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Rachel Showers awarded the Derrick Griffith Servant Leader Award! 

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Good news from the Reitzel lab. Undergraduate researcher and Honors student Rachel Showers was awarded the Derrick Griffith Servant Leader Award this year!  This award is awarded to one student per year and Rachel was selected. Rachel has been an incredible student researcher with us for about 2 years and engaged member of our university community. 

RESEARCH AND MENTORING EXCELLENCE Awards.

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CIPHER co-director Adam Reitzel and CIPHER member Juan Vivero-Escoto are the 2024 recipients of the First Citizens Bank Scholars Medal and the Harshini V. de Silva Graduate Mentor Award !

“Our faculty have led our ascent to top-tier research status, helping us serve our region and provide a top-quality education for Charlotte students,” said Chancellor Sharon L. Gaber. “Adam Reitzel and Juan Vivero-Escoto are excellent illustrations of this work through their exceptional research and outstanding mentoring of graduate students.” Read the full story here

Faculty Fellow

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CIPHER Co-Director, Dr. Adam Reitzel was honored with several awards this year. He was named Faculty Fellow of Grant Writing in the UNC Charlotte Graduate and Postdoctoral Writing Center. As a Faculty Fellow, Reitzel will bring his exceptional scholarly writing experience to aid the development of grant writing talent among postdoctoral fellows and graduate students.

He also received the 2024  First Citizens Bank Scholar Award, which recognizes outstanding scholarship, creativity, and research among senior full-time faculty members.

Research program coming to UNC Charlotte could help prevent world’s next pandemic

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WBTV and Jamie Boll recently visited the CIPHER Research Center for a story featured on WBTVs’, “On Your Side with Jamie Boll”. Click here to view the story…

De-CIPHER-ing the Future of Human Health

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Experts from more than 20 disciplines have combined forces through CIPHER – the Center for Computational Intelligence to Predict Health and Environmental Risks.

From infectious diseases and antibiotic resistance to food safety and ecosystem health, the threats to human health seem to be endless and complex. At UNC Charlotte, a team of researchers is finding solutions to the most vexing problems through the creative lens that only interdisciplinary collaboration can provide. Read the full story…