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Research Development SupportKristen Clarke KellemsFHSS Research Development 934 SWKTTel: 801-422-8967Email: [email protected]
Conrad MonsonSTEM Research Development 275 McDonald BuildingTel: 801-422-7722Email: [email protected]
Sarah DorffResearch Development Administrator269 McDonald BuildingTel: 801-422-0132Email: [email protected]
Jon BalzottiEnglish Department FacultyCollege of Humanities4127 JFSB Tel: (801) [email protected]
Jaynie MitchellMSE Research Development306C MCKB Tel: 801-422-3067 Email: [email protected]
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Interdisciplinary Research Seed Grants
Larry L Howell
Associate Dean
Mechanical Engineering [email protected]
(801) 422-8037
For more details visit the Research Development website
http://researchdevelopment.byu.edu/
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Chromosomal Genetics in Plants
Eric Jellen, Professor & Associate Dean
Plant & Wildlife Sciences Department
College of Life Sciences
[email protected]
(801) 422-7279
Areas of Interest:
Oat chromosomal genetics and genomics; genetic marker development, genomics, and genetic resource characterization (for breeding and phylogenetics) in quinoa and its wild relatives, amaranth, papalisa or olluco, and oca.
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Biomedical Engineering
William Pitt
Chemical Engineering
[email protected]
(801) 422-2589
Areas of Interest:
Polymeric biomedical materials and drug delivery, with recent emphasis on nanoparticle delivery.
Today I am looking for collaboration with those needing nanoparticles for drug delivery or other applications.
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Tight Junction: structure-function relationships.
Dario Mizrachi
Physiology and Developmental Biology. [email protected]
(801) 422-0360
Areas of Interest:
Barriology. Cellular transport. Transient modulation of the
paracellular space. Integral membrane proteins. Protein
engineering.
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Protein Engineering Advances Scientific Discovery
Dr. James MoodyChemistry and [email protected]
Areas of Interest:
I use protein modeling, engineering, and crystallography to study protein function and engineer new protein-based materials.
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Animal Vaccines
Chung-Da Yang
Microbiology and Molecular Biology [email protected]
(801) 422-2506
Areas of Interest:
Developing and improving adjuvants and vaccines against infectious diseases
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Helper T cell role in immunity to infection
Scott Weber
Microbiology & Molecular Biology [email protected]
(801) 422-6259
Areas of Interest:
I am an Immunologist using molecular, biochemical, and cellular techniques to understand T cell activation and use this to improve the immune response to infection, cancer, and prevent asthma development.
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Protein Therapies for Muscular Dystrophy
Pam Van Ry
Chemistry and Biochemistry
[email protected]
(801) 422-1540
Areas of Interest:
Protein Therapies for Muscular Dystrophy
Pulmonary Fibrosis and Interstitial Lung Disease
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Fulbright Scholar Program Opportunities
Kristen Clarke Kellems
Research Development Specialist
[email protected]
801-422-8967
Areas of Interest:
Institute of international education
Council for international exchange of scholars
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Modeling the Growth of Complex Systems
Ben Webb
Mathematics
[email protected]
(801) 422-2336
Areas of Interest:
Dynamics of Networks, Particle Dynamics on Lattices, Spectral Estimates and Dynamics
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Theory and Simulation of SoftMatter and Complex Fluids
Douglas Tree
Chemical Engineering [email protected]
(801) 422-5162
Areas of Interest:
Soft materials and Complex Fluids, focus on theory and computation
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Cancer Research
Josh Anderson
Chemistry and Biochemistry [email protected]
(801) 422-7193
Areas of Interest:
Tumor cell growth and resistance to treatment
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Biological Mass Spectrometry& Cell Sorting Core
Daniel Mortensen
Chemistry and Biochemistry
[email protected]
(801) 422-7123
Areas of Interest:
Proteomics, Metabolomics, Lipidomics, and Flow Cytometry
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Microfluidics (Lab-on-a-Chip)
Gregory P. Nordin
Electrical and Computer Engineering
[email protected]
(801) 422-1863
Areas of Interest:
3D printed microfluidics, biological and chemical sensors, nanophotonics and integrated optics, micro- and nanofabrication, MEMS, and microfluidics
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Material Synthesis and Characterization Including Analysis of the Resulting Data
Matthew R. Linford
Chemistry and Biochemistry [email protected]
(801) 422-1524
Areas of Interest:
New materials for chromatography (TLC) and sample prep (SPME), new coatings, material characterization, and data analysis
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Circulation of European Silent Cinema
Julie Allen
Comparative Arts and Letters
[email protected]
(801) 422-7891
Areas of Interest:
At the End of the Earth: European silent film in the pacific
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Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) in K-12 Education
Heather Leary
Instructional Psychology & Technology
[email protected]
(801) 422-2765
Areas of Interest:
STEAM, Research-Practice Partnerships, K-12 Education, Curriculum Adaptations, Design-Based Implementation Research, Professional Learning
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Electric Power Generation in a Carbon Constrained World
Andrew Fry
Chemical Engineering
[email protected]
(801) 422-6235
Areas of Interest:
Combustion, Electric Power Production, Mineral Matter Transformation, Mercury Emission
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Strengthening BYU's Chances for DOE Nuclear Energy Funding
Troy Munro
Mechanical Engineering [email protected]
(801) 422-6541
Areas of Interest:
Heat Transfer, Thermal Behavior of Materials, Fluorescence, Thermometry, Biophotonics, Thermal Transport, Nuclear Energy, Thermophysical Properties
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Snow, dust, and water quality
Greg Carling
Geological Sciences
[email protected]
(801) 422-2622
Areas of Interest:
Trace element and nutrient cycling, isotope geochemistry, atmospheric deposition
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Biophysical Soil Chemistry
Bryan Hopkins
Plant and Wildlife Sciences
[email protected]
(801) 422-2185
Areas of Interest:
Sustainability of water and soil (environmental quality and conservation) in urban, agricultural, and native ecosystems.
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Biomedical and Biochemical Engineering
Randy S. Lewis
Chemical Engineering
[email protected]
(801) 422-7863
Areas of Interest:
Biofuel cells, syngas fermentation, nitric oxide, humanitarian engineering
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Heat-Induced MitochondrialBiogenesis
Robert Hyldahl
Exercise Sciences
[email protected]
(801) 422-1237
Areas of Interest:
Interventions for skeletal muscle degeneration
Skeletal muscle biology
Aging
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Art Collaboration, Physical Conditioning, Movement Analysis
Kate Monson
Dance
[email protected]
(801) 422-3340
Areas of Interest:
Artistic collaboration, physical conditioning and pedagogy, ageism and longevity, analysis and interpretation of movement through a systematic lens (Laban Movement Analysis and Labanotation)
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Designing Feedback Systems to Facilitate the Implementation of Empirically-
Supported Practices
Cade Charlton
Counseling Psychology and SpecialEducation
[email protected]
(801) 422-1238
Areas of Interest:
Implementation science, Multi-Tiered System of Supports, Prevention, Multi-disciplinary collaboration, Communities of Practice
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Using Neuroimaging to Understand Brain Disorders & Behavior
Derin Cobia, PhD
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience Center
[email protected]
(801) 422-9497
Areas of Interest:
- Neuropsychology, Neuroscience, Psychosis, Dementia
- Utilizing neuroimaging to study how changes in brain structure and
function influence cognition and behavior
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Media effects on children
Sarah Coyne
School of Family Life [email protected]
801-422-6949
Areas of Interest:
Media effects on children and families; body image; gender; aggression
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Dreams about Virtual Cows
James Gaskin
Information Systems
Marriott School of Management
[email protected]
YouTube.com/gaskination
Areas of Interest:
Human Computer Interaction, Scientometrics, Research and Teaching Methods
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iAnimate: Exploring the Use of Animation and Augmented Reality in
Educational Settings
Ryan Kellems
Counseling Psychology and Special Education
[email protected]
(801) 422-6674
Areas of Interest:
Augmented Reality, Video-based Instruction, Human-Computer Interactions, Animation, Autism, Special Education, Educational Psychology
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How machines win friends and influence people
Jacob Crandall
Computer Science [email protected]
(801) 422-7655
Areas of Interest:
- Artificial intelligence
- Human-computer cooperation
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Sexual assault in Utah: Collaborative study with state crime laboratory
Julie Valentine
Nursing
[email protected]
(801) 422-3164 (office)
(801) 573-0640 (cell)
Areas of Interest:
Sexual assault in Utah: Collaborative study with state crime laboratory
Collaborative studies with law enforcement
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Psychotherapy ResearchCounseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)
David Erekson
[email protected]
Kristina Hansen
[email protected]
Areas of Interest: Individual and Group Psychotherapy,
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Long-run Consequences of Occupation Destruction
Joe Price
Department of Economics
BYU Record Linking Lab (rll.byu.edu)
[email protected]
(801) 422-5296
Areas of Interest:
Family structure; Marriage; Labor markets; Discrimination; Economic history
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How writing affects reflection in outdoor programs
John Bennion
English
[email protected]
(801) 422-3419
reflectivewriting.byu.edu
Areas of Interest: Outdoor Writing ProgramsIntegrated Learning
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Interdisciplinary Autism Research
Terisa Gabrielsen, PhD, NCSP
School Psychology
Counseling Psych and Special Ed (CPSE) [email protected]
(801) 422-5055
Areas of Interest: Autism, Disabilities, ADHD, Interdisciplinary Treatment and Support, Gifted and Talented, Models of Service Delivery
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Digital Humanities
Brian Croxall
Office of Digital Humanities [email protected]
(801) 422-7425
Areas of Interest:
Graphs, maps, networks, literature, steampunk, and theory
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Genealogy, Interrelatedness, and Migration
Samuel Otterstrom
Geography
[email protected]
(801) 422-7751
Areas of Interest:
Historical Geography of the U.S., Population and Settlement Geography, Genealogy and Geography, and Urban Planning
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Internet Measurement andAnti-Abuse
Casey Deccio
Computer Science
[email protected]
(801) 422-5319
Areas of Interest:
Internet measurement, including Domain Name System (DNS), DNS Security (DNSSEC), and IPv6. Internet protocol anti-abuse, including anti-spam and DDoS prevention and mitigation techniques.
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Bioinformatics
Stephen Piccolo
Biology
[email protected]
(801) 422-7116
Areas of Interest:
Bioinformatics, Medicine, Cancer, Data Science, Genomics, Transcriptomics
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Scientific Python (Modeling, Data Analytics, Optimization)
John Hedengren
Chemical Engineering [email protected]
(801) 422-7341
Areas of Interest:
Scientific Python (Modeling, Data Analytics, Optimization)
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Applied mathematics
• Jared Whitehead• Mathematics• [email protected] • (801) 422-2131
Areas of Interest: Fluid Dynamics (Computation, experiment, and analysis)
Uncertainty Quantification (Bayesian statistics and stochastic effects)
Data Assimilation (Bayesian and variational approaches)
Geophysics (Geologic processes, weather, and climate)
Stability of dynamical processes (linear and nonlinear/energetic)
Asymptotics (formal and rigorous verification)
Variational Methods (Lagrangian Mechanics)
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Additive Manufacturing
Jason Weaver
Manufacturing Engineering Technology
[email protected]
(801) 422-1778
Areas of Interest:
• Additive manufacturing (3D printing) in plastics, metals, ceramics, composites, and biomaterials
• Desktop fabrication
• Open source hardware
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Tissue Engineering
Alonzo D. Cook, PhD
Chemical Engineering Dept.
[email protected]
(801) 422-1611
Areas of Interest:Biomedical Engineering; Cardiovascular repair; Stem Cells;Neuroscience; Vision; Renal Function; Orthopedics