A high research institution, the university is renowned for first-rate undergraduate research and creative work—meet the people who are making a difference in this field.
Professor Nadine Barlow is a leading Mars researcher who actively involves her undergraduate students in her research.
An expert in wildlife corridors, Paul Beier has helped establish conservation projects worldwide.
A researcher at the University of Arizona Cancer Center, Monica Yellowhair helps those affected by uranium exposure.
Jennifer Denetdale completed her dissertation and became the first Navajo to earn a history PhD.
In his research on health care policy, Professor of History Paul V. Dutton demonstrates how the past informs the present.
Alumnus David Engelthaler leads TGen North in developing ways to better diagnose and treat deadly diseases.
After leaving her Congressional seat in 1994, Karan English now works to get the campus community involved in conservation.
Ciarra Greene took advantage of undergraduate opportunities to lead a research project as a freshman.
Anthropology professor George (“Wolf”) Gumerman is the principal investigator of a project that aims to preserve Hopi culture.
Nancy Johnson advocates for underrepresented students as the director of the Undergraduate Mentoring in Environmental Biology program.
Paul Keim utilizes his knowledge and experience to track the source of infectious diseases worldwide.
Alumnus David Mangelsdorf is now making discoveries that could yield treatments for serious health conditions.
Graduate student Robert Miranda works with undergraduate and high school students to share the value of science.
Assistant Professor Priscilla Sanderson works to make health care information accessible to all.
Hydrogeology professor Abe Springer works with students to research and find sustainable solutions.
Kristen Marquez attributes her success to the work ethic she developed at Northern Arizona University.
Faculty advisor to Engineers Without Borders, Professor Paul Trotta helps students become part of a global community.
Professor Tom Acker is a leading researcher in sustainability who involves undergraduate students in research projects.
Alumnus Ellie Moon works to improve the lives of children in her second career as a speech therapist.
Professor Heidi Wayment studies how demonstrating compassion can affect their levels of happiness.
Professor Emeritus Michael Wagner fosters student experiences abroad, while contributing scientific research on forests in Africa.
Professor Emeritus Bill Auberle used Northern Arizona University’s location on the Colorado Plateau to expose his students to environmental challenges and sustainable solutions.
As a child, alumna Susannah Tysor was fascinated with her grandmother’s flower gardens, cultivating a passion for botany and ecology that drove her undergraduate research.
Northern Arizona University alum Lance Price now teaches at George Washington University, and leads two centers at TGen in Flagstaff. He does ground-breaking work in the research of disease genomes.