CSR Scholars 2014-2015

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  • Name:  Diaz, Hugo
    Research Mentor: Dr. Gwyan Rhabyt
    Project Tile: The Friend Zone Project

  • Name:  Amadi, Michael
    Research Mentor: Dr. Claudia Uhde-Stone
    Project Tile: Functional Genomics of White Lupin

    Name:  Avina, Monika
    Research Mentor: Dr. Maria Gallegos
    Project Tile:Exploring mechanosensory circuit development in C. elegans

    Name:  Ceja, Alma
    Research Mentor: Dr. Tyler Evans
    Project Tile:Exploring the effects of climate change using zebrafish embryos

    Name:  Fathi-Torbaghan, Nadija
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Kenneth Curr
    Project Tile:Determining the method of viral entry of GBV-C into human WBCs

    Name:  Fernandez, Matthew
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Kenneth Curr
    Project Tile:The effect of GBVC infection on human white blood cell apoptosis

    Name:  Hackney, Margaret
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Kenneth Curr
    Project Tile:Manipulation of PBMC gene expression by human pegivirus

    Name:  Henderson, Chelsea
    Research Mentor:  Dr. James Murray
    Project Tile:Study of Navigation in Tritonia diomedea

    Name:  Maynard, Ashley
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Tyler Evans
    Project Tile: Enhancing the restoration of California’s estuaries by exploring the genetic basis of environmental tolerance in Olympia oyster (Ostrea lurida)

    Name:  Mayol, Katrina-Mari
    Research Mentor:  Dr. James Murray
    Project Tile:Magnetic Navigational Senses in Tritonia Diomeda

    Name:  Nguyen, Daniel
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Tyler Evans
    Project Tile: Common and stressor-specific response to temperature hypoxia and salinity in the estuarine fish Gillicthys mirabillis

    Name:  Patel, Archana
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Matthew Atencio
    Project Tile: Critical Media Analysis

    Name:  Penaflor, Alexander
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Jennie Guzman
    Project Tile: Strontium Magneto-Optical Trap

    Name:  Perez-Murillo, Martha
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Maria Gallegos
    Project Tile: Growth and development of PLM in C. elegans

    Name:  Roth, Caroline
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Kenneth Curr
    Project Tile: Determining the 3-D structure of GBV-C’s RNA polymerase NS5B

    Name:  Schaefferkoetter, Devin
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Tyler Evans
    Project Tile: Exploring the relationship between habitat temperature and enzymatic hydrogen bonds in endothermic marine organisms

    Name:  Sharifi, Osman
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Kenneth Curr
    Project Tile: An Evolutionary Look Inside the Order Nudibranchia

    Name:  Sood, Riddhi
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Christoph Baysdorfer
    Project Tile: Phylogenetic analysis of genus Prosartes

    Name:  Sultana, Arshia
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Maria Gallegos
    Project Tile: The Role of Rab GTPases in Olfactory Adaptation in C. elegans

    Name:  Trinh, Hao
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Christoph Baysdorfer
    Project Tile: The role of RNAi in regulating transposable elements (TE)

    Name:  Vardakis, Crystal
    Research Mentor:  Dr. James Murray
    Project Tile: Structure and Composition of the Eyes in Tritonia tetraquetra

    Name:  Zacarias, Samantha
    Research Mentor:  Dr. James Murray
    Project Tile: Elucidating the neural circuit involved in chemotaxis in Tritonia tetraquetra

  • Name:  Baginski, Robin
    Research Mentor: Dr. Monika Sommerhalter
    Project Tile:Characterization of PPO from bacteria Thermomicrobium roseum

    Name:  Becker, Anthony
    Research Mentor: Dr. Ehsan Kamalinejad
    Project Tile:Machine learning and analysis of narrative structures

    Name:  Chaitesipaseut, Lena
    Research Mentor: Dr. Chul Kim
    Project Tile:Structural Studies on an RNA pseudoknot

    Name:  Edogun, Osanfanmwen
    Research Mentor: Dr. Marlin Halim
    Project Tile:Analytical Study of Gadolinium-Aptamer Binding

    Name:  Galvan, Stephan
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Marlin Halim
    Project Tile:Aptamer Ligand for Increased stability Gd (III) MRI Contrast Agent

    Name:  Kaur, Karishma
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Monika Sommerhalter
    Project Tile:Survey of polyphenol oxidase enzymes in the mustard plant family

    Name:  Rodas, Melina
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Monika Sommerhalter
    Project Tile: Characterization of a polyphenol oxidase enzyme from popular trees

  • Name:  Li, Qing
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Yi He
    Project Tile: Advertising Strategic Research for International Fast Food Industry

    Name:  Sundar, Karthika
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Ken Chung
    Project Tile: Cultural determinants of pacing in innovation work

  • Name:  Chan, Tracy
    Research Mentor: Dr. Marlin Halim
    Project Tile: Galactosemia

    Name:  Hand, Christopher
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Jeffery Seitz
    Project Tile: Molecular Astrobiology

    Name:  Le, Tuan Anh
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Monika Sommerhalter
    Project Tile: Sol-gel Technology and Silica/Protein Hybrid Materials

    Name:  Lo, Carl
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Patrick Huang
    Project Tile: Characterization of Plutonium in Aqueous Environments

    Name:  Tso, Jonathan, Lee
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Kim Chul
    Project Tile: The RNA Pseudoknot: natural unfolding and folding of the simplest shape of RNA

  • Name:  Kishor, Krishneel
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Howard Lei
    Project Tile: Animal Voice Recognition Project

  • Name:  Anumala Vijayakumar, Lakshminarasimhan
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Beth Yeager
    Project Tile: Implementation of technology-in-use in one school district

  • Name:  Taluja, Richa
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Beth Yeager
    Project Tile: Ethnographic Approach

  • Name:  Banks, Kirsten Bitter
    Research Mentor: Dr. Greg Jennings
    Project Tile: Identifying Practical and Meaningful Student Strengths

    Name:  Inocencio, Dionisia
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Greg Jennings
    Project Tile: The Effectiveness of Using Mind-Up Curriculum with K-12 Element

    Name:  Jimenez, Elvia
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Oanh Tran
    Project Tile: Promoting Social and Emotional Learning in a Three Tiered Model

    Name:  Kondonijakos, Adi
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Oanh Tran
    Project Tile: Effectiveness of Mindfulness as a Social-Emotional Intervention

    Name:  Shaw, Natalie
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Greg Jennings
    Project Tile: Identifying Practical and Meaningful Student Strengths

    Name:  Tiu, Stephanie
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Greg Jennings
    Project Tile: Identifying Practical and Meaningful Student Strengths

  • Name:  Nguyen, Nguyen
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Ryan Lampe
    Project Tile: The competition between chain and independent stores

  • Name:  Kumar, Jayachandran Pradeep
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Farnaz Ganjeizadeh
    Project Tile: Forecasting on medication demands in epidemics

  • Name:  Bahramian, Jennifer
    Research Mentor: Dr. Jeffery Sietz
    Project Tile: Molecular Astrobiology

    Name: Blackwell, Rebecca
    Research Mentor: Dr. Jeffery Seitz
    Project Tile: Molecular Astrobiology

  • Name:  York, Drew
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Jeffery Seitz
    Project Tile: Molecular Astrobiology

    Name:  Bracamontes, Amanda
    Research Mentor: Dr. Duke Austin
    Project Tile: RSF Project

  • Name:  Minkler Green, Mischa
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Jeffery Seitz
    Project Tile: Environmental Restoration & Learning: Identifying Best Practices

    Name:  Salazar, Christina
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Jeffery Seitz
    Project Tile: Integrated Middle School Science (IMSS) Partnership

    Name:  Skiff, Candice
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Beth Yeager
    Project Tile: STEM: Game Jam

  • Name:  Brar, Evranjeet
    Research Mentor: Dr. Jenny O
    Project Tile: Physical and Sedentary Activity in a College Population: The influence of undergraduate major and gender

    Name:  Brizendine, Evan
    Research Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Sherwood
    Project Tile: Student Outcomes from an Experiential Course

    Name:  Farnik, Havalind Elizabeth
    Research Mentor: Dr. Matthew Atencio
    Project Tile: The Influence of Music on Sports and Physical Activity Performance

    Name:  Ferrari-Church, Benjamin
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Vanessa Yingling
    Project Tile: 黑料福利网 Student Athletes

    Name:  Frost, Nathan
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Jenny O
    Project Tile: Performances changes following instant video feedback in fencing

    Name:  Hall, Brett
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Jenny O
    Project Tile: Baseball Imagery Dartfish Analysis

    Name:  Hamor, Nastassia Ariana
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Jenny O
    Project Tile: Examining AGO and the BPNS of NCAA Division II Collegiate Athletes

    Name:  Lee, Ji hyeon
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Matthew Atencio
    Project Tile: How Youth Value Skateboarding and the Involvement of their Parents

    Name:  Strickland, Ariana
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Vanessa Yingling
    Project Tile: Comparing Bone Loading Between Two Different Groups of Collegiate Athletes

    Name:  Yang, Derek
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Vanessa Yingling
    Project Tile: Dartfish Overground vs. Treadmill

  • Name:  Singh, Abhishek
    Academic Program:  Marketing
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Ken Chung
    Project Tile: Learning Styles and Time Pacing

  • Name:  Beall, Samuel
    Research Mentor: Dr. Derek Kimball
    Project Tile: Frequency Comb

  • Name:  Anaya, Jason
    Research Mentor: Dr. Gwyan Rhabyt
    Project Tile: Live Cube

    Name:  Emono, Michael
    Research Mentor: Dr. Gwyan Rhabyt
    Project Tile: Live Cube

    Name:  Foster, Robert
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Gwyan Rhabyt
    Project Tile: Project Daffodil

    Name:  Geraghty, Sian
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Gwyan Rhabyt
    Project Tile: Project Daffodil

    Name:  Ho, Christine
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Gwyan Rhabyt
    Project Tile: Project Daffodil

    Name:  Rivas, Miguel
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Gwyan Rhabyt
    Project Tile: The Friend Zone

    Name:  Rizzo, Richard
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Gwyan Rhabyt
    Project Tile: The Friend Zone

  • Name:  Browne, Nathaniel
    Research Mentor: Dr. Gwyan Rhabyt
    Project Tile: The Friend Zone Project

  • Name:  Cobos, Aracely Susan
    Research Mentor: Dr. Jennie Guzman
    Project Tile: Testing the Spin Statistics Theorem with Ultracold Sr Atoms

    Name:  DeCamp, Garrett
    Research Mentor: Dr. Derek Kimball
    Project Tile: Sensor development for a global network of optical magnetometers

    Name:  Diefenbach, Matthew
    Research Mentor: Dr. Erik Helgren
    Project Tile: Renewable Energy Laboratory

    Name:  Erhahon, Hendrix
    Research Mentor: Dr. Erik Helgren
    Project Tile: Conductivity of Polyaniline pellets

    Name: Fuentes, Dominic 
    Research Mentor: Dr. Derek Kimball 
    Project Tile: Sensor development for global network of optical magnetometers

    Name:  Geronimo, Darwin
    Research Mentor:  Dr. William Pezzaglia
    Project Tile: Analysis of Center of Mass Shift of a Moving Spinning Body

    Name:  Inaki, Taichi
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Jennie Guzman
    Project Tile: Strontium Magneto-Optical Trap Group

    Name:  Li, Yan
    Research Mentor: Dr. Derek Kimball
    Project Tile: Spin-Gravity

    Name:  McConnell, Christopher
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Jason Singley
    Project Tile: PANI powder analysis; varied protanation levels

    Name:  Mendez, Anthony
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Erik Helgren
    Project Tile: Polyaniline Metal Insulator Transition

    Name:  Phung, Michael
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Derek Kimball
    Project Tile: Frequency Comb Spectroscopy

    Name:  Walker, Eldridge
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Erik Helgren
    Project Tile: Doping of Polyaniline for use as a possible conducting Polymer

  • Name:  Burger, Natalie
    Research Mentor: Dr. Oanh Tran
    Project Tile: Promoting Social and Emotional Learning in a Three-Tiered Model

    Name:  Diaz, Rachael
    Research Mentor: Dr. Oanh Tran
    Project Tile: Promoting Social and Emotional Learning

    Name:  Echeandia, Rachael
    Research Mentor: Dr. Jeffery Seitz
    Project Tile: Integrated Middle School Science (IMSS) Partnership

    Name:  Faulkner, Julia
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Oanh Tran
    Project Tile: Promoting Social and Emotional Learning in a Three Tiered Model

    Name:  Hazard, Kathleen
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Greg Jennings
    Project Tile: Identifying Practical and Meaningful Student Strengths

    Name:  Herrera, Katherine
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Jeffery Seitz
    Project Tile: Integrated Middle School Science (IMSS) Partnership

    Name:  Jen, Gianni
    Research Mentor: Dr. Gretchen Reevy
    Project Tile: Cognitive and Social Benefits of Online Video Gaming

    Name:  Menjivar Quijano, Stephanie
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Cynthia Barkley
    Project Tile: Perspectives

    Name:  Miranda, Erik
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Jeffery Seitz
    Project Tile: Integrated Middle School Science (IMSS) Partnership

    Name:  Ponte, Nicole
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Oanh Tran
    Project Tile: Social Emotional Learning: A Three-tiered Model

    Name:  Ramirez, Melissa
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Beth Yeager
    Project Tile: Long-term Thinking and Futures

    Name:  Ramirez, Miguel
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Shubha Kashinath
    Project Tile: Facilitating emergent literacy skills for low income preschool children

    Name:  Ryczek, Cameron
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Murray Horne
    Project Tile: Spatial Learning in Rodents

    Name:  Silva, Robert
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Jeffery Seitz
    Project Tile: Integrated Middle School Science (IMSS) Partnership

  • Name:  Moore, Lee Porscha
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Sukari Ivester
    Project Tile: Different Bondage: Urban Slavery in Richmond & Rio de Janerio

  • Name:  Cole, Rachael
    Research Mentor: Dr. Sukari Ivester
    Project Tile: History and Impact of Planning in West Oakland

    Name:  Lopes, Filip
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Duke Austin
    Project Tile: The Effects of Race on Recent Immigrants in Secondary School

  • Name:  Edwards, Jeffery
    Research Mentor: Dr. Elena Dukhovny
    Project Tile: Evaluating how SLP Students use Educational Technology

    Name:   Ifah, Monika
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Nidhi Mahendra
    Project Tile: Effects of mild cognitive impairment on language and cognition

    Name:  Kundu, Paramita
    Academic Program: Speech Language and Pathology
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Shubha Kashinath
    Project Tile: Language Environments of Preschool Children with Autism

    Name:  Lavallis, Hiroe
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Nidhi Mahendra
    Project Tile: International students in speech-language pathology: Documenting

    Name:  Murphy, Kate
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Nidhi Mahendra
    Project Tile: Designing multimodal aphasia education materials in English and Spanish

    Name:  Saucedo, Gabriella
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Kai Greene
    Project Tile: Using NAP to Evaluate Narrative Skills of Bilingual Preschoolers