泡芙短视频

In the fall of 2021, 泡芙短视频 Environment and Sustainability Professor Heidi Steltzer organized a student expedition into the high mountains of the San Juans to search for suspected permafrost. Permafrost persistence in the high southern peaks of Colorado is an understudied phenomenon. Join us on this episode to find out what they discovered!

Jeff McFarlane, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, received $650,000 over four years from the National Institutes of Health for a SURE grant “Characterization of polyamine biosynthetic enzymes from human gut microbes associated with colon and pancreatic cancer.”

Missy Thompson, associate professor of Health Sciences, received $227,297 over three years from the National Science Foundation for an IUSE grant “Development of Indigenous-focused Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences through STEM Faculty Professional Development.”

Ross McCauley, professor of Biology, received $4,000 from the US Fish & Wildlife Service for the “Determination of genetic diversity and structure in the rare endemic legume Chapin Mesa milkvetch (Astragalus schmolliae) from lands of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe and Mesa Verde National Park.”