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Tybur Casuse Receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship to Develop Electrochemical Uranium Sensors
April 16, 2018
Tybur Casuse, graduate student in Civil Engineering and the Center for Water and the Environment (CWE), has been awarded a prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Tybur will investigate electrochemical sensors for detection of trace concentrations of uranium and other metals in water from Native American communities in New Mexico. The award will support Tybur to finish his MS and continue his PhD studies at the University of New Mexico under the guidance of José M. Cerrato, Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, and Fernando Garzon. Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering affiliated with the Center for Micro-Engineered Materials (CMEM). “I am humbled, honored and encouraged by this amazing alignment of the desires of the NSF, our interests, and our unique capabilities at UNM. I am deeply grateful to UNM, my mentors and their group members, and the NSF for this amazing opportunity,” Tybur said. Tybur is the second current student in the CWE to receive an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, after James Fluke received the same award last year.