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New dean appointed

DSI Affiliated Faculty, Fabrice Veron, interim dean of University of Delaware’s College of Earth, Ocean and Environment (CEOE), has been named dean of the college, effective immediately.

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Fabrice Veron, a member of the University of Delaware faculty since 2002, has been named dean of UD's College of Earth, Ocean and Environment. Photo by Kathy F. Atkinson

Learning to love music

DSI affiliated faculty Matthew Mauriello, assistant professor of computer and information sciences, helped to design, build and deploy the technology used in a music listening device for children with autism that helps them learn to become composers.

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Cosmic code

UD physicist and DSI affiliated faculty Marianna Safronova and postdoctoral researcher Charles Cheung are part of an international team that recently resolved one 40-year astrophysics puzzle where theory and data previously disagreed.

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Neunuebel, Perilla named Mangone Young Scholars

Both DSI Affiliated Faculty, Juan Perilla, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, and Josh Neunuebel, assistant professor of psychological and brain sciences, both have been named 2022 Mangone Young Scholars by the University of Delaware’s Francis Alison Society. The 27th annual awards recognize the promising and accomplished work of young researchers at the University.

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Juan Perilla (left), assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, and Josh Neunuebel, assistant professor of psychological and brain sciences, have been named 2022 Mangone Young Scholars by the University of Delaware’s Francis Alison Society. The 27th annual awards recognize the promising and accomplished work of young researchers at the University.Photos by Kathy F. Atkinson and Evan Krape.

Improving algorithms, fostering community

DSI affiliated faculty Hui Fang, associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in UD’s College of Engineering , is conducting fundamental research to improve search engine technologies. With innovative research and inclusivity, Prof. Hui Fang exemplifies UD’s collaboration culture. Among other projects, Fang is working with DSI affiliated faculty Prof. Dionisios Vlachos, to mine the chemical scientific literature to identify existing research gaps and potentially discover new ways to upcycle plastics.

Hui Fang, associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in UD’s College of Engineering, is conducting fundamental research to improve search engine technologies. She is also a champion of DEI initiatives by helping to establish the Women in ECE student organization. Photo by Evan Krape.

For The Record

Congratulations to DSI faculty council member Jennifer Horney, who has coauthored a recent report by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Health Security. The report, Post-Pandemic Recovery: From What, For Whom, and How? aims to look beyond the COVID-19 pandemic and critically think about what recovery from the largest public health crisis in our lifetime looks like.

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For The Record

Congratulations to DSI faculty council member Xiao Fang, for being appointed associate editor of the INFORMS Journal on Data Science. Congratulations to DSI faculty council member Jennifer Horney, for publishing her third book, COVID-19, Frontline Responders and Mental Health: A Playbook for Delivering Resilient Public Health Systems Post-Pandemic.

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Global land rush

Dr. Kyle Davis and Dr. Saleem Ali, both DSI Affiliated Faculty members, have co-authored a new paper that looks at how transnational agricultural large-scale land acquisitions pose a threat to biodiversity. These large scale land acquisitions have surged since the beginning of the century and have resulted in an area larger than South Africa being officially put under contract for agriculture, logging, and mining.

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Changing the definition of autism

DSI affiliated faculty Anjana Bhat, associate professor of physical therapy in the University of Delaware’s College of Health Sciences, pushes to change autism definition to include motor difficulties.

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In 2021, children participated in a prior movement study with Prof. Anjana Bhat’s student research team to gain a better understanding of autism’s effects on movement. Photo by Ashley Barnas.

Exploring Antarctica

UD researchers are among the scientists in Antarctica conducting fieldwork on penguins, ocean currents. DSI Affiliated Faculty are involved in the research including Mark Moline and Carlos Moffat. Mark Moline from the UD Marine Studies Department, is the principal investigator on a project examining the feeding habits and predator-prey interactions of Adélie and Gentoo penguins in the region using an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). Carlos Moffat, a coastal physical oceanographer who is in Antarctica serving as chief scientist of the NSF Palmer LTER program, which has been collecting long-term ecological data for over 30 years, is also conducting research as part of his NSF Career Award to understand the dynamics of melting glaciers and how that impacts the ocean circulation and properties, such as salinity and temperature of the coastal ocean.

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UD research scientist Matthew Breece (right) and post-doctoral researcher Leila Character get acquainted with the landmarks and landscapes near Palmer Station in Antarctica. Photos by Kathy F. Atkinson and courtesy of Matthew Breece, Evan Quinter, the Moffat Lab and Natasia Van Gestel.

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