Wednesday, April 29, 2026

How to Submit an Item to Research Bulletin    

• Send: Research-related news about Texas A&M faculty, staff or students at our colleges, schools or member agencies, including honors, publications, presentations and appearances in news media.    
• Note: The Research Bulletin does not publish links to scholarly or peer-reviewed journal articles. If your work appears in a journal, please work with your college or school communications team to develop a news story, then submit the link to that story for inclusion.    
• Include: A URL that links directly to your news coverage, research story or professional development.    
• Email: rcomm@tamu.edu 

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News-Media Coverage

• Ekstra Bladet, Felicity Newell (Agriculture and Life Sciences), about a five-year study showing that tropical birds in Peru are dramatically shifting their breeding seasons in response to climate change, altered rainfall patterns and changing insect availability. (Danish) 
• Houston Chronicle, Josh Hicks (Arts and Sciences), about research suggesting the global fascination with Artemis II stemmed from its ability to evoke awe and a shared emotional experience, helping people feel hopeful, connected and reminded of the good in humanity. (Paywall) 
• KBTX, Jonathan Snodgrass (Engineering), about research suggesting ERCOT’s high demand projections include many uncertain projects, with actual growth depending on grid approval processes and planning decisions. 
• Smithsonian Magazine, Peter Fix (Arts and Sciences), about the ‘Philadelphia’ gunboat and its submersion in Lake Champlain for 159 years, and how it affected the boat’s planks. 
• The Fresno Bee, David Anderson (Agriculture and Life Sciences), about how rising fuel costs, inflation and tariffs could increase food prices, and strong consumer spending has kept the U.S. economy resilient. 
• TheScientist, Yahya Rauf (Agriculture and Life Sciences), about his research focused on improving wheat resistance to Fusarium head blight (FHB) by combining multiple FHB resistance genes and using faster breeding techniques to speed up the development of resistant wheat varieties.

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Articles From Colleges and Schools

• Emiliano Lopez Barrera and Dominic Vieira (Agriculture and Life Sciences) developed a method for estimating household food waste, revealing that waste tends to increase as income level rises due to overbuying, before leveling off at higher income brackets. Texas A&M AgriLife Study Reveals Why Food Waste Rises, Falls as Incomes Grow 
• Feng Zhao, Staci Horn, Jason George, Archita Sharma and Dhavan Sharma (Engineering) developed wound dressings made from human cell materials that serve as a potential alternative to other donor-based materials. Novel Diabetic Wound Treatment Turns Cells Into Manufacturers 
• Jonathan Meer and Olivia Edwards (Arts and Sciences) analyzed the effects of California’s minimum wage increase under Assembly Bill 1228 and found that there was a significant decrease in employment due to the changes. Higher Wages, Fewer Employees: Texas A&M Economics Researchers Analyze the Effects of California’s Fast-Food Minimum Wage 
• Ken Muneoka and Larry Suva (Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences) created a two-step treatment that introduces the formation of a blastema-like structure, triggering fibroblast cells to work on regenerative tissue building. What if Humans Could Regrow Tissue? Texas A&M Study Moves Science Closer 
• Roger Creel and Ping Chang (Arts and Sciences) received funding from the Gulf Research Program for their individual projects, with Creel focused on improving Gulf Coast sea-level projections and Chang using Earth system models to simulate sea-level events. Forecasting the Future of the Gulf Coast as Sea Level Rises 
• Shoufeng Lan (Engineering) and his team created micron-scale devices called "metajets" that use laser light to generate directional force, advancing research that focuses on moving objects without physical contact. Light-Powered Propulsion Expands Space Exploration Possibilities
• Ze “Mia” Zhu (Arts and Sciences) developed a framework called “supervisor support for recovery,” outlining steps supervisors can take to help their employees maintain healthy work boundaries. How Supervisor Behavior Shapes Employees’ Ability To Disconnect and Recover 
• Zhenlei Song and Zhe Zhang (Arts and Sciences) created NetCDFaster, a software that can quickly visualize NetCDF datasets and reduce time-consuming tasks previously related to the datasets. NetCDFaster: Optimizing NetCDF Data Querying and Geo-Visualization Using High-Performance Machine Learning 

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Accomplishments

• Brian Albanese and Amanda Wright (Arts and Sciences) were named “Rising Stars” by the Association for Psychological Science, recognized for their impactful contributions to the field of psychological science early in their careers.  
• David Eckman (Engineering) was awarded the 2026 National Science Foundation CAREER Award for his work on stochastic simulation models and how experts can approach risks and tradeoffs.  
• Eric Jacobsen (Arts and Sciences) was selected to be a recipient of the 2026 F.A. Cotton Medal for Excellence in Chemical Research from the Texas A&M Department of Chemistry and the Texas A&M Section of the American Chemical Society.  
• D. Samba Reddy (Medicine) was named a University Distinguished Professor, Texas A&M’s highest faculty honor, in recognition of his research on brain diseases and development of new treatments for conditions including epilepsy and chemical warfare injuries. 
• The Texas A&M University System's Research Security Office received the Jack Donnelly Award for the fourth time.

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Funding

• Lucien Nano Yobo, Brent Miller, Franco Marcantonio and Ethan Grossman (Arts and Sciences) received a grant from the National Science Foundation’s Major Research Instrumentation to acquire a new thermal ionization mass spectrometer for high-precision chemical measurements in materials and to study how the environment has changed over millions of years. 

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Professional Development

• Research Development Services offers faculty development programs and research funding workshops to assist in the process of applying for grants.          
• Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) offers virtual workshops that meet the face-to-face requirements of University SAP 15.99.99.M0.04. Please note that it is the responsibility of each college or school (with support or information from individual principal investigators) to ensure that all student and postdoctoral researchers associated with them are compliant with the RCR training requirements.          
• High Performance Research Computing offers an ongoing series of short training courses for beginning, intermediate and advanced researchers.          
• University Libraries presents a series of online workshops in research-related subjects, such as managing citations, managing research data, searching databases, and publishing and copyright.    
• The Animal Welfare Office (AWO) offers virtual workshops that meet the continuing education requirements for investigators as described in the "Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals" (the Guide). Common topics unclude understanding and applying institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) guidelines and crafting a well-written animal use protocol. Course offerings change quarterly.

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