Latest Departmental News
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
Dr. Thomas Turner appointed Regent's Professor of College
Posted: Jun 14, 2024 - 12:00pm
Dr. Thomas Turner of the Department of Biology was appointed one as of the Regent's Professors of 2025-2027 in the College of Arts and Sciences. Regents’ Professor is a special title bestowed on selected full professors who, in the judgm...read more
This semester in publications...
Posted: Jun 04, 2024 - 11:00am
Here are some of the publications from November-May that are authored by UNM Biology's faculty, staff, and students: Ayars J, H. Anu Kramer, Gavin M. Jones. 2023. The 2020 to 2021 California megafires and their impacts on wildlife habitat. PNAS, 120...read more
Museum of Southwestern Biology team uncovers the giant hummingbird’s extreme long-distance migration
Posted: May 15, 2024 - 12:00pm
A team of researchers led by Dr. Christopher Witt, Curator of the Division of Birds at UNM’s Museum of Southwestern Biology, have uncovered the giant hummingbird’s extreme long-distance migration for the first time. Their eight-year...read more
