Recent CARAS Project Grant Recipients

2022-2023

Spring 2023

Sofia Angelini, Painting, Tyler School of Art and Architecture
Mentor: Gerard Brown, Tyler School of Art and Architecture: Painting
Exploring Life (Mortality, Vulnerability, and Control) through Deer Painting

Russell Berg, Architecture, Tyler School of Art and Architecture
Mentor: Stephen Anderson, Tyler School of Art and Architecture: Architecture & Environmental Design
The Dynamics of Life in Romaldo Girurgola's Architecture: Human Activity in Project and Purpose

Deejay Bosca, Printmaking, Tyler School of Art and Architecture
Mentor: Hester Stinnett, Tyler School of Art and Architecture: Printmaking
Points of Release

Haoyang Chen, Ryunoshin Fujinomaki, Rere Matsumoto, Ietta Cosette Veeder, Psychological Studies, Temple University Japan
Mentor: Suzi Zimmerman, Temple University Japan Psychology
The Impact of Secondary Education Backgrounds and TUJ's Bridge Program on the Academic Adaptability of Japanese Undergraduate Students: A Case Study of Temple University Japan Campus

Johanna Dam, Biology, College of Science and Technology
Mentor: Seonhee Kim, Lewis Katz School of Medicine: Neural Sciences
The Role of Yap/Taz in Periventricular Heterotopia Formation

Nathan Duda, Genomic Medicine, College of Science and Technology
Mentor: Rob Kulathinal, College of Science and Technology: Biology
Duplicate genes and the evolution of functional diversity

Trinity Flores, Horticulture, Tyler School of Art and Architecture
Mentor: Josh Caplan, Tyler School of Art and Architecture: Horticulture (Ambler)
Soil Respiration in Temple's Tornado-Damaged Forest

Madeline Funk, Psychology, College of Liberal Arts
Mentor: Mathieu Wimmer, College of Liberal Arts: Psychology and Neuroscience
Investigating cognitive deficits elicited by chronic heroin self-administration in male and female rats

Caroline George, Neuroscience, College of Liberal Arts
Mentor: Ingrid Olson, College of Liberal Arts: Psychology and Neuroscience
Little Brain, Big Interactions: Examining functional connectivity between the cerebellum and the cortex for emotional processing

Fall 2022

Sneha Gonipati, Biology and Data Science, College of Science and Technology
Mentor: Abul Kashem, Temple University Hospital: Cardiovascular
Sequential Endothelial Function Assessment of Lung Transplantation

Rohan Harolikar, Biology, College of Science and Technology
Mentor: Jonathan Soboloff, Lewis Katz School of Medicine: Fels Cancer Center
Geranyltransferases are endogenous regulators of store-operated calcium entry

Shely Khaikin, Psychology, College of Liberal Arts
Mentor: Eunice Chen, College of Liberal Arts: Psychology
Ultraprocessed Food Effects and Liking and Wanting of Unprocessed/Minimally Processed and Highly Processed Food

Shelby Kubicka, Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies, College of Liberal Arts
Mentor: Jennifer Pollitt, College of Liberal Arts: Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies
Dobbs V. Jackson Women's Health Organization: Gender Stereotypes and Assumptions in the Language of the Supreme Court

Yulduz Masharifova, Painting, Tyler School of Art and Architecture
Mentor: Gerard Brown, Tyler School of Art and Architecture: Painting
Memory and Space

Mya McKeownn, Communication and Social Influence, Klein College of Media and Communication
Mentor: Bruce Hardy, Klein College of Media and Communication: Communication and Social Influence
Where the pipeline starts: the media habits of Qanon

Qianwei Shi, Communications Production Track, Temple University Japan
Mentor: Ronald Carr: Temple University Japan: Communication Studies
Mascara by XG Produced by NLG Entertainment

Timothy Shill, Art, Temple University Japan
Mentor: Ian Lynam, Temple University Japan: Art
Subtle Positive Change

Ian Stonefield, Ecology, Evolution & Biodiversity, College of Science and Technology
Mentor: Mariana Bonfim, College of Science and Technology, Biology
Influence of transportation networks and environmental conditions on spotted lanternfly invasion

Kuralai Zholdosh kyzy, Neuroscience, College of Science and Technology
Mentor: Barbara Krynska, Lewis Katz School of Medicine: Neural Sciences
Altered neuronal development in Myelomeningocele

2021-2022

Spring 2022

Alexandra Arnold, Biology, College of Science and Technology
Mentor: Nancy Pleshko, College of Engineering: Bioengineering
Spina Bifida (Myelomeningocele) in a Fetal Rat Model

Gannon Blair, Painting, Tyler School of Art and Architecture
Mentor: Gerard Brown, Tyler School of Art and Architecture: Painting
Pigment and Vehicle

Eliot Curtis, Theater and English, School of Theater, Film and Media Arts
Mentor: Lindsay Goss, School of Theater, Film and Media Arts: Theater
Seven Against Gaea

Jared Ford, Biology, College of Science and Technology
Mentor: Robert Stanley, College of Science and Technology: Chemistry
Mutating a Salt Bridge in Photolyase and its Effect on DNA Repair

Chloe Gesing, Communication and Social Influence, Klein College of Media and Communication
Mentor: Bruce Hardy, Klein College of Media and Communication: Communication and Social Influence
The Impact of Citizen Comments on Political Polarizattion and Intolerance through Nextdoor

Brianna Kline-Costa-Chavez, Political Science, College of Liberal Arts
Mentor: Jessica Stanton, College of Liberal Arts: Political Science
'To Kill a Woman is to Kill Life': Gendered Violence in the Guatemalan Civil War

Parker Naugle, Criminal Justice, College of Liberal Arts
Mentor: Aunshul Rege, College of Liberal Arts: Criminal Justice
Examining the Use of Crypto Currency Wallets in Young Adults

Julianna Sims, Math and Spanish, College of Science and Technology and College of Liberal Arts
Mentor: Jeromy Sivek, College of Science and Technology: Math
An Exploration of Fixed Point Theory

Fall 2021

Chloe Gehret, Ecology, Evolution, and Biodiversity, College of Science and Technology
Mentor: Amy Freestone, College of Science and Technology: Biology
Tree Population in Eastern Deciduous Forests

Naz Khoury, Visual Studies, Tyler School of Art and Architecture
Mentor: Alexa Firat, College of Liberal Arts: Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Studies
The Celebration of Queerness in Arabic Literary Tradition

Camryn Krumbhaar, Neuroscience, College of Liberal Arts
Mentor: Mathieu Wimmer, College of Liberal Arts: Psychology
Transgenerational Effects of Paternal Morphine Use on Adolescent (F1) Drug-Taking Behavior

Mary Malark, Printmaking, Tyler School of Art and Architecture
Mentor: Kakyoung Lee, Tyler School of Art and Architecture: Art
Beneath the Flowers- Print Series

Oliver Mayman, Jazz Performance, Boyer College of Music and Dance
Mentor: Terell Stafford, Boyer College of Music and Dance: Instrumental Studies
Innovating on the Vibraphone: Exploring Advanced Dampening and Pianistic Techniques for the Instrument

Willow Neske, Bioengineering, College of Engineering
Mentor: Heyang Yuan, College of Engineering: Civil and Environmental Engineering
Employing Bioelectrochemical Systems to Enrich Cultures Capable of EET-Mediated Anammox

Kathryn Receveur, Glass and Sculpture, Tyler School of Art and Architecture
Mentor: Jessica Jane Julius, Tyler School of Art and Architecture: Art
Past Mending

Zoe Turner, Bioengineering, College of Engienering
Mentor: Evangelia Bellas, College of Engineering: Bioengineering
Effect of Obesity on Lymphangio genesis Using On-Chip Adipose Tissue and Lymphatic Vessel Model

Steven Valera, Glass and Printmaking, Tyler School of Art and Architecture
Mentor: Amze Emmons, Tyler School of Art and Architecture: Art
Past is Future

Mary Watkins, Art, Temple University Japan
Mentor: Shinya Watanabe, Temple University Japan: Art
Sexual Anatomy (Assault, Consent, and Healing)

Allyson Yu, Management Information Systems, Fox School of Business
Mentor: Steven Fleming, College of Science and Technology: Chemistry
Lack of Accessibility in STEM Educational Resources

2020-2021

Spring 2021

Israel Aron, Mathematics and Physics, College of Science and Technology
Mentor: Boris Datskovsky, College of Science and Technology: Mathematics
Music and Mathematics: Exploring Basic Algebraic Properties

Ricardo Fortuna, Neuroscience, College of Liberal Arts
Mentor: Mathieu Wimmer, College of Liberal Arts: Psychology
Defining a Reinforcer- and Sex-Specific Behavioral Signature of Craving in Rodents

Nicholas Fry, College of Science and Technology: Biochemistry
Mentor: Darius Balciunas, College of Science and Technology: Biology
Epitope Tagging Zebrafish Tbx5a

Samuel Hall, Political Science, College of Liberal Arts
Mentor: Alexandra Guisinger, College of Liberal Arts: Political Science
Opinion Generation on Arms Exports 

Robert Hartnett, Public Relations, Klein College of Media and Communication
Mentor: Meghnaa Tallapragada, Klein College of Media and Communication: Advertising & Public Relations
Veterans Integrating into Civilian/Family Life Post Deployment

Srikar Katta, Mathematics and Computer Science, College of Science and Technology
Mentor: David Smith, College of Liberal Arts: Psychology
Using Google Trends to Estimate the Effects of Disasters on Donations Behavior

Mark Klobukov, Physics, College of Science and Technology
Mentor: Jim Napolitano, College of Science and Technology: Physics
Estimation and Stimulation of the Levchuk Effect in Moller Polarimeters

Emma LaFaver, Music Therapy, Boyer College of Music and Dance
Mentor: Mansi Shah, College of Liberal Arts: Neuroscience
Using Music Therapy to Induce LTP in Neurodegenerative Conditions

Julia McDonnell, Biochemistry, College of Science and Technology
Mentor: Seonhee Kim, Lewis Katz School of Medicine: Neural Sciences
The Role of p53-Mediated Cell Death on BubR1-Related microcephaly in the Cortex and Cerebellum

Alexandra Rosen, Music and Sociology, Boyer College of Music and Dance and College of Liberal Arts
Mentor: Noriko Manabe, Boyer College of Music and Dance: Music Studies
Formation of Dutch-Indonesian Identity in Indorock 

Fall 2020

Alisha Arora, Neuroscience, College of Science and Technology
Mentor: Johanna Jarcho, College of Liberal Arts: Psychology
An Investigation of the Underlying Neural Mechanisms of Social Anxiety and Intolerance to Uncertainty

Scott Blender, Mathematical Economics, College of Liberal Arts
Mentor: Douglas Webber, College of Liberal Arts: Economics
Using Human-Centered Mobility to Predict Economic Recovery During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Patrick Case, Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering; Celine Miro, Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering
Mentor: Dmitriy Dikin, College of Engineering: Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Performance of Antimicrobial Coatings on Everyday Surfaces

Annica Chiu, Information Science and Technology, College of Science and Technology
Mentor: Slobodan Vucetic, College of Science and Technology: Computer and Information Sciences
Computer Science Programs Ranking Based on Faculty Citations

Diba Atar, Bioengineering, College of Engineering
Mentor: Xavier Grana-Amat, Lewis Katz School of Medicine: Fels Cancer Institute
Optimization of immortalization of human primary normal and patient-derived PCa cells

Evan Haley, Chemistry, College of Science and Technology
Mentor: Vinay Parikh, College of Liberal Arts: Psychology and Neuroscience
Choline Transporter Ubiquitination as a Trait Marker in Sign Tracking and Addiction

Thomas Hernandez, Communication Studies and Political Science, Klein College of Media and Communication and College of Liberal Arts
Mentor: Scott Gratson, Klein College of Media and Communication: Communication Studies
Radicalization in the Age of COVID-19

Henry Morales, Painting, Tyler School of Art and Architecture
Mentor: Odili Donald Odita, Tyler School of Art and Architecture: Art
"Aqui Chambeando"

Alyssa Veneziale, Health Professions, College of Public Health
Mentor: Nancy Pleshko, College of Engineering: Bioengineering
Can a bone growth peptide improve bone quality in mice with a collagen deficiency