University of California, Riverside

2026 · research · Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards

Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards - Timothy Su

Timothy Su · University of California, Riverside · funded by Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation

$100k

2026–2029 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: CISE-EPSRC: Efficient Constraint-Based Musculotendon Simulation for Biomechanically Accurate Characters

Ioannis Karamouzas · University of California, Riverside · funded by National Science Foundation

$230k

2026

High-Throughput imaging and Molecular Biology Facility for Plant Functional Genomics

University of California, Riverside

2026–2027 · training · Predoctoral Fellowship

Mechanisms of microplastic-elicited atherosclerosis

Ting-An Lin · University of California, Riverside · funded by American Heart Association

$70.7kMicroplastics and Plastic Pollution

2026–2027 · research · BARD Research Grant - Crop Health

Biocontrol of the Asian Citrus Psyllid Using Local and Introduced Tamarixia spp . Parasitoids: Field Evaluation and Predictive Modeling

R. Kaspi · University of California, Riverside · funded by United States - Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund

$180k

2026 · fellowship · AERA Minority Dissertation Fellowship in Education Research

Gatekeeping Access: Blackness and Racial Cognizance in Higher Education

Anna Acha · University of California, Riverside · funded by American Educational Research Association

2026–2031 · grant · Experimental Physics Investigators

Yongtao Cui, Experimental Physics Investigator

Yongtao Cui · University of California, Riverside · funded by Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

$1.3M

2025–2028 · research

Seeding Supermassive Black Holes from the Dark Sector

Hai-Bo Yu · University of California, Riverside · funded by John Templeton Foundation

$260k

2025–2027 · grant · Standard Grant

ACED: Multi-Fidelity Markov Chain Monte Carlo for Cosmology

Christian Shelton · University of California, Riverside · funded by National Science Foundation

$499.9k

2025–2030 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: Promoting Regional Opportunities for Practical and Engaged Learning in Artificial Intelligence

Evangelos Papalexakis · University of California, Riverside · funded by National Science Foundation

$400k

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

Trilateral FPP 2023: FloResEng - Engineering Endogenous Oxygen Sensing for Improved Flood Resilience in Cereals

Julia Bailey-Serres · University of California, Riverside · funded by National Science Foundation

$613.3kPlant responses to water stress

2025–2027 · grant · Standard Grant

Control of the Nature of Metal Films Grown by Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) via Surface Preconditioning

Francisco Zaera · University of California, Riverside · funded by National Science Foundation

$390k

2025–2030 · grant · Continuing Grant

CAREER: Geometry of Mapping Class Groups and Surface Bundles

Matthew Durham · University of California, Riverside · funded by National Science Foundation

$117.9k

2025–2028 · fellowship · Collaborative Research and Training (CRT)

Antiferromagnetic spintronics for advanced memory and computing

Jing Shi · University of California, Riverside · funded by Office of the President, University of California

$3.9M

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

Effects of Pyrosulfate on Sulfated Oxide Supports

Matthew Conley · University of California, Riverside · funded by National Science Foundation

$600k

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

Engineering Nanoscale Light-Heat Interactions in 2D Devices: Resolving Photovoltaic/Photothermoelectric Competition for High-Performance Optoelectronics

Ming Liu · University of California, Riverside · funded by National Science Foundation

$400k

2025 · grant · Special Projects

Carnegie Special Projects - University of California, Riverside (2025)

University of California, Riverside · funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York

$500k

2025–2027 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: RI: Small: Adapting Foundation Models for Multimodal Sequential Decision Making: New Focuses, Formalisms, and Methods

Yinglun Zhu · University of California, Riverside · funded by National Science Foundation

$300k

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: CRCNS US-France Research Proposal: Integrating astrocytes as contextual multiplexers of neural dynamics and computation

Fabio Pasqualetti · University of California, Riverside · funded by National Science Foundation

$225k

2025–2027 · cooperative agreement · Cooperative Agreement

Collaborative Research: Ideas Lab: Breaking Low: DRIVE-SAFE: Remote and Cooperative Autonomous Driving in Dynamic Environments using 5G/NextG Technology

Hang Qiu · University of California, Riverside · funded by National Science Foundation

$225.6k

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: Epitaxial spin heterostructures for energy efficient magnetic memory

Jing Shi · University of California, Riverside · funded by National Science Foundation

$360k

2025–2029 · grant · Continuing Grant

CAREER: Codes and Pseudorandom Structures

Silas Richelson · University of California, Riverside · funded by National Science Foundation

$369.2k

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: A longitudinal investigation of caregiving, everyday motor experiences, and motor skill development using wearable sensing

John Franchak · University of California, Riverside · funded by National Science Foundation

$423.9kInfant Development and Preterm Care

2025–2026 · grant · Standard Grant

Travel: NSF Student Travel Grant for the 2025 International Symposium on High-Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA)

Daniel Wong · University of California, Riverside · funded by National Science Foundation

$15k

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

Development of magnesium zinc oxide deep ultraviolet semiconductor lasers

Jianlin Liu · University of California, Riverside · funded by National Science Foundation

$375k

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

SaTC: CORE: Small: U.S.-Ireland R&D Partnership: Securing Machine Learning from Threats Exploiting Unused Model Parameters

Nael Abu-Ghazaleh · University of California, Riverside · funded by National Science Foundation

$500k

2025–2028 · grant · Continuing Grant

Multiphase Oxidation of Organic Aerosols under Various Environmental Conditions

Haofei Zhang · University of California, Riverside · funded by National Science Foundation

$490.1k

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

ECLIPSE-CHIPS: Plasma-Produced Materials to Investigate Laser-Produced Plasmas for Microelectronics Manufacturing

Lorenzo Mangolini · University of California, Riverside · funded by National Science Foundation

$532k

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: Understanding Fundamental Mechanisms in Plasma-enhanced Electrostatic Precipitation

Heejung Jung · University of California, Riverside · funded by National Science Foundation

$250kAerosol Filtration and Electrostatic Precipitation

2025–2028 · grant · Continuing Grant

Impact of learning on cognition and brain structure in older adults

Rachel Wu · University of California, Riverside · funded by National Science Foundation

$463.7k

2025–2029 · grant · Continuing Grant

Collaborative Research: CIF: Medium: Robustness to Distribution Shifts in Computational Imaging - Inference, Sampling, and Adaptation

Muhammad Salman Asif · University of California, Riverside · funded by National Science Foundation

$381.3k

2025 · grant · Faculty Seed Grants

Antigen-Specific Strategies for Reinvigorating Exhausted T Cells

Huimin Zhang · University of California, Riverside · funded by Office of the President, University of California

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: FDT-BioTech: Digital Twins with Statistical Topological Learning of Periodontal Diseases

Yuzhou Chen · University of California, Riverside · funded by National Science Foundation

$300kTopological and Geometric Data Analysis

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

GOALI: ERASE PFAS: Development of Efficient Short-wavelength UV-driven Water Photolysis (SHARP) Process for PFAS Destruction in Membrane Desalination Brine

Haizhou Liu · University of California, Riverside · funded by National Science Foundation

$500kPer- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research

2025–2026 · grant · Standard Grant

Conference: A Celebration of the Science Legacy of Joanne Chory

Meng Chen · University of California, Riverside · funded by National Science Foundation

$15kPlant Molecular Biology Research

2025–2027 · grant · MRPI Program Award

Materials Science for Climate-Proof Agriculture

Jonathan Pokorski · University of California, Riverside · funded by Office of the President, University of California

$1.6M

2025 · grant · Science

Postdoctoral Fellowships

University of California, Riverside · funded by Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

$1M

2025–2028 · grant · Continuing Grant

CAREER: Uncover contact line dynamics during thin film evaporation on micro/nano-engineered surfaces with combined velocimetry, thermometry, and interferometry

Yaofa Li · University of California, Riverside · funded by National Science Foundation

$297.9kNanomaterials and Printing Technologies

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: Understanding Economic and Urban Success

Travis Stanton · University of California, Riverside · funded by National Science Foundation

$48.7k

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: Understanding the Correlation between Water Electrolysis and Chemical Environment in Aqueous Electrolytes

Peter Greaney · University of California, Riverside · funded by National Science Foundation

$210kSpectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies