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Awarded in 2026
Home Department: Linguistics
Faculty Advisor: Cory Shain (Linguistics)
Title: Neural Representation and Computation of Language Processing Across Whole-Brain and Intracortical Multi-Neuron Analyses
Awarded in 2026
Home Department: Biology
Faculty Advisor: Mark Schnitzer (Biology and Applied Physics)
Title: Millisecond-Scale Voltage Imaging of Dopamine-Dependent Striatal Dynamics in Parkinson's Disease
Awarded in 2026
Home Department: Bioengineering
Faculty Advisor: Rogelio Hernandez-Lopez (Bioengineering and Genetics)
Title: AI-Guided Engineering of Metabolically Resilient CAR T-Cells for Solid Tumors
Awarded in 2026
Home Department: Bioengineering
Faculty Advisor: Vayu Hill-Maini (Bioengineering)
Title: From Lab to Kitchen: Sensory Characterization of Fermented Food By-products to Improve Quality through Genetic Modification of Fungi
Awarded in 2026
Home Department: Applied Physics
Faculty Advisor: Benjamin Good (Applied Physics)
Title: Predicting Phage Therapy from Transient Population Crashes
Awarded in 2026
Home Department: Molecular & Cellular Physiology
Faculty Advisor: Axel Brunger (Molecular & Cellular Physiology, Photon Science Directorate, and Neurology & Neurological Sciences)
Title: Molecular Signature of Synaptic Plasticity Using Time-Resolved Cryo-Electron Microscopy
Awarded in 2026
Home Department: Mechanical Engineering
Faculty Advisor: Ellen Kuhl (Mechanical Engineering)
Title: The Texture Limit: Maximizing Plant Content in University Burgers
Awarded in 2026
Home Department: Pediatrics - Cardiology
Faculty Advisor: Alison Marsden (Pediatrics - Cardiology and Bioengineering)
Title: Digital Twins for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Optimization in Single Ventricle Patients
Awarded in 2026
Home Department: Radiology
Faculty Advisor: Craig Levin (Radiology)
Title: Interrogation of Two Markers of Neuroendocrine Tumors in a Single PET Scan to Guide More Precise Treatment
Awarded in 2026
Home Department: Biomedical Data Sciences
Faculty Advisor: Sylvia Plevritis (Biomedical Data Science and Radiology)
Title: Integrative 3D Spatial Mapping of Lung Adenocarcinoma to Explore “Acinar Clefting” as an Immune Evasion Mechanism
