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Category: CSAM Research

student research collage, Summer 2023

Hot Summer Days Ignite Scientific Minds

University’s labs provide research opportunities for undergraduates in everything from studying the climate crisis to keeping swimmers safe

Seaweed Farming: Assessment on the Potential of Sustainable Upscaling for Climate, Communities and the Planet

Seaweed Farming

Assessment on the Potential of Sustainable Upscaling for Climate, Communities and the Planet

A tagged kestrel in Harmony Township, N.J., held by John Smallwood, biology professor

The Mystery of the Vanishing Kestrels: What’s Happening to This Flashy Falcon?

The number of American kestrels has dropped sharply. That goes against the trend for birds of prey, broadly seen as a conservation bright spot

students at American Heart Association Symposium

American Heart Association HSI Scholars Share Research Findings

Six Montclair students participating in the national AHA program honored at HSI research symposium

Marisa Messina in the chemistry lab

Chemistry Student Wins Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship

Montclair State University undergraduate Marisa Messina’s research targets breast cancer treatment through enzyme study

Kestral

What Is Causing the Perplexing Decline of the American Kestrel?

Dr. John Smallwood spoke with ReportWire about the raptor species

Casabona Future Scientists Competition program

Spring 2023 Casabona Student Competition

This group of students were some of the closest rated by the judges in the competition’s history

student and mentor discuss experiments in nuclear physics "clean room"

Professor Earns NSF CAREER Grant to Advance Nuclear Physics Research

Grant will also provide access to high-level research for students typically underrepresented in laboratory science

students working in chemistry lab

Montclair State University Receives $19,200 Grant from Bayer Fund

Donation to help NJ Middle Grades Science Teachers

Duke Ophori

Professor Selected for Groundwater Research Fellowship in Nigeria

Duke Ophori will travel to Nigeria to develop curriculum for groundwater and contaminant transport modeling

Emely Cepin receives her first place award during ceremony

Casabona Competition brings out the best in some of our best students

The Fall 2022 iteration of the Mario M. Casabona Awards Competition showcases another group of exemplary students

dinosaur artwork by Hermann Bermudez

Impact that killed the dinosaurs triggered “mega-earthquake” that lasted weeks to months

PhD candidate Hermann Bermudez discusses the topic of his upcoming presentation at the Geological Society of America’s Annual Conference