This honor recognizes academic inventors who have demonstrated a prolific spirit of innovation in developing outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on the quality of life, economic development and the welfare of society.

She received the award for her collaborative research on using satellite-derived chlorophyll data to predict cholera outbreaks up to several months in advance.

He discussed big data’s role in addressing real-world challenges across fields like agriculture, bioinformatics and machine learning.

This prestigious honor recognizes, incentivizes and fosters collaborations between faculty at UMDCP and UMDB.

He will lead faculty, staff and students while continuing his research in bioinformatics and metagenomics.

Rob Patro has secured a grant from NIH to enhance computational methods for long-read RNA sequencing, technology that is crucial for investigating disease mechanisms, developing new drugs and identifying biomarkers.