William Donnelly wearing a SEED Electronic Arts hoodie and standing in front of some trees
#ScienceTerp William Donnelly (Ph.D. '12, @umdphysics.bsky.social) pivoted his career to apply his physics expertise to render cutting-edge virtual worlds at Electronic Arts (EA) ➡️ go.umd.edu/donnelly
#ScienceTerp Willie E. May (Ph.D. '77, chemistry) went from never having met a practicing chemist in his life to becoming a leader in science.
Read more about the biggest leadership lessons Willie has learned in his @cenmag.bsky.social piece ⤵️
Welcome to the #ScienceTerp community!
Graphic congratulations August 2025 graduates from CMNS
🎓 Congratulations to our college's August 2025 graduates!
We're excited to celebrate their accomplishments at commencement next May. See the full list of #ScienceTerp graduates: go.umd.edu/grads-0825
Graphic with College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences logo at the top and text reading "29 Faculty Promotions Announced by CMNS," with image of the entrance to UMD's campus with yellow flowers and the Iribe Center
Congrats to our 29 #ScienceTerp faculty members who were promoted this year ➡️ go.umd.edu/promotions-25
Special shoutout to @umdgeology.bsky.social's Michael Brown,
Mathematics' Abba Gumel and Astronomy's Christopher Reynolds, who were named Distinguished University Professors!
Two orientation advisors taking a selfie
Orientation advisor standing with a group of incoming freshmen in front of McKeldin Library
Orientation advisor taking a selfie with a group of incoming freshmen in front of McKeldin Library
Group of incoming freshmen taking a selfie in front of McKeldin Library
#ScienceTerp orientation advisors are taking over our Instagram story today (7/29) and tomorrow (7/30)!
Tune in to see the orientation experience behind the scenes: instagram.com/umdscience
#ScienceTerp Claire Bolster (B.S. '20, biological sciences) is committed to the care and rehabilitation of #MarineLife.
Her experience at #UMD provided a strong foundation for every challenge she takes on as a senior aquarist at @mysticaquarium.bsky.social ⤵️
Claire Quinn wearing a green Animal Kingdom shirt standing in front of an elephant enclosure
#ScienceTerp Claire Quinn (B.S. '15, biological sciences) teaches guests about animals and the environment at Disney's Animal Kingdom.
Read about how her academic experience at #UMD inspired this career path: go.umd.edu/quinn
Peng Yue in ReviR offices
#ScienceTerp Peng Yue’s (Ph.D. ’05, molecular and cellular biology) 20-year disease-fighting career set the stage for his current role as co-founder/CEO of ReviR Therapeutics.
Read about his road to #DrugDiscovery: go.umd.edu/yue
Fascinated by #VirtualReality 3D modeling and animation, Danika Perez (B.S. '25) chose to study immersive media design at #UMD.
See how this #ScienceTerp pursued opportunities on campus to figure out her own path at the intersection of art and technology ⤵️
Nikhil Joshi (B.S. '07, biological sciences) is taking on
@jeopardyofficial.bsky.social!
Tune in tomorrow (6/5) to watch this #ScienceTerp put his knowledge to the test—and read more about his experience preparing for TV's biggest trivia game ⤵️
#ScienceTerp Kayhan Gultekin (M.S. '02, Ph.D. '06, astronomy) studies supermassive #BlackHoles and their extreme environments.
In 2023, he was part of the @nanograv.bsky.social team that detected and analyzed the first evidence of #GravitationalWaves passing through the Milky Way.
After years of struggling through undergrad, I have officially graduated with my Bachelor’s degree in Physics from @univofmaryland.bsky.social. It feels so unreal… but I’m proud of being able to finish this marathon.
Next lap/stop: Ph.D in Physics.
#scienceterp
#UMDgrad
#physicsterp
#physics
#STEM
Four graduate students pose in regalia in front of the Reckord Armory
Astronomy Ph.D. graduate shakes hands with Dean Amitabh Varshney
Group of graduates and faculty members clap during commencement
Group of graduates pose in the audience at commencement
To our graduate students—we are so proud of you.
You worked diligently to become experts in your fields. You made critical discoveries. You mentored the next generation of scientists in and out of the classroom.
Welcome to our community of 60,000 #ScienceTerp alumni! #UMDgrad
Teddy Thomas speaking at the 2025 CMNS Graduate Commencement Ceremony
"Dream fearlessly, own your path and go build a world that's better because you were in it," #DataScience graduate Teddy Thomas encouraged her fellow #ScienceTerp graduates. #UMDgrad
Adam Wenchel wearing a white shirt and smiling at the camera
Arthur AI Co-founder and CEO Adam Wenchel (B.S. '99, computer science) returns to #UMD this week as keynote speaker for our Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony!
Read about Adam's entrepreneurial success and his involvement with UMD as a #ScienceTerp alum: go.umd.edu/wenchel
Leadership, discipline, ambition. All skills that Hayden Earlewine has refined as a senior computer science major and member of #UMD's club hockey team.
See how Hayden is taking full advantage of what CMNS has to offer⤵️ #ScienceTerp
Commencement is next week, and we're so excited to celebrate our incredible #ScienceTerp graduates 🎓
CMNS Graduate Commencement: go.umd.edu/1zb9
CMNS Undergraduate Commencement: go.umd.edu/1zbb
🎉The college is no doubt excited to benefit from the same unwavering dedication & visionary leadership Leslie demonstrated while Chair of Ento. We’re excited to see Leslie step into this new role & look forward to the innovative ideas she'll bring to the wider #ScienceTerp community!
#ScienceTerp Luoth Chou (B.S. '13, biological sciences) remembers when she watched NASA's Curiosity Rover launch from a #UMD dorm room in 2011.
Now, she's working on that same rover and other NASA missions designed to search for habitable environments—and potentially life—beyond Earth.
5 Science Terps Awarded 2025 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships
Congrats to the 5 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship recipients from CMNS this year! Recipients include #ScienceTerp current students and alums from biological sciences, computer science and mathematics.
go.umd.edu/nsf-grfp-25 | #NSFGRFP
It's Day 1 of #ERN2025!
We can't wait to chat with you about all that @umdscience.bsky.social has to offer. Stop by BOOTH 19 to learn what it means to be a #ScienceTerp! ⚛️🐢
2025 CMNS Employee Award recipients standing in front of a CMNS branded backdrop with Dean Amitabh Varshney
This week, the #ScienceTerp community celebrated our college's outstanding 2025 employee award recipients! This year's awardees were selected from a pool of more than 650 nominations. Congratulations to all! go.umd.edu/awards25
As Selux Diagnostics' chief implementation officer, #ScienceTerp Adam Steel (Ph.D. '96, chemistry) takes disease-fighting medical technology from the lab to the marketplace, developing next-generation products to improve #PatientCare.
Two #ScienceTerp faculty members were named 2025 MPower Professors!
Biology Professor Michael Cummings and Computer Science Professor Mihai Pop will both apply this $150K award to their #ComputationalBiology research.
