Meet Lorenzo Leiva Araya, Ph.D., a Grand Challenges Initiative Postdoctoral Fellow at the Schmid College of Science and Technology! Dr. Leiva Araya earned his BS and MS degrees in Biochemistry and his Ph.D. in Microbiology from the University of Chile, Santiago, Chile. During his Ph.D. project, Lorenzo became interested in understanding the adaptation of the bacterial
Meet Cassandra Maya, Ph.D., a Grand Challenges Initiative Postdoctoral Fellow at the Schmid College of Science and Technology! Dr. Maya holds a Ph.D. in nutrition from the University of Copenhagen. She is a food and nutrition scientist specializing in the nutrition, quality, and consumer acceptance of alternative proteins, with a particular interest in edible insects.
Meet Sayani Ghosh, Ph.D., a Grand Challenges Initiative Postdoctoral Fellow at the Schmid College of Science and Technology! Dr. Ghosh earned her Ph.D. from Clemson University, where her doctoral research focused on developing graph-theory-based tools and applying them to nuclear astrophysical scenarios. She is an interdisciplinary researcher whose work bridges the fields of mathematics and
Meet Sarah Arnette, Ph.D., a Grand Challenges Initiative Postdoctoral Fellow at the Schmid College of Science and Technology! Dr. Sarah Arnette completed her dissertation in Environmental Life Sciences from Arizona State University in June 2024. She is interested in the impact of changing environmental conditions across time scales on fish mechanics and physiology. Her current
Meet Ana Belén Avilez García, Ph.D., a Grand Challenges Initiative Postdoctoral Fellow at the Schmid College of Science and Technology! Dr. Avilez García holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Coimbra, Portugal. She recently completed a one-year postdoc position at
Meet Aracely Acevedo, Ph.D., a Grand Challenges Initiative Postdoctoral Fellow at the Schmid College of Science and Technology! Dr. Aracely Acevedo earned her Ph.D. in molecular, cellular, and integrative physiology from UCLA. Her doctoral studies focused on investigating the mechanism of action by which the pharmacological agent BT2 confers protection from heart failure and metabolic
Chapman’s Grand Challenges Initiative program is unique in that students are taught how to utilize the skills they learn in the classroom to tackle real-world problems. Recently, Chapman alum Slade Laszewski and former Chapman professor Shenyue Jia published a paper that initially began as a GCI project. Recently, we were able to sit down with
Meet Hector Camarillo Abad, one of our GCI postdocs! Abad completed his undergraduate, master’s, and Ph.D. in Cholula, Puebla, Mexico, at Universidad de las Américas Puebla. He spent 12 years there completing his education. Abad is now utilizing all of the knowledge he gained while obtaining his degrees, into his research on human-computer interactions with
On Tuesday, November 28th, GCI welcomed guest speaker Dr. Kishonna Gray for our GCI Speaker Series. Dr. Gray talked about the research she has done regarding how technology impacts our culture and the world around us. Her talk on Tuesday was centered around disparities in the representation of people of color as well as women,
Brandon Lee is one of the student lab assistants in the GCI Makerspace. He is a Junior studying Computer Engineering and has participated in the Grand Challenges Initiative himself. While the GCI Makerspace has many fantastic tools for students to use for their projects, the 3D printers are used the most often. Since our 3D