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March 2013
Congratulations to Carlos Gonzalez (BIOL), Sarah Lopez (BIOL), Gabriel Padilla (BIOL), and Mandi Roe (BIOT) on advancing to the 27th annual CSU Student Research Competition, held at Cal Poly Pomona on May 10-11! CSM is proud that you will be representing us.
January 2013
Physics major Anne Marie Jensen is the RAP Coordinator for San Diego EMS-Rural/Metro of San Diego and San Diego Fire-Rescue Department and was selected as the 2012 Paramedic of the Year by her peers. She co-authored an article on San Diego's eRAP system with James Dunford, M.D. in the Journal of Emergency Medical Services.
Math majors Jesus Hernandez, Derek Hoeft, Rani Hermiz, Kenny Courser, Jason Hultman, and Alex Toole attended the American Mathematical Society/Mathematical Assocation of America's AMS-MAA Joint Meetings Annual Conference in San Diego with Dr. Andre Kundgen and Dr. Shahed Sharif.
October 2012
Dr. Eamonn Keogh, CSIS alumni, has generously donated to the Computer Science major scholarship. Dr. Keogh graduated in 1995 and credits Dr. Rika Yoshii (CSIS) with encouraging him to pursue his Ph.D. at the University of California, Irvine. Dr. Keogh is now a Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at UCR and recently featured in their Fall 2012 magazine. Thank you for your generosity to your alum!
September 2012
Congratulations to Dominica Ranieri, a first-generation college senior majoring in Biochemistry at CSUSM, who was named one of 23 California State University (CSU) students to receive the 2012-2013 William R. Hearst/CSU Trustees' Award for Outstanding Achievement! You can read more about her inspiring story at http://www.csusm.edu/news/topstories/articles/2012/09/tsHearst.html.
August 2012
CSM students Jessica Spolarich, Arthur Ledesma, William Huegel, and Jigneshkumar Patel have been hard at work in the lab this summer and presented their research at the Undergraduate Research Symposium at the University of California, Irvine, on August 1st. http://www.chem.uci.edu/
July 2012
We had 48 student volunteers on campus, working with faculty in every discipline on summer research projects. Congratulations to the following students for receiving a ViaSat Undergraduate Summer Research Stipend: Steven Castro (BIOL), Theo Crouch (CSIS), John Gormally (PHYS), Richard Hunsperger (MATH), Louis Magallon (PHYS), Raechel Mendelsohn (CHEM), Ryan Moe (CSIS), Amanda Mohaimany-Aponte (BIOL), Julian Nguyen (CSIS), and Ronald Reiter (CHEM). Congratulations as well to Jessic Spolarich (CHEM), Chase Keene (PHYS), Christopher Salvo (PHYS), and Dennis Wilson (PHYS)who received summer research stipends from their respective departments.
June 2012
An inspirational video featuring two of our 2012 graduates - Temet McMichael (BIOCHEM) and Nastassja McDonald (BIOL). We are so proud of you and all of your accomplishments. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUb30lBbFQM&list=UUTpkgXDI-BCU7BquMexfWxQ&index=1&feature=plcp
May 2012
Congratulations to the Class of 2012! Our first ever College of Science & Mathematics Commencement was a rousing success! Please visit the CSM and CSUSM Facebook pages for a slew of great pictures. "Like" our page, tag photos, add comments and pictures, and stay in touch.
Congratulations to our College of Science and Mathematics Dean's Award Winner: Andrew Pinkard, Chemistry! The other nominees for this award were Christopher Salvo (PHYS), Kenny Courser (MATH), and Sarah Holgren (BIOL). We are extremely proud of all your hard work and wish you all the best in the future.
(Dr. Paul Jasien, Chemistry & Biochemistry; Dr. Katherine Kantardjieff; Andrew; President Karen Haynes)
Carlos Gutierrez Gonzalez (BIOL); Aaron Harlan (BIOL); Jehovani Lopez (BIOCHEM); and Joanna Malfavon-Borja (BIOL). They will be attending the 26th Annual State Competition at Cal State Long Beach on May 4th & 5th. You can read more about their research at http://www.csusm.edu/gsr/student/src.html. We are so proud of the work you are doing!
April 2012
Nastassja McDonald, Biological Sciences, and Mandi Roe, Biotechnology, are featured in an article in the North County Times about their species protection research. http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/san-marcos/san-marcos-csusm-student-researchers-seek-genetic-answer-to-species/article_45059f72-4c2c-537a-a84f-cbd186feec6f.html
March 2012
The American Chemical Society National Meeting was held March 25-28 in San Diego. Research was presented by: Jamie Do (BIOCHEM), Jehovani Lopez (BIOCHEM), B. Trevor Carney (CHEM), Alexandra Porobic (BIOCHEM/PHYS), Temet McMichael (BIOCHEM), Raechel Mendelsohn (CHEM), Patricia Velasco (BIOL), Denisse Reyes (BIOL/CHEM), Roxanne Echon (BIOL), Daniel Larsen (BIOT), and Leanna Tuscano (BIOL). Dr. Jackie Trischman, Chemistry, served as corresponding author and faculty mentor.
Dr. Shahed Sharif, Mathematics, and several of his students attended The 7th Annual Pacific Coast Undergraduate Mathematics Conference on March 10th at Cal Poly Ponoma. Sponsored by the Hypatians Student Outreach.
February 2012
Jehovani Lopez (BIOCHEM), Temet McMichael (CHEM), and Abel Rios (BIOCHEM), working wtih Dr. Jackie Trischman, Chemistry, participated in the CSUSM Student Research Competition, organized by the Office of Graduate Studies and Research and the Student Affairs Committee of the Academic Senate. Jehovani Lopez was selected as a campus winner for his work, "Isolation and characterization of anti-mycobacterial metabolites from the extract of marine bacterial strain UA-323" and will be attending the 26th Annual State Competition at CSU, Long Beach in May.
The Office of Graduate Studies produced this video that showcases some of our CSM students, including Samantha Lang who works with Dr. Deborah Kristan, Biological Sciences. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byTAVQvB-a0&list=UUTpkgXDI-BCU7BquMexfWxQ&index=1&feature=plcp
November 2011
The American Chemical Society Western Regional Meeting was held November 10-12 in Pasadena, CA. Research was presented by: Jehovani Lopez (BIOCHEM), B. Trevor Carney (CHEM), Alexandra Porobic (BIOCHEM/PHYS), and Temet McMichael (BIOCHEM). Dr. Jackie Trischman, Chemistry, served as corresponding author and faculty mentor.
Physics student Alan Colio attended the 53rd Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society (APS) of Plasma Physics in Salt Lake City, Utah. His research at General Atomics-Fusion on a new engineering application to improve the capabilitiles of their current DIIII-D tokamak timing sequence unit was part of a poster presentation at the conference.
