CSR Scholars 2016-2017

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  • Name: Salvato, Madison
    Research Mentor: Dr. Nazzy Pakpour
    Project Title: Foreign travelling insect zoo as a science education outreach program for neighboring elementary schools

  • Name: Cuellar, Carlos
    Research Mentor: Dr. Monika Sommerhalter
    Project Title: Two Poplar Hybrids exposed to Salt and Boron Stress Show different Polyphenol Oxidase isoforms

    Name: Jesse, Talitha
    Research Mentor: Dr. Michael Groziak
    Project Title: Boron Heterocycle Synthesis

    Name: Mavi, Prabhjot
    Research Mentor: Dr. Monika Sommerhalter
    Project Title: Two polar hybrids exposed to salt and boron stress show different polyphenol oxidase isoforms

    Name: Miranda, Amber
    Research Mentor: Dr. Patrick Huang
    Project Title: Characterization of tetravalent actinide hydrolysis products using first principles electronic structure techniques

    Name: Patel, Purvik
    Research Mentor: Dr. Monika Sommerhalter
    Project Title: Phenolic compounds in poplar leaves irrigated with high salt and boron water

    Name: Plascencia, Gerardo
    Research Mentor: Dr. James Murray
    Project Title: Are sea slugs immune to chemical weapons?

    Name: Robles, David
    Research Mentor: Dr. Ruth Tinnacher
    Project Title: Biodegradation of Organic Carbon Compounds

  • Name: Albanna, Nesreen
    Research Mentor:  Dr. Nazzy Pakpour
    Project Title: Induced Cessation of Feeding in Drosophila Melanogaster

    Name: Alvarez, Peter
    Research Mentor: Dr. Claudia Udhe-Stone
    Project Title: Genome Editing with Crisper-Cas for Functional Analysis of White Lupin Genes

    Name: Amadi, Michael
    Research Mentor: Dr. Claudia Udhe-Stone
    Project Title: Unraveling White Lupin's Signal Transduction in Response to Phosphorus Deficiency Using iTRAQ Labeling, Phosphopeptide Enrichment, and Tandem Mass Spectrometry

    Name: Cole, Candace
    Research Mentor: Dr. Carol Lauzon
    Project Title: 16S Characterization of the Microbial Community Found in Tricholoethylene-Contaminated Groundwater

    Name: Collier, Sean
    Research Mentor: Dr. Fred Bauzon
    Project Title: KISS1R/GPCR-54 and EGFR Synergistic Interactions affect the TNBC Phenotype by Distinct Pathways

    Name: Colston, Tobey
    Research Mentor: Dr. Fred Bauzon
    Project Title: Overexpression of Transmembrane Protein 55B in Cancer Cell Lines

    Name: del Rosario, Jonathan
    Research Mentor: Dr. Brian Perry
    Project Title: Phylogenetic relationships of the endemic California fungus Marasmius calhouniae

    Name: Dukes, Adrian
    Research Mentor: Dr. Michael Groziak
    Project Title: Synthetic Routes to Boron Heterocycle Estrogen Mimics

    Name: Etukudo, Valarie
    Research Mentor: Dr. Maria Gallegos
    Project Title: sax-2 CRISPR

    Name: Fathi-Tobaghan, Nadija
    Research Mentor: Dr. Kenneth Curr
    Project Title: Determination of the Method of GBV-C's Entry into Human White Blood Cells 

    Name: Hain, Jasmine
    Research Mentor: Dr. Brain Perry
    Project Title: Foliar Fungal Endophyte Diversity of a Halotolerant California Native Plant Species (Salicornia pacifica)

    Name: Kaur, Jasbindar
    Research Mentor: Dr. Nazzy Pakpour
    Project Title: Induced Cessation of Feeding in Drosophila Melanogaster

    Name: Kermati, Negar
    Research Mentor: Dr. Kenneth Curr
    Project Title: Population Genetic Study on Tritonia tetraquetra

    Name: Khorasani, Reza
    Research Mentor: Dr. Nazzy Pakpour
    Project Title: Comorbility of Type II Diabetes & Malaria in Development, Sequestration, and Transmission of Malaria

    Name: Liu, Dorothy Y.
    Research Mentor: Dr. Marlin Halim
    Project Title: Development of an Aptamer-based Detection Kit for Duarte Galactosemia

    Name: Luu, Anthony
    Research Mentor: Dr. Marlin Halim
    Project Title: Development of an Aptamer-based Detection Kit for Duarte Galactosemia

    Name: Makani, Leena Priya
    Research Mentor: Dr. Monika Sommerhalter
    Project Title: Molecular and Kinetic properties of acetylcholinesterase isoforms in Tritonia diomedea

    Name: Nagar, Nidhi
    Research Mentor: Dr. Maria Gallegos
    Project Title: Role of bacteria and bacterial metabolites in development of Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

    Name: Natouf, Fatima
    Research Mentor: Dr. Kenneth Curr
    Project Title: V. Klapowi Genomic DNA Extraction

    Name: Pham Dana
    Research Mentor: Dr. Tyler Evans
    Project Title: Effect of sand grain size on burrowing efficiency of the Pacific mole crab Emerita analoga

    Name: Richard, Charles
    Research Mentor: Dr. Carol Lauzon
    Project Title: Characterization of Polyphenol Oxidase from Pisolithus

    Name: Salvato, Anthony
    Research Mentor: Dr. Nazzy Pakpour
    Project Title: Induced Cessation of Feeding in Drosophila Melanogaster

    Name: Schaefferkoetter, Devin
    Research Mentor: Dr. Brian Perry
    Project Title: What Mushroom is that? A Fungal Biodiversity Study of Pepperwood Preserve

    Name: Seshadri, Madhumitha
    Research Mentor: Dr. Kenneth Curr
    Project Title: Cloning and expression of NS5B- RNA dependent RNA polymerase of GBV-C virus

    Name: Wilt, Robert
    Research Mentor: Dr. James Murray
    Project Title: Active sniffing by sea slug rhinophores is enhanced by brain neurons

  • Name: Suratos, Jacqueline
    Research Mentor: Dr. Saehya Ann
    Project Title: On-campus Dining Students' Experience: A case of 黑料福利网, East BaY

  • Name: Alayoglu, Pinar
    Research Mentor: Dr. Michael Huang
    Project Title: Characterization of tetravalent actinide hydrolysis products using first principles electronic structure techniques

    Name: Cooney, Samuel
    Research Mentor: Dr. Monika Sommerhalter
    Project Title: Characterization of the detoxification enzyme glutathione-s-transferase from the marine gastropod Tritonia diomedea

    Name: Hall, Nicholas
    Research Mentor: Dr. Ruth Tinnacher
    Project Title: Effects of Natural Organic Matter on Metal Complexation and Adsorption in Environmental Systems

    Name: Ruiz, Steven
    Research Mentor: Dr. Ann Kotchevar
    Project Title: Fungal degradation of chlorinated bacteriocides

    Name: Sin, Davina
    Research Mentor: Dr. Marlin Halim
    Project Title: Isolation of Aptamers Selective for Reduced and Oxidized Glutathione

  • Name: Condori, Walter
    Research Mentor: Dr. Fadi Castronovo
    Project Title: Virtual Reality Applications for Waste Management Education

    Name: Monga, Karan Sunil
    Research Mentor: Dr. Fadi Castronovo
    Project Title: Virtual Reality Applications for Waste Management Education

    Name: Norris Jr., Glenn
    Research Mentor: 
    Dr. Amy Furniss
    Project Title: 
    Real Time Analysis for the pSCT

    Name: Rao, Akarsh
    Research Mentor: Dr. Fadi Castronovo
    Project Title: Virtual Reality Applications for Waste Management Education

    Name: Reinhardt, Elijah
    Research Mentor: Dr. Fadi Castronovo
    Project Title: Virtual Reality Applications for Waste Management Education

    Name: Salazar, Daniel
    Research Mentor: Dr. Fadi Castronovo
    Project Title: Virtual Reality Applications for Waste Management Education

    Name: Su, Wenjin
    Research Mentor: Dr. James Tandon
    Project Title: Modular Drone System

  • Name: Venkatachalam, Krishnakumar
    Research Mentor: Dr. Levent Ertaul
    Project Title: Software Defined Security (SDSec)

  • Name: Lavallis, Hiroe
    Research Mentor: Dr. Sarah Nielsen
    Project Title: Perception and Production of the Letter "L" among Native Japanese Speakers

  • Name: Jahanbanifar, Shahin
    Research Mentor: Dr. Reza Akhavian
    Project Title: Construction Workers' Injury Prevention through Activity Recognition

    Name: Kaur, Puneet
    Research Mentor: Dr. Reza Akhavian
    Project Title: Construction Workers' Injury Prevention through Activity Recognition

    Name: Mansouri, Shahrzad
    Research Mentor: Dr. Reza Akhavian
    Project Title: Current Applications and Future Potentials of Data Analytics in Construction Management

    Name: Sahibzada, Wasim ul Hassan
    Research Mentor: Dr. Cristian Gaedicke
    Project Title: Optimization of conductive concrete using nanocomposite graphene

    Name: Venkatesh, Varshini
    Research Mentor: Dr. Reza Akhavian
    Project Title: Analysis of the Application of Stigmergy in Construction

  • Name: Chua, Michael F.
    Research Mentor: Dr. Kaumudi Misra
    Project Title: Labor Practices & Company Performance

  • Name: Kaur, Rupinder
    Research Mentor: Dr. Fadi Castronovo
    Project Title: Assessment Instrument for Self-Regulated Learning ILPD

  • Name: Richardson, Ian
    Research Mentor: Dr. Luther Strayer
    Project Title: East Bay Seismic Experiment

    Name: Srinivas, Ankit
    Research Mentor: Dr. Patty Oikawa
    Project Title: Carbon Sequestration in Wetlands: A comparison of carbon stored at different aged wetlands

  • Name: Dobel, Christopher
    Research Mentor: Dr. Mitchell Craig
    Project Title: Seismic Surveying for Earthquake Hazard at Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Seismic Hazard Assessment in East Bay, & Surface Wave Surveying for Geologic Hazard Assessment in Oakland, California; Seismic Hazard Assessment in East Bay; Surface Wave Surveying for Geologic Hazard Assessment in Oakland, California

    Name: Kundariya, Niket
    Research Mentor: Dr. Mitchell Craig
    Project Title: Seismic Surveying for Earthquake Hazard at Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Seismic Hazard Assessment in East Bay, & Surface Wave Surveying for Geologic Hazard Assessment in Oakland, California;  Seismic Hazard Assessment in East Bay; Surface Wave Surveying for Geologic Hazard Assessment in Oakland, California

    Name: McEvilly, Adrian
    Research Mentor: Dr. Luther Strayer
    Project Title: A 2D Seismic time-lapse investigation of the Chabot Fault beneath the 黑料福利网 campus; Hayward, California

    Name: Tai, Lusi
    Research Mentor:
     Dr. Mitchell Craig
    Project Title:
     Seismic Surveying for Earthquake Hazard at Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Seismic Hazard Assessment in East Bay, & Surface Wave Surveying for Geologic Hazard Assessment in Oakland, California; Seismic Hazard Assessment in East Bay; Surface Wave Surveying for Geologic Hazard Assessment in Oakland, California

    Name: Tanouye, David
    Research Mentor: Dr. Michael Massey
    Project Title: Characterizing soil lead contamination near streams in Oakland, California

    Name: Thomas, Brianna
    Research Mentor: Dr. Jean Moran
    Project Title: Surface and Groundwater Interactions in Cull Creek

    Name: Veale, Nathan
    Research Mentor: Dr. Jean Moran
    Project Title: Nitrate Isotopic Composition and Ancillary Variables (Land Use, Redox, Excess N2, Age, Water Isotopics) in California Groundwater Construction

  • Name: Chow, Kevin
    Research Mentor: Dr. Arnab Mukherjea
    Project Title: Disaggregation of Asian American & Pacific Islander Data in Population Surveillance of HIV/Sexually Transmitted Infections, Tuberculosis, and Viral Hepatitis

    Name: Pham, Sandrine
    Research Mentor: Dr. Michael Stanton
    Project Title: Stigma, Meaning- Making, Public Health Policy

    Name: Quesada, Catherine
    Research Mentor: Dr. Michael Stanton
    Project Title: Stigma, Meaning-Making, and Public Health Policy

    Name: Schrittwieser, Madeline
    Research Mentor: Dr. Michael Stanton
    Project Title: Stigma, Meaning-Making, and Public Health Policy

    Name: Wong, Moria
    Research Mentor: Dr. Michael Stanton
    Project Title: Stigma, Meaning-Making, and Public Health Policy

  • Name: Elder, Juanisha
    Research Mentor: Dr. Saehya Ann
    Project Title: On-campus Dining Students' Experience: A case of 黑料福利网, East Bay

    Name: Lu, Thomas
    Research Mentor: Dr. Saehya Ann
    Project Title: On-campus Dining Students' Experience: A case of 黑料福利网, East Bay

  • Name: Zarat, Patricia
    Research Mentor: Dr. Christina Chin-Newman
    Project Title: The AbrazoPaz Program in Mexico: Inspiring Youth Through Peace Education

  • Name: Azadi, Lily
    Research Mentor: Dr. Vanessa Yingling
    Project Title: 1RM Muscle Strength Test as a Predictor of Bone Health

    Name: Castillo, Ranier
    Research Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Sherwood
    Project Title: Validation of GymAware for Measuring Muscular Velocity in Healthy Older Adults

    Name: Denys, Andrew
    Research Mentor: Dr. Vanessa Yingling
    Project Title: Muscle Function Tests as Field Measures of Tibial Bone Strength & Measurements of radial bone strength as related to common muscle function tests in college athletes

    Name: Ely, Frank
    Research Mentor: Dr. Jenny O
    Project Title: #Motivation: Examining motivational aspects of, and physical activity associations with, fitness-related social media activity

    Name: Espartero, Kimberly
    Research Mentor: Dr. Vanessa Yingling
    Project Title: Vertical Jump Test as a Measure of Bone Strength

    Name: Franson, Priscilla
    Research Mentor: Dr. Vanessa Yingling
    Project Title: Hand Dynamometer Muscle Function Testing as a measurement of Bone Strength

    Name: Imtair, Rajab
    Research Mentor: Dr. Jenny O
    Project Title: Does the External Focusing Effect Apply to Less Complex Motor Skills? The Influence of Attentional Focus Cueing on Jump-and-Reach Performance; Vertical Jump Height Measurements: Correlations Between Vertec™ and the MyJump Mobile Application

    Name: Lagamon, Bianca
    Research Mentor: Dr. Vanessa Yingling
    Project Title: Muscle Function Tests as Field Measures of Bone Strength: Participant Survey

    Name: Murphy, Adam
    Research Mentor: Dr. Matthew Atencio
    Project Title: The loss of professional sports teams in Oakland: an examination of the Raiders and socio-economic stadium relocation issues

    Name: Ossene Mintsa, Michael David
    Research Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Sherwood
    Project Title: Validation of GymAware for Measuring Muscular Velocity in Healthy Older Adults

    Name: Reichart, Rebekkah
    Research Mentor: Dr. Vanessa Yingling
    Project Title: Muscle Function Tests as Field Measures of Tibial Bone Strength & Measurements of radial bone strength as related to common muscle function tests in college athletes

    Name: Romanovski, Pavel
    Research Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Sherwood
    Project Title: Validation of GymAware for Measuring Muscular Velocity in Healthy Older Adults

    Name: Spink, Nicole
    Research Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Sherwood
    Project Title: Validation of GymAware for Measuring Muscular Velocity in Healthy Older Adults

    Name: Tapia, Oddessy
    Research Mentor: Dr. Jenny O
    Project Title: #Motivation: Examining motivational aspects of, and physical activity associations with, fitness-related social media activity

    Name: Usher, Justin
    Research Mentor: Dr. Jenny O
    Project Title: Does the External Focusing Effect Apply to Less Complex Motor Skills? The Influence of Attentional Focus Cueing on Jump-and-Reach Performance; Vertical Jump Height Measurements: Correlations Between Vertec™ and the MyJump Mobile Application

    Name: Valencia, Cynthia
    Research Mentor: Dr. Matthew Atencio
    Project Title: A Vasper System exercise intervention: Qualitative investigation of learning disabled youth and parent perceptions

  • Name: Beverly, Linda
    Research Mentor: Dr. Shirley Yap
    Project Title: Locally Linear Embedding of Chromatic Clusterings in Temporal and Spatial Domains

  • Name: Baird, James
    Research Mentor: Professor Ian Pollock
    Project Title: Cross-Reality Communication between Virtual Reality and the Real World

    Name: Huang, Clare Ying-Tien
    Research Mentor: Professor Ian Pollock
    Project Title: Cross-Reality Communication between Virtual Reality and the Real World

    Name: Khoda Bakhsh, Niloofar
    Research Mentor: Professor Ian Pollock
    Project Title: Game Jam Web Archive

    Name: Ingham, Clifford
    Research Mentor: Professor Ian Pollock
    Project Title: Symmetrical Chaos

    Name: Merencillo, Melissa
    Research Mentor: Professor Ian Pollock
    Project Title: Cross-Reality Communication between Virtual Reality and the Real World

  • Name: Krunic, Michael
    Research Mentor: Dr. Ryan Smith
    Project Title: Modeling Dispersion for Control of Broadband Femtosecond Pulses

    Name: Rinck, Ethan
    Research Mentor: Dr. Amy Furniss
    Project Title: Studying Markarian 421 with VERITAS

    Name: Rosenquist, Trenton
    Research Mentor: Dr. Amy Furniss
    Project Title: Optical Observations of Very High Energy Blazars

  • Name: Lam, Sherwin
    Research Mentor: Dr. Murray Horne
    Project Title: Schizotypy and the Effects on Perspective Taking in a Rotation Task

    Name: Ryczek, Cameron
    Research Mentor: Dr. Murray Horne
    Project Title: Schizotypy and the Effects on Perspective Taking in a Rotation Task

  • Name: Mohr, Sarah
    Research Mentor: Dr. Rose Wong
    Project Title: Protective Factors in Muslim Women's Mental Health in the SF Bay Area

  • Name: Callwood, Sybrey
    Research Mentor: Dr. Elena Dukhovny
    Project Title: Augmentative Communication

    Name: Cano, Madison
    Research Mentor: Dr. Ellen Bernstein-Ellis
    Project Title: Keep on Singing: The Impact of Long-Term Participation in a Choir for Adults with Aphasia

    Name: Hendricks, Emily
    Research Mentor: Dr. Ai Leen Choo
    Project Title: Bilingualism and the Risk of Stuttering

    Name: Huffman, Jennifer
    Research Mentor: Sara Smith
    Project Title: The Relationship between Executive Function (specifically inhibition) and Working Memory in College-Aged Bilingual Students

    Name: Ifah, Monika
    Research Mentor: Dr. Pradeep Ramanathan
    Project Title: 黑料福利网 Concussion Epidemiology Study

    Name: Monk, Jennifer
    Research Mentor: Dr. Elena Dukhovny
    Project Title: Applying Procedural Memory to AAC Display Design: A Literature Review

    Name: Nosworthy, Candice
    Research Mentor: Dr. Sara Smith
    Project Title: Differential relationships between attitudes toward reading in English among monolingual and Spanish English bilingual students

    Name: Thurman, Elisa
    Research Mentor: Dr. Shuba Kashinath
    Project Title: Effects of social pragmatic intervention on job interview skills in adults with autism

    Name:  Yao, Jingyun
    Research Mentor: Dr. Pradeep Ramanathan
    Project Title: The effectiveness of saline injection in the treatment of vocal fold scarring

  • Name: Li, Qing
    Research Mentor: Dr. Kelly Fan
    Project Title: SCAA’s Reformation Effectiveness Research Project