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The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Graduate School is pleased to announce the spring 2024 Research Grants for Graduate Students (RGGS) award recipients.

The awards, valued at up to $500 each, support the research and creative activities of 39 graduate students studying in the College of Arts and Sciences and Schools of Pharmacy, Engineering and Education, Health and Human Behavior.

“By conducting original research and creative activities, graduate students at SIUE learn and demonstrate expertise in their field, “said Jerry Weinberg, PhD, associate provost for research and dean of the Graduate School. “Their projects can be impactful to their field of study as well as benefit communities throughout the region and beyond. The Research Grants for Graduate Students program recognizes the project’s potential contribution and provides the students with necessary resources to conduct the work.”

Faculty advisors oversee the students’ individual research or creative activity. The primary purpose of the RGGS program is to support the graduate students’ work, particularly as it relates to their thesis or final project.

The spring 2024 RGGS projects are listed on the Research Grants webpage. A sampling of projects are listed below.

• Synergistic Effects of Road Salt and Invasive Leaf Litter on Amphibian Community Dynamics (Amanda Montgomery, Biological Sciences; Faculty Advisor: Thomas Anderson, PhD)
• The Relationship between Athletes’ Divergent Thinking and Coaching Style (Mariano Rayon, Kinesiology – Exercise & Sport Psychology; Faculty Advisor: Lindsay Ross-Stewart, PhD)
• Multi-Residue Environmental Antibiotic and Sunscreen Component Analysis via HPLC-MS/MS and HPLC-PDA: Method Optimization and Transfer (Noah Hanratty, Chemistry; Faculty Advisor: Kevin Tucker, PhD)
• Experimental Post-Tensioning Effect on Behavior of Damaged and Undamaged Steel-Concrete Composite Beams under Low and High Cyclic Fatigue (Prakash Gajurel, Civil Engineering; Faculty Advisor: Alaaeldin Elsisi, PhD)
• Time-dependent Vitamin-B12 Blood Analysis of Mice Chronically Treated with Pantoprazole (Praise Ibukunoluwa Fawehinmi, Pharmaceutical Sciences; Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kenneth Witt, PhD)
• Determination of Behavioral and Developmental Toxicity of Perflurooctane Sulfonate on Circadian Rhythm using Fruit Flies and Planarian (Emily Beiler, Environmental Sciences; Faculty Advisor: Kyong-Sup Yoon, PhD)
• Addressing Spatial Resolution Challenges in Microscale Urban Remote Sensing for UHI Green Infrastructure Mapping (Iyanuoluwa Emmanuel Fatunmbi, Geography; Faculty Advisor: Shannon McCarragher, PhD)
• Survivors of Commercial Sex Trafficking: A Case Study of Bangladesh Intertwined with an Ethnographical and Netnographic Portrayal of Poverty (Natasha Israt Kabir, Sociology; Faculty Advisor: Corey Stevens, PhD)
• Analyzing the Impact of Climatic Factors on Predictive Models for Assessing the Risk of Parkinson’s Disease (Akosua Cobbina, Industrial Engineering; Faculty Advisor: Sinan Onal, PhD)
  
  PHOTO: Hadis Ghasemi, MS Chemistry student and former recipient of an RGGS award, presents her research at the Graduate School Spring Research Symposium.