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Faculty Awards and In The News
Dr. Jorge Gardea-Torresdey
Tribute to Jorge Gardea-Torresdey at the 12th Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization (SNO) Conference - November 2023 in Marina del Rey, California

The 12th SNO Conference's "Tribute to Jorge Gardea-Torresdey" session honored the many scientific contributions of Dr. Gardea-Torresdey. The session included poster and platform abstracts from former and current students, collaborators, and colleagues. The focus was on all aspects of "environmental nanotechnology, nanotoxicology, and nano-enabled agriculture and water treatment".
Clarivate™ Highly Cited Researcher - 2023
Dr. Gardea-Torresdey was globally identified in the top 1% of multiple Highly Cited Papers™.
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Dr. Mahesh Narayan
Dr. Narayan's research group lands in Newsweek, NBC, Neuroscience News, Mirror, and other big news sources

You can read the UTEP article on the fascinating research HERE.
Dr. Carlos Cabrera
Dr. Cabrera is honored at ACS Puerto Rico's 46th ACS Senior Technical Meeting - November 2023 in Guayanilla, Puerto Rico


The Board of Directors of the ACS Puerto Rico section presented the Waldemar Adam Award to Dr. Cabrera at the 46th ACS TEchnical Meeting in Guayanilla, Puerto Rico. The award is given to the person that has made outstanding contributions to chemistry in Puerto Rico, nationally, and beyond.
You can read about Dr. Cabrera's many achievements on their Facebook post .
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Class of 2017 (PhD)
Dr. Adrian Enriquez, a 2017 UTEP Biochemistry graduate and a current postdoctoral fellow at La Jolla Institute for Immunology receives a Postdoctoral Enrichment Program Award. Read about it .