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Dr. Scott Mackaro

UAH alumnus Scott Mackaro named VP, Science, Innovation & Development for AccuWeather

Nov 04, 2019

The 1996 blockbuster movie, Twister cinched Scott Mackaro’s (’03, M.S., ’08 PhD, Atmospheric Science) decision to become a scientist. Today, Mackaro is Vice President of Science, Innovation, and Development for AccuWeather, a media company p...


Dr. Tathagata Mukherjee

AI system being developed under $1.9 million grant to help parolees integrate into society

Oct 22, 2019

Custom-tailored help will be available to prison parolees reintegrating into society once an artificial intelligence (AI) system being developed by UAH and two partner universities is complete. ...


Xavier Baldwin

Xavier Baldwin (’13, BS, Biology/Chemistry) Recipient: 2019 UAH Outstanding Young Alumni of Achievement

Sep 27, 2019

Learning more about the science behind diseases led Xavier Baldwin to a career in medicine. He is completing a general surgery residency at The University of North Carolina Hospital System. Baldwin graduated cum laude from UAH in 2013 with a Bache...


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Discovery of an endangered species in a well-known cave raises questions

Sep 19, 2019

You’d think there’d be no way someone could newly discover an endangered species hanging out in Fern Cave in the Paint Rock River valley of Jackson County, so close to Huntsville, home to thousands of spelunkers exploring every cave, nook and c...


Dr. Aaron Naeger, Dr. Susan Alexander and Dr. Michael Newchurch

Conference offers sneak peek at future TEMPO, MAIA satellite health research data

Sep 12, 2019

On Oct. 10 at UAH, researchers who study the effects of atmospheric gases and particulate matter on public health will be preparing to get some new eyes in the sky. ...


Dylan McKelvey, Dr. Udaysankar Nair and Casey Calamaio

UAH hyperspectral drone flights test new tool for UGA marsh grass researchers

Sep 09, 2019

The UAH Atmospheric Science Department and UAH’s Rotorcraft Systems Engineering and Simulation Center (RSESC) have teamed up to offer University of Georgia scientists a unique drone-gathered data set for their coastal disturbance studies. ...


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Two programs give underrepresented students hands-on experience in the STEM fields

Aug 13, 2019

Each summer, UAH welcomes to its campus a group of hard-working high achievers from rural, frontier, or other targeted outreach schools to take part in two programs designed to give historically underrepresented students hands-on experience in the ...


Tathagata Mukherjee

Inaugural Cyber Bytes breakfast features new computer science faculty member

Aug 08, 2019

The newest UAH cybersecurity faculty member, Dr. Mukherjee will draw on his work for the U.S. Air Force. ...


Dr. David Berkowitz

UAH and the Université d’Évry-Val-d’Essonne sign MOU codifying cooperative endeavors

Aug 06, 2019

UAH and the Université d’Évry-Val-d’Essonne (UEVE), a member institution of the Université Paris-Saclay, signed a Memorandum of Understanding earlier this summer to codify their commitment to developing mutually beneficial academic programs ...


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UAH professor part of San Antonio Zoo’s successful effort to breed enigmatic salamander

Jul 23, 2019

Dr. Matthew Niemiller, an assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at UAH, is part of a team that has – for the first time ever – successfully bred the imperiled Georgia blind salamander (Eurycea wallacei) in effort to ...


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