2020-21 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.
Kevin Barry, Atmospheric Science
Presentation: “Can Wildfires Influence Ice in Clouds?”
Danielle Bartholet, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Presentation: “Designer Fuels”
Aeriel Belk, Animal Sciences Presentation: “The Impact of Chilling Method on the Microbiome of Chicken Breasts”
Kaylee Clark, Chemistry Presentation: “Mixing it up: Biosensors from Inexpensive Materials”
Daniel Corbin, Chemistry Presentation: “How We Make Plastic, and How We Can Do Better”
Colby Evans, Chemistry Presentation: “A Window into a More Energy Efficient Future”
Shaista Karim, Bioagricultural Sciences & Pest Management Presentation: “Lessons from the Wild”
Alex Koegel, Chemistry Presentation: “Wiggle with It: Correlating Structure Motion and Light Emission in Perovskites”
Sam Miller, Chemistry Presentation: “Big Thinking in Small Spaces: Characterizing Water in Nano Environments”
Paige Ostwald, Cellular/Molecular Biology Presentation: “Heart Development: The Peanut Butter to our Cardiac Jelly”
Alison Post, Ecology Presentation: “When It Rains It Pours”
Tawni Riepe, Fish/Wildlife/Conservation Biology Presentation: “A So-FISH-ticated Disease”
Fionna Samuels, Chemistry Presentation: “Freezing Roots and Shoots: Vibrational Microscopy to Improve Cryopreservation”
Raj Trikha, Food Science & Human Nutrition Presentation: “Eating for Two – Your Microbes and You”
Lindsay Winkenbach, Biochemistry & Molecular Biololgy Presentation: “It’s All in the Message: What Worms are Teaching Us about Human Development”