Thanks & Acknowledgements

Many thanks to the following individuals and groups for supporting faculty-mentored undergraduate research and creative activities at the University of California, Irvine.

Chancellor Michael V. Drake
Executive Vice Chancellor Michael R. Gottfredson
  
Vice Provost Michael P. Clark
Vice Provost Herbert P. Killackey
Interim Vice Chancellor Daniel G. Aldrich III, University Advancement
Vice Chancellor Wendell C. Brase, Admin. & Business Services
Vice Chancellor John C. Hemminger, Research
Vice Chancellor Meredith Michaels, Planning & Budget
Interim Vice Chancellor Thomas A. Parham, Student Affairs
  
Dean Albert F. Bennett, School of Biological Sciences
Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, School of Law
Dean Ralph V. Clayman, School of Medicine
Dean Barbara Dosher, School of Social Sciences
Dean Kenneth Janda, School of Physical Sciences
Dean Valerie Jenness, School of Social Ecology
Dean Frances Leslie, Graduate Division
Dean Joseph S. Lewis III, Claire Trevor School of the Arts
Interim University Librarian Gerald R. Lowell, Library
Dean Gary Matkin, University Extension
Interim Dean Dimitri Papamoschou, Henry Samueli School of Engineering
Dean Andrew J. Policano, The Paul Merage School of Business
Dean Hal Stern, The Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Sciences
Dean Vicki Ruiz, School of Humanities
Dean Sharon V. Salinger, Division of Undergraduate Education
  
Associate Dean Stephen Barker, Claire Trevor School of the Arts
Associate Dean Rudi Berkelhamer, Undergraduate Education
Associate Dean Sharon Block, School of Humanities
Senior Associate Dean Paolo Casali, School Medicine
Associate Dean Linda Cohen, School of Social Sciences
Associate Dean Dennis Cunningham, School of Medicine
Associate Dean Imran Currim, The Paul Merage School of Business
Interim Associate Dean Robert Doedens, School Physical Sciences
Associate Dean Michael Goodrich, The Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Sciences
Associate Dean Carrie Louise Hempel, School of Law
Senior Associate Dean John Heydt, School of Medicine
Associate Dean Allan Hubbell, School of Medicine
Associate University Librarian Carol Hughes, Library
Associate Dean Antoinette LaFarge, Claire Trevor School of the Arts
Associate Dean John C. LaRue, Henry Samueli School of Engineering
Associate Dean Michael Leon, School of Biological Sciences
Senior Associate Dean Gerald Maguire, School of Medicine
Associate Dean James Meeker, School of Social Ecology
Associate Dean Glen Masato Mimura, School of Humanities
Associate Dean Michael Mulligan, School of Biological Sciences
Associate Dean Mark Petracca, School of Social Sciences
Associate Dean Karen Rook, School of Social Ecology
Associate Dean Rick So, The Paul Merage School of Business
Associate University Librarian Deborah Sunday, Library
Associate Dean William Tang, Henry Samueli School of Engineering
Associate Dean Andrea Tenner, School of Biological Sciences
Associate Dean Beatrice Anne Tice, School of Law
Associate Dean Grace C. Tonner, School of Law
Senior Associate Dean Rajeev Tyagi, The Paul Merage School of Business
Associate Dean André van der Hoek, The Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Sciences
  
UROP Faculty Advisory Board
Sally S. Dickerson, School of Social Ecology
Samuel Gilmore, School of Social Sciences
Diana N. Krause, School of Medicine
John C. LaRue, Henry Samueli School of Engineering
Richard Lathrop, The Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Sciences
Hartmut Luecke, School of Biological Sciences
Julia Lupton, School of Humanities
Lisa Naugle, Claire Trevor School of the Arts
Jane O. Newman, School of Humanities
James Nowick, School of Physical Sciences
  
Faculty Mentors
Anshu Agrawal, Medicine
Zahra Ahmed, Political Science
Jonathan Alexander, English
Timothy Allen, Neurobiology & Behavior
Steven Allison, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Rommie Amaro, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Bogi Andersen, Biological Chemistry
Hoda Anton-Culver, Epidemiology
Dana Aswad, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Colette Atkinson, English
Stan Bailey, Sociology
Kenneth Baldwin, Physiology & Biophysics
Tallie Z. Baram, Anatomy & Neurobiology
Victoria Basolo, Planning, Policy, & Design
William Batchelder, Cognitive Sciences
Frank Bean, Sociology
James Belluzzi, Pharmacology
Lbachir BenMohamed, Ophthalmology
Frances Bennett, Music
Rimal Bera, Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Michael Berns, Beckman Laser Institute
Zuzana Bic, Program in Public Health
John Billimek, Medicine
Rebecca Black, Education
Bruce Blumberg, Developmental & Cell Biology
Catherine Bolzendahl, Sociology
Daniela Bota, Neurology
Elliot Botvinick, Beckman Laser Institute
Peter Bowler, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Myron Braunstein, Cognitive Sciences
Donald Brown, Ophthalmology
Susan K. Brown, Sociology
David Brownstone, Economics
Daniel Brunstetter, Political Science
Michael Buchmeier, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Kieron Burke, Chemistry
Nancy Burley, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Ellen Burt, French & Italian
Jorge Busciglio, Neurobiology & Behavior
David Camerini, Medicine
Belinda Campos, Chicano/Latino Studies
Thomas Carew, Neurobiology & Behavior
Ron Carlson, English
Dale Carpenter, Ophthalmology
Jeanett Castellanos, Chicano/Latino Studies
Elizabeth Cauffman, Psychology & Social Behavior
Albert Cerussi, Biomedical Engineering
Thomas Cesario, Medicine
Bharath Chakravarthy, Emergency Medicine
Jefferson Chan, Pathology
Susan Charles, Psychology & Social Behavior
Vinayak Chaturvedi, History
Leo Chavez, Anthropology
Ricardo Chavira, Chicano/Latino Studies
Chuansheng Chen, Psychology & Social Behavior
Dongbao Chen, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Yunan Chen, Informatics
Bernard Choi, Biomedical Engineering
Joanne Christopherson, Sociology
Charles Chubb, Cognitive Sciences
Olivier Civelli, Pharmacology
Michael P. Clark, English
Roxy Cohen Silver, Psychology & Social Behavior
Susana Cohen-Cory, Neurobiology & Behavior
AnneMarie Conley, Education
Samuel Cooper, Emergency Medicine
William Cooper, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Josh Cotter, Orthopaedic Surgery
Susan Coutin, Criminology, Law & Society
Karina Cramer, Neurobiology & Behavior
Steven Cramer, Anatomy & Neurobiology
John Crawford, Dance
Nancy Da Silva, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
Elysia Davis, Psychology & Social Behavior
Myrona Delaney, Drama
Ryan Dellinger, Cancer Center
Brian Demsky, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Michael Dennin, Physics & Astronomy
Louis DeSipio, Political Science
Sally Dickerson, Psychology & Social Behavior
Peter Ditto, Psychology & Social Behavior
An Do, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Christopher Dobrian, Music
Thurston Domina, Education
Sue Duckles, Pharmacology
Derek Dunn-Rankin, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Anthony Durkin, Beckman Laser Institute
Robert Edwards, Pathology
Rufus Edwards, Epidemiology
Sarah Eichhorn, Mathematics
William Evans, Chemistry
Kai Evers, German
Alice Fahs, History
Katherine Faust, Sociology
Cynthia Feliciano, Chicano/Latino Studies
Raúl Fernández, Chicano/Latino Studies
Jennifer Fisher, Dance
Donald Forthal, Medicine
Michelle Fortier, Anesthesiology
Norbert Fortin, Neurobiology & Behavior
Christian Fox, Emergency Medicine
Joanne Frattaroli, Psychology & Social Behavior
Fillmore Freeman, Chemistry
Ron Frostig, Neurobiology & Behavior
John Fruehauf, Cancer Center
Liang-Wu Fu, Medicine
Pietro Galassetti, Pharmacology
Christine Gall, Anatomy & Neurobiology
David Gardiner, Developmental & Cell Biology
Robert Garfias, Anthropology
John Garman, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Jean-Luc Gaudiot, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Steven George, Biomedical Engineering
Paul Gershon, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Samuel Gilmore, Sociology
Charles Glabe, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Wendy Goldberg, Psychology & Social Behavior
Celia Goulding, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Stanley Grant, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
Lisa Grant Ludwig, Program in Public Health
Daniel Gross, English
Steve Gross, Developmental & Cell Biology
Zhibin Guan, Chemistry
Gultekin Gulsen, Biomedical Engineering
Zhi-Ling Guo, Medicine
China Hanson, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Ian Harris, Computer Science
Gillian Hayes, Informatics
Garnet Hertz, Informatics
Gregory Hickok, Cognitive Sciences
James Hicks, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Lucas Hilderbrand, Film & Media Studies
Randall Holcombe, Medicine
Todd Holmes, Physiology & Biophysics
Christopher Hughes, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Elliot Hui, Biomedical Engineering
Joseph Huszti, Music
Taruna Ikrar, Anatomy & Neurobiology
David Imagawa, Surgery
Anthony James, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Larry Jamner, Psychology & Social Behavior
Susan Jarratt, Comparative Literature
James V. Jester, Ophthalmology
Sunny Jiang, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Wenlong Jin, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Adriana Johnson, Comparative Literature
Tibor Juhasz, Biomedical Engineering
Peter Kaiser, Biological Chemistry
Hans Keirstead, Anatomy & Neurobiology
Alex Keleman, Surgery
L. Robin Keller, Paul Merage School of Business
Cristina Kenney, Ophthalmology
Arash Kheradvar, Biomedical Engineering
Michelle Khine, Biomedical Engineering
David Kirkby, Physics & Astronomy
Michael Kleinman, Community & Environmental Medicine
Eric Knowles, Psychology & Social Behavior
Allen Kong, Surgery
Diana Krause, Pharmacology
Jeffrey Krichmar, Cognitive Sciences
John Krolewski, Pathology
Frithjof Kruggel, Biomedical Engineering
Lawrence Kulinsky, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Antoinette LaFarge, Studio Art
Kimberley Lakes, Pediatrics
Thomas Lane, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Mark Langdorf, Emergency Medicine
John LaRue, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Michelle Latiolais, English
Michael Lee, Cognitive Sciences
Wen-Hwa Lee, Biological Chemistry
Karen Leonard, Anthropology
Frances Leslie, Pharmacology
Simon Leung, Studio Art
Linda Levine, Psychology & Social Behavior
Min Li, Medicine
Peng Li, Medicine
Robert Liebeck, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Michael Lilly, Cancer Center
Shin Lin, Developmental & Cell Biology
Feng Liu, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
John Liu, Asian American Studies
Loretta Livingston, Dance
Leslie Lock, Developmental & Cell Biology
Elizabeth Loftus, Psychology & Social Behavior
John Longhurst, Medicine
Catherine Lord, Studio Art
Shahram Lotfipour, Emergency Medicine
Catherine Loudon, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Ulrike Luderer, Medicine
Hartmut Luecke, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Angela Lukowski, Psychology & Social Behavior
Andrej Luptak, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Cecelia Lynch, Political Science
Gary Lynch, Anatomy & Neurobiology
Molly Lynch, Dance
Mona Lynch, Criminology, Law & Society
Salvatore Maddi, Psychology & Social Behavior
Marc Madou, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Lynn Mally, History
Virginia Mann, Cognitive Sciences
Osvaldo Marinotti, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Larry Marsh, Developmental & Cell Biology
John Marshall, Neurobiology & Behavior
Rachel Martin, Chemistry
Adam Martiny, Earth System Science
Jennifer Martiny, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Sanjoy Mazumdar, Planning, Policy, & Design
Michael McCarthy, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Anthony McGann, Political Science
James McGaugh, Neurobiology & Behavior
Donald McKayle, Dance
Kristin McMaster, Medicine
Martha Mecartney, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
Gopi Meenakshisundaram, Computer Science
Frank Meyskens, Cancer Center
Jack Miles, Religious Studies
Jessica Millward, History
Yong Soon Min, Studio Art
Rashid Miraj, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Laura Mitchell, History
Farghalli Mohamed, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
Ali Mohraz, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
Sabee Molloi, Radiological Sciences
Kristen Monroe, Political Science
Michael Montoya, Chicano/Latino Studies
Edwin Monuki, Pathology
Kailen Mooney, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Patrick Morgan, Political Science
Naomi Morrissette, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Ayman Mosallam, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Laurence Mueller, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Jogeshwar Mukherjee, Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Daniel Mumm, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
Gifford Myers, Studio Art
Ana Nagel, Neurobiology & Behavior
Wadie Najm, Family Medicine
Kent Nastiuk, Pathology
Lisa Naugle, Dance
Edward Nelson, Medicine
Zoran Nenadic, Biomedical Engineering
Jane Newman, Comparative Literature
Hung Nguyen, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
Tran Nguyen, Chemistry
Sergey Nizkorodov, Chemistry
Diane O’Dowd, Developmental & Cell Biology
Sheila O’Rourke, Anthropology
Candice Odgers, Psychology & Social Behavior
Betty Olson, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Kathryn Osann, Medicine
Cathie Overstreet, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Tomasz Owerkowicz, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Nimisha Parekh, Medicine
Diane Pataki, Earth System Science
Alka Patel, Art History
Lisa Pearl, Linguistics
Andrew Penner, Sociology
Casey Perin, Philosophy
Kristin Peterson, Anthropology
Mark Petracca, Political Science
Bojan Petrovic, International Studies
Daniele Piomelli, Pharmacology
Francesca Polletta, Sociology
Amy Powell, Art History
JoAnn Prause, Psychology & Social Behavior
Francois Primeau, Earth System Science
Jodi Quas, Psychology & Social Behavior
Manuela Raffatellu, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
Jose Ranz, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Colleen Reardon, Music
Kevin Reavis, Surgery
Stephanie Reich, Education
David Reinkensmeyer, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Rainer Reinscheid, Pharmacology
Gary Richardson, Economics
Lindsey Richland, Education
Stephen Ritchie, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Fatimah Rony, Film & Media Studies
Ana Rosas, Chicano/Latino Studies
Michael Rose, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Diego Rosso, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Samer Roumani, Emergency Medicine
Elizabeth Rugg, Dermatology
Jeffrey Russell, Dance
Rolf Saager, Beckman Laser Institute
Mohammad Safarzadeh, Economics
Ann Sakai, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Curt Sandman, Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Suzanne Sandmeyer, Biological Chemistry
Jean-Daniel Saphores, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Barbara Sarnecka, Cognitive Sciences
Jeanne Scheper, Women’s Studies
Evan Schofer, Sociology
Donna Schuele, Criminology, Law & Society
Tonya Schuster, Sociology
Caesar Sereseres, Political Science
Carroll Seron, Criminology, Law & Society
Jared Sexton, African American Studies
Athan Shaka, Chemistry
Ken Shea, Chemistry
Kenneth Shea, Chemistry
Paul Shirey, Economics
Marilou Sison-Mangus, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Jennifer Skeem, Psychology & Social Behavior
David Smith, Sociology
Martin Smith, Anatomy & Neurobiology
Robert Smith, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Lisa Snider, Pediatrics
David Snow, Sociology
Dorothy Solinger, Political Science
Mark Steyvers, Cognitive Sciences
Daniel Stokols, Planning, Policy, & Design
Jeffrey Suchard, Emergency Medicine
Christine Suetterlin, Developmental & Cell Biology
Lizhi Sun, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Christine Sütterlin, Developmental & Cell Biology
Rob Swift, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Anyes Taffard, Physics & Astronomy
William Tang, Biomedical Engineering
Katherine Tate, Political Science
Darryl Taylor, Music
Andrea Tenner, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Rei Terada, Comparative Literature
Jennifer Terry, Women’s Studies
David Timberlake, Program in Public Health
Stephanie Tjen-A-Looi, Medicine
Douglas Tobias, Chemistry
Bill Tomlinson, Informatics
Judith Treas, Sociology
Sang Trieu, Asian American Studies
Sheryl Tsai, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Lorenzo Valdevit, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
André van der Hoek, Informatics
Elizabeth van Es, Education
Deborah Vandell, Education
Chris Vanderwal, Chemistry
Nosratola Vaziri, Physiology & Biophysics
Alladi Venkatesh, Paul Merage School of Business
Benjamin Villac, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Boris Vinatzer, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Linda Vo, Asian American Studies
Amy Voida, Informatics
Marika Walter, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Edward Wang, Ophthalmology
Szu-Wen Wang, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
Yun Wang, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Steven Wechsler, Ophthalmology
Gregory Weiss, Chemistry
John Weiss, Neurology
Stephen Weller, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Sharon Wigal, Pediatrics
Timothy Wigal, Cognitive Sciences
Petra Wilder-Smith, Beckman Laser Institute
Amy Wilentz, English
Tiffany Willoughby-Herard, African American Studies
Brian Wong, Otolaryngology
Nathan Wong, Medicine
Marcelo Wood, Neurobiology & Behavior
Sheron Wray, Dance
Charles (Ted) Wright, Cognitive Sciences
Xiangmin Xu, Anatomy & Neurobiology
Albert Yee, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
Shu-Dan Yeh, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Keiichi Yoshimatsu, Chemistry
Jin-Yi Yu, Earth System Science
Michael Zaragoza, Pediatrics
Farzin Zareian, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Fan Gang Zeng, Biomedical Engineering
Yi-Hong Zhou, Neurosurgery
Xiaolin Zi, Urology
Argyrios Ziogas, Epidemiology
  
Many Thanks to the
Academic Counselors
Chancellor’s Office
Department Chairs
Directors of Organized Research Units & Research Programs
Division of Graduate Studies
Division of Undergraduate Education
Faculty Moderators
Honors Programs
Office of Research
Parents & Friends of Presenters
UCI Communications Office
UCI Community
University Advancement
UROP Team
UROP Volunteers

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