2025 Recipients
Bella Albiani
Examining the Impact of Social and Environmental Stressors on Cardiovascular and Metabolic Risk among People Experiencing Homelessness
Major:
Multidisciplinary Science
Mentor:
Josh
Snodgrass
Flora Booker
Reducing Wildfire Risk: Effects of Prescribed Fire on Invasive Understory Vegetation in Ponderosa Pine Flats
Major:
Environmental Studies
Mentor:
Amanda
Stasiewicz
Annie Fusco
Developing a system for high-throughput tissue-specific knockouts in zebrafish
Major:
Multidisciplinary Science and Human Physiology
Mentor:
Dan
Grimes
Zoe Gill-Errada
Procedural Justice and Building Support for Environmental Policy in Extractive Communities
Major:
Environmental Studies
Mentor:
Patrick
Hunnicutt
Amelia Kotamarti
Sounding the cellular alarm: LPS and S100A9 differentially activate the immune receptor TLR4
Major:
Biochemistry
Mentor:
Mike
Harms
Karis Lincoln
Metabolic Control of Antibiotic Tolerance in Finegoldia magna and Anaerococcus vaginalis from Chronic Wounds
Major:
Neuroscience and Human Physiology
Mentor:
Melanie
Spero
Audrey Masciopinto
De-energizing to prevent wildfire: growing resilience for medically vulnerable communities exposed to public safety power shutoffs (PSPS)
Major:
Environmental Science
Mentor:
Amanda
Stasiewicz
Alfie Ong
Echoes of Elegy: Understanding Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin Through Performance and Interpretation
Major:
Comparative Literature and Music Performance
Mentor:
Joyce
Wei-Jo Chen
Madeline Rose
When Home is Illegal: Unsheltered Homelessness in America
Major:
Psychology
Mentor:
Claire
Herbert
Ronan Santaniello
Trans Health and Resilience Study
Major:
Biological Anthropology
Mentor:
Zachary
DuBois
Sebastian Vagner
The Role of Estradiol in Bonobo Sexual Behavior
Major:
Anthropology
Mentor:
Frances
White
2024 Recipients
Nicholas Burns
Flowering Plant Species Fitness in Response to Neighboring Competition & Pollination
Major:
Environmental Science
Mentor:
Lauren
Hallett
Petra Chinsangaram
The role of experience in the perception of non-native speech
Major:
Psychology
Mentor:
Melissa
Baese-Berk
Kaden Coulter
DeepMReye Implementation
Major:
Data Science
Mentor:
Michelle
Marneweck
Kimberley Davis
Effects of Phosphorylation on the Pus4 Protein in Yeast
Major:
Biology
Mentor:
David
Garcia
Olivia Estes
The Effect of Ketamine on Behavior and Pathology of Alzheimer's Model Mice
Major:
Psychology
Mentor:
Michael
Wehr
Paul Graf
Designer RNA Binding Proteins as Switches to Modulate Chloroplast Gene Expression in Plants
Major:
Biology
Mentor:
Alice
Barkan
Skye Grubb
Fluctuating Asymmetry of the Crania and Postcrania in Primates
Major:
Anthropology
Mentor:
Frances
White
Dora Ho
Infant Responsiveness to Maternal Play Bids in the Context of Poor Nutritional Health
Major:
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Mentor:
Dare
Baldwin
Lazar Isakharov
Zinc Status on Copper-Mediated Oxidative Stress and Cerebrovascular Health in Alzheimer's Disease
Major:
Human Physiology
Mentor:
Ashley
Walker
Payton Jefferis
Co-delivery of Immunoregulatory and Osteogenic Proteins for Promotion of Localized Bone Repair
Major:
Biochemistry
Mentor:
Marian
Hettiaratchi
Elena Kuypers
Localization and interaction of proteins and ZNFX-1 in C. elegans
Major:
Biology
Mentor:
Diana
Libuda
Zach Marshall
Viral neonatal inflammation impairs adult respiratory motor plasticity in male and female rats
Major:
Biochemistry
Mentor:
Adrianne
Huxtable
Kathryn Morris
When Home is Illegal: How Law and Governance Shape Informal Sheltering in Lane County
Major:
Psychology, Sociology
Mentor:
Claire
Herbert
Tapley Sorenson
Assessing Cortical Noradrenergic Activity Across the Sleep-Wake Cycle in a Mouse Model
Major:
Neuroscience
Mentor:
David
McCormick
Tallula Wynia
Aortic Protein Expression and Elastin Insufficiency
Major:
Human Physiology, Philosophy
Mentor:
Ashley
Walker
2023 Recipients
Tamara Alacorn Basurto
Design of zero-energy cooling systems for fresh food preservation in the jungle region of Peru
Major:
Product Design
Mentor:
Brian
Gillis
Sanjana Basak
OptiDicer reduces long CUG RNA accumulation in corneal endothelial cells from patients with Fuchs' dystrophy
Major:
Biology
Mentor:
Hironori
Uehara
Hye Lynn Choi
The Effects of Aging and Fatigue on Musculotendinous Compliance
Major:
Human Physiology
Mentor:
Damien
Callahan
Madeleine Ford
Characterization of VEGF Controlled Delivery Systems
Major:
Human Physiology
Mentor:
Marian
Hettiaratchi
Zealon Gentry-Lear
Characterizing and Understanding Synergistic Drug Interactions for Killing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Major:
Biology
Mentor:
Melanie
Spero
Sam Heilenbach
Pupillometry as a measure of Infant Hearing
Major:
Psychology
Mentor:
Dare
Baldwin
Ainsley Hogan
Sex Differences and the Impact of Large Artery Stiffness on Cerebrovascular and Cognitive Function
Major:
Human Physiology and Biology
Mentor:
Ashley
Walker
Eleanor Laufer
High-throughput Fitness Estimates of Epistatic Contributions to Ivermectin Resistance in Caenorhabditis elegans
Major:
Biochemistry
Mentor:
Patrick
Phillips
Thomas Leonhardt
Are Whole-body Metabolic Alterations Dependent on Sex, Age, and APOE Genotype?
Major:
Human Physiology
Mentor:
Ashley
Walker
Eden McCall
On Creating Environmental Histories: LandTalk from Research to Practice
Major:
Spatial Data Science and Journalism
Mentor:
Erik
Steiner
Ayisha Tamerhoulet
How Everyday Musical Experiences Shape Emerging Vocabulary Development and Infant Vocalizations
Major:
Communication Disorders and Sciences
Mentor:
Caitlin
Fausey
Madeline Thomason
Investigating whether Actinotrichia-Niche Cell Interactions Regulate Fin Regeneration
Major:
Biology
Mentor:
Kryn
Stankunas
Colin Thurston
Effects of Histamine Receptor Antagonism on Oxygen Uptake and Recovery Kinetics
Major:
Human Physiology
Mentor:
John
Halliwill
Olivia Wilborn-Pilotte
Pollination Strategy as an Evolutionary Adaptation to Changing Climate in Scarlet Monkeyflower (Erythranthe cardinalis)
Major:
Biology
Mentor:
Jeff
Diez
Alexa Wright
The Effect of Psychedelics on Early Alzheimer's Pathology
Major:
Psychology
Mentor:
Michael
Wehr
2022 Recipients
Eleanor Codding
Post Fire Reseeding Effects on the Genetic Diversity of Native Grass in the Great Basin
Mentor:
Lauren
Hallett
David Lefevre
Photon Propagation Simulation through Glacier Ice
Mentor:
Brian
Smith
Noah Lovgren
Impact of a Single Bout of Blood Flow Restriction Exercise on Muscle Satellite Cell Numbers
Mentor:
Hans
Dreyer
Larkin Lucy
Understanding the Impacts of Heat Therapy on Biomarkers of Alzheimer's Disease in the Hippocampal Region of the Brain
Mentor:
Alison
Burggren
Ava Minu-Sepehr
Counter-mapping the Coos Bay Estuary: Amplifying Indigenous Voices and Histories
Mentor:
Liska
Chan
Will Nusbaum
Virtual Excursions for Science Learning (VESL)
Mentor:
Daniel
Pimentel
Zachary Pennel
Development Of An Accurate Optical-Based Shear Sensor Under Compressive Force
Mentor:
Keat Ghee
Ong
Megan Rangel-Lynch
Exploring Community Engagement in Context of Forest Management Planning for Mt. Hood National Forest
Mentor:
Sarah
Wald
Sabrina Reis
Learn to Intervene: Using Artificially Intelligent Public Health Outreach to Improve the Uptake of Diabetes Prevention Behaviors in India
Mentor:
Thanh
Nguyen
Maili Smith
A Cross-Tissue Analysis of Differential Methylation in Male vs Female Macaques
Mentor:
Kirstin
Sterner
2021 Recipients
Sarah Beaudoin
Anion Exchange Membrane Electrolyzers for Dirty Water Splitting and Hydrogen Gas Production
Mentor:
Shannon
Boettcher
Alexander Bui
Evaluating Responsive Caregiving: Comparing Constructs of Caregiver Sensitivity Within Dyadic Interaction
Mentor:
Philip
Fisher
Karly Fear
Design and characterization of selective BMP protein binders for fracture regeneration
Mentor:
Parisa
Hosseinzadeh
Zoe Haupt
Do we perceive when they deceive? The effect of pauses and dialect on deception detection
Mentor:
Melissa
Baese-Berk
Alexandra Jagielski
Experiences and Health of Transgender People of Color During COVID-19
Mentor:
Zachary
DuBois
Aleena Khurana
OVX Alters Gene Expression in Relation to Vascular Function
Mentor:
Ashley
Walker
Jared Knofczynski
A Multi-Task Weak Supervision Framework for Internet Measurements
Mentor:
Ram
Durairajan
Marlee Odell
COVID-19 Quarantine Hesitancy in Lane County
Mentor:
Melissa
Graboyes
Idil Osman
Underreporting of Epidemic Rebound Malaria in the African Continent
Mentor:
Melissa
Graboyes
Ethan Scott
ChangeDwell: The Interaction Between Change Blindness and Dwell Time Paradigms
Mentor:
Dare
Baldwin
2020 Recipients
Odalis Aguilar Aguilar
Promesas Ingenuas/False Promises
Mentor:
Julie
Weise
Brenna Barton
Cultural Transitions: Language and Identity in Post WW-II Spanish migrants
Mentor:
Julie
Weise
Mikala Capage
Hunting for prions: Using inheritance patterns in yeast cells to attribute epigenetic states to prion proteins
Mentor:
David
Garcia
Rachel Conner
100 Years of Malaria in Zanzibar, East Africa
Mentor:
Melissa
Graboyes
Isabel Crabtree
Influence of Listener Ideology on Perception of Non-Native Speech Intensity
Mentor:
Melissa
Baese-Berk
Dimitra Fellman
Oregon's Response to COVID-19: Approaches and Outcomes to Social Distancing and Testing
Mentor:
Melissa
Graboyes
Rachel Hur
Improving accuracy in LIGO's parameter estimation software
Mentor:
Ben
Farr
Parker Morris
Rational Design of Molecular Nickel Catalysts for Remote Hydrofunctionalization Applications
Mentor:
Amanda
Cook
Laura Nosler
Supersymmetric Long Lived Particle Search
Mentor:
Laura
Jeanty
Tillie Trebon
Effect of hesitation sound phonetic quality on perception of language fluency
Mentor:
Melissa
Baese-Berk
2019 Recipients
Konrad Bailey
Neural and behavioral assays for studying predictive coding in the mouse brain
Major:
Psychology
Mentor:
Santiago
Jaramillo
Hayli Brown
Acoustic Sources of Accent in Second Language Japanese Speech
Major:
Linguistics, Japanese
Mentor:
Kaori
Idemaru
Dagny Daniel
Navigating the Intersections of Political and Sexual Identity: Ethnographic Interviews among Queer Muslims in Oregon
Major:
Cultural Anthropology
Mentor:
Ana-Maurine
Lara
George Deardorff
Characterizing the role of Dach during bony ray branching in the zebrafish caudal fin skeleton
Major:
Biology
Mentor:
Scott
Stewart
Jacob Evarts
Identifying New RNA-regulating Prions in Yeast
Major:
Computer and Information Science
Mentor:
David
Garcia
Adeline Fecker
The Influence of Sensory Systems in Social Behavior of Zebrafish
Major:
Biology
Mentor:
Philip
Washbourne
Chaney Hart
Dissecting The Role Cohesin Plays in Influencing the Structure of the Genome in Neurospora crassa
Major:
Biology
Mentor:
Eric
Selker
Nora Kearns
The Influence of Maternal Fatty Acids and in Utero Inflammation on Child Behavior
Major:
Human Physiology
Mentor:
Elinor
Sullivan
Kara Krnacik
The Effects of Abstinence-Only Funding on Teen Pregnancy and STD Rates
Major:
Economics
Mentor:
Edward
Rubin
Anna Kulawiec
Differentiation between PRC2 and H3K27 Methylation in Repression
Major:
Biology
Mentor:
Eric
Selker
Byron Lee
Robo4 Project
Major:
Human Physiology and Biology
Mentor:
Ashley
Walker
Sabrina Raqueno-Angel
The Effect of pH on Histamine Release
Major:
Human Physiology
Mentor:
John
Halliwill
Nolan Rudolph
New Capabilities for Self-Driving Networks
Major:
Computer Science
Mentor:
Ramakrishnan
Durairajan
Arden Saravis
The Correlation Between Stigma Stemming from HIV and Antiretroviral Packaging: Design Recommendations for Introducing Discrete Packaging for Adolescents in Kenya
Major:
International Studies & Mathematics
Mentor:
Clare
Evans
Kayla Walker
The Role of Semantic Predictability in Adaptation to Non-Native Speech
Major:
Linguistics
Mentor:
Melissa
Baese-Berk
Abbey Ward
Language Dominance in Bilingual Spanish-English Children
Major:
Communication Disorders and Sciences
Mentor:
Stephanie
De Anda
2018 Recipients
Casey Bisted
The Development of a System to Determine the Size Dependence of In2O3 Nanocatalysts on CO2 Reduction
Major:
Chemistry
Mentor:
James
Hutchison
Eden Brush
Host-microbe evolutionary antagonism in primates: HopQ's role as a bacterial adhesin targeting CEACAM1
Major:
Biology
Mentor:
Matt
Barber
Cameron Colbert
Hemodynamics of Post-Exercise and Post-Passive Heat Stress Recovery
Major:
Human Physiology and Spanish
Mentor:
Christopher
Minson
Patrick Connor
Thermodynamic and structural determination of metal and peptide binding to the human S100A9 protein
Major:
Biochemistry
Mentor:
Michael
Harms
Anson Dang
Major:
Biochemistry
Mentor:
Andy
Marcus
Fiona De Los Rios-McCutcheon
Environmental Narratives of Othering: Comparing English and Spanish Language Coverage of Air Pollution in Mexico
Major:
Geography and Political Science
Mentor:
Laura
Pulido
Katie Fischer
Arsenic and Fluoride Contamination Analysis of Agricultural Topsoil in Guanajuato, Mexico
Major:
Environmental Science
Mentor:
Matthew
Polizzotto
Takako Iwashita
Behavioral and Neural Predictors of Individual Differences in Concept Generalization
Major:
Psychology
Mentor:
Dasa
Zeithamova
Elise Kronquist
The Effect of Pyridoxamine on AGEs and Aortic Wall Structure
Major:
Human Physiology
Mentor:
Ashley
Walker
Christopher Misa
Improving Measurement Accuracy in Containers Through Trace-based Network Stack Latency Monitoring
Major:
Math and Computer Science
Mentor:
Ramakrishnan
Durairajan
Tony Munoz
Odor Concentration Change Sensing in Mice
Major:
Biology
Mentor:
Matt
Smear
Eleanor Rochester
I Don't Have Deaths on my Conscience: Perspectives of Intravenous Drug Users on a Peer-Delivered Naloxone Program in Eugene, Oregon
Major:
Biology
Mentor:
Melissa
Graboyes
Allison Schukis
Phrasikleia Kore: Alternative Roles for Female Viewership
Major:
Art and Art History
Mentor:
Kristen
Seaman
Nikki Szczepanski
Characterizing Early DNA Break Repair in C. elegans
Major:
Biochemistry
Mentor:
Diana
Libuda
Joy Wilcox
Racialized and Gendered Justice in the Criminal Court System
Major:
General Social Sciences and Sociology
Mentor:
Debra
Thompson
2017 Recipients
Anisha Adke
The genetic basis of the first connections of the brain
Major:
Biology
Mentor:
Adam
Miller
Adrian Gordon
Energetic Loss From the Use of Hole Scavengers to Measure Photoelectrochemical Cell Efficiency Limits
Major:
Chemistry
Mentor:
Shannon
Boettcher
Clara Gorman
Inter-tribal Dynamics of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs and Grande Ronde Reservations
Major:
History
Mentor:
Kevin
Hatfield; Jennifer O'Neal
Aidan Grealish
The Body Electronic: Exploring the Permeability of the Self in the Age of Wearable Computing
Major:
Art & Technology
Mentor:
Colin
Ives
Sarah Hovet
Beyond Muses: Feminism and Gender in Modern Irish Literature (1880-Present) from Augusta Gregory to Eavan Boland
Major:
English and Journalism
Mentor:
Barbara
Mossberg
Lila Kaye
Determining the Fitness Advantage Conferred by Anti-inflammatory Gene Expression to Commensal Bacteria
Major:
Cellular, Molecular, and Developmental Biology
Mentor:
Karen
Guillemin
Peace Kotamnives
Search for Di-Higgs Resonance at the ATLAS Experiment
Major:
Physics and Mathematics
Mentor:
Eric
Torrence
Geena Littel
Variation in Seismic-wave Attenuation along the Cascadia Subduction Zone Determined from Tectonic Tremor
Major:
Earth Sciences and Applied Math
Mentor:
Amanda
Thomas
Alexander Lygo
Elucidating the effects of nanoarchitecture on weak localization in (SnSe)m [TiSe2]2
Major:
Physics and Chemistry
Mentor:
David
Johnson
Allison Zhou
How Object Frequency Distribution Affects Early Word Learning
Major:
Biology
Mentor:
Caitlin
Fausey
2016 Recipients
Augustine Beard
Colonial-Environmental Narrative of the Great Basin in the 19th Century
Major:
History
Mentor:
Mark
Carey
Sally Elizabeth Claridge
Genomic Analysis of the Chronic Heat Stress Resistance Phenotype in Caenorhabditis remanei
Major:
Biology
Mentor:
Patrick
Phillips
Johnathan Crandall
The Genomic Architecture of Adaptive Divergence in G. aculeatus
Major:
Biology
Mentor:
William
Cresko
Drew Jordan McLaughlin
Individual Differences in Perception of Variation in Speech
Major:
Linguistics
Mentor:
Melissa
Baese-Berk
Taryn Kawashima
Carbon Nanohoops as New Bioimaging Probes
Major:
Biochemistry
Mentor:
Ramesh
Jasti
Bryce Keicher
Mexican Drug War: Displacement and Human Rights Affects on Guatemalan Refugees
Major:
International Studies and Spanish
Mentor:
Dan
Tichenor
Eugenia Lollini
Before the Spectacle: Shaping Gender and Class Identity in Beirut's Beauty Salons
Major:
Anthropology and Romance Languages
Mentor:
Carol
Silverman
Hanna McIntosh
Genetic architecture of local adaptation and reproductive isolation in Mimulus aurantiacus
Major:
Environmental Science and Biology
Mentor:
Matt
Streisfeld
Michael McIntosh
Localized Economic Impacts of Immigration on the West Coast
Major:
Economics
Mentor:
Anca
Cristea
Ayantu Megerssa
Genocide and the Northern Paiute: A History of Colonization, Dehumanization, and Extermination
Major:
International Studies
Mentor:
Kevin
Hatfield
Justine Vanloan Nguyen
VEGF Signaling Contributions to Heart Ventricle Development
Major:
Human Physiology
Mentor:
Kryn
Stankunas
Michael Womack
Wavelet Analysis of the PNI Climate Index
Major:
Physics and Mathematics
Mentor:
Greg
Bothun