For the run-up to the 2021 National Science Bowl® Finals, this is one in a series of profiles on previous NSB competitors.
Nina Balke studies Li-ion batteries to eliminate performance bottlenecks, understand performance fade, and design better batteries.
Observations and computer models of Earth’s systems supported by the Office of Science can help us better understand our planet’s past and future.
Physics professor Dan Melconian developed TAMUTRAP system, a unique tool for detecting positrons and protons from nuclear beta decay.
PuRe Data Resources will provide researchers with a new, world-class standard for publicly available data to advance scientific discovery.
At the University of Rochester, Arán Garcia-Bellido studies the signatures of heavy particles for answers expanding the Standard Model of Physics.
Susannah Tringe studies complex interactions among microbes, nutrients, water, and other features to better understand greenhouse gas emissions.
University of Minnesota professor Paul Dauenhauer is developing methods for converting non-food biomass into fuels, chemicals, and materials.
Aaron S. Chou’s search for holographic noise has led to more precise studies of galactic dark matter and quantum information science devices.
Timothy Bertram is studying how atmospheric chemistry regulates the concentrations of air pollutants, greenhouse gases, and aerosol particles.