Biological Sciences
The Genetics and Genomics Academy is a leader in interdisciplinary programming, offering undergraduate courses that allow students from all majors to explore genetics and genomics.
Brittany Rickard, a postdoctoral student in Professor Sue Fenton’s lab, will receive three awards at the March 2026 Society of Toxicology annual meeting in San Diego, including the Risk Assessment Specialty Section’s John Doull Postdoctoral Fellow Risk Assessment Endowment Award.
Chemistry
The 2025 annual meeting of the North Carolina section of the American Chemical Society took place at NC State on Jan. 28, drawing in more than 150 attendees.
Researchers uncovered how enzymes in red algae produce neuroexcitatory compounds like kainic acid. Such findings could unlock new pathways for innovation in drug discovery and synthetic biology.
Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Associate Professor Kate Davis and a team of international researchers are investigating what past changes in the ocean’s oxygen may indicate about our present.
Assistant Professor Allison Michaelis and students are launching weather balloons equipped with high-tech sensors called radiosondes from Jordan Hall as part of a program to improve understanding and forecasting of atmospheric rivers.
Mathematics
Professor Rachel Levy, executive director of NC State’s Data Science and AI Academy, has been selected as a 2026 Fellow of the Association of Women of Mathematics.
A recent discovery by Assistant Professor Andrew Sagemen-Furnas and two international collaborators was featured in Quanta Magazine.
Physics and Astronomy
Professor Dali Sun was among an international group of researchers who found that chiral phonons can create orbital current using their own magnetism.
Associate Professor Kasey Wagoner explains the physics behind figure skating jumps.
Statistics
The International Indian Statistical Association awarded Associate Professor Srijan Sengupta the Early Career Award in Statistics and Data Science in the Application category.
Graduate student Shih-Ni Prim won the 2026 EnviBayes student paper competition.
