Natural Sciences Archives - UNC Research

Going with the Flow

a man kneels in a creek and inserts a sensor into the water

Scott Gifford studies the microscopic organisms that shape water quality, ecosystems, and Earth’s climate.

Testing the Waters

a young woman sticks a sensor into a clear container with a pigfish in it

By studying how warming oceans affect coastal fish, senior Kate Blizzard is shaping a clearer vision for her future in marine science.

Quail Watch

a young man holds a drone while standing in a pine meadow

Andrew Zachman is leveraging drone and thermal imaging technology to monitor a declining gamebird population in southeastern North Carolina.

The Bat Girls

From left to right: Anneliese Pinnell, an Eastern red bat, Yanira Rodriguez-Mendez, and Savannah Carter

A Carolina research team is partnering with the military to track endangered bats and locate their roost sites.

RUNC: Advaith Cheruvu

a young man stands in front of a projection of DNA

The senior strives to make next-generation computing technologies more powerful and practical.

Frog Futures

a young woman sits at a table in lab; the laptop on the table has a frog model on it

Junior Ella Wagner studies how North Carolina treefrogs conserve water in the face of increasing heat and drought.

Watching All the Stars Align

Nicholas Law looks at the stars in the dome at Morehead Planetarium

Nicholas Law is building a telescope to probe the cosmos with unprecedented detail.

Fish Files

five jars of fish specimens and one fish skull

Carolina technologists and local science museum archivists are using AI to transform handwritten records about fish into searchable, global science data.

RUNC: Casey Rodriguez

a man stands in a classroom in front of a blackboard covered in a mathematical equation

The mathematics professor develops new theories to describe how materials deform and behave.

Curiosity to Commencement

Esha Agarwal, Victor Nguyen, and Saketha Male

As Carolina’s newest graduates prepare to cross the stage, three seniors show how research propelled their growth and shaped their next steps.

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