Student Enhancement Awards provide $110,116 in funding to 20 students
The 51社区 Student Enhancement Awards program provided 20 students with a total of $110,116 in funding for their original research, scholarship and creative work this spring.
The Student Enhancement Awards are funded by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Creative Activity and administered by the Council for Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity, which is appointed by Faculty Senate. This year, additional funding was allocated by the Office of Global Affairs to increase opportunities for students to conduct research projects or creative activities abroad as part of their thesis, dissertation, or capstone projects.
The program received 36 proposals with a total funding request of $198,861. Students may request up to $6,000 per proposal.
For more information about the program, visit www.ohio.edu/research/funding.
The 2023 recipients are:
- Abdul-Salam Jahanfo Abdulai, graduate student in Geography, 鈥淐hanging Farmer-Herder Relations amidst Climate Uncertainty: New dynamics of interdependence among agrarian and pastoralist livelihood systems in Gushiegu Municipality in Northern Ghana鈥, $6,000; mentor: Thomas Smucker
- Damilola Ayorinde, graduate student in Environmental and Plant Biology, 鈥淓lucidating the Mechanism of Action of Arabinogalactan Proteins鈥, $6000; mentor: Allan Showalter
- Lydia Caggiano, undergraduate student in Honors Tutorial College (HTC) Exercise Physiology, 鈥淭argeting a Covert Role of Growth Hormone in the Tumor Microenvironment鈥, $6,000; mentor: Reeto Basu, Edison Biotechnology Institute (EBI)
- Ashlynn Canonde, undergraduate student in Biological Sciences, 鈥淎ssessing the Accumulation of Heavy Metals in Ohio's Recovering Bobcat Population鈥, $2,500; mentor: Viorel Popescu
- Elizabeth Capps, graduate student in Psychology, 鈥淒evelopment and Implementation of a Peer-Supported School-based Intervention to Enhance School Engagement among Youth with Attention and Behavior Problems鈥, $1,597; mentor: Steven Evans
- Madhuparna Chakraborty, graduate student in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 鈥淓xploration of Novel Europium-doped Red Phosphor with Magnetically Tunable Chromaticity鈥, $5,920; mentor: Wojciech Jadwisienczak
- Maya Djalali-Gomez, undergraduate student in HTC Translational Health-, 鈥淓ffects of Early vs Late Life Weight Cycling on Oxidative Stress & Cellular Senescence鈥, $6,000; mentor: Ed List, EBI
- Elise Everly, graduate student in Psychology, 鈥淭he Effect of Counselor Consultation on the Integrity of Treatment Implementation in a Children's Therapeutic Summer Program鈥, $6,000; mentor: Julie Owens
- Samantha Fedoush, graduate student in Environmental and Plant Biology, 鈥淭he Role of E3 Ligases in Plant Graviotropism鈥, $5,152; mentor: Sarah Wyatt
- Waleed Javed Hashmi, graduate student in Biomedical Sciences, 鈥淭he Effect of the Nuclear Parathyroid Hormone-related Protein on Chondrogenesis and Development鈥, $6,000; mentor: Tom Rosol
- Connor LaCroix, graduate student in Geological Sciences, 鈥淒etermining the Timing and Conditions of the First Appearance of Lawsonite in the Geologic Record鈥, $6,000; mentor: Katherine Fornash
- Gabriella Lindsey, undergraduate student in HTC Environmental Studies, 鈥淗abitat Use and Movement Ecology of Henslow's Sparrows鈥, $5,918; mentor: Kelly Williams, Biological Sciences
- Kathleen Madsen, graduate student in Environmental and Plant Biology, 鈥淭he Ecological Effects of Gypsum Endemism鈥, $5,193; mentor: John Schenk
- Prothama Manna, graduate student in Biological Sciences, 鈥淩evisiting the Invasion Conundrum using Hippos' Introduction to Colombia as a Case Study鈥, $6,000; mentor: Diego Alvarado-Serrano
- Bose Maposa, graduate student in Translational Biomedical Sciences, 鈥淓xploring Physical Activity among Black American Female Immigrants in the United States. An exploratory mixed methods study鈥, $6,000; mentor: Zelalem Haile, Social Medicine
- Ibi Max-Harry, graduate student in Biological Sciences, 鈥淭he Role of Parathyroid Hormone-related protein (PTHrP) in Glucagon Regulation鈥, $6,000; mentor: Tom Craig Rosol and Craig Nunemaker, Biomedical Sciences
- Sera Nakisli, graduate student in Biological Sciences, 鈥淓ffects on Astrocytic Glyogen Metabolism during Mammalian Brain Arteriovenous Malformation鈥, $5,925; mentor: Corinne Nielsen
- Dustin O'Neal, graduate student in Applied Health Sciences and Wellness, 鈥淐omprehensive Carotenoid Analysis of Pawpaw鈥, $5,928; mentor: Robert Brannan
- Bright Kontor Osei, graduate student in Art+Design, 鈥淢FA Thesis Exhibition, 鈥楶eople of Ghana鈥 ", $6,000; mentor: David LaPalombara
- Akshayaa Venkataraghavan, graduate student in Environmental and Plant Biology, 鈥淓lucidating Heteroxylan Glucuronidation Mechanism in Monocots鈥, $5,983; mentor: Ahmed Faik