CSR Scholars 2021-2022
Scholars by Major
Name: Garcia, Rachel
Research Mentor: Dr. Tony Marks-Block
Project Title: Acorn and Oak ResearchName: Johnson, Ajahnae
Research Mentor: Dr. Anndretta Wilson
Project Title: Black United States performers who traveled and worked overseas through Jim Crow, Civil Rights, and Black Power eras.Name: Shah, Aarohi
Research Mentor: Dr. Ruth Tinnacher
Project Title: Studying Treatment Options for Sorption-Based Boron Removal from Produced WatersName: Aquino Nambo, Kayla
Research Mentor: Dr. Chris Baysdorfer and Dr. Nazzy Pakpour
Project Title: Microbial Communities in Traditional Fermented Foods
Name: Babacarkhial, Edres
Research Mentor: Dr. Pascale Guiton
Project Title: How do developmentally regulated metabolic enzymes contribute to Toxoplasma stage conversion?
Name: Bal, Avraj
Research Mentor: Dr. Pascal Guiton
Project Title: Understanding the Transcriptional Regulation of Toxoplasma Developmental Differentiation and Virulence
Name: Bouffard, Grant
Research Mentor: Dr. Ana Almeida
Project Title: Genetic diversity of Arctostaphylos densiflora M.S. Baker and its related cultivars: implications for conservation and management.
Name: Cauwels, Austin
Research Mentor: Dr. Ana Almeida
Project Title: Expression of the Abaxial-Adaxial Gene Regulatory Network in the Tendrils of Rosids
Name: Delgado, Maximiliano (Max)
Research Mentor: Dr. Ana Almeida
Project Title: Chloroplast Genome Evolution in a Rapid Radiating Neotropical Clade
Name: Dhungana, Namrata
Research Mentor: Dr. Chris Baysdorfer and Dr. Nazzy Pakpour
Project Title: Fermentation
Name: Gee, Michelle
Research Mentor: Dr. Chris Baysdorfer and Dr. Nazzy Pakpour
Project Title: Microbial Communities In Traditional Fermented Foods
Name: Iglesia, Elizabeth (Liz)
Research Mentor: Dr. Maria Gallegos
Project Title: Does atg-2 play a role in the refinement of PLM dendrite morphology?
Name: Jalala, Hamed
Research Mentor: Dr. James Murray
Project Title: Magneto-sensory orientation discrepancies across different populations of the sea slug Tritonia tetraquetra when undergoing magnetic field rotations
Name: Jattan, Namrisha
Research Mentor: Dr. Ana Almeida
Project Title: Plant Microbiome
Name: Kalavadia, Aashaka
Research Mentor: Dr. Divya Sitaraman
Project Title: Oviposition Project
Name: Lam, Sharon
Research Mentor: Dr. Ana Almeida
Project Title: A transcriptomic approach to the evolution of metabolic pathways of medicinal interest in the genus Arctostaphylos
Name: Low, Jennifer
Research Mentor: Dr. Divya Sitaraman
Project Title: Neural Connectivity Underlying Sleep and Wake Regulation in Drosophila melanogaster
Name: Luu, Ryan
Research Mentor: Dr. Monika Sommerhalter
Project Title: Pistachio Project
Name: Martinez, Cynthia
Research Mentor: Dr. Pascale Guiton
Project Title: How do Serine-Arginine-Rich (SR) Proteins contribute to the regulation of alternative splicing during Toxoplasma gondii developmental differentiation?
Name: Mendoza, Destiny
Research Mentor: Dr. Jenny Hazlehurst
Project Title: Endangered/Threatened California Native Plant Pollination Survey
Name: Moreno, Alejandra
Research Mentor: Dr. Ana Almeida
Project Title: Evolution of Compounds of Medicinal Interest in the Genus Arctostaphylos
Name: Nguyen, Emily
Research Mentor: Dr. Maria Gallegos
Project Title: CRISPR editing of sax-1 gene in C. elegans
Name: Novoa, Jennifer
Research Mentor: Dr. Chris Baysdorfer and Dr. Nazzy Pakpour
Project Title: How does type 2 diabetes alter the immune response of a host to malaria infection?
Name: Parihar, Bharti
Research Mentor: Dr. Ana Almeida
Project Title: The Dynamics of Plantlet Development in Kalanchoe marnieriana
Name: Patino, Serena
Research Mentor: Dr. Kenneth Curr
Project Title: Identification of Toll-Like Receptors in the Hemolymph of Nudibranch Tritonia tetraquetra
Name: Powell-Ford, Marcus
Research Mentor: Dr. James Murray
Project Title: Phenotypic Plasticty vs Local Adaptation in T. exsulans
Name: Prasad, Natisha
Research Mentor: Dr. Claudia Stone
Project Title: Does my gene have a connection and impact in the Insulin Pathway in D. Melanogaster?
Name: Quach, Austin
Research Mentor: Dr. Ana Almeida
Project Title: Are Carex albida L.H. Bailey and Carex lemmonii W. Boot ‘genomic synonyms’? Genomic comparisons within Carex lemmonii for conservation purposes.
Name: Quintana, Taylor
Research Mentor: Dr. Ram Kandasamy
Project Title: The effects of β-caryophyllene on pain relief and activity in rats models of chronic inflammatory pain.
Name: Renteria, Maria
Research Mentor: Dr. Pascale Guiton
Project Title: How does the developmentally regulated enzyme, glucose-6-phosphate isomerase, contribute to stage conversion during Toxoplasma pathogenesis?
Name: Reyes, Martin
Research Mentor: Dr. Divya Sitaraman
Project Title: Dopamine regulation of sleep and wakefulness
Name: Riaz, Aa’ishah
Research Mentor: Dr. Kathryn Hayes
Project Title: Returning to the Classroom: Supporting Teacher Competency
Name: Shammi, Tahmina
Research Mentor: Stone, Claudia
Project Title: Transcriptomics to Unravel Sucrose Signaling in White lupin
Name: Tefera, Scarlet
Research Mentor: Dr. Maria Gallegos
Project Title: Creating a fluorescent Protein Knock in by CRISPR
Name: Woolbright, Katherine
Research Mentor: Dr. Pascale Guiton
Project Title: How does ROP23 contribute to Toxoplasma gondii virulence?
Name: Prasad, Shaneil
Research Mentor: Stephanie Zaleski
Project Title: Constructing a Quantitative Model for SERS Analysis of Mixtures of Natural Dyes
Name: Reyes, Roelyne
Research Mentor: Marlin Halim
Project Title: Aptamer Based Imaging Agent Gd-DTPA
Name: Mendoza, Auzeen
Research Mentor: Dr. Grant Kien
Project Title: A qualitative case study of d/Deaf communication in a non-English speaking home
Name: Jain, Dikshant Pravin
Research Mentor: Dr. Lynne Grewe
Project Title: “AutoGuide”: Self Correction through Personalized Video Generation for Improved Video Activity Performance
Name: Jeong, Minsol
Research Mentor: Dr. Zahra Derakhshandeh
Project Title: Online Learning System For Specially-abled Students
Name: Kakarla, Manish
Research Mentor: Dr. James Tandon
Project Title: Machine learning Accelerator Project
Name: Lao, Henry
Research Mentor: Dr. JamesTandon
Project Title: ML Accelerator
Name: LaRussa, Michael
Research Mentor: Dr. Fay Zhong
Project Title: Social XR Program Development
Name: Morfin Montes, Luis
Research Mentor: Dr. Jesus Oliver
Project Title: Multiple Measures and Student Math Success
Name: Mutyala, Soumya Sri
Research Mentor: Dr. James Tandon
Project Title: Machine Learning Accelerator Project
Name: Rathore, Nilesh
Research Mentor: Dr. Fay Zhong
Project Title: At Home Driving School - Training with Extended Reality
Name: Sharmila Bolikoppa Palakshappa, Fnu
Research Mentor: Dr. Zahra Derakhshandeh
Project Title: Machine Learning of Induced Seismicity Associated with Fluid Injection in Oklahoma
Name: Soni, Gorav
Research Mentor: Dr. James Tandon
Project Title: Modular Quadcopter Drone System
Name: Su, Wenjin
Research Mentor: Dr. James Tandon
Project Title: Relative Positioning System
Name: Torres, Sandra
Research Mentor: Dr. Andrea Arauza-Rivera
Project Title: Towers of Hanoi and its Configuration Space Related to the Sierpinski's Gasket
Name: Truong, Tiffany
Research Mentor: Dr. Fay Zhong
Project Title: VR gaming
Name: Harland Kira
Research Mentor: Zachary Pietrantoni
Project Title: Transition into the Unknown: A qualitative study on adolescents transitioning to physical instruction after 18-months of virtual learning
Name: Lopez, Vanessa
Research Mentor: Zachary Pietrantoni
Project Title: Transition into the Unknown: A qualitative study on adolescents transitioning to physical instruction after 18-months of virtual learning
Name: Pena, Janet
Research Mentor: Dr. Zachary Pietrantoni
Project Title: Child Maltreatment in Schools: A Survey of School Counselors and Teachers Roles and Responsibilities
Name: Richardson Brittney
Research Mentor: Dr. Zachary Pietrantoni
Project Title: Transition into the Unknown: A qualitative study on adolescents transitioning to physical instruction after 18-months of virtual learningName: Williams, Evelyn
Reseach Mentor: Dr. Anndretta Wilson
Project Title: Black United States performers
Name: Hopkins, Tiffany
Reseach Mentor: Dr. Patty Oikawa
Project Title: Greening the Biosphere through Nature-Based Climate Solutions: A Study of the Phenology of a Compost-Amended Rangeland System
Name: Torres, Isabel
Reseach Mentor: Dr. Anndretta Wilson
Project Title: An Investigation of Belowground Processes that Regulate Carbon Cycling in Compost-Amended Rangelands
Name: Campbell, Torren
Research Mentor: Dr. Jean Moran
Project Title: Sustainable Groundwater Management for San Pablo Creek During Drought
Name: Abdullahi, Fathudin
Research Mentor: Michael Stanton
Project Title: Association between COVID-19 Stressors and Health Behaviors: Results from the Global PsyCorona Study
Name: Aggalut, Leizel
Research Mentor: Dr. Valerie Smith
Project Title: Emergency Response of Medical Professionals During COVID-19
Name: Basi, Sharn
Research Mentor: Dr. Patty Oikawa
Project Title: Analyzing Methanotrophic Communities in Compost Treated Grasslands
Name: Chao, Cassandra
Research Mentor: Dr. Juleen Lam
Project Title: Air quality in marginalized communities and associated public health impacts
Name: Corte, Leslie
Research Mentor: Ryan Gamba
Project Title: Food Insecurity Study
Name: Faruqi, Sophia
Research Mentor: Dr. Arnab Mukherjea
Project Title: RCMAR South Asian Colorectal Cancer Intervention Effectiveness Study
Name: Jones, Adriana
Research Mentor: Dr. Steven Cleveland
Project Title: Black Pioneer project
Name: Kanhai, Elizabeth
Research Mentor: Dr. Arnab Mukherjea
Project Title: Understanding Potential Influence of Social, Cultural, and Historical Traumas on Health of Diverse South Asian Communities in California
Name: Lopez, Seanne
Research Mentor: Dr. Valerie Smith
Project Title: Emergency Response of Medical Professionals During COVID-19
Name: Marroquin, Jackelyn
Research Mentor: Dr. Patty Oikawa
Project Title: Methane synthesis across tidal wetlands
Name: Scott, Kellen
Research Mentor: Dr. Ryan Gamba
Project Title: AB 74 Food Insecurity Studies
Name: Tran, Christine
Research Mentor: Dr. Nidhi Khosla
Project Title: South Asian youth healthcare decision making
Name: Tran, Savanna
Research Mentor: Dr. Arnab Mukherjea
Project Title: COVID-19 among Asian and Pacific Islander
Name: Hill, Edward
Research Mentor: Dr. Steven Cleveland
Project Title: Black Excellence Project/ A King in Paradise
Name: Mariano, Isabella
Research Mentor: Dr. Linda Ivey
Project Title: "La Voce del Popolo" newspaper (1867-1943). Italian immigration in San Francisco and their impact on Californian society
Name: Saffen, Rachel
Research Mentor: Dr. Saehya Ann
Project Title: Using Artificial Intelligence to Implement Sustainability Measures in the Hospitality Industry
Name: Abdulkhaliq, Raneen
Research Mentor: Dr. Albert Mendoza
Project Title: Feasibility and Effectiveness of an Online Exercise Group to Promote Physical Activity in Chronic Aphasia
Name: Clemens, Mason
Research Mentor: Dr. Jenny O
Project Title: Efficacy of weighted throwing implements on performance and incidence of injurty in baseball pitchers
Name: Cruz, Angelica Renee
Research Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Sherwood
Project Title: Physical Activity Promotion via Social Media
Name: Cruz, Samantha
Research Mentor: Dr. Albert Mendoza
Project Title: Feasibility and Effectiveness of an Online Exercise Group to Promote Physical Activity in Chronic Aphasia
Name: Lupercio, Judith
Research Mentor: Dr. Albert Mendoza
Project Title: Feasibility and Effectiveness of an Online Exercise Group to Promote Physical Activity in Chronic Aphasia
Name: Niranjan, Sita
Research Mentor: Dr. Vanessa Yingling
Project Title: Meta-Analysis - Muscle and Bone
Name: Reyes, Carina
Research Mentor: Dr. Albert Mendoza
Project Title: Feasibility and Effectiveness of an Online Exercise Group to Promote Physical Activity in Chronic Aphasia
Name: Ruiz Mena, Patricia
Research Mentor: Dr. Cathy Inouye and Dr. Jennifer Sherwood
Project Title: Relationship Between Body Composition and Sit-to-Stand Power in Older Adults
Name: Van Horn, Emily
Research Mentor: Dr. Vanessa Yingling
Project Title: Bone Robusticity in Youth
Name: Vatuvei, Roshetta
Research Mentor: Dr. Cathy Inouye and Dr. Jennifer Sherwood
Project Title: The Relationship Between Muscle Strength, Power, and Bone Strength in Healthy, Community-Dwelling Adults Age 60 Years and Older
Name: White, Michael
Research Mentor: Dr. Vanessa Yingling
Project Title: Muscle power and bone strengthName: George, Joshua
Research Mentor: Dr. Shirely Yap
Project Title: Covid Modelling with Mathematics and Code
Name: Gorostiza, Gabrielle
Research Mentor: Dr. Amy Furniss
Project Title: Gamma Ray Galaxies and Void Spaces along the Line of Sight
Name: McNeill, Amber
Research Mentor: Dr. Jesus Oliver
Project Title: Qualitative Analysis of SPIPS Data
Name: Mwamba, Gregory
Research Mentor: Dr. Jesus Oliver
Project Title: Blow up of Klein Gorgon Equation in Cosmological Spacetimes
Name: Davis, Julian
Research Mentor: Dr. Kathryn Grimm
Project Title: Radiation Damage to the ATLAS Detector: Finding a New Predictive Model
Name: Duenas, Mario
Research Mentor: Dr. Ryan Smith
Project Title: Probing the transient terahertz response of quantum dots
Name: Interiano, Andres
Research Mentor: Dr. Derek Kimball
Project Title: Dark matter search with magnetometers
Name: Salaam, Kadeef
Research Mentor: Dr. Anndretta Wilson
Project Title: Golden Gate Quartet Project
Name: Abraham, Kimberly
Research Mentor: Dr. Jeri Little
Project Title: Memorization Versus Rule Abstraction as a Function of Sequence and Category Learning
Name: Caballero Galvan, Omar
Research Mentor: Dr. Murray Horne
Project Title: Horne Lab Studies rodent models of spatial navigation and associative learning
Name: Chin, Christopher
Research Mentor: Dr. Ram Kandasamy
Project Title: Non-opioid therapy for pain management
Name: Karlin, Rachel
Research Mentor: Dr. Jeri Little
Project Title: Interleaving is better than blocking for memorizers, but blocking is better than interleaving for finding a rule (even with a delay)
Name: Khosravi, Sepehr
Research Mentor: Dr. Natalie Ingraham and Dr. Amara Miller
Project Title: The Experiences of Fatphobia Among the Iranian Women Population
Name: Liu, Jiaqi
Research Mentor: Dr. Jeri Little
Project Title: Examining relationships between learning modalities and narrative vs expositional content.
Name: Mckay, Ann
Research Mentor: Dr. Murray Horne
Project Title: Rats and Spacial Awareness
Name: Naidu, Rinisha
Research Mentor: Dr. Liz Kyonka
Project Title: Functional Assessment of Social Media
Name: Nepangue, Jexy An
Research Mentor: Dr. Jeri Little
Project Title: The Effect of Delay on Memorization vs. Rule-Abstractors as a Function of Sequence and Category Learning
Name: Passoni, Daniela
Research Mentor: Dr. Murray Horne
Project Title: Rodent models of spatial navigation and associative learning
Name: Ron, Katiana
Research Mentor: Dr. Ram Kandasamy
Project Title: Solutions for Pain relief
Name: Torres, Ezekiel
Research Mentor: Dr. Liz Kyonka
Project Title: The Gaming Consequences Questionnaire
Name: Anderson, Morgan
Research Mentor: Dr. Katrina Nicholas
Project Title: Input Variability Enhances Adjective Learning in 30mo old Late Talkers
Name: Angstadt-Leto, Eli
Research Mentor: Dr. Eve Higby
Project Title: Tracking the development of two inflectional suffixes in Mandarin-English bilingual children
Name: Armstrong, Simone
Research Mentor: Dr. Elena Dukhovny
Project Title: Short-term and long-term support strategies for families of children who are learning to use Speech Generating Devices
Name: Biblin, Carley
Research Mentor: Dr. Katrina Nicholas
Project Title: Predictors of denominal verb use among typically developing and late talking toddlers
Name: Brandt, Jiana
Research Mentor: Dr. Pradeep Ramanathan
Project Title: Constrained Hemisphere Aphasia Therapy
Name: Do, Jennifer
Research Mentor: Dr. Eve Higby and Dr. Katrina Nicholas
Project Title: Mandarin Bilingual English Development
Name: Evans, Hannah
Research Mentor: Dr. Eve Higby
Project Title: Understanding Bilingual Language Processes through Cross-Language Interactions
Name: Gunari, Siena
Research Mentor: Dr. Elena Dukhovny
Project Title: Short-term and long-term support strategies for families of children who are learning to use Speech Generating Devices
Name: Hayashi, Haley
Research Mentor: Dr. Michelle Gravier
Project Title: Interdisciplinary Mindfulness and Self-Acceptance Aphasia Group
Name: Helen, Priscilla
Research Mentor: Dr. Katrina Nicholas
Project Title: Gains in Late Talkers: Verb-Learning by Varying Argument Structure
Name: Konatalapalli, Soujanya
Research Mentor: Dr. Pradeep Ramanathan
Project Title: Intensive cognitive rehabilitation therapy for chronic traumatic brain injury: evidence of training-induced neuroplasticity
Name: Marshall, Amy
Research Mentor: Dr. Pradeep Ramanathan
Project Title: CRT and CHAT Investigations
Name: Miller, Chelsea
Research Mentor: Dr. Pradeep Ramanathan
Project Title: Constrained Hemisphere Aphasia Treatment (CHAT)
Name: Morales, Rocio
Research Mentor: Dr. Elena Dukhovny
Project Title: Short-term and long-term support strategies for families of children who are learning to use Speech Generating Devices.
Name: Myngheer, Jessica
Research Mentor: Dr. Pradeep Ramanathan
Project Title: Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy for Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury
Name: Roth, Connie
Research Mentor: Dr. Pradeep Ramanathan
Project Title: Intensive Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy for Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury
Name: Setness, Katelynn
Research Mentor: Dr. Michelle Gravier
Project Title: Interdisciplinary mindfulness and self acceptance aphasia group
Name: Thies, Christy
Research Mentor: Dr. Michelle Gravier
Project Title: Impact of long term participation in aphasia choirs on well being and identity
Name: Tollast, Alexandria
Research Mentor: Dr. Eve Higby
Project Title: Exploring Cross-Linguistic Treatment Effects in Bilingual Individuals with Aphasia
Name: Yanonis, Crystal
Research Mentor: Dr. Elena Dukhovny
Project Title: Short-term and long-term support strategies available with technology purchase for families of children who are learning to use Speech Generating Devices