Funded Research Grants

Nicholas Kioussis and Igor Beloborodov (Physics & Astronomy) have received $155,775 from The Regents of University of California, in continuing support of a project entitled  "NSF Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Translational Applications of Nanoscale Multiferroic Systems TANMS."

Gilberto Flores (Biology) and Dena Herman (Family Consumer Sciences) have received $49,822 from the National Institutes of Health, in support of a project entitled “BUILD@CSUN Pilot Project: Dietary effects on the functional diversity of the gut microbiome in children.”

Rheem Medh (Biology) has received $108,750 from the National Institutes of Health, in continuing support of a project entitled  "Role of E4BP4 in Glucocorticoid-evoked Lymphocyte Apoptosis."

Robert Carpenter (Biology) has received $668,034 from the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, in support of a project entitled "CORAL: Coral Reef Airborne Laboratory."

Peter Edmunds (Biology) has received $113,439 from the University of California, Santa Barbara, in continuing support of a project entitled  "Long Term Ecological Research: Coral Reefs in Moorea French Polynesia."

Robert Carpenter (Biology) has received $110,336 from the University of California, Santa Barbara, in continuing support of a project entitled  "LTER: Long-Term Dynamics of a Coral Reef Ecosystem."

Virginia Vandergon (Biology), Matthew d’Alessio (Geological Science), and Norman Herr (Secondary Education)  have received $45,000 from UC Regents, in continuing support of a project entitled  "San Fernando Valley Science Project NCLB 12.”

Donna Sheng, Gang Lu, and Nicholas Kioussis (Physics & Astonomy) have received $298,660 from the National Science Foundation, in support of a project entitled "MRI: Acquisition of Computer Cluster for Data-Driven Discovery in Materials Research and Education."

Daniel Katz (Mathematics) has received $150,000 from the National Science Foundation, in support of a project entitled "RUI: External Combinatorics of Patterns, Correlation, and Structure."

Simon Garrett (Chemistry & Biochemistry) has received $181,107 from the National Science Foundation, in support of a project entitled "RUI: Synthesis of Sulfur Containing Amino Acids in Astrophysical Ices."

Jorge Balbas (Mathematics) has received $214,894 from UCLA, in support of a project entitled "Associate Director-Visiting Researcher (Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics."

Virginia Oberholzer-Vandergon (Biology), Norman Herr (Secondary Education),and Matthew d'Alessio (Geological Sciences) have received $24,000 from UC Regents, in continuing support of a project entitled  "San Fernando Valley Science Project."

Thomas Minehan (Chemistry & Biochemistry) has received $286,748 from the National Science Foundation, in support of a project entitled "RUI: Functionalized bis (morindone-C, O-glycosides) for the molecular recognition of DNA in the major groove."

Dayanthie Weeraratne (Geological Sciences) has received $9,000 from the National Science Foundation, as supplemental support of a project entitled "CAREER: Geodynamic Study of Earth's Mantle Asthenosphere and Core Formation."

Yohannes Shiferaw (Physics & Astronomy) has received $181,250 from Northwestern University, in support of a project entitled "Atrial arrythmias and Ca2+ waves in HF: simulation and experimental studies."

Gang Lu (Physics & Astronomy) has received $593,823 from the Department of Defense, in support of a project entitled "Multiscale Modeling of Aging Mechanisms in Energy Storage Materials."

Maria Helena Noronha (Mathematics) has received $434,121 from the National Science Foundation, in support of a project entitled "RE-C^2: Research Experiences in Community Colleges."

Paula Fischhaber (Chemistry and Biochemistry) has received $102,000 from the National Institutes of Health, in continuing support of a project entitled  "Recruitment of End-Processing Factors in DSB Repair."

Majid Mojirsheibani (Mathemathics) has received $40,000 from the National Science Foundation, in continuing support of a project entitled  "RUI: Classification, regression, and density estimation with missing variables."

Jeanne Robertson (Biology) has received $15,000 from the National Geographic Society, in support of a project entitled "Documenting Speciation in Action: Does Female Mate Choice Lead to Speciation in Red-eyed Treefrogs."

Matthew d'Alessio (Geological Sciences) has received $10,000 from UC Riverside, as supplemental support of a project entitled "Framework for High School Science in California."

MariaElena Zavala (Biology) has received $723,833 from the National Institutes of Health, in continuing support of a project entitled  "Option II MBRS RISE at CSUN: Developing a Model for Student Success."

Paula Fischhaber (Chemistry & Biochemistry) has received $14,900 from the National Institutes of Health, as supplemental support of a project entitled "Recruitment of End-Processing Factors in DSB Repair."

Gang Lu (Physics & Astronomy) has received $200,000 from the Brown University, in continuing support of a project entitled  "Stress-Controlled Catalysis via Engineered Nanostructures."

Rachel Mackelprang (Biology) has received $281,947 from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, in support of a project entitled "Life in the Ancient Permafrost: A model for exobiology."

Gary Chapman and Debi Prasad Choudhary (Physics & Astronomy) have received $28,132 from the University of Colorado, in support of a project entitled "Solar Spectral Irradiance: Lyman Alpha, Magnesium II, and Sigma K Proxies (SSIAMESe)."

Gang Lu, Nicholas Kioussis, and Donna Sheng (Physics & Astronomy) have received $476,000 from the National Science Foundation, in continuing support of a project entitled  "PREM- Computational Research and Education for Emergent Materials."

Matthew d'Alessio (Geological Sciences), Virginia Vandergon Oberholzer(Biology), and Norman Herr (Secondary Education) have received $16,000 from UC Riverside, in support of a project entitled "Framework for High School Science in California."

MariaElena Zavala (Biology) has received $509,256 from the National Institutes of Health, in support of a project entitled "MARC U-STAR at CSUN: Preparing Scientists Hollistically."

Ray Hong (Biology) has received $108,750 from the National Institutes of Health, in continuing support of a project entitled "Elucidating the function of the Lipid-Binding Protein OBI-1 in Pristionchus pacificus Nematode Chemosensation."

Jennifer Vey (Chemistry & Biochemistry) has received $141,561 from the National Institutes of Health, in continuing support of a project entitled "Engineering isobutylamine N-hydroxylase for applications in antibiotic biosynthesis."

Kathleen Marsaglia (Geological Science) has received $11,400 from GNS Science, in support of a project entitled "Clastic provenance studies in New Zealand."

Richard Heermance (Geological Science) has received $10,000 from the Southern California Earthquake Center at University Southern California, in support of a project entitled "Collaborative Proposal- New Applications of cosmogenic burial dating (10Be, 26Al, and 36Cl) on late Pleistocene fan surfaces to constrain long-term San Andreas fault slip rates." 

Maria-Rita D'Orsogna (Mathematics) has received $115,675 from the University of Southern California, as supplemental support of a project entitled "Scalable, Stochastic and Spatiotemporal Game Theory for Real-World Human Adversarial Behavior."

Daniel B. Curtis (Chemistry and Biochemistry) has received $2,000 from the California Air Resources Board, in support of a project entitled "Funding for 32nd Informal Symposium on Kinetics ad Photochemical Processes in the Atmosphere."

Kathleen Marsaglia (Geological Sciences) has received $12,000 from the Consortium for Ocean Leadership, in support of a project entitled "The sedimentary/volcaniclastic record of subduction initiation and magmatic arc development at IODP Site U1438."

Robinson Cecil (Geological Science) has received $42,198 from the National Science Foundation, in support of a project entitled "RUI/Collaborative: Evaluating the influence of crustal deformation on episodic magmatism: southern coast mountains  of batholith, British Columbia."

Michael Summers (Biology) has received $207,637 from the National Science Foundation, in support of a project entitled "RUI: Determination and Functional Analysis of the Cyanobacterial Lipid Droplet Proteome."

Gang Lu (Physics) has received $125,000 from the Office of Naval Research, in support of a project entitled "Large Scale Modeling of Electron Dynamics and Excitations in Functional and Structural Materials."

Miroslav Peric (Physics & Astronomy) has received $108,750 from the National Institute of Health, in continuing support of a project entitled  "Interaction Between Alzheimer's Beta-Amyloid Peptide and Phospholipid Bilayers."

Debi Prasad Choudhary (Physics & Astronomy) has received $91,583 from the National  Science Foundation, in support of a project entitled "Three Dimensional thermal and magnetic structure of sunspots."

Maria-Rita D'Orsogna (Mathematics) has received $126,726 from the US Army, in continuing support of a project entitled  "Warfighter Neuroendocrinology: modeling stress response, PTSD, and TBI."

Richard Heermance (Geological Sciences) has received $66,287 from the National Science Foundation, in continuing support of a project entitled  "RUI/Collaborative Research: Plio-Quarternary history of basin evolution, climate change, and fold growthin the Qaidam Basin-Investigating wind-enhanced climate-tectonic feedback relationships."

Igor Beloborodov  (Physics) has received $50,000 from the U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation, in support of a project entitled "Magneto-electric coupling in composite multiferroics."

Donna Sheng (Physics & Astronomy) has received $110,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy, in continuing support of a project entitled  "Novel Fractional Quantum Hall and Quantum Spin Hall Effects in Interacting Systems."

Nicholas Kioussis (Physics & Astronomy) has received $29,250 from the University of Iowa, in continuing support of a project entitled  "Identification of Defect Candidates and their Effects on Carrier Lifetimes and Dark Currents in the InAs/InAsSb Strained-Layer Superlattices for Infrared Detectors."

Dayanthie Weeraratne (Geological Sciences) has received $111,619 from the National Science Foundation, in continuing support of a project entitled  "CAREER: Geodynamic Study of the Earth's Mantle Asthenosphere and Core Formatiion."

Peter Edmunds  (Biology) has received $113,308 from the University of California, Santa Barbara, in continuing support of a project entitled  "Long-Term Ecological Research: Coral Reefs in Moorea, French Polynesia."

Robert Carpenter (Biology) has received $110,452 from the University of California, Santa Barbara, in continuing support of a project entitled  "LTER: Long-Term Dynamics of a Coral Reef Ecosystem."

Kathleen Marsaglia (Geological Sciences) has received $25,810 from the National Science Foundation, in support of a project entitled "Expediting the Identification, Analysis, and Interpretation of Paleogene Volcaniclastic Facies at IODP Site U1438, Expedition 351."

Cheryl Van Buskirk (Biology) has received $145,000 from the National Institutes of Health, in continuing support of a project entitled  "Analysis of EGFR-dependent sleep in C. elegans."

Mark Steele (Biology) has received $238,380 from the UC Santa Barbara, in continuing support of a project entitled  "Reproductive output, growth, and food-chain support of fishes on the Wheeler J. North Artificial Reef, 2014-2015."

Cindy Malone (Biology) has received $584,282 from the CSUN-UCLA Bridges to Stem Cell Research, in continuing support of a project entitled  "CSUN - UCLA Bridges to Stem Cell Search."

Nicholas Kioussis (Physics & Astronomy) has received $107,117 from the US Army, in support of a project entitled "Identification of Surface Defect Candidates and their passivation in Strained-Layer Type-II Superlattices for Infrared Detectors."

Nicholas Kioussis (Physics & Astronomy) has received $349,889 from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, in continuing support of a project entitled  "Electronic Structure of semiconductor detector surfaces and contact interfaces: Optimization of signal to noise ratio."

Maria Elena De Bellard (Biology) has received $414,750 from the National Institutes of Health, in continuing support of a project entitled  "Role of Slit Molecules in Neural Crest Delamination."

Majid Mojirshebani (Mathematics) has received $40,000 from the National Science Foundation, in support of a project entitled "RUI: Classification, regression, and density estimation with missing variables."

Paula Fischhaber (Chemistry and BIochemistry) has received $102,000 from the National Institutes of Health, in continuing support of a project entitled  "Recruitment of End-Processing Factors in DSB Repair."

Alexander Alekseenko (Mathematics) has received $120,000 from the High Performance Technologies, Incorporated, in support of a project entitled "Development of Fast Deterministic Physically Accurate Solvers for Kinetic Collision Integral for Applications of Near Space Flight and Control Devices."

Thomas Minehan (Chemistry and Biochemistry) has received $108,750 from the National Institutes of Health, in continuing support of a project entitled  "Synthesis and DNA Binding Affinity Evaluation of Novel Gilvocarcin-C-Glucosides."

Mark Steele and Maria Adreani (Biology) has received $310,220 from the National Science Foundation, in support of a project entitled "Collaborative Research: RUI: Impacts of size-selective mortality on sex-changing fishes."

Donna Sheng (Physics & Astronomy) has received $240,000 from the National Science Foundation, in support of a project entitled "RUI: Theoretical (Numerical) Investigations of Novel Quantum Phases and Transitions in Strongly Interacting Systems."

Gary Chapman and Debi Prasad Choudhary (Physics & Astronomy) have received $493,852 from the National Science Foundation, in support of a project entitled "MRI: Development of a Solar Photometric Instrument: Cartesian Full Disk Telescope-3."

Maria Elena Zavala (Biology) has received $723,842 from the National Institutes of Health, in continuing support of a project entitled  "Option II MBRS Rise at CSUN: Developing a Model for Student Success."

Csaba Toth (Mathematics) has received $180,709 from the National Science Foundation, in support of a project entitled "AF: Small: Collaborative Research: Reconfiguration Algorithms."

Virginia Vandergon (Biology), Kellie Evans (Mathematics), Brian Foley and Norman Herr (Secondary Education) have received $797,355 from the National Science Foundation, in support of a project entitled "The California State University, Northridge Noyce Scholarship Phase II Program."

Maria-Rita D’Orsogna (Mathematics) has received $54,477 from the Army Research Office, in support of a project entitled "Warfighter neuroendocrinology: modeling stress response, PTSD, and TBI."

Jessica Vey (Chemistry and Biochemistry) has received $131,050 from the National Institutes of Health, in continuing support of a project entitled  "Engineering isobutylamine N-hydroxylase for applications in antibiotic biosynthesis."

Silvia Fernandez (Mathematics) has received $130,000 from the National Science Foundation, in support of a project entitled " RUI: Crossing numbers for topological drawings of the complete graph, rotation schemes, and interior triple systems."

Mark Steele (Biology) has received $238,380 from UC Santa Barbara, in continuing support of a project entitled  "Reproductive output, growth, and food-chain support of fishes on the Wheeler J. North Artificial Reef, 2014-2015."

Ray Hong (Biology) has received $108,750 from the National Institutes of Health, in continuing support of a project entitled  "Elucidating the function of the Lipid-Binding Protein OBI-1 in Pristionchus pacificus Nematode Chemosensation.

Michael Summers (Biology) has received $207,612 from the National Science Foundation, in support of a project entitled "RUI: Determination and Functional Analysis of the Cyanobacterial Lipid Droplet Proteome.

Robert Carpenter and Peter Edmunds (Biology) have received $1,892,911 from the National Science Foundation, in support of a project entitled "Collaborative Research: Ocean Acidification and Coral Reefs: Scale Dependence and Adaptive Capacity."

Maria Elena Zavala (Biology) has received $421,512 from the National Institutes of Health, in continuing support of a project entitled  "MARC USTAR at California State University, Northridge."

Silvia Fernandez (Mathematics) has received $35,000 from the Simons Foundation, in support of a project entitled "Crossing Numbers of Topological Drawings of Complete Graphs."

Peter Edmunds (Biology) has received $14,909 from the National Science Foundation, as supplemental support of a project entitled "Collaborative Research: RUI-Ecology and Functional Biology of Octocoral Communities."

Joseph Hajdu (Chemistry and Biochemistry) has received $108,750 from the National Institutes of Health, as supplemental support of a project entitled "Phospholipid dynamics and lipolysis in membrane models."

Maria De Bellard (Biology) has received $107,014 from the National Institutes of Health, in continuing support of a project entitled "Mechanisms of cytoskeleton dynamics during neural crest cell chemoattraction."

Gang Lu, Nicholas Kioussis, and Donna Sheng (Physics & Astronomy) have received $476,000 from the National Science Foundation, in continuing support of a project entitled "PREM-Computational Research and Education for Emergent Materials."

Kathleen Marsaglia (Geological Sciences) has received $38,489 from the Consortium for Ocean Leadership, in support of a project entitled "Participation on IODP Expedition 351."

Radha Ranganathan (Science & Mathematics) has received $108,750 from the National Institutes of Health, in continuing support of a project entitled  "Interface Quality Effects in Phospholipase Membrane Enzymology."

Maria Rita D’Orsogna (Science & Mathematics) has received $47,223 from the Office of Naval Research, in continuing support of a project entitled  "Scalable, Stochastic and Spatiotemporal Game Theory for Real-World Human Adversarial Behavioral."

Vicki Pedone, Werner Horn, and Cristina Cadavid,  (Science and Mathematics) have received $249,128 from the National Science Foundation, in continuing support of a project entitled "STEPS (Students Targeting Engineering and Physical Science) at California State University."

Igor Beloborodov (Physics) has received $81,000 from the National Science Foundation, in continuing support of a project entitled "New Frontier in Materials Science: Artificial Nanosolids."

 Richard Heermance (Geological Sciences) has received $76,089 from the National Science Foundation, in support of a project entitled "RUI/Collaborative Research: Plio-Quaternary history of basin evolution, climate change, and fold growth in the Qaidam Basin-investigating wind-enhanced climate-tectonic feedback relationships."

Peter Edmunds (Biology) has received $469,686 from the National Science Foundation, in support of a project entitled "RUI-LTREB Renewal: Three decades of coral reef community dynamics in St. John, USVI: 2014-2019."

Robinson Cecil (Geological Sciences) has received $20, 543 from the National Science Foundation, in support of a project entitled "RUI: Collaborative: Evaluating the influence of crustal deformation on episodic magmatism: southern coast mountains of batholith, British Colombia."

David Bermudes (Biology) has received $108,750 from the National Institutes of Health, in continuing support of a project entitled "Tumor-targeting Salmonella Expressing Apoptosis-inducing Cytotoxic Proteins."

Miraslov Peric (Physics and Astronomy) has received $108,750 from the National Institutes of Health, in continuing support of a project entitled "Interaction Between Alzheimer’s Beta-Amyloid Peptide and Phospholipid Bilayers."

Joshua Schwartz (Geological Sciences) has received $213,807 from the National Science Foundation, in support of a project entitled "CAREER: Investigating Controls on Arc Flare-ups and the Growth of Lower Continental Crust."

Donna Sheng (Physics and Astronomy) has received $110,000 from the Department of Energy, in continuing support of a project entitled "Novel Fractional Quantum Hall and Quantum Spin Hall Effects in Interacting Systems."

Cheryl Van Buskirk (Biology) has received $14,500 from the National Institutes of Health, as supplemental support of a project entitled "Analysis of EGFR-dependent sleep in C. elegans."

Jheem Medh (Chemistry and Biochemistry) has received $108,750 from the National Institutes of Health, in support of a project entitled "An Investigation of the mechanisms by which down-regulation of lipoprotein lipase increases insulin sensitivity in muscle cells."

Jessica Vey (Chemistry and Biochemistry) has received $35,000 from the Research Corporation, in support of a project entitled "Enabling rational design of biodesulfurization: biochemical and structural characterization of dibenzothiophene monooxygenase."

Csaba Toth (Mathematics) has received $15,000 from UCLA, in support of a project entitled "Fellowship at the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM)."

Cheryl Van Buskirk (Biology) has received $130,500 from the National Institutes of Health, in continuing support of a project entitled "Analysis of EGFR-dependent sleep in C. elegans."

Gang Lu and Nicholas Kiousssis (Physics and Astronomy) have received $269,958 from the Department of Defense, in support of a project entitled "Acquisition of a High Performance Computer Cluster for Materials Research and Education."

Dayanthie Weeraratne (Geological Sciences) has received $84,988 from the National Science Foundation, in continuing support of a project entitled "CAREER: Geodynamic Study of the Earth’s Mantle Asthenosphere and Core Formation."

Gang Lu (Physics and Astronomy) has received $166,667 from Brown University, in continuing support of a project entitled "Stress-Controlled via Engineered Nanostructures."

Jeanne Robertson (Biology) has received $6,000 from the Santa Monica Mountains Fund, in support of a project entitled "Landscape Genetics of the Island Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occientalis becki) on Santa Cruz Island; the role of habitat complexity and climate on genetic connectivity of populations across the island."

Virginia Vandergon (Biology), Matthew d'Alessio (Geological Sciences), Norman Herr (Secondary Education) have received $41,484 from the University of California Regents, in continuing support of a project entitled  "San Fernando Valley Science Project – NCLB 10."

Nicholas Kioussis (Physics & Astronomy) has received $140,000 from the University of California, Los Angeles, in continuing support of a project entitled "NSF Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Translational Applications of Nanoscale Multiferroic Systems TANMS."

Igor Beloborodov (Physics & Astronomy) has received $59,999 from the University of California, Los Angeles, in continuing support of a project entitled "NSF Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Translational Applications of Nanoscale Multiferroic Systems TANMS."

Maria-Rita D’Orsogna (Mathematics) has received $68,702 from the University of Southern California, as supplemental support of a project entitled "Scalable, Stochastic and Spatiotemporal Game Theory for Real-World Human Adversarial Behavior."

Peter Edmunds (Biology) has received $110,896 from the University of California, Santa Barbara, in continuing support of a project entitled "Long-Term Ecological Research: Coral Reefs in Moorea, French Polynesia."

Robert Carpenter (Biology) has received $112,848 from the National Science Foundation, in continuing support of a project entitled "LTER: Long-Term Dynamics of a Coral Reef Ecosystem."

Nicholas Kioussis (Physics & Astronomy) has received $350,000 from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, in continuing support of a project entitled "Electronic structure of semiconductor detector surfaces and contact interfaces: Optimization of signal to noise ratio."

Chhandak Basu (Biology) has received $70,013 from Fort Valley State University, in support of a project entitled "Developing a Sustainable Bioenergy System: Paulownia production for Fuel, Chemicals and Materials."

Thomas Minehan (Chemistry & Biochemistry) has received $65,000 from the American Chemical Society/Petroleum Research Fund, in support of a project entitled "Intramolecular cycloaddition reactions of electron-rich alkynes: New methods for the synthesis of optically active building blocks for organic synthesis."

Doug Yule (Geological Sciences) has received $20,000 from the University of Southern California, in support of a project entitled "Paleoseismology and slip rate of the Garnet Hill Fault at Whitewater Hill."

Steve Dudgeon (Biology) has received $45,743 from the University of Pennsylvania, in continuing support of a project entitled "LTREB: Experimental Tests of Alternative States on Rocky Intertidal Shores."

Kathleen Marsaglia (Geological Sciences) has received $2,000 from GNS Science, in support of a project entitled "Support for MSc Student Project 2013-2014: Clastic Provenance Fingerprinting in Taranaki Basin, NZ."

Richard Heermance (Geological Sciences) has received $21,354 from Cotton, Shires and Associates, Inc., in support of a project entitled "10be Exposure Dating of Moraines Near WatherhousePeak, Sierra Nevada."

Rheem Medh (Biology) has received $104,944 from the National Institutes of Health, in continuing support of a project entitled "Role of E4BP4 in Glucocorticoid-Evoked Lymphocyte Apoptosis."

Yann Schrodi (Chemistry & Biochemistry) has received $104,944 from the National Institutes of Health, in continuing support of a project entitled "New Olefin Metathesis Catalysts Based on Innocuous and Abundant Metals."

Casey terHorst (Biology) has received $297,852 from the National Science Foundation, in support of a project entitled "Collaborative Research: Trait Evolution and the Stability of Ecological Communities."

Maria-Rita D’Orsogna (Mathematics) has received $15,000 from the University of California, Los Angeles, in support of a project entitled "Materials for a Sustainable Energy Future."

Virginia Vandergon (Biology), Matthew d’Alessio (Geological Sciences), and Norman Herr (Secondary Education) have received $25,130 from the UC Regents, in continuing support of a project entitled "San Fernando Valley Science Project – CSMP."

David Klein (Mathematics) Cristina Cadavid (Physics & Astronomy), and Brian Foley (Secondary Education) have received $26,245 from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, in continuing support of a project entitled "Mathematical and Geospatial Pathways to Climate Change Education."

Michael Summers (Biology) has received $171,008 from the National Institutes of Health, in continuing support of a project entitled "Regulation of akinete differentiation in Nostoc punctiforme."

B.A. Sethuraman (Mathematics) has received $249,975 from the National Science Foundation, in support of a project entitled "CIF: Small: RUI: Mathematical Problems in Space- Time Block Codes for MIMO Systems."

Paula Fischhaber (Chemistry & Biochemistry) has received $99,595 from the National Institutes of Health, in continuing support of a project entitled "Recruitment of Rad 10 in Double-Strand Break Repair."

Nick Kioussis (Physics & Astronomy) has received $16,031 from Inston, Inc., in support of a project entitled "Electric-Field-Controlled Nonvolatile Magnetic Memory Devices."

Robinson Cecil and Kathleen Marsaglia (Geological Sciences) have received $185,000 from the National Science Foundation, in support of a project entitled "Collaborative Research: Elucidating the Geologic Record of Late Paleozoic Subduction Initiation Along the Southwestern Margin of Laurentia, Southern California and Sonora, Mexico."

Peter Edmunds (Biology) has received $646,154 from the National Science Foundation, in support of a project entitled, "Collaborative Research: RUI –Ecology and Functional Biology of Octocoral Communities."

Yohannes Shiferaw (Physics & Astronomy) has received $294,851 from the National Institutes of Health, in continuing support of a project entitled "Multi-Scale Modeling of Calcium Mediating Triggered Activity in the Heart."

Maria Elena Zavala (Biology) has received $541,757 from the National Institutes of Health, in continuing support of a project entitled  "MARC USTAR at California State University, Northridge," and $698,518 from the National Institutes of Health, in continuing support of a project entitled "Option II MBRS RISE at CSUN: Developing a Model for Student Success."

Dayanthie Weeraratne (Geological Sciences) has received $8,600 from the National Science Foundation, as supplemental support of a project entitled "CAREER: Geodynamic Study of the Earth’s Mantle Asthenosphere and Core Formation."

Jerry Stinner (College of Science & Mathematics) has received $35,000 from the National Science Foundation, in continuing support of a project entitled  "Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)."

Cindy Malone (Biology) has received $1,734,317 from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), in continuing support of a project entitled"CSUN – UCLA Bridges to Stem Cell Research."

Ernest Kwok (Biology) has received $139,925 from the National Institutes of Health, in continuing support of a project entitled"Characterization of Novel Subcellular Structures in Arabidopsis Thaliana."

Jessica Vey (Chemistry & Biochemistry) has received $145,000 from the National Institutes of Health, in support of a project entitled "Engineering Isobutylamine N-hydroxylase for Applications in Antibiotic Biosynthesis."

Ray Hong (Biology) has received $108,750 from the National Institutes of Health, in support of a project entitled "Elucidating the function of the Lipid-Binding Protein OBI-1 in Pristionchus pacificus Nematode Chemosensation."

Donna Sheng (Physics and Astronomy) has received $110,000 from the Department of Energy, in support of a project entitled "Novel Fractional Quantum Hall and Quantum Spin HallEffects in Interacting Systems."

Damian Christian (Physics & Astronomy) has received $5,021 from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, as supplemental support of a project entitled "Performing Thermal Conductivity Measurements of Icy Compositions Relevant to Solar System Bodies."

Igor Beloborodov (Physics & Astronomy) has received $81,000 from the National Science Foundation, in continuing support of a project entitled "NewFrontier in Materials Science: Artificial Nanosolids."

Gang Lu, Nicholas Kioussis, and Donna Sheng (Physics & Astronomy) have received $476,000 from the National Science Foundation, in continuing support of a project entitled "PREM – Computational Research and Education for Emergent Materials."

Radha Ranganathan (Physics & Astronomy) has received $7,069 from the National Institutes of Health, as supplemental support of a project entitled "Interface Quality Effects in Phospholipase Membrane Enzymology."

Gary Chapman and Dora Preminger (Physics and Astronomy) have received $79,039 from NASA, in continuing support of a project entitled "Photometric Observations and Analysis in Support of SORCE/TIM and GLORY/TIM."

Thomas Minehan (Chemistry and Biochemistry) has received $104,944 from the National Institutes of Health, in continuing support of a project entitled,  "Synthesis and DNA Binding Affinity Evaluation of Novel Gilvocarcin-C-Glucosides."

Miroslav Peric (Physics and Astronomy) has received $7,069 from the National Institutes of Health, as supplemental support of a project entitled "Interaction Between Alzheimer’s Beta-Amyloid Peptide and Phospholipid Bilayers."

Jheem Medh (Chemistry and Biochemistry) has received $7,069 from the National Institutes of Health, as supplemental support of a project entitled "An Investigation of the Mechanisms by which Down-Regulation of Lipoprotein

Maria Elena de Bellard (Biology) has received $6,966 from the National Institutes of Health, as supplemental support of a project entitled "Mechanisms of Cytoskeleton Dynamics During Neural Crest Cell Chemoattraction." Increases Insulin Sensitivity in Muscle Cells."

Gang Lu (Physics & Astronomy) has received $58,433 from the Office of Naval Research, as supplemental support of a project entitled "First- Principles Based Multiscale Modeling of Structure, Energetics and Mobility of Defects in Metals."

Jerry Stinner (Science & Mathematics) has received $42,000 from the National Science Foundation, in support of a project entitled "Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)."

Donna Sheng (Physics & Astronomy) has received $75,000 from the National Science Foundation, in continuing support of a project entitled "Theoretical (numerical) Investigations of Novel Quantum-Phases and Transitions in Strongly Interacting Systems."

Joseph Hajdu (Chemistry and Biochemistry) has received $7,069 from the National Institutes of Health, as supplemental support of a project entitled "Phospholipid Dynamics and Lipolysis in Membrane Models."

Vicki Pedone (Geological Sciences) Werner Horn (Mathematics), and Cristina Cadavid (Physics & Astronomy) have received $244,263 from the National Science Foundation, in continuing support of a project entitled "STEPS (Students Targeting Engineering and Physical Science) at California State University, Northridge."

Janet Kubler and Steve Dudgeon (Biology) has received $690,641 from the National Science Foundation, in support of a project entitled "RUI: Ocean Acidification: Scope for Resilience to Ocean Acidification in Macroalgae."

Joseph Hajdu (Chemistry and Biochemistry) has received $97,875 from the National Institutes of Health, in continuing support of a project entitled "Phospholipid dynamics and lipolysis in membrane models."

Maria de Bellard (Biology) has received $96,455 from the National Institutes of Health, in continuing support of a project entitled  "Mechanisms of cytoskeleton dynamics during neural crest cell chemoattraction."

Radha Ranganathan (Physics & Astronomy) has received $97,875 from the National Institutes of Health, in continuing support of a project entitled "Interface Quality Effects in Phospholipase Membrane Enzymology."

Gang Lu (Physics & Astronomy) has received $445,749 from the Army Research Office, in support of a project entitled "Toward Computational Design of High-Efficiency Photovoltaics from First-Principles."

Kathleen Marsaglia (Geological Sciences) has received $105,720 from the Consortium for Ocean Leadership, in support of a project entitled "Smear-slide Reference Set and Atlas for IODP Shipboard Sedimentologists Phase II: Biogenic and Other Authigenic Components."

Peter Edmunds (Biology) has received $89,865 from the National Science Foundation, in support of a project entitled "RUI-LTREB Long-Term Coral Reef Community Dynamics in St. John, USVI: 1987-2019."

Helena Noronha (Mathematics )has received $817,149 from the National Science Foundation, in support of a project entitled "CSU Alliance for Preparing Undergraduates through Mentoring towards PhDs."

John D. Yule (Geological Sciences) has received $83,625 from the United States Geological Survey, in support of a project entitled "Mega-trenching to Determine a Lengthy Record of San Gorgonio Pass Fault Zone Ruptures: Possible Super Earthquakes on the Southern San Andreas Fault System."

Miroslav Peric (Physics & Astronomy) has received $97,875 from the National Institutes of Health, in continuing support of a project entitled "Interaction between Alzheimer’s Beta-Amyloid Peptide and Phospholipid Bilayers."

Jheem Medh (Chemistry and Biochemistry) has received $97,875 from the National Institute of Health, in continuing support of a project entitled "Aninvestigation of the mechanisms by which down-regulation of lipoprotein lipase increases insulin sensitivity in muscle cells."

Peter Edmunds (Biology) has received $6,955 from the National Science Foundation, as supplemental support of a project entitled "RUI: Long-Term Coral Reef Community Dynamics in the U.S. Virgin Islands: 1987-2019."

Nicholas Kioussis (Physics & Astronomy) has received $39,000 from the Department of Defense, in continuing support of a project entitled "Identification of Defect Candidates and their Effects on Carrier Lifetimes and Dark Currents in InAs/InAsSb Strained- Layer Superlattices for Infrared Detectors."

Cindy Malone (Biology) has received $3,452 from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in support of a project entitled "Microbial Viability in Extreme Environments."

Robert Carpenter (Biology) has received $112,896 from the University of California, Santa Barbara, in continuing support of a project entitled "LTER: Long-Term Dynamics of a Coral Reef Ecosystem."

Peter Edmunds (Biology) has received $110,879 from the University of California, Santa Barbara, in continuing support of a project entitled "Long Term Ecological Research: Coral Reefs in Moorea, French Polynesia."

Gang Lu (Physics & Astronomy) has received $200,000 from Brown University in continuing support of a project entitled “Stress-Controlled Catalysis via Engineered Nanostructures.”

Gerry Simila (Geological Science), Virginia Vandergon (Biology), and Norman Herr (Secondary Education) have received $39,484 from the The Regents of the University of California, in continuing support of a project entitled "San Fernando Valley Science Project (CSMP)."

Damian Christian (Physics & Astronomy) has received $4,017 from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in continuing support of a project entitled "Performing Thermal Conductivity Measurements of Icy Compositions Relevant to Solar System Bodies."

Deqing Ren (Physics & Astronomy) has received $61,438 from the National Science Foundation, in continuing support of a project entitled "CAREER: A Portable Solar Adaptive Optics System for High-Resolution Imaging Investigations."

Paula Schiffman (Biology) has received $2,000 from the Santa Monica Mountains Fund, in continuing support of a project entitled "A Comparison of Arthropod Assemblages Among Native, Invaded, and Restored Coastal Sage Scrub Habitats."

Doug Yule (Geological Sciences) has received $20,000 from the University of Southern California, in support of a project entitled "Frequency, Timing and Size of San Gorgonio Pass Fault Zone Ruptures: Local Source or Through-going San Andreas Events?"

Nicholas Kioussis and Igor Beloborodov (Physics & Astronomy), and George Youssef (Mechanical Engineering) have received $290,000 from the University of California Los Angeles, in support of a project entitled "NSF Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Translational Applications of Nanoscale Multiferroic Systems TANMS."

Gang Lu (Physics & Astronomy) has received $74,914 from the Office of Naval Research in continuing support of a project entitled “First-Principles Based Multiscale Modeling of Structure, Energetics, and Mobility of Defects in Metals.”

Gary Chapman (Physics & Astronomy) has received $52,000 from NASA, in continuing support of a project entitled "Observations and Analysis of Solar Total and Spectral Irradiance Variability."

Gerry Simila (Geological Sciences), Virginia Vandergon (Biology), and Norman Herr (Secondary Education) have received $25,130 from The Regents of the University of California, in continuing support of a project entitled "San Fernando Valley Science Project (CSMP)."

Steve Dudgeon (Biology) has received $47,196 from the University of Pennsylvania, in continuing support of a project entitled "LTREB: Experimental tests of alternative states on rocky intertidal shores."

Peter Edmunds (Biology) has received $49,931 from the National ScienceFoundation, as supplemental support of a project entitled "RUI: Ocean Acidification-Category 1- The effects of ocean acidification on the organismic biology and community ecology of corals, calcified algae, and coral reefs."

Nicholas Kioussis (Physics & Astronomy) has received $9.750 from the University of Iowa, in support of a project entitled "Identification of Defect Candidates and their Effects on Carrier Lifetimes and Dark Currents in InAs/InAsSb Strained-Layer Superlattices for Infrared Detectors.

Maria Elena Zavala (Biology) has received $723,860 from the National Institutes of Health, in continuing support of a project entitled  "Option II MBRS RISE at CSUN: Developing a Model for Student Success."

Igor Beloborodov (Physics & Astronomy) has received $81,000 from the National Science Foundation, in support of a project entitled "New Frontier in Materials Science: Artificial Nanosolids."

Rheem Medh (Biology) has received $108,750 from the National Institutes of Health, in continuing support of a project entitled "Role of E4BP4 in Glucocorticoid-Evoked Lymphocyte Apoptosis."

Mark Schilling (Mathematics) has received $36,665 from the California Department of Toxic Substance Control, in support of a project entitled "Statistical Support for DTSC’s Chemical Soil Background Study."

Gerald Simila (Geological Sciences) has received $5,875 from CSU San Luis Obispo, in continuing support of a project entitled  "CSU science teacher and researcher (STAR): Strengthening K-12 science teaching in California."

Paula Fischhaber (Chemistry & BioChemistry) has received $104,544 from the National Institutes of Health, in continuing support, and $4,126 in supplemental support of a project entitled "Recruitment of Rad 10 in Double-strand Break Repair."

Larry Allen (Biology) has received $10,000 from the Sea Grant Program, in support of a project entitled "A Fisheries Independent Assessment of Spawning Biomass of Barred Sand Bass (Paralabrax nebulifer) on the Major Spawning Aggregation off Southern California."

Gagik Melikyan (Chemistry & BioChemistry) has received $160,000 from the National Science Foundation, in continuing support of a project entitled  "RUI: Novel Radical and Ionic Reactions in Cobalt-Alkyne Series."

David Klein (Mathematics), A. Cristina Cadavid (Physics & Astronomy), and Brian Foley (Secondary Education) have received $154,102 from NASA, in continuing support of a project entitled  "Mathematical and Geospatial Pathways to Climate Change Education."

Kathie Marsaglia (Geological Sciences) has received $2,000 from GNS Science, in support of a project entitled "Support for MSc student project: Classic provenance fingerprinting in Taranaki Basin, NZ."

Michael Summers (Biology) has received $175,874 from the National Institutes of Health, in continuing support of a project entitled "Regulation of akinete differentiation in Nostoc punctiforme."

Donna Sheng (Physics & Astronomy) has received $75,000 from the National Science Foundation, in continuing support of a project entitled "Theoretical (numerical) investigations of novel quantum-phases and transitions in strongly interacting systems."

A. Cristina Cadavid, (Physics & Astronomy), M. Helena Noronha(Mathematics), Karla Pelletier (CECS Student Service Center), and Kathie Marsaglia (Geological Sciences) have received $486,000 from CSU Sacramento, in continuing support of a project entitled "CSUN’s LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate."

Karin Crowhurst (Chemistry & BioChemistry) has received $143,550 from the National Institutes of Health, in continuing support of a project entitled "Investigating protein dynamics in NT-4/5 and TrkB receptor interactions."

Richard Heermance (Geological Sciences) has received $18,000 from the University of Southern California, in support of a project entitled "Mid-Late Pleistocene Slip rate through the San Gorgonio Pass from Cosmogenic Dating of the Heights Fanglomerate."

Yann Schrodi (Chemistry & Biochemistry) has received $108,750 from the National Institutes of Health, in continuing support of a project entitled "New Olefin Metathesis Catalysts Based on Innocuous and Abundant Metals."

Lisa Banner (Biology has received $435,003 from the National Institutes of Health, in support of a project entitled "Analysis of Neuropoietic Cytokines and their Receptors in Diabetic Neuropathy."

Yohannes Shiferaw (Physics & Astronomy) has received $309,915 from the National Institutes of Health, in continuing support of a project entitled,  "Multi-scale Modeling of Calcium Mediated Triggered Activity in the Heart."

Jorge Balbas (Mathematics) has received $14,000 from IPAM-UCLA, in support of a project entitled, "Computational Methods in High-Energy Density Plasmas."

Vladislav Panferov (Mathematics) has received $14,000 from IPAM-UCLA, in support of a project entitled "Computational Methods in High-Energy Density Plasmas."

Maria Elena Zavala (Biology) has received $606,130 from the National Institutes of Health, in continuing support of a project entitled "MARC USTAR at California State University, Northridge."

Ernest Kwok (Biology) has received $138,250 from the National Institutes of Health, in continuing support of a project entitled "Characterization of novel subcellular structures in Arabidopsis thaliana."

Gary Chapman and Dora Preminger (Physics & Astronomy) have received $77,936 from NASA, in continuing support of a project entitled "Photometric Observations and Analysis in Support of SORCE/TIM and GLORY/TIM."

Thomas Minehan (Chemistry & BioChemistry) has received $108,750 from the National Institutes of Health, in continuing support of a project entitled "Synthesis and DNA binding affinity evaluation of novel gilvocarcin-C-glucosides."

Gang Lu, Nicholas Kioussis, and Donna Sheng ( Physics & Astronomy) have received $476,000 from the National Science Foundation, in support of a project entitled "PREM – Computational Research and Education for Emergent Materials."

Joshua Schwartz (Geological Sciences) has received $97,726 from the National Science Foundation, in support of a project entitled "Collaborative Research: Investigation of a Late Jurassic Paired Magmatic Belt (Blue Mountains, NE Oregon): Evaluation of Magmatic Growth During Contractional Orogeny."

Radha Ranganathan (Physics & Astronomy) has received $108,749 from the National Institutes of Heath, in continuing support of a project entitled "Interface Quality Effects in Phospholipase Membrane Enzymology."

Maria-Rita D’Orsogna (Mathematics) has received $55,400 from the University of Southern California, as supplemental support of a project entitled "Scalable, Stochastic and Spatiotemporal Game Theory for Real-World Human Adversarial Behavior."

Kathleen Marsaglia (Geological Sciences) has received $8,750 from the National Science Foundation, as supplemental support of a project entitled "Collaborative Research: Expedition 317 Objective Research – Linking Sediment Provenance to Supply and Lithofacies Formation on the Canterbury Margin."

Joseph Hajdu (Chemistry & BioChemistry) has received $108,750 from the National Institutes of Health, in continuing support of a project entitled "Phospholipid dynamics and lipolysis in membrane models."

Gang Lu (Physics & Astronomy) has received $299,076 from UC Regents in support of a project entitled ‘Development Method to Predict Phase Separation and Charge Transport in Bulk Heterojuncion Conjugated Polymer Solar Cells.”

Dayanthie Weeraratne (Geological Sciences) has received $251,900 from the National Science Foundation, in support of a project entitled "CAREER: Geodynamic Study of Earth’s Mantle Asthenosphere and Core Formation."

Maria Elena de Bellard (Biology) has received $105,880 from the National Institutes of Health, in continuing support of a project entitled "Mechanisms of cytoskeleton dynamics during neural crest cell chemoattraction."

Miroslav Peric (Physics & Astronomy) has received $108,750 from the National Institutes of Health, in support of a project entitled "Interaction between Alzheimer’s beta-Amyloid Peptide and Phospholipid Bilayers."

Karin Crowhurst (Chemistry and Biochemistry) has received $436,051 from the National Science Foundation, in support of a project entitled "RUI: NMR investigation of the role of protein dynamics in the selections between RGS and Galpha signaling proteins."

Damian Christian (Physics & Astronomy) has received $59,800 from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, in support of a project entitled "High Resolution Imaging & Spectroscopy of the Chandra Comet Survey II."

Peter Edmunds (Biology) has received $88,990 from the National Science Foundation, in continuing support of a project entitled "RUI: Long-Term Coral Reef Community Dynamics in the US Virgin Islands: 1987-2019."

Gang Lu (Physics & Astronomy) has received $418,727 from the Army Research Office, in support of a project entitled "A new computational tool for understanding light-matter interactions."

Dong-ning Sheng (Physics & Astronomy) has received $110,000 from the Department of Energy, in continuing support of a project entitled,  "Novel Charge and Spin Fractional Quantum Hall Effects and New Emerging Quantum Phases in Interacting and Spin-Orbit Coupling Electronic Materials."

Jheem Medh (Chemistry and Biochemistry) has received $108,750 from the National Institutes of Health, in continuing support of a project entitled  "An investigation of the mechanisms by which down-regulation of lipoprotein lipase increases insulin sensitivity in muscle cells."

Mary-Pat Stein (Biology) has received $143,550 from the National Institutes of Health, in continuing support of a project entitled  "Recruitment and fusion of ER vesicles to the Legionella-containing vacuole."

Ray Hong (Biology) has received $143,550 from the National Institutes of Health, in continuing support of a project entitled "Molecular Characterization of Insect Pheromone Chemosensory Mutants in Nematodes (SCORE)."

Gerry Simila (Geological Science) has received $4,699 from UC Regents, in support of a project entitled "San Fernando Valley Science Project (NCLB 8A)."

Mark Steele (Biology) has received $443,841 from the California Coastal Commission, in continuing support of a project entitled "Reproductive output, growth, and food-chain support of fishes on the Wheeler J. North Artificial Reef."

Gang Lu (Physics & Astronomy) has received $74,958 from the Office of Naval Research, in continuing support of a project entitled,  "First-Principles Based Multiscale Modeling of Structure, Energetics and Mobility of Defects in Metals."

Maria-Rita D’Orsogna (Mathematics) has received $55,400 from the University of Southern California, in continuing support of a project entitled  "Scalable, Stochastic and Spatiotemporal Game Theory for Real-World Human Adversarial Behavior."

Gerry Simila (Geological Science), Virginia Vandergon (Biology), and Norman Herr (Secondary Education) have received $48,573 from UC Regents, in continuing support of a project entitled  "San Fernando Valley Science Project (NCLB 8)."