Latest Departmental News
Insect conservation by MSB Arthropods Division highlighted in Albuquerque Journal
Posted: Jun 18, 2026 - 12:00pm
Insect conservation efforts by the Arthropods Division at the Museum of Southwestern Biology were recently highlighted in the Albuquerque Journal. The article, "Bugging out: New Mexico's insects are vanishing at alarming rates", features Dr. Da...read more
This semester in publications...
Posted: Jun 18, 2026 - 12:00pm
Here are some of the publications from January-May that are authored by UNM Biology's faculty, staff, and students: Abouismail, Ali, Selbi Sapayeva, Erik Barry Erhardt, Ryan Maxwell, Megan Cox, Jie Ma, Irene Salinas. 2026. Priming route and age at f...read more
Dr. Kimran Buckholz receives 2025 Marshall Curriculum Award
Posted: Feb 26, 2026 - 12:00pm
Dr. Kimran Buckholz, Principal Lecturer III in Biology, received the 2025 Marshall Curriculum Award for her project, "Partnering with ABQ BioPark Zoo to Create a Transformative Research Experience at UNM". Dr. Buckholz developed her course, BIO...read more
Ph.D. student Temiloluwa Omotade named ASM Young Ambassador
Posted: Feb 04, 2026 - 12:00pm
Biology Ph.D. student Temiloluwa Omotade, advised by Irene Salinas, was named a 2025 U.S. Young Ambassador for the American Society of Microbiology (ASM). ASM Ambassadors span 130 countries and connect with ASM members around the glob...read more
Endangered New Mexico butterfly conservation featured in New York Times
Posted: Jan 06, 2026 - 12:00pm
The Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly has not been seen in the wild since 2022, but one specimen remains alive at the New Mexico BioPark through the work of former UNM Biology graduate student, Dr. Quin Baine. Read the full story of D...read more
This semester in publications...
Posted: Dec 12, 2025 - 12:00pm
Here are some of the publications from August-December that are authored by UNM Biology's faculty, staff, and students: Abdel-Baki AS, Mansour L, Al-Quraishy S, Duszynski DW. MEROGONY AND PHYLOGENY OF HEPATOZOON RAWASHI PARASITIZING HASSELQUIST̵...read more
Ph.D. student Sarah Shrum Davis collaborates with ABQ Zoo on shigella outbreak
Posted: Oct 24, 2025 - 12:00pm
Research by Ph.D. student Sarah Shrum Davis helped shed light on the recent shigella outbreak at the Albuquerque Bio Park Zoo. Shrum Davis is the emerging infections program foodnet coordinator for the UNM Office of Community Health and an NMDO...read more
This summer in publications...
Posted: Aug 05, 2025 - 12:00pm
Here are some of the publications from June-July that are authored by UNM Biology's faculty, staff, and students: Anderegg, W.R.L., Blanchard, L., Anderson, C. et al. Towards more effective nature-based climate solutions in global forests....read more
This month in publications...
Posted: Oct 15, 2024 - 12:00pm
Here are some of the publications from June-September that are authored by UNM Biology's faculty, staff, and students: Anderson, M. D., Taylor, D. L., Olson, K., & Ruess, R. W. (2024). Composition of soil...read more
Dr. Mubarak Syed receives McKnight Scholar Award
Posted: Aug 01, 2024 - 12:00pm
Dr. Mubarak Hussain Syed, an assistant professor of Biology at The University of New Mexico, is one of 10 neuroscientists selected by The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience board of directors to receive the 2024 McKnight Scholar Award. The McK...read more
