Award Recipients
Grant-in-Aid: Summer 2023 Awards
| Recipient | College/Unit | Description of Research |
|---|---|---|
| Camchong, Jazmin | Medical School | Dose- and Sex-Dependent Effects of a Neuromodulation Intervention on Relapse and Underlying Brain Networks in AUD |
| Hill Gallant, Kathleen | Food, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col of | Mineral metabolic balance and kinetics in chronic kidney disease |
| Jardine, Paul | Dentistry, School of | Structure, dynamics, and mechanism of genome packaging motors in dsDNA viruses |
| Tithof, Jeff | Science & Engineering, Col of | Experimentally-validated simulations of cerebrospinal fluid flow to quantify mechanisms of transport |
Past Awards
Grant-in-Aid: Spring 2023 Awards
| Recipient | College/Unit | Description of Research |
|---|---|---|
| Arriaga, Edgar | Science & Engineering, Col of | Multiparametric profiling of cellular senescence in aging models - Bridge Funding |
| Asakura PhD, Atsushi | Medical School | Vascular endothelial stem cells in muscle regeneration and muscular dystrophy |
| Ashkenazi, Shai | Science & Engineering, Col of | Implantable Device for Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) Treatment of Brain Tumor Recurrence |
| Bak, M Y Savana | Education/Human Dev, Col of | Pilot Training Module for Caretakers of Children with ASD |
| Beard, David | UMD Arts, Human, SocSci,Col of | Oral Histories of Rural Healthcare, from the Perspective of the Retail Pharmacist |
| Blocker, Jane | Liberal Arts, College of | Contemporary Art, Environmental Orientation, and Knowledge |
| Braunlin, Elizabeth | Medical School | Importance of the immune system in a murine model of lysosomal storage disease: a tale of two strains |
| Chatterjea, Ananya | Liberal Arts, College of | Micchil, Amra: Investigating Performance in times of pandemic and political uprising |
| Collins, Kathleen | Liberal Arts, College of | Civil Islam or Illiberal Democracy? The Debate about Islam, Secularism, and Democracy Across Muslim Eurasia |
| Douglas, Christopher | Science & Engineering, Col of | Catalytic Methods in Functionalizing Acyl Sigma Bonds to Carbon |
| Dubrow, Gail | Design, College of | Japonisme Revisited: How Racism Shaped the Lives and Careers of America's Earliest Architects of Japanese Ancestry |
| DuHamel, Ann | UMM Humanities Division | Prayers for a Feverish Planet—New Music About Climate Change: Concert Tour and Recording |
| Engel, Stephen | Liberal Arts, College of | The Perceptual Bases of Visual Snow Syndrome |
| Kim, Nam Chul | Pharmacy, College of | Mitochondrial pathogenic pathways in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia |
| Larasati PhD, Rachmi Diyah | Liberal Arts, College of | Oemah Larasati: A Cultural Institution Combating Conservatism and the Modern Empire. |
| Lee, Daehyoung | UMD Educ & Human Svc Prof | Effects of A Gamified Incentive-Based App on Increasing Physical Activity and Reducing Depression in Adults with Autism |
| Lewis, Beth | Education/Human Dev, Col of | Preliminary Efficacy of a Strength Training Intervention on Exercise Adherence and Weight among Pre-Menopausal Women |
| Mcculloch, Kyle | Biological Sciences, Col of | Illuminating how animal complexity evolves by comparing sea anemone photoreceptor cells |
| Mehus, Christopher | Education/Human Dev, Col of | Testing a brief, online version of an evidence-based parenting program |
| Mensinger, Allen | UMD Swenson Col of Sci & Eng | Toadfish Biosacoustics |
| O'Connor, Amy | Liberal Arts, College of | Mine Life: Communication, Work and Identity |
| Shank, JB | Liberal Arts, College of | Cosmology before the Advent of Astrophysics and the Modern Scientific Regime |
| Sun, Xiaoran | Education/Human Dev, Col of | Examining Teenagers’ Overnight Smartphone Use and Its Implications for Well-Being with High-Intensity Smartphone Data |
| Tamir, Rotem | Liberal Arts, College of | Making as Catalyst for Remembering |
| Wayessa, Bula | Liberal Arts, College of | Adaptation of Maize to the Indigenous Farming Systems in Wallaga, Ethiopia. |
Grant-in-Aid: Fall 2022 Awards
| Recipient | College/Unit | Description of Research |
|---|---|---|
| Bhadra, Diti | Linguistics, Institute of | An experimental investigation of the linguistic properties of clickbait |
| Caverly, Ryan | CSENG Aerospace Eng & Mech Adm | Real-Time Modeling and Simulation of Space Vehicles with Fuel Slosh |
| Channer, Lisa | Theatre Arts & Dance Dept | Ukrainian Words Project - Phase I |
| Donofrio, Gregory | Architecture, School of | Human Tolls: Public Histories and Community Responses to Twin Cities’ Freeways |
| Gao PhD, Zan | Kinesiology Administration | Feasibility and Efficacy of A Remote Tai Chi Program on Older Adults’ Physical Behaviors, Fall Prevention, Cognition and |
| Gieske, Miriam | M Biology | Nitrogen and pH effects on antibiotic production among soil Streptomyces bacteria |
| Hawe, Rachel | Kinesiology Administration | Identifying Impairments in Bilateral Coordination and Neural Correlates in Individuals Post-Stroke |
| Holschuh, Brad | DHA Apparel Design | Remote Measurement of Garment Fit using Co-Located Multi-Band Scanning |
| Jain, Harsh | D Math & Statistics | The Impact of Population Variability on Overcoming Docetaxel Resistance in Prostate Cancer: A Quantitative Approach |
| Konczak PhD, Juergen | Kinesiology Administration | Laryngeal vibration as a non-invasive neuromodulation treatment for spasmodic dysphonia |
| Krentzman PhD, Amy | Social Work Admin, School of | Positive Recovery Journaling (PRJ): An Intervention to Reinforce Early Recovery from Addiction |
| Lackey, Michael | M English | Klaus Mann's Barred Window: An Authoritative Edition |
| Lower, Michael | History Department | Hakoah Vienna: An All-Jewish Sports Club’s Story of War, Holocaust, and Defiance |
| Lu PhD, Landy | Kinesiology Administration | Leveraging Statewide Senior Games for Active Living |
| Mann, Traci | Psychology | The relationship between body image and self-esteem in women throughout the lifespan |
| Mathieu, Saje | History Department | Africa On The Rhine: German Scientific Experimentation on Black POWs During World War One |
| Montag Schafer, Katherine | FamMed Family Medicine Admin | Kho Dua Mus - Keeping Diabetes Managed in the Hmong Community |
| Nieves Colon, Maria | Anthropology | Using ancient DNA to study the peopling of the Caribbean |
| O'Connell, Timothy | IBP Physiology Administration | FujiFilm/VisualSonics F2 Preclinical Ultrasound Imaging System for Shared Use |
| Ostrander, Nomi | D Social Work | The Impact of COVID-19 on Transgender Mental Health and Lessons for Future Community Health Crises |
| Packer, Craig | CBS Ecology, Evolution, Behavr | Sustaining Pastoralist Livelihoods by Translating Biodiversity Research into Grassland Restoration in East Africa |
| Pereira PhD, Mark | SPH EpiCH Division | Novel Methods for Measuring Urban Greenspace Access and Inequities |
| Pexa, Christopher | American Indian Studies | Remapping the Oyáte: Orature as Deep Mapping |
| Searle, Kelly | SPH EpiCH Division | Predicting climate related infrastructure damage and resulting malaria risk in Mozambique |
| Sumida Huaman, Elizabeth | Org Leadership, Policy & Dev | Labor, violence, and life aspirations across three generations of Quechua women |
| von Dassow, Eva | Classical/Near Eastern Rel/Cul | Mapping the Ancient Near East |
| Wang, Sonya | NEUR Neurology Dept Admin | Video Electroencephalography and Biopac Equipment |
| Yoo, Kyungsoo | Soil, Water & Climate, Dept of | Transformative Power of Earthworms on Lunar Regolith: Pilot study for soil-based agriculture on the Moon |
Grant-in-Aid: Summer 2022 Awards
| Recipient | College/Unit | Description of Research |
|---|---|---|
| Deng, Huai | D Biology | Exploring the novel epigenetic and developmental functions of the Keap1-Nrf2 detoxifying pathway in Drosophila |
| Mesce, Karen | Entomology, Dept of | A Novel Circuit Design for the Recovery of Locomotion after Injury |
| Slattery, Matthew | DMED Biomedical Sciences | Context Specificity in Stress-Responsive Transcriptional Networks |
| Swisher, Sarah | CSENG ECE Admin | Photonic Curing of Semiconductor Nanomaterials for High-Performance Flexible Electronics |
Grant-in-Aid: Spring 2022 Awards
| Recipient | College/Unit | Description of Research |
|---|---|---|
| Arriaga, Edgar | Science & Engineering, Col of, CSENG Chemistry Administration | Multiparametric profiling of cellular senescence in aging models - Bridge Funding |
| Asakura, Atsushi | Medical School, NEUR Neurology Dept Admin | Vascular endothelial stem cells in muscle regeneration and muscular dystrophy |
| Ashkenazi, Shai | Science & Engineering, Col of, CSENG Biomedical Eng Admin | Implantable Device for Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) Treatment of Brain Tumor Recurrence |
| Bak, M Y Savana | Education/Human Dev, Col of, Ed Psych Administration | Pilot Training Module for Caretakers of Children with ASD |
| Beard, David | UMD Arts, Human, SocSci,Col of, D Engl Linguist & Wrt Studies | Oral Histories of Rural Healthcare, from the Perspective of the Retail Pharmacist |
| Blocker, Jane | Liberal Arts, College of, Art History | Contemporary Art, Environmental Orientation, and Knowledge |
| Braunlin, Elizabeth | Medical School, PEDS Pediatrics Cardiology Div | Importance of the immune system in a murine model of lysosomal storage disease: a tale of two strains |
| Chatterjea, Ananya | Liberal Arts, College of, Theatre Arts & Dance Dept | Micchil, Amra: Investigating Performance in times of pandemic and political uprising |
| Collins, Kathleen | Liberal Arts, College of, Political Science Department | Civil Islam or Illiberal Democracy? The Debate about Islam, Secularism, and Democracy Across Muslim Eurasia |
| Douglas, Christopher | Science & Engineering, Col of, CSENG Chemistry Administration | Catalytic Methods in Functionalizing Acyl Sigma Bonds to Carbon |
| Dubrow, Gail | Design, College of, Architecture, School of | Japonisme Revisited: How Racism Shaped the Lives and Careers of America's Earliest Architects of Japanese Ancestry |
| DuHamel, Ann | UMM Humanities Division, M Music Dept. | Prayers for a Feverish Planet—New Music About Climate Change: Concert Tour and Recording |
| Engel, Stephen | Liberal Arts, College of, Psychology | The Perceptual Bases of Visual Snow Syndrome |
| Kim, Nam Chul | Pharmacy, College of, Pharm Practice Pharm Sciences | Mitochondrial pathogenic pathways in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia |
| Larasati PhD, Rachmi Diyah | Liberal Arts, College of, Gender, Women & Sexuality | Oemah Larasati: A Cultural Institution Combating Conservatism and the Modern Empire. |
| Lee, Daehyoung | UMD Educ & Human Svc Prof, D Applied Human Sciences | Effects of A Gamified Incentive-Based App on Increasing Physical Activity and Reducing Depression in Adults with Autism |
| Lewis, Beth | Education/Human Dev, Col of, Kinesiology Administration | Preliminary Efficacy of a Strength Training Intervention on Exercise Adherence and Weight among Pre-Menopausal Women |
| Mcculloch, Kyle | Biological Sciences, Col of, CBS Ecology, Evolution, Behavr | Illuminating how animal complexity evolves by comparing sea anemone photoreceptor cells |
| Mehus, Christopher | Education/Human Dev, Col of, FSoS Administration | Testing a brief, online version of an evidence-based parenting program |
| Mensinger, Allen | UMD Swenson Col of Sci & Eng, D Biology | Toadfish Biosacoustics |
| O'Connor, Amy | Liberal Arts, College of, Hubbard Schl Journal/Mass Comm | Mine Life: Communication, Work and Identity |
| Shank, JB | Liberal Arts, College of, History Department | Cosmology before the Advent of Astrophysics and the Modern Scientific Regime |
| Sun, Xiaoran | Education/Human Dev, Col of, FSoS Administration | Examining Teenagers’ Overnight Smartphone Use and Its Implications for Well-Being with High-Intensity Smartphone Data |
| Tamir, Rotem | Liberal Arts, College of, Art Department | Making as Catalyst for Remembering |
| Wayessa, Bula | Liberal Arts, College of, African-Amer & African Studies | Adaptation of Maize to the Indigenous Farming Systems in Wallaga, Ethiopia. |
Grant-in-Aid: Fall 2021 Awards
| Recipient | College/Unit | Description of Research |
|---|---|---|
| Algeri, Sara | Liberal Arts, College of | A novel statistical framework for astrophysical discoveries under background mismodeling |
| Austin, Jay | UMD Swenson Col of Sci & Eng | Continued deployment of meteorology buoys in the western arm of Lake Superior |
| Bereiter, David | Dentistry, School of | Neuron-derived estrogen and TMJ nociception |
| Carlson, Stephanie | Education/Human Dev, Col of | My Future Self: Using Imagination to Improve Self-Control in Children |
| Choi, Changhyun | Science & Engineering, Col of | Context-Aware Robotic Object Grasping |
| Collister, John | Veterinary Medicine, Col of | Effects of Perimenopause on the Brain - Sympathetic - Gut Microbiome Axis in Hypertension |
| DeLiema, David | Education/Human Dev, Col of | Developing and Testing an Expansive Debugging Pedagogy to Support Students' Learning through Failure |
| Dengel PhD, Donald | Education/Human Dev, Col of | Effectiveness of Extracellular Microvesicles to Track Cardiovascular Risk in the Treatment of Prostate Cancer Patients |
| Deslauriers, Stephen | UMM Science & Math Division | BZ-X800 Fluorescence Microscope |
| Ebtehaj, Ardeshir | Science & Engineering, Col of | High-Resolution Spectroradiometer for Advancing the Knowledge in Remote Sensing of Environment |
| Fallon, Ann | Food, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col of | Expression of Wolbachia genes in the mosquito ovary |
| Fang, Peng | UMD Swenson Col of Sci & Eng | Reconfigurable modular power conversion architecture for ultra wide voltage range operation |
| Ferguson, David | Pharmacy, College of | Blocking ACE2-TMPRSS2 Function in SARS-CoV-2 Entry using Peptide-Drug Conjugates |
| Gebre Egziabher, Demoz | Science & Engineering, Col of | Perception and Localization Research Sensor Suite (POLARESS) |
| Gray, William | Biological Sciences, Col of | A high resolution, highly sensitive, and fast confocal microscope for the Saint Paul Campus |
| Grusz, Amanda | UMD Swenson Col of Sci & Eng | Evaluating a drought-driven hypothesis for the evolution of obligate apomixis |
| Hansen, Lars | Science & Engineering, Col of | Measuring the nonlinear viscoelastic properties of rocks |
| Hedegaard, Brock | UMD Swenson Col of Sci & Eng | Hydraulic Service Manifold |
| Kazlauskas, Romas | Biological Sciences, Col of | Floor Avanti JE centrifuge with JLA 9.1000, JA25.5 and JS5.3 rotors for biochemical research |
| Khaleghi Yazdi, Maryam | UMD Arts, Human, SocSci,Col of | Interactive textile art projects that narrate the stories of immigrants |
| Kuo, Sidney | Medical School | Early structural changes to Muller glial cells in glaucoma |
| Mkhoyan, Andre | Science & Engineering, Col of | Developing atomic-scale in-situ electrical biasing platform for nanoelectronics with perovskite oxides |
| Morris, Rebecca | VP for Research, Office of | A novel model for distinguishing low- and high-risk benign papillomas induced by solar ultraviolet radiation |
| Ostrander PhD, Julie | Medical School | Keyence Imaging System |
| Panoskaltsis-Mortari PhD, Angela | Medical School | CNC Table Top Mill and VLS6.75 Laser Cutter |
| Powers, Jennifer | Biological Sciences, Col of | Establishing a Tropical Dry Forest Collaboratory for Science, Society, and Synthesis |
| Sasisekaran, Jayanthi | Liberal Arts, College of | Temporal dynamics of language planning and speech production in adults who do and do not stutter |
| Scheil, Katherine | Liberal Arts, College of | Community Shakespeare |
| Titus, Margaret | Medical School | The Role of Filopodia in Metastatic Cancer Cell Migration |
| Toan, Sam | UMD Swenson Col of Sci & Eng | Novel Catalytic Chemical Looping Technology for Conversion of Waterborne Plastic Waste into Fuels and Syngas |
| Walcheck, Bruce | Veterinary Medicine, Col of | LICOR Odyssey XF gel imaging system |
| Wrigley-Field, Elizabeth | Liberal Arts, College of | Stolen Time: Racial Disparities in Enjoyable and Meaningful Time |
| Zefeldt, Mathew | Liberal Arts, College of | Painting Constructed Virtual Worlds |
Grant-in-Aid: Summer 2021 Awards
| Recipient | College/Unit | Description of Research |
|---|---|---|
| Kendeou, Panayiota Pani | Ed Psych Administration | Improving Reading Comprehension: Project ELCII |
| Massari, Aaron | CSENG Chemistry Administration | Measuring Molecular Arrangement and Movement at Liquid Crystal Interfaces |
Grant-in-Aid: Spring 2021 Awards
| Recipient | College/Unit | Description of Research |
|---|---|---|
| Abdel Salam, Hassan | Liberal Arts, College of | Palestine’s Human Rights Fatwas: An Exploration of the Legal Opinions of Imams and Jurists in Palestine |
| Benedict, Marissa | Liberal Arts, College of | New Music for a New Century - The Evolution of Brass Music in the 21st Century |
| Bradley, Elizabeth | Medical School | SCI Chemidoc MP System |
| Caldas Chumbes, Blanca | Education/Human Dev, Col of | Translingual Latinx Ethnic Studies Summer School (TLESSS) for Bilingual/Bicultural Elementary Students in Twin Cities |
| Caprioli, Mary | UMD Liberal Arts, College of | Breaking Boundaries: A Sociopolitical Explanation of Adolescent Female Gender Identity Alternatives |
| Choy-Brown, Mimi | Education/Human Dev, Col of | The LIFT Project: Leveraging Leadership to Improve Fidelity to Assertive Community Treatment |
| Clarke-Sather, Abigail | UMD Swenson Col of Sci & Eng | Mechanical Recycling Processes for Transforming Discarded Textiles into Fiber Feedstocks |
| Debes, Jose | Medical School | H2U: Recruitment of underrepresented minority (URM) high school students into global health and health equity research t |
| DeJaeghere, Joan | Education/Human Dev, Col of | Rural Youths’ Engagement in Democratic Practices through Arts-based Participatory Programs |
| Deslauriers, Stephen | UMM Science & Math Division | Machine vision as a tool for identifying genetic regions which contribute to plant development |
| Fang, Qiang | UMD Liberal Arts, College of | Communist China and the United States: Irreconcilable Relations, 1972-2012 |
| Feinberg, Joshua | Science & Engineering, Col of | Pace of Ecological Change During Periods of Extreme Climate Change |
| Greising PhD, Sarah | Education/Human Dev, Col of | New Directions to Understand the Paradoxical Role of Inflammation following Skeletal Muscle Injury |
| Haglin, Kathryn | UMD Liberal Arts, College of | Measuring Support for Universal Basic Income |
| Hastings, Angela | Dentistry, School of | Patient Attitudes Towards Teledentistry and Acceptance of Use |
| Hinderliter, Brian | UMD Swenson Col of Sci & Eng | Quantifying Properties for a Mechanistic, Predictive Understanding of Aqueous Impact on Ageing of Passive Materials |
| Jacobs, Fayola | Public Affairs, HHH School of | Colonizing Climates: Urban Planning and Anti-Blackness in the US South and the Caribbean |
| Kim, Naeun | Design, College of | Collaborative Consumption of Fashion Goods: A Cross-cultural Examination |
| Koester, Steven | Science & Engineering, Col of | Ultra-High-Purity Assembly System for Quantum Device Research |
| Marquart, Len | Food, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col of | A Systems Approach to Introducing Underutilized Crops into the Minnesota Food System |
| Mashek, Douglas | Medical School | Upgrade of Nikon A1Rsi laser scanning confocal microscope to HD scanner |
| Mozenter, Suki | UMD Educ & Human Svc Prof | Antiracist Literary Advisory Board (A-LAB) |
| Mroz, Pawel | Medical School | Development of long read sequencing for Pharmacogenomic testing |
| Mwesigye, Aggrey | UMD Swenson Col of Sci & Eng | Experimental investigation of the performance of ground source heat pump systems incorporating phase change material |
| Pease, Lindsay | Food, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col of | Purchase of a Gas Chromatograph Specialized for Greenhouse Gas Analysis in Crookston |
| Pirinelli, Alyssa | UMM Science & Math Division | Sorb-Tech Automated Purification System for Use in the UMN Morris Chemistry Discipline |
| Row, Jennifer | Liberal Arts, College of | The Body Perfect: the Aesthetics of Ableism and Race in the French Early Modern |
| Samimi, Ceema | Education/Human Dev, Col of | School discipline and COVID-19 |
| Seecharan, Turuna | UMD Swenson Col of Sci & Eng | Gamification and the Decision Making Grid to Encourage Sustainable Driving in Young Drivers |
| Shambroom, Paul | Liberal Arts, College of | Purpletown: Portraits from the Thin Divide |
| Srinivasan, Vinod | Science & Engineering, Col of | Exploring Universal Behavior of Thermal Fluctuations in Boiling: Towards a Model for Critical Heat Flux |
| Staats, Susan | Education/Human Dev, Col of | Poetic Structures, Prosody, and Gesture among English and Somali Speakers in Algebra Generalization Tasks |
| Tarr, Gillian | Public Health, School of | A Goldilocks Effect of Psychological Distress on Pandemic Fatigue? Stress, Social Vulnerability, and Protective Behavior |
| Vang, Cindy | Education/Human Dev, Col of | Hmong Intergenerational COVID-19 Communication Study |
| Willow, Diane | Liberal Arts, College of | Open Air Cycle |
| Wise, Eric | Medical School | Venous waveform analysis for monitoring blood volume in sepsis |
Grant-in-Aid: Fall 2020 Awards
| Recipient | College/Unit | Description of Research |
|---|---|---|
| Arnold, Susan | Veterinary Medicine, Col of | Investigation of mechanisms of resistance to immunotherapy in a canine model of spontaneous high-grade glioma |
| Austin-Minor, Elizabeth | UMD Swenson Col of Sci & Eng | Inorganic carbon cycling in the Laurentian Great Lakes |
| Cho, Jeong-Hyun | Science & Engineering, Col of | 3D Nano-Biosensor for Detection of Circulating Tumor DNA (ctDNA) |
| Contreras, Rafael | VP for Research, Office of | Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis |
| Glesener, Lindsay | Science & Engineering, Col of | High-Rate Ground Station for Satellite Communications |
| Hodges, James | Public Health, School of | Practical causal-inference tools for meta-analysis of clinical trials |
| Hu, Bo | Food, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col of | Biocontrol of the Soybean Cyst Nematode with Fungal Endophytes and Culture Filtrates |
| Huang, R Stephanie | Pharmacy, College of | BioSpa 8 Automated Incubator for Automated Live Cell Analysis |
| Huddleston, Stephen | Medical School | Identifying donor lung molecules that drive lung transplant rejection in order to better diagnose and treat rejection |
| Kim, Nam Chul | Pharmacy, College of | Spinning disk confocal microscope for long-term 3D live cell imaging and molecular trafficking/dynamics studies |
| Konczak PhD, Juergen | Education/Human Dev, Col of | Objective quantification of hand and knee proprioception in typically developing children |
| Lindsey, Amelia | Food, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col of | Developing functional genomics tools to improve biological control |
| Lubet, Alex | Liberal Arts, College of | On the Seventh Hour: New Music for Resonator Guitar |
| Lukkas, Lynn | Liberal Arts, College of | Two Projects: Faroe, and she, her, hers |
| May, Georgiana | Biological Sciences, Col of | Sustaining prairies against climate change |
| Melnykov, Igor | UMD Swenson Col of Sci & Eng | Parameterization of Finite Mixtures of Dirichlet Distributions with Applications to Cluster Analysis |
| Menta, Venkata Gireesh | UMD Swenson Col of Sci & Eng | Design Optimization and Manufacturing of Hydrokinetic Turbine Blades with 3D Printed Cores |
| Olman, Cheryl | Liberal Arts, College of | Investigating Characteristics of Foveal Feedback Using Ultra-High Field fMRI |
| Ou, Li | Medical School | Assess off-target effects of PS Gene Editing in treating MPS I disease |
| Pahwa, Sonali | Liberal Arts, College of | Digitizing Womanhood in Dubai |
| Pirinelli, Alyssa | UMM Science & Math Division | Recirculating Chiller System for Use in Synthetic Carbohydrate Research |
| Shannon, Laura | Food, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col of | Flow Cytometer For Plant Research on the St. Paul Campus |
| Silverman, Michael | Liberal Arts, College of | Future Music Therapy Research in Adult Mental Health: An Investigation of Service User Preferences and Recommendations |
| Smith, Joan | Liberal Arts, College of | ROCKABY: A dance work created from performers' lived experiences of domestic violence, childhood trauma and resilience. |
| St George, Scott | Liberal Arts, College of | Hunting fimbulvinter: Drafting a global atlas of dreadful frosts over the past two millennia |
| Staker, Justin | Medical School | Mitigating the impact of shoulder movement dysfunction; a randomized controlled trial |
| Wozniak, Jeffrey | Medical School | Choline Supplementation as a Neurodevelopmental Intervention for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders |
Grant-in-Aid: Summer 2020 Awards
| Recipient | College/Unit | Title of Research |
|---|---|---|
| Berge, Jerica | FamMed Family Medicine Admin | Family Matters Study: A Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Study of Minnesota's Most Vulnerable Populations |
| Ogle, Brenda | CSENG Biomedical Eng Admin | Epicardial regulation of human cardiomyocyte function via modulation of extracellular signals: toward robust pump function |
Grant-in-Aid: Spring 2020
| Recipient | College/Unit | Description of Research |
|---|---|---|
| Basu, Priyanka | UMM Humanities Division | Colonial Remains and Decolonial Futures in Contemporary Global German Art Film |
| Blumenthal, Susanna | Law School | The Apprehension of Fraud in Modern America |
| Campbell, Stephen | Science & Engineering, Col of | A Zetasizer Nanoparticle Analyzer for the Minnesota Nano Center |
| Carroll, Caitlin | Public Health, School of | Rural Hospital Closure and the Quality of Cancer Care |
| Carter, Clay | Biological Sciences, Col of | A role for carbonic anhydrases in the plant acid-growth hypothesis |
| Ding, Jie | Liberal Arts, College of | Dynamical Modeling of Complex Streaming Data |
| Dumitrica, Traian | Science & Engineering, Col of | Fractal Dimension - a Possible Key Measure for Fiber Network Architectures |
| Finestack, Lizbeth | Liberal Arts, College of | Identifying Language Impairment in Students with Diverse Language Exposure |
| Fleischman, Forrest | Food, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col of | How does climate policy advance? Lessons from comparative case studies of policy change in Minnesota |
| Friedenberg, Steven | Veterinary Medicine, Col of | Development of artificial antigen-presenting cells to fight cancer in dogs |
| Gammill, Laura | Medical School | Investigating exosomes as a means of neural crest cell-cell communication |
| Genova, Thomas | UMM Humanities Division | Borders of Brazil: Euclides da Cunha and 'Latin America' |
| Goldschmidt, Stephanie | Veterinary Medicine, Col of | Clinical feasibility and accuracy of indirect computed tomography lymphangiography in dogs |
| Hill, Craig | UMD Swenson Col of Sci & Eng | Transportable meteorological tower for marine and atmospheric boundary layer engineering and resilient energy systems |
| Isaka, Maki | Liberal Arts, College of | Female Performers of Traditional "All-Male" Gidayû-Music in Modern Japan |
| Knight, Sophia | UMD Swenson Col of Sci & Eng | Knowledge, Belief and Information in Social Networks: Theory and Applications |
| Li, Xiaoyin | UMD Swenson Col of Sci & Eng | Developing statistical methods to detect pleiotropy using genome-wide association study summary data |
| Lu, Connie | Science & Engineering, Col of | PHOTON III: X-ray Diffraction Detector Upgrade to Boost Single-Photon Sensitivity |
| Marmor, Schelomo | Medical School | Characterizing Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use among Surgery Patients in the United States |
| Mereddy, Venkatram | UMD Swenson Col of Sci & Eng | Development of Novel Drugs for the Treatment of Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) |
| Monnier, Gilliane | Liberal Arts, College of | Elucidating Neanderthal Cooking Practices in the Balkans 80,000 - 40,000 years ago. |
| Qu, Yongzhi | UMD Swenson Col of Sci & Eng | RESEARCH ON LEARNING REAL-TIME DYNAMICS OF A ROTOR SYSTEM FROM EXPERIMENTAL DATA |
| Ramey, Jason | UMM Humanities Division | At Hand- A study of Japanese architecture and traditional building techniques and materials |
| Rugeley, Cynthia | UMD Liberal Arts, College of | Minnesota: Swing State 2020 |
| Schallmo, Michael-Paul | Medical School | Peripheral biomarkers in transdiagnostic psychosis |
| Shannon, Laura | Food, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col of | Reel Irrigation for North Central Research and Outreach Center (NCROC) |
| Smith, Kumi | Public Health, School of | Standardized Patients to Evaluate Treatment Access for Opioid Use Disorder |
| Toft, Jessica | Education/Human Dev, Col of | The Effects of Neoliberal Managerialism on Social Worker Professional Discretion in Minnesota |
| Vogel, Rachel | Medical School | Identifying risk factors for post-traumatic stress disorder among gynecologic cancer survivors |
| Waid, Jeffrey | Education/Human Dev, Col of | Development and feasibility of a family navigation prevention service: A proof of concept study |
| Wilke, Christopher | Medical School | Development of a predictive model of glioblastoma for patient-specific prognosis and therapeutic intervention |
Grant-in-Aid: Fall 2019 Awards
| Recipient | College/Unit | Description of Research |
|---|---|---|
| Agur, Colin | Liberal Arts, College of | Facing the Flood: Examining the resilience of mobile phone users facing natural threats in Mumbai |
| Blaylock, Sara | Duluth, Fine Arts, School of | The Taboo of the Ordinary – Experimental Art in a Late East Germany |
| Bradley, Cynthia | Nursing, School of | Evaluating Teachers’ Practice of the Debriefing for Meaningful Learning Method |
| Brengman, Latisha | Duluth, Swenson Col of Sci & Eng | Acquisition of a hand-held x-ray fluorescence instrument |
| Chen, Changbin | Food, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col of | A fluorescence microscope with high-resolution imaging system for plant breeding in the postgenomic era |
| Czaja, Wioletta | VP for Research, Office of | ChemiDoc MP Imaging System for robust workflows involving DNA and Protein visualization and quantification. |
| Derby, Jeffrey | Science & Engineering, Col of | Analyzing Bulk Crystal Growth via Modeling and Neutron Imaging |
| DeWaard, Jack | Liberal Arts, College of | Third-party observers perceptions of procedural fairness in U.S. immigration court |
| Grissom, Nicola | Liberal Arts, College of | Dynamic dopamine release to reward in an autism-associated genotype |
| Hanson, Jessica | Duluth, Educ & Human Svc Prof | Role of Social Support in Preventing Alcohol-Exposed Pregnancies in Native Women |
| Heikal, Ahmed | Duluth, Swenson Col of Sci & Eng | Collagen-Density Dependent Studies of Intracellular Crowding in Highly Metastatic Cancer Cells in Tumor-like Environment |
| Hoeppner, Luke | VP for Research, Office of | Identifying new targets for cardiovascular disease therapy |
| Hokanson, Stan | Food, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col of | Tenney Ultracold Environmental Test Chamber |
| Hoxie, Alison | Duluth, Swenson Col of Sci & Eng | Acquisition of Oxford Lasers Firefly High-Speed Laser |
| Kang, Peter K | Science & Engineering, Col of | Multi-scale Characterization of Flow and Transport through Complex Porous Media |
| Kawakami, Yasuhiko | Medical School | Sall4 regulates development of neuromesodermal progenitors and differentiation of their mesodermal descendants |
| Keller-Ross, Manda | Medical School | Autonomic Regulation of Blood Pressure in Older Early Menopausal Women |
| Kurle PhD, James | Food, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col of | An Innovative Student-driven Multidisciplinary Core to Address Big-data Challenges in Agriculture |
| Lai, Victor | Duluth, Swenson Col of Sci & Eng | Experimental Design and Measurement of the Permeability of Soft Tissue Equivalents |
| Larson, Chris | Liberal Arts, College of | Smithville, Tennessee |
| LaVelle, John | Education/Human Dev, Col of | Exploring the human, work, and professional values critical for evaluation practice |
| Ludewig, Paula | Medical School | Integrated Muscle Activity Assessment System |
| McCormick, Alon | Science & Engineering, Col of | Small Scale Ammonia from Stranded Wind Energy - Bridge to Follow-On Larger Pilot Project with ARPA-E |
| Nuernberger, Kathryn | Liberal Arts, College of | Symbiotics: Poems at the Intersection of Biology and the Literary Imagination |
| Olson, S Douglas | Liberal Arts, College of | Manuscript Work in Support of a New Edition of Aristophanes' Knights |
| Olszewski, Neil | Biological Sciences, Col of | Investigating the Role of Auxin, Gibberellin and Procera in the Shade Avoidance Syndrome of Tomato |
| Park, Chongwon | Duluth, Liberal Arts, College of | Information Structure and Grammatical Case |
| Parker, Laurie | Biological Sciences, Col of | R01 renewal bridge: Biosensor Assay to Screen for Signaling Pathway Inhibition in Cancer |
| Poddutoori, Prashanth | Duluth, Swenson Col of Sci & Eng | Bio-inspired Molecular Integration for Solar Energy Conversion and Storage |
| Pomerantz, William | Science & Engineering, Col of | Chemical Probe Design for Dissecting BRD4-Transcription Factor Interactions |
| Rumbley, Jon | Pharmacy, College of | Characterizing unique structural variations in Trypanosoma brucei phosphofructokinase, a putative therapeutic target. |
| Schuchardt, Anita | Biological Sciences, Col of | BioVEDA: Improving Student Understanding of Biological Variation in Experimental Design and Analysis |
| Seastrand, Anna | Liberal Arts, College of | South Indian Images: A Critical Archive |
| Seelig, Burckhard | Biological Sciences, Col of | Evolution of Primordial Peptides, Proteins and the Genetic Code |
| Segijn, Claire | Liberal Arts, College of | When realizing that Big Brother is watching you: whether and how synced advertising literacy affects critical attitudes. |
| Shanks, Samuel | Duluth, Academic Affairs Admin | Low-Cost Stage Automation: Bringing Technical Theatre into the Age of Robotics |
| Skubitz PhD, Amy | Medical School | IncuCyte S3 Imaging System for Digital Monitoring of Cell Functions |
| Somia, Nikunj | Medical School | Identifying the fusogens mediating exosome delivery |
| Teed, Corinne | Liberal Arts, College of | Entangling Banks |
| Tze, William Tai Yin | Food, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col of | Redefining wood fiberboard: Resin-free bonding of microfibrillated wood fiber |
| Wilson, Melissa | Food, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col of | TURNING ANIMAL WASTE INTO WORTH: Bio-treating manure with insects and worms to produce value-added products |
| Yang, Ce | Food, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col of | In-vivo Sexing of Chicken Eggs Using Hyperspectral Imaging |
Grant-in-Aid: Summer 2019 Awards
| Recipient | College/Unit | Description of Research |
|---|---|---|
| Bailey, Jake | CSENG Earth Sciences, Dept of | Bridge funding: Endobionts inhabit the world's largest bacteria |
| Costalonga, Massimo | Dent Periodontology, Div of |
MHC-II-/- Langerhans cells with compensatory Tc17 plasticity in oral candidiasis |
| Simpson, Jeff | Psychology |
Minnesota Longitudinal Study of Risk and Adaptation |
Grant-in-Aid: Spring 2019 Awards
| Recipient | College/Unit | Description of Research |
|---|---|---|
| Aldrich, Courtney | Pharmacy, College of | LI-COR Odyssey CLx Infrared Imager |
| Beehler, Sarah | Medical School | Community Assessment of Veteran Reintegration |
| Belair-Gagnon, Valerie | Liberal Arts, College of | Peripheral Actors, Collaboration, and News Innovation: Journalism’s Transformation with AI |
| Bezada, Maximiliano | Science & Engineering, Col of | Investigating the Last Remaining Fragment of the Wyoming Craton |
| Bruce, Emily | Morris- Social Science Division | Siblings on the Move: German, Irish, and French Canadian Families, 1840–1930 |
| Chefetz-Menaker, Ilana | VP for Research, Office of | Seahorse HI |
| Cotner, James | Biological Sciences, Col of | Heterotrophic Fixation of Nitrogen in Lakes of the Upper Midwest |
| Cross, Dori | Public Health, School of | Strategies to Improve Knowledge of Older Adults' Social Care Needs in Primary Care |
| Denton, Robert | Morris- Science & Math Division | The frequency and fate of genome theft by an all-female species |
| Dorelien, Audrey | Public Affairs, HHH School of | Social contact structures and the spread of close-contact infectious diseases in the US and the Twin Cities |
| Girard, Abby | Medical School | Mixed Methods Exploration of Distressing Sexual Desire Discrepancy among Couples |
| Greenstein, David | Biological Sciences, Col of | Control of Meiosis and Germline Proliferation |
| Griffin, Linsey | Design, College of | 4D Dynamic Surface Capture Research: Exploring New Frontiers in Advanced Wearable Product Development |
| Hamann, Keitha | Liberal Arts, College of | Case Study of Key of T: Community Engagement in A Social Justice Recital Addressing Impact of Testosterone on the Voice |
| Hegeman, Adrian | Food, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col of | Specialty Crop Development for Essential Oil Production in Minnesota |
| Kakalios, James | Science & Engineering, Col of | Radiation-Induced Conductivity Enhancement in Composite Amorphous/Nanocrystalline Thin Films |
| Maurer-Jones, Melissa | Duluth- Swenson Col of Sci & Eng | Acquisition of TA Instruments Discovery 250 Differential Scanning Calorimeter |
| Mereddy, Venkatram | Duluth- Swenson Col of Sci & Eng | Becton Dickinson (BD) Accuri™ C6 Plus Flow Cytometer |
| Miller, Faith | Education/Human Dev, Col of | Initial Development and Validation of Direct Behavior Ratings for Anxiety |
| Moen, Ron | Duluth- Swenson Col of Sci & Eng | Predicting Adaptive Response in Animals Using GPS Locations, Satellite Imagery, and LiDAR |
| Morris, Rebecca | VP for Research, Office of | Identification of novel epidermal progenitors |
| Neerland, Carrie | Nursing, School of | Women's Experiences of Transfer from Home or Birth Center to an Urban, Academic Medical Center |
| Pearson, David | Medical School | 3D Printed Cutaneous Ultraviolet Photodiode |
| Poling, Ron | Science & Engineering, Col of | Studies of Leptonic and Semileptonic Decays of Charmed Mesons with the BESIII Detector |
| Pratt, Rebekah | Medical School | The Development of a Novel Implementation Science Framework to Address Health Disparities in Cancer Prevention. |
| Ramakrishnan, Subramanian | Duluth Swenson Col of Sci & Eng | Analysis of a novel mathematical model for a planar soft robot |
| Ratliff, Jamie | Duluth Fine Arts, School of | Cuban Currents: Contemporary Art in Dialogue |
| Rider, Nic | Medical School | Intersectionality, health, and resilience: A Photovoice project of LGBTQ youth of color |
| Rudney, Joel | Dentistry, School of | Development of an in vitro model for studying previously unknown structures recently discovered in dental plaque |
| Salisbury MS, Dereck | Nursing, School of | Total Body Recumbent Stepping for the Rehabilitation of Symptomatic Peripheral Artery Disease |
| Savage, Jessica | Duluth Swenson Col of Sci & Eng | Flowers are often an indicator of spring but are they also the canary in the coal mine? |
| Shenoy, Chetan | Medical School | A Comprehensive Study of the Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy Phenotype |
| Toff, Benjamin | Liberal Arts, College of | Avoiding the News: Vanishing Audiences for Journalism |
| Wolf, Tiffany | Veterinary Medicine, Col of | Forging new relationships in One Health research through engaged ethnography |
Grant-in-Aid: Fall 2018 Awards
| Recipient | College/Unit | Description of Research |
|---|---|---|
| Anderson, Grant | Pharmacy, College of | LightCycler 480 Instrument |
| Bazargan, Kia | Science & Engineering, Col of | Harnessing the Power of Unary Computing in Deep Learning Applications |
| Berg, Bjorn | Public Health, School of | Operational Modeling using RTLS in an Outpatient Multidisciplinary Setting |
| Casale, Sinem | Liberal Arts, College of | Gifts in the Age of Empire: Ottoman-Safavid Cultural Exchange, 1500-1650 |
| Channer, Lisa | Liberal Arts, College of | DENIM |
| Chen, Bodong | Education/Human Dev, Col of | DataExpedition: Supporting Youth Computational Thinking with Open Geoscience Data |
| Clark, Matthew | Food, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col of | Development of a fine mapping population for hybrid grape gene discovery |
| Clarke, Duncan | Medical School | Control of Chromosome Segregation by DNA Topoisomerase II |
| Coon, Adam | Morris - Humanities Division | The Serpent's Feathers: Nahua Philosophies in Migration |
| Creamer, Cosette | Liberal Arts, College of | In International Courts We Trust: The Hidden Role of Registries and Legal Secretariats |
| Dymond, Ben | Duluth - Swenson Col of Sci & Eng | 110 kip Dynamic Hydraulic Linear Actuator |
| Ernst, Julie | Duluth - Educ & Human Svc Prof | Impact of Nature Preschools on Young Children's Physical Activity and Gross Motor Development |
| Fletcher, Samuel | Liberal Arts, College of | Rethinking Formal Methods in Philosophy |
| Gewirtz, Jonathan | Liberal Arts, College of | Epigenetic effects of repeated opioid exposure |
| Hanany, Shaul | Science & Engineering, Col of | Transforming the Study of Atmospheric Gravity Waves Using Data from The Balloon-Borne PMC-Turbo Experiment |
| Harki, Daniel | Pharmacy, College of | Development of Didehydrocytidine Phosphoramidite Prodrugs: Novel Antiviral Compounds with Broad Spectrum Activities |
| Hedegaard, Brock | Duluth - Swenson Col of Sci & Eng | Collapse Resiliency of Precast Concrete Frames with Hybrid Connections |
| Hume, Angela | Morris - Humanities Division | Lyric Interiors: The Ecological Poetics of Women’s Health Writing and Activism, 1970s-Present |
| Johnson, Richard | Crookston - Ag and Natural Resources | A Support Needs Assessment of Early Career Agriculture Teachers |
| Kassie, Fekadu | Veterinary Medicine, Col of | Prevention of lung tumorigenesis with low doses of immune checkpoint inhibitors in mice |
| Kelekar, Ameeta | Medical School | Cytation 1 FAV Imager / Multimode Plate Reader, configured for use with Seahorse Extracellular Flux Analyzer |
| Kikyo, Nobuaki | Medical School | Novel therapy of liposarcoma with a protein isomerase inhibitor |
| Kim MD, Nicholas | Medical School | M Health Comprehensive Gender Care Prospective Patient Database |
| Klimes-Dougan, Bonnie | Liberal Arts, College of | Mindful Breathing and Neuromodulation for Depression in Adolescents and Young Adults |
| Lackey, Michael | Morris - Humanities Division | The Irish Biographical Novel |
| Masino, Mark | Medical School | Housing System for University of Minnesota Zebrafish Core Facility |
| Masino, Mark | Medical School | The role of serotonergic signaling on cellular regeneration following spinal cord injury |
| Matthews, Steve | Duluth - Liberal Arts, College of | Archaeology and History of the Inishmore Coastal Plain and Roscam Abbey |
| Mermelstein, Paul | Medical School | Upgrade of University Imaging Centers Nikon A1R MP Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope |
| Mesce, Karen | Food, Ag & Nat Res Sci, Col of | Focused Ultrasound and Its Actions on Excitable Membranes |
| Michalowski, Martin | Nursing, School of | Supporting Evidence-Based Patient Management Using Artificial Intelligence Methods |
| Mills, Nathaniel | Liberal Arts, College of | Workshopping Blackness: Collaboration and the Production of African American Literature |
| Moses Haller, Monica | Liberal Arts, College of | Liquid Gold |
| Neprash, Hannah | Public Health, School of | Supply-Side Responses to the Medicaid Eligibility Expansion |
| Ozersky, Tedy | Duluth - Swenson Col of Sci & Eng | Giant sulfur-oxidizing “pipeline” bacteria in Great Lake sediments |
| Pribiag, Vlad | Science & Engineering, Col of | MNC Thin Film Etching and Deposition Upgrade: In-Situ Ion Mill for CHA Evaporator |
| Scheil, Katherine | Liberal Arts, College of | Citizen Shakespeare |
| Schokker, Andrea | Duluth - Swenson Col of Sci & Eng | Composite Wind Turbine Tower Design |
| Shen, Wei | Science & Engineering, Col of | Nanotopography-Responsive Myotube Orientation as a Novel Phenotypic Biomarker for Muscular Dystrophies |
| Sotirova, Nadezhda | Morris - Humanities Division | Never come back: Identity negotiations and the context of post-socialism in discourses on migration in Bulgaria |
| Temple, Judy | Public Affairs, HHH School of | Social impact financing: Formal modeling and application to preventive health interventions |
| Travis, Dominic | Veterinary Medicine, Col of | Integrating an Anthropological Approach within the One Health Framework |
| Trumble, Troy | Veterinary Medicine, Col of | Creating a lameness repository for future therapeutic studies in a herd of naturally-occurring musculoskeletal disease |
| Wattrus, Nigel | Duluth - Swenson Col of Sci & Eng | Evaluating Active Streamer (Self) Control using IoT enabled Autonomous Survey Vehicles |
Grant-in-Aid: Summer 2018 Awards
| Recipient | College/Unit | Title of Research |
|---|---|---|
| Chase, Thomas | CSENG Mech Engineering Admin | Hyrbid MEMS Proportional Pneumatic Valve |
| Glesener, Lindsay | CSENG Physics & Astron, Schl of | The Experiment for X-ray Characterization and Timing (EXACT) Small Satellite |
| Herzberg, Mark | Dent Basic Sciences, Div of | Novel therapeutics for periodontal diseases and mucosal infections |
| Mansky, Kim | Dent Orthodontics, Div of | Regulation of Osteoclast Differentiation by Class IIA HDACs |
Grant-in-Aid: Spring 2018 Awards
| Recipient | College/Unit | Description of Research |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Geddawy, Tarek | Duluth - Mechanical & Ind Engr | Industry 4.0 for Energy Sustainability in Changeable Manufacturing Systems |
| Asakura PhD, Atsushi | NEUR Neurology Dept Admin | Vascular Niche for Muscle Stem Cell Maintenance |
| Asojo, Abimbola | DHA Interior Design | Creativity, Culture and Identity in Africa and the African Diaspora |
| Barney, Brett | Bioprod & Biosys Eng, Dept of | Biosynthetic Approaches to Nitrogen Biofertilizers and Commodity Chemicals |
| Berg, Dianne | Family Medicine Admin | Body Dysphoria Among Pre-Pubescent Children With Gender Dysphoria |
| Bernstein, Joshua | Duluth - Engl Linguist & Wrt Studies | In Josaphat’s Valley: Reflections on War, Art, and Memory |
| Brengman, Latisha | Duluth - Earth & Environmental Sci | Application of a newly developed silicon isotope proxy to sulfide mineral deposit exploration |
| Calder, Jeffrey | CSENG Mathematics Admin | Partial differential equation continuum limits in machine learning and applications |
| Clark, Anna | History Department | Individual Rights, Factory legislation, and Medical Compulsion in the British Empire, 1880-1900 |
| Cucullu, Lois | Eng Languages & Literature | A QUEER PROGRESS: THE "NATURALIZATION" OF CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD |
| Deane, Bradley | Morris - English | A Companion to Charles Dickens's David Copperfield |
| Deng, Yibin | The Hormel Institute | Discovery of small-molecule compounds disrupting eIF4A-eIF4G interaction for cancer therapy |
| DuHamel, Ann | Morris - Music Dept. | Traditions and Transformations - Brahms Re-Imagined: Solo Piano Recital Tour & Recording with Commissioned Piano Piece |
| Dymond, Salli | Duluth - Earth & Environmental Sci | Isotopic Signatures of Precipitation in Lake Superior |
| Elliott Jr, Bruce | Bioethics, Center for | Lonesome Whistle: Exposing Wrongdoing in Research on Human Subjects |
| Ferguson, David | Medicinal Chemistry | Siderophore Inhibitors for Tuberculosis that Block Mycobactin Biosynthesis |
| Fitzgerald, M | Eng Languages & Literature | The Robert Fitzgerald Archive: A Life In Ephemera |
| Flink, Carl | Theatre Arts & Dance Dept | The Box: Utilizing Dance, Theater & Game Theory Strategies to Create a Mobile Platform for Physical and Verbal Debate |
| Golos, Debbie | Ed Psych Administration | Peter's Picture Early Literacy Approach (PPELA): App Development |
| Gudmundson, Paula | Duluth - Music, Department of | Music for Flute by Scandinavian Women Composers |
| Gunlicks-Stoessel, Meredith | PSYCH Psychiatry Dept Admin | Developing Norms for Neurocognitive Assessments of Cognitive Control to Inform Personalized Treatment of Depression |
| Hogquist, Kristin | LMP Administration | Bridge funding for Thymic interferon in tolerance |
| Hu, Bo | Bioprod&Biosys Eng, Dept of | Phytoremediation of Road Salt by Salicornia Europaea – A New Research Direction on Native Halophytic Plants |
| Hubel, Allison | CSENG Mech Engineering Admin | Freeze-dryer for stabilization studies of pharmaceuticals, proteins, microbiome, cell therapies & regenerative medicine |
| Krebs, Ronald | Political Science Department | Cultures of Military Service: How Thinking About Soldiers Affects Public Attitudes Toward War |
| Lamperski, Andrew | CSENG ECE Admin | Finite-Sample Optimization for Identification and Control |
| Lane, Thomas | Art Department | The Brides of 9/11 Memorial Vase Project |
| Lee, Mai Na | History Department | The Hmong Kingdom at Dragon Capital (Long Cheng): Vang Pao’s Alliance with the CIA 1960-75 |
| Lee, Anna | PHCL Pharmacology Admin | Novel role of nicotinic receptors in alcohol aversion |
| Levison, Deborah | HHH Global Policy Acad Prog | Animating Children's Views: Implementing the UNCRC's Article 12 Using Innovative Survey Methods |
| Longmire, Ellen | CSENG Aerospace Eng & Mech Adm | Investigation of Sprays for Intrapulmonary Deposition of Live Cells |
| Lutsky, Karen | Landscape Architecture, Dpt of | Experimental Forests and a ‘Culture of Adaptability’ : Establishing the first UMN Great Lakes Design Lab |
| Mantell, Susan | CSENG Mech Engineering Admin | Design of Complex Composite Parts Manufactured by Filament Winding |
| Meisel, Robert | NSCI Neuroscience Admin | Sexual Experience as a Risk Factor for Drug Abuse |
| Miller, Bradley | Morris - Choir | Formation of Ensemble Intersection |
| Munoz, Lorena | Gender, Women & Sexuality | Transnational Motherhood Mobilities: Zimbabwean Immigrant Domestic Workers in South Africa |
| Myers, C | Political Science Department | The Effects of Storytelling in Political Communication |
| Potegal, Michael | TC Occupational Therapy CAHP | Balance and movement sensitivity study |
| Raheja, Gloria | Anthropology | American Vernacular Music and the Ballad Tradition: Historical, Musicological, and Ethnographic Approaches |
| Reineccius, Gary | Food Sci & Nutr, Dept of | A microfluidics system for the encapsulation and targeted delivery of biologically active materials. |
| Sasisekaran, Jayanthi | Speech-Language-Hearg Sci Dept | Sentence complexity and disfluencies in the speech of children who do and do not stutter |
| Scandura, Jani | Eng Languages & Literature | Cemetery of Elephants |
| Schryver, Jimmy | Morris - Art History | The Lough Key Archaeological Project: Recovering Medieval Gaelic Ireland |
| Snell-Rood, Emilie | CBS Ecology, Evolution, Behavr | Discovering species with broad adaptations to mutagens |
| Soleo-Shanks, Jenna | Duluth - Theatre, Department of | The Conversion of Hrotsvit: A Practice-Based Research Approach to Staging Medieval Drama for 21st Century Audiences |
| Song, Ying | Geography, Environment, Society | Investigating Relationships between Bike-sharing and Public Transit: A Spatial-Temporal Approach |
| Spencer, Steffan | Duluth - History | THE BOOK OF THE TRINITY: AN ETHIOPIAN ORTHODOX HOMILY FROM THE MONASTIC ORDER OF DAQIQA ESTIFANOS |
| Tageldin, Shaden | Cultural Studies & Comp Lit | Toward a Transcontinental Theory of Modern Comparative Literature |
| Whalen, Kevin | Morris - History | First Relocations: American Indian Labor in the United States, 1900-1940 |
Grant-in-Aid: Fall 2017 Awards
| Recipient | College/Unit | Description of Research |
|---|---|---|
| Araki, Takako | MED Endocrine & Diabetes Div | Role of novel human POMC promoter in HPA axis |
| Beacham, Barbara | SoN Academic Programs | Development of a Child Friendly Version of the Family Management Measure |
| Berge, Jerica | FamMed Family Medicine Admin | Examining the Relationship between “Transient” and “Chronic” Stress and Parent Feeding Practices in Diverse Households |
| Bernstein, Gail | PSYCH Psychiatry Dept Admin | Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS): Characterization and Prospective Course |
| Clarke-Sather, Abigail | Duluth - Mechanical & Ind Engr | Medium size environmental chamber for sample preparation over short time periods |
| Connell, Gregory | PHCL Pharmacology Admin | Identification of an endonuclease that is central to mammalian iron homeostasis |
| Crooker, Brian | Animal Science, Dept of | Impact of Holstein genotype on innate immune response to lipopolysaccharide and Escherichia coli |
| Crowell, Paul | CSENG Physics & Astron,Schl of | Minnesota Nano Center STS Etcher |
| Cvetanovic, Marija | NSCI Neuroscience Admin | Role of BDNF in SCA1 |
| Dodge, Somayeh | Geography,Environment,Society | Modeling Movement Interactions Between Tigers and Leopards |
| Dymond, Ben | Duluth - Civil Engineering | Flexural Behavior of Cross-Laminated Timber Panels |
| Frisch, Jennifer | Duluth - Education | A portrait in environmental education and community: Stowe Elementary |
| Gardner, Gary | Horticultural Sci, Dept of | The Role of small RNAs in the photomorphogenic inhibition of Arabidopsis hypocotyl growth by UV-B irradiation |
| Greven, Martin | CSENG Physics & Astron,Schl of | Unique instrument for the characterization of materials under uniaxial pressure |
| Grusz, Amanda | Duluth - Biology | Fluorescence Upright and Inverted Capability Manual Stage Microscope |
| Hardeman PhD, Rachel | SPH Health Policy & Mgmt Div | An exploration of the relationship among police violence, race, and reproductive health outcomes |
| Hoffman, Sarah | SoN Academic Programs | Five Year Retrospective Analysis of Health in a Cohort of Karen Refugees Post-Resettlement |
| Jelinski, Nicolas | Soil, Water & Climate, Dept of | Investigating Variability in Soil Lead Bioaccessibility at the Household Scale in the Twin Cities |
| Karger, Amy | LMP Administration | Analysis of the discrepancy between estimated and measured GFR in the PERL cohort |
| Karras, Ruth | History Department | Thou Art the Man: King David as a Figure of Masculinity in Medieval Cultures |
| Lindberg, Tim | Morris - Political Science | Rural Matters: The Politics of Rural Minnesotans and their Perceptions of their Urban Counterparts |
| Liu, Lan | Statistics, School of | Efficient Regression Analysis for Brain Imaging Data |
| Low, Tony | CSENG ECE Admin | Unified graphene-based plasmonic platform for finger-printing adsorbed molecules |
| Lubet, Alex | Music, School of | New Music for Mountain Dulcimer |
| Mandic, Vuk | CSENG Physics & Astron,Schl of | Remote Sensing with Waves |
| McGee, Corey | Roch Occupational Therapy CAHP | Dynamic Stability Exercises for Women with Disabling Thumb Osteoarthritis: A Validation Study |
| Menta, Venkata Gireesh | Duluth - Mechanical & Ind Engr | Acquisition of TA Instruments Discovery 550 Advanced Thermogravimetric Analyzer |
| Onello, Emily | DMED Family Med/CommHlth | Who Takes Care of Rural Communities? Rural Health Disparities in Maternity Care and Medical Workforce |
| Peterson, Lamar | Art Department | Painted Lady: Underrepresented Faces in Contemporary Art |
| Phelps, Michelle | Sociology | Police Reform in the Progressive City |
| Piotrowski, Andrzej | Architecture, School of | A Heretical History of Architecture: Development of Visual Evidence |
| Porta PhD, Carolyn | SoN Academic Programs | Sexual Violence Prevention among College Students |
| Pruinelli RN, Lisiane | SoN Academic Programs | Improving Survival for Liver Transplant Recipients Using Big Data Strategies |
| Reyerson, Kathryn | History Department | Violence in the Mediterranean World, 13th-15th centuries: War and Piracy |
| Rim, Hyejoon | Journalism & Mass Comm, School | A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR): Transparency Signaling and Stakeholder Expectation |
| Schmid, Jenny | Art Department | Wildness Lost: A Series of Large Scale Etchings |
| Schroeder, Anthony | Crookston - Math, Sci, Tech Dept | Metagenomic Profiling of Minnesota’s Freshwater Sponges for Identifying Novel Secondary Metabolites |
| Simmons Jr, Glenn | DMED Biomedical Sciences | Density Gradient Fractionator System |
| Smith-Keiling, Beverly | BMBB Med Dept Administration | STEM Education Intervention: Inquiry-based, active-group, conflict-resolution strategies promoting self-regulation/grit |
| Tadmor, Ellad | CSENG Aerospace Eng & Mech Adm | Understanding Fracture Toughness of Graphene Polymer Nanocomposites through Modeling and Experiments |
| Varma, Keisha | Ed Psych Administration | The SciGames Project – Using Games to Support Science and Engineering Practices |
| Vidovic, Sinisa | Veterinary Biomedical Science | Molecular basis for successful restriction of Salmonella infection |
| Vulchanova, Lucy | NSCI Neuroscience Admin | Dark Environmental Chamber for Nikon FN1 A1R MP Microscope in University Imaging Centers (UIC) |
| Yang, DaQing | The Hormel Institute | Restoration of p53 tumor suppressor function in neuroblastoma by inhibiting cap-dependent translation |
| Zhdankin, Viktor | Duluth - Chemistry & Biochemistry | Hypervalent iodine chemistry |
Grant-in-Aid: Summer 2017 Bridge Funding Awards
| Recipient | College/Unit | Description of Research |
|---|---|---|
| August, Gerald | Family Social Science Administration | Center for Personalized Prevention Research (CPPR) Addressing Youth Drug Abuse and Depression |
| Kazlauskas, Romas | CBS Biotechnology Institute Admin | Enzyme-catalyzed self-regulating antimicrobials |
| Mansky, Louis | Dentistry, Division of Basic Sciences | HTLV-1 Particle Analysis and Gag Interactions - Bridge |
| Regal, Jean | Department of Medicine, Dean's Office | Complement Activation in Pregnancy and Hypertension |
Grant-in-Aid: Spring 2017 Awards
| Recipient | College/Unit | Description of Research |
|---|---|---|
| Aizura, Aren | Gender, Women & Sexuality | TransForming Visions: participatory documentary on transgender activism in South and South East Asia |
| Andow, David | Entomology, Dept of | Shotgun sequencing of arthropod predator gut contents |
| Areba, Eunice | SoN Academic Programs | Promoting Effective Coping among Immigrant and Refugee Adolescents |
| Bai, Jing | Duluth - Electrical Engineering | Development of a New Type of Metamaterial Thin Film Solar Cells Based on the Fano Resonance |
| Brennan, Timothy | Cultural Studies & Comp Lit | Places of Mind, Occupied Lands -- Edward Said, An Intellectual Biography |
| Chan, Gabriel | HHH Sci, Tech & Env Acad Prog | Sharing the Same Sun: A Collaborative Research Initiative on Community Solar Programs (Part 1: Lessons from Minnesota) |
| Chen, Yingjie | MED Cardiology Division | Chronic heart failure-induced lung inflammation and destruction |
| Chow, Lisa | MED Endocrine & Diabetes Div | Improving Metabolism in Overweight Humans by Implementing Time Restricted Feeding Using Novel Digital Mobile Technology |
| Codding, Robin | Ed Psych Administration | Accelerating Mathematics Performance through Practice Strategies: Examining Effectiveness of a Small Group Intervention |
| Cotner, James | CBS Ecology, Evolution, Behavior | Effects of bacterial metabolism, stoichiometry, and ecology on dissolved organic matter composition |
| Davalos, Karen Mary | Chicano & Latino Studies | Mexican American Art since 1848 |
| Dumitrica, Traian | CSENG Mech Engineering Admin | General Purpose Distinct Element Method Computational Environment |
| Dziengel, Lake | Duluth - Social Work | Be/Coming Out Across the Life Span: Examining Resilience and Loss Due to Identifying As A Sexual Minority |
| Eckerle, Julie | Morris - English | Ireland: According to Early Modern Women |
| Fabbri, Lorenzo | French & Italian | The Politics of Realism in PostWar Italy |
| Fang, Qiang | Duluth - History | Rethinking the Role of Law in China’s Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) |
| Ganguly, Keya | Cultural Studies & Comp Lit | Political Metaphysics: Aurobindo Ghose and Revolutionary Thought in India |
| Gordon-Roth, Jessica | Philosophy Department | Feminist Philosophy and Formal Logic Workshop |
| Haight, Wendy | Social Work Admin, School of | The out-of-school suspension of Black girls in Minnesota: Risk and protective processes |
| Hennefeld, Margaret | Cultural Studies & Comp Lit | Death from Laughter, Female Hysteria, and Early Cinema |
| Horning, Melissa | SoN Academic Programs | Formative Community-Based Participatory Evaluation Research of the Impact of the Twin Cities Mobile Market |
| Hsu, Leon | Curriculum & Instruction Admin | Customizable Computer Coaches for Problem Solving in Physics |
| Isett, Christopher | History Department | Managing Development during the Cold War: Government, Enterprises, and Globalization on Taiwan, 1950 to 1982. |
| Johnstone, Christopher | Org Leadership, Policy & Dev | Inclusive Practice in International Development |
| Jones, Susan | CSENG Hist of Sci & Tech, Prog | Plague Homelands: Disease and Internal Colonization in the Eurasian Borderlands, 1880-2000 |
| Klein, Amanda | Pharm Practice Pharm Sciences | Leica cryostat and vibratome |
| Kuang, Rui | CSENG CS&E Administration | Scalable Tensor Algorithms for Comparing Many Big Networks |
| Lee, James | Psychology | Parsing information flow in speed cognitive tasks |
| Mann, Traci | Psychology | Using a new model of caloric deprivation to test strategies for resisting unhealthy high-sugar foods |
| Mans, Jacob | Architecture, School of | One House Many Nations: Opaskwayak Cree Nation Design Laboratory |
| Menke, Mandy | Spanish & Portuguese Studies | The Development of Academic Language in Spanish Language Immersion Programs |
| Mitchell, Tania | Org Leadership, Policy & Dev | Service Learning as a Pedagogical Strategy for Democratic and Civic Engagement: An Examination of Syllabi |
| Morgan, Steven | Morris - Physics | Nuclear magnetic resonance of solid 129Xe in low magnetic fields |
| Myers, Chad | CSENG CS&E Administration | Computational methods for mapping genetic interactions in human cells |
| Narvaez, Benjamin | Morris - History | Race, Immigration, and Nation: A History of the Chinese in Costa Rica, 1855-1943 |
| Oelberger, Carrie | HHH Leadership & Mgmt Acad Pro | Mapping Patterns and Uncovering Mechanisms of Mobility: Career Paths and the Micro-foundations of Institutions |
| Pastor, John | Duluth - Biology | The effect of sulfate and sulfide on the viability of wild rice populations |
| Potter PhD, Lincoln | BMBB Med Regulatory Biochem | Regulation of Guanylyl Cyclase A and B by Hormones, ATP and Phosphorylation |
| Remmel, Rory | Medicinal Chemistry | Ultra-High Pressure Liquid Chromatograph for Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics Research |
| Scheil, Katherine | Eng Languages & Literature | Imagining Shakespeare's Wife: The Afterlife of Anne Hathaway |
| Schultz, Arturo | CSENG Civil, Envrn & Geo- Eng | Characterizing the In-Plane Seismic Response of Concrete Masonry Walls with Unbonded Post-Tensioning |
| Seelig, Burckhard | CBS Microbial Bio & Biotech | Typhoon IP Biomolecular Imager for Biochemistry, Biotechnology and Biomedical Research |
| Swisher, Sarah | CSENG ECE Admin | Photonic curing of metal oxide thin films for flexible transistors on plastic |
| Szatrowski, Polly | Linguistics, Institute of | Dynamic construction of eating norms while eating and talking about food over a meal |
| Toner, Brandy | Soil, Water & Climate, Dept of | Predicting Climate Change Effects on the Release of Mercury and Sulfur from Minnesota Peatlands |
| Tretyakova, Natalia | Medicinal Chemistry | Partial Funding for MerMade8 DNA synthesizer for Chemical Biology, Chemical Carcinogenesis, and Biotechnology Research |
| Urriola, Pedro | Animal Science, Dept of | Developing a risk assessment framework for transboundary swine viral disease transmission in feed |
| Walk, David | NEUR Neurology Dept Admin | A Pilot Study of Lung Volume Recruitment Combined with Expiratory Muscle Strength Training in ALS |
| Walsh, Shannon | Duluth - Political Science | The Impact of Transnational Advocacy Networks on Implementing Violence against Women Laws in Latin America |
| Whitney, Donna | CSENG Earth Sciences, Dept of | Development of a new application of stable isotope analysis to investigate H2O cycling in subduction zones |
| Wolfe, Thomas | History Department | Transformations of Russian Society: Pluralism and the Post-Soviet Press |
| Wrigley-Field, Elizabeth | Sociology | The Epidemiological Transition in United States Rural Counties, 1900-1950 |
| Zefeldt, Mathew | Art Department | Painting Screen Culture |
Grant-in-Aid: Fall 2016 Awards
| Recipient | College/Unit | Description of Research |
|---|---|---|
| Aldrich, Courtney | Medicinal Chemistry | FadD Inhibitors as Chemotherapeutic Agents for Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis |
| Arriaga, Edgar | CSENG Chemistry Administration | An Analyzer for Biological Nanoparticles |
| Baumler, David | Food Sci & Nutr, Dept of | Identification of essential metabolic reactions used by Listeria monocytogenes for survival in dairy foods |
| Channer, Lisa | Theatre Arts & Dance Dept | Dancing on the Edge - producing and performing a major new work of bilingual dance-theatre in Minnesota and New York |
| Collister, John | Veterinary Biomedical Science | Role of central actions of angiotensin II and voluntary alcohol ingestion |
| Dong, Zigang | The Hormel Institute | Bridging the gap between molecular biology and biochemistry, and histopathology |
| Elliott, Ryan | CSENG Aerospace Eng & Mech Adm | Uncontrolled biological growth mechanisms: Instability of continuum models for growth and remodeling |
| Finzel, Barry | Medicinal Chemistry | Microscale Dynamic Light Scattering Instrument (pUNk) for Protein and Medicinal Chemistry Applications |
| Flannigan, David | CSENG Chem Eng & Mat Sci Admin | In Situ Ultrafast TEM for Studying Photoinduced Phase Transitions |
| Fortini, Otavio | Duluth - Chemical Engineering | Rigaku EDXRF |
| Franklin-Brown, Mary | French & Italian | The Roman Calendar After Rome: The Reception of Ovid’s Fasti in Premodern Europe (Notes Toward Time and the Lyric) |
| Githire, Njeri | African-Amer & African Studies | Inedible Ideologies: Food, Politics and Artistic Expression in the African Cultural Landscape |
| Gould, Roxanne | Duluth - Education | Indigenous Feminine Cosmology and Sustainable Water Practices: Implications for Sustainability Education |
| Hoeppner, Luke | The Hormel Institute | Zeiss Axio Observer ApoTome fluorescent microscope for high-resolution imaging of living cells and embryos |
| Ji PhD, Li Li | Kinesiology Administration | In vivo DNA Transfection and Sarcopenia: A Mouse Model |
| Katz, Sherri | Journalism & Mass Comm, School | E-cigarettte Warning Labels: Tests of Messages to Reduce Recreational Use |
| Kelekar, Ameeta | LMP Administration | Novel Role for a Gluconeogenesis enzyme in T cell activation |
| Kikyo, Nobuaki | GCD MS Department Admin | LumiCycle 32 Color luminometer |
| Krentzman PhD, Amy | Social Work Admin, School of | Addiction Recovery in a Rural Minnesota Community: Piloting “Positive Peer Journaling” |
| Lovejoy, Alice | Cultural Studies & Comp Lit | Government-Sponsored Children's Film and Media during the Cold War: Institution, Cognition, and Form |
| Mageau, Michael | Duluth - Geog,Urban,Envir & Sust Stu | A Comparison of the Economic Viability and Environmental Sustainability of Three Promising Local Food Production Methods |
| Magli, Alessandro | MED Cardiology Division | Identification of the regulatory elements driving quiescence in muscle stem cells |
| Marahrens, York | CBS Gen Cell Bio & Dev Dept | New Research Direction, Moving from X-inactivation to Cancer: Tumor Suppressor Role of a Chromosome Stability Center |
| Miller, Joanne | Political Science Department | Are Conspiracy Theories for (Political) Losers? |
| Mohan, Ned | CSENG ECE Admin | Real-Time Digital Simulator with Rapid-Control Prototyping features (RTDS-RCP) |
| Molnar, Gregory | NEUR Neurology Dept Admin | A wireless recording/stimulation system to study brain activity and develop novel neuromodulation therapies |
| More, Swati | Drug Design, Center for | Chronic Exposure to Butter Flavorants and Neurodegeneration |
| Morgan, Clarence | Art Department | Surface Tension: Painting Into Drawing |
| Pereira PhD, Mark | SPH EpiCH Division | Walking Green: Developing an evidence-base for Nature Prescriptions |
| Reynolds, Arthur | Child Development Admin, Inst | Biomarkers of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in a Low-Income, Early Childhood Cohort |
| Sarbahi, Anoop | Political Science Department | Struggles at the Margins: Explaining Trajectories of Peripheral Ethnic Insurgencies |
| Silverman, Michael | Music, School of | Healthy and Unhealthy Music Use, Music-Based Emotional Regulation, and Coping Strategies in Adult Cancer Inpatients: A C |
| Smyrl, William | CSENG Chem Eng & Mat Sci Admin | Sodium-Ion Batteries for Sustainable Energy: Thermodynamics and Kinetics |
| Snyder, Kristine | Duluth - Math & Statistics | Using movement patterns to advise neural connectivity measurements |
| Xu, Alison | CSOM Marketing | Attachment to God Reduces Conformity to the Choice of the Majority |
| Zhang, Lin | SPH Biostatistics Division | Dynamic graphical modeling: Application to longitudinal neuroimaging data |
| Zollinger, Stephanie | DHA Interior Design | Jack Lenor Larsen at 90: Larsen's Top Picks |
Grant-in-Aid: Spring 2016 Awards
| Recipient | College/Unit | Description of Research |
|---|---|---|
| Afrin, Lawrence | MED Hema, Onc, Transplant Adm | Exploratory Characterization of Mast Cell Regulatory Gene Mutations in Mast Cell Activation Syndrome |
| Arenz, Brett | Plant Pathology, Dept of | Novel oak wilt diagnostic technique development |
| Austin-Minor, Elizabeth | Duluth - Chemistry & Biochemistry | Microplastics in western Lake Superior |
| Bhimani, Rozina | SoN Academic Programs | Development of a Tool to Measure Muscle Tightness (MMT) |
| Billmeyer, Dean | Music, School of | A Recording of J. S. Bach’s Major Preludes and Fugues for Organ after the 1913 Edition of Karl Straube (1873-1950) |
| Brown, Julie | Curriculum & Instruction Admin | Promoting Somali and Latino/a Parent Science Education Involvement through Technology-Enhanced Learning Environments |
| Brugger, Keith | Morris - Geology | Acquisition of a Ground Penetrating Radar System For Research Applications at UMM |
| Cheeran, Maxim | Veterinary Population Medicine | Modulating macrophages to enhance neurogenesis in Alzheimer Disease |
| Chen, Yue | CBS Mass Spectrometry Protemic | The Role of Proline Hydroxylation on Brd4-mediated Transcriptional Regulation |
| Chen, Changbin | Horticultural Sci, Dept of | The regulatory mechanisms of Homologous Recombination in Maize |
| Coletti, Filippo | CSENG Aerospace Eng & Mech Adm | Droplet-turbulence interaction in "cloud-in-a-box" experiments |
| Crowell, Paul | CSENG Physics & Astron,Schl of | Shared Equipment for Electromagnetic Transmission and Reflection Measurements between 50 and 500 GHz |
| Davies-Venn, Evelyn | Speech-Language-Hearg Sci Dept | Improving amplification outcomes in noisy urban soundscapes for individuals with hearing loss |
| Davis, Immanuel | Music, School of | The Flute in the Court of Louis XIV |
| Finestack, Lizbeth | Speech-Language-Hearg Sci Dept | Evaluation of an Explicit Approach to Teach Grammatical Forms to Children with Language Impairment |
| Gao, Zan | Kinesiology Administration | Improving Breast Cancer Survivors’ Disease Management Outcomes through Smartphone Apps and Online Health Community |
| Griffin, Daniel | Geography,Environment,Society | Southern Minnesota drought history reconstructed from tree rings |
| Hamilton, Sara | LMP Administration | Prevention of Cerebral Malaria by IL-15C Treated NK Cells |
| Hancher, Michael | Eng Languages & Literature | Revising the Tenniel Illustrations to the Alice Books |
| Harvey, Jacquelyn | Duluth - Communication | Improving Couples’ Conflict Resolution Strategies via Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: A Randomized Controlled Trial |
| Holschuh, Bradley | DHA Apparel Design | Elastomer-Sensor Composite for Dynamic Pressure Measurement & Uniform Pressure Production in Active Compression Garments |
| Jeong, Jong Seok | CSENG Chem Eng & Mat Sci Admin | Properties of functional oxides at the nanoscale: From one to three atomic layers |
| Johns, James | CSENG Chemistry Administration | Ultrafast Scanning Probe Microscopy for Molecularly Resolved Energy Transfer |
| Kerwin, Jason | Applied Economics, Dept of | Two Field Experiments with Agricultural Workers in Malawi: Workplace Peer Effects and the Value of a Statistical Life |
| Lewis, Melissa | DMED Biobehav Hlth/Population | Remember the Removal: Program Evaluation |
| Li, Mo | CSENG ECE Admin | Environmental Controlled System for Fabrication and Heterogeneous Integration of 2D Material Devices |
| Lu, Connie | CSENG Chemistry Administration | Photon II: An X-ray Diffraction Detector with Single-Photon Sensitivity |
| Michael, Kerry | Morris - Psychology | Investigating the Social and Physiological Processes Underlying Sex Differences in Behavioral Inhibition and Depression |
| Mizuno, Hiromi | History Department | Nitrogen Frontiers: Japan, Empires, and Postcolonial Asia |
| Nakajima, Motohiro | DMED Biobehav Hlth/Population | Substance Abuse, Acculturation, and Stress among Immigrants from East Africa |
| Palacios, Lena | Gender, Women & Sexuality | Transforming Justice: Formerly incarcerated women engaging in anti-violence activism through participatory video |
| Pastorino, Elena | Economics | Theory and Evidence on Financial Constraints, Labor Market Frictions, and Employment in the U.S. |
| Reigstad, Kristina | PSYCH Psychiatry Dept Admin | Parent-based Attachment Intervention Targeting Adolescent Depression |
| Rothchild, Jennifer | Morris - Sociology | “Living on the Fault Lines: Women’s Sexuality and Reproductive Health in Post-Disaster Nepal” |
| Saeedloei, Neda | Duluth - Computer Science | Model Checking A Real-time Extension of Linear Temporal Logic |
| Saldanha, Arun | Geography,Environment,Society | Prince from Minneapolis: The Geography of Genius |
| Salmon, William | Duluth - Writing Studies | Transnational Attitudes: Caribbean Oral Histories and Language Ideologies in a New York Creole Community |
| Sandler, Daniela | Architecture, School of | Pragmatic Visionaries: Activist Architecture and Informal Urbanism in Contemporary São Paulo |
| Scarbrough, Burke | Duluth - English | The Role of Summer in Youth Learning and Development: New Theoretical Perspectives |
| Schwarcz, Daniel | Law School General Academic | An Empirical Examination of Consumers’ Understanding of Homeowners Insurance Policies |
| Sojourner, Aaron | CSOM Work & Organizations | Access to High-Quality Early Care and Education: Family-Centered Measures of Tradeoffs between Costs and Quality |
| Tostevin, Gilbert | Anthropology | Maximizing the Research Potential of a Rare Archaeological Site: Neanderthal Adaptations at Crvena Stijena, Montenegro |
| Van de Winckel, Ann | Physical Therapy | Correlational Analysis and Functional Connectivity between Brain Lesions and Sensorimotor Impairments in Stroke |
| Veglia, Gianluigi | BMBB Med Struct Bio/Biophysics | Veglia GIA Bridge Funding Request |
| Wackett, Lawrence | CBS Microbial Bio & Biotech | Bridge Funding for 22-Year, $2.5 Million Industry Grant With Multiple Benefits for the U |
| Walcheck, Bruce | Veterinary Biomedical Science | BMG CLARIOstar microplate reader |
| Zhao, Ping | Duluth - Mechanical & Ind Engr | Development and Characterization of Nanoporous Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF) Tactile Sensors for Surgical Applications |
Grant-in-Aid: Fall 2015 Awards
| Recipient | College/Unit | Description of Research |
|---|---|---|
| Almquist, Zack | Sociology | Demographic Opportunity Structures in Activity-Based Online Social Networks |
| Amell, Jim | Duluth - Social Work | “The Generations Project: Exploring American Indian Voices Using Photovoice” |
| Bend, Torry | Theatre Arts & Dance Dept | Six-week Residency at 3LD Art and Technology Center |
| Blank, David | CSENG Chemistry Administration | Understanding Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Impact of Charged Nanocrystals |
| Brady, Jennifer | Duluth - Foreign Languages & Lits | Book completion project: Men and Masculinities in Flux: Representations in Contemporary Spain |
| Buchanan, Sarah | Morris - French | The Sounds of the Spirits in "The Price of Forgiveness" ("Ndeysaan," 2001, Mansour Sora Wade, Senegal) |
| Campbell, Elizabeth | CSOM Work & Organizations | EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE OF CONSEQUENCES OF HIGH PERFORMERS AT WORK |
| Craft, Meggan | Veterinary Population Medicine | Infectious diseases in urban coyotes – does land use influence pathogen exposure risk? |
| Dahl, John | Duluth - Biology | Characterization of spore formation in Mycobacteria |
| Deane, Jennifer | Morris - History | Herbert Grundmann and Medieval Religious Historiography |
| Doss, Charles | Statistics, School of | Model Selection and Shape-Constrained Estimation |
| Drewes, Lester | DMed AHC Graduate Program | Seahorse FXe96 Shared Instrument for the Duluth Campus |
| Durgunoglu, Aydin | Duluth - Psychology | Using a Novel Approach to Understand and Reach the Marginalized Youth not in Education or Employment |
| Erickson, Darin | SPH EpiCH Division | A Preliminary Assessment of the Emerging Marijuana Retail Environment |
| Everson-Rose, Susan | MED General Internal Medicine | Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction as an Adjunct Intervention to Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Pilot Study |
| Freedman, Tanya | PHCL Pharmacology Admin | Inflammation overrides a macrophage signal checkpoint in autoimmune disease |
| Genova, Thomas | Morris - Spanish | “Hemispheric Entanglements: Race and the National Family in the Nineteenth-Century Americas" |
| Gilbertson, Rebecca | Duluth - Psychology | Internet Gaming, Cognition, Physiological Response |
| Gopalakrishnan, Rajaram | Dent Oral Pathology, Div of | Canonical BMP Signaling is Required for Osteoclast Formation |
| Gross, Briana | Duluth - Biology | Minnesota Lingonberry: Genetic Markers for Clonal and Genetic Structure |
| Grossman, Julie | Horticultural Sci, Dept of | Shimadzu Total Organic Carbon Autosampling Analyzer (TOC-L) with Simultaneous Total Nitrogen (TNM-L) Measurement |
| Ho, Yen-Yi | SPH Biostatistics Division | Integrating Somatic Mutation and Gene Expression Data to Identify Active Driver Pathways Associated with Cancer Survival |
| Kirk, Laura | SoN Academic Programs | Aerobic Upper Body Ergometry (UBE) for Older Adults in Senior Living Facilities (SLFs): A Feasibility Study |
| Lavine, Howard | Political Science Department | On The Psychological Underpinnings of Electoral Choice in Real Time |
| Li, Yang | Duluth - Math & Statistics | Spatial Point Processes on the Network |
| Lysak, Robert | CSENG Physics & Astron,Schl of | Theory of Kinetic Alfven Waves and Auroral Particle Acceleration |
| McKechnie, Anne | SoN Academic Programs | Development and testing of two self-report instruments for expectant parents after major fetal anomaly diagnosis |
| McNulty, Kieran | Anthropology | Functional morphometry of primate masticatory anatomy |
| Millet, Dylan | Soil, Water & Climate, Dept of | Bridging Micrometeorology and Atmospheric Chemistry: A New Direction For Understanding Land-Atmosphere Interactions |
| Moana Filho, Estephan | Dent TMD & Orofacial, Div of | Multimodal Assessment of Sensory Processing and Brain Features in Patients with Chronic Orofacial Pain |
| Orshinsky, Angela | Plant Pathology, Dept of | Population genetics and biology of Passalora fulva, the causal fungus of tomato leaf mold, in Minnesota |
| Pohlandt-McCormick, Helena | History Department | “THOUSANDS OF VOICES THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PART OF THE NATION’S MEMORY”: LETTERS FROM APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA 1955-1991 |
| Prizment, Anna | SPH EpiCH Division | Pilot Trial to Examine the Effect of Aspirin on the Gut Microbiome |
| Schardt, Christian | Duluth - Earth & Environmental Sci | Small scale microanalysis of rock and mineral textures formed during mineralization |
| Stronach, Sheri | Speech-Language-Hearg Sci Dept | Technology-enhanced early intervention for children with autism: a pilot study |
| Talghader, Joseph | CSENG ECE Admin | Engineering Van der Waal's Gases in Solids |
| Titus, Margaret | GCD MS Department Admin | Mechanism of MyTH-FERM Myosin Mediated Filopod Initiatin |
| Tobin Stanley, Maureen | Duluth - Foreign Languages & Lits | Single-authored BOOK: Justice through Memory: Repression, Oppression and Incarceration in Contemporary Spanish Culture |
| Weiler, Lindsey | FSoS Administration | Caregivers Fostering Mentoring Relationships for Positive Youth Development |
| Wieling, Elizabeth | FSoS Administration | Adapting and piloting of a manualized preventive parenting intervention for Karen refugees |
| Willow, Diane | Art Department | Freedom of Movement |
| Yamada, Tetsuya | Art Department | Ungravity |
| Zhang, Rui | Health Informatics, AHC Inst | Using Electronic Health Records to Validate Literature Discovery-Based Drug-Drug Interactions |
Grant-in-Aid: Summer 2015 Bridge Funding Awards
| Recipient | College/Unit | Description of Research |
|---|---|---|
| Armstrong, Sandra | Microbiology | Iron acquisition in Bordetella pertussis |
| Ghose, Geoffrey | Neuroscience | Neuronal basis of perceptual learning |
| Oh, Sang-Hyun | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Nanopore biosensors for kinetics of reparative human antibodies |
Grant-in-Aid: Spring 2015 Awards
| Recipient | College/Unit | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Allen, Alicia | Family Medicine & Community Health | Smoking Abstinence in Oral Contraceptive Users |
| Aune, Alison | Art & Design | Nordic Pattern Paintings: New Works |
| Banga, Anannya | Stem Cell | A Novel Approach of Imparting Immune Tolerance to Transplanted Beta cells and Islets with Mucin |
| Barr-Anderson, Daheia | Kinesiology | EFFECTS OF YOGA ON BLOOD PRESSURE, STRESS, AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN OVERWEIGHT, AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN |
| Cavender-Bares, Jeannine | Ecology, Evolution & Behavior | Purchase of a High-Resolution Infrared Thermal Camera |
| Cheung, Corjena | Nursing - Adult & Gerontological Health | Effects of yoga on redox status, motor function and psychosocial well-being in individuals with Parkinson’s disease |
| Costalonga, Massimo | Periodontology | Prediction of periodontitis using NMR metabolomics |
| Cunningham, Brooke | Family Medicine & Community Health | From 0 to 100: Building Strong Positive Organizational Climates for Health Equity (UPDATED) |
| Derickson, Kate | Geography | Daisy who WEBE: Decolonizing the archive of the Gullah/Geechee People |
| DeWaard, Jack | Sociology | Immigrants’ Duration of Residence in Places within the United States |
| Dubrow, Gail | History | Preserving Cultural Diversity in America |
| Emo, Wendy | Education | Teaching with Storyline: Benefits for students and teachers |
| Espinoza, Omar | Bioproducts & Biosystems Engineering | Consumer Perceptions Towards Heat-Treated Timber |
| Hadjiyanni, Tasoulla | Design, Housing & Apparel | Toward appropriate transition environments for Native sexually exploited youth |
| Hansen, Kathleen | Journalism & Mass Communication | Future-proofing the News: Preserving News Content in the Digital Age |
| Holtan, Shernan | Medicine - Hema, Onc, Transplant | Microbial, Graft, and Host Interactions in Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation |
| Katre, Aparna | Foreign Languages & Literatures | Design Thinking for the Creation of Sustainable Rural Enterprises in India |
| Kelly, Sam | Physics | Near-inertial internal wave generation and turbulence in Lake Superior |
| Kowino, Hilary | English | The Interface between Home and Belonging in African Literature |
| Larasati, Rachmi Diyah | Theatre Arts & Dance | Dancing in the Forest: Politics of Land Law and Aesthetic Rights |
| Lazovich, DeAnn | Epidemiology & Community Health | Adding new measures of early-life conditions to the Iowa Women's Health Study |
| Mailer, Gideon | History | Slavery and the Splintering of American Moral Philosophy |
| Malvick, Dean | Plant Pathology | Understanding Goss’s Wilt of Corn: Comparative Genomic Analysis of An Emerging Plant Disease |
| Massari, Aaron | Chemistry | Measuring Microscopic Conductivities in Organic Films |
| Matthews, Steve | History | Establishing the Pseudo-Dionysian Manuscripts of Medieval England |
| Mauro, Laura | Animal Science | Sex Hormone Dysfunction in Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer (HBOC) Syndrome |
| McGrath, Jason | Asian Languages & Literatures | New Angles on Chinese Film History |
| Mensinger, Zack | Chemistry | Adsorption of Disease-Relevant Peptides by Metal-Organic Frameworks |
| Nadathur, Gopalan | Computer Science & Engineering | Towards the Verified Compilation of Functional Languages |
| Ponce de Leon, F. | Animal Science | Single-molecule RNA long-sequence (Iso-seqTM) of the bovine liver and testes transcriptome. |
| Robinson, Julia | Architecture | Dutch Complex Housing |
| Shambroom, Paul | Art | Snapshot Theater: Untold stories from 583 Photographs |
| Shank, JB | History | Evangelista Torricelli: A Baroque Life |
| Shirazi, Roozbeh | Educational Policy & Administration | Education is a Weapon: Youth Strategies of Inclusion & Mobility After the Arab Uprisings |
| Silflow, Carolyn | Plant Biology | Regulation of Hydrogenase Gene Expression in Chlamydomonas |
| Spencer, Katherine | Family Medicine & Community Health - Emergency, Opth Ctr | Group Differences and Minority Stress in a Clinical Transgender Population |
| Sullivan, Amanda | Educational Psychology | Classifying Children with Autism: Who Is Most Likely to Have Unmet Health Needs? |
| Vitorino, Maria Ana | Marketing & Logistics Management | The Economic Effects of Cash-for-Clunkers Programs |
| Wang, Haiyang | Computer Science | Going Green and Efficient: High Performance Cloud Virtualization for Heterogeneous Workloads |
| Wilson, Michael | Ecology, Evolution & Behavior | Monitoring unhabituated chimpanzees in and around Gombe National Park, Tanzania |
| Xu, Zhihua | Chemical Engineering | Time-resolved confocal microscopy study on solution-processed solar cells |
Grant-in-Aid: Fall 2014 Awards
| Recipient | College/Unit | Description of Research |
|---|---|---|
| Abdi, Cawo | Sociology | Muslim Refugee Schooling in the Era of School Choice: Ethnocentric Charter Schools in Minnesota |
| Becker, Dennis | Forest Resources | In-Woods Biomass Drying to Increase Energy Value and Reduce Air Emissions |
| Binstadt, Bryce | Pediatrics Rheumatology | Center for Immunology SpeedVac |
| Carpenter, Nancy | Science & Mathematics | Benchtop NMR Spectrometer |
| Cherlin, Michael | Music | Interpenetrating Sound Worlds: Spirituality and Eros in the Music of Mahler and Beyond |
| Chi, Chih-Lin | Nursing | Discover Evidence of Personalized Alzheimer’s Treatment from Electronic Health Records |
| Christiansen, Mary | Civil Engineering (Duluth) | Development of Sustainable Geopolymer Concrete from Regional Materials for Long-Term Durability Testing on UMD Campus |
| Cloyd, James | Experimental & Clinical Pharmacology | Acquisition of a Triple Quad LC-MS System for Translational Research on Orphan Drugs |
| Cohen, Jerry | Horticultural Science | Reveleris Prep Flash Chromatography System |
| Crooker, Brian | Animal Science | WIZARD2 5-detector gamma counter |
| Deane, Bradley | Humanities | Fraudulence, Mystification, and the Improbable Sherlock Holmes |
| Demetriou, Daniel | Humanities | Civic Immortality: Honoring Liberal Heroics in Africa and Abroad |
| Eble, Michael | Humanities | Premier coupe, reflective paintings on the coastal landscape work of Nicolas de Staël |
| Egbue, Ona | Mechanical & Industrial Engineering | OPTIMAL SCHEDULING CONTROL FOR PLUG-IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN A VEHICLE-TO-GRID SYSTEM |
| Feinberg, Joshua | Geology & Geophysics | Thermo Fisher Scientific Niton XL3t 950 Mining Analyzer with GOLDD+ System |
| Fleury, Veronica | Educational Psychology | Understanding the Shared Reading Needs of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and their Caregivers |
| Gehrz, Robert | Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics | Replacement of the Digital Optical Encoders on the Infrared Telescope of the University of Minnesota's O'Brien Observatory |
| Hackel, Benjamin | Chemical Engineering & Materials Science | ProtID: Systematic Evaluation of Small Protein Scaffolds for Molecular Recognition |
| Hinderliter, Brian | Mechanical & Industrial Engineering | The Impact of Chemistry and Topological Distributions on Surface Energy for Composite’s Quality |
| Inoue, Yuhei | Kinesiology | Social Impact Assessment of a Charity Sport Event in Cambodia |
| Lock, Eric | Biostatistics | Methods Development for the Integration of Multi-way Array Datasets |
| Meier, Ann | Sociology | Out-of-School Activities, Social Inequality, and Youth Development |
| Meza, Fernando | Music | The marimba in Costa Rica: Understanding a country's musical legacy through the history and practitioners of a unique instrument. |
| Morris, Rebecca | Hormel Institute | Bridging the gap between macro and micro: imaging, documentation, analysis and dissection |
| Munoz, Lorena | Geography | Recovering Public Space: Violence, Migration and Informal Vending in Bogota, Colombia. |
| Nemykin, Viktor | Chemistry and Biochemistry | Acquisition of Equipment for Mössbauer Spectroscopy |
| Ni, Min | Plant Biology | SHB1 regulates seed development in Arabidopsis |
| Ostrander, Julie | Medicine - Hema, Onc, Transplant | PELP1 and AIB1 cooperate to promote breast cancer initiation |
| Piehler, Timothy | Psychiatry | The Development of Behavioral Measures of Peer Contagion Susceptibility in Adolescence |
| Powers, Jennifer | Ecology, Evolution & Behavior | The Biogeography of Tropical Legumes: Diversity, Function, and Distributions |
| Quevedo, Karina | Psychiatry | The Neural Basis of Self Referential Processing: A Predictor of Treatment Response for Adolescent with Non Suicidal Self Injurious Behaviors (NSSIB) and Interna |
| Rink, Scott | Theatre Arts & Dance | The Illuminations |
| Russell, Matthew | Forest Resources | Assessing the impacts of deer on forest health attributes in the eastern US: current and projected trends |
| Schlauch, Robert | Speech Language Hearing Sciences | Quantifying the role of the middle ear muscle reflex |
| Schreiner, Kathryn | Chemistry and Biochemistry | Organic Carbon Flux from a High-Arctic North American River and its Fate in a Changing Climate |
| Sheagley, Geoff | Political Science | The Political Psychology of Economic Inequality |
| Sheets, Erin | Pharmacy | Molecular crowding effects on protein and vesicle interactions with membranes |
| Shenoy, Chetan | Medicine - Cardiovascular Division | Improved Risk Stratification for Anthracycline Cardiotoxicity with Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| Skaria, Ajay | History | Ambedkar’s Conversions: Hinduism, Law, and Navayana Buddhism |
| Smith, Mark Russell | Music | Bach's St. Matthew Passion Project |
| Stanislav, Andrea | Art | Radio Leningrad -- Forget Your Past: Traveling Solo Museum Exhibition |
| Strasburg, Jared | Biology | Non-Invasive Genetic Estimation of Population Size in Yellowstone Moose |
| Swartz, Teresa | Sociology | It's Not Just Child's Play: How Parents and Kids of Diverse Backgrounds Understand, Access, and Experience Youth Activities |
| Trudo, Sabrina | Food Science & Nutrition | Bridge Funds for Validation of a Newly Developed Biomarker |
| Venturelli, Paul | Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Biology | Developing a framework for standardizing degree-days in fisheries science |
| Viestenz, William | Spanish & Portuguese | Beasts of Burden: Bullfighting and Other Eruptions of the Creaturely in Modern Spain |
| Willette, Michelle | Raptor Center | Is The Raptor Center an Effective Wildlife Disease Surveillance Tool? |
| Xu, Gongjun | Statistics | Efficient Monte Carlo Methods for Random Fields and Random Matrices |
| Zhao, Ping | Mechanical & Industrial Engineering | Carbon Nanotubes Modified Cement-sand Based Piezoelectric Smart Composites |