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Rishi Gulati
The Kenda and Ken Singer/ UO Endowment Scholar
UO, College of Arts and Sciences, Human Physiology
Research Interest: Discovering estrogen’s role in the contractility of skeletal muscle to learn how muscles function in females during different life stages.
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Vanessa Hawkins
The Lara Ogg and Alexa Cunningham Scholar
OSU, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences
Research Interest: Continuing research to understand the mechanisms behind the rapid melt rate of the LeConte Glacier in Alaska and improve the accuracy of glacial melt-rate predictions.
Cade Jobe
The Beth Ray/OSU Endowment Scholar (Ed Ray)
OSU, College of Agricultural Sciences, Food Science
Research Interest: With 99% of all U.S. hops grown in the PNW, Cade hopes to provide growers and brewers with strategies for wildfire smoke mitigation.
Sophia Kogan
The Joan Foley and Kathie Lasater Scholar
OHSU, School of Nursing
Research Interest: Pain perception and management, with the goal of developing pain management interventions based on circadian timing.
Eva Kruegar
ARCS Foundation Oregon Chapter Scholar
OSU, Engineering and Robotics
Research Interest: Solving food system problems and addressing the labor shortage in agricultural work through automation improvements in robotics.
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