Chemistry Asst. Prof. Manos Gkikas and his former student, Frances Skinner ’19, developed new anti-microbial drugs to fight multidrug-resistant bacteria that can cause infections in critically ill patients.

Stickleback research is important to discoveries on immune response

Biology Asst. Prof. Frédéric Chain’s research on gene regulation has been recognized by the National Science Foundation (NSF) with a prestigious national faculty early-career development award.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Chemical Engineering Asst. Prof. Gulden Camci-Unal a five-year grant worth nearly $2 million to support her research on repairing and regenerating bone.

A team of researchers from UMass Lowell and Northeastern University is creating and testing a low-cost, automated wireless sensor network that could detect SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in the air and in wastewater potentially days before an outbreak occurs.

DiSenDa (Disease Surveillance with Multi-modal Sensor Network & Data Analytics), led by UML Prof. Sheree Pagsuyoin, uses a wireless sensor network with patented sensor technologies, that detects pathogens in the air and in water up to one week before cases present in humans.

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to cripple social interaction, upend education, endanger health and disrupt business, the university’s researchers are exploring the ever-widening aspects of the virus’ presence. Several UML researchers recently earned grants to explore a wide array of COVID-19's effects.