The college’s 18 awardees include seven current graduate students, three current undergraduates and eight recent alums.

Markowitz is a BISI BEES graduate student with a joint appointment in the labs of Jay Evans and David Hawthorne. South Philadelphia and the New Jersey Pine Barrens fostered her love for science.

Swarna taught at Carnegie Mellon University and UC San Diego before joining UMD in 2019.

El-Sayed studied in war-torn Lebanon before coming to the United States to pursue a scientific career.

Ling joined the department in 2018, following his journey from China to Ohio and Texas.

Alums’ gift to Maryland Promise Program honors their UMD mentor, CBMG Distinguished University Professor Emerita Elisabeth Gantt.

The College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences will host 39 events.

Ten unique CMNS classes will help undergraduates fulfill general education credits.

UMD Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics Professor Anne Simon and her startup Silvec Biologics work to unravel the unsolved mystery of a lethal plant disease.

Najib El-Sayed is leading a team that is using powerful sequencing tools to combat the Leishmania parasite.