Virtual Research Café 10.0 Events
The Café's aim is to help foster research collaborations across the CSU system and catalyze the submission of intercampus proposals. Each café involves three 10-minute faculty research and ideas for future work presentations. Q&A takes place during the virtual mixer following the presentations.
Dr. Carlie Pietsch
Assistant Professor
Department of Geology
San Jose State University
Presentation Topic:
Using Paleontology to Advocate for the Earth and Ocean
Dr. David Krum
Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science
Cal State LA
Presentation Topic:
Immersive Environments for Collaboration and Training
Dr. Lua Lopez Perez
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
California State University, San Bernardino
Presentation Topic:
Genetic and Phenotypic Responses to Climate Change Over time and Space
Virtual Research Café 10.0 ( March 19, 2021)
Dr. Aubrey Kemp
Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics
CSU Bakersfield
Presentation Topic:
Improving Student Understanding and Application of Mathematical Definitions
Dr. Farbod Khoshnoud
Assistant Professor
Electromechanical Engineering Technology Department
Cal Poly Pomona
Presentation Topic:
Self-powered Dynamic Systems, Bio-inspired Dynamic Systems, Quantum Robotics and Autonomy
Dr. Morgan Hawker
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Fresno State
Presentation Topic:
Silk and the Forgotten State of Matter
Virtual Research Café 10.0 ( April 23, 2021)
Dr. Alona Kryshchenko
Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics
CSU Channel Islands
Presentation Topic:
Nonparametric Estimation of Population Parameters
Dr. Yunfei Hou
Assistant Professor
School of Computer Science and Engineering
Cal State San Bernardino
Presentation Topic:
Leveraging Big Data in the Inland Empire’s Public Transit Systems
Dr. Hyewon Pechkis
Assistant Professor
Department of Physics
Chico State
Presentation Topic:
Making a Difference in First Generation and Underrepresented Students' Education through Research: Quantum Coherence in a Bose Thermal Gas
Virtual Research Café 10.0 (May 26, 2021)
Dr. Julian C. Lozos
Assistant Professor
Department of Geological Sciences
CSUN
Presentation Topic:
Investigating the Physics of the Earthquake Process Using Computer Simulations
Dr. Parvin Shahrestani
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Cal State Fullerton
Presentation Topic:
Phenotype to Genotype Mapping of Health-Relevant Traits in Fruit Flies
Dr. Stephanie Zaleski
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Cal State East Bay
Presentation Topic:
Developing Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy-Based Sensors for the Detection of Volatile Organic Compounds
Virtual Research Café 10.0 (June 30, 2021)
Dr. Ettore Vitali
Assistant Professor
Department of Physics
Fresno State
Presentation Topic:
Toward the Possibility of Visualizing Quantum Systems on the Screen of a Computer
Dr. Ga-Young Kelly Suh
Assistant Professor Biomedical Engineering Cal State Long Beach
Presentation Topic:
Medical Imaging Analysis for Vascular Surgery
Dr. Logan B. Smith
Assistant Professor College of Agriculture CSU Chico
Presentation Topic:
Can Regenerative Agriculture, Fungus, and Soil Health Help Save the World?
Virtual Research Café 10.0 (July 28, 2021)
Dr. Lucy Kerhoulas
Assistant Professor
Department of Forestry & Wildland Resources
Humboldt State
Presentation Topic:
Forest Ecology and Management: Comprehensive Evaluations From Leaf-level Physiology to Ecosystem Biodiversity
Dr. Dalton D. Marsh
Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics
CSU San Bernardino
Presentation Topic:
Student Interest and Persistence in STEM
Dr. Lluvia Flores-Renteria
Assistant Professor
Department of Revolutionary Biology
San Diego State University
Presentation Topic:
Evolutionary Ecology of Native Species in the Anthropocene
Virtual Research Café 10.0 (September 17, 2021)
Dr. Santosh KC
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical and Materials
San Jose State
Presentation Topic:
Surface and Interface Properties of 2D Materials
Dr. Liz Kyonka
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
Cal State East Bay
Presentation Topic:
Functional Assessment of Technology Use
Dr. Wing To
Assistant Professor
Department of Physics
Stanislaus State
Presentation Topic:
Adaptive Interdisciplinary Research into Atmospheric Effects of California Wildfires
Virtual Research Café 10.0 (October 15, 2021)
Dr. Jorjeta Jetcheva
Assistant Professor
Department of Computer
Engineering
San José State
Presentation Title: Personal Knowledge Assistants
Dr. Tianjun Lu
Assistant Professor
Department of Earth Science & Geography
CSU Dominguez Hills
Presentation Title: Promoting Healthy Communities through Transportation and Environment
Dr. Breanna Putman
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Cal State San Bernardino
Presentation Title: The New Normal: What makes animals prepared to survive wildfires?
Virtual Research Café 10.0 (November 19, 2021)
Dr. Kristi Closser
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Fresno State
Presentation
Title:Using Quantum Chemistry to Study Photodegradation of Persistent Organic Pollutants
Dr. Raisa Hernandez Pacheco
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Cal State Long Beach
Presentation Title: Rhesus Macaques as Models of Life History Theory and Population Dynamics
Dr. Louise Edwards
Assistant Professor
Department of Physics
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Presentation Title: Hidden Worlds at Dawn and Dusk: Mitigating the effects of Satallite Megaconstellations