NDSU Office of Research and Creative Activity

Samiran Banerjee, NDSU assistant professor of microbial ecology, has been named to the 2025 Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers list. As one of only 6,868 researchers worldwide to be recognized, Banerjee is also among only 168 microbiological scientists and is the lone NDSU researcher selected for this year’s list.

Pecararo has been at NDSU since 2018, when she was hired as a veterinary anatomic pathologist.

An example of how AI’s usage in agriculture is expanding rapidly is BisonGuard, a hands-off, intelligent tool for tracking bison herds in real-time while keeping them safe. The project weaves together generations of Indigenous tradition with pioneering technology.

The fellows will engage across departments and colleges to leverage these priorities in ways that create new opportunities for NDSU researchers.

The state-of-the-art soda kiln will bolster NDSU's ceramics program and a growing student population.

NDSU researchers are among the top 2% of the most cited scientists globally, according to the Science-wide Author Databases of Standardized Citation Indicators. The annual list, compiled by Stanford University and Elsevier, highlight the most influential scientists across a wide range of disciplines, based on key citation metrics, including the h-index, coauthorship, and adjusted citation counts.

This year, NDSU is represented by 29 researchers on the single-year list and 36 on the career-long list, including six faculty who are new to the career list this summer.

Christopher Colbert, North Dakota State University professor of chemistry and biochemistry, has received an Academic Research Enhancement Award (R15) from the National Institutes of Health. The award will continue the work of Colbert’s research team on understanding the mechanism of iron import cell-surface signaling in Gram-negative bacteria. Cell surface signaling is the cell's way of reacting quickly to external environmental signals.

The team’s research has produced several key advancements in 3D printing through the incorporation of fiber reinforcement. While the 3D printing movement has expanded massively over the past several years, it has always struggled with an inherent disadvantage: the types of materials used in manufacturing are limited in their strength and size. Researchers at NDSU, led by Chad Ulven, professor of mechanical engineering, are working to change that.

For FY25, the latest fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, NDSU researchers earned $93.5 million in external research and instructional funding awards from federal, state, and private sources. Serving as a leading indicator of future research activity, these awards often mark the beginning of multi-year research programs.