‘My research experience was something I would not trade for anything else in the world.’ — Jennifer Lynn Cyr The National Science Foundation received nearly 17,000 applications for the 2016 Graduate Research Fellowship Program. When the 5 a.m. email recently landed in her inbox, announcing the 2,000 successful candidates, Jennifer Lynn Cyr, a 2015 Providence College graduate, […]
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Salve senior taps potential with undergrad research
“That first summer with SURF gave me the opportunity to see what doing research was really like. Eight hours a day, five days a week. It almost felt like I wasn’t doing research before that point.” Megan Sylvia Senior; biology Salve Regina University SURF student; 2014, 2015 Megan Sylvia, who will graduate from Salve Regina […]
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Avelina Espinosa Roger Williams University Associate professor, biology SURF program mentor Avelina Espinosa’s research takes her deep inside the gut, looking at a parasite ingested by people through either water or food. The question, she says, is how would this parasite — Entamoeba — respond to climate change? From her biomedical research with the human pathogen, Espinosa […]
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“We have an incredibly rich resource to study and to provide us with a natural laboratory that exists nowhere else in the world. We can be a leading source of information and a leader of excellence.” Collaborative Research Grants RI Science and Technology Advisory Council (STAC) Recognizing the value of the federal Experimental Program to […]
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Thomas Meedel Rhode Island College Professor; biology SURF program mentor Throughout much of the Rhode Island EPSCoR grant, Thomas Meedel’s key involvement has been as a mentor for the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program. A 2015 RI Science and Technology Advisory Council (STAC) collaborative grant with lead researcher Steve Irvine and Niall Howlett, both […]
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Lucie Maranda URI Graduate School of Oceanography Assoc. marine research scientist, professor-in-residence RI NSF EPSCoR partner liaison Supervisor, Marine Science Research Facility Director, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Oceanography Rhode Island STAC award 2011 STAC grant: Marine biofouling on high-performance molded materials. Researchers uses microscopic and molecular techniques to characterize the development of marine biofilms. […]
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“There is a constant engagement with others in the EPSCoR community that forces a broader perspective. … EPSCoR brought me to the table. It helped me see my contributions as valuable and was huge for my professional development.” Gordon Ober University of Rhode Island Ph.D. candidate; ecology and ecosystem science RI EPSCoR graduate fellow Ask […]
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Serena Moseman-Valtierra University of Rhode Island Assistant professor; biological sciences SURF program mentor Rhode Island STAC award 2012 STAC grant: Revealing Active Responses of the Ocean State’s Marshes to Climate Change with Biogeochemistry & Environmental Genomics. The project studied if changing environmental conditions due to human activities are changing the ability of salt marshes to […]
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“For states like Rhode Island, the EPSCoR funding helps to level the playing field. Our research productivity and student success stories are indications that we’re doing the right things.” Breea Govenar Rhode Island College Associate professor; biology Center for Research and Creative Activity (CRCA) director RI NSF EPSCoR partner liaison SURF program mentor Rhode Island […]
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“The goal here is to predict what will happen in the future so we can be ready for what comes.” Baylor Fox-Kemper Brown University Assistant professor; earth, environmental and planetary sciences Baylor Fox-Kemper arrived at Brown University three years ago with his research focus on ocean turbulence, or, more simply, how things get mixed and […]
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