Summer 2025 SURE Awardees

Braden Madden

Faculty Name: Brianna Santangelo
Department: Physics
Project Title: Investigation of Students' Subject Interest and Performance.

Cameron Webster

Faculty Name: Erin Olsan
Department: Biological Sciences
Project Title: Ideal glucose concentrations in synthetic nectar for a strain of Erwinia tasmaniensis.

Derrick Twing

Faculty Name: Michael Ray
Department: Physics & Astronomy
Project Title: Microcontroller for low temperature fridge.

Desiree Thomas

Faculty Name: Ron Coleman
Department: Biological Sciences
Project Title: Predicting the weight of fish using various standard measurements.

Desmond Wallace

Faculty Name: Michael Ray
Department: Physics & Astronomy
Project Title: Measurement of thermal conductivity of 3D printed materials using the 3-omega method in a cylindrical geometry.

Diego Escobedo

Faculty Name: Claudia Lucero
Department: Chemistry
Project Title: First Total Synthesis of Lorneic Acid G.

Finn Schmelzer

Faculty Name: David Shimabukuro
Department: Geology
Project Title: Direction of Triassic-Jurassic subduction in Sierra Nevada from kinematic indicators.

Jack Ghirardelli

Faculty Name: Alexander Pettitt
Department: Physics & Astronomy
Project Title: Modeling Star Formation in Galactic Disks: Testing Turbulence-Sensitive Criteria with SPH Simulations.

Jacqueline Tavares

Faculty Name: Linda M. Roberts
Department: Chemistry
Project Title: Solubilization Conditions for a Zebrafish ApoA-I Purification Protocol.

James Tokunaga

Faculty Name: Sayonita Gosh Harja
Department: Math & Statistics
Project Title: Exploring Prospective Teachers' Understanding of Area and Area-units.

Kevin Josh Salimo

Faculty Name: Lani Gleason
Department: Biological Sciences
Project Title: Characterization of genes that are differentially methylated in T. funebralis from Southern vs. Northern California.

Lexie Fitzgerald

Faculty Name: Anna Patterson
Department: Geology
Project Title: Comparing Oxygen Isotopes in Seawater and Foraminifera in the South Pacific Ocean.

Logan Lawrence

Faculty Name: Katherine McReynolds
Department: Chemistry
Project Title: Synthesis of Amino Acid Linkers for Anti-Viral Sulfoglycodendrimers.

Parnian Paravi

Faculty Name: Johannes Bauer
Department: Chemistry
Project Title: Modulation of aggression and longevity by the Cytochrome P450 enzyme Cyp6a20.

Ryder Hilliard

Faculty Name: Andrew Reams
Department: Biological Sciences
Project Title: Examining the Impact of DNA-Damaging Agent Exposure on Stimulating Gene Amplification Mutations in.

Saif Mansoor

Faculty Name: Kelly McDonald
Department: Biological Sciences
Project Title: Barriers and Benefits in Undergraduate Research Experiences: Insights from across the CSU system.

Sophia Lang-Wheeler

Faculty Name: Jackie Houston
Department: Chemistry
Project Title: Oxidation of Birth Control Hormones using Fe3O4@MIL-100(Fe).