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Name: Dr. Andrea McQuate   Title: Assistant Professor   Department: Biology   Describe your research in about 200 words. My research focuses on the role of mitochondria in the preservation of hearing and balance. We seek to understand how these “powerhouses of the cell” form morphologies and phenotypes that are specific to cells in the […] Read More

Name: Dr. Lomeli C. Shull   Title: Assistant Professor   Department: Biology   Describe your research in about 200 words. I am a developmental biologist interested in understanding how our complicated facial structures—all the cartilage, bone, and neurons—form. Neural crest cells are a stem-cell like population of cells that give rise to a variety of […] Read More

Name:Dr. Chi Wang Title:Assistant Professor Department:Mechanical Engineering Describe your research in about 200 words.My research focuses on advancing the fundamental understanding of heat transfer across interfaces in microscale during phase change process with advanced experimental and diagnostic technologies to facilitate the development of more efficient energy, heat transfer and thermal management systems. My current research interests include phase […] Read More

Name: Dr. Allyson McGaughey   Title: Assistant Professor   Department: Gerald May Department of Civil, Construction & Environmental Engineering   Describe your research in about 200 words. To mitigate and adapt to climate change, freshwater scarcity, and increasing environmental degradation, we must achieve a circular water economy and, at the same time, confront new (and […] Read More

Name: Dr. Georgios Koutsakis   Title: Assistant Professor   Department: Mechanical Engineering   Describe your research in about 200 words. I  obtained my PhD from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2022, after completing my diploma at the University of Western Macedonia, Kozani, Greece in 2016. I developed techniques to maximize in-cylinder heat insulation while ensuring […] Read More

Name: Dr. Chanee Choi   Title: Assistant Professor   Department: Film and Digital Arts   Describe your research in about 200 words. I am a transdisciplinary artist and educator. I’ve developed a ritualistic craft-based art practice that transcends the conservative and isolationist roots of traditional East Asian craftwork by focusing on a celebration of feminist […] Read More

Name: Dr. Marisa Repasch   Title: Assistant Professor   Department: Earth and Planetary Sciences   Describe your research in about 200 words. My research focuses on understanding the role of Earth surface processes, such as erosion, sediment transport, and weathering, in the global carbon cycle. Climate change and human-driven land disturbance can accelerate erosion, destabilizing […] Read More

Name:Dr. Renée F. Brown Title:Research Assistant Professor Department:Biology  Describe your research in about 200 words.I am an ecosystem ecologist and ecoinformatician with a passion for blending technology with field-based research to explore how dryland ecosystems respond to environmental change. Specifically, I make use of environmental sensor networks and long-term datasets to unravel how changes in climate, along with […] Read More

Name:Kaitlin Bryson Title:Lecturer III Department:Art and Art History Describe your research in about 200 words.I am an ecological/bio artist concerned with environmental and social justice. I primarily work with fungi, plants, microbes, and biodegradable materials to engage more-than-human audiences, while also facilitating human communities through social practice and environmental stewardship. My practice is research-based and most often collaborative, […] Read More