UROP Celebrates the Summer 2022 Student Grant Recipients
CU 麻豆影院's Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) is pleased to announce the recipients of this summer's student grants.听 With mentors in 33听departments, these students represent a wide range of disciplines and demonstrate how undergraduates advance the university's research and creative mission.
The recipients (named below) will receive funding to support their partnerships with project mentors this summer.听 Students awarded Assistantships ($2,000 each) will be working closely with mentors to advance ongoing efforts.听 Individual Grant ($3,000 each) recipients will be working on original ideas supported by mentors. Project proposals were selected in a rigorous review process conducted by the听UROP Review Board听(named below).听
The UROP team is encouraged by the many stories of resilience this year and thank the research and creative community for their high-impact work despite mounting challenges.听 We sincerely appreciate听the many staff working behind the scenes to enable these opportunities from advisors and program coordinators听to the payment team in the Human Resources Service Center.听 We also thank our programming partners in the LEAD Alliance and the constellation of research programs: Biological Sciences Initiative, Discovery Learning Apprenticeship program, YOU'REatCU, McNair, STEM Routes and听others.
Well-documented as transformative learning experiences, engagement in undergraduate research and creative activities increases persistence to graduation, prepares students for the future of work, creates space for belonging鈥攁nd is an effective approach to addressing social justice.听 UROP appreciates the university leadership for prioritizing the funding that makes this possible.听Because we understand that educational environments replicate the inequities of the societies in which they are听located, we are听committed to recruiting and supporting students who are historically underrepresented in undergraduate research and creative work.
Note: Some recipients chose to opt-out of this release, and the list of Academic Year 2022-23 recipients will be released later.
63
Reviewers
$425,000
Awarded
164
Students
33
Departments
Student Grant Recipients Summer 2022
Lou Abecassis
Individual Grant
Mentor: Joshua Correll, Psychology and Neuroscience
Wendy Acevedo
Assistantship
Mentor: Lauren Hartstein, Integrative Physiology
Adel Al-Ghazwi
Individual Grant
Mentor: David Malaspina, Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences
Emir Bajric
Assistantship
Mentor: Justin Brumbaugh, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Raymond Baker
Individual Grant
Mentor: Raul Saucedo, Philosophy
Sahana Balaji
Assistantship
Mentor: Kayla Sprenger, Chemical and Biological Engineering
James Baldwin
Individual Grant
Mentor: Erica Nelson, Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences
Catalina Bastias
Individual Grant
Mentor: Virginia Ferguson, Mechanical Engineering
Mariana Bastias
Individual Grant
Mentor: Laura Dee, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Sam Beck
Individual Grant
Mentor: Sven Steinmo, Political Science
Zoe Bennett
Assistantship
Mentor: Kathryn Snell, Geological Sciences
Natalie Berrum-Ramirez
Assistantship
Mentor: Monique LeBourgeois, Integrative Physiology
Christy Bishop
Assistantship
Mentor: Michael Saddoris, Psychology and Neuroscience
Cass Bliss
Assistantship
Mentor: Shu-Wei Huang, Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering
Carmella Bonato
Assistantship
Mentor: Pieter Johnson, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Paul Bontempo
Assistantship
Mentor: Mary Kosse, Linguistics
Jessica Bourgan
Assistantship
Mentor: Lauren Hartstein, Integrative Physiology
Jackson Cahn
Individual Grant
Mentor: Jordy Bouwman, Chemistry
Kelly Cao
Assistantship
Mentor: Debanjan Mukherjee, Mechanical Engineering
Rico Carale
Individual Grant
Mentor: Aaron Whiteley, Biochemistry
Lisa Carr
Individual Grant
Mentor: Wyatt Shields, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Sophie Castillo
Assistantship
Mentor: Jill Litt, Environmental Studies
Brielle Cerep-Funke
Assistantship
Mentor: Nichole Barger, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Argudit Chauhan
Assistantship
Mentor: Debanjan Mukherjee, Mechanical Engineering
Alex Choi
Individual Grant
Mentor: Robert Spencer, Psychology and Neuroscience
Ravin Chowdhury
Individual Grant
Mentor: Cheol Park, Physics
Dylan Clements
Individual Grant
Mentor: Laura Dee, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Nate Collins
Individual Grant
Mentor: Ryan Layer, Computer Science
Nicole Couillard
Assistantship
Mentor: Rachel Rowe, Integrative Physiology
Olivia Courtney
Individual Grant
Mentor: Keith Ulmer, Physics
Ashley Darrah
Individual Grant
Mentor: Zachary Clayton, Integrative Physiology
Connor Davel
Individual Grant
Mentor: Michael Shirts, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Skylar Davidson
Assistantship
Mentor: Pieter Johnson, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Palmer Dick-Montez
Assistantship
Mentor: Nathalie Vriend, Mechanical Engineering
Jacy Dille
Assistantship
Mentor: Monique LeBourgeois, Integrative Physiology
Mason Divita
Individual Grant
Mentor: Alysia Marino, Physics
Sage Dobby
Individual Grant
Mentor: Robert Spencer, Pyschology and Neuroscience
Gabby Eastwood
Individual Grant
Mentor: Katharine Suding, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Henry Ediger
Individual Grant
Mentor: Zak Kopeikin, Philosophy
Nora Elkerton
Assistantship
Mentor: Joshua Correll, Psychology and Neuroscience
Sophie Elliott
Assistantship
Mentor: Pieter Johnson, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Kevin Ember
Assistantship
Mentor: Michael Stowell, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Bergen Evans
Assistantship
Mentor: Alan Weimer, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Cody Fields
Assistantship
Mentor: Katherine Siegel, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Kelila Fitch-Cook
Individual Grant
Mentor: Alison Hatch, Sociology; Women and Gender Studies
Nevin Fowler
Assistantship
Mentor: Marissa Ehringer, Integrative Physiology
Nicholas Galambos
Individual Grant
Mentor: Erica Mandell, CU Anschutz Medical Center
Keala Gapin
Individual Grant
Mentor: Edward Chuong, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Hanna Garner
Assistantship
Mentor: Pieter Johnson, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Ellie Goldman
Assistantship
Mentor: Maureen Lynch, Mechanical Engineering
Seth Greer
Individual Grant
Mentor: Cassandra Brooks, Environmental Studies
Madeline Grove
Individual Grant
Mentor: Tara Knight, Critical Media Practices
Alex Han
Individual Grant
Mentor: Christy McCain, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Samantha Harshberger
Assistantship
Mentor: Alan Weimer, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Abby Hartley
Individual Grant
Mentor: Erica Nelson, Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences
Elijah Hawat
Individual Grant
Mentor: Michael Blatchley, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Tina Hayes
Individual Grant
Mentor: Mithi Mukherjee, History
Keith Hedlund
Individual Grant
Mentor: Cheol Park, Physics
Ava Hershey
Assistantship
Mentor: Diane McKnight, Environmental Engineering
Brandon Hiraki
Assistantship
Mentor: Lauren Hartstein, Integrative Physiology
Peace Holguin-Walth
Assistantship
Mentor: Dr. Aaron Whiteley, Biochemistry
Timothy Hutama
Assistantship
Mentor: Xiang Wang, Chemistry
Elan Ilfeld
Individual Grant
Mentor: Mirela Alistar, Computer Science
Adriana Jacobi
Individual Grant
Mentor: Anna LoPresti, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Alexis Jaggi
Assistantship
Mentor: Monique LeBourgeois, Integrative Physiology
Ethan James
Individual Grant
Mentor: Natalia Vergara, CU Anschutz Medical Center
LeeLee James
Individual Grant
Mentor: Nikolaus Correll, Computer Science
Karolina Jasiak
Assistantship
Mentor: Lauren Hartstein, Integrative Physiology
Riley Jenkins
Individual Grant
Mentor: Karen Bailey, Environmental Studies
Mike Jennings
Individual Grant
Mentor: Paul Chinowsky, Environmental Design
Aiden Kboudi
Assistantship
Mentor: Lauren Hartstein, Integrative Physiology
Joe Kennedy
Individual Grant
Mentor: Zak Kopeikin, Philosophy
Ash Kerber
Individual Grant
Mentor: Agnes Dellinger, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Natalie Kissner
Assistantship
Mentor: Suzanne Anderson, Geological Sciences
Hermann Klein-Hessling Barrientos
Assistantship
Mentor: Alan Weimer, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Neha Kollikara
Individual Grant
Mentor: Alexandra Siegel, Political Science
Aman Kumar
Assistantship
Mentor: Mark Rast, Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences
Sanjay Kumar Keshava
Individual Grant
Mentor: Cindy Regal, Physics
Vayle Lafehr
Individual Grant
Mentor: Steven Maier, Psychology and Neuroscience
Geetali Lal
Individual Grant
Mentor: Monika Fleshner, Integrative Physiology
Antonia Lam
Individual Grant
Mentor: Michael Shirts, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Jordan Lee
Individual Grant
Mentor: Abby Hickcox, Geography
Regina Leuty
Individual Grant
Mentor: Joanna Lambert, Environmental Studies; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Clewis Lewis
Individual Grant
Mentor: Joanna Lambert, Environmental Studies; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Ziad Lien
Individual Grant
Mentor: Steve Miller, Environmental Studies
Alex Lindquist
Individual Grant
Mentor: Douglas Seals, Integrative Physiology
Nichole Loomis
Individual Grant
Mentor: Wyatt Shields, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Kaylan Madrid
Individual Grant
Mentor: Leila G贸mez, Women and Gender Studies
Jackie Martensen
Assistantship
Mentor: Mark Opp, Integrative Physiology
Max Martin
Assistantship
Mentor: Michael Saddoris, Psychology and Neuroscience
Morgan Matous
Assistantship
Mentor: Monique LeBourgeois, Integrative Physiology
Aidan McBride
Individual Grant
Mentor: Laura Dee, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Melissa McEvoy
Assistantship
Mentor: Aaron Whiteley, Biochemistry
Riley McGill
Individual Grant
Mentor: Kaushik Jayaram, Mechanical Engineering
Delaney McNally
Assistantship
Mentor: Laura Macdougall, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Caden McVey
Assistantship
Mentor: Scott Diddams, Physics; Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering
Sarah Mellett
Individual Grant
Mentor: Michael Shirts, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Isabelle Meredith
Individual Grant
Mentor: Rebecca Safran, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Ryan Miller
Assistantship
Mentor: Jennifer Kugel, Biochemistry
Isabella Monaco
Individual Grant
Mentor: Lindsey Dougherty, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Abby Moonan
Individual Grant
Mentor: Osita Onyejekwe, Applied Mathematics
Miles Moore
Individual Grant
Mentor: Nancy Emery, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Elena Napoletano
Assistantship
Mentor: Alan Weimer, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Maya Nelson
Individual Grant
Mentor: Brian DeDecker, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Lucie Nguyen
Assistantship
Mentor: Christopher Lowry, Integrative Physiology
Shannon O'Neill
Assistantship
Mentor: Meghan Hayden, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Lauren Orr
Individual Grant
Mentor: Tin Tin Su, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Althea Ort
Assistantship
Mentor: Nichole Barger, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Max Pashayan
Assistantship
Mentor: Laura Dee, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Grace Patrick
Individual Grant
Mentor: Pamela Harvey, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Sydney Pemberton
Assistantship
Mentor: Monique LeBourgeois, Integrative Physiology
Sarah Peters
Assistantship
Mentor: Fernando Riosmena, Geography
Ben Peterson
Assistantship
Mentor: Allie Anderson, Aerospace Engineering Sciences
Emily Pfaller
Individual Grant
Mentor: Laura Dee, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Christopher Pham
Individual Grant
Mentor: Cheryl Higashida, English
Bryce Poirot
Assistantship
Mentor: David Root, Pyschology and Neuroscience
Sarah Powell
Assistantship
Mentor: Monique LeBourgeois, Integrative Physiology
Katlin Risen
Individual Grant
Mentor: Erin Hutchinson, History
Fabrizio Roberts
Individual Grant
Mentor: Torin Clark, Aerospace Engineering Sciences
Celeste Robinson
Individual Grant
Mentor: Jingchun Li, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Mack Rodgers
Individual Grant
Mentor: Zachary Donohew, Social Responsibility and Sustainability, Leeds
Christina Ross
Individual Grant
Mentor: Tara Knight, Critical Media Practices
Jake Sanders
Individual Grant
Mentor: Christopher Lowry, Integrative Physiology
Jared Schlenker
Individual Grant
Mentor: Eleanor Browne, Chemistry
Nathan Schooling
Individual Grant
Mentor: Julian Resasco, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Alessia Serra
Individual Grant
Mentor: Chris Ray, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Shajesh Sharma
Individual Grant
Mentor: Jerome Fox, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Sammie Shellman
Assistantship
Mentor: Angela Bryan, Psychology and Neuroscience
Krishna Shenoy
Assistantship
Mentor: Monika Fleshner, Integrative Physiology
Shreya Shrestha
Individual Grant
Mentor: Nausica Arnoult, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Bekka Shupe
Individual Grant
Mentor: Julian Resasco, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Isaiah Shurtleff
Assistantship
Mentor: Christopher Lowry, Integrative Physiology
Jamie Siebring
Assistantship
Mentor: Lauren Hartstein, Integrative Physiology
Cat Simmons
Individual Grant
Mentor: Della Fixsen, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Nya Simmons
Individual Grant
Mentor: Kalonji Nzinga, Learning Sciences and Human Development, Education
Sam Stevens
Individual Grant
Mentor: Patrick Clark, Critical Media Practices
Jessica Stouder
Assistantship
Mentor: Katie Suding, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Nathan Straub
Individual Grant
Mentor: Nikolaus Correll, Computer Science
Sophie Strauss
Assistantship
Mentor: Pieter Johnson, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Harshini Sunil
Individual Grant
Mentor: Bethany Wilcox, Physics
Atticus Swanson
Individual Grant
Mentor: Garrett Bredeson, Philosophy
MJ Sykes
Individual Grant
Mentor: Tara Knight, Critical Media Practices
Olivia Taylor
Individual Grant
Mentor: Angela Theodosopoulos, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Justin Timmins
Individual Grant
Mentor: Pamela Harvey, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Bella Trachtenberg
Individual Grant
Mentor: Leslie Irvine, Sociology
Lucca Trapani
Assistantship
Mentor: Dennis Akos, Aerospace Engineering Sciences
Elizabeth Ung
Assistantship
Mentor: Alexandra Whiteley, Biochemistry
Krista Villanueva
Individual Grant
Mentor: Brianne Cohen, Art History
Bailey Weibel
Individual Grant
Mentor: David Root, Psychology and Neuroscience
Virginia Weiskopf
Individual Grant
Mentor: Cassandra Brooks, Environmental Studies
Noah Welikson
Individual Grant
Mentor: Daniel Dessau, Physics
Laine Whittier
Individual Grant
Mentor: Dale Miller, Environmental Studies
Tiffany Willis
Individual Grant
Mentor: Lisa Corwin, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Blake Wilson
Individual Grant
Mentor: Scott Palo, Engineering Sciences
Tilmann Wollenberg
Assistantship
Mentor: Xiang Wang, Chemistry
Brodie Woodall
Individual Grant
Mentor: Linda Watkins, Pyschology and Neuroscience
Aubrey Woodard
Individual Grant
Mentor: Pamela Harvey, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Emma Yang
Assistantship
Mentor: Marissa Ehringer, Integrative Physiology
Daniel Yoshimura
Individual Grant
Mentor: Shelley Copley, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Zixi Yuan
Assistantship
Mentor: Nikolaus Correll, Computer Science
Angel Zhang
Individual Grant
Mentor: Vignesh Kasinath, Biochemistry
Walton Zientek
Individual Grant
Mentor: Douglas Bamforth, Anthropology
Grace Zinser
Assistantship
Mentor: Lauren Hartstein, Integrative Physiology
UROP Review Board 2021-22
Emily Adam
Integrative Physiology
Sharon Adams
Religious Studies & Women and Gender Studies/PAC RAP
Melinda Barlow
Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts
Alpna Bhatia
Economics
Atreyee Bhattacharya
Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering
Arielle Blum
Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering
Deane Bowers
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Garrett Bredeson
Philosophy
Robert Buchwald
Honors RAP
Robin Burke
Information Science
Dana Calhoun
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Sumeet Chaudhary
Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
Lijun Chen
Computer Science
Lauren Collins
Center for Asian Studies
Joshua Correll
Psychology and Neuroscience
Lisa Corwin
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Karen Crofton
Engineering Management
C茅line Dauverd
History
Robert Davis
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Brian DeDecker
Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology
Rebecca Dickson
Program for Writing and Rhetoric
Amy Dunbar-Wallis
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
John Evans
Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences
Jessica Feuston
Information Sciences
Christy Fillman
Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology
Maureen Floriano
Integrative Physiology
Pamela Harvey
Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology
Eve-Lyn Hinckley
Environmental Studies
Lisa Hiura
Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology
Brooke Huibregtse
Psychology and Neuroscience
Chantal Iribagiza
Mortenson Center in Global Engineering
Miriam Kadia
History
Ehsan Keyvani
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Rita Klees
Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering
Zak Kopeikin
Philosophy
Monique LeBourgeois
Integrative Physiology
Maureen Lynch
Mechanical Engineering
Suzanne Magnanini
French and Italian
Mohammad Matar
Civil Engineering
Christina Meyers
Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
Kristin Moore
Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology
Claudia Navarrete
Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence
Paul Neimann
English
Jesse Pisel
Computer Science
Ashley Potvin
Renee Crown Wellness Institute
Ananya Rakshit
Biochemistry
Kevin Reardon
Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences / National Solar Observatory
David Root
Psychology and Neuroscience
Rachel Rowe
Integrative Physiology
Katharine Semsar
Miramontes Arts & Sciences Program
Jia Shi
Integrative Physiology
Natasha Shrikant
Communication
Katherine Siegel
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Stacey Smith
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Burton St. John
Advertising, Public Relations and Media Design
Derek Sweeney
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Levente Szentkir谩lyi
Social Responsibility and Sustainability, Leeds
Jian Wei Tay
BioFrontiers Institute
Angela Thieman Dino
Engineering Leadership Program
Ana Torres Ocampo
BioFrontiers Institute
Glenda Walden
Sociology
Yao Wang
Civil Engineering
Andrew Young
Critical Media Practices