Talking Trash: Tracking Ocean Litter in the Rocky Intertidal Zone
Trina Miller, a Cal State Fullerton undergraduate researcher, is studying the threats of human-created trash to marine life in the rocky intertidal zone.
Research and Creative Activities
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Geology Students Investigate Ancient Volcano System Near Yosemite
CSUF geology students investigated an inactive volcanic magma chamber — once filled with molten rock and crystals — in the Sierra National Forest.
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Aspiring Doctor Studies Possible Solutions to Bacterial Infections in Argentina
Nima Aminzadeh, a biological science student at Cal State Fullerton, studied bacterial infections this summer in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Fulbright Scholars Study Ghanaian Education, Impact of COVID-19 on Maya Communities
Faculty members Abigail Amoako Kayser and Lucia Alcalá have recently been selected as Fulbright U.S. Scholars to Ghana and Mexico, respectively.
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Computational Epidemiology: A New Tool to Fight Global Infectious Diseases
Sampson Akwafuo, assistant professor of computer science, is focusing his faculty-student research on computational epidemiology. This new and rapidly growing field develops computational tools for modeling, simulating, predicting and visualizing the spread of diseases in the field of epidemiology.
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$1.2 Million Grant to Prepare Underrepresented Students for Doctoral Programs in Gravitational-Wave Astronomy
Cal State Fullerton is receiving a nearly $1.2 million National Science Foundation grant to prepare underrepresented students in the emerging field of gravitational-wave astronomy and create a pathway to enter a doctoral program at one of three Ph.D.-granting partner universities.
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Yosemite Wildfires Ignite Study on How Trees Recover
Cal State Fullerton student geographer Daniel Swenson is investigating the influence of wildfires on the growth of sugar pines in Yosemite National Park.
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CSUF, Alabama Paleontologists Discover New Species of Giant Fossil Turtle
Cal State Fullerton paleontologist James F. Parham and a team of collaborators have discovered a new giant species of freshwater turtle that lived among dinosaurs 83 million years ago.
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Marine Geologist Lands Stint at National Science Foundation
Joe Carlin, Cal State Fullerton associate professor of geological sciences, has been appointed to serve in a scientific leadership role at the National Science Foundation.
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Marine Research Dives Into How Giant Baleen Whales Filter Tiny Organisms
Cal State Fullerton postdoctoral scholar Shirel Kahane-Rapport is diving into the biomechanics of baleen whales and how they use baleen plates to filter food, such as zooplankton and small fish from seawater. The answers could lead to better engineered industrial filtration systems.