
ACS Catalyst Scholarship – Call for Application Reviewers
The Student Experiences Team is seeking additional reviewers for the ACS Catalyst Scholarship. Please feel free to share this opportunity with individuals in your network who

The Student Experiences Team is seeking additional reviewers for the ACS Catalyst Scholarship. Please feel free to share this opportunity with individuals in your network who

The deadline for the SC Student Volunteers Program is quickly approaching! This program provides both undergraduate and graduate students with a unique opportunity to contribute to

Isiaha Rodriguez grew up in Desert Hot Springs in the Coachella Valley. He is a first generation college student, but his father instilled in him

Fuel of the Future of Computational Science A Story of Determination: Meet Isiaha Rodriguez Some students go to extraordinary lengths to pursue their goals.Isiaha Rodriguez is

Sustainable Horizons Institute is excited to share that we’ll be part of CV Giving Day, Tuesday, March 3, 2026 – a regional celebration where nonprofits across the Coachella Valley

Dignora Castillo-Soto was a Masters student in Cybersecurity at Bay Path University in Massachusetts, working in retail at an Apple store and beginning a summer

In 2018, Professor Sanchari Das was a Ph.D. student at Indiana University Bloomington, interested in usable privacy and security when her advisor, Professor L. Jean

Kofoworola Idowu had studied geophysics as an undergraduate, but when she pivoted to systems administration for an oil and gas servicing company in her home

In 2018, Konstantin Metz, a graduate student in the Cybersecurity and Privacy program at the University of Central Florida, was diagnosed with a tumor that
The CRLC Seminar Series is a collaborative effort between Sustainable Horizons Institute and six Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratories. The goal of the seminar

Celeste Matarazzo understands the importance of engaging with and encouraging students. When she was a young woman studying computer science, she benefitted from impactful mentors,
Dr. Mike McKerns, staff scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), has always been involved in educational research and looks for ways to inspire more

Lenore Cowen, Professor in the Departments of Computer Science and Mathematics at Tufts University, wanted to give undergraduate students a taste of data science research

When Dr. Frank Marfai first read about the Computational Research Leadership Council (CRLC) seminar series, he thought there must be a catch. The ability to

Ashna Nawar Ahmed is a Doctoral Research Assistant at Texas State University, specializing in surrogate models for high-performance computing (HPC) optimization, who recently had a

Dr. Line Pouchard was a Senior Researcher at Brookhaven National Laboratory when she first learned of the Computational Research Leadership Council (CRLC) Seminar Series as
Dr. Polina Shpilker was a Ph.D. student in Computer Science at Tufts University when her advisor invited her to meet Dr. Line Pouchard, who at

After working at a non-governmental organization focused on supporting people living with HIV/AIDS in his home country of Ghana, Francis Owusu-Dampare knew he wanted to

Next week on Feb 10, 11, and 12, CASS is hosting a bunch of virtual birds-of-a-feather sessions, open to anyone in the scientific software community. Topics are varied and include specific libraries

The BSSw Birds-of-a-Feather session, February 12, 2026, 1:00pm – 2:30pm EST, provides an opportunity to learn more about and engage with the BSSw Fellowship community. The BSSw Fellowship

As cybersecurity becomes increasingly vital across the scientific community, cultivating the next generation of cybersecurity leaders has never been more important. Trusted CI is proud

The 2026 Rising Stars in Computational & Data Sciences Workshop will held April 7-8, 2026, at the Santa Fe Institute in Santa Fe, NM. Rising Stars is
The Sustainable Research Pathways (SRP) 2026 program is a partnership between Sustainable Horizons Institute, NSF National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) Pilot, the High Performance

Colin is a passionate educational professional with sixteen years in the field across the public and private sectors, both within and outside of the classroom.

Institution: Slippery Rock University Department: Computer Science What conference theme areas are you interested in? Research data management; Support for scalability and data-driven methods; Software engineering approaches

Institution: The University of Texas at El Paso Department: Physics What conference theme areas are you interested in? Discovery enabled by software; Architectures, frameworks, libraries, and technology

Institution: Virginia Tech Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering What conference theme areas are you interested in? Discovery enabled by software; Architectures, frameworks, libraries, and technology trends; Research

Institution: Phoenix College Department: Computer Science What conference theme areas are you interested in? Discovery enabled by software; Architectures, frameworks, libraries, and technology trends; Research data management;

Institution: Minnesota State University Department: Computer Science What conference theme areas are you interested in? Discovery enabled by software; Research data management; Support for scalability and data-driven

Institution: Swarthmore College Department: Computer Science What conference theme areas are you interested in? Discovery enabled by software; Architectures, frameworks, libraries, and technology trends; Research data management;

Institution: Lincoln University of Pennsylvania Department: Computer Science What conference theme areas are you interested in? Community engagement; Training and workforce development; Accessibility and belonging for RSEs

Institution: Phoenix College Department: Computer Science What conference theme areas are you interested in? Discovery enabled by software; Architectures, frameworks, libraries, and technology trends; Research data management;

Institution: Francis Marion University Department: Computer Science What conference theme areas are you interested in? Discovery enabled by software; Architectures, frameworks, libraries, and technology trends; Support for

Institution: California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Department: College of Science What conference theme areas are you interested in? Discovery enabled by software; Architectures, frameworks, libraries, and technology

Institution: San Diego State University Department: Computer Science What conference theme areas are you interested in? Discovery enabled by software; Architectures, frameworks, libraries, and technology trends; Research

Institution: Youngstown University Department: Computer Science What conference theme areas are you interested in? Discovery enabled by software; Research data management

Institution: The University of Texas at El Paso Department: Physics What conference theme areas are you interested in? Discovery enabled by software; Architectures, frameworks, libraries, and technology


Institution: Michigan State University Department: Statistics and Probability What conference theme areas are you interested in?Support for scalability and data-driven methods; Sustainability, security, and stability; Software engineering

Institution: Alabama State University Department: Mathematics and Computer Science What conference theme areas are you interested in?Sustainability, security, and stability; Software engineering approaches supporting research; Community engagement;


Institution: San Diego State University Department: College of Engineering What conference theme areas are you interested in?Architectures, frameworks, libraries, and technology trends; Research data management; Support for

Institution: Loyola University Chicago Department: Computer Science What conference theme areas are you interested in?Discovery enabled by software; Architectures, frameworks, libraries, and technology trends; Software engineering approaches

Institution: Boston University Department: Medicine What conference theme areas are you interested in?Discovery enabled by software; Architectures, frameworks, libraries, and technology trends; Support for scalability and data-driven

Institution: The University of Texas at El Paso Department: Physics What conference theme areas are you interested in?Discovery enabled by software; Research data management; Support for scalability

Institution: Grambling State University Department: Computer Science and Mathematics What conference theme areas are you interested in?Discovery enabled by software; Architectures, frameworks, libraries, and technology trends; Support

Institution: Carnegie Mellon University Department: Human-Computer Interaction What conference theme areas are you interested in?Community engagement; Training and workforce development; Accessibility and belonging for RSEs

Institution: Texas A&M University-San Antonio Department: Computer Science What conference theme areas are you interested in?Research data management; Support for scalability and data-driven methods; Software engineering approaches

Institution: Shorter College Department: Computer Science What conference theme areas are you interested in?Discovery enabled by software; Architectures, frameworks, libraries, and technology trends; Research data management; Support

Institution: Youngstown University Department: Computer Science What conference theme areas are you interested in?Discovery enabled by software; Research data management

Institution: Grambling State University Department: Computer Science What conference theme areas are you interested in?Discovery enabled by software; Improving the reproducibility of research; Sustainability, security, and stability;

Institution: Louisiana State University Alexandria Department: Computer Science What conference theme areas are you interested in?Discovery enabled by software; Architectures, frameworks, libraries, and technology trends; Research data

Institution: University of Arkansas Little Rock Department: Computer Science What conference theme areas are you interested in?Software engineering approaches supporting research; Building a research software engineer (RSE)

Institution: University of Texas at El Paso Department: Computational Science What conference theme areas are you interested in?Discovery enabled by software; Support for scalability and data-driven methods;

Institution: University of California, Merced Department: Computer Science and Engineering What conference theme areas are you interested in?Architectures, frameworks, libraries, and technology trends; Research data management; Support

Institution: Dartmouth CollegeDepartment: EngineeringWhat conference theme areas are you interested in?Discovery enabled by software; Research data management; Support for scalability and data-driven methods

Institution: University of ToledoDepartment: EECSWhat conference theme areas are you interested in?Architectures, frameworks, libraries, and technology trends; Research data management; Support for scalability and data-driven

Welcome to the Building Engagement program organized by the Sustainable Horizons Institute at the U.S. Research Software Engineers Conference (BE@US-RSE25) participant information page. The BE

Kristen’s journey in STEM has been driven by lifelong learning and a commitment to making science, and the world as a whole, more accessible and

Mark has strong interest in the science of human flourishing and served as a mentor to college students for over 16 years, working at both