Dr. Elizabeth Skellam, new assistant professor of chemistry, was recently highlighted by the Office of Research and Innovation for her research into "fungal molecules to potentially use for agricultural as well as pharmaceutical solutions".

In the UNT article, it was mentioned that she received a Bayer Crop Science Grants4Ag Award for her work using fungi as biocontrol agents to protect crops against specific plant pathogens, and a new National Science Foundation grant to help get her lab up and running.

You can view the entire UNT article here.