OVPR Research & Creative Grant Recipients

Research & Creative Grant Recipients

Rebecca J Lewis

College/School: College of Liberal Arts
Department: Anthropology
Project Title: Male Social Bonds in Primates: Physiology and the Role of Females

2016

Nathaniel Lynd

College/School: Cockrell School of Engineering
Department: Chemical Engineering
Project Title: A New Paradigm for the Synthesis of Degradable Biomedical Poly (ethylene oxide)

2016

Steve Phelps

College/School: College of Natural Sciences
Department: Integrative Biology
Project Title: Epigenomics at a cross-roads: Enhancer function in defined circuits

2016

Gabriela Polit

College/School: College of Liberal Arts
Department: Spanish and Portuguese
Project Title: Unwanted Witnesses. Journalists and Conflict in Contemporary Latin America

2016

D M Snodderly

College/School: College of Natural Sciences
Department: Neuroscience
Project Title: Visual ecology of sympatric primates with different types of color vision

2016

Patricia A Somers

College/School: College of Education
Department: Educational Administration
Project Title: Campus Carry: Research Using Self Determination Theory

2016

Sibum Sung

College/School: College of Natural Sciences
Department: Molecular Biosciences
Project Title: Transcriptome analysis of the warmth-triggered response in Arabidopsis

2016

Yuebing Zheng

College/School: Cockrell School of Engineering
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Project Title: A Novel Device for Detection and Collection of Intact Circulating Tumor Cells

2015

Brett Baker

College/School: College of Natural Sciences
Department: Marine Science
Project Title: Resolving microbial biogeochemical interactions on algal cell surfaces

2015

Sarah Kate Bearman

College/School: College of Education
Department: Educational Psychology
Project Title: Evaluating the Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation and Maintenance (RE-AIM) of a School-based Depression Intervention

2015

Deborah Ann Bolnick

College/School: College of Liberal Arts
Department: Anthropology
Project Title: Assessing the Epigenetic Effects of Social Inequalities and Violence in the Pre-Hispanic Americas

2015

Wenhong Chen

College/School: Moody College of Communication
Department: Radio-Television-Film
Project Title: "Your privacy is very important to us" A Network Analysis of Mobile Ventures' Production of Identity and Privacy Management

2015

Lauren Elizabeth Gulbas

College/School: Steve Hicks School of Social Work
Department: School of Social Work
Project Title: Screening Latino Adolescents for Behavioral Health Issues in Primary Care Settings

2015

Bradley J. Holliday

College/School: College of Natural Sciences
Department: Chemistry and Biochemistry
Project Title: Donor-Acceptor Block Copolymers to Model Charge Separation and Buried Interfaces in Organic Photovoltaic Active Layers

2015

Huriya K. Jabbar

College/School: College of Education
Department: Educational Administration
Project Title: How Do Teachers Find Jobs? Teacher Preferences, Social Networks, and the Job Search Process in Districts with School Choice

2015

Junfeng Jiao

College/School: School of Architecture
Department: School of Architecture
Project Title: A Transportation Decision-Making Tool for Longhorns

2015

Hyun Jung Kim

College/School: Cockrell School of Engineering
Department: Biomedical Engineering
Project Title: Human Gut Inflammation-on-a-Chip: A Microengineered Disease Model

2015

Timothy J. Loving

College/School: College of Natural Sciences
Department: Human Ecology
Project Title: Disentangling Positive from Negative Stress Via Examination of Hormone Responses

2015

Kelly S. McDonough

College/School: College of Liberal Arts
Department: Spanish and Portuguese
Project Title: Indigenous Knowing in the Sacred City: Fiscales, Ritual Life, and Culture-Keeping in Cholula

2015

Shefali V. Patil

College/School: McCombs School of Business
Department: Management
Project Title: Enhancing Decision Making and Performance in Modern Day Firefighting Environments

2015

Sean Thomas Arthur Roberts

College/School: College of Natural Sciences
Department: Chemistry
Project Title: Using Surface Ligands to Electrically Wire Semiconducting Nanocrystals

2015

Salvatore Salamone

College/School: Cockrell School of Engineering
Department: Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering
Project Title: An Integrated Monitoring System for Corrosion Damage Assessment of Pipelines

2015

Delida Sanchez

College/School: College of Education
Department: Educational Psychology
Project Title: Participatory Action Research with Latina/o Youth: Developing a Culturally Relevant Evidence-Based Intervention to Address Disparities in Sexual Health

2015

Allison Skerrett

College/School: College of Education
Department: Curriculum and Instruction
Project Title: Literacy Learning across Transnational Settings

2015

Scott R. Stroud

College/School: Moody College of Communication
Department: Communication Studies
Project Title: Enlightening Words: Bhimrao Ambedkar, Pragmatism, and the Rhetoric of Social Justice

2015