{"id":378,"date":"2025-11-12T14:44:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T19:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/?page_id=378"},"modified":"2026-10-12T11:10:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T15:10:51","slug":"faculty-spotlight-series-25-26","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/faculty-spotlight-series-25-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Spotlight Series (’25 — ’26)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

During the 2025\u201326 academic year, we developed a special Faculty Spotlight Series<\/em>, i.e. a series of stories about URI research successes facilitated by our research computing resources and support. We’re thrilled to share the first few articles from this new series \u2014 from A&S, CELS, CHS, Engineering, GSO and Pharmacy. I hope you enjoy reading these!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rachel Schwartz \u2014 Biology, CELS | November 12, 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Decoding the Tree of Life<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Large-scale genomics and evolutionary genetics depend on substantial compute power, storage, and reproducible workflows on URI research computing resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Genomics | Evolution | HPC | Unity<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the story<\/a> (https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/faculty-spotlight-rachel-schwartz-biology\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rob Coyne \u2014 Physics, A&S | October 28, 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Exploring the Cosmos Through Computation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Gamma-ray burst and gravitational-wave research rely on computational pipelines, HPC resources, and research-computing support to turn massive datasets into astrophysical insight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Physics | Gravitational Waves | HPC | Data Pipelines<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the story<\/a> (https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/faculty-spotlight-rob-coyne-physics\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

—<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Manshu Yang \u2014 Psychology, CHS | November 14, 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Quantitative Health Psychology at Scale<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Simulation studies, Bayesian methods, longitudinal data, and missing-data methods become more rigorous and efficient with URI HPC resources and expert support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Health Psychology | Simulation | Bayesian Methods | Unity<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the story<\/a> (https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/faculty-spotlight-manshu-yang-psychology\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Roxanne Beinart \u2014 Oceanography, GSO | December 8, 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A Powerful Symbiosis<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Microbial ecology and genomic sequence assembly benefit from high-memory computing, scalable storage, and accessible research-computing support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oceanography | Microbial Ecology | Bioinformatics | High-Memory Computing<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the story<\/a> (https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/faculty-spotlight-roxanne-beinart-gso\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Russell Shomberg \u2014 Ocean Engineering \/ GSO | March 26, 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

AI for Ocean Science Applications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Student teams, Unity resources, and AI methods such as NeRFs and Gaussian splatting are helping develop 3D reconstructions of deep-sea habitats and icebergs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ocean Engineering | AI Lab | 3D Reconstruction | GPUs<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the story<\/a> (https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/faculty-spotlight-russell-shomberg-gso\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chris Hemme \u2014 Pharmacy \/ RI-INBRE Molecular Informatics Core | April 23, 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Molecular Informatics for Biomedical Discovery<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Bioinformatics, multi-omics, data management, VR training, and AI workflows benefit from Unity, the Open Storage Network, and regional research-computing access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pharmacy | Bioinformatics | Multi-Omics | AI<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the story<\/a> (https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/faculty-spotlight-chris-hemme-pharmacy\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

—<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nick Pizzo \u2014 Oceanography, GSO | May 8, 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Machine Learning for Ocean Currents<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Deep learning, satellite observations, GPU-enabled simulation, and Unity access are helping researchers infer high-resolution ocean surface currents from data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oceanography | Machine Learning | GPUs | Unity<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the story<\/a> (https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iacr\/faculty-spotlight-nick-pizzo-gso\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

—<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A huge thanks to both the faculty and our student team for making these happen. Much appreciated!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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