2019-20 VPR Fellows
The VPR Graduate Fellows Program at Colorado State University was created by the Vice President for Research to support excellence in graduate research and to promote interdisciplinary work at the university by engaging the best and brightest students from graduate programs across the institution.
Fellows are eligible to receive up to $4000 in scholarship and travel support as well as opportunities to engage in monthly professional development. Our mission is provide students with the resources they need to succeed in Graduate School such as travel support, workshops, networking opportunities with thought leaders in their industries and personal resume reviews.
Katharine Ankrom, 3 Minute
Presentation: “Global Worming“
Heather Deel, 3 Minute
Presentation: “Solving Crimes with Microbes”
Kimberly Dolphin, 3 Minute Presentation: “Why Can’t He Take A Hint! The Evolution and Mechanisms of Male Guppy Mating Strategies”
Magda Garbowski, 3 Minute Presentation: “Do Differences Make All the Difference? Targeting Functional Trait and Genetic Variability for Ecological Restoration”
Gretchen Kroh, 3 Minute
Presentation: “Building Better Crops: Tackling Iron Deficiency in Plants“
Blaine McCarthy, 3 Minute
Presentation: “Growing Green Plastics Using the Sun“
Afnan Shazwan Nasaruddin, 3 Minute Presentation: “The Chemical Radar: Bacterial Chemotaxis”
Michael Nguyen-Truong, 3 Minute Presentation: “Preparing Stem-Cells in their Fight Against Heart Failure: What is their Ideal Niche?”
Peter Olayemi, 3 Minute
Presentation: “Lactobionate: A Soil Health Genie?“
MJ Riches, 3 Minute
Presentation: “A Plant’s Role at the Crossroads of Climate Change“
Evan Sproul, 3 Minute Presentation: “Engineering a Solution to the Greenhouse Gas Problem”
Ray Sumner, 3 Minute Presentation: “The Days After Colorado’s Darkest Day”
Clayton Swanson, 3 Minute
Presentation: “Turning on Your Brain: Age Matters“
Robert Wimbish, 3 Minute
Presentation: “Attachment Issues: Uncovering the Molecular Basis for Chromosome Movement in Cells“
Scott Wrigley, 3 Minute Presentation: “The Gut Microbiome: The Missing Link”