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Dean's Prize for Excellence in Research and Creativity: Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Award Winners

The Dean’s Prize for Excellence in Research and Creativity Award for humanities, arts, and social science students is awarded for outstanding recorded presentations and multimedia at the Undergraduate Research & Creativity Showcase.

Year Student’s Name Major Project Title Mentor
2024 Arezo Ahmadi Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Like, Comment, and Subscribe: An Investigation Into the Current Accessibility of Social Media for Individuals With Disabilities and the Call for Expanded Access Dr. Caitlin Solone
2024 Adelene Bertha Psyhology Skid Row: Community or Individualistic? Dr. Patricia Greenfield
2024 Emily Calkins Anthroplogy “Soy Dueña de mi Tiempo” How Women in Antigua, Guatemala ‘Own Their Time’ and Money through Food Vending Dr. Monica Smith
2024 Kaitlyn Coons History and Classical Civilization double major William Leybourn, the broker of knowledge: reconstructing an early modern intellectual network Dr. Stefania Tutino
2024 Ashley Dao Musicology Chúng Tôi Đi Mang Theo Quê Hương: Intergenerational Nostalgia, Trauma, & Empathy in the Musicking of Little Saigon Dr. Raymond Knapp
2024 Ashlie Dao Psychology The Unseen Scholars: Understanding Challenges Among Caregiving Students in Higher Education Dr. Lene Levy-Storms
2024 Matthew Espinoza Global Studies Third Places and Neoliberalism at the University of California, Los Angeles: Ackerman Union as a Case Study Dr. Christopher Wegemer
2024 Lucas Guazelli Theater Video Design for the Play “Fairview:” Utilizing Nontraditional Technologies for the Theater Dr. Jeff Burke
2024 Abigail Rubtsova Henderson Anthropology and Political Science Fostering PhotoVoice: Understanding the Impact of the Foster Care System on Youth and Their Familial Relationships Dr. Todd Franke
2024 Audrey Lai Cognitive Science The Impact of Social Physical Activity on Cognitive Control in Adolescents Dr. Jennifer Silvers
2024 Satema Lopez Education and Social Transformation Restoring Trust: Experiential approaches to culturally competent health care for American Indians in Los Angeles Dr. Charles Alexander
2024 Ryo Sato Sociology; Statistics and Data Science Colloge Application, Class Socialization, and Narrative Identity Project Dr. Steven Clayman
2024 Cailin Semro Political Science Beyond Individual Rights and Private Property: Understanding Lockean Liberty in American Constitutional Jurisprudence, 1937-2023 Dr. Tejas Parasher
2024 Amanda Solis Sociology Fostering PhotoVoice: Understanding the Impact of the Foster Care System on Youth and Their Familial Relationships Dr. Todd Franke
2024 Asante Spencer Political Science and African American Studies Critical Race Theory and Policy Dispositions: A Study of White College Students, Empathy, and Their Support for Progressive Policies Dr. Natalie Masuoka
2024 Qiran (Cheryl) Sun Psychology Increasing Memory Accuracy Through Computerized Memory Specificity Training (C-MeST): The Role of Depression Severity Dr. Michelle G. Craske
2024 Chanaporn Tohsuwanwanich Geography Leaving No One Behind? Shifting Vulnerabilities of Participants of Baan Mankong Program in Bangkok, Thailand Dr. Lieba Faier
2024 Anna Tong Linguistics & Computer Science; Cognitive Science The Language of Trauma: A Linguistic Analysis of Ukrainian Trauma Narratives Dr. Daria Bahtina
2024 Michaela Trelby English Literature – double minor: Scandinavian Studies & Classical Civilizations The Golden Boar: The Multifaceted Role of Porcine Symbolism in Pre-Christian Scandinavian Religion Dr. Kimberly Ball
2024 Jonathan Valenzuela Mejia Global Studies and Public Affairs The development of Central American communities and individual immigrant experiences in Western Europe. Dr. Patricia Arroyo Calderón
 2023  Maritza Campos Biochemistry Medical History of Female and Nonbinary UCLA Undergraduates and their Understanding/Opinions about Sexual and Reproductive Health Mindy Steinberg
2023 Joleen Chiu  Mathematics/Economics  Increasing Access to a Four-Year College: Impacts of a California State University Guaranteed Admission Program on College Enrollment Rates  Juliana Londoño-Vélez
2023 Hector De Leon Public Affairs, Geography, Labor Studies, Chicana/o and Central American Studies Investigating Southern California’s Emerging School to Warehouse Pipeline Cecilia Rios-Aguilar
2023 Cynthia Gong Statistics Location, Location, Location: An Exploration of Geographic Disparities in Bank and Alternative Financial Service Access in Los Angeles County Wendy Perla Kurtz
2023 Renée Grange Human Biology and Society B.S. Women of Color Seek Justice After Deaths in LA County Jail: The Feminization of Labor that Contests Official Determinations of Death  Nicholas E. Shapiro
2023 Eleanore Hoffmeyer History Evangelicalism x Neoliberalism: A History of how the Pervasive Economic Theory Seeped into America’s Mega-Churches Robin Kelley
2023 Jiayang Li Cognitive Science, Statistics Emotion Compass: Investigating Relationship Between Depression and Trauma Symptom Profiles and Dynamic Emotional States Evoked by Music Using a Mobile Emotion Tracker David Clewett
2023 Leah Likin Psychology Feelings of Uncertainty in the Times of Covid, Climate Change, and Handheld Digital Spaces: Collection and Exhibition Ron Astor
2023 Tess Louie Political Science, Economics Beyond Oil: Exploring the Effects of Resource Rents in Today’s Information Landscape Michael Thies
2023 Charlotte Oxley Film and Television Purple and Green: Thesis Film Steven Anderson
2023 Rafael Matos Pacheco Economics Symbolic Fines: An Analysis of Deforestation Policies in Brazil Will Rafey
2023 Aiden D. Mayhood Political Science, Economics Thomas Skidmore’s Critique of John Locke’s Second Treatise: A Novel Theory of Express Consent and Early American Discourse on Intergenerational Equality Giulia Sissa
2023 Jennifer Aira Miyaki Linguistics The Phonology of Compound Signs in American Sign Language (ASL) Claire Moore-Cantwell
2023 Lucas Ophoff Statistics and Data Science, Political Science The Impact of Twitter Election Misinformation on Voter Behavior: The Blue Canary in the Coal Mine Cesi Cruz
2023 Justine Sargent English The Feminine Episteme: Tracing the Experimental Body in Sheridan Le Fanu, Bram Stoker, and David Cronenberg Joseph Bristow
2023 Kyle Schmidt Political Science A New Age of Empire: China’s Compounding Influence on the Continent of Africa and its Implications for Global Powers–The South African Advantage Anthony Pagden
2023 Katherine “Kat” Sharp Education and Social Transformation, Psychology An Investigation of Autistic Masking through the Lens of Second Language Acquisition Caitlin Solone
2023 Kelsey Takaha Communication, Gender Studies Face masks and Nonverbal Communication: The Effects of Partial Facial Occlusion on Approachability and Friendliness in Dyadic Interactions Steve Peterson
2023 Paulina Torres Public Affairs and Education and Social Transformation Studies Proud and Unafraid: Serving Undocumented Students at University of California Emerging Hispanic Serving Institutions Rodrigo Dominguez-Villegas
2023 Lex Von Klark Political Science ‘Robbery of the Masses’: Novel Theories of Primitive Accumulation in the Works of Wen Tiejun and Qin Hui Zachary Steinert-Threlkeld
2022 Steven-Clyde R. Bech History “We Stand on the Brink of War:” The Reactions of West and East Germany to the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 Kevin Y. Kim
2022 Eve Boyd History Britain’s Second Empire: The City of London and the Rise of Offshore Tax Havens Robin D.G. Kelley
2022 Ashley Chen Psychology Effects of Lecture Speed and Note-Taking on Retention of Educational Material Elizabeth Bjork
2022 Rachel Cheung Economics The Effects of Uninsurance and Uninsurance Length on Health Outcomes, Healthcare Utilization and Health Expenditure Kathleen McGarry
2022 Shira Gratch Sociology Bridging Policy and Practice in Homeless Service Organizations: Exploring Policy-In-4Action at Housing for Health in Los Angeles County Department of Health Services Carolina San Juan
2022 John Ha Computational and Systems Biology Gut Response: How Scientist Conceived of Microbes in the Stomach after the Germ Theory of Disease (1870 – 1935) Chien Ling Zeleny
2022 Gloria Jiyoon Kim Psychology, Education & Social Transformation Exploring Asian Americans’ Attitudes Towards Mental Health Treatment Based on Therapist-Client Racial/Ethnic Match Lauren Ng
2022 Ashley Leung English Liberate the Asian American Writer: Embracing the Flaws of Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club Jinqi Ling
2022 Lizzet Lopez Physiological Science Redefining Patient Care: The Impact of Primary Care Appointment Duration on Patient Satisfaction and Preventative Service Delivery for Vulnerable Populations in South LA Diana Alfaro, Sam Macam
2022 Yingying Luo Communication & Cognitive Science Case Study of the UCLA Communication Campaign During the COVID-19 Pandemic Michael Suman
2022 Sienna Martinez Psychobiology Environmental Hotspots and Women’s Reproductive Health: Evaluating the Impact of a Community Based Program Carolina San Juan
2022 Kate McInerny Public Affairs The Racialized Impacts of Law Enforcement Helicopter Surveillance in Los Angeles Nicholas Shapiro
2022 Alisson Maciel Ramos Political Science and Chicano/a Studies Black-Latino Relations: What Generates Political Solidarity Among People of Color? Efrén Pérez
2022 Lauren Scott Anthropology (B.S.) An Evolutionary Perspective of Facial Expressivity Through Analysis of Domestic Cat Social Interactions Brooke Scelza
2022 Urvi Shah Cognitive Science Memorization and generalization performance after listening to a children’s science podcast Catherine Sandhofer
2022 A. Jinha Song English Queering the Rocks: Three Readings of the “Grisly, Feendly Rokkes Blake” of Geoffrey Chaucer’s Franklin’s Tale Matthew Fisher
2022 Hailey Valles Biology Religion as a Barrier to Reproductive Health Literacy and Health Outcomes Amongst Young, Latinx Women in Los Angeles County Carolina San Juan
2022 Ashley Vargas Cabada Biology The importance of occupational safety protocols in reducing infection rates among Latino-immigrant food and agriculture laborers during the COVID-19 pandemic Diana Alfaro, Sam Macam
2021 Evan J. T.  Sakuma American Literature and Culture Subjection to Abjection: Performance of Queer Asian-American Asociality in American Theatre Mitchum Huehls
2021 Hannah Boyle Anthropology An Oral History of the Cuisine of Incarcerated People in California (1980-Present) Nicholas Shapiro
2021 Isabella Ding Anthropology Dewy Skin Over Scruffy Beards: Critical U.S. Fan Reception of K-pop’s Male Gender Performativity Purnima  Mankekar
2021 Natalie Sarafian Biology How to Use Sex to Gain Power in the Ancient Patriarchy:  A Medical Humanities Investigation of Cleopatra and Theodora Kara Cooney
2021 Shannon Boland Classical Civilization Antigone in Chinatown Lydia Spielberg
2021 Camryn  Wilneff Communication It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane… It’s Military-Funded Protagonism: How the Department of Defense and Hollywood Use Superhero Films to Influence Young Viewers Francis Steen
2021 Gabrielle Sones Communication Stan Twitter and Its Influence on the Success of Musical Artists Steven Peterson
2021 Ivana Damjanovic Design Media Arts Audio Map: Environment Sonification Using Location Based Audio Victoria Vesna
2021 Abigail Brostrom Geography Unequal Spaces and Covid-19 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin: a Geographic Information System-Based Approach Sierra Burkhart
2021 Isabel Wong Global Studies Winds of Otaku: Anime Conventions as Forums of Globalization Tara Prescott-Johnson
2021 J.W.  Clark Musicology Voicing the Fox: Vulpine Bodies and the Zoopolitics of Listening Mitchell Morris
2021 Elliot Bear Yu Philosophy Lost in a Dream: Wandering and Queer Exploration in the Video Game Yume Nikki Daniel Snelson Snelson
2021 Loren Ben David Political Science Assigning Responsibility: A Theoretical Framework For Assessing Asymmetrical Warfare Under The Just War Theory Anthony Pagden
2021 Catherine Ahmadi Political Science & Communication It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane… It’s Military-Funded Protagonism: How the Department of Defense and Hollywood Use Superhero Films to Influence Young Viewers Francis Steen
2021 Anna L.  Yan Psychobiology The Effect of Leader’s Gender, Race, and Leadership Style on Men’s Support of Gender Parity Yuen Huo
2021 David G.  Figueroa Psychology Buy It All and Then Some: How Social Status Induces Selfishness Under Resource Scarcity A. Janet Tomiyama
2021 Claire Waller Psychology Sexual and Romantic Orientation in Youth: Links to Mental Health and Social Support Jennifer Silvers
2021 Cindy Berganza Psychology & Political Science Online Politicking: The Effects of Social Media on Contemporary Activism Efrén Pérez
2021 Rimsha Saeed Public Affairs Islamophobia and the Muslim College Experience: Understanding the Context, Type, Frequency, and Effects of Islamophobic Incidents in College Settings Meredith Phillips
2021 Michelle Lee Statistics Developing a Digital Humanities Methodology to Analyze 78,000+ Holocaust Survivor Interview Questions Todd Presner
2020 Julianne Rodriguez Anthropology Frustrated Freedom: The Perception of Choice Among Women in Malawi, Africa Brooke Scelza
2020 Sharon Yuen Asian American Studies Asian Pacific Islander Desi American College-Aged Womxn: How They Gain Sexual and Reproductive Health Education Grace Hong
2020 Hetvi Doshi Cognitive Science Appraisal in the 21st century: Mapping the Dimensions beneath Complex Social Emotions Matthew Lieberman
2020 Rhiannon Wilson English Computer Room Daniel Snelson
2020 Mariah Furtek Geography Tracing the Evolution of CPEC from an Economic Initiative into a Geopolitical Project John Agnew
2020 Daniel Leibowitz Geography and Environmental Studies Tropical Dry Forest Restoration in Hawaii: Monitoring Success Using Remote Sensing and UAV Technology Thomas Gillespie
2020 Hannah Barrett Geography and International Development Studies From Heimat to Vaterland: Political Constructions of Spatial Identity & Nationalism in Germany, 1930-2017 John Agnew
2020 Rucha Modi Global Studies “My Faith Does Not Discriminate”: Media Visibility of the Religious Left in the Movement for LGBTQ Equality James Desveaux
2020 Jason Vu Global Studies and Asian American Studies “We Have Hearts”: Memory, Diaspora, and Resistance in Lan Nguyen’s “Fighting for Family” Thu-Huong Nguyen-Vo
2020 Haocong Cheng History Making the New Socialist People: The Ideal and Practice of Laojiao System, 1950s –1960s. Andrea Goldman, R. Bin Wong
2020 Therese Boles History The Rise and Flaws of the Independent Press: 1892 Homestead Strike as a Case Study for Public Trust in Gilded Age Journalism Joan Waugh
2020 Patrick Yu History The Case for U.S. Fluoridation: The Politics and Science Behind a Struggling Public Health Initiative (1950-1960s) and its Impact on the Current Public Debate Soraya de Chadarevian
2020 Christine Tran International Development Studies and Asian American Studies Moving Beyond Asian Culture: Narratives and Perspectives of Domestic Violence from Asian American Women Grace Hong
2020 Alyssa Arbolante Linguistics and Spanish An Acoustic Analysis of /s/-lenition in Cibaeño Spanish Matthew Faytak
2020 Michael Kim Psychobiology Youth Reactions to Repeated Daily Diary Assessments of Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Joan Asarnow
2020 Julia Nakamura Psychobiology Early-life Stress, Depressive Symptoms, and Inflammation in Older Adults: Perceived Support and Social Contact as Protective Factors Julienne E. Bower
2020 Valda Han Psychobiology Marital Compassion in the Context of the Daily Lives of Families Rena Repett
2020 Caleb Kealoha Psychology We are (Not) in Sync: Inter-Brain Synchrony During Interpersonal Conflict Matthew Lieberman
2020 Priya Dahiya Psychology Sexual Violence Survivor Solidarity: Social Support and Policy Attitudes Tiffany Brannon
2020 Joelle Rosenberg Sociology “Asesinas, terroristas, putas”: Genocide, Gender, and Sexual Violence Under the Argentinian Dictatorship of 1976-1983 Zsuzsa Berend
2020 Lizhou Fan Statistics Using Text Mining and Information Extraction Methods to Analyze Holocaust and Genocide Testimonies Todd Presner
2020 Aaliyah Murphy World Arts and Cultures “Mi Cuerpo, Mi Voz, Mi Poder”: A Case Study of Arts and Movement-Based Reproductive Health Empowerment for Afro-Mexican and Indigenous Women in Oaxaca, Mexico Dallas Swendeman, Melissa Smith
2019 Hamza Saleh Anthropology The Herb As Resistance: How Bedouin in Beida Maintain Cultural Identity Through Healthcare Choice Aomar Boum
2019 Nirinjan Khalsa Anthropology Stamp the Yard: Embodied Experiences and Globalization in Block-Printed Textile Production in Bagru, India Monica L. Smith
2019 Grace S. Kim Anthropology “Skinny is Cosmetic Here, Not Clinical”: Exposing Clinical Significance of Eating Disorders within South Korea’s Dual Medical System Robert B. Lemelson
2019 Rocio Sanchez-Nolasco Art History Framing Chicana Agency in 1980s Los Angeles Punk: The Photography of Patssi Valdez Charlene V. Black
2019 Chloe Landis Art History At the Pleasure of the Pharaoh: Decoding the Reliefs of the Medinet Habu Eastern High Gate Kathlyn M. Cooney
2019 Alejandro Juarez Chicana/o Studies Influence of Chicanx Studies on Student Outcomes of Chicanx Continuation High School Students Alice Ho
2019 Teanna Feng Cognitive Science Using Game-Based Measures to Assess Children’s Scientific Thinking About Force Gregory Chung
2019 Jonathan Feldman Communication Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Broadcast News Media Reporting on Blockchain Technology Steven Peterson
2019 PwintPhyu Nandar Environmental Science UNTAPPED: Exploring Water Conservation of Immigrant Households in Los Angeles Jessica R. Cattelino
2019 Jessica Moritz Geography Social Pathologies as Possible Barriers to Timely Diagnosis of Endometriosis in Hispanic Adolescent Females Alice Ho
2019 Erik Salazar History Healers of a Changing World: Rural Medical Practice in Mexico Amidst the Cholera Epidemic of 1850 Fernando Perez-Montesinos
2019 Christian Choe History Growing Pains: Corporate Rivalries as the Catalyst for Innovation in Business History Mary A. Yeager
2019 Sophia Luo Linguistics and Spanish Sinitic Interrogative Particle KE: Corpus Evidence for Diachronic Change David Goldstein
2019 Isabella Page Political Science Infant Mortality Rate and Abortion in Cuba: Complex Truths Among Politicized Narratives Michael L. Ross
2019 Zahra Hajee Psychology Applying Antitrust Law to Zero-Price Markets: A Case Study with Facebook, Inc. James Desveaux
2019 Avery Larkin Horne Psychology Facial Recognition Software’s Unconstitutional Role in Schools N/A
2019 Marisol Dominguez Sociology A Latina’s Guide to Navigating School While Working Alice Ho
2019 Jade Frank Sociology Racialized Implications of Magnet School Alice Ho
2019 Lik Teng Ung Statistics Suicide and Homicide in LGBT Population in the United States: A Machine Learning Approach Vickie M. Mays

Dean's Prize for Excellence in Research: Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, and Engineering Award Winners

The Dean’s Prize for Excellence in Research Award for life science, physical science, and engineering students is awarded for outstanding livestreamed presentations of faculty-mentored research at the Undergraduate Research & Creativity Showcase.

Year Student’s Name Major Project Title Mentor
2024
Justin An
Molecular, Cell, and
Developmental Biology
Characterizing Lipidome Differences Between ecDNA and non-ecDNA Melanoma Types
Dr. Thomas Graeber
2024
Ava Asmani
Electrical Engineering
Extending Flash Memory Lifetime through Optimized Read Thresholds and Voltage Level Adjustments for Advanced Encoding Techniques
Dr. Richard D Wesel
2024
Katie Bogue
Biochemistry
Simple Polymer Physics Used to Model Formin-Mediated Actin Polymerization upon N-Terminal Dimerization
Dr. Margot Elizabeth Quinlan
2024
Eliana Harmony Bohn
Molecular, Cell, and
Developmental Biology
Histone Modification H4K20me3 Mediates Quiescent Cell State Transitions Alongside Changes to Genomic Architecture
Dr. Hilary Ann Coller
2024
Holly Jasmine Do
Microbiology,Immunology&
Molecular Genetics
Role of Ubiquitin-Like Modifier FAT10 in Adipose Tissue
Dr. Andrea L Hevener
2024
Zahra Sidhu Gill
Molecular, Cell, and
Developmental Biology
Prediction of Ovarian Cancer Treatment Sensitivity through Nuclear Feature Correlation
Dr. Sandra Orsulic
2024
Juliana Alexa Girdner
Biochemistry
Investigating the Mechanism of Zinc Finger Antiviral Protein Antiviral Activity
Dr. Man Hing Li
2024
Jessica Christina Goeij
Molecular, Cell, and
Developmental Biology
 Project Title Withheld.
Dr. Volker Hartenstein
2024
William Peter Harvey
Microbiology,Immunology&
Molecular Genetics
Utilizing Barcoded HIV-1 to Examine the Effect of Envelope Tropism on HIV Reservoir Formation
Dr. Jocelyn T Kim
2024
Gilbert Joe Herrera
Molecular, Cell, and
Developmental Biology
Immunotherapy-Induced Macrophages Inhibit Anti-Tumor CD8+ T Cell Activity within the Glioblastoma Microenvironment
Dr. Robert M Prins
2024
Abigail Kenzie Holder
Psychobiology
Developmental Profile of a Language-Related Gene in Birdsong Brain Circuitry
Dr. Stephanie Ann White
2024
Nicole Huang
Human Biology and Society (BS)
Ruxolitinib Prevents Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-related Diabetes Mellitus via Inhibition of IL-21 and IFNγ
Dr. Melissa Lechner
2024
Elliot Sungwook Kang
Molecular Cell & Developmental Biology
Using Allogeneic iNKT Cell Therapy to Deplete Tumor-Associated Macrophages
Dr. Lili Yang
2024
Madison Paige Klee
Psychobiology
Proteolytic Breakdown Profiles of GFAP and NF-L Suggest Sex and Injury Severity Differences in Chronic Atrophy and Preliminary Time Course Data
Dr. Ina-Beate Wanner
2024
Ella Levine
Chemical Engineering
Improving the Stability of and Light Capture from CsPbBr3 Nanocrystals in Photonic Luminescent Solar Concentrators for High Efficiency, Low Cost Solar Modules
Dr. Carissa Eisler
2024
Alannah Cate Linden
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences/Mathematics
A Partial Least Squares Regression Model Approach to Extract Pigment Concentration From Tower-Based Remote Sensing Reflectance Spectra in Delta Junction, AK
Dr. Jochen Peter Stutz
2024 Farid Ali Manshaii
Bioengineering
 Effect of Gradual Nicotine Concentration Reduction on Vaping: Influence of Flavoring Dr. Edythe Danick London
2024
Daniel Ryan Meza
Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
Determining Optimal Calcium Indicator for Imaging Neuromuscular Junction Development in C. elegans
Dr. Pavak Kirit Shah
2024
Amanda Vian Nguyen
Chemistry-Material Science
Isolating the Dopant Counterion Size Effect on the Carrier Mobility of Poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl Thin Films
Dr. Benjamin Joel Schwartz
2024
Anna Konstantinovna Novoselov
 Environmental Science
Overexpression of mer operon genes in gut bacterium reduces methylmercury accumulation in vitro and in vivo
Dr. Elaine Yih-Nien Hsiao
2024
Cameron Jonathan Ong
Microbiology,Immunology&
Molecular Genetics
Modulating the Epigenome of Cells Derived From Arboleda-Tham Syndrome Patients using Small Molecules
Dr. Valerie A Arboleda
2024
Shivani Prashant Patel
Biochemistry
CRISPR/Cas9 System to Map Haplotype Effects in Hybrid Yeast Strains
Dr. Leonid Kruglyak
2024
Ivan Pavlovic
Neuroscience
Modeling the Developing Human Hippocampus Using Brain Organoids for the Investigation of Rett Syndrome
Dr. Bennett G Novitch
2024
Olivia Peony
Neuroscience
Cardiac Events in Low Cardiovascular Risk Patients with Triple Negative Breast Cancer Treated with Immunotherapy
Dr. Katelyn Atkins
2024
Srihari Prabu
Biochemistry
Ultrafine Particle Inhalation and Chronic Inflammation in Interleukin-10 Deficient Mice
Dr. Jesus A Araujo
2024
Jeff Qu
Biochemistry
Computational Explorations on Amyloid Mining across Proteomes
Dr. Jose Alfonso Rodriguez
2024
Shilpa Padiki Rao
Electrical Engineering
Electromagnetic Locomotion for a Wireless, Invasive Endoscopy Procedure
Dr. Tyler Clites
2024
Isabel Marissa Romero
Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
Investigating the Knockout of Suv4-20h2 in Mouse Reproductive Development
Dr. Hilary Ann Coller
2024
Kathryn Lily Saxton
Bioengineering
Synergistic Effect of Environmental Stimulation on Brain Organoid Development
Dr. Yen-Chih Lin
2024
Cheyanne Emanuel Shariat
Physics
Predicting the Formation Mechanism of Multiplanetary Systems
Dr. Bradley M Hansen
2024
Idella Ariel Smolyar
Psychology
Beyond Words: How Tone of Voice and Words Labels Interact in Children’s Emotion Categorization
Dr. Catherine M Sandhofer
2024
Faith Greene St Amant
Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
Characterizing the Effects of Interferons on the Blood-Brain Barrier and Their Subsequent Role in Viral Neuroinvasion
Dr. Man Hing Li
2024
Jordan Alexander Tatang
Biochemistry
  This Title has been Withheld.
Dr. Roxana Radu
2024
Mia Taylor
Precomputational and Systems Biology
Differential analysis of transcriptome dynamics reveals biological pathways implicated in pediatric inflammation and mortality
Dr. Anil Sapru
2024
Bowen Wang
Climate Science
Shrub-to-Grass Shift Promotes More Rapid and Intense Wildfire in Southern California
Dr. Park Williams
2024
Margaret Ruyi Wang
Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
Engineering enhanced anti-HIV CAR T-cells using CRISPR/Cas9
Dr. Scott G Kitchen
2024
Blake Austin Williams
Biochemistry
The Effect of Anti-AAV9 Antibodies and Complement Split Products on AAV9 Uptake and Macrophage Activation
Dr. Melissa J Spencer
2024
Alexander Kailong Wu
Design/Media Arts
Studies of Mouse Gait in Alpha-Synuclein Model of Parkinson’s Disease Using Behavioral Tracking
Dr. Sotirios Masmanidis
2024
Priscilla Yang
Bioengineering
Making Waves: Evaluating Biogas Scrubbing Capabilities of Microalgae for Energy-Positive Wastewater Treatment Technology
Dr. Shaily Mahendra
2024
Charlie Zhi-Lin Zheng
Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
Snai1b-Mediated Myocardial Growth and Trabeculation in Response to Mechanical Stimulation
Dr. Tzung Hsiai
2024
Adalia Zhou
Neuroscience
Exploring the Metabolic Effect of Phosphatidylethanolamine Synthesis on Natural Killer Cell Function
Dr. Timothy E O’sullivan
2023 Jackson Alga-Sherriff Physiological Science Brain Connectivity with Cognitively Burdensome Task Following Closed Head Injury Neil Harris
2023 Sumitra Ananth Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Elucidating the role of serine metabolism in glioblastoma radioresistance Erina Vlashi
2023 Aishwarya Atmakuri Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Metabolic regulation of cell identity and therapy response in prostate cancer Andrew Goldstein
2023 Daria Azizad Neuroscience The Role of Hormones on Cortical Development Aparna Bhaduri
2023 Rodrigo Baltazar-Nunez Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Analyzing the Effects of BAAT, AKR1D1, and AKR1C14 Deficiency on Lipid and Bile Acid Metabolism in Mice Thomas Vallim
2023 Brazil Bartholomew Neuroscience A Deep-Brain Study: Differing Physiological and Neural Responses to Emotional Stimuli in Humans with Anxiety-Related Disorders Nanthia Suthana
2023 Soulaimane Bentaleb Bioengineering Unsupervised Classification of Interictal iEEG Activity as Pathological or Physiological in Epilepsy Patients Wentai Liu
2023 Ronida Cheko Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Impact of Loss of Autophagy on the Melanoma Microenvironment Hilary Coller
2023 Lauren Chow Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Supplementing modified-nucleoside mRNA vaccines with inflammatory adjuvants increases dendritic cell maturation and T cell expansion Caius Radu
2023 Ethan Cook Biochemistry Investigating the Role of MT2A in Cannabidiol Mediated Reduction of Type I Interferon Signaling in Human Immune Cells Anjie Zhen
2023 Francesca Day Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Characterizing the Effect of Retinoic Acid on the Transcriptional Profile and Proliferation of Hepatic Progenitor Cells Heather Christofk
2023 Theresa D’Silva Neuroscience Examining the Role of GLUT3-Mediated Glucose Transport in Huntington’s Disease Carlos Cepeda
2023 Ariel Fernandez Physiological Science Converging Evidence of ARPP21+ Medium Spiny Neurons’ Role in Zebra Finch Sensorimotor Learning via Behavioral & Machine Learning Analysis Stephanie White
2023 Jackie Gallardo Beltran Psychology The Role of ARC ER⍺-expressing Kisspeptin Neurons in Temperature Dysregulation Edward Van Veen
2023 Kimiya Ghassemzadeh Physiological Science CRISPR-A Correction of Haploinsufficient Kleefstra Syndrome Risk Gene KMT2C Daniel Geschwind
2023 Elizabeth Gulli Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Establishing the Role of Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase in Macrophage Tolerance and Recovery Anthony Covarrubias
2023 Priya Hegde Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics Characterization of Extracellular Vesicles in non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Marta Epeldegui
2023 Keya Jonnalagadda Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics Structure and Function of Microtubule Inner Proteins in the T. brucei Doublet Microtubule Kent Hill
2023 Sophie Lawrence Psychology Moving Art and Awe: The Impact of Visual Art on Emotional Well-Being Robert Bilder
2023 Jamie Lee Psychobiology Bloom Syndrome Patients and Mice Display Accelerated Epigenetic Aging Vivian Chang
2023 Maria Martignago Cassol Physiological Science An Estrogen-Responsive and Sexually Dimorphic Neuronal Population in the Ventromedial Hypothalamus Regulates Thermogenesis Stephanie Van Veen
2023 Jessica Ortega Biochemistry IL-21 Drives the Development of Autoimmune Diabetes Mellitus in Checkpoint Inhibitor Cancer Therapy Melissa Lechner
2023 Marissa Pennino Human Biology and Society (BS) Sex differences in ventricular function and mortality in Sema3a deficient mice with dilated cardiomyopathy Olujimi Ajijola
2023 Madison Pfau Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution The social microbiome: the relationship between sociality and gut microbe abundance and diversity in a wild mammal Daniel Blumstein
2023 Diana Portugal Barron Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology High Throughput Drug Discovery for Protein Aggregation-Related Neurodegenerative Diseases Zhefang Guo
2023 Justin Quan Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics Toxoplasma gondii encodes an array of novel TBC-domain containing proteins including an essential regulator of the secretory pathway Peter Bradley
2023 Sriha Srinivasan Human Biology and Society (BS) The Modification of Tissue Microarray Methodology to Computationally Analyze Ovarian Cancer Cell Lines Sandra Orsulic
2023 Emily Stenzler  Psychobiology Fail No More: How mice fail in a skilled movement task Ahmet Arac
2023 Gurugowtham Ulaganathan Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics Utilizing a High-Throughput Assay in C. elegans to Rapidly Assess Fetal Chemical Reprotoxicity Patrick Allard
2023 Arjun Verma Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Machine Learning Based Prediction of Postoperative Pancreatic Fistulas Following Pancreaticoduodenectomy Peyman Benharash
2023 Samantha Vi-Tang  Chemistry-Material Science Laser Reduction of Boron and Sulfur Doped Carbon Nanodots for AC-Line Filtering Capacitors Richard Kaner
2023 Qiu Wu Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Examining the Role of TET1-mediated DNA Demethylation in Human Germ Cell Specification Amander Clark
2023 Annie Ye  Biology Activation of TREK-1 Potassium Channels Protects Against Influenza A-induced Lung Injury Andreas Schwingshackl
2023 Roy Zhao  Physics A Semi-Empirical Model of High-Redshift Dust Attenuation of Galaxies and Its observational Effect During the Epoch of Reionization Steven Furlanetto
2022 Alejandra Baron Physiological Science The regulation of body temperature through hypothalamic estrogen receptor alpha Stephanie Correa
2022 Sean Cheah Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Super-Enhancer Landscapes Are Remodeled By Cell Cycle Arrest Hilary Coller​
2022 Rehan Chinoy Applied Mathematics A recurrent neural network model accounts for both the timing and working memory components of an interval discrimination task Dean Buonomano
2022 Meera Chotai Computational & Systems Biology Comprehensive benchmarking of data analysis pipelines for calling imprinted genes in plants Steven E. Jacobsen
2022 Nolan Dang Physiological Science Modulating Symptoms of Anxiety with Transcranial Focused Ultrasound: Decreased Psycho-physiological Responses Associated with Non-invasive Deep Brain Neuromodulation Taylor Kuhn
2022 Zoe Day Neuroscience Developing a Paradigm to Uncover of the Mechanisms of Cognitive Inflexibility in a Model of Dup15q Syndrome Peyman Golshan
2022 Yennifer Delgado Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics High-Throughput Screening of Viral Entry Inhibitors Against SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Keigo Machida
2022 Sarah Fatkin Neuroscience The Effect of Haltere Proprioceptive Input on Visual Object Tracking in Drosophila melanogaster Flight Mark A. Frye
2022 Nicole Garrido Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology An exploration of the evolution of the novel function of CRABS CLAW, a member of the YABBY transcription factor family, in nectary development Lachezar A. Nikolov
2022 Charles Gu Biology Biophysical Characterization of TREK-1 and Large-conductance K + (BK) Channels in Human Alveolar Epithelial and Endothelial Cells Andreas Schwingshackl
2022 Abraham Horrillo Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology H4K20me3 Induced Quiescence as an Antiproliferative Therapeutic Hilary Coller
2022 Jason Hu Mathematics Filamentous Architecture of the Native, In Situ 3-Methylcrotonyl-CoA Carboxylase Holoenzyme Hong Zhou
2022 Kelly Huang Biology Mechanotransduction and Canonical Wnt Crosstalk in Osteogenesis on Nanoparticulate Mineralized Collagen Scaffolds Justine Lee
2022 Kevin Jiang Biochemistry Mathematical Modeling of cRel and RelA Dynamics in Macrophages Alexander Hoffmann
2022 Alyssa Kong Biology Is early life adversity associated with adult stress? Daniel T. Blumstein​
2022 Thomas Lai Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology Promoter demethylation of NY-ESO-1 and other immuno-modulatory genes primes Glioblastoma for immunotherapeutic targeting Robert M. Prins
2022 Jakeline Larios Physiological Science Role of Bhlhb9 in adipose tissue homeostasis at protein level Claudio Javier Villanueva
2022 Vicki Liu Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology Characterizing Pathologically Determined Malignant Transformation in IDH Mutant Glioma Patients Albert Lai
2022 Arthur Lovekin Mechanical Engineering Design and Implementation of an Autonomous Weed-Spraying Robot Mohammad K. Jawed​
2022 Alice Ma Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology Estrogen Receptor Alpha Regulates Ucp1-Independent Thermogenesis Through Serca2b-Mediated Calcium Cycling in Brown Adipose Tissue Andrea L Hevener​
2022 Ethan McCarthy Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics Novel Autoantibody Screening in Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy Using Phage Immunoprecipitation Sequencing and a Luciferase Immunoprecipitation System Maureen Su
2022 Nico Pedroncelli Bioengineering Optimization of synthetic Notch (synNotch) Signaling Pathways for Controlled Cell Differentiation in Tissue Engineering Systems Song Li​
2022 Natalie Penn Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics Gamma-Delta T Cells Engineered with a Mesothelin-Targeted CAR and Soluble IL-15 Display Greater Persistency in Recognizing and Killing Ovarian Carcinoma Lili Yang
2022 Pedro Perez Biology Inferring the Evolutionary Genomic Recombination Rates of Arctic Wolves and the Domestic Dog Kirk Lohmueller
2022 Sachin Reddi Biology Modeling the Energy Balance of Angiosperms Lawren Sack​
2022 Varun Sivashankar Mathematics Extremal Uniquely Resolvable Multisets Hunter N. Spink
2022 Vishvak Subramanyan Computational and Systems Biology Single Cell Analysis of Intratumoral Heterogeneity in Pancreatic Cancer (PDAC) Based on Differential Isoform Usage Hilary Coller
2022 Maria Taveras Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology Role of ABCD3 in Lipid Metabolism and Development of Liver Disease Elizabeth Tarling​
2022 Gwyneth Torrecampo Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology Investigating the Gene Regulatory Landscape of Cellular Quiescence Hilary A. Coller
2022 Matthew Tran Physiological Science Pathological Stress Regulates Vascular Guidance Factor Expression in Cardiac Fibroblasts Pearl Quijada
2021 Stephanie Pan Biochemistry Prognostic Significance of CDKN2AB Loss in IDH-Wildtype Glioblastomas Albert Lai
2021 Erin Beverly Cole Biochemistry An Immunohistochemical Analysis of Morphological Differences in ACE Overexpressing Microglia Associated with Alzheimer’s Disease Cynthia C Nast
2021 Adira Kruayatidee Biochemistry A Novel Medium-throughput Screening Method for Amyloidogenic Protein Oligomerization Inhibitors Gal Bitan
2021 Brian Ta Biochemistry Investigating Visuospatial Processing: The Perception of Space is Encoded by Time Katsushi Arisaka
2021 Samuel Philip Clark Biochemistry and Neuroscience Development of a Novel Brain-Penetrant EGFR Inhibitor for the Treatment of Glioblastoma David Nathanson
2021 Andy Anbei Liao Biology Large Conductance Potassium Channels are a New Tool to Regulate LPS-induced CCL-2 Cytokine Release from Human Pulmonary Microvascular Endothelial Cells Andreas Schwingshackl
2021 Annie (Ann) Finneran Biology Niche Modeling of Hetaerina titia Occurrence and Pigmentation Gregory Grether
2021 Subin Cho Biology Racial and Ethnic Differences in Outcomes for Patients in the Early Phase of Schizophrenia Kenneth Subotnik
2021 Jonathan James Wong Chemistry Efficient Z‑Selective Olefin-Acrylamide Cross-Metathesis Enabled by Sterically Demanding Cyclometalated Ruthenium Catalysts Kendall N. Houk
2021 Angel Lin Ni Chemistry Cardiac Fibroblast-Extracellular Matrix Interactions in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy-Associated Cardiomyopathy Rachelle Crosbie
2021 Mei Zhou Blundell Computational and Systems Biology Sleep Deprivation Drives Brain-Wide Changes in Synaptic Abundance in Drosophila melanogaster Jeffrey Michael Donlea
2021 Nicholas Waxter Darci-Maher Computational and Systems Biology Cross-tissue Omics Analysis Between Adipose Tissue and Liver Identifies Novel Serum Biomarker Candidates for Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Paivi E. Pajukanta
2021 Jason Leung Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution Investigating the Genetics of the El Moro Canyon Oak: Pure Relict or Hybrid? Victoria Sork
2021 Alexa Terrazas Geology Evolution of Hydroclimates in Southeast Arizona Over the Past 20,000 Years Aradhna Tripati
2021 Grace Elizabeth Yang Human Biology and Society Bilophila wadsworthia contributes to environmentally-mediated cognitive impairment in mice Elaine Hsiao
2021 Kevin (Zhengyang) Sun Human Biology and Society, Asian Studies Loss of Autophagy in Cancer Associated Fibroblasts Suppresses Melanoma Tumor Growth through T-Cell Response Hilary Coller
2021 Ivan Noe Chavez Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics Skin-penetrating nematodes display life stage-specific responses to bacteria Elissa Hallem
2021 Lindsey Alexandra Fontenot Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics Serum Elafin Accurately Indicates Crohn’s Disease Intestinal Strictures Hon Wai Koon
2021 Jennifer Su Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics Overactivation of Yes-Associated Protein (YAP) in the Adult Mouse Tooth Epithelium Jimmy K. Hu
2021 Lizeth Estrada Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics Differential Effects of Constitutive and Regulated Marrow Adipose Tissue on Hematopoiesis during Aging Kenneth Dorshkind
2021 Xihui Yin Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics Pathogenic macrophages exhibit inflammatory cytokine signaling and metabolic changes in spontaneous mouse model of autoimmune peripheral polyneuropathy Maureen Su
2021 Amanda Marie Hagen Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology Differentiation and Characterization of Primordial Germ Cell Like Cells Amander Clark
2021 Kelly Anne Kiremidjian Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology The Role of Bhlhb9 in Adipose Tissue Homeostasis and Glucose Metabolism Claudio Javier Villanueva
2021 Harjas Singh Sabharwal Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology Analysis of Phagosome Degradation Rate in RPE Cells Throughout the Circadian Cycle David S. Williams
2021 Misa Mihara (Misaki) Belser Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology Role of the Mitophagy Receptor Prohibitin on Drosophila Lifespan David William Walker
2021 Nishma Chakraborty Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Elucidating the Impact of Novel Fumarate Hydratase (FH) Mutations on Enzymatic Activity and Renal Cell Carcinoma Tumorigenesis Heather Christofk
2021 Michael Wen-Kai Cheng Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Epigenetic Pathway Genes Characterize Intertumoral Heterogeneity in Breast and Prostate Cancer Hilary Coller
2021 Kenya Bonitto Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Investigating the Functional Role of H4K20me3 in Cellular Quiescence Hilary Coller
2021 Keith Henry Mendoza Agravante Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Diversity in nectaries and other floral organs used to investigate the distribution of traits and evolution in Brassicaceae Lachezar Atanasov Nikolov
2021 Sangeetha Ramachandran Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology The role of PARP4 and its localization on alphaviral replication Melody Manhing Li
2021 Isabel Kate Jabara Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Inhibition of Triple Negative Breast Cancer Progression by Combinations of Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 Receptor Antagonists and Metformin Analogs Nalo Hamilton
2021 Victoria Jiang Neuroscience Literature Review of the Circadian System in Drosophila Orkun Akin
2021 Srbui Azarapetian Neuroscience hiPSC-Glial Enriched Progenitors Enhance Motor Recovery and Axonal Growth After White Matter Stroke Stanley T. Carmichael
2021 Azmain Abrawr Hossain Physics Effects of Quantum Confinement and Dielectric Environment on Exciton Binding Energy in II-VI Semiconductor Nanoplatelets Justin Ryan Caram
2021 Alma Beatriz Zuniga Munoz Physiological Science Developing a quantitative understanding of IFN-beta controlled anti-viral and inflammatory gene expression Alexander Hoffmann
2021 Dean Neutel Physiological Science SMF1 Abundance in Plasma Membrane is Dynamically Regulated by RNase-III Mediated Degradation Guillaume Chanfreau
2020 Trent Thomas Astrophysics A Nitrogen-Rich Atmosphere on Ancient Mars Indicated by Isotopic Evolution Renyu Hu
2020 Abby Thurm Biochemistry Defective-Interfering RNAs as an Anti-Viral Therapy Against Yellow Fever Virus William Gelbart
2020 Timothy  Yu Bioengineering Towards Identifying Novel Gene Regulators of Lipid Metabolism with Machine Learning Thomas Aguiar Vallim
2020 Sabeeca Vadakkan Biology Identification of Trypanosoma brucei Microtubule Inner Proteins Kent Hill
2020 Xinyi Yan Biology Evaluating the Microbial Effect on the Pairwise and Community-Wide Coexistence of California Annual Species Nathan Kraft
2020 Michael Zargari Biology MicroRNA10b-5p Inhibition Rescues Severe Pulmonary Hypertensive Rats Soban Umar
2020 Alexander Soohoo Chemical Engineering An Enzymatic Approach to Diversification of Loline Alkaloid Insecticides Yi Tang
2020 John Oliver Chapman Chemistry Macromolecule Responsive Perfluorocarbon Nanoemulsions for Controlled Drug Delivery Ellen Sletten
2020 Jaqueline Cecilia Lopez Chemistry Exploring the Synthesis and Properties of Oligoanilines as Conducting Polymers Richard Kaner
2020 Vivian Wall Chemistry Effect of Colloid Size on Thermally Insulating Mesoporous Silica Materials Sarah Tolbert
2020 Ikaasa Suri Computational and Systems Biology The Brain As a Hologram: Understood through the Lens of Behavioral Data Katsushi Arisaka
2020 Tara (Taraneh) Sadjapour Electrical Engineering On Distributed Quantization for Classification Tasks Christina Fragouli
2020 Pauline Tze Human Biology and Society Role of Octopaminergic Receptor Cells in Drosophila Egg-laying Circuit David Krantz
2020 Kimberly Graybeal Human Biology and Society Dexamethasone Increases Mitochondrial Respiratory Capacity and Dependence on Oxidative Phosphorylation in Human Trabecular Meshwork Cells Jie Jay Zheng
2020 Ning Yao Human Biology and Society Mining Functional Data: Multivariate Lens of Cancer Gene Dependency and Drug Sensitivity Thomas Graeber
2020 Jerry C Wang Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics Gene Co-expression Network Analysis in Human Spinal Cord Highlights Mechanisms Underlying Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Susceptibility Daniel Geschwind
2020 Anahita Sehgal Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics Oxidative Stress Regulators As A Therapeutic Target For Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Erina Vlashi
2020 Emi Nakahara Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics Exploring Roles of Flagellar Proteins in Signaling of Trypanosoma brucei Kent Hill
2020 Emma Dawson Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Transfer of Exogenous Mitochondria Rescues Metabolically Impaired Cells Michael Teitell
2020 Jessica H Chern Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics Novel Components of the Toxoplasma gondii Inner Membrane Complex Peter Bradley
2020 Itay Solomon Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics Influence of Hyaluronic Acid in Tumor Microenvironment on Glioblastoma Invasive Behavior Stephanie Seidlits
2020 Iris Feng Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Intracellular Glucose Promotes Neonatal Heart Regeneration Atsushi Nakano
2020 Jodi Goldman Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Dynamic Susceptibility Contrast (DSC) Perfusion MRI Response During Chemoradiation and Impact on Survival in Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma is Dependent on MGMT Promoter Methylation Status Benjamin Ellingson
2020 Trisha Agarwal Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Investigating and Modeling the Role of Desquamation of Bronchiolar Epithelium in Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Brigitte Gomperts
2020 Carla Pantoja Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology High-Throughput Drug Screening Identifies a Potent Wnt Inhibitor that Promotes Airway Basal Stem Cell Homeostasis Brigitte Gomperts
2020 Maggie Bui Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology GSK3 Inhibition Increases Macropinocytosis and Lysosomal Activity in an Axin1-Driven Hepatocellular Carcinoma Model Edward De Robertis
2020 Lily Guo Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Autophagy in the Melanoma Microenvironment Hilary Coller
2020 Danting Zeng Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology A Drosophila Larval Screen of Postnatal Growth Retardation Related Genes Reveals Lozenge As a Regulator of Growth In Response to Hypoxia Julian Antonio Martinez
2020 Sarah Yue Man Hong Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Diet1 Regulates Kidney Epithelial Barrier Function Through Modulation of Meprin Metalloproteases Karen Reue
2020 Nathan Tran Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Expression Patterns of Novel Nectary Marker Genes Lachezar Nikolov
2020 Joseph Rich Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology A Negative Control Formin Mutant Retains Some Actin Polymerization Activity Margot Quinlan
2020 Caroline Comenho Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Evaluating Epigenetic Mechanisms Underlying Obesity Through Chromatin Dynamics in Human Adipogenesis Paivi E. Pajukanta
2020 Rachelle Stark Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Does Sarcospan Require Galgt2 to Ameliorate Dystrophic Pathology in the mdx Murine Model of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy? Rachelle Crosbie
2020 Ivy Kwok Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Pseudonocardia dioxanivorans CB1190 Can Break Down Carcinogenic Groundwater Pollutant Vinyl Chloride Shaily Mahendra
2020 Rhea Sahu Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Structure-Function Analysis of the DNAJ1 Activator Protein in a Methylation-Directed Activation Complex in Arabidopsis Steve Jacobsen
2020 Caliope (Carla) Marin Neuroscience Basolateral Amygdala Involvement in Tactile Avoidance in a Fragile X Syndrome Mouse Model Carlos Portera-Cailliau
2020 Paul Adkisson Neuroscience A Single Early Life Trauma Increases Motivation for Cocaine and Relapse in Adult Rats Without Altering Basal Glucocorticoid Signaling Pamela Kennedy
2020 Nilla Sivakumar Neuroscience An Estrogen-Sensitive Hypothalamic Pathway for Regulation of Energy Balance Stephanie Correa
2020 Shelley Cheng Physics Characterizing Reflected Light in Close-In Exoplanets Smadar Naoz
2020 Stephanie Younan Physiological Science Impact of Donor Noninvasive Liver Fibrotic Score on Graft Injury in Liver Transplantation Fady Kaldas
2020 Justin Yi Physiological Science No Space in the Brain: a Phase Code for Visuospatial Information Katsushi Arisaka
2020 Dona Aboud Syriani Psychobiology Prevalence of RFC1-Mediated Spinocerebellar Ataxia in a North American Ataxia Cohort Brent Fogel
2019 Matthew Ji Biochemistry Application of Native Glioma-derived D-2-Hydroxyglutarate Increases Global m6A Levels in Immunogenic Cells. Albert Lai
2019 Tianxiao Yang Biochemistry Determining the Structural Origins of Tau Strains David Eisenberg
2019 Maggie Chen Biochemistry Mechanism and Regioselectivity of an Unsymmetrical Hexadehydro-Diels-Alder (HDDA) Reaction Kendall Houk
2019 Xen Ping Hoi Biochemistry High-Throughput Mass Spectrometry Screening of Kinases Regulating Lipid Homeostasis Steven Bensinger
2019 Wesley Armstrong Biochemistry, Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics Metabolomic and Proteomic Profiling of KRas Driven Pancreatic Cancer to Rationalize Combination Therapy Caius Radu
2019 Kevin Neumann Biology Differences in personality shape queen-worker interactions in a polydomous ant species Noa Pinter-Wollman
2019 Kiera Monuki Biology The Effects of Depth on eDNA Signatures in Kelp Forest Ecosystems: Informing Community Science Projects to Survey California Marine Protected Areas Paul Barber
2019 Grace Lee Biology Perioperative Surgical Microenvironment of Mesothelioma Patients: Analysis of Chest Tube Drainage Cytokine Levels Robert Cameron
2019 Dominic Andre Robolino Biology Biodegradation and Carbon Substrate Utilization of 1,4-Dioxane and Cis-1,2-dichloroethene by Pseudonocardia dioxanivorans CB1190 Shaily Mahendra
2019 Samantha Lee Biology Premature Ossification and Fusion in Hydrocephalic Cntnap4 Conditional Knockout mice Xinli Zhang
2019 Tiffany Quynh Lu Biophysics Tight Junctions Regulate Morphogenesis of Actin-Based Microridges Alvaro Sagasti
2019 Jonathan Lee Chemical Engineering High-Throughput Screening of Protein-Protein Interactions Using Next-Generation Sequencing Sriram Kosuri
2019 Selena Hernandez Chemistry Bioorthogonal Complexation for Selective and Efficient Labeling of Biomolecules in Living Systems Ellen Sletten
2019 Catherine Dang Wu Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution Correlates of Innovation Success in a Facultatively Social Mammal Daniel Blumstein
2019 Kelsey Ouyang HBS Distinguishing Type II From Type I Cutibacterium Acnes: an Efficient Method of Studying Healthy- Versus Acne- Associated C. Acnes Interactions Jenny Kim
2019 Hannah Bullock Human Biology and Society Development of Vectors for T Cell-Specific Expression of Chimeric Antigen Receptors Scott Kitchen
2019 Annie Cathay Qing Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics Effects of CCR5 Inhibition Therapies on Thymic Egress in HIV Infection Christina Uittenbogaart
2019 Daniel Isaac Sands Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics Zika Virus Envelope Protein Interacts with HSP70 Samuel French
2019 Matthew Yap Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics Generating Gene-Modified Dendritic Cells to Enhance the Effectiveness of CAR-Mediated Anti-HIV Therapy Scott Kitchen
2019 Ashley Yuen Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics Mapping of Neurotransmitter Receptors in Neurons of the Drosophila Optic Lobe by Conditional Epitope Tagging and Cell Labeling Stephen Zipursky
2019 Zena Marie Delos Reyes Del Mundo Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics Macrophage Activation and TLR Signaling Leads to Mitochondria Shutdown Steven Bensinger
2019 Andrew Michael Ly Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics Establishing a Mechanism of Type-I IFN Receptor Antagonism by Kaposi’s Sarcoma-associated Herpesvirus Protein ORF54 Ting-Ting Wu
2019 Chloe Maybrun Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Biogenesis and Function of Transient Oronasal Plugs in C. elegans Alison Frand
2019 Philip Zhou Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Tryptophan Promotes Cardiac Maturation Through an Unidentified Mechanism in the Kynurenine Pathway Atsushi Nakano
2019 Holly  Huang Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Tucatinib, a Potent and Highly Selective Small Molecule Inhibitor of HER2 Dennis Slamon
2019 Emily Guinn Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology The Role of Autophagy in Wound Healing Hilary Coller
2019 Ayse Elif Kesaf Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Investigating the Role of Autophagy in Melanoma-Associated Microenvironment Hilary Coller
2019 Xianyu Hao Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Role of Autophagy and Epithelial Growth Factor Receptor Signaling on Growth Regulation of Drosophila Melanogaster Larvae Under Environmental Stress Julian Martinez
2019 Hyelim Chun Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Role of TGFbeta Type I Receptor ALK5 in Cartilage Development Karen Lyons
2019 Noah Joseph Lopez Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Identifying Necessary Domain of ALK5 for Inhibiting BMP Signaling in Chondrocytes Karen Lyons
2019 Divya Prajapati Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Functional and molecular evaluation of screened candidate compounds to prevent pancreatic cancer cell extravasation Luisa Iruela-Arispe
2019 Benjamin LZ Shou Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Benchmarking and Analysis of Transcriptome-Based Deconvolution for Cell Types and Proportions Matteo Pellegrini
2019 Irena Roy Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Impact of pH on Early Cell Fate Determination Michael Teitell
2019 Rochelle Ellison Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Glioma Tumors Induce Expression of GPIHBP1, a Lipoprotein Lipase Transporter, in Brain Capillary Endothelial Cells Stephen Young
2019 Nathan Stutzman Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Characterizing the Role of the Polyadenylation Factor Pbp1 and Pre-mRNA Splicing in S. Cerevisiae Tracy Johnson
2019 Gunvant Chaudhari Neuroscience Pupil dynamics show hyperarousal in a mouse model of Fragile X Syndrome during a visual discrimination task Carlos Portera-Cailliau
2019 Jone Bacinskaite Neuroscience Investigating the Role of MicroSaccades in Binocular Rivalry Using a Novel Virtual Reality Based System Katsushi Arisaka
2019 Rachel Colbath Neuroscience Restricting Tdc2 Expression to Identify Subsets Involved In Odor-Induced Visual Valence Reversal Mark Frye
2019 Ashley Dong Psychobiology Race and Ethnicity More Influential than Socioeconomic Status for Determining Exclusive Breastfeeding Success Kara Calkins
2019 Kyra Edwards Statistics Cerebrospinal Fluid Metabolite Levels as Predictors of Age and Sex Roel Ophoff

Faculty Mentor Award Winners

The Faculty Mentor Award honors the considerable dedication of UCLA faculty who consistently and enthusiastically serve as effective mentors to undergraduate students involved in research or creative inquiry. Faculty are nominated by undergraduate students they supported in their research or creative practice and professional development.

Faculty Department Year
Patricia Arroyo Calderon Spanish and Portuguese 2024
Daria Bahtina Linguistics 2024
Genevieve Carpio Chicana/o and Central American Studies 2024
Gregory Chung Education 2024
Brent Fogel Neurology, Human Genetics 2024
Patricia Greenfield Psychology 2024
Puneet Gupta Electrical Engineering 2024
Ju Hui (Judy) Han Gender Studies 2024
Larry Hoffman Head & Neck Surgery 2024
Jennifer Ayla Jay Civil and Environmental Engineering 2024
Kelly Kistner Undergraduate Research Center 2024
Yuzhang Li Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 2024
Edythe D. London Dept. of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences and Dept. of Molecular & Medical Pharmacology 2024
Marissa K. Lopez English 2024
Allan MacKenzie-Graham Neurology 2024
Natalie Masuoka Political Science 2024
Smadar Naoz Physics and Astronomy 2024
Peter Nonacs Ecology & Evolutionary Biology 2024
Sharmila Venugopal Neurology 2024
Keriann M. Backus, PhD Chemistry and Biochemistry 2023
Peyman Benharash, MD Surgery 2023
Adam Bradley, PhD English 2023
Jun Chen, PhD Bioengineering 2023
Patricia Cheng, PhD Psychology 2023
Joseph G. Crompton, MD, PhD Surgical Oncology 2023
Zhefeng Guo, PhD Neurology 2023
Andrea Hevener, PhD Medicine 2023
Alexander Hoffmann, PhD Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics 2023
Bemmy Maharramli, PhD Center for Community Learning 2023
Rafail Ostrovsky, PhD Computer Science, Mathematics 2023
Cecilia Rios-Aguilar, PhD Education 2023
Catherine M. Sandhofer, PhD Psychology 2023
Alice Soragni, PhD Orthopaedic Surgery 2023
Erina Vlashi, PhD Radiation Oncology 2023
Xinshu Xiao, PhD Integrative Biology and Physiology 2023
Amada Armenta, PhD Urban Planning 2022
Evelyn Blumenberg, PhD Urban Planning 2022
Louis-Serge Bouchard, PhD Chemistry and Biochemistry 2022
Peter Bradley, PhD Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics 2022
Catherine Cahill, PhD Psychiatry 2022
David Clewett, PhD Psychology 2022
Paula Diaconescu, PhD Chemistry and Biochemistry 2022
Yogita Goyal, PhD English 2022
Akishige Hokugo, DDS & PhD Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2022
Karen Hunter Quartz, PhD Education and Information Studies 2022
Colin Kremer, PhD Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 2022
Albert Lai, MD Neurology 2022
Amanda Montoya, PhD Psychology 2022
Suzanne Paulson, PhD Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences 2022
Maureen Su, MD Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics 2022
Carla Suhr, PhD Spanish and Portuguese 2022
Xian-Jie Yang, PhD Ophthalmology 2022
Erin Debenport, PhD Anthropology 2021
David Williams, PhD Neurobiology, Ophthalmology 2021
Willy Hugo, PhD Medicine- Dermatology 2021
Efrén Pérez, PhD Political Science 2021
Ladan Shams, PhD Psychology- Behavioral Neuroscience, Psychology- Cognitive 2021
Hon Wai Koon, PhD Medicine- Digestive Diseases 2021
Cesar Favila, PhD Musicology 2021
Daniel Blumstein, PhD Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 2021
David Gere, PhD World Arts and Cultures 2021
A. Janet Tomiyama, PhD Psychology- Health 2021
Pavak Shah, PhD Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology 2021
Paul Barber, PhD Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 2021
David Hayes-Bautista, PhD Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture, Medicine- General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research 2021
Beth Lazazzera, PhD Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics 2021
Rahul Roy, PhD Physics and Astronomy 2021
Daniel Snelson, PhD English 2021
Jochen Stutz, PhD Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences 2021
Grace Kyungwon Hong, PhD Asian American Studies, Gender Studies 2020
William M. Gelbart , PhD Chemistry and Biochemistry 2020
Alexander Spokoyny, PhD Chemistry and Biochemistry 2020
Andrea Goldman, PhD History 2020
Stephanie Correa, PhD Integrative Biology and Physiology 2020
Elissa Hallem, PhD Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics 2020
Carlos Portera-Cailliau, MD-PhD Neurology 2020
James Desveaux, PhD Political Science 2020
Kenneth Subotnik, PhD Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences 2020
Scott Wilke, MD-PhD Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences 2020
Jaana Juvonen, PhD Psychology 2020
Matthew Lieberman, PhD Psychology 2020
William Parent, Ed.D Public Policy 2020
Monica L. Smith, PhD Anthropology 2019
Victor Bascara, PhD Asian American Studies 2019
Shaily Mahendra, PhD Civil and Environmental Engineering 2019
Steven Peterson, PhD Communication 2019
Carola Suarez-Orozco, PhD Education 2019
Muriel McClendon, PhD History 2019
Julian A. Martinez-Agosto, MD-PhD Human Genetics 2019
Stephanie A. White, PhD Integrative Biology and Physiology 2019
Thomas Graeber, PhD Medical and Molecular Pharmacology 2019
Matteo Pellegrini, PhD Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology 2019
Benjamin Woo, MD Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences 2019
X. William Yang, MD-PhD Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences 2019
Erica Cartmill, PhD Anthropology 2018
Anastassia Alexandrova, PhD Chemistry and Biochemistry 2018
Margot Quinlan, PhD Chemistry and Biochemistry 2018
David Meyers, PhD History 2018
Mary Corey, PhD History 2018
Hilary Coller, PhD Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology 2018
Karen Lyons, PhD Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology 2018
Gal Bitan, PhD Neurology 2018
Wesley C. Campbell, PhD Physics and Astronomy 2018
Patricia Z. Tan, PhD Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences 2018
Tiffany N. Brannon, PhD Psychology 2018
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