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Ronit Freeman

Building Living Machines

Ronit Freeman uses nature’s building blocks to create innovative technologies, from synthetic cells to treatments...
Samuel Ellington

RUNC: Samuel Ellington

Samuel Ellington uses math to evaluate events and behaviors...
Sourav Kumar Patra in the lab

RUNC: Sourav Kumar Patra

Sourav Kumar Petra studies the evolution of protein creation and function...
Karthik Ramakrishnan

RUNC: Karthik Ramakrishnan

Karthik Ramakrishnan harnesses physics to study diseases in the brain and the heart...
Jonathan Schisler looks at the stars at Morehead Planetarium & Science Center

Team Science for Space

Jonathan Schisler’s research on aging is fueling a partnership with NASA to make Carolina a...
Roberto Camassa (left) and Rich McLaughlin (right) give a tour of the UNC Fluids Lab

Young Punks, Big Waves

Roberto Camassa and Rich McLaughlin pushed for creation of a fluids lab at Carolina in...
Julianne Davis holds a drone in Alaska

The Lifecycle of a River

Julianne Davis writes about her last two field seasons in Alaska, waiting for river ice...
A man carries a drone out of a marsh.

Mapping Marsh Futures

Researchers from the Carolina Drone Lab use aerial imagery to assess marsh health in the...
a leaf in a stream

A Stream of Data

Amanda DelVecchia and her lab measure greenhouse gas emissions from local streams to uncover how...