2020-21 Faculty Grant Recipients

PI Jessica Castillo Vardaro

College of Science, Biological Sciences

Proposal: Adaptive Variation Through Space and Time in American Pikas (Ochotona Princeps)

PI Yu Chen

College of Business, Information Systems and Technology

Proposal: Girls in AI: Artificial Intelligence Education Among K-12 Girls via Social Entrepreneurship

PI Lionel Cheruzel

College of Science, Chemistry 

Proposal: Versatile Ligand Platform for Homogeneous Reactions Under Mild Conditions

PI Yoon-Chung Han

College of Humanities and the Arts, Design

Proposal: Visualizing Environmental Data Using Immersive Multimedia and Artificial Intelligence - Research and Teaching Integration

PI Amanda Kahn

College of Science, Moss Landing Marine Labs

Co-PIs

• Philip Heller, College of Science, Computer Science
• Ivano Aiello, College of Science, Moss Landing Marine Labs

Proposal: Poriferal Vision: Using Past Records and Machine Learning to Predict the Future Winners of Climate Change

PI Plamen Koev

College of Science, Mathematics and Statistics

Proposal: Accurate Eigenvectors of Symmetric Tridiagonal Matrices

PI Kathleen McConnell

College of Social Sciences, Communication Studies

Proposal: Civic Engagement as Technical Practice

PI Chester Simocko

College of Science, Chemistry

Proposal: Precision Block Polymers for Molecular Recognition and Enhanced Drug Loading

PI Marcelle Taylor-Dougan

College of Health and Human Sciences, Public Health and Recreation

Co-PI

• Tina Korani, College of Humanities and the Arts, Journalism and Mass Communication 

Proposal: Improving the Quality of Life of Breast Cancer Survivors

PI Emily Slusser

College of Education, Child and Adolescent Development

Co-PIs

• Andrea Golloher, College of Education, Special Education
• Maria Fusaro, College of Education, Child and Adolescent Development

Proposal: Taking Early Childhood Research to the Next Level: Capacity to Engage in Large-Scale Multidisciplinary Collaborations

PI Hiu-Yung Wong

College of Science, Electrical Engineering

Proposal: Development of Cryogenic Transistor Model for Quantum Computing Peripherals

PI Shaum Bhagat

College of Health and Human Sciences, Audiology

Co-PI:

• Feruza Amirkulova, College of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

Proposal: Human Directional Hearing in a Semi-anechoic Environment: Evaluation and Computer Modeling

PI Areum Jensen

College of Health and Human Sciences, Kinesiology

Co-PIs:

• Tamar Semerijian, College of Health and Human Sciences, Kinesiology
• Megan Chang, College of Health and Human Sciences, Kinesiology
• JJ Hannigan, College of Health and Human Sciences, Occupational Therapy

Proposal: The Effect of Integrated Group Exercise on Physiological Function with Enhanced Quality of Life in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Their Families

PI: Laxmi Ramasubramani

College of Social Sciences, Urban and Regional Planning

Co-PI:

• Henry Bulley (external)

Proposal: Using Participatory GIScience (PGIS) to Understand Drivers and Issues Affecting the Prevalence of Bottled Water Use in San Jose

PI Elizabeth Skrovan

College of Science, Biology

Co-PI:

• Jennifer Johnston, College of Science, Biology

Proposal: Development of the CRISPR-Cas9 System to Engineer Methylotrophic Bacteria for Enhanced Rare Earth Element Biorecycling

PI Wencen Wu

College of Engineering, Computer Engineering

Co-PIs:

• Yinghua Huang, College of Health and Human Sciences, Hospitality, Tourism and Event Management
• Ewell Sterner (external)

Proposal: Fighting Hunger, Feeding People; A Blockchain-based Intelligence System for improving Food Rescue Efficiency

PI Walter Adams

College of Science, Biological Sciences

Proposal: Losing Our Integrity: Viral Factors That Cause Acute Lung Injury During SARS-CoV-2 Infection

PI Alessandro Bellofiore

College of Engineering, Biomedical Engineering

Proposal: Computational Models to Improve the Efficacy of Radiofrequency Tissue Ablation in Liver Cancer

PI Yu Chen

College of Business, Information Systems and Technology

Proposal: Artificially Intelligent (AI) Counselors for Student Career Development During and Post COVID-19

PI Lionel Cheruzel

College of Science, Chemistry

Proposal: Repurposed Drug Diversification as a Valuable Strategy to Address Current COVID-19 Pandemic

PI Mel Day

College of Humanities and the Arts, Art and Art History

Proposal: Wall of Song Project

PI Marcelle Dougan

College of Health and Human Sciences, Public Health and Recreation

Proposal: Area Deprivation, Segregation, and Incidence and Mortality from COVID 19

PI Faustina Ducros

College of Social Sciences, Sociology and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences

Proposal: Louisiana Migrants in California Life History Project

PI Folarin Erogbogbo

College of Engineering, Biomedical Engineering

Proposal: Reliability Testing of Do It Yourself (DIY) Ventilator Project for Low Resource Settings

PI JJ Hannigan

College of Health and Human Sciences, Kinesiology 

Proposal: The Effect of Habitual Use of Maximal Running Shoes on Running Biomechanics

PI Rhonda Holberton

College of Humanities and the Arts, Art and Art History

Proposal: Myth in the Machine: 2021 Sister City Exchange

PI Ozgur Keles

College of Engineering, Chemical and Materials Engineering

Proposal: Prediction of Structure-property Relationships in 3D Printed Recycled Polymers: A Machine Learning Approach

PI Metha Klock

College of Social Sciences, Environmental Studies

Proposal: The Role of Mutualistic Soil Microbes in Plant Invasion and Native Ecosystem Restoration

PI Susan Lambrecht

College of Science, Biological Sciences

Proposal: Plant Evolution in Response to Drought

PI Hyojin Lee

College of Business, Marketing and Business

Proposal: The Effects of Lyrical vs. Instrumental Music on Consumer Behavior

PI Zongcchao Li

College of Humanities and the Arts, Journalism and Mass Communication

Proposal: Narrative and Statistical Information in Health Risk Communication

PI Avizia Long

College of Humanities and the Arts, World Languages and Literatures

Proposal: Acquisition of Pronunciation-related Variability in Second Language: The Role of Study Abroad

PI Mahboubeh Madadi

College of Business, Marketing and Business Analytics

Proposal: Saving Economy and Lives During COVID-19 Pandemic (When and How): A Stochastic Decision Model

PI Robert Marx

College of Education, Child and Adolescent Development

Proposal: Creating Community in Quarantine: Understanding Resilience among LGBTQ+ College Students Displaced by COVID-19 Campus Closures

PI Ryan Portner

College of Science, Geology

Proposal: What Does it Take to be an Explosive Volcano on the Seafloor

PI Kathrine Richardson

College of Social Sciences, Urban and Regional Planning and Geography

Proposal: Knowledge Borders and the Cascadia Innovation Corridor: How might COVID-19 Impact the Emergence of a Cross-Border High Tech Cluster in the Canada-U.S. Border 

PI Victoria Rue

College of Humanities and the Arts, Humanities

Proposal: Research, Adaptation, Performance of the Play "Maryam: A Woman of Bethlehem"

PI Kim Tsai

College of Education, Child and Adolescent Development

Proposal: The Impact of COVID-19 on Family Dynamics and Adolescent Health and Psychological Well-being

PI Bryce Westlake

College of Social Sciences, Justice Studies

Proposal: Validating An Automated Biometrics Tool for Detecting Children Sexual Exploitation in Videos

PI Katherine Wilkinson 

College of Science, Biological Sciences

Proposal: Identification of a Therapeutic Target for Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy

PI Nikki Yeboah

College of Social Sciences, Communication Studies

Proposal: What My (M)others Told Me: Oral History as Critical Praxis Book Proposal