University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, TX·Public
4 labs on PI Pages. It spends $158M a year on research and awards 130 research doctorates a year.
- Students
- 28,591: 23,771 undergraduates, 4,820 graduate
- Postdocs
- 42
- Faculty
- 760 full-time
- Campus
- Primarily non-residential
Labs here
Elizabeth LaRue
Ecology & Evolution
Test whether higher tree species richness increases belowground biodiversity and thereby promotes complementary use of water and nutrients, using North America's longest-running large-scale forest biodiversity experiment.
Marianne Karplus
Earth & Environmental Science
Measure ice thickness, subglacial sediments, and hydrologic processes in the Lunana glaciers of Bhutan using radar and seismic surveys.
Olga Lauter
Engineering
Investigate how socio-cultural factors shape housing construction and energy use in two Alaska Native communities in the Bristol Bay region, using needs assessments and community workshops.
Gabriel Frietze
Public Health & Epidemiology
Identify barriers to and facilitators of joining diabetes self-management programs among Mexican-origin Hispanic adults with type 2 diabetes and their healthcare providers, to guide the design of an online intervention.
Where its research money goes
A year of research spending, from the NSF survey every research university fills in.