Full Name | College | Department | Discipline | Phone | Room | Topic Interests | Skills needed | |
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Alexander Agoulnik | Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine | Human and Molecular Genetics | Human Molecular Genetics | 305-348-0570 | AHC1 419B | aagoulni@fiu.edu | Relaxant hormone signaling Hormonal effects in reproduction. | Transgenic manipulations of mouse genome. Prerequisites are: basic molecular-genetic techniques mouse handling. Bench work in the lab and research experiments. |
Irina Agoulnik | Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine | Human and Molecular Genetics | Endocrine Cancers | 305-348-1481 | AHC1 419C | iagoulni@fiu.edu | Prostate cancer. Breast cancer. Steroid receptor signaling steroid receptor co-regulators. General biology, genetics, organic chemistry, and prior participation in journal club. Some prior mouse husbandry experience. | Conducting research experiments, maintaining records of experiments in the lab note book, attending lab meetings, presenting obtained research data, and reading relevant research literature. |
Iqbal Akhtar | Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs | Religious Studies | Religious Studies | 305-348-2186 | DM 359B | iakhtar@fiu.edu | Khoja history, Islamic political thought, Indian and East African History | Translation, Field work, library research, etc. |
Jose R. Almirall | Arts, Sciences and Education | Chemistry and Biochemistry | Analytical Chemistry and Forensic Chemistry | 305-348-3917 | AHC4 361 | almirall@fiu.edu | Materials analysis with Laser Ablation ICP-MS for provenance and sourcing Explosives analysis with SPME/GCMS and SPME/IMS. | Laboratory experiments. |
Astrid Arraras | Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs | Politics and International Relations | Political Science | 305-348-1692 | SIPA 408 | arrarasa@fiu.edu | Democratization, human rights, social movements, and political violence and revolutions. | Library research. |
Daniel Bagner | Arts, Sciences and Education | Psychology | Clinical Child Psychology | 305-348-7548 | DM 142 | dbagner@fiu.edu | Child externalizing behavior problems, parent-training interventions, and infant development. | Library research, participant recruitment, and coding videotapes of parent-child interactions. |
Lorraine Bahrick | Arts, Sciences and Education | Psychology | Developmental Psychology | 305-348-3380 | DM 263 | bahrickl@fiu.edu | Infant perceptual and cognitive development, face perception inter-sensory perception autism memory development. | Library, running subjects, recruiting subjects, data tabulation, research lab meetings and clerical (photocopying). |
Manuel Alejandro Barbieri | Arts, Sciences and Education | Biological Sciences | Cellular and Molecular Biology | 305-348-7535 | AHC1 318C | barbieri@fiu.edu | Cellular and molecular biology; biochemistry | Experience will include lab research and hands-on experiments. |
Abhijit Barua | Business | School of Accounting | Accounting | 305-348-3404 | MANGO 342 | baruaa@fiu.edu | Earnings management. Corporate governance | Read related chapters from his textbook and accounting standards; Collect data by searching SEC websites; Do statistical analysis; Write up a paper |
Charles Bigger | Arts, Sciences and Education | Biological Sciences | Biology/Immunology | 305-348-3100 | MARC 278 | biggerc@fiu.edu | Various immune defenses of marine invertebrates, environmental influences on immune defenses, and invertebrate genetics. | Running experiments on campus or library research. |
Heather Blatt | Arts, Sciences and Education | English | Medieval literature | 305-348-4583 | DM 467B | hblatt@fiu.edu | Medieval English literature and language; book and reading history; medieval food culture | Library research, language work, and writing. |
Fred Blevens | Communication, Architecture + The Arts | Journalism | Journalism and Broadcasting | 305-919-4430 | AC2 311B | blevensf@fiu.edu | Any area of news literacy. Any area of news coverage. Any area of global information literacy. | Library research, interviews, surveys, and experiments. |
Werner U. Boeglin | Arts, Sciences and Education | Physics | Physics | 305-348-1711 | CP 236 | boeglinw@fiu.edu | Experimental Nuclear and Plasma Physics | |
Richard Bone | Arts, Sciences and Education | Physics | Physics | 305-348-3082 | CP 213 | boner@fiu.edu | Physics of human vision Macular pigment and age-related macular degeneration. | Running experiments and data analysis. |
Pip Brant | Communication, Architecture + The Arts | Art And Art History | Visual Arts | 305-348-2897 | VH 216 | brantp@fiu.edu | Inter-media projects that involve art and other disciplines. | Help with installation and art production as well as research in latest computer applications to fibers projects. |
Jeremy Chambers | Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work | Environmental Health Sciences | Mitochondria-Cell Communication | 305-348-4648 | AHC4 232 | jwchambe@fiu.edu | Mitochondrial signaling cascades that control cancer cell metabolism. Mitochondrial signaling events that promote aging and Parkinson's disease. Constructing methods to detect protein-protein interactions in real-time. | There is no pre-requisite course work that I require for a student to join my lab. I only expect students to be motivated to perform biomedical research. My lab personnel and I will provide them with all of the training they require to perform research in my lab. Literature based research, running experiments in biochemistry and cell biology, attending seminars related to research, and potentially attending meetings and seminars at the mentor's discretion. |
Maria Charters | Engineering and Computing | School of Computing and Information Sciences | Computer Science | 305-348-7981 | CASE 333 | mcharter@fiu.edu | Nanotechnology applications in medicine Nanotechnology applications in making a smart city Nanotechnology applications in the home | I like topics having to do with the application of technology in daily life, and I believe a student with a major in Computer Science would be better able to research and apply his/her course work to "real world" applications. I would like the student to be at least in a sophomore year of studies at FIU, so that he/she will have completed at least up to the 2nd year of computer science courses. Researching online databases of current results involving nanotechnology, contacting via email or phone the direct researchers of this technology, and perhaps asking to observe any experiments being conducted or read experiment results in this field. I would expect the student to read the latest journals on nanotechnology, as well as network to make contact with the most current and advanced researchers in this field, within the U.S. and abroad. |
Shu-Ching Chen | Engineering and Computing | School of Computing and Information Sciences | Computer Science | 305-348-3480 | CASE 257 | chens@cs.fiu.edu | Multimedia, databases, and network. | Programming and running experiments. |
Peter J. Clarke | Engineering and Computing | School of Computing and Information Sciences | Software Engineering/Software Testing | 305-348-2440 | CASE 212A | clarkep@cis.fiu.edu | Model-Driven Software Engineering, testing in CS1-CS3, and prediction of faulty software components. | Completion of the following courses: Software Engineering I and Introduction to Software Testing. |
Erika Coles | Arts, Sciences and Education | Psychology | Clinical Child Psychology | 305-348-4087 | AHC1 139 | ecoles@fiu.edu | Behavioral treatments for ADHD. | Interested in collaborating with a student on a project utilizing our Saturday Treatment Program. Library research, direct treatment delivery as a paraprofessional, and data collection. |
Marcus Cooke | Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work | Environmental and Occupational Health | Environmental and Occupational Health | 305-348-7775 | AHC5 354 | mcooke@fiu.edu | The role of genotoxicity in the pathogenesis of human disease, focused primarily upon oxidative stress-induced DNA damage and repair, and the discovery of novel interventions;Understanding the source and significance of urinary biomarkers of oxidative stress. | |
Helen Z Cornely | Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing and Health Sciences | Physical Therapy | Physical Therapy and Gerontology | 305-348-1968 | AHC3 538A | cornelyh@fiu.edu | Fall preventions and balance interventions for older adults, health promotion through physical activity in older adults with or without chronic disease, and self-management programs. | Literature reviews, getting research articles, field work with exercise or health promotion programs, data collection, and data entry. |
Jone Corrales | Arts, Sciences and Education | Southeast Environmental Research Center | Marine Biology | 305-919-4123 | AC1 211 | jocorral@fiu.edu | My research field in general focuses on the study of adverse effects of environmental stressors on aquatic animals. More specifically, I am interested in studying how environmental contaminants and toxicants affect the immune system in fish and in turn alter susceptibility to infection and disease. My goal is to work with ecologically relevant fish species in addition to working with fish models such as zebrafish, which serves as both an ecologically relevant model and human health model. Key words that describe my work: impacts of contaminants and environmental stressors on aquatic organisms, ecotoxicology, aquatic animal health, fish toxicology, immunotoxicology, coastal ecosystem health, fish models for human health and disease. | Undergraduate students that are Biology majors or Environmental Studies majors will be most suitable to be research students or research assistants. Preferably, students in sophomore or junior status in order to train them thoroughly before they graduate. Moreover, an ideal candidate would be an honors student that has taken 'Discovery Education Courses' offered by the Center for Aquatic Chemistry and Environment. A minimum GPA of 3.0 will be a requirement. |
Elizabeth Cramer | Arts, Sciences and Education | Teaching and Learning | Special Education | 305-348-2425 | ZEB 345A | cramere@fiu.edu | Overrepresentation of minority students in special education; inclusion of diverse students with exceptionalities; general education teacher preparation to effectively instruct students with disabilities. | Library research, school based observations and interviews, and data analysis. |
Debra Davis | Engineering and Computing | School of Computing and Information Sciences | Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science Education | 305-348-1219 | CASE 342A | dledavis@fiu.edu | Human-Computer Interaction, User Experience Research, Computer Science Education, Online Learning, and Cognitive Development | Library research, running experiments, data analysis, possibly user experience design (if appropriate for the project) |
Maria De Los Santos | Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing and Health Sciences | Nursing and Health Sciences | Nursing | 305-348-7703 | AHC3 322A | delossan@fiu.edu | Motivation for behavior change for improved health outcomes; health promotion; illness prevention | Literature review, development of a data collection instrument, development of theoretical framework, determining methodology to be utilized, data collection, interpretation of data, IRB application and manuscript development for publication. |
George S. Dulikravich | Engineering and Computing | Mechanical and Materials Engineering | Engineering and Computing | 305-348-7016 | EC 2710 | dulikrav@fiu.edu | 1. Computational fluid dynamics 2. Inverse design methods 3. Evolutionary design optimization | Programming new software and/modifying existing software. |
Juan Carlos Espinosa | Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs | The Honors College | Comparative Politics | 305-348-6795 | DM 233 | espinosj@fiu.edu | Political culture and politics and the arts | Students with an interest in the intersection of politics and culture. They should have well-developed research skills, be inquisitive, creative, and open to interdisciplinary approaches to their chosen topic. Students must be capable of library and online research, and will attend occasional field trips to sites in the South Florida area. |
Scott H. Fingerhut | Law | Law and Honors College | Criminal Constitutional Law, Criminal Procedure, Judicial Process And Policy, Trial Practice, Pretrial Litigation And Advocacy | 305-348-7541 | RDB 1021 | fingerhut@fiu.edu | Application of the scientific method to law enforcement determinations of reasonable suspicion to detain and probable cause to arrest. | The project is limited only by the student's imagination. At a minimum, though, it will require legal research and writing, along with oral presentations. |
Leslie Frazier | Arts, Sciences and Education | Psychology | Developmental Health Psychology | 305-348-2045 | DM 260 | frazier@fiu.edu | Any topic having to do with psychosocial influences on health, well-being, and quality of life | For an Honors research project, I would expect a student to generate a research idea and develop it into a feasible research study which they would then conduct, analyze, and write up as a scientific conference presentation or publication |
Jose Gabilondo | Communication, Architecture + The Arts | Law | Law | 305-348-5943 | RDB 2042 | gabilond@fiu.edu | Corporate and international finance and Cuban legal studies. | The full range of research and writing activities. Organization, strong writing skills, personal maturity, and quantitative skills are desired. |
Ruben Garrote | Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs | The Honors College | Religious Studies | 305-348-1620 | DM 246 | garroter@fiu.edu | Classical and Religs of Mythology, Church and State | |
Bernard Gerstman | Arts, Sciences and Education | Physics and Honors College | Bio Physics | 305-348-3115 | CP 232 | gerstman@fiu.edu | Protein folding, protein aggregation, and protein engineering | Computer modeling. |
Juan Gomez | Law | Law | Immigration and Human Rights | 305-348-7541 | RDB 1010 | jcagomez@fiu.edu | Popluations being persecuted in Refugee/Migrant Producing Countries. Causes of Systemic Dysfunctions in Countries that Produce Refugees/Migrants. Possible Solutions to Causes of Outward Migration in Refugee/Migrant Producing Countries. | Interest in Human Rights, Immigration/Migration, Willingness to Work Hard |
Liana Gonzalez | Arts, Sciences and Education | Teaching and Learning | Special Education | 305-348-6667 | ZEB 248B | lgonzal@fiu.edu | Inclusion of students with disabilities, teacher preparation/retention, and teaching in multicultural, urban settings | Library research. |
Paulo Graziano | Arts, Sciences and Education | Psychology | Clinical Psychology | 305-348-4007 | AHC4 459 | pgrazian@fiu.edu | Pediatric Obesity; Early intervention for children with disruptive behavior problems; various research topics within the context of my lab research | Need to be familiar with research methods; data entry/checking; coding of videos; literature review |
Xudong He | Engineering and Computing | School of Computing and Information Sciences | Computer Science | 305-348-1831 | CASE 364 | hex@cs.fiu.edu | Software system modeling, analysis, and development | A student needs to have solid computer science background, strong analytic ability, and wants to pursue a graduate degree in computer science. Performing formal model modeling and analysis of software systems; and building software systems. |
Michael Heithaus | Arts, Sciences and Education | Biological Sciences | Marine Biology/Ecology | 305-348-2864 | CASE 453 | heithaus@fiu.edu | Predator-Prey Interactions; Trophic Structure; Animal Behavior | Field work, Lab work, Literature Search, Data Analysis, Manuscript Preparation |
Kenneth R. Henry | Business | School of Accounting | Accounting Information Systems | 305-348-4210 | MANGO 330 | henryk@fiu.edu | Inter-Organizational systems pattern matching case-based reasoning. | Library research. |
Rosemary Hickey-Vargas | Arts, Sciences and Education | Earth and Environment | Geoscience | 305-348-3471 | PC 315B | hickey@fiu.edu | I have opportunities for students to work on volcanic processes, magma formation, and volcanic hazards. | Students would have to know how to use a binocular microscope and ideally a polarized light microscope. Microscopy and chemical analysis. |
Gail Hollander | Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs | Global and Sociocultural Studies | Geography | 305-348-2593 | SIPA 319 | hollande@fiu.edu | Agriculture and food studies; climate change and urban studies. | Library research; archival document research; interviews and field work |
Krish Jayachandran | Arts, Sciences and Education | School of Environment, Arts and Society / SERC | Environmental Microbiology/Soils | 305-348-6553 | CASE 137 | jayachan@fiu.edu | Bio-control of Invasive Species in South Florida Everglades Soils, Nutrient Cycling Microbial Structural, Functional Diversity Conservation of Endangered plant species in South Florida Pesticides Fate, and Transport - Biodegradation/Bioremediation. | Conducting field, greenhouse, and laboratory experiments. Apply statistical analysis to interpret the results. |
Ranu Jung | Engineering and Computing | Biomedical Engineering | Neural Engineering; Computational and Experimental Neuroscience | 305-348-3722 | EC 2602 | rjung@fiu.edu | Understanding and improving sensorimotor control in people with neurological disabilities or limb-loss (such as spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy, amputation); Neuroprostheses; Neural engineering devices for interfacing with the nervous system | Library research; running experiments; data analysis; writing reports; presenting their work in journal clubs, local and national conferences |
Suman Kakar | Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs | Criminal Justice | Criminal Justice | 305-348-5992 | PCA 352B | kakars@fiu.edu | Law, medicine, crime, juvenile justice, domestic violence, and police. | Library research field research and phone/in-person surveys/interviews. |
Sakhrat Khizroev | Engineering and Computing | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Nanotechnology | 305-348-3724 | EC 3955 | khizroev@fiu.edu | Nano magneto-electronic Information. Processing quantum computing nano devices. Molecular electronics nano devices for Spintronics nano medicine. | Nano magneto-electronic information processing molecular electronics nano medicine. |
Lou Kim | Arts, Sciences and Education | Biological Sciences | Art And Science | 305-348-7315 | AHC1 218C | kiml@fiu.edu | Mechanism of directional sensing of eukaryotic cells signal transduction pathways regulating cell fate decision. | Running experiments, preparing a power point presentation, and documentation of the results. |
Janine King | Communication, Architecture + The Arts | School of Architecture | Interior Design | 305-348-6630 | PCA 387B | jking@fiu.edu | Relationship between workplace environmental characteristics and worker productivity, relationship between privacy and worker productivity, and the relationship between worker communication and worker productivity. | Library literature review, small field experiment, and data gathering and analysis. |
Suzanne Koptur | Arts, Sciences and Education | Biological Sciences | Plant Ecology, Evolutionary Ecology | 305-348-3103 | OE 232 | kopturs@fiu.edu | Interactions between ants and caterpillars on plants with extra floral nectarines, nectar secretion under different environmental conditions, pollination herbivores improving urban habitats with wildlife gardening. | Field work and greenhouse and lab experiments. |
Lidia Kos | Arts, Sciences and Education | Biological Sciences | Molecular and Cell Biology | 305-348-2135 | AHC1 219A | kosl@fiu.edu | Development of neural crest derived lineages: melanocytes and Schwann cells Development of the mammalian cardiac conduction system. | Running experiments with genetic database searches. |
Jason Kostrna | Arts, Sciences and Education | School of Education and Human Development | Kinesiology and Exercise Science, Psychology | 305-919-4074 | AC1 320 | jkostrna@fiu.edu | Dr. Kostrna’s research focuses on understanding how attention influences decision-making and emotion in sport and exercise. In sport, attention and anticipation are essential elements for emotion management and decision-making. Dr. Kostrna's research attempts to gain insight into human attention, emotion, and decision-making through sport psychology. In exercise, manipulation of attention improves affective response and may increase adherence rates. Dr. Kostnra's research attempts to improve exercise adherence through testing various attentional, motivational, and emotional strategies on a wide variety of populations. | The research laboratory is located at the Biscayne Bay Campus and while daily attendance at BBC is not required, frequent (typically twice a week) attendance is required. Potential students are encouraged to complete the CITI training program for ethical conduct in Human Subjects Research (HSR), the Social-Behavioral-Educational (SBE) track, as soon as possible. CITI is partnered with FIU and should be no cost to the student. Experience with sport and exercise populations, CPR, and/or first-aid training is preferred but not required. |
George J. Kyparisis | Business | Information Systems and Business Analytics | Information Systems and Business Analytics | 305-348-3403 | RB 204B | kyparis@fiu.edu | Research in the area of mathematical scheduling. | Computer programming in Excel/Basic etc. |
Fenfei Leng | Arts, Sciences and Education | Chemistry and Biochemistry | Biochemistry | 305-348-3277 | AHC4 222 | lengf@fiu.edu | Transcription-coupled DNA supercoiling and Protein-DNA interaction. | |
Cesar Levy | Engineering and Computing | Mechanical And Materials Engineering | Mechanical Engineering | 305-348-3643 | EC 3442 | levyez@fiu.edu | Fracture mechanics and fatigue analysis sensors using carbon nanotubes. | Learning a finite element (FEM) package, modifying an existing FEM program, using the modified FEM package to extract data based on certain parameters, and running multiple cases to evaluate effect of parameters. Students should be able to conduct library research, reading, and run test cases. |
Robert Lickliter | Arts, Sciences and Education | Psychology | Developmental Psychobiology | 305-348-3441 | DM 249 | licklite@fiu.edu | Development of perception fetal learning and memory (animal). | Completed research methods and statistics course. |
Chengxian Lin | Engineering and Computing | Mechanical And Materials Engineering | Mechanical Engineering | 305-348-0537 | EC 3329 | lincx@fiu.edu | 1. Gas flow in micronozzles for application in micro satellites 2. Heat transfer in microchannels for application in electronic cooling 3. Aerosol dispersion during decontamination activities. | Literature research, running experiments in laboratories, and analyzing collected data. |
Wei-Chiang Lin | Engineering and Computing | Biomedical Engineering | Biomedical Engineering | 305-348-6112 | EC 2673 | wclin@fiu.edu | Optical diagnosis Pediatric brain tumors Pediatric epilepsy. | Optical diagnosis; students should take BME 4562, Biomedical Optics, to enhance their knowledge about optical engineering. Literature search, design, and build prototype instrument (with other graduate students), and discuss research findings with the group. |
Yuan Liu | Arts, Sciences and Education | Chemistry and Biochemistry | Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, and Toxicology | 305-348-3628 | CP 338B | yualiu@fiu.edu | Study on trinucleotide repeat instability via DNA damage and repair that is associated with human neurodegenerative disease and cancer. | Students are expected to do their work on the bench. |
Peter Machonis | Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs | Modern Languages and Honors College | French and Linguistics | 305-348-2379 | DM 498B | machonis@fiu.edu | (1) English Phrasal Verbs and Idiomatic Expressions; (2) Lexicon-Grammar, i.e., syntactic analysis of some aspect of student's native language; (3) Quebec French as spoken in Hollywood, FL | Dictionary work, web-based research, and analyzing large collections of idioms or other expressions in one's native language. Involvement in the Quebec French project, a field research project in Hollywood, FL. |
Todd Makse | Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs | Politics and International Relations | Political Science | 305-348-8451 | SIPA 405 | tmakse@fiu.edu | Elections and voting behavior, legislative politics, public opinion | I would expect the student to have taken American Government (POS 2041), one or more upper-level courses in the area relevant to the research project (e.g. POS 3424, 3443, 4122, 4233). Methods of Political Analysis (POS 3703) would be desirable but not necessary. Library research, online research, data entry using Excel. |
Kalai Mathee | Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine | Human and Molecular Genetics | Molecular Microbiology and Infectious Diseases | 305-348-0628 | AHC4 223 | matheek@fiu.edu | Molecular Genetic Studies of Bacterial Pathogenicity Using Pseudomonas aeruginosa as the Model Organism. She also works on bioinformatics, comparative genomics and microbial metagenomic profiling | |
Bruce Mc Cord | Arts, Sciences and Education | Chemistry and Biochemistry | Analytical/Forensic Chemistry | 305-348-7543 | CP 313 | mccordb@fiu.edu | Genetic typing of nucleic acids, microfluidic detection of drugs in body fluids, electrospray mass spectrometry, and nanomolecular devices. | Running experiments under the supervision of myself and advanced graduate students. |
Adriana G. McEachern | Arts, Sciences and Education | Psychology | Counseling Psychology and Counselor Education | 305-348-3391 | ZEB 326 | mceacher@fiu.edu | Child and sexual abuse, emotional maltreatment in the classroom, and cross cultural and multicultural issues in counseling exceptional student education. | Library research, assisting in conducting experiments, and collecting data. |
Anthony Mcgoron | Engineering and Computing | Biomedical Engineering | Image Guided Therapy for Cancer | 305-348-1352 | EC 2442 | mcgorona@fiu.edu | 1. Image Guided Therapy: Drug delivery/drug development for cancer imaging and therapy 2. Molecular Imaging: Nuclear Medicine and Optical Imaging 3. Nanotechnology | Nanoparticle based drug development for simultaneous imaging and therapy. Students will learn cell culture techniques. Should know how to use Excel, PowerPoint, and Matlab. Students would assist graduate students in the laboratory with their experiments. This may be theoretical (computational modeling, computer algorithms, etc.), wet lab (simple chemistry, cell culture, drug dosing, cell toxicity assays). Mechanically building or assembling devices or instruments necessary for the research. Ordering materials in the lab. Keeping inventory. Helping to keep the laboratory maintained. Students will do literature search, compile data, and learn to present data. |
Assefa Melesse | Arts, Sciences and Education | Earth and Environment | Environmental Studies | 305-348-6518 | CASE 168 | melessea@fiu.edu | Spatially distributed watershed modeling, geospatial applications to hydrology, wetland restoration evaluation, vegetation pattern, and hydraulic response modeling. | Library research, field experimenting, and modeling. |
Mohiaddin Mesbahi | Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs | Politics and International Relations | International Relations | 305-348-1857 | SIPA 435 | mesbahim@fiu.edu | Culture and religion in int'L relations, Islam and world politics, int'L relations of Central Asia, and Middle East national security studies. | Library research. |
Eric Messersmith | Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs | Asian Studies | Asian Studies | 305-348-2186 | DM 342C | messerse@fiu.edu | Zen Buddhism, tea Ceremony, and martial arts. | Library research and field work |
Jaroslava Miksovska | Arts, Sciences and Education | Chemistry and Biochemistry | Chemistry | 305-348-7406 | OE 318 | miksovsk@fiu.edu | Conformational dynamics in proteins. Functinalization of zelite-like metal organic framework. | General chemistry, organic chemistry coursework and laboratory completed. Student must also be capable of running experiments. |
Audrey Miller | Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing and Health Sciences | Nursing and Health Sciences | Nursing | 305-348-4570 | AHC3 525A | apemille@fiu.edu | Preventive health care for Children. Oral health care for Children nutrition. Sickle Cell Anemia. | Preventive health care for Children. The student must have a working knowledge on literature review and search and an interest in children's health. Library research, literature review, and data collection. |
De Etta Mills | Arts, Sciences and Education | Biological Sciences | Biology/IFRI | 305-348-7410 | OE 118 | millsd@fiu.edu | Molecular DNA profiling of soil microbial communities, non-human DNA profiling for equine, bovine and avian forensics. | Running experiments. |
Matthew C. Mirow | Law | Law | Law, Legal History, Latin American Law | 305-348-8347 | RDB 2063 | mirowm@fiu.edu | Latin American constitutional law, and legal history. | Running experiments. |
Anthony Miyazaki | Business | Marketing and Logistics | Marketing | 305-348-2571 | RB 333 | miyazaki@fiu.edu | Communication of risk information for products and services; privacy issues in online marketing; pricing practices of service firms. | Assist in development of research scope; conduct some library research; help in collecting, coding, and analyzing data; assist in writing research paper. |
Rajamani Narayanan | Arts, Sciences and Education | Physics | Theoretical Nuclear Physics | 305-348-1012 | ASTRO 204 | narayanr@fiu.edu | Theory of elementary particles (quarks, electrons etc.) and the evolution of the universe close to the big-bang era. | Use visualization techniques on the computer to understand some properties of elementary particles in nature. |
Jai Navlakha | Engineering and Computing | School of Computing and Information Sciences | Computer Science | 305-348-2744 | CASE 384 | navlakha@cs.fiu.edu | Computer applications, programming data structures and algorithms. | Library/Internet research, good writing, and communication skills. |
Marilys Nepomechie | Communication, Architecture + The Arts | School of Architecture | Architecture | 305-348-1887 | PCA 283B | nepomech@fiu.edu | Mid-century architecture and Miami and Havana hotel architecture housing | Library research, Digital model building, and Interviews/ filming. |
William Newburry | Business | Business | Management and International Business | 305-348-1103 | MANGO 446 | newburry@fiu.edu | Factors influencing corporate reputations of emerging market multinationals and operational difficulties of emerging market multinationals (e.g., Multilatinas) when they invest in developed countries. | Either of the topics above. Student would need the ability and motivation to conduct secondary research, along with some basic exposure to the process of questionnaire development. Student must be able to perform library research, questionnaire development and administration. |
Diann Newman | Chaplin School of Hospitality and Tourism Management | School of Hospitality and Tourism Management | Human Relations/Organizational Behavior | 305-919-4523 | HM 214 | newmand@fiu.edu | Emotional Intelligence leadership. | Library research and data collection. |
Fernando Gabrielo Noriega | Arts, Sciences and Education | Biological Sciences | Molecular Biology, Physiology of mosquitoes. Vector Biology. | 305-348-6632 | AHC1 304B | noriegaf@fiu.edu | 1. Regulation of synthesis of hormones in mosquitoes. 2. Genomics and Proteomics of the neuroendocrine system in mosquitoes. 3. Nutritional regulation of gene expression in mosquitoes. | I would like them to have their own projects. Design their own experiments and manage every step involved in scientific research. |
Kevin O'Shea | Arts, Sciences and Education | Chemistry and Biochemistry | Organic Chemistry | 305-348-3968 | CP 310 | osheak@fiu.edu | Photochemistry and environmental chemistry. | Literature search and laboratory work. |
Nezih Pala | Engineering and Computing | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Engineering | 305-348-3016 | EC3975 | npala@fiu.edu | Indoor localization for smart building applications. Portable biosensors. Portable THZ cameras for security imaging. | Designing and implementing circuits, programming. |
Justin Parent | Arts, Sciences and Education | Psychology | Center for Children and Families | 305-348-3232 | AHC-1 236 | jparent@fiu.edu | The Child and Family Well-being Clinic and Lab develops, and tests family-based prevention and intervention programs focused on how families influence child adaptive and maladaptive development. | Library services, Microsoft Office proficiency |
Amy Paul-Ward | Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing and Health Sciences | Occupational Therapy | Occupational Therapy And Medical Anthropology | 305-348-3104 | AHC3 424A | paulward@fiu.edu | Understanding the experience of adolescents in foster care and improving the transitional outcomes of adolescents leaving the foster care system. | Literature reviews, questionnaire development, one on one interviews with participants, and data entry. |
Frederick Perry | Business | School of Accounting | Legal Environment of Business | 305-348-2581 | MANGO 328 | fvperry@fiu.edu | The International Law of Terrorism | |
Jeremy Pettit | Arts, Sciences and Education | Psychology | Clinical Psychology | 305-348-1671 | AHC1 249A | jpettit@fiu.edu | Depression and suicide-related behaviors | Must have some prior research experience in psychology and depends on the nature of the project. |
Nagarajan Prabakar | Engineering and Computing | School of Computing and Information Sciences | College of Engineering | 305-348-2033 | CASE 382 | prabakar@cis.fiu.edu | database applications; telepresence robotics; Software design for robot navigation; Coordination of swarm of telepresence robots; Educational game design for school children | I would expect a very rigorous system development work |
Nipesh Pradhananga | Engineering and Computing | Moss School of Construction, Infrastructure and Sustainability | Construction Technology and Visualization | 305-348-0224 | EC 2983 | npradhan@fiu.edu | Interested in application of virtual reality, 3d modeling, real-time sensors and data analysis in construction engineering problems | Prepare for, design and conduct experiments; analyze data from the experiments |
Jean Rahier | Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs | Global and Sociocultural Studies | Social and Cultural Anthropology | 305-348-0224 | SIPA 328 | jrahier@fiu.edu | Cultures and performances of the African diaspora black immigrants to the United States race relations in Latin America. | Project dependent. If the project is an anthropological one, library research and fieldwork (at the very least) would be necessary. |
Sharan Ramaswamy | Engineering and Computing | Biomedical Engineering | Stem Cell Mechanobiology, cardiovascular mechanics, heart valve tissue engineering | 305-348-2532 | EC 2361 | sramaswa@fiu.edu | Platelet adhesion studies, Heart valve substitute developments | Literature searches, experiments, and scientific writing |
Raju Rangaswami | Engineering and Computing | School of Computing and Information Sciences | Computer Science | 305-348-6230 | CASE 386 | raju@cis.fiu.edu | Operating systems, storage systems, and multimedia security. | Student will typically work on formulating a new problem, create a solution, implement the solution, and evaluate it with experiments. |
Kathleen Rein | Arts, Sciences and Education | Chemistry and Biochemistry | Chemistry | 305-348-6682 | CP 323A | reink@fiu.edu | Isolation and characterization of natural products from algae and identification of genes related to natural product biosynthesis | |
Joerg Reinhold | Arts, Sciences and Education | Physics | Physics | 305-348-6422 | CP208 | reinhold@fiu.edu | Research and development on new detectors for particle and nuclear physics. Data analysis and Monte Carlo simulations for nuclear physics experiments. Monte Carlo simulations for Medical Physics problems. | Research and development on new detectors for particle and nuclear physics. Data analysis and Monte Carlo simulations for nuclear physics experiments. Monte Carlo simulations for Medical Physics problems. Students should have taken the introductory sequence Physics w/Calculus and at a minimum currently be enrolled in Modern Physics. Knowledge of a programing language, especially C or C++ is desirable.Testing detectors, analyzing data, running computer simulations. |
James Riach | Arts, Sciences and Education | Earth and Environment | Anthropology | 305-348-1209 | AHC5 366 | riachj@fiu.edu | 1. Community-based resource management in rural Amazonian populations. 2. Creative approaches to integrated health, development, and conservation strategies in rainforest environments. 3. Ethnoecology/ethnobotany | Library research and first hand field work involving interviews and possibly sampling of any of the following: plants, animals, water, or soil. |
Jennifer Richards | Arts, Sciences and Education | Biological Sciences | Botany and Wetlands Ecology | 305-348-3102 | OE 233 | richards@fiu.edu | Wetland plant ecology, especially how plants respond to the hydrologic and nutrient challenges presented by the aquatic environment, and the landscape and community ecology of south Florida vegetation. Biology of invasive plant species with an emphasis on understanding vegetative and sexual reproduction in these species and how these processes affect invasiveness. | |
Tonette S. Rocco | Arts, Sciences and Education | Educational Leadership and Policy Studies | Adult Education and Human Resource Development | 305-348-6151 | ZEB 361A | roccot@fiu.edu | Disability studies, disclosure, older workers, equity issues, and social justice. | Since I have never worked with an undergraduate student, it would depend on the student. |
Mark Rossi | Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing and Health Sciences | Physical Therapy | Physical Therapy | 305-348-3478 | AHC3 431 | rossim@fiu.edu | Physical performance after knee replacement. Driving safety after right knee replacement. | Library research. Using Equipment in Lab. Organizing data on spreadsheets. |
Masoud Sadjadi | Engineering and Computing | School of Computing and Information Sciences | College Of Engineering And Computing | 305-348-1835 | CASE 212E | sadjadi@cis.fiu.edu | Autonomic Computing, Pervasive Computing, Mobile Computing, Distributed Computing, Software Engineering, Adaptive Software, and Adaptive Middleware. | Developing research programs, running experiments, writing technical paper, developing software documentation, and reviewing technical papers. |
Joanne Sanders-Reio | Arts, Sciences and Education | SEHD Leadership and Professional Studies | Educational/Developmental Psychology | 305-348-0124 | ZEB 244A | jsanders@fiu.edu | Expertise, writing, self-efficacy, and beliefs about various academic domains. | Pre-requisite: educational psychology. |
Nadja Schreiber Compo | Arts, Sciences and Education | Psychology | Legal Psychology | 305-348-3384 | DM 165 | schreibe@fiu.edu | Investigative Interviewing and witness memory. | |
Bennett Schwartz | Arts, Sciences and Education | Psychology | Psychology | 305-348-4025 | DM 283 | schwartb@fiu.edu | Primate behavior, animal cognition, and human memory. | |
Laura Serbus | Arts, Sciences and Education | Biological Sciences | Cell Biology | 305-348-2201 | AHC1 219B | lserbus@fiu.edu | The cellular and molecular basis for Wolbachia-host interactions. How host environmental conditions affect intracellular Wolbachia proliferation. | Handling and rearing of fruit flies, mass dissections of fruit fly tissues, usage of excel to organize the resulting proteomic data, and mining of online databases/pubmed to further understand and interpret the data. |
Margaret Sibley | Arts, Sciences and Education | Psychology | Clinical Child Psychology | 305-348-3005 | AHC1 246 | msibley@fiu.edu | Behavioral Interventions for Teenagers with ADHD Understanding the Symptom Expression and Impairment of Adolescents with ADHD | Student must demonstrate excellent performance as an undergraduate research assistant in our lab for at least one semester prior to beginning an Honors Thesis. |
Althea (Vicki) Silvera | FIU Library | Library/English | Caribbean Literature, History And Art | 305-348-3136 | GL 422 | silverav@fiu.edu | Caribbean literature and Caribbean art. | Library research, community activities, and interviews. |
Neptune Srimal | Arts, Sciences and Education | Earth and Environment | Earth Sciences | 305-919-5969 | AC1 380A | srimal@fiu.edu | Thermo-barometric studies of metamorphic terrains. Dating of Monazites using Electron Microprobe. I would need some time to think of other suitable research topics more focused to the skill level of the student. | Library research and lab work. |
Dionne Stephens | Arts, Sciences and Education | Psychology | Psychology and African Diaspora Studies | 305-348-1809 | DM 203 | stephens@fiu.edu | Sexual risk taking, health disparities, racial/ ethnic minority women, sexual/ dating scripts, and identity development. | Library research, running experiments, entering data, transcription, preparing conference presentations, and recruitment of research sites. |
Judith Stiehm | Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs | Politics and International Relations | Political Science | 305-348-2199 | SIPA 403 | stiehmj@fiu.edu | Women in politics , Women and globalization, and Women and the Military. | |
Philip Stoddard | Arts, Sciences and Education | Biological Sciences | Biology | 305-348-0378 | AHC1 219C | stoddard@fiu.edu | Animal behavior endocrinology. Electric fish, tiny cousins of the formidable electric eel that communicate with electric signals. Explore communication at every level, from the ecological forces that drive natural selection, to behavioral signaling and mate choice, to neurochemistry and endocrinology of signal contorl, to metabolic partitioning and physiological trade-offs, to the proteins that move ionic charge. | Summarize literature design, run experiments, analyze data, and write a research paper. |
Jacob David Sudol | Communication, Architecture + The Arts | School of Music | Music Technology and composition | 305-348-0109 | WPAC 145B | jsudol@fiu.edu | Music technology, psychoacoustics, and music composition. | Library and online research, and developing hardware, software, creative projects, and cultural studies (particularly East Asian culture). |
Michael Sukop | Arts, Sciences and Education | Earth and Environment | Hydrogeology | 305-348-3117 | PC 326 | sukopm@fiu.edu | Computer modeling of fluids, chemicals, and heat; developing graphical user interfaces for computer models; laboratory measurements of effective porosity in carbonate rocks. | Library research, computer modeling, computer code development, laboratory and field work. |
Krishnamurthy Surysekar | Business | School of Accounting | Accounting | 305-348-3259 | MANGO 341 | suryseka@fiu.edu | The ethical dimensions of executive compensation, what can we learn from the Enron and other accounting scandals?, and is more regulation of the accounting profession needed? | Library research and writing. |
Bethany Sutherland | Arts, Sciences and Education | Psychology | Developmental Science | 305-348-4895 | DM 201B | besuther@fiu.edu | Individual Differences, Learning and Memory in Infants and Children at-risk populations(anxiety autism) brain measures (EEG/ERP) | Library research, scheduling participants, collecting and processing data |
James Sutton | Arts, Sciences and Education | English | English (Renaissance Studies) | 305-348-1270 | DM 452 | suttonj@fiu.edu | Shakespeare related topics; Renaissance literature; Renaissance cultural studies. | A lot of library and internet research on their topic in first semester, and a carefully plotted and planned writing schedule in the second, resulting in a first rate thesis of 40-50 pages with a substantial bibliography. |
Ibrahim N. Tansel | Engineering and Computing | Mechanical And Materials Engineering | Engineering | 305-348-3304 | EC 3474 | tanseli@fiu.edu | 1) Modeling and interpretation 2) Development of health monitoring systems | 1) Literature survey 2) Performing experiments 3) Writing paper. |
Kimberly Taylor | Business | Marketing and Logistics | Marketing | 305-348-3318 | RB 341A | taylork@fiu.edu | Consumer behavior and consumer satisfaction; Negotiations and impact of personal factors on outcomes Families and culture, particularly inter-racial and inter-cultural families. | Library research, assist with running experiments, data entry and tabulation, and the possibility to design and run own study. |
Helen Tempest | Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine | Medicine | Human and Molecular Genetics | 305-348-1484 | AHC1 418B | htempest@fiu.edu | The genetic basis of human infertility. | Completion of lower division general biology courses and accompanying laboratory components, and preferably by taking or having completed upper division genetics lectures. Previous knowledge of or experience in a research lab would be desirale but not essential. Literature searches, Wet lab experiments, data collection and analysis, and research writing. |
Jamie Theobald | Arts, Sciences and Education | Biological Sciences | Neurobiology | 305-348-7319 | CASE 110 | theobald@fiu.edu | Insect neurobiology and behavior mathematical modeling of neurobiology and behavior | Depending on the project, lab work with insects, data collection, and possibly field collecting and filming. Also for some types of projects, programming, mathematical modeling, and simulation. |
Markus Thiel | Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs | Politics and International Relations | Political Science | 305-348-2323 | SIPA 403 | thielm@fiu.edu | European Politics, international relations and regionalism/regional Integration. | Library and online research, and possible field work (depending on the subject). |
M.O. Thirunarayanan | Arts, Sciences and Education | Teaching and Learning | Learning Technologies | 305-348-2085 | ZEB 344A | thiru@fiu.edu | Impact of Technology on Education and Society; Training Teachers to Use Technology to Facilitate Teaching and Learning; Creativity; Entrepreneurship. | They should complete human subjects training. Students should be able to search library and other databases to locate and retrieve scholarly papers, develop surveys, collect data, and computerize the data for analysis. Knowledge of SPSS will be helpful. |
Fereshteh Toosi | Arts, Sciences and Education | Art and Art History | Art and Digital Media | 305-348-2897 | VH236 | fhamidit@fiu.edu | Public art, performance art, environmental art, socially-engaged art, activism, digital art, documentary, VR, AR, environmental studies, nature contact, non-human communication, climate change, ecology, emergent strategy, Anthropocene studies, horticultural therapy, occupational therapy, recreational therapy, walking and pilgrimage, mindfulness, mental health, complementary medicine, herbalism. The Nature Connection Arts Lab is a multidisciplinary laboratory dedicated to exploring the connection between non-human and human health through contemplative art and creative research. By engaging the mutual benefits of nature connection, our projects support a creative culture to resist climate crisis and ecological devastation. Read more on the website and email me if you have any questions: http://fereshteh.net/project/nature-connection-arts-lab/ | Curiosity, enthusiasm, and experience with documentary, video, and performing arts will be very helpful. An interdisciplinary interest in both nature and culture is a must. Students may be involved with many different activities, from grant writing, documentation, phone calls, marketing, library and internet research. Assisting with studio projects may involve occasional field trips around South Florida. |
Andres Tremante | Engineering and Computing | Mechanical and Materials Engineering | Thermo Fluids | 305-348-0149 | EC 3362 | tremante@fiu.edu | Renewable energy power systems, biofuels, thermodynamics, fluid Mechanics, and heat transfer. | Library research. |
Nikolaos Tsoukias | Engineering and Computing | Biomedical Engineering | Biomedical Engineering | 305-348-7291 | EC 2674 | tsoukias@fiu.edu | Cell electrophysiology and Calcium dynamics Vasoreactive signaling in microcirculation Ion channel expression in hypertension | |
Victor M. Uribe | Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs | History | History | 305-348-2961 | DM 398 | uribev@fiu.edu | Colombian migration to the United States (recent), domestic violence (history of), and legislation on money laundering evaluation. | Library research; conducting electronic survey; gathering database. |
Walter Van Hamme | Arts, Sciences and Education | Physics | Astronomy | 305-348-3670 | CASE 461 | vanhamme@fiu.edu | Modeling binary star light and velocity curves, interacting binary stars, and extrasolar planets. | Literature search, learning how to use certain computer programs, data entering, and computer experiments. |
Enrique Villamor | Arts, Sciences and Education | Mathematics and Statistics | Mathematics | 305-348-2056 | DM 414B | villamor@fiu.edu | Differential equations Applied calculus Numerical analysis. | Read books and papers. |
Eric Wagner | Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work | School of Social Work | Clinical Psychology | 305-348-5612 | AHC5 536 | wagnere@fiu.edu | My research group has four ongoing NIH-funded clinical research projects, all of which involve the evaluation and testing of intervention approaches for teenagers with substance use and related problems (e.g., interpersonal aggression, HIV risk). | Library research, phoning subjects, and running experiments are all possibilities |
Marcie Washington | Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs | Politics and International Relations | International Relations | 305-348-3754 | SIPA 414 | mrwashin@fiu.edu | Collective action and conflict; State security and migration; memory,time,space, identity, and conflict; and peace and conflict studies | Depending on the subject, students will engage in either library and online research or field work. |
Stephen Winkle | Arts, Sciences and Education | Chemistry and Biochemistry | Biophysical Chemistry | 305-348-2855 | CP 309 | winkles@fiu.edu | Protein binding to DNAs, carcinogen binding to DNAs, and unusual protein structures | Conducting experiments and analyzing their results. |
Stanislaw F. Wnuk | Arts, Sciences and Education | Chemistry and Biochemistry | Chemistry | 305-348-6195 | CP 352 | wnuk@fiu.edu | Organic chemistry of nucleosides with applications in biochemistry and in anticancer and antiviral medicine. Research involving invention of mechanism-based inhibitors of enzymes vital to cancer cell and/or virus proliferation. | Running experiments and analyzing spectroscopic data. Literature research. |
Kirsten E. Wood | Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs | History | History | 305-348-2803 | DM 396 | woodk@fiu.edu | Taverns, hotels, bars, and restaurants in the United States and the Caribbean, 1780-1900 travel narratives in the United States and the Caribbean, and 1780-1860 comparative gender roles in the United States and Great Britain. | Library/archival research. |
Mehmet Yavas | Arts, Sciences and Education | English | Linguistics | 305-348-2992 | DM 468A | yavasm@fiu.edu | Acquisition of first language sound system; Acquisition of sound systems in bilingual children. | Data collection and transcription. |
Michael Yawney | Communication, Architecture + The Arts | Theatre and Honors College | Theatre | 305-348-7545 | WPAC 139A | myawney@fiu.edu | Dramaturgy-devised and verbatim theater | The activity would depend upon the project. However, almost all theater work starts with research, either in the library or in the field. This is usually followed by extensive notes, rehearsals or sketches looking for an approach to the projects artistic needs using the research. The final stage assembles the actual project. |
Mirroslav Yotov | Arts, Sciences and Education | Mathematics and Statistics | Algebra, Algebraic Geometry | 305-348-3170 | DM 413A | yotovm@fiu.edu | Homological Mirror Symmetry Singularities of function on toric spaces Topology of Lefschetz fibrations. | The student will definitely need to work with a lot of books (library)and with preprints online as well. |
Jinlin Zhao | Chaplin School of Hospitality and Tourism Management | School of Hospitality and Tourism Management | Strategic Management | 305-919-4540 | HM 356 | zhaoj@fiu.edu | Environmental scanning of hospitality and tourism industry; strategic management in the hospitality and tourism management; competitive analysis of hospitality and tourism companies | Library research, running experiments, or field work. |