The Chancellor's Grant for Independent Student Research

To the Campus Community: 
 
It is my pleasure to announce the recipients of the Chancellor's Grant for Independent Student Research. I am impressed over these high-quality proposals that demonstrated critical-thinking and creativity of our student body.  Thanks to the faculty evaluators who volunteered their time on this endeavor.
 
Congratulations to the following student researchers and their faculty advisors:

AWARD RECIPIENTS

• Temitope Florence Omolara Akinode (MS Computational Biology)
  Advised by Dr. Benedetto Piccoli: Coupling compartmental models with Markov chains and measure evolution equations 
• Caitlyn Auguste (BS Chemistry)
  Advised by Dr. Georgia Arbuckle-Keil: Microplastics found in NJ stormwater near Rutgers campuses
• Duessa Red Bregaudit (BS Biochemistry)
  Advised by Dr. Jingling Fu: Gold nanoparticle core DNA dendrimer particles
• Grace Grady (MA Psychology)
  Advised by Dr. Sean Duffy: Misgendering and distress
• Grace Grady (MA Psychology)
  Advised by Dr. Ira Roseman: Closing the turnout gap
• Vedangi Hambardikar (PhD Computational Biology)
  Advised by Dr. Maria Solesio: Role of mitochondrial inorganic polyphosphate in maintaining mitocongrial physiology in Huntington's Disease
• Amber Joseph (MFA Creative Writing)
  Advised by Dr. Lauren Grodstein: "The place that we are from" novel thesis manuscript
• Dua Malik (PhD Prevention Science)
  Advised by Dr. Charlotte Markey: Medical and nursing students motives and intentions to discuss patient body image
• Kyra Miler (MS Forensic Science)
  Advised by Dr. Kimberlee Moran: Detection of YFV in Human Remains via Protein Analysis of Dental Pulp
• Michael Morgan (MS Public Affairs & Community Development)
  Advised by Dr. Stephen Danley: A phenomenological understanding of living in an environmental justice community
• Dylan O'Donoghue (PhD Public Affairs & Community Development)
  Advised by Dr. Stephen Danley: Payment in lieu of taxes (PILOTs) to redistribute local power and wealth
• Alberly Perez (MA Psychology)
  Advised by Dr. Ira Roseman: Examining predictors of job-related passion
• Lindsey Riggs (PhD Computational Biology)
  Advised by Dr. Maria Solesio: The role of inorganic polyphosphate in the regulation of the AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) in Alzheimer's disease
• Anthony Sbarra (BS Chemistry, BA Philosophy)
  Advised by Dr. Benedetto Piccoli: Assessing the viral load of covid-19 variants with coupled SIR model analysis
• Ashley Scavuzzo (MS Chemistry)
  Advised by Dr. Georgia Arbuckle-Keil: Identification of vintage plastics using FTIR sampling methods
• Ernest Scoma (PhD Biology/Cellular Biology)
  Advised by Dr. Maria Solesio: Role of H-prune in the metabolism of inorganic polyphosphate in mammalian cells
• Jason Snyder (MA Psychology)
  Advised by Dr. Sean Duffy: Misgendering and emotional distress  
• Helen Stott (PhD Computational Biology)
  Advised by Dr. Nir Yakoby: Surveying expression patterns of Tbox genes mid and H15 across Drosophila species

I applaud the hard work and dedication of these student researchers and look forward to learning more about their work.

Sincerely,
 
Antonio D. Tillis, Ph.D.
Chancellor