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EENS Alumni Spotlight: Anabel Kadri (BS 2025)
Where has your degree taken you?
Since graduating from Tulane, I worked as a Field Technician with Mass Audubon where I supported a large-scale salt marsh restoration project across 1,450 acres of the Great Marsh. My work primarily focused on ditch remediation to restore the marsh’s natural hydrology and improve habitat for the Saltmarsh Sparrow. Since finishing that position, I am now a Program Assistant for the Restoration Team at the Chesapeake Bay Trust, where I assist with grant management for restoration projects across the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
Turning Seconds into Safety: Tulane Students Build Automated System to Strengthen Airport Explosive Detection
In airports across the country, security decisions are often made in seconds. When a bag is flagged for further inspection, Transportation Security Administration officers move to a secondary screening process that can determine whether a substance poses a real threat. That process, however, still relies heavily on manual chemical testing and human interpretation.
A team of Tulane University engineering physics students, Mia Stolakis, Kyler Silas, Jude Kelley, Avery Lahm, and Matheo Graham Capasso saw an opportunity to change that.
Tulane Engineering Senior Embodies University's Spirit of Innovation and Community
Miriam Lerner, a senior at Tulane University studying Engineering Physics with a minor in mechanical engineering, represents the kind of student success that emerges when innovation meets community. Currently on the 4+1 track to earn her master’s in electrical engineering, Lerner has built a college career defined by mentorship, technical excellence, and a commitment to passing knowledge forward.
Tulane Professor Secures Prestigious NIH Award to Study Family Mental Health
Dr. Selin Zeytinoglu, an Assistant Professor at Tulane University's School of Science and Engineering, has been awarded a prestigious K01 Research Scientist Development Award from the National Institute of Mental Health. The four-year grant, totaling $616,658, will fund her research project titled "Social and Neural Pathways Linking Parental Anxiety with Youths' Daily Emotions," positioning Tulane as a growing center for innovative family mental health research.
Class of 2026 student speaker to deliver message of hope, perseverance and purpose
The thought of serving as
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Announces 2026 Student Award Recipients
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Announces 2026 Student Award Recipients
From Student to Recruiting: The Full-Circle Journey of Justin Baris (SSE ’17 and ’18)
For many students, something like the new SSE Career Fair is a high-stakes arena where they hope to land their first professional role. But for Justin Baris, a Tulane University biomedical engineering alumnus, returning to the Uptown campus offered a different perspective: the view from behind the recruiting table.
Now representing Boston Scientific, Baris returned to his alma mater to scout talent and serve as a bridge between the classroom and the medical technology industry.
Tulane Senior Bridges Neuroscience, Journalism, and the Arts in Pursuit of Medical Career
Ian Faul, a senior from New Orleans double majoring in psychology and philosophy with a French minor, embodies the interdisciplinary spirit that defines Tulane University. On the pre-med track while conducting neuroscience research and editing the student newspaper, Faul has built a college experience that connects diverse fields and ideas in ways that reflect Tulane's commitment to turning innovation into impact.
"I came to Tulane very much undecided," Faul said. "[But] I was pretty sure that I wasn't going to be a doctor coming into college," he explained.
Tulane Innovation Institute Spring 2026 Provost's Proof of Concept Fund Awards $150,000 to Three Faculty Researchers in Diagnostics, Surgical Infection Prevention, and Quantum Materials
Promising university research often stalls at the border between discovery and application. The Tulane University Innovation Institute, in partnership with the Office of the Provost, established the Provost's Proof of Concept Fund (PPOC) in fall 2022 to cross that border — providing grants of up to $50,000 to support the technical development and market research needed to bring innovations to commercial viability, whether through licensing to existing companies or launch as spinout ventures.