CSR Scholars 2015-2016
Scholars by Major
Name: Millslagle, Scott Peter
Research Mentor: Dr. Beth Yeager
Project Title: CIRCLe Labs (Centers for Interdisciplinary Research and Collaborative Learning)
Name: Becker, Anthony
Research Mentor: Dr. Ehsan Kamalinejad
Project Title: Automatic semantic analyses of written passages
Name: Khorasani, Reza
Research Mentor: Dr. Chris Baysdorfer
Project Title: Next Generation Sequencing of the PGI Gene of Scoliopus Bigelovii
Name: Shrestha, Saurav
Research Mentor: Dr. Monika Sommerhalter
Project Title: Antioxidant capacity of poplar hybrids irrigated with high salt and boron water
Name: Luu, Anthony
Research Mentor: Dr. Marlin Halim
Project Title: SELEX on Galactose Sugar Metabolites
Name: Amadi, Michael
Research Mentor: Dr. Claudia Uhde-Stone
Project Title: Project Lupin
Name: Biswas, Adity
Research Mentor: Dr. Kenneth Curr
Project Title: Bioremediation of Heavy Metals by Cyanobacteria Spirulina Maxima
Name: Cole, Jason Timothy
Research Mentor: Dr. Claudia Udhe-Stone
Project Title: Deducing the Mechanism for White Lupins to Adapt to Low Phosphate Conditions
Name: Colston, Tobey
Research Mentor: Dr. Fredrick Bauzon
Project Title: The Role of TME55B in Tumorigenesis
Name: Corcoran, Jesse
Research Mentor: Dr. Monika Sommerhalter
Project Title: Antioxidant capacity of poplar leaves after salt/boron irrigation
Name: del Rosario, Jonathan
Research Mentor: Dr. Brian Perry
Project Title: Phylogenetic analysis of endemic California fungi M. calhouniae
Name: Keramati, Negar
Research Mentor: Dr. Kenneth Curr
Project Title: Annotation of T. Tetraqutrea Genome
Name: Lopez-Ornelas, Yesenia
Research Mentor: Dr. James Murray
Project Title: Quantifying gene expression and enzyme activity in the sea slug Tritonia
Name: Maynard, Ashley
Research Mentor: Dr. Tyler Evans
Project Title: Enhancing the restoration of California's estuaries by exploring the genetic basis of salinity tolerance in ostrea lurida
Name: Nguyen, Emily
Research Mentor: Dr. James Murray
Project Title: Quantifying gene expression and enzyme activity in the sea slug Tritonia
Name: Schaefferkoetter, Devin
Research Mentor: Dr. Tyler Evans
Project Title: What Mushroom is That? Fungal Survey of Fleshy Fungi and Ascomycote of Pepperwood Preserve
Name: Schneider, William
Research Mentor: Dr. James Murray
Project Title: Elucidating Magnetoreceptive Structures in Tritonia Tetraquetra
Name: Sengupta, Debapriya
Research Mentor: Dr. Chris Baysdorfer
Project Title: Characterization of Virus Like Participle (VLP) Extracted from Plant Tissue to Identify Retrotransposons
Name: Swift, Sean
Research Mentor: Dr. Brian Perry
Project Title: Fungal Endophytes of Hawaiian Scaevola
Name: Tat, Christopher
Research Mentor: Dr. Nazzy Pakpour
Project Title: Can we make an appetite suppressant for fruit flies?
Name: Valencia, Luke
Research Mentor: Dr. Claudia Udhe-Stone
Project Title: White Lupin Transformation and Regeneration
Name: Vu, An
Research Mentor: Dr. Kenneth Curr
Project Title: Speciation of the microflora in the nudibranch Tritonia Tetraquetra
Name: Waters, Justine
Research Mentor: Dr. Monika Sommerhalter
Project Title: Purification and Characterization of Polyphenol Osidase
Name: Jamoosian, Leila
Research Mentor: Dr. Christine Lee
Project Title: IMMS Project (Integrated Middle School Science Partnership)
Name: Villalobos, Giselle
Research Mentor: Dr. Ken Chung
Project Title: Event-time Pacing Research
Name: Chan, Tracy
Research Mentor: Dr. Marlin Halim
Project Title: Development of Aptamer Based Galactosemia Detection Kit
Name: Hand, Christopher
Research Mentor: Dr. Jeffery Seitz
Project Title: Molecular Astrobiology
Name: Lo, Carl
Research Mentor: Dr. Patrick Huang
Project Title: Characterization of Calcium Carbonate Pre-Nucleation Clusters
Name: Rosenberg, Daniel
Research Mentor: Dr. Anne Kotchevar
Project Title: Total Synthesis of 3-O-methyl-thiophanic acid
Name: Sigua, Levi Martin
Research Mentor: Dr. Marlin Halim
Project Title: Isolation and binding studies for aptamer-based sensor for Galactonate
Name: Smith, Edward
Research Mentor: Dr. Kim Chul
Project Title: Purification of the CPNT2 Protein
Name: Tso, Jonathan, Lee
Research Mentor: Dr. Kim Chul
Project Title: Characterization of CPNT Peptide
Name: Meneses, Moises
Research Mentor: Dr. Elena Dukhovny
Project Title: Augmentative Communication Intervention Study
Name: Kundu, Paramita
Research Mentor: Dr. Shubha Kashinath
Project Title: Language Environments of Preschool Children with Autism
Name: Flores, Freddy
Research Mentor: Dr. Ryan Smith
Project Title: Microcontroller monitoring temperature and system parameters for stable femtosecond lower operation
Name: Norris, Glenn
Research Mentor: Dr. Ryan Smith
Project Title: Arduino-based lock-in amplification for small-signal detection
Name: Fabian, Arthur
Research Mentor: Dr. Vanessa Yingling
Project Title: Applicability of mobile app to bone loading
Name: Gupta, Sunil
Research Mentor: Dr. Jiaofei Zhong
Project Title: Bioinformatics Software to Analyze Hydrogen Bonds
Name: Su, Wei
Research Mentor: Dr. Jiaofei Zhong
Project Title: Developing Emotion Recognition Algorithm for Mobile Robot
Name: Elkhoudary, Hammam
Research Mentor: Dr. Cristian Gaedicke
Project Title: Hedging and Mitigating Risk Using Financial Instruments and Risk Base Modeling
Name: Georgiyesh, Mark
Research Mentor: Dr. Cristian Gaedicke
Project Title: Simulation and optimization of a femtosecond laser system
Name: Jimenez, Elvia
Research Mentor: Dr. Oanh Tran
Project Title: School-Wide Practices to Promote Learning
Name: Moody, Olivia
Research Mentor: Dr. Oanh Tran
Project Title: Examining School Belongingness in English Language Learners
Name: Leal, Daniel
Research Mentor: Dr. Beth Yeager
Project Title: Brain Jam (Game Jam with Brain Bee; STEM Learning Through Neuroscience-Themed Game Development)
Name: Bahramian, Jennifer
Research Mentor: Dr. Jeffery Sietz
Project Title: Volumetric Properties of Aqueous-Organic Solutions
Name: Abimbola, Ayoola
Research Mentor: Dr. Luther Strayer
Project Title: Ground Truthing Our Geophysics - Finding Faults Under ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ
Name: Lovelace, Faithe
Research Mentor: Dr. Jean Moran
Project Title: Study of Phosphorus Sources at Lake Temescal, Oakland CA
Name: McEvilly, Adrian
Research Mentor: Dr. Luther Strayer
Project Title: EB3D
Name: Peters, Elizabeth
Research Mentor: Dr. Jean Moran
Project Title: Sources and Residence Times of Groundwater near Mount Shasta Determined by Isotopic Tracers
Name: Vialpando, Marcelino
Research Mentor: Dr. Jean Moran
Project Title: Identifying components of groundwater flow
Name: York, Drew
Research Mentor: Dr. Jeffery Seitz
Project Title: Molecular Astrobiology
Name: Erhahon, Hendrix
Research Mentor: Dr. Erik Helgren
Project Title: Conductivity of Polyaniline Pellets
Name: Beltran, Lormelle
Research Mentor: Dr. Sukari Ivester
Project Title: A Tale of Two West Oaklands
Name: Nair, Deepajayan
Research Mentor: Dr. Sara Smith
Project Title: Quantitative Survey Research for LAND Project
Name: Anderson, Erik
Research Mentor: Dr. Cathy Inouye
Project Title: Inflammation, cardiovascular fitness, and automatic flexibility
Name: Brar, Evranjeet
Research Mentor: Dr. Jenny O
Project Title: Sit/Stand Workstations in the Workforce
Name: Brizendine, Evan
Research Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Sherwood
Project Title: Four Case Studies of how a physical training program in a worksite wellness setting effects cardiovascular and anthropometric measures
Name: Call, Simonne
Research Mentor: Dr. Matthew Atencio
Project Title: The transitioning views of body type and image in female athletes
Name: Castro, Dimitri
Research Mentor: Dr. Vanessa Yingling
Project Title: Upper limb bone adaptation in collegiate athletes
Name: Cesena, Michael Ryan
Research Mentor: Dr. Jenny O
Project Title: Mindfulness and attention control/capacity
Name: Gomez-Castillo, Julio
Research Mentor: Dr. Jenny O
Project Title: Temporal Occlusion in the Sport of Futsal
Name: Greene, Laura
Research Mentor: Dr. Matthew Atencio
Project Title: The Impact of Using Mirrors on Physical Activity Performance and Motivation
Name: Hall, Brett
Research Mentor: Dr. Jenny O
Project Title: Using Psychological Mental Skills to Elicit Deliberate Practice
Name: Imtair, Rajab
Research Mentor: Dr. Jenny O
Project Title: Observational Learning and Anticipatory Cues in Sport
Name: Jackman, Nioka
Research Mentor: Dr. Jenny O
Project Title: Mindfulness Awareness and Control
Name: Jordan, Brendan
Research Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Sherwood
Project Title: Is the PASE related to aerobic fitness levels in elderly adults?
Name: Mazzarini, Arianna
Research Mentor: Dr. Missy Wright
Project Title: Youth Physical Activity in Bay Area
Name: Paxton, Danielle
Research Mentor: Dr. Matthew Atencio
Project Title: Perceptions of male and female body image: ideologies surrounding health
Name: Silva, Sara
Research Mentor: Dr. Missy Wright
Project Title: Youth Physical Activity in Bay Area
Name: Spink, Nicole
Research Mentor: Dr. Cathy Inouye
Project Title: Aerobic and Cognitive Function in Older Populations
Name: Yang, Derek
Research Mentor: Dr. Vanessa Yingling
Project Title: Concurrent Validity and Reliability of 2D Motion Analysis for Running Gair Measures using 3D Systems
Name: Beverly, Linda
Research Mentor: Dr. Julia Olkin
Project Title: Gender identifying information and its effect on job applications
Name: Aarons, Yi
Research Mentor: Professor Ian Pollock
Project Title: IDEON
Name: Ndomo, Rodrique
Research Mentor: Dr. Christine Lee
Project Title: Integrated Middle School Science (IMSS) Project
Name: Cobos, Aracely Susan
Research Mentor: Dr. Ryan Smith
Project Title: Constructing an optical laser system for femtosecond spectroscopy
Name: Diefenbach, Matthew
Research Mentor: Dr. Erik Helgren
Project Title: The Renewable Energy Laboratory
Name: Fuentes, Dominic
Research Mentor: Dr. Jeannie Guzman
Project Title: Searching for Violations of the Spin Statistics Theorem Using Strontium Vapor
Name: Geronimo, Darwin
Research Mentor: Dr. Ryan Smith
Project Title: Solar Reflectance Indices of Pervious Concrete
Name: Krunic, Michael
Research Mentor: Dr. Ryan Smith
Project Title: Development of an autocorreclator for characterizing laser pulses
Name: Li, Yan
Research Mentor: Dr. Derek Kimball
Project Title: Spin-Gravity
Name: Mendez, Anthony
Research Mentor: Dr. Erik Helgren
Project Title: Investigation of Polyaniline Properties
Name: Patel, Dilan
Research Mentor: Dr. Derek Kimball
Project Title: Spin-Gravity
Name: Penaflor, Alexander
Research Mentor: Dr. Jennie Guzman
Project Title: Strontium Magneto-Optical Trap
Name: Phung, Michael
Research Mentor: Dr. Derek Kimball
Project Title: Magneto Optic Trap for Strontium atom
Name: Rahimi, Sahil
Research Mentor: Dr. Amy Furniss
Project Title: Gamma-Rays from Supermassive Blackholes
Name: Viegas, Isaac
Research Mentor: Dr. Derek Kimball
Project Title: GNOME (Global Network of Optical Magnetometers in search of Exotic Physics)
Name: Hwang, Leslie
Research Mentor: Dr. Christine Lee
Project Title: ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ Integrated Middle School Science (IMSS) Project
Name: Pickens, Trevor
Research Mentor: Dr. Michael Massey
Project Title: Environmental Monitoring and Restoration
Name: Ryczek, Cameron
Research Mentor: Dr. Murray Horne
Project Title: Spatial learning in rats and human
Name: Day Nguyenphuc, Fiona
Research Mentor: Dr. Xeno Rassmusson
Project Title: Implementing Live-In Animal-Assisted Therapy for Residents in a Long-Term Care Facility
Name: Kondonijakos, Adi
Research Mentor: Dr. Oanh Tran
Project Title: Tiered Approach to Address School-Wide Mental Health Needs Utilizing Mindfulness
Name: Pothier, Holly
Research Mentor: Dr. Sara Smith
Project Title: Bilingualism and Executive Function
Name: Gomez, Elizabeth
Research Mentor: Dr. Sukari Ivester
Project Title: The Olympics and Forced Evictions: RIO 2016
Name: Singleton, Kendra
Research Mentor: Dr. Sukari Ivester
Project Title: Removal and Resistance in the Olympic City: Case Study Rio de Janerio
Name: Alonso, Marian
Research Mentor: Dr. Nidhi Mahendra
Project Title: Knowledge of palliative care and advance directives among Speech Pathology majors
Name: Bowens, Ariana
Research Mentor: Dr. Sara Smith
Project Title: Bilingualism and Executive Function
Name: Byward, Cynthia
Research Mentor: Dr. Shubha Kashinath
Project Title: Using improve to facilitate social inferencing skills in adults with autism
Name: Cano, Madison
Research Mentor: Dr. Nidhi Mahendra
Project Title: Verbal Information vs. Video: Which do older adults remember best?
Name: Esquivias, Cindy
Research Mentor: Dr. Shubha Kashinath
Project Title: Increasing parent use of dialogic reading strategies with children with low SES
Name: Ifah, Monika
Research Mentor: Dr. Nidhi Mahendra
Project Title: Effects of Mild Cognitive Impairment on Linguistic Communication
Name: Reyes, Carolina
Research Mentor: Dr. Elena Dukhovny
Project Title: Augmentative Communication Intervention Study
Name: Yao, Jingyun
Research Mentor: Dr. Beth Yeager
Project Title: Brain Jam (Game Jam with Brain Bee: STEM learning through neuroscience-themed game development)
Name: Plotz, David
Research Mentor: Dr. Ehsan Kamalinejad
Project Title: Big Data Clustering/Classification
Name: Smith, Jennifer
Research Mentor: Dr. Mitch Watnik & Dr. Josh Kerr
Project Title: Statistical Analysis of the CA Lottery