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Virtual Research Café

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.

Virtual Research Café 10.0 (October 18, 2023)

Dr. Alanna Cooney  

Dr. Alanna Cooney
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
San Francisco State University

Presentation Topic:

Optimization of Thermal Energy Storage using Exergy & Machine Learning Methods

Dr. Lijiao Hu  

Dr. Lijiao Hu
Assistant Professor
Agriculture Business
Chico State

Presentation Topic:

Food Safety Issues and Private Food Safety Certification Market in the United States

Dr. Eileen Gonzales  

Dr. Eileen Gonzales
Assistant Professor
Physics & Astronomy
San Francisco State

Presentation Topic:

Characterizing the Atmospheres of Brown Dwarfs and Directly Imaged Exoplanets

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Virtual Research Café 10.0 (September 20, 2023)

Dr. Jenny Hazlehurst  

Dr. Jenny Hazlehurst
Assistant Professor
Biological Sciences
Cal State East Bay

Presentation Topic:

Conserving Pollination in a Global Biodiversity Hotspot

Dr. Jorge Botana Alcalde  

Dr. Jorge Botana Alcalde
Assistant Professor
Physics and Astronomy
Cal Poly Pomona

Presentation Topic:

Theoretical Study of the Chemistry at the Pressure of the Earth’s Core

Dr. Maria Calahorra-Jimenez  

Dr. Maria Calahorra-Jimenez
Assistant Professor Construction Management Fresno State

Presentation Topic:

Infrastructure Projects Under Three Different Perspectives: Data, Environment, & Gen​der

Virtual Research Café 10.0 (June 8, 2023)

Dr. Jing Hou  

Dr. Jing Hou
Assistant Professor
Computer Science
CSU San Marcos

Presentation Topic:

Game Theory in Cyberspace

Dr. James Garcia  

Dr. James Garcia
Assistant Professor
Psychology
Cal State Fullerton

Presentation Topic:

“It gets under the skin”. Discrimination and Health in LGBTQ+ People of Color

Dr. Olivera Grujic  

Dr. Olivera Grujic
Assistant Professor
Computer Science
Stanislaus State


Presentation Topic:

Identification of Conserved Elements lacking Functional Annotations in Human GenomeConstrained Non-Exonic Predictor (CNEP) Method

Virtual Research Café 10.0 (April 7, 2023)

Dr. Nabila Tanjeem  

Dr. Nabila Tanjeem
Assistant Professor
Physics
Cal State Fullerton

Presentation Topic:

Designing Responsive Materials from their Building Blocks

Dr. Natalie Schaal  

Dr. Natalie Schaal
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Cal State Northridge

Presentation Topic:

Multidisciplinary Projects in Engineering: From Earthquake Mechanics to Tribology

Dr. Brenda Andrade Rounds  

Dr. Brenda Andrade Rounds
Assistant Professor
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Cal State Los Angeles


Presentation Topic:

Selectively Capturing Molecules from Complex Environments

Virtual Research Café 10.0 (March 10, 2023)

Dr. Nick Toothman  

Dr. Anna Lee
Assistant Professor
Electrical Engineering
Cal State Long Beach

Presentation Topic:

Overview of Research Activities at Lee’s Group

Dr. Archana Anand  

Dr. Gianmarc Grazioli  
Assistant Professor
Chemistry
San José State

Presentation Topic:

Molecular Simulations and Machine Learning for Chemistry and Biophysics

Dr. Taylor A. Thane  

Dr. April Karlinsky
Assistant Professor
Department of Kinesiology
Cal State San Bernardino

Presentation Topic:

Motor Learning Through a Social Lens

Virtual Research Café 10.0 (February 10, 2023)

Dr. Nick Toothman  

Dr. Nick Toothman
Assistant Professor
Computer Science
CSU Bakersfield

Presentation Topic:

Collaboration and Experimentation in Virtual Reality

Dr. Archana Anand  

Dr. Archana Anand
Assistant Professor
Biology
San Francisco State

Presentation Topic:

A drop of wastewater, an ocean of information

Dr. Taylor A. Thane  

Dr. Taylor A. Thane
Assistant Professor
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Cal Poly Pomona

Presentation Topic:

Development of Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions