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College of Science News

Training for Success: ESHP Graduate Student Alexandre Hamaïde
May 14, 2025
Meet Alexandre Hamaïde, a first-year graduate student and graduate teaching assistant in the ESHP master’s degree program, and a dedicated personal trainer who is studying the impact of exercise on vascular health.
Connecting Science to Conservation: Meet 2025 Florida Atlantic 3MT® Second Runner-up, Ph.D. Student Ray Pressman
May 14, 2025
Learn how Integrative Biology-Environmental Science Ph.D. student Ray Pressman is researching how climate change affects the behavioral and developmental responses of birds to changing environments.
New Tool May Unlock Gravity, Quantum Mechanics Link
May 13, 2025
Warner A. Miller, Ph.D., co-author and a professor in the Department of Physics at ×ó°®ÊÓÆµâ€™s Charles E. Schmidt College of Science and collaborators, found that light’s polarization – the direction...
Announcing the new director of the ×ó°®ÊÓÆµ School of Environmental, Coastal, and Ocean Sustainability
May 09, 2025
Dr. Steven Vollmer will be joining ×ó°®ÊÓÆµ as the next director of our School of Environmental, Coastal, and Ocean Sustainability (ECOS) and professor in the Department of Biological Sciences.
Fewer Parasites in Indian River Lagoon Signal Big Ecosystem Problems
May 08, 2025
Researchers from ×ó°®ÊÓÆµâ€™s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute and Charles E. Schmidt College of Science suspected that parasite levels in the Indian River Lagoon (IRL) would be affected by environmental...
SEEDS BioBlitz Event Brings Students, Citizen Scientists Together to Document Local Species
May 07, 2025
During BioBlitz—a high-energy nature scavenger hunt—students, scientists and nature lovers from the community teamed up on April 8 to find and identify as many plant and animal species as possible in just a few hours.
Faculty Spotlight: Carsten Grupstra, Ph.D., Is Diving into Coral Research and Restoration
May 06, 2025
Learn more about Carsten Grupstra, Ph.D., a new assistant professor of biology, who explores oceans around the world to better understand these vibrant animals and their highly complex marine habitats.
PSMMP Graduate Students Successfully Match to Medical Physics Residency Programs
April 28, 2025
Congratulations to four outstanding Schmidt College of Science, Department of Physics, Professional Science Master in Medical Physics (PSMMP) graduate students who were admitted to medical physics residencies this year.
Inaugural ECOS Retreat Brings Members to Pine Jog
April 28, 2025
More than 80 people from the Schmidt College of Science and Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute’s ECOS came together for the first-ever retreat and student poster competition.
Goals and Growth: Reflections of Graduating Undergraduate Researcher Joel Edouard
April 28, 2025
Stellar senior Joel Edouard reflects on how being a part of Florida Atlantic’s Microbiome Innovation Cluster served as a springboard to more opportunities, including a summer internship at Johns Hopkins University.
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