UToledo celebrated its status among the country’s top-tier research universities with the prestigious Carnegie R1 Classification during a Research Celebration on Wednesday in Savage Arena. The two-hour event featured faculty and student researchers showcasing their innovative work through poster presentations and interactive table displays to attendees from the campus and area communities.
Bob Mapes, field research crew Leader for the UToledo Grass Carp Strike Team, hands a frozen grass carp to Karlie Perry, director of advancement communications at the UToledo Foundation. The grass carp was part of the team’s research display at the Research Celebration that detailed their efforts to prevent the invasive species from gaining a foothold in Lake Erie.
In a brief presentation during the Research Celebration, UToledo Interim President Matt Schroeder acknowledges the diligence of UToledo’s research faculty and students to move the University forward and make discoveries that benefit society.
Aryana Alavinikoo, a first-year Ph.D. student in clinical psychology, looks at algae samples in a microscope as Dr. Thomas Bridgeman, a professor of ecology and the director of the UToledo Lake Erie Center, looks on. More than a decade after the water crisis in Toledo, Bridgeman and his team along with other UToledo researchers continue their work to mitigate harmful algal blooms in the western basin of Lake Erie.
Dr. J.D. Smith, a professor and director of the Ritter Astrophysical Research Center, talks with Tim Schneider, regional director in the office of U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno, about how UToledo astronomers work with NASA and conduct research using James Webb Space Telescope.
