Theo Danial
Although overt discrimination and hostility towards gay men and lesbian women appear to be declining in America, negative attitudes and implicit stereotypes remain widespread. During the past semesters, I have worked with results from online studies and run in-person studies looking for connections between intersecting social identities like gender, race, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status and the impact of these social identities on different stereotypes related to gender (a)typicality. Over the summer, I will continue examining the relationship between implicit and explicit attitudes and hopefully draw conclusions about the effects […]
Lejun Shen
The lymphatic system plays an important role in tissue fluid regulation and immune response. The project is to investigate the molecular mechanisms underlying lymphatic formation and implications in ocular diseases. Various lab techniques will be involved in the study.
Sarthak Bhatnagar
This summer, I will be continuing my research with the Berkeley Risk and Security Lab. I will be examining evolutions in the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) nuclear decision-making and force posture and command and control shifts in the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). With a particular emphasis on the maritime domain and naval deterrence, I will be researching escalation pathways for conflict in the Indo-Pacific, as well as the impact of bureaucratic politics on PRC doctrine. This project will culminate in a tabletop exercise that aims to answer how US […]
Lucia Boadas Pena
The goal of our qualitative study is to examine the experiences of Latinx immigrant, transitional age youth (18-24 years old) who are transitioning from childhood to adulthood (a “protected” status to undocumented and unprotected). This study aims to better understand immigrant TAY social service needs and assist in building the capacity of child welfare systems to effectively serve immigrant transitional age youth by enhancing practice and policies. This summer, I will assist with data collection (semi-structured interviews and focus groups), coding and categorizing excerpts into themes, building our codebook, and […]
Tiffany Truong
Genista monspessulana (French broom) is a European shrub invasive in California. As a legume, it has a mutualistic relationship with Bradyrhizobium, soil bacteria that infect its roots, live in nodules, and fix atmospheric nitrogen in exchange for sugars. Our lab has been exploring the relationships between bacteriophages and Bradyrhizobium collected from California and European populations of French broom. We’ve encountered some stubborn strains (they don’t grow easily) and are now investigating their requirements to achieve higher density. We’re examining a range of factors, from nutrient limitations to pH changes resulting […]
Xinze Guo
The 21cm signal, generated by the spin-flip transition of a neutral hydrogen atom, is crucial for exploring the universe’s earliest phases before the formation of stars and galaxies. The Mapper of the IGM Spin Temperature (MIST) is a new radio experiment designed to detect this signal, where understanding the antenna’s beam directivity is crucial for correctly recovering the signal. However, the traditional method of beam model simulations are time-consuming and hard to manipulate, so developing an analytical model is essential for extracting 21 cm lines effectively. Under the guidance of […]
Neil Solanki
I plan to continue my ongoing research on wild fire sensing elements, specifically ones we can integrate with our existing tensegrity robots. Furthermore I plan to investigate the correlation between various light sources, range, and methane sensitivity, for non contact methane detection. And finally I plan do do some calibration and trace methane detection with existing sensor setups.
Jinsheng Li
Mercury, a planet located so far from the Earth, has long eluded the attention of many astrophysicists. Its proximity to the Sun poses difficulties for astronomical observations and spacecraft missions. Recently, NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft mission demystified Mercury, allowing us to finally probe Mercury’s composition and structure. This research project will delve into the data collected by MESSENGER’s Magnetometer and the Energetic Particle and Plasma Spectrometer, focusing on periods with heightened solar activity, identified based on magnetic field and solar wind parameters.
Heidi J. Parrott – Buratti
GR-2 — located in Ghost Ranch, New Mexico — is well known for its ceramic artifacts; however, minimal studies of past Ancestral communities’ placemaking and food strategies have been conducted. In my research, I am identifying changes in prey species distribution in the archaeological record to understand shifts in past culinary and butchery practices throughout time. Additionally, the species distribution of animal remains will provide greater insight into how the environmental changes affected human/animal interactions.
Neha Jag
SAV is a mitochondrial protein in Arabidopsis thalaiana whose over expression results in the formation of globular mitochondrial bodies within the cell. My research inquiry involves determining whether the SAV protein localizes to the mitochondrial inner membrane or the mitochondrial outer membrane in hopes of better understanding mechanisms of mitochondrial fusion and fission. I plan to achieve this by creating mitochondrial inner-membrane protein markers and mitochondrial outer protein markers to observe which fluorescent marker SAV co-localizes with when using sub-cellular imaging techniques.