Terrence Blackburn

• Department: Earth & Planetary Sciences
• Sponsor: NSF
• Description: Collaborative Research: A record of Antarctic subglacial waters from subglacial precipitates

Susan Carpenter

• Department: Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology
• Sponsor: NIH/NIAID
• Description: Determining the conserved molecular mechanisms contributing to inflammation during Sepsis

Jonathan Fortney

• Department: Astronomy & Astrophysics
• Sponsor: Heising-Simons Foundation
• Description: Assessing Planetary Magnetism with Brown Dwarf Aurorae and Radio Activity

John Garza

• Department: Institute of Marine Sciences
• Sponsor: California Department of Fish and Wildlife
• Description: Genetic Characterization of Interior Redband Trout

Raphael Kudela

• Department: Ocean Sciences
• Sponsor: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
• Description: Emerging Algal Toxins in the California Current System: Responding to Known Threats, Preparing for the Future

Piero Madau

• Department: Astronomy & Astrophysics
• Sponsor: University of Chicago
• Description: TCAN: SIMULATING COSMIC REIONIZATION BEYOND THE CURRENT STATE-OF-THE-ART

Harry Noller

• Department: Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology
• Sponsor: NIH/NIGMS
• Description: Ribosome Structure and Function

Carrie Partch

• Department: Chemistry & Biochemistry
• Sponsor: NIH/NIGMS
• Description: Structures and mechanisms of circadian rhythms from cyanobacteria to humans

Adina Paytan

• Department: Institute of Marine Sciences
• Sponsor: US Army/Misc Bases & Agencies
• Description: Eddy Covariance Tower for Assessing Spatial and Temporal Variability in Subsurface Biogeochemical Processes in Coastal Wetlands and their Impacts on Water Quality

Tamara Pico

• Department: Earth & Planetary Sciences
• Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
• Description: Refining global ice volumes using reconstructions of Bering Strait flooding over the last glacial cycle

Andrew Skemer

• Department: Astronomy & Astrophysics
• Sponsor: Heising-Simons Foundation
• Description: Emily Martin 51 Peg

Victoria Stone

• Department: Microbiology & Environmental Toxicology
• Sponsor: NIH/NIAID
• Description: Development of validated probes for the bacterial type III secretion system

William Sullivan

• Department: Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology
• Sponsor: NIH/NIGMS
• Description: R25 PREP: Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program

Fitnat Yildiz

• Department: Microbiology & Environmental Toxicology
• Sponsor: NIH/NIAID
• Description: C-di-GMP mediated regulation of LonA

Alan Zahler

• Department: Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology
• Sponsor: NIH/NIGMS
• Description: The MARC Program at UCSC

Yi Zuo

• Department: Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology
• Sponsor: NIH/NIA
• Description: Identifying signatures of brain aging through heterochronic blood exchange