Congratulations to Dr. Casanova and to Neuroscience-Biology major Layla Johnson for their recent research publication in top-tier journal, Molecular Psychiatry. The article is titled “Enrichment of a subset of Neanderthal polymorphisms in autistic probands and siblings”. Read all about their latest research here.
Alumni Tom Gruber, '81, and co-creator of Siri, visited the Azby greenhouse to meet with Environment Program students and staff and to learn about student research, campus sustainability and other activities that go on year round in the facility. Tom is a strong advocate for ocean conservation and ending ocean plastic pollution. Learn about his advocacy here.
Joel MacClellan was recently awarded with the Loyola University New Orleans College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Excellence in Research Award. This award is given to a person who has demonstrated consistent superiority in scholarship as evidenced in the publication of books, articles in refereed journals, creative endeavors, conference presentations, as well as other activities pertaining to their academic field. Congratulations, and thank you for all your hard work!
Jackie Mutter was recently awarded with The Reverend James Carter, S.J. Transfer Student Award for her academic excellence. Congratulations Jackie, and thank you for all your hard work!
Viviana Nieto (pictured on the right) won the Neuroscience student award for Outstanding Academic Achievement as well as Outstanding Service. Anna Upman (pictured on the left) won the Neuroscience student award for Outstanding Service.
Congratulations Viviana and Anna!
Congratulations to all the students who worked very hard and excelled this school year, especailly to our four biology, two pre-health, and two magistrate award winning students.
May 10th, 2024
9:00AM - 10:30AM
Monroe Hall 610
Join BIO & ENVA in celebrating our 2024 graduates and all that they have achieved! There will be a graduation mass in Holy Name of Jesus Church at 11AM, with a reception to follow on the first floor of Monroe Library.
Questions? Contact kjkahn@loyno.edu & lrepstei@loyno.edu
The Environment Program would like to acknowledge Dr Aimee Thomas for the publication of her paper, "Beyond Green Facades: Measuring the Ecology of Vertical Gardens in Quito, Ecuador". This paper is a collaboration with Leslie Galvez (ENVB'19 Honors graduate) on a study that was conducted for her senior thesis while she studied abroad at PUCE in Quito, Ecuador.
Anna Upman (NEUP ’24) and Abigail Miserendino (PSYC ’25) presented a research poster on psychosocial and neural correlates of emotional processing after trauma exposure.
Layla Johnson (NEUP ’26) presented research on the roles of neanderthal-derived SNPs in autism susceptibility.
Congratulations on a job well done!
Prof. Kargol and a former physics student and Loyola alum, Coleman Green, are co-authors of a paper on Quantum Biology. The paper, titled "Large scale simulations of photosynthetic antenna systems: interplay of cooperativity and disorder" is published in Journal of Physical Chemistry. It was written in collaboration with Dr. L. Celardo's research groups at the University of Florence, Italy, and University of Puebla BUAP, Mexico (Alessia Valzelli, Alice Boschetti, Francesco Mattiotti, Armin Kargol, Coleman Green, Fausto Borgonovi, Giuseppe Luca Celardo).