Research

Ishwar D. Aggarwal, Ph.D., research professor in the Klein College of Science, was elected to the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) 2024 Class of Fellows. He will be inducted during the 14th annual NAI meeting in June 2025 among an elite group of researchers across a variety of government and non-profit research institutions. Aggarwal has […]

The Klein College of Science’s Truman Lab has been awarded a new R01 grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). From 2024 to 2028, the new grant will provide $1,278,920 for the project “Understanding the role of Hsp70 chaperone code in proteostasis,” adding to […]

The UNC Charlotte team of chemistry researchers traveled to Washington D.C. on Oct. 16-18 to attend the Collegiate Inventors Competition awards, after being named national finalists in September. Finalist teams, consisting of 19 students from nine colleges and universities across the United States, presented their inventions to an esteemed panel of final-round judges composed of […]

Two UNC Charlotte Klein College of Science students were announced today as team finalists in the Collegiate Inventors Competition, from the National Inventors Hall of Fame.  Students Naz Fathma Tumpa, a nanoscale chemistry Ph.D. student, and Aiden Hawkins, a senior chemistry major working toward a bachelor’s of science degree, have been working with advisors Michael […]

On the road to future cancer treatments, Shan Yan. Ph.D., is blazing his own path. That was evident recently when – as published in Nature Communications – Yan and his research team at UNC Charlotte broke new ground in the functional understanding of the protein APE1 that jumpstarts human DNA damage repair. The findings could […]

More than 30 research posters competed for prizes at the 2024 Biomedical Sciences Symposium, which took place on Sept. 9 at the Dubois Center at UNC Charlotte Center City.  Hosted by the Division of Research and the North Carolina Biotechnology Center, participants included students from UNC Charlotte, the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) […]

Chancellor Sharon L. Gaber recognized researchers across the University with more than $1 million or more in active external funding at a reception on March 27. The Million Dollar Research Circle, one of several new initiatives to support research through the Division of Research, honors faculty who have received federal and state grants, as well as […]

Shaoyu Li is a College of Science associate professor of Mathematics and Statistics and a member of CIPHER, Computational Intelligence to Predict Health and Environmental Risks, research center. Her area of research is statistical genetics and genomics. She is also an affiliate of the School of Data Science and was featured in an article alongside […]

The Afonin Nanotech Lab was featured in the Biomedical Beat blog from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), part of the National Institute of Health (NIH). The post entitled “Science Snippet: Zooming in on Nanoparticles” features an explanation of nanoparticles and their biomedical benefits to treat cancers, fight iron deficiencies, treat fungal infections […]

Working weekends as an emergency medical technician while an undergraduate at UNC Charlotte, Andrew Brotherton ’22 learned that quick, accurate diagnosis of heart attacks saves lives and improves patient outcomes. He also realized that emergency responders — and patients — would benefit from diagnostic tools on ambulances and fire trucks.  “There is no worse feeling […]