UH College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
@UH_NSM
Followers
883
Following
1K
Media
581
Statuses
2K
Official X account for the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at the University of Houston. #uhnsm #GoCoogs
Houston, TX
Joined January 2020
Congrats to Dawnelle Prince, founding director of the #UHNSM Career Center, for being named one of @HBJnews’ 2025 Women Who Mean Business honorees! 👏 Her leadership continues to empower #UH students and strengthen Houston’s STEM community. 🔗 https://t.co/LgLk6TZVZ4
#UHNSM
0
0
0
UH continues to advance cybersecurity research, innovation, and workforce development to protect the nation’s critical infrastructure. 🔗 https://t.co/HShAfUkzyK
#UH #GoCoogs #Cybersecurity #Research
0
0
0
Congrats to UH alum Gabriel López (B.A. ’22, M.S. ’24) & Dr. Ny Riavo Voarintsoa on their new study in International Journal of Speleology! Their research in Cueva Ensueño, Puerto Rico, reveals how stalagmites capture past climate signals. 🔗 https://t.co/FAJ4U9WJrk
#UHNSM
0
0
0
🧬 Award-winning UH biology student Cole Woody is researching potential cancer vaccines in the UH Sequencing Core — and shared his story with Provost Diane Z. Chase in the latest #ProvostProfiles. 🎥 Watch: https://t.co/bY8cZ3xD8M
#GoCoogs #UHNSM #UHResearch #StudentSuccess
0
0
0
3 minutes. 1 slide. Big ideas. 🔬 Congrats to our Hot Topics in NSM winners! 🏆 Judges’ Choice: Ryan Boyce (Physics) 🏆 People’s Choice: Anuththara Yoshini (Chemistry) 📸 Read the full recap: https://t.co/iytqraT7eH
#GoCoogs #UHNSM #CantStopDiscovery
0
0
0
The NSA has re-designated @UHouston as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity – Cyber Research through 2029! 🔐💻 UH continues to lead in #Cybersecurity innovation and research. 🔗 https://t.co/LowYwkYvkg
#UHNSM #CantStopDiscovery #UH
uh.edu
NSA Redesignation Recognizes UH’s Expanding Role in Strengthening U.S. Cyber Defense, Research and Workforce Development
0
0
1
UH researchers broke the thermal conductivity barrier! 💥 Prof. Zhifeng Ren’s team found that boron arsenide conducts heat better than diamond — rewriting theory and advancing next-gen semiconductors. 🔗 https://t.co/dRQCTFtZ5N
#GoCoogs #UHResearch #CantStopDiscovery #UHNSM
0
0
2
.@UHPhysics co-authors on a Nature study combining data from the world’s leading neutrino experiments — T2K (Japan) & NOvA (U.S.) 🌎 Their work explain why matter dominates the universe! 🔗 https://t.co/hH8ZRa02hg
#GoCoogs #UHPhysics #UHNSM #UHResearch #NeutrinoScience
0
0
3
UH researchers in the Department of Biology and Biochemistry are quoted in this @NatGeo article about NASA’s discovery of a bacterium that can “play dead” — and may have hitched a ride to Mars. 🔗 https://t.co/uktDhY07hL
#UHResearch #NSM #GoCoogs #Microbiology #SpaceScience
nationalgeographic.com
In 2013, NASA discovered a bacteria evading its most stringent disinfections. Scientists just figured out how it does it.
0
0
0
UH’s Dr. Erin Kelleher earned a $348K @NSF award to study how host genes help DNA “parasites” move within genomes—research that could reveal new ways to stabilize DNA and fight cancer. 🧬 Read more: https://t.co/oxg52TSN8S
#CantStopDiscovery #UHNSM #UHResearch #Genetics
0
0
0
We proudly honor Dr. Rikki C. Raflo, the first-ever NSM Honorary Alumna! 🎓 An educator and philanthropist, Dr. Raflo’s $2.5M endowment and scholarships empower women in STEM and advance NSM’s mission of discovery. ❤️ #CantStopDiscovery #UHNSM #GoCoogs #Philanthropy #WomenInSTEM
0
0
2
We proudly honor Dr. Dan & Mrs. Eva Wells, inducted into the da Vinci Society and recognized with the Red Jacket Distinction for lifetime giving exceeding $1M to NSM. Their vision and generosity continue to shape student and faculty success. ❤️ #CantStopDiscovery #UHNSM #GoCoogs
0
0
0
Meet Dr. Jerome Silvestre (Ph.D. Theoretical Chemistry ’83) — our 2025 NSM Distinguished Alumni! From @UHouston to leading global pharma operations at Sanofi, his impact spans science and strategy. 🔗 https://t.co/QajCIFS36j
#GoCoogs #NSMAlumni #DistinguishedAlumni
0
0
2
UH scientists are in the @HoustonChron! UH microbiologists discovered that a rare bacterium found in NASA clean rooms “plays dead” to survive. Their work could reshape how we detect microbes on Earth & beyond. 👉 https://t.co/zth5a4e0r2
#GoCoogs #UHResearch #NSM #SpaceScience
0
0
3
At the 2025 da Vinci Society & Distinguished Alumni Dinner, NSM celebrated honorees including Dr. Dan & Eva Wells, Dr. Jerome Silvestre (’83) and Dr. Rikki Raflo (’94) for their contributions. Read more: https://t.co/inhDGvVydI
#UHNSM #daVinciSociety #UHAlumni #UHGiving
0
0
0
Countdown to #UHHomecoming! ❤️🐾 Join the Roaring Red Tailgate before UH takes on Arizona on Sat., Oct. 18! 🎉 Food, fun & Cougar spirit 📍 Party on the Plaza 🎟 RSVP: https://t.co/asqHC0042k ✅ Select “NSM Alumni Association” when purchasing #GoCoogs #UHouston #UHNSM
0
2
4
For 10+ years, UH Earth & Atmospheric Sciences students have explored real-world geoscience at the UH Coastal Center in La Marque. 🌎 Hands-on learning meets discovery. #GoCoogs 🔗 https://t.co/ahJNhqesEj
#UHEarthSciences #STEMEducation #UHResearch #UHNSM #CantStopDiscovery
0
0
1
UH’s Dr. Quentin Vicens helped uncover how FDA-approved cromolyn binds ADAR1p150’s Zα domain—revealing a new way to modulate immune activity through RNA structure. Read more in Protein Science: https://t.co/bTUsDpwELu
#GoCoogs #UHResearch #UHBioChem #ProteinScience
0
0
1
UH scientists discovered that a rare bacterium found in NASA clean rooms “plays dead” to survive. The microbe Tersicoccus phoenicis can enter dormancy, evading detection and challenging sterilization standards for spacecraft. 👉 https://t.co/mK17dQMX0G
#NSM #SpaceScience
0
0
0
🚀 UH researchers Michael S. Yantosca & Albert M. K. Cheng introduce Phonotomizer, an unsupervised, multilingual AI for real-time phonetic segmentation—presented at #ACL2025 in Vienna. Learn more ➡️ https://t.co/6ibRuwWI9H
#AI #SpeechTech #UHNSM #CantStopDiscovery
0
0
0