The Café's aim is to help foster research collaborations across the CSU system and catalyze the submission of intercampus proposals. Each café involves three 10-minute faculty research and ideas for future work presentations. Q&A takes place during the virtual mixer following the presentations.
Dr. Alanna Cooney Assistant Professor Mechanical Engineering San Francisco State University
Presentation Topic:
Optimization of Thermal Energy Storage using Exergy & Machine Learning Methods
Dr. Lijiao Hu Assistant Professor Agriculture Business Chico State
Food Safety Issues and Private Food Safety Certification Market in the United States
Dr. Eileen Gonzales Assistant Professor Physics & Astronomy San Francisco State
Characterizing the Atmospheres of Brown Dwarfs and Directly Imaged Exoplanets
Dr. Jenny Hazlehurst Assistant Professor Biological Sciences Cal State East Bay
Conserving Pollination in a Global Biodiversity Hotspot
Dr. Jorge Botana Alcalde Assistant Professor Physics and Astronomy Cal Poly Pomona
Theoretical Study of the Chemistry at the Pressure of the Earth’s Core
Dr. Maria Calahorra-Jimenez Assistant Professor Construction Management Fresno State
Infrastructure Projects Under Three Different Perspectives: Data, Environment, & Gender
Dr. Jing Hou Assistant Professor Computer Science CSU San Marcos
Game Theory in Cyberspace
Dr. James Garcia Assistant Professor Psychology Cal State Fullerton
“It gets under the skin”. Discrimination and Health in LGBTQ+ People of Color
Dr. Olivera Grujic Assistant Professor Computer Science Stanislaus State
Identification of Conserved Elements lacking Functional Annotations in Human GenomeConstrained Non-Exonic Predictor (CNEP) Method
Dr. Nabila Tanjeem Assistant Professor Physics Cal State Fullerton
Designing Responsive Materials from their Building Blocks
Dr. Natalie Schaal Assistant Professor Mechanical Engineering Cal State Northridge
Multidisciplinary Projects in Engineering: From Earthquake Mechanics to Tribology
Dr. Brenda Andrade Rounds Assistant Professor Chemistry and Biochemistry Cal State Los Angeles
Selectively Capturing Molecules from Complex Environments
Dr. Anna Lee Assistant Professor Electrical Engineering Cal State Long Beach
Overview of Research Activities at Lee’s Group
Dr. Gianmarc Grazioli Assistant Professor Chemistry San José State
Molecular Simulations and Machine Learning for Chemistry and Biophysics
Dr. April Karlinsky Assistant Professor Department of Kinesiology Cal State San Bernardino
Motor Learning Through a Social Lens
Dr. Nick Toothman Assistant Professor Computer Science CSU Bakersfield
Collaboration and Experimentation in Virtual Reality
Dr. Archana Anand Assistant Professor Biology San Francisco State
A drop of wastewater, an ocean of information
Dr. Taylor A. Thane Assistant Professor Chemistry and Biochemistry Cal Poly Pomona
Development of Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions