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Eszter Boros wins the $200K Stony Brook Discovery Prize

Eszter Boros, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, was announced as the winner of the 2021 Stony Brook Discovery Prize on April 28. Included with the prestigious award is $200,000 in new funding, meant...

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Esther S. Takeuchi Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

An expert in battery research, her innovative work inventing lithium/silver vanadium oxide (Li/SVO) has been instrumental in saving innumerable lives.

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Gobler Lab Joins the Battle Against Algal Blooms

Lake Agawam in Southampton Village has recently looked more like pea soup than the pristine body of water that it has been for so many years. Dense algal blooms have affected the lake since 2003, according to the 2017...

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Five SBU Faculty Rise to the Rank of SUNY Distinguished Professor

Anissa Abi-Dargham, J. Kirk Cochran, Maurizio Del Poeta, Yi-Xian Qin and Paul Shepson have received the prestigious honor bestowed by SUNY upon professionals of the highest caliber.

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Watch Discovery Prize Finalists Describe Their Research

The $200,000 Stony Brook Foundation Discovery Prize will be awarded on April 28 at a virtual event where four outstanding early-career faculty will present their research.

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Jessica Gurevitch, co-leader of the Climate Interventional Biology working group. Credit: Julia Postol

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Should We Use Technology to Slow Global Warming?

Ecologist Jessica Gurevitch leads a team that is examining the consequences of using stratospheric aerosol intervention to help cool the Earth as fossil fuel emissions are reduced.

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Computer Science Professor Wins Google Award to Improve Smartphone Accessibility

Stony Brook Computer Science Professor Aruna Balasubramanian has been selected to receive a Google Research Scholar Award for her research on accessibility using wearable devices. Google’s Research Scholar program funds...

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Join Us for the Discovery Prize Competition

You’re invited to the virtual Discovery Prize Competition, where four outstanding faculty finalists will present their research for a chance to receive a $200,000 basic research grant funded by the Stony Brook...

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A new technology to accurately and cost effectively detect nitrogen from wastewater, such as at a sewage plant as the one depicted, is being developed by Stony Brook researchers. Source: Hermann Hammer, Pixabay License

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Scientist Receives SUNY TAF Award for Technology to Advance Septic Systems

Qingzhi Zhu, an associate professor in the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS) at Stony Brook University, has received a SUNY Technology Accelerator Fund (TAF) award for his research to develop a low-cost...

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Faculty Earn Fulbright Scholar Awards

Two Stony Brook University faculty have recently received Fulbright U.S. Scholar Awards. Lilianne R. Mujica-Parodi, professor of Biomedical Engineering, has been awarded the Fulbright Distinguished Scholar Award for...

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Stephanie Dinkins Named Inaugural Yayoi Kusama Endowed Professor of Art

Professor Stephanie Dinkins, from Stony Brook University’s Department of Art, has been named the inaugural Yayoi Kusama Endowed Professor of Art in the College of Arts and Sciences. A transmedia artist who creates...

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Chemistry Faculty Receive International Prize for Water Research

Benjamin S. Hsiao, distinguished professor, and Priyanka Sharma, research assistant professor, both from the Department of Chemistry at Stony Brook University, received the Creativity Prize — which is awarded to water...

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Sloths, rodents and primates — some of the largest and smallest mammals on Caribbean islands — are among those most vulnerable to extinction. Credit: David Rini, Johns Hopkins University

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Study on Caribbean Mammal Extinctions Helps Guide Conservation Strategies

Information from historical, archaeological and recent fossil records must inform current-day conservation, or else we risk losing these remarkable species forever.

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Study Shows Mars’ Early Climate Was Intermittently Warm

Samples from the Jezero Crater, the landing site of NASA’s Mars 2020 Mission, may help to reveal evidence of Mars' climate changes during its existence and possible signs of previous life.

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Mathematician John Milnor Honored with 2020 Lomonosov Gold Medal

One of the greatest living mathematicians, he has made fundamental discoveries in many areas of mathematics, including topology, dynamical systems and algebraic K-theory.

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Three SBU Leaders Honored for Outstanding Service During Pandemic

The Stony Brook Council has bestowed University Medals for Exemplary Leadership and Service to Carol A. Gomes, Dr. Margaret M. McGovern and Lawrence M. Zacarese.

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Patricia Wright to Receive Wildlife Conservation Award

Patricia Wright, the founder of Centre ValBio, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, and the Herrnstein Professor of Conservation Biology at Stony Brook University, will be awarded the Wildlife Conservation Award...

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Professor Iwao Ojima Elected to European Academy of Sciences

This is an exceptional achievement for the distinguished chemistry professor and a very well-deserved recognition for his numerous international scientific contributions.

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Category - Faculty

Eszter Boros wins the $200K Stony Brook Discovery Prize

Esther S. Takeuchi Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Gobler Lab Joins the Battle Against Algal Blooms

Should We Use Technology to Slow Global Warming?

Computer Science Professor Wins Google Award to Improve Smartphone Accessibility

Join Us for the Discovery Prize Competition

Scientist Receives SUNY TAF Award for Technology to Advance Septic Systems

Faculty Earn Fulbright Scholar Awards

Stephanie Dinkins Named Inaugural Yayoi Kusama Endowed Professor of Art

Chemistry Faculty Receive International Prize for Water Research

Mathematician John Milnor Honored with 2020 Lomonosov Gold Medal

Patricia Wright to Receive Wildlife Conservation Award

Professor Iwao Ojima Elected to European Academy of Sciences

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