Faculty Excellence

Dr. Juan Vivero-Escoto was recently interviewed by WBTV on your side about his research on antibiotic resistant bacteria. Check out the segment here to learn more about the amazing research being done at UNC Charlotte!

Michael Walter joined the faculty at UNC Charlotte in 2011. Since then, he has secured over $2.5 million in external grant funding and published two dozen papers. He is the inventor of co-inventor for three patents, one of the patents is licensed to a local company.  His research program, and his real-world teaching illustrations, are built […]

Congratulations to Dr. Jacob Horger, Teaching Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry. Dr. Horger has been selected to participate in the 5th annual Faculty Showcase. The committee in charge of the showcase said of Jacob’s work, “The quality of the work he recently undertook with the Office of Assessment and Accreditation’s Scholarship of Assessment […]

Congratulations to Dr. Shan Yan on the 2022 Outstanding Data Science Faculty Research Award! Each year, SDS awards an SDS faculty member for their significant achievements in data science research. As this year’s winner, Dr. Yan will receive a plaque acknowledging his outstanding research contribution and a $2,000 research award that can be used to […]

Dr. Vivero-Escoto’s lab has been quite busy and it really shows! Read below about 3 projects that have recently been funded: Project Number1R16GM145434-01 Antimicrobial resistant bacteria (ARB) and genes (ARGs) are one of the biggest public health issues of the 21st century. In this project; we propose to develop a light-activated silver nanoparticulate system for […]

Please join the department in congratulating Dr. Kirill Afonin for being named this year’s recipient of the First Citizens Bank Scholars Medal! The First Citizens Bank Scholars Medal was first awarded in 1988 and recognizes outstanding scholarship, creativity, and research among senior full-time faculty members. Each year the University, with support from First Citizens Bank, […]

The research of Associate Professor Dr. Menelaos Poutous has recently been highlighted by The International Society for Optics and Photonics due to the valuable insights it offers surrounding the fabrication of diffraction gradings. The paper, published by Dr. Poutous and Dr. Hanshin Lee of the University of Texas at Austin in October of this year, […]

Congratulations to Michelle Pass on being named a 2022 recipient of the Excellence in Leadership award by the UNC Charlotte Alumni Association and the Black Alumni Chapter. In recognition of her accomplishments, she will be honored at an Excellence in Leadership Awards Luncheon on Friday, October 21 at the UNC Charlotte Marriott Hotel and Conference […]

Dr. Danillo Augusto is the winner of the 2022 Early Career Investigator Award of the American Society for Histocompatibility & Immunogenics and its Science & Technology Initiatives Committee (STIC) The aim of the ASHI Early Career Investigator Award (ECIA) is to identify future research leaders who are committed to conducting impactful basic science research. This […]

Congratulations to Dr. Raja for being promoted as a SPIE fellow. Brent Johnson (SPIE Member Recognition Coordinator) sent a congratulatory email message on behalf of the SPIE Board of Directors and Fellows Committee on Dec. 22nd, 2021 that Dr. M. Yasin Akhtar Raja has been elected to the grade of Fellow of SPIE among 58 […]