{"id":21787,"date":"2024-08-21T21:23:50","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T21:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/majorawards\/2024\/?page_id=21787"},"modified":"2024-11-04T22:58:42","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T22:58:42","slug":"early-career-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/majorawards\/2024\/early-career-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Career Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Active awards, July 1, 2023\u2013June 30, 2024.
*Indicates new in 2023\u20132024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NSF CAREER Grants<\/strong>
National Science Foundation CAREER grants are awarded only to untenured junior faculty. These grants recognize research and education \u201cof the highest quality and in the broadest sense.\u201d CAREER grants are unique in requiring a four- to five-year plan for the scientist\u2019s development as both a researcher and an educator.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Aich, Nirupam<\/h2>
Civil and Environmental Engineering<\/div><\/div>
*CAREER: 3D Printed Carbon-Metal Nanohybrid Aerogels for Highly Efficient Adsorptive\/Catalytic Removal of PFASs<\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>
$491,627<\/div>
NSF<\/div>
1\/1\/2023<\/span> - 6\/30\/2027<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t

Alexandrov, Vitali<\/h2>
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering<\/div><\/div>
CAREER: Advancing Mechanistic Understanding of Nanocrystal Dissolution in Aqueous Environments<\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>
$520,244<\/div>
NSF<\/div>
7\/1\/2020<\/span> - 6\/30\/2025<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t

Bavarian, Mona<\/h2>
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering<\/div><\/div>
CAREER: Continuous Flow Chemistry of Microelectronics Polymers via Combined Physics-based and Machine Learning Models<\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>
$576,802<\/div>
NSF<\/div>
7\/1\/2023<\/span> - 6\/30\/2028<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t

Bradley, Justin<\/h2>
Computing<\/div><\/div>
CAREER: Foundations for a Resource-aware, Cyber-physical Vehicle Autonomy<\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>
$499,968<\/div>
NSF<\/div>
6\/1\/2021<\/span> - 11\/30\/2026<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t

Dishari, Shudipto<\/h2>
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering\/Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience<\/div><\/div>
CAREER: Confined Ionomeric Systems and Imaging of Ionic Distribution<\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>
$609,949<\/div>
NSF<\/div>
5\/1\/2018<\/span> - 4\/30\/2024<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t

Duncan, Brittany<\/h2>
Computing<\/div><\/div>
CAREER: Drones in Public: Foundational Interaction Research<\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>
$599,647<\/div>
NSF<\/div>
5\/1\/2018<\/span> - 4\/30\/2024<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t

Eichhorn, Catherine<\/h2>
Chemistry\/Nebraska Center for Integrated Biomolecular Communication<\/div><\/div>
CAREER: Molecular Mechanisms of Ribonucleoprotein Assembly<\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>
$1,048,975<\/div>
NSF<\/div>
1\/1\/2021<\/span> - 12\/31\/2025<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t

Elkins, Lynne<\/h2>
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences<\/div><\/div>
CAREER: Modeling Two-phase Flow, Multi-lithologic Melting, and Chemical Disequilibrium with Uranium Series Isotopes<\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>
$696,573<\/div>
NSF<\/div>
6\/15\/2021<\/span> - 5\/31\/2026<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t

Eun, Jongwan<\/h2>
Civil and Environmental Engineering<\/div><\/div>
*CAREER: Multi-physical and Multi-scale Testing and Modeling of Water Infiltration through Frozen Soils<\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>
$635,820<\/div>
NSF<\/div>
8\/1\/2023<\/span> - 7\/31\/2028<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t

Filina, Irina<\/h2>
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences<\/div><\/div>
CAREER: An Integrated Geophysical Approach to Research and Education to Solve the Tectonic Puzzle of the Northern Atlantic<\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>
$746,284<\/div>
NSF<\/div>
3\/1\/2023<\/span> - 2\/29\/2028<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t

Ghashami, Mohammad<\/h2>
Mechanical & Materials Engineering<\/div><\/div>
CAREER: Understanding Nanoscale Radiative Transport in Multi-body Systems<\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>
$629,702<\/div>
NSF<\/div>
7\/1\/2023<\/span> - 6\/30\/2028<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t

Glowacka, Katarzyna<\/h2>
Biochemistry\/Center for Plant Science Innovation<\/div><\/div>
CAREER: Understanding Non-photochemical Quenching under Chilling in the Warm-season C4 grasses<\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>
$1,375,334<\/div>
NSF<\/div>
3\/1\/2022<\/span> - 2\/28\/2027<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t

Grifo, Eloisa<\/h2>
Mathematics<\/div><\/div>
CAREER: Problems in Commutative and Homological Algebra<\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>
$425,000<\/div>
NSF<\/div>
8\/1\/2023<\/span> - 7\/31\/2028<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t

Guo, Hongzhi<\/h2>
Computing<\/div><\/div>
CAREER: Long-range Near Field Communication for Ultra-dense Internet of Things<\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>
$499,337<\/div>
NSF<\/div>
1\/1\/2023<\/span> - 6\/30\/2027<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t

Guo, Yinsheng<\/h2>
Chemistry\/Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience<\/div><\/div>
*CAREER: Structural Dynamics and Optoelectronics of Anharmonic Soft Semiconductors<\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>
$648,335<\/div>
NSF<\/div>
4\/1\/2024<\/span> - 3\/31\/2029<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t

Holland, Kathryn<\/h2>
Psychology<\/div><\/div>
CAREER: The Efficacy of Sexual Assault Mandatory Reporting Policies<\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>
$502,113<\/div>
NSF<\/div>
6\/1\/2022<\/span> - 5\/31\/2027<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t

Iverson, Nicole<\/h2>
Biological Systems Engineering<\/div><\/div>
CAREER: Extracellular Hydrogen Peroxide and Nitric Oxide Detection and Quantification via Biocompatible Carbon Nanotubes<\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>
$550,000<\/div>
NSF<\/div>
7\/1\/2022<\/span> - 6\/30\/2027<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t

Jeffries, Jack<\/h2>
Mathematics<\/div><\/div>
CAREER: Differential Operators and p-Derivations in Commutative Algebra<\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>
$400,000<\/div>
NSF<\/div>
6\/1\/2021<\/span> - 5\/31\/2026<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t

Louis, Joe<\/h2>
Entomology\/Biochemistry<\/div><\/div>
CAREER: Deciphering Sorghum Resistance Mechanisms to Phloem-feeding Aphids<\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>
$1,515,525<\/div>
NSF<\/div>
6\/1\/2019<\/span> - 5\/31\/2025<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t

Males, Lorraine<\/h2>
Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education<\/div><\/div>
CAREER: Examining Prospective Secondary Mathematics Teachers Learning to Use Curriculum Materials to Plan and Enact Instruction<\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>
$628,995<\/div>
NSF<\/div>
3\/15\/2017<\/span> - 2\/29\/2024<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t

Markvicka, Eric<\/h2>
Mechanical & Materials Engineering<\/div><\/div>
*CAREER: Universal Strategy for Manufacturing Solid Particle-incorporated Liquid Metal Mixtures<\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>
$691,771<\/div>
NSF<\/div>
8\/1\/2024<\/span> - 7\/31\/2029<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t

Moore, Keegan<\/h2>
Mechanical & Materials Engineering<\/div><\/div>
CAREER: Foundations for Understanding the Long-term Evolution and Dynamics of Nonlinearities<\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>
$727,410<\/div>
NSF<\/div>
9\/1\/2023<\/span> - 8\/31\/2028<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t

Nejati, Siamak<\/h2>
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering<\/div><\/div>
CAREER: Molecular Layer Deposition of Porous Organic Frameworks<\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>
$593,240<\/div>
NSF<\/div>
8\/1\/2021<\/span> - 7\/31\/2026<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t

Neta, Maital<\/h2>
Psychology\/Center for Brain, Biology and Behavior<\/div><\/div>
CAREER: Functional Brain Networks Mediating Positivity Bias in Healthy Aging<\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>
$766,508<\/div>
NSF<\/div>
5\/15\/2018<\/span> - 4\/30\/2025<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t

Nie, Shuai<\/h2>
Computing<\/div><\/div>
*CAREER: Terahertz on the Move: Enabling a Dynamic Last Mile for 6G Wireless Networks<\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>
$812,995<\/div>
NSF<\/div>
7\/1\/2024<\/span> - 6\/30\/2029<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t

Obata, Toshihiro<\/h2>
Biochemistry\/Center for Plant Science Innovation<\/div><\/div>
CAREER: Establishing the Roles of Multi-enzyme Complexes in Metabolic Network Regulation<\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>
$746,955<\/div>
NSF<\/div>
1\/1\/2019<\/span> - 12\/31\/2024<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t

Panther, Grace<\/h2>
Civil and Environmental Engineering<\/div><\/div>
*CAREER: Re-envisioning Engineering Pedagogy to Support a Range of Visuo-spatial Skills<\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>
$649,950<\/div>
NSF<\/div>
7\/1\/2024<\/span> - 6\/30\/2029<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t

Park, Jae Sung<\/h2>
Mechanical & Materials Engineering<\/div><\/div>
CAREER: Unraveling Predictive Dynamics and Multiscale Linkage in Turbulence for Flow Control<\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>
$506,780<\/div>
NSF<\/div>
12\/15\/2021<\/span> - 11\/30\/2026<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t

Pedrigi, Ryan<\/h2>
Mechanical & Materials Engineering\/Nebraska Center for Integrated Biomolecular Communication<\/div><\/div>
CAREER: Characterizing the Mechanobiological Response of Endothelial Cells to Ultrasound<\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>
$543,020<\/div>
NSF<\/div>
7\/1\/2020<\/span> - 6\/30\/2025<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t

Rojas, Clemencia<\/h2>
Plant Pathology\/Center for Plant Science Innovation<\/div><\/div>
*CAREER: Dissecting the Cellular Pathways and Signaling Networks Orchestrating Plant Defense Responses and Their Interplay with Bacterial Virulence Factors<\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>
$483,090<\/div>
NSF<\/div>
1\/1\/2023<\/span> - 4\/30\/2025<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t

Roohi, Arman<\/h2>
Computing<\/div><\/div>
*CAREER: Elastic Intermittent Computation Enabling Batteryless Edge Intelligence<\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>
$679,831<\/div>
NSF<\/div>
8\/1\/2024<\/span> - 7\/31\/2029<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t

Roston, Rebecca<\/h2>
Biochemistry\/Center for Plant Science Innovation<\/div><\/div>
CAREER: How SFR2 Allows Chloroplast Envelope Membranes to Survive Freezing, from Initial Signal to Molecular Mechanism<\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>
$847,731<\/div>
NSF<\/div>
4\/1\/2019<\/span> - 3\/31\/2024<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t

Saha, Rajib<\/h2>
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering<\/div><\/div>
CAREER: Dissecting a Metabolically Versatile Non-model Bacterium's Lignin-derived Compound Catabolism<\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>
$767,855<\/div>
NSF<\/div>
6\/1\/2020<\/span> - 5\/31\/2025<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t

Shizuka, Dai<\/h2>
Biological Sciences<\/div><\/div>
CAREER: Structure and Resilience of Social Networks under Population Turnover<\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>
$781,111<\/div>
NSF<\/div>
4\/15\/2018<\/span> - 3\/31\/2024<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t

Turk, Judith<\/h2>
Natural Resources<\/div><\/div>
*CAREER: Human-induced Soil Change on the U.S. Great Plains<\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>
$854,327<\/div>
NSF<\/div>
5\/1\/2024<\/span> - 4\/30\/2029<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t

Votruba, Ashley<\/h2>
Psychology<\/div><\/div>
*CAREER: Equitable Access to Justice: Determinants of Engagement with the Civil Justice System<\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>
$660,000<\/div>
NSF<\/div>
7\/1\/2024<\/span> - 6\/30\/2029<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t

Wachs, Rebecca<\/h2>
Biological Systems Engineering<\/div><\/div>
CAREER: Alternative Non-opioid Therapies for Low Back Pain<\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>
$510,389<\/div>
NSF<\/div>
5\/1\/2019<\/span> - 4\/30\/2025<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t

Wittich, Christine<\/h2>
Civil and Environmental Engineering<\/div><\/div>
*CAREER: Integration of Agricultural Infrastructure Vulnerability and Rural Community Resilience for Multiple Hazards<\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>
$615,387<\/div>
NSF<\/div>
9\/1\/2024<\/span> - 8\/31\/2029<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t

Yang, Ruiguo<\/h2>
Mechanical & Materials Engineering<\/div><\/div>
CAREER: Characterization of the Rate-dependent Mechanical Behavior of the Cell-Cell Adhesion Interface<\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>
$536,907<\/div>
NSF<\/div>
10\/1\/2022<\/span> - 9\/30\/2027<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t

Yesselman, Joseph<\/h2>
Chemistry\/Nebraska Center for Integrated Biomolecular Communication<\/div><\/div>
CAREER: Determining the Fundamental Rules of RNA Tertiary Contact Formation<\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>
$1,235,574<\/div>
NSF<\/div>
6\/1\/2022<\/span> - 5\/31\/2027<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t

Yu, Hongfeng<\/h2>
Computer Science and Engineering<\/div><\/div>
CAREER: Scalable Techniques for Visualizing Very Large Graphs<\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>
$476,951<\/div>
NSF<\/div>
9\/1\/2017<\/span> - 8\/31\/2024<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t

Zhang, Limei<\/h2>
Biochemistry\/Nebraska Center for Redox Biology\/Nebraska Center for Integrated Biomolecular Communication<\/div><\/div>
CAREER: Structural and Mechanistic Studies on an Iron-Sulfur Cluster-based Nitric Oxide Sensor<\/div>
<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>
$600,000<\/div>
NSF<\/div>
7\/1\/2019<\/span> - 6\/30\/2025<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Active awards, July 1, 2023\u2013June 30, 2024. *Indicates new in 2023\u20132024. NSF CAREER GrantsNational Science Foundation CAREER grants are awarded only to untenured junior faculty. These grants recognize research and education \u201cof the highest quality and in the broadest sense.\u201d CAREER grants are unique in requiring a four- to five-year plan for the scientist\u2019s development […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21787","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/majorawards\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/majorawards\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/majorawards\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/majorawards\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/majorawards\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21787"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/majorawards\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50477,"href":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/majorawards\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21787\/revisions\/50477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/majorawards\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}