge is designed to inspire a range of original edible and technological food science-related inventions.
D. Julian McClements Considers a New Generation of Hybrid Protein Foods
McClements argues that it’s possible to create tasty, nutritious, and sustainable alternatives to animal products.
Raymond Bradley Honored with Chinese Academy of Science Distinguished Scientist Fellowship
Bradley has been collaborating with Chinese scientists since 1986, beginning with research in China’s Loess plateau.
Baoshan Xing and Team Study How To Grow More Nutritious Rice With Less Fertilizer
The team found that nano-scale selenium reduced the negative environmental impacts of nitrogen fertilization in rice by 41%.