New Investigator Grants
2024
Jörn Venderbos, Ph.D.
Quantum altermagnetism in the topology eraPriya Sivaramakrishnan, Ph.D.
The choice between RNA and DNA - the cost of conflicts on DNA for embryonic cell fate programming.Andrew Zahrt, Ph.D.
Higher order solvent mixtures as a new optimization domain in organic chemistryCatherine Armbruster, Ph.D.
Defining the role of bacterial population heterogeneity in ecological transitionsGrayson Sipe, Ph.D.
Astrocyte-neuron dynamics underlying functional sensory shifts during locomotionNiharika Sravan, Ph.D.
Optimizing constraints on the equation of state of neutron stars.2023
Andrew Bridges, Ph.D.
Exploring the inter-species interactions controlling bacterial biofilm formationNatasha Gownaris, Ph.D.
Behavioral plasticity as a mechanism for adaptation in rapidly changing environmentsVictor Luna, Ph.D.
Investigating synaptic aging and its impact on memory2022
Sean Buskirk, Ph.D.
Exploring the impact of genetic background on adaptive evolutionArnold Mathijssen, Ph.D.
Bacterial contamination dynamics on self-cleaning magnetic carpetsSimranjeet Singh, Ph.D.
Probing quantum spin liquid state in van der Waals-based systems via spin flux and spin dynamicsV. Ashley Villar, Ph.D.
Unveiling the final days of stellar life through exotic explosions2021
Matthew Clark, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Bucknell University
Identification of neural circuits governing flight control in DrosophilaZheng Kuang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University
Microbial regulation of sex-specific circadian rhythms in the mammalian gutJoshua Lequieu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Drexel University
Unraveling multicomponent biomolecular condensates with field-theoretic simulationsTera Levin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
Playing with fire: How bacteria deploy self-targeting antimicrobials during inter-bacterial battlesLinxiao Zhu, Ph.D.
John J. and Jean M. Brennan Clean Energy Early Career Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
Creating supercurrents in thermal transport2020
Carl Rodriguez, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University
The lives and deaths of star clusters and the gravitational waves they leave behindAnna Schapiro, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania
Mechanisms of generalization: The role of neural inhibitory processes and time of day.Katie Barott, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania
The role of cyclic AMP signaling in acid-base homeostasis of ancestral metazoansMarc Miskin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
Exploring the physics of living systems with microscopic robots2019
Huaiying Zhang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University
The Physics and Chemistry of Liquid Condensation in Live CellsRachel Bezanson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh
Dancing of the Stars: Testing the Formation of the Largest Elliptical GalaxiesGregory Pask, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Biology Department, Bucknell University
Eavesdropping on Ants: The Molecular Basis of Chemical Communication in Social InsectsThomas Purdy, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh
The Quantum Mechanics of Macroscopic Mechanical Systems2018
Bo Zhen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of Pennsylvania
Creating Anyons in Optical FibersEric Yttri, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University
Cortical-Basal Ganglia Interactions Underlying Trial-and-Error MovementsIain Mathieson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics, University of Pennsylvania
Complex Traits in Human EvolutionAnna Moore, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Temple University
Unraveling the Molecular Mechanisms of Neuronal PlasticitySarah Hainer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
Building a Network of ncRNA RegulationJoseph Cotruvo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University
Illuminating Transition Metal Homeostasis in Pathogenic Bacteria Through Fluorescent Sensors2017
Mikael Rechtsman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University
Four-dimensional quantum Hall physics with lightEric Joyce, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics, University of Pennsylvania
Deconstructing the molecular basis of condensin-mediated chromatin foldingDawn Carone, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Swarthmore College
Locus-specific regulation of pericentric satellite sequencesNoa Marom, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
Singlet Fission: Deriving Fundamental Insights from Computation2016
Chad Hanna, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University
Reducing selection bias in gravitational wave detection of compact binary mergerNeil Tomson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania
Coordination Chemistry and Catalysis using Molecular-Scale Electric FieldsBenjamin Hunt, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University
Proximity effects and topological spin currents in van derWaals heterostructuresElizabeth Heller, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, University of Pennsylvania
Neuroepigenetic Remodeling in Transcription and Behavior2015
Nathan D. Gemelke, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University
Quantum Measurement and Back-action Manipulation of Many Ultra-cold AtomsJennifer Round, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Ursinus College
Interaction of Psychiatric Risk Factor Ankyrin-G and Slitrk2 in Excitatory Synapse FormationAmish Patel, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
Uncovering the Molecular Basis for Ice Recognition by Thermal Hysteresis ProteinsMatthew Good, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Cell and Development Biology, University of Pennsylvania
Building Synthetic Cell-Like Compartments to Investigate the Impacts of Cell Size and Shape on Intracellular FunctionTheodore Corcovilos, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Duquesne University
Experimental quantum emulation of two-dimensional topological insulators and Majorana fermions using ultracold atomsMark Chen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Lehigh University
Development of Molecular Biradicaloids for Organic Electronic MaterialsMaya Capelson, Ph.D.
The Nuclear Pore as a Novel Scaffold for Spatial Genome Organization
The Nuclear Pore as a Novel Scaffold for Spatial Genome Organization2014
Matt Youngman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Villanova University
Analysis of the role of SMK-1 in the age-dependent regulation of the FOXO transcription factory DAF-16 in Caenorhabditis elegansDavid Pekker, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh
Protecting quantum information with disorderTzahi Cohen-Karni, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
Investigation of pancreatic islet electrical properties by a high density nanodevices arrayNathan L. Clark, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Computational and Systems Biology, University of Pittsburgh
Co-evolutionary Signatures as a Novel Approach to Gene DiscoveryGregory Lang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Lehigh University
Epistatic Interactions and Constraints on Evolutionary Outcomes in Yeast Experimental Evolution2013
William M. Wuest, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Temple University
The Development of Chemical Probes to Study Nucleoside Signaling in Bacterial BiofilmsSheereen Majd, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering, Pennsylvania State University
Functional Studies of Multidrug Resistance Transporters at Single-Protein LevelMichelle Dolinski, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Drexel University
Solid Xenon Bolometers for Radiation DetectionAditya S. Khair, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
Charges, Forces, and Particles in Ionic LiquidsJoel McManus, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University
High-Throughput Probing of Human IncRNA Structure