Wayana Dolan is a PhD student in the UNC College of Arts and Sciences. Using satellite imagery and field data, she studies how the interactions between lakes and rivers in Arctic deltas impact lake ice cover and carbon dioxide production.

The most recent work by Brian Boyd, the interim director of Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute and education professor, focuses on Black families’ experiences.

As director of the UNC Neuroscience Microscopy Core, Michelle Itano teaches researchers how to take complex images of specimens and other microscopic objects and assists them with data analysis.

In Nianbo Dong’s pursuit of applied quantitative methods and tools, he seeks out the toughest challenges of fellow scholars and provides new, rigorous ways to ensure high-impact research benefits the most diverse students.

Travis Albritton is the associate dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion in the School of Social Work. He has been contributing to research at Carolina for 15 years.