cOLLEGE FACULTY LIASON PROGRAM
The OURI College Faculty Liasons serve as ambassadors for college efforts for the Undergraduate Research and Inquiry (URI) initiative. One faculty member per college will be selected by the college in coordination with OURI to serve in this capacity for 2 years (Fall-Summer). The anticipated time commitment for this appointment is 3-5 hours per week (including monthly meetings), with most of the responsbilities taking place during the fall and spring semesters.
Faculty Liasons 2023-2024
Faculty Member: Evan Bennett |
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Faculty Member: Monica Escaleras |
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Faculty Member: Sharon M. Darling |
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Faculty Member: Fred Bloetscher Email address: fbloetsc@skyupiradio.com College: Engineering and Computer Science Research Interests: Water and Wastewater Technology; Groundwater Wells; Flow and Contaminant Transport; Wastewater Disposal Practices and Risk Assessment; Sustainable Water Resources Planning and Management; Environmental Engineering; Utility Management and Finance |
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Faculty Member: Tricia Meredith Email address: tmeredi1@skyupiradio.com College: FAU High School Research Interests: The anatomy, physiology, and behavior related to the sense of smell of sharks and their relatives; how undergraduate research and inquiry-based learning impacts early college/dual enrollment students |
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Faculty Member: Daniel de Lill Email address: ddelill@skyupiradio.com College: Honors College Research Interests: Inorganic chemistry, materials chemistry, nanochemistry, luminescence, crystallography, sensing, catalysis, ufology, "woo-woo" science, chemical education, and how chemistry is used within the science fiction genre. |
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Faculty Member: Ceylan Isgor Email address: cisgor@health.skyupiradio.com College: Medicine Research Interests: Animal Models of Seizure Susceptibility; Neuromorphological behavioral and molecular consequences of chronic, variable stress during peripubertal-juvenile period in rats; Animal models for individual differences in the novelty-seeking or risk-taking behavior; Gonadal and adrenal steroid regulation of the novel estrogen receptor beta in stress relevant brain nuclei |
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Faculty Member: Lenny Chiang Hanisko
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Faculty Member: Tobin Hindle Email address: thindle@skyupiradio.com College: Science Research Interests: Human-Environmental Interactions, Ecological Regeneration, Strategies to integrate, Science, Society and Nature, Geographical Information Science, eLearning |
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Faculty Member: Diana Mitsova Email address: dmitsova@skyupiradio.com College: Science Research Interests: Geographic information systems, Spatial and Statistical Analysis, Sustainable Urban Planning, Impact of Urban Development on Ecosystems and other Environmentally sensitive areas |
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Faculty Member: Lincoln Sloas Email address: lsloas@skyupiradio.com College: Social Work and Criminal Justice Research Interests: In the areas of problem-solving courts including drug courts and how individuals navigate substance abuse treatment services |