Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Awards

This is a summer research opportunity for undergraduate students. However, a faculty mentor needs to be involved in the application (a separate file is attached). Project Grants will be available for up to $500 for supplies, equipment, services and travel directly related to activities for approved research projects. Stipends of up to $5000 will be available for undergraduate students working on approved research projects during the summer.

Deadline: The application for Summer 2024 is now closed.

Summer 2024 SURE Awardees

Avery Lambert

Faculty Name: Jonathan Gilkerson
Department: Biological Sciences
Project Title: Generation and Characterization of PpRALF Mutants in a Model Moss

Belle Glaesman

Faculty Name: Kim Mulligan
Department: Biological Sciences
Project Title: Examining the molecular mechanisms of the gut-brain axis in Drosophila—determining the influence of short chain fatty acids and oxidative stress

Citlalli Garcia

Faculty Name: Chris Lopez
Department: Biological Sciences
Project Title: Evaluation of cell elongation due to environmental stress in Paraclostridium bifermentans

Emma Lopez

Faculty Name: Clint Collins
Department: Biological Sciences
Project Title: How does bipedal hopping attenuate risk in experimentally manipulated light conditions in the field? A test with kangaroor rats.

Lexie Cepeda

Faculty Name: Tim Davidson
Department: Biological Sciences
Project Title: How Burrows of a Crustacean Ecosystem Engineer Affect Survivorship of Intertidal Species

Emily Lam

Faculty Name: Jackie Houston-Edward Wheeler SURE
Department: Chemistry
Project Title: Epoxidation Reactions Using an Iron Catalyst

Maarten Rios

Faculty Name: Claudia Lucero
Department: Chemistry
Project Title: Investigations Into the First Total Synthesis of Lorneic Acid F

Sophia Schultz

Faculty Name: Kathie McReynolds
Department: Chemistry
Project Title: Solid Phase Synthesis of Oligosaccharides Possessing Anti-Viral Potential

Thu Nguyen

Faculty Name: Linda Roberts
Department: Chemistry
Project Title: Amyloid formation in human and canine Apolipoprotein A-I

Austin Flood

Faculty Name: Jennifer Kusler
Department: Geography
Project Title: Tracing Microplastic Contamination: Analyzing the Relationship between Land Use and Microplastic Concentrations in Alpine Lakes of the Trinity Alps

Gabriela Cuellar

Faculty Name: James Wanket
Department: Geography
Project Title: Reconstructing Forest Dynamics and Wildfire Significance on Serpentine Soil in the Klamath Mountains from 1000 AD to Present

Rohit Joshi

Faculty Name: Anna Patterson
Department: Geography
Project Title: Using sediment pH to Identify human-set paleofires

Kristen Kettenhofen

Faculty Name: Julie Griffin
Department: Geology
Project Title: Bioapatite Thermometer in the Modern World

Sheng-Chang Chen

Faculty Name: Santosh Kandel
Department: Mathematics & Statistics
Project Title: A Cut and Paste Approach to Eigenvalues of Graph Laplacian

Sean Currier

Faculty Name: Mikkel Herholdt Jensen
Department: Physics & Astronomy
Project Title: Mechanical testing of plastics degradation under UV exposure