Jonathan Bussing
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Research: Exploring Ligand Design in Single Molecule Magnetism
Faculty Advisor: Jeffrey Rinehart
Jerika Chiong
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Research: Rational Design of Metal-Organic Frameworks from Discrete Synthetic Clusters
Faculty Advisor: Akif Tezcan
Qinzhuo Gong
Math
Research: The Distribution of Eigenvalues for Wigner Matrices
Faculty Advisor: Jonathan Novak
Raghav Kansal
Physics
Research: Arbitrary Ultra-Cold Atomic Lattices Using Holographic Optical Tweezers
Faculty Advisor: Julio Barreiro
Jianyu Long
Physics and Mathematics
Research: SanDix Acrylic TPC
Faculty Advisor: Kaixuan Ni
Alexander Lorenzo
Physics
Research: Cofilin Mediated Severing of Actin Filaments
Faculty Advisor: Elena F. Koslover
Allen Po
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Research: Understanding the Binding Interactions of the p50/RelA-with Transactivation Domain with Different κB DNA Sequences
Faculty Advisor: Elizabeth Komives
Joshua Richardson
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Research: Synthetic Progress Toward Completely Substituted Aryl-Isocyanide Cobalt-Chalcogen Clusters
Faculty Advisor: Joshua Figueroa
Chu-Hsien Tsai
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Research: Development of Galactophilc Tag for Targeting Proteins into Glycolipid Droplets
Faculty Advisor: Neal Devaraj
Russell Van Linge
Physics
Research: The Search for Low-Mass Stars Using Machine Learning
Faculty Advisor: Adam Burgasser
Ashley Warner
Physics
Research: Antiferromagnetic Domains of Rare-Earth Nickelate Thin Films Using Resonant Coherence X-ray Scattering
Faculty Advisor: Alex Frano
Laura Williamson
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Research: Uncovering the Role of Oxygen Ligand Position in Conformationally Gated Electron Transfers in Nitrogenase
Faculty Advisor: Akif Tezcan
Megan Young
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Research: Crosslinking Pseudomonas Aeruginosa ACP with Acyl Homoserine Lactone Synthases
Faculty Advisor: Michael Burkart
Jason Yu
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Research: Synthesis of Hollow Tungsten Diselenide Nanoparticles
Faculty Advisor: Alina M. Schimpf
Ziyi Zhao
Physics
Research: A Simulation On Interference between two X-ray Beams Carrying Topological Charge
Faculty Advisor: Tenio Popminthchev
Initially conceived and started with funding from UC San Diego alumnus Bill Lee, MS 79, PhD 82, the Undergraduate Summer Research Awards program provides substantial stipends to enable students to conduct research under faculty mentorship during the summer. Launched in 2018, the program places students in the role of principal investigator, designing and pursuing new research, and learning not only from their successes, but also from experiencing failure as an intrinsic element of the scientific process.