Cathleen Moore, professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, will use the funds from the National Institutes of Health to develop techniques to make pools safer.

A University of Iowa quantum optics physicist has been awarded funding from the United States Air Force to advance how information is transmitted securely at the quantum level.

Andrew Forbes, a professor in the Department of Biology, will use funds from the National Science Foundation to further research on eukaryotic symbionts across insect communities.

Six University of Iowa faculty members will cultivate a wide range of scholarly and creative projects with the support of the Arts and Humanities Initiative (AHI).

Alyssa Park, associate professor in the Department of History, will use the funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities to travel to South Korea to conduct research for her upcoming book.

Peng Jiang, assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science, was awarded a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation, which includes a $500,000 grant to fund his research.

Continuing an upward trend of University of Iowa faculty securing prestigious early-career grants, four investigators from the Departments of Physics and Astronomy and Computer Science have been awarded notable grant awards to advance their careers.

NASA awarded Assistant Professor Casey DeRoo a grant for research related to Rapid Electron Beam Lithography Patterning for Customized Reflection Gratings.

Julianna Pacheco, a professor in the Department of Political Science, received funding from County Health Rankings and Roadmaps for her research on political and community power in Latino communities.

NASA has awarded Professor Greg Howes a $525,311 grant to study the plasma physics of magnetic reconnection in turbulent solar wind.