Recent Publications

Faculty research is featured in scientific journals and other media.

Church, K., Aguilar-Melo, A. R., Krupa, A., Morin, G., Stevens, T., Asselin, H., Turgeon, K. (2025). Perspectives of Cree land users on the performance of fish habitat compensation projects in Eeyou Istchee. FACETS.

Church, K., Aguilar-Melo, A. R., Asselin, H., Turgeon, K. (2025). Case Studies of Fish Habitat Compensation in Eeyou Istchee: Compensation Projects Prioritize Facility over Effectiveness. Environmental Management.

Loder, E. A., Durham, P. L. (2025). Effects of subchronic oral PFOS exposure via drinking water on gut microbiota composition. BIOS, 96(4), 184-200.

Nalley, N. M., Durham, P. L. (2025). Calcitonin gene-related peptide differentially modulates intracellular calcium levels in response to depolarizing stimuli in trigeminal ganglion neurons and glial cells.. Neuroscience, 591, 40-51.

Neubert, J. K., Allen, K., Alliston, T., Almarza, A. J., Athanasiou, K. A., Donertas-Ayaz, B., de Paula, B. B., Bavarian, R., Bhutani, N., Cairns, B. E., Caudle, R. M., Chai, Y., Chen, J.-F., Chen, Y., Clark, G. T., Cruz-Almeida, Y., DaSilva, A. F., Durham, P. L., Estela, A. V., Embree, M., Fillingim, R., Guastaldi, F., Handa, S., Kapila, S. D., Keith, D., Kirkwood, K. L., Kramer, P., Martucci, K. T., Murphy, N. P., Nackley, A. G., Ohrbach, R., Sagl, B., Smith, S. B., Tao, F., Winkelstein, B., Yao, H., Young, S., Gold, M. S. (2025). Preclinical perspectives on disorders of the temporomandibular joint: Tracing the past, navigating the present, and shaping the future. The Journal of Pain, 36, 105560.

Nalley, N. M., Antonopoulos Raithel, S. R., Torres, D. S., Durham, P. L. (2025). Method for cryopreservation of brainstem pons and medulla oblongata tissue from Sprague Dawley rats for establishing primary mixed neuron-glia cell cultures.. Brain Research, 1860, 149665.

Kado, T. (2025). Loss of Ag85A disrupts plasma membrane domains and promotes free mycolic acid accumulation in mycobacteria. bioRxiv.

Maddox, M., Kado, T. (2025). Transcriptional Regulator, Metabolic, and Pilus Biosynthesis Genes as Candidate Virulence Markers in High-Virulence Mycobacterium abscessus. bioRxiv.

Albano, C., Nabawy, A., Tran, W. C., Prithviraj, M., Kado, T., Hassan, M. A., Makabenta, J. M. V., Rotello, V. M., Morita, Y. S. (2025). Effective killing of Mycobacterium abscessus biofilm by nanoemulsion delivery of plant phytochemicals.. Microbiology Spectrum.

Chand, A., Kim, K. (2025). The Epigenomic Impact of Quantum Dots: Emerging Biosensors and Potential Disruptors. Epigenomes.

Tran, P., Kim, K. (2025). From Dawn to Now: The Evolution of PFAS Re-search Trends. Environment.. Environment.

Metcalf, M., Chand, A., Kim, K. (2025). Quantum Dots Affect Actin Cytoskeleton Reorganization, Resulting in Impaired HeLa and THLE-2 Cell Motility. Micro.

Chand, A., Kim, K. (2025). Current Advances in the Cancer Therapeutic Applications of Metal–Organic Frameworks Associated with Quantum Dots. J of Nanotheranostics.

McKnight, D. T., Ellsworth, E. D., Serano, J., Pop, T., Siler, C. D., Thompson, D. M., Ligon, D. B. (2025). Movement patterns and space use of a large, aquatic turtle, with a comparison of GPS, VHF, and acoustic transmitters. Endangered Species Research, 58, 123-136.

McKnight, D. T., Bower, D. S., Ariel, E., Beatty, S., Clulow, S., Connell, M., Deppe, A. R., Doody, S., Freeman, A., Georges, A., Hannabass, S. L., Hollender, E. C., Howell, H., Krochmal, A., Ligon, D. B., Munscher, E., Nordberg, E. J., Roth, T. C., Santoro, A., Schaffer, J., Simms, A., Spencer, R., Stone, P., Voves, K. C., Walde, A. D., Wassens, S., Welsh, M. A., Whiterod, N. S., Wirth, W., Van Dyke, J. U. (2025). Does a lack of juveniles indicate a threat? Understanding body size distributions in a group of long‐lived vertebrates. Journal of Animal Ecology, 00(00), 1-21.

Rooney, B., Authors, M., Maher, S., Authors, M. (2025). SNAPSHOT USA 2019-2023: The first five years of data from a coordinated camera trap survey of the United States. Global Ecology & Biogeography.

Mathis, S. A., Brusseau, A. J. P., Dumaresq-Synott, F., Morris, J., Nagl, A., Ramnarine, I., Crane, A., Brown, G. (2025). Contextual use of male-male social information by Trinidadian guppies. Cognition Behavior, 29, 4.

White, S. A., Baker, J. M., Mathis, A. (2025). Diel effects on antipredator behavior: nuanced temporal effects in a Dynamic Landscape of Fear. Behavioral Ecology. Behavioral Ecology, 37.

Afagwu, R. N., Stewart, C. G., Mirza, B. S., Russell, A. (2025). Bacteria Accumulate Quicker on Shorter Lived Flowers, but Abiotic Factors Affect Flower Aging and Bacterial Accumulation. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 66, 1-13.

Ekemezie, S., Davis, C., Russo, M., Carpenter, L., Russell, A. (2025). Pollen-microbe interactions in nectar weakly influence bee foraging behavior. Integrative and Comparative Biology.

Smith, C., Bachelder, N., Morales, V., Mosher, A., Russell, A., Seltmann, K. (2025). Pollen specialist bee species are accurately predicted from visitation, occurrence and phylogenetic data. Oecologia, 207(13).

Russell, A., Zenil-Ferguson, R., Buchmann, S., Jolles, D., Kriebel, R., Vallejo-Marin, M. (2025). Widespread evolution of poricidal flowers: A striking example of morphological convergence across flowering plants. Evolution.

Sharma, S., Wait, D. Alexander, Khanal, C., Khanal, P. (2025). Native bamboo Arundinaria gigantea restoration for climate smart land management: A review. Advances in Bamboo Science, 10, 100125.

Sutton, C., Baffour, K., Soard, C., Patel, R., Santra, S., Banerjee, T. (2025). Plasmonic Nanoceria: A Plasmon-Enhanced Nanohybrid for Rapid and Sensitive Detection of Ebola Glycoprotein.

Banerjee, T., Frazier, C., Koti, N., Yates, P., Bowie, E., Liermann, M., Santra, S. (2025). Development of Receptor-Integrated Magnetically Labeled Liposomes for Investigating SARS-CoV-2 Fusion Interactions.

Baffour, K., Koti, N., Nyabayo, T., Balerao, S., Johnson, D., Patel, R., Santra, S., Banerjee, T. (2025). Modulation of α‑Synuclein Fibrillation and Toxicity by 4‑Phenylbutyric Acid. 16, 1066-1078.

Bhattacharyya, G. (2025). Rethinking the mechanistic approach to teaching organic chemistry.. Journal of Chemical Education, 103(1).

Jurkowski, A., Sitapara, D., Brown, A., Ball, S., Norman, T., Jones, A., Gilbert, J., Criblez, T., Yates, A., Bansal, S., DeVore, N. (2025). Cyan thermal proteins derived from thermal green protein. PROTEINS: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics, 93(11), 1962-1972.

Gerasimchuk, N. N. (2025). Crystallographic characterization of products of side reactions encountered during synthesis of cyanoximes.. Journal of Chemical Crystallography, 56(14).

Gerasimchuk, N. N. (2025). Electrochemically active molybdenum phosphate with open- framework structure. Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie; WILEY-VCH.

Gerasimchuk, N. N. (2025). Effects of Novel Organoantimony Compounds on the Fungal Pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2025(74), 002058.

Pilarski, A., Meints, G. (2026). Backbone equilibrium in mismatched DNA influenced by solution conditions. 329.

Clubb, P., Riley, P.-B., Maximo, R., Linson, J., Horn, E., Peralta-Videa, J., Medina-Velo, I. A., Rico, C. (2025). Exposure of Wheat Plants to Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles for Two Generations Affects the Third Generation’s Responses to Perfluorooctanesulfonic Acid. ACS Omega, 10(40).

Jia, S., He, C., Ji, L., Pope-Buss, R., Rico, C., Hong, J., Gardea-Torresdey, J. L. (2025). Evaluation of cerium oxide nanoparticles’ effects on pakchoi (Brassica chinensis L.) based on metabolomics analysis. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry.

Ogundele, O., Fakunle, M., Pope-Buss, R., Churchman, J., Akinwande, B., Kirwa, N., Ofoegbu, P., Rico, C. (2025). Physiological and metabolic responses of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) after one-generation exposure to perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS). ACS Agricultural Science & Technology.

Santra, S. (2025). Development of Receptor-Integrated Magnetically labeled Liposomes for Investigating SARS-CoV-2 Fusion Interactions. Analytical Chemistry, 97, 4490.

Santra, S. (2025). Modulation of α-Synuclein Fibrillation and Toxicity by 4-Phenylbutyric acid. ACS Chem. Neurosci, 16, 1066.

Santra, S. (2025). Plasmonic Nanoceria: A Plasmon-Enhanced Nanohybrid for Rapid and Sensitive Detection of Ebola Glycoprotein. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 8, 9604.

Decocq, V., Wang, F. (2025). Kaleidoscopic Incommensurate Structures of Aluminum-Substituted Rhenium Silicides. Inorganic Chemistry, 64(26), 13163-13169.

Abusaqer, M., Saquer, J., Ghosh, M. (2026). BERT-OTA: Enhancing Hate Speech Detection with Ontology-Guided Transformer Attention. IEEE Access Journal, 14, 14.

Ghosh, M., Saquer, J. (2025). Design Guidelines for a Rigorous Deep Learning Course. The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, 40(10), 12.

Chowdhury, S., Katangur, A. (2025). Optimizing Cloud Computing Performance Through Integration of a Threshold-Based Load Balancing Algorithm With Multiple Service Broker Policies. IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing, 13(2), 751-768.

Ghosh, A., Freda, P. J., Shahrestani, S., Orlenko, A., Scheer, J. K., Obafemi-Ajayi, T., Moore, J. H., Walker, C. T. (2026). Leveraging automated machine learning to benchmark, deconstruct, and compare frailty indices for predicting adverse spinal surgery outcomes. Scientific Reports, 16(1).

Yelugam, R., Hier, D. B., Obafemi-Ajayi, T., Carrithers, M. D., Wunsch II, D. C. (2025). A formal explanation space for the simultaneous clustering of neurologic diseases based on their signs and symptoms. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 26(1).

Hier, D. B., Carrithers, M. A., Platt, S. K., Nguyen, A., Giannopoulos, I., Obafemi-Ajayi, T. (2025). Preprocessing of Physician Notes by LLMs Improves Clinical Concept Extraction Without Information Loss. Information, 16(6), 446.

Hier, D. B., Do, T. S., Obafemi-Ajayi, T. (2025). A simplified retriever to improve accuracy of phenotype normalizations by large language models. Frontiers in Digital Health, 7.

Obafemi-Ajayi, T., Jennings, S. F., Zhang, Y., Liu, K. L., Peckham, J., Moore, J. H. (2025). AI as an accelerator for defining new problems that transcends boundaries. BioData Mining, 18(1).

Ghosh, A., Freda, P. J., Shahrestani, S., Boyke, A. E., Orlenko, A., Choi, H., Matsumoto, N., Obafemi-Ajayi, T., Moore, J. H., Walker, C. T. (2025). Pre-Operative Anemia is an Unsuspecting Driver of Machine Learning Prediction of Adverse Outcomes after Lumbar Spinal Fusion. The Spine Journal.

Abusaqer, M., Saquer, J., Rahmani, H. (2025). Hate Speech Detection with Large Language Models: A Comparative Study of Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning and Zero-Shot Classification. Journal of Visual Languages and Computing (JVLC), 2025(3), 18-30.

Abusaqer, M., Saquer, J., Ghosh, M. (2026). BERT-OTA: Enhancing Hate Speech Detection with Ontology-Guided Transformer Attention. IEEE Access Journal, 14, 14.

Ghosh, M., Saquer, J. (2025). Design Guidelines for a Rigorous Deep Learning Course. The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, 40(10), 12.

Hasan, K., Saquer, J., Zhang, Y. (2025). Mental Multi-class Classification on Social Media: Benchmarking Transformer Architectures against LSTM Models (pp. 8). Boca Raton, FL: Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA 25).

Cui, Y., Harrar, S. (2025). Nonparametric Analysis of Quality-of-Life Measures for Randomized Clustered Design: The R Package npclust. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 25(201).

Pham, T., Senger, S., Trung-Tuan, N., Duc-Thang, N., Vinh, L. A. (2025). On the Solvability of Systems of Equations Revisited. Vietnam Journal of Mathematics.

Pham, T., Senger, S., Tait, M., Thu, V. T. (2025). Geometric structures in pseudo-random graphs. Canadian Journal of Mathematics, 77(3), 1041-1071.

Pham, T., Senger, S., Tait, M., Thu-Huyen, N. (2025). VC-dimension and pseudo-random graphs. Discrete Applied Mathematics, 365, 231-246.

Wright, M., Kilmer, S., Sun, X. (2026). Strictly positive definite functions of finite orders and multivariable polynomial interpolation. Journal of Approximation Theory, 315.

Otani, T., Baran, A., Spence, R., Von Hippel, S., Lynum-Lozano, Y., Clark, J. M. (2025). A Search for Subdwarf B Binaries Using Pulsation Timing from TESS. Astronomical Journal, 170(1), 199-207.

Reed, M. D., Baran, A., Telting, J., Ostensen, R., Jeffery, S., Gaibor, Y. (2025). K2 observations of five pulsating subdwarf-B stars with white dwarf companions. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 540(1), 3725-3752.

Noor, F. B., Law, K.-M., Yasmin, N., Hauser, A. J., Besara, T. (2025). Ferrimagnetism and Half-metallicity in Cr-substituted Mn4–xCrxAl11. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 37(23), 235704.

Longworth, S. M., Mou, M. M., Yasmin, N., Noor, M. F. B., Sakidja, R., Besara, T. (2025). Single Crystal Growth and Structural Study of the New MCu2Zn20 (M = Nb, Hf) Compounds. Crystals, 15(5), 391.

Haider, M. Z., Munshe, F., Ghosh, S., Lee, J., Ghosh, K. C. (2025). Tuning optoelectronic properties of WO3 thin films through reduction annealing. MRS Advances, 10, 2229-2235.

Ghosh, S., Munshe, F., Haider, M. Z., Ghosh, K. C. (2025). Effect of reduction annealing on the structural and electrical properties of α-MoO3 thin films. MRS Advances, 10, 1264-1270.

Soden, D., Taqy, S., Ghosh, K. C., Haque, A. (2025). A tunable approach to fabricate cost-effective SERS substrates using Au nanoparticles by sputtering deposition. Bulletin of Materials Science, 48(30).

Moreno, D., Nelson, H., Cary, G., Parker, D., Skaggs, P. (2025). Thermodynamic Evaluation of Electrode Storage for Capacitive Deionization. ACS Omega, 10(10), 10139-101510.

Matin, N., Moreno, D., Abad, K., Omosebi, A., Liu, K., Thompson, J. (2025). Life Cycle Assessment of the Charge Carrier Mediated Electrocatalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide to Formic Acid. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 13(1), 115184.

Sandhaus, P., Dawson, R. I., MacDonald, M., Shakespeare, C. J., Morrison, S. J. (2025). Effects of Outer Giant Planets on In Situ Formation of Inner Super-Earths. The Astrophysical Journal, 990(61), 17.

Chen, T., Fu, H., Dong, S., Zhou, Y., Gu, Y., Zhou, C., Sakidja, R. (2025). Predicting the high temperature deformation behavior of Haynes282 by a dislocation-density based crystal plasticity model. Materials Science and Engineering, 923.

Kostelnick, J. C. (2026). Distinguishing Areas of Cave Collapse: A Case Study Applied to Carter Caves State Resort Park, Kentucky, USA. Geosciences, 16(3).

Donkor, D., Dogwiler, T. J., Luo, J., Ishtiaque, A. (2026). Plant hardiness zone mapping for the conterminous USA using the Empirical Bayesian Kriging Regression Prediction method. Applied Geography, 189, 103927.

Jerin, T., Hess, J., Owen, M., Pavlowsky, R. T., Dogwiler, T. J., Qiu, X., Steele, K. (2025). Novel parameters for sinkhole mapping in the anthropocene: Example from a karst-dominated landscape of the Missouri Ozarks, USA. Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment.

Kpeebi, Y., Evans, K. (2026). “Quasi-Formal Housing” in the United States: Rethinking Tiny House Villages as a Response to Housing Insecurity.”. Journal of Planning Education & Research.

Kpeebi, Y., Evans, K. (2025). Geography of tiny house villages for the homeless (revisited): implications for planning and policy in the United States. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 40, 1127-1145.

Kpeebi, Y., Evans, K. (2025). The Grants Pass v. Johnson Ruling: Decriminalizing Homelessness Is the First Step in Solving America’s Housing Crisis. Journal of the American Planning Association, 91(4), 1-7.

Kpeebi, Y., Evans, K. (2025). Understanding the Spatial Distribution of Tiny House Villages for the Homeless and the Contextual Factors Underlying their Establishment in the United States. GEOJournal/ Springer, 90(20).

Frazier, C., Miao, C., Shalin, S., Jensen, H., Frazier, E. (2026). A network-based cross-sectional study of geographic access disparities to Medicare-participating dermatologists in the United States. JAAD International, 24, 70-72.

Frazier, C., Miao, C., Evans, M. S., Frazier, E. (2025). A Network‐Based Cross‐Sectional Geographic Examination of Access to Pediatric Dermatologists Across the US. Pediatric Dermatology.

Frazier, E. (2025). Writing Geography for a World on Fire: The Role of Feminist Mentorship in Cultivating Effective Public Engagement. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 1-9.

Alarcon-Herrera, M. T., Gutierrez, M. (2025). Dedication to Hugo Nicolli (D 2020): Pioneer in recognizing the presence and toxicological impact of arsenic in Latin America. Journal of Environmental Science, Health & Sustainability, 1(3), 160-161.

Gutierrez, M., Sunkari, E. D., Mickus, K. (2025). Groundwater salinization in inland basins of arid and semiarid climates: An overview. Journal of Environmental Science, Health & Sustainability, 1(3), 167-184.

Gutierrez, M., Alarcon-Herrera, M. T. (2025). Current state of arsenic, fluoride and nitrate groundwater contamination in northern Mexico. Water/MDPI, 17, 1990.

Rouhani, A., Gutierrez, M., Ato Newton, R. (2025). An overview of potentially toxic element pollution in soil around lead-zinc mining areas. Environmental Reviews, Canadian Science Publishing, 33.

Iacobucci, E., McDonald, N. (2025). Trends in Non-Emergency Medical Transportation During Medicaid Transformation in North Carolina. North Carolina Medical Journal, 86(4).

Iacobucci, E., Woelfel, J., Anderson, K. (2025). Shifting attitudes toward policies that reduce car dependence: a demonstration of multidimensional scaling techniques applied to transport policy perceptions in Singapore. Quality and Quantity, 59, 5737-5768.

Iacobucci, E., Marsh, S., Naumann, R., McDonald, N. (2025). Trends in parcel delivery driver injury: Evidence from NEISS-Work. Journal of Safety Research, 92(2025), 148-157.

Cochran, A., Wang, J., Iacobucci, E. (2025). Perceived discrimination, transit use, and walking behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from the Understanding America Study. Travel Behaviour and Society, 38(01/2025).

Raihan, R. S., Ishtiaque, A. (2025). Roles and nature of public participation in climate adaptation in coastal South Asia. Discover Environment, 3(166).

Shah, S., Ishtiaque, A. (2025). Adaptation to Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) in the Hindukush-Himalaya: A Review. Climate, 13(3), 60.

Kitheka, B. M. (2025). Balancing ecotourism and wildlife management through a conservation behavior approach. Conservation Science and Practice.

Richardson, A., Long, S., Vervoort, J., McKay, M. (2026). Constraining the timing of ductile shearing in the western Idaho shear zone along the Salmon River canyon, Idaho, USA. GEOSPHERE.

Wendwesen, S., Alemu, A., Nigussie, W., Mickus, K., Wassihun, S., Wuletawu, H., Muhabaw, Y. (2025). Tectonic and magmatic segmentation interlinkage in the central main Ethiopian rift Author links open overlay panel. Elsevier Science Direct, 905(May 29, 2025, 230725), 19.

Wuletawu, H., Alemu, A., Nigussie, W., Mickus, K., Keir, D., Wassihun, S., Wendwesen, S. (2025). The link between geothermal resources and subsurface geological structures in the magma-rich Ethiopian rift: A case study of the Boku geothermal prospect. Elsevier, Volcanology, Science Direct(463 (2025) 108333), 10.

Mily, F., Emishaw, L., Katumwehe, A., Mickus, K., Abdelsalam, M. (2025). The Connection Between Okavango (Botswana) and Kafue (Zambia) Rift Zone from Satellite Gravity and Aeromagnetic Data: Implication for the Evolution of the Southwestern Branch of the East African Rift System. Pure and Applied Geophysics, Springer.

Emishaw, L., Katumwehe, A., Leseane, K., Demissie, Z., Mickus, K., Abdelsalam, M. (2025). The legacy of the East African rift system in understanding continental rifts worldwide from geophysical studies (with emphasis on gravity and magnetic studies). Elsevier Journal of African Earth Sciences, 226((2025) 105589), 24.

Mickus, K., Wassihum, S., Alemu, A., Nigussie, W., Workie, M., Wuletawu, H., Wendwessen, S., E. (2025). Application of surface and subsurface anomaly linkeage in geothermal resource evaluation: A case study of the Corbetti geothermal prospect, main Ethiopian Rift. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 125, 103091.

Farhi, W., Eldosouky, A., Mickus, K., Belkhira, W., Pham, L., Amar, B. (2025). Implementation of gravity and magnetic methods for understanding the structural configuration of the Neogene Lower Chelif Basin (LCB), northern Algerian margin. Italian Journal of Earth Sciences, 144.

Qiu, X., Wu, S.-S. (2025). Examining county-level factors of Democratic versus Republican shifts between 2016 and 2020 Presidential Elections in the U.S.. Papers in Applied Geography.

Qiu, X., Wu, S.-S. (2025). Examining county-level factors of diabetes prevalence in the United States. GeoJournal, 90(159).