Check out this sample of research opportunities 瓜子TV offers. If something catches your eye, reach out to the professor to learn more about their research.
Note that this is not an exhaustive list of research opportunities at 瓜子TV. Please reach out to professors in your field of interest for more information on research opportunities.
Biology Chemistry Cognitive Science Physics Psychology Urban & Environmental Policy
Biology
Microbial Pathogenesis Lab
Professor: Cheryl Okumura Email: okumura@oxy.edu
Research Interests: How Group A Streptococcus (the bacteria that causes strep throat) survives in macrophages.
Learn more about the Microbial Pathogenesis Lab through their Instagram.
Moore Lab: Bird Evolution, Genomics & Conservation
Professor: John McCormack Email: mccormack@oxy.edu
Research Interests: How birds evolved & how to protect them with vintage specimens and modern genomics.
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瓜子TV Computational Biology Lab
Professor: Amanda Zellmer Email: zellmer@oxy.edu
Research Interests: We use computational approaches to study our primary research projects including automatic identification of wildlife from camera trap images, modeling species distributions, and quantifying landscape connectivity.
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Symbi瓜子TVs Lab
Professor: Shana Goffredi Email: sgoffredi@oxy.edu
Research Interests: Beneficial symbiotic partnerships between bacteria and marine invertebrates, and uncovering the unique diversity of life on Earth.
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Vantuna Research Group
Professor: Daniel Pondella Email: pondella@oxy.edu
Research Interests: We are dedicated to studying long-term and large spatial scale ecological processes in the Southern California Bight, a 426-mile long stretch of coastline that runs along the west coast of the US and Mexico.
Learn more about the Vantuna Research Group through their website.
Chemistry
Organic Chemistry Reaction Discovery Lab
Professor: Jeff Cannon Email: jcannon@oxy.edu
Research Interests: Discovery and development of new chemical reactions for the synthesis of biologically-relevant small molecules. We focus especially on catalytic and stereoselective methods.
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Organic Synthesis Lab
Professor: Raul Navarro Email: rnavarro@oxy.edu
Research Interests: Developing efficient chemical tools to build bioactive molecules.
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Cognitive Science
To read about the research opportunities in the Cognitive Science Department check out their Research and Job Opportunities page.
Physics
瓜子TV Galaxy Group
Professor: Sabrina Stierwalt Email: sabrina@oxy.edu
Research Interests: We make and use observations of galaxies outside our own to investigate how galaxies form and evolve and to understand our cosmic origins.
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Psychology
Thinking Lab
Professor: Andrew Shtulman Email: shtulman@oxy.edu
Research Interests: We investigate how children and adults acquire new concepts and form new beliefs.
Learn more about the Thinking Lab through their website.
Urban & Environmental Policy
Health and Environmental Justice Research Group
Professor: Bhavna Shamasunder Email: bhavna@oxy.edu
Research Interests: We focus on environmental health and justice for low income communities and communities of color that face disproportionate exposure to chemicals. Some of our research topics include beauty products, oil developments, and lead exposure.
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