President’s Professor Claire Lauer brought her user experience expertise to the Arizona Water Innovation Initiative with one goal: empower the public to make their own smart water decisions.
Sonoran Desert tortoises can live for decades, face specialized health and habitat needs and can’t simply be returned to the desert. CISA researchers are studying the people who care for them, and what their experiences could reveal about conservation when wildlife and humans share a home.
From building credibility to appealing to emotions, scammers use many of the same persuasive techniques as skilled communicators. Researcher Aaron Hess and international collaborators are studying those tactics to develop better ways to prevent scams and support victims.
Associate Professor Wenwei Zheng leads an interdisciplinary team of researchers to explore and model the complex world of intrinsically disordered proteins, which lead to diseases like Alzheimer’s and diabetes.