Magnet Alumni News: Fall 2023

Scientific Journal Publications:

Biology:

• M.J. Unti and Samie Jaffrey '89, Highly efficient cellular expression of circular mRNA enables prolonged protein expression (Cell Chemical Biology)

• M. Papadourakis et al., incl. Grace Brannigan '96, Alchemical Free Energy Calculations on Membrane-Associated Proteins (Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation)

• A. Haghani et al., incl. Jason Ernst '98, DNA methylation networks underlying mammalian traits (Science)

• Elinor Lichtenberg '99 et al., Differential effects of soil conservation practices on arthropods and crop yields (Journal of Applied Entomology)

• X. Hu et al., and Ani Manichaikul '99, Multi-ancestry epigenome-wide analyses identify methylated sites associated with aortic augmentation index in TOPMed MESA (Scientific Reports)

• M. VanBlunk et al., and Yevgeny Brudno '00, Absorption rate governs cell transduction in dry macroporous scaffolds (Biomaterials Science)

• B.B. Lake et al., incl. Rahul Satija '02, An atlas of healthy and injured cell states and niches in the human kidney (Nature)

• S.A. Zamani-Dahaj, Anthony Burnetti '07, et al., Spontaneous Emergence of Multicellular Heritability (Genes)

• L. Li et al., and Vicky Yao '07, Joint embedding of biological networks for cross-species functional alignment (Bioinformatics)

• K. Jiang et al., incl. Jonathan Gootenberg '09, Programmable RNA-guided DNA endonucleases are widespread in eukaryotes and their viruses (Science Advances)

• J.H. Lee, et al., incl. Adarsh Ettyreddy '14, PCSK9 activation promotes early atherosclerosis in a vascular microphysiological system (APL Bioengineering)

Medicine and Public Health:

• C.K. Hahn, A.C. Palmer, and David Weinstock '90, Genetically informed therapy for lymphoma: the discomfiting benefit of lumping splits (Cancer Cell)

• D. Chu et al., and Sophia Lin '91, The Utility of a Virtual Emergency Medicine Elective for Visiting Medical Students (Cureus)

• R. Landy et al., and Hormuzd Katki '92, Absolute lung cancer risk increases among individuals with >15 quit-years (Cancer)

• A.H. Sinclair et al., incl. Joshua Weitz '93, Communicating COVID-19 exposure risk with an interactive website counteracts risk misestimation (PLOS One)

• A.H. Ghobashi et al., and Heather O'Hagan '94, Activation of AKT induces EZH2-mediated β-catenin trimethylation in colorectal cancer (iScience)

• S.A. Berg and Atish Choudhury '95, Mutual ATRaction: Assessing Synergy of Berzosertib with Sacituzumab Govitecan (Clinical Cancer Research)

• A.L. Du, C.A. Rishel, and Eric Sun '96, Association Between Naloxone Coprescription Mandates and Postoperative Outcomes (Annals of Surgery)

• William Hwang '02, Multiomics in Pancreatic Cancer (Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News)

• J.M. Fernandez et al., incl. Melodi Javid Whitley '03, Racial and ethnic differences in males with melanoma: A retrospective cohort study of 205,125 cases from the National Cancer Database (Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology)

• S. Sabharwal et al., incl. Sophia Strike '03, Metastatic sarcomatoid carcinoma to bone (Journal of Surgical Oncology)

• D.D. Harris, S.H. Sabe, Cynthia Xu '08, et al., Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitor canagliflozin modulates myocardial metabolism and inflammation in a swine model for chronic myocardial ischemia (Surgery)

• C.K. Baumgartner et al., incl. Debattama Sen '09, The PTPN2/PTPN1 inhibitor ABBV-CLS-484 unleashes potent anti-tumour immunity (Nature)

Psychology and Neuroscience:

• A. Apostel et al., incl. Tim Buschman '97, Corvids optimize working memory by categorizing continuous stimuli (Communications Biology)

• B. Boyacıoğlu et al., incl. Bingni Wen Brunton '02, Neural-Inspired Measurement Observability (Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics)

• J.E. Fan, Wilma Bainbridge '05, et al., Drawing as a versatile cognitive tool (Nature Reviews Psychology)

Computer Science:

• Lvmin Zhang, Anyi Rao, and Maneesh Agrawala '90, Adding Conditional Control to Text-to-Image Diffusion Models (Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision)

• A. Kirillov et al., incl. Alex Berg '92, Segment Anything (Meta AI)

Astronomy:

• T.N. Woods et al., incl. Amir Caspi '96, First Results for Solar Soft X-Ray Irradiance Measurements from the Third-generation Miniature X-Ray Solar Spectrometer (Astrophysical Journal)

• O. Kruparova et al., incl. Marc Pulupa '99, Quasi-thermal Noise Spectroscopy Analysis of Parker Solar Probe Data: Improved Electron Density Model for Solar Wind (Astrophysical Journal)

• M. Barry et al., incl. Robyn Sanderson '99, The dark side of FIRE: predicting the population of dark matter subhaloes around Milky Way-mass galaxies (Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society)

Physics:

• B. Li et al., and Minjoo Larry Lee '94, Abrupt Te doping of GaInP grown by molecular beam epitaxy for solar cell applications (Journal of Applied Physics)

• H. Yin, Jessica Shang '04, et al., Energy transfer and scale dynamics in 2D and 3D laser-driven jets (Physics of Plasmas)

• P. Zhang, Purnima Balakrishnan '09, et al., Exchange-Biased Quantum Anomalous Hall Effect (Advanced Materials)

• Michael Winer '15 et al., Emergent spectral form factors in sonic systems (Physical Review B)

Mathematics:

• A. Bik et al., and Andrew Snowden '00, The Geometry of Polynomial Representations (International Mathematics Research Notices)

• Rachel Kirsch '06 et al., Graph universal cycles: Compression and connections to universal cycles (Advance in Applied Mathematics)

Engineering and Materials Science:

• G. Li , T-W Wong, Benjamin Shih '09, et al., Bioinspired soft robots for deep-sea exploration (Nature Communications)

• K. Jun, Lori Kaufman '12, et al., Understanding the Irreversible Reaction Pathway of the Sacrificial Cathode Additive Li6CoO4 (Advanced Energy Materials)

• Sara Shonkwiler '14 et al., Deep reinforcement learning for stacking sequence optimization of composite laminates (Manufacturing Letters)

Environmental and Earth Science:

• V.C. Radeloff, Miranda Mockrin '95, et al., Rising wildfire risk to houses in the United States, especially in grasslands and shrublands (Science)

• N.V. Balashov, Lesley Ott '96, et al., Flood Impacts on Net Ecosystem Exchange in the Midwestern and Southern United States in 2019 (JGR Atmospheres)

• S.L. Fasola, Noel M. Jackson '04, and C.A. Williams, Deep Short-Term Slow Slip and Tremor in the Manawatu Region, New Zealand (Geophysical Research Letters)

• W. Shuai et al., and Erica Hartmann '05, Mitigation of antimicrobial resistance genes in greywater treated at household level (Science of the Total Environment)

• Jordyn Wolfand '07 et al., Microplastics: The Occurrence in Stormwater Runoff and the Effectiveness of Bioretention Systems for Removal (Journal of Environmental Engineering)

Humanities and Social Science:

• Jonah Berger '98 and G. Packard, Using Language to Improve Health (Journal of Service Research)

• M.G. Ellis, Anna T. Browne Ribeiro '99, A Port by Any Other Name: A Preliminary Spatial Analysis of Ancient Infrastructural Landscapes and Settlement Organization at Macurany, Brazil (Latin American Antiquity)

• Greg Howard '06 et al., The short- and long-run effects of remote work on U.S. housing markets (Journal of Financial Economics)

• Maggie Shi '12, Monitoring for Waste: Evidence from Medicare Audits (The Quarterly Journal of Economics)

More Alumni News:

• Aaron Klein '94 was interviewed about banking regulation in Bloomberg: Banks’ Fight Against Capital Rules Reaches Sunday Night Football

• Gautam Mukunda '97 wrote in Forbes about Dan Snyder's sale of the Washington Commanders:  Goodbye, Mr. Snyder

• Vince Nguyen '99 was recognized for his work at UMD making engineering kits for high school students: Making Engineering Make ‘Cents’ to Teens

• Samantha Henig '02 reviewed an art exhibit in the New Yorker: Raking Dirt for Art's Sake

• Eric Hysen '07 was named the Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer  of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security

• Erik Agard '11 constructed the New Yorker crossword puzzle for November 15, 2023

• Prayag Gordy '20 co-authored an analysis of home schooling data published in the Washington Post: Home schooling’s rise from fringe to fastest-growing form of education