Trinity University

2026 · training · Beckman Scholars Program

Site-Specific Protein Modification Using a Synthetic Receptor

Ian Yu · Trinity University · funded by Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation

2026 · training · Beckman Scholars Program

Examining Phenotypes Induced by Retinitis Pigmentosa Missense Mutations

Clara Moriarty · Trinity University · funded by Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation

2025–2027 · research · Cottrell Scholar Award

Cottrell Scholar - Aaron Harrison (Chemistry, 2025)

Aaron Harrison · Trinity University · funded by Research Corporation for Science Advancement

$120k

2025–2028 · grant · Continuing Grant

Collaborative Research: RUI: Atomic Collisions with Trapped Ions in Ultracold Hybrid Systems

Nirav Mehta · Trinity University · funded by National Science Foundation

$70.2k

2025 · training · Beckman Scholars Program

Exploring the Molecular Basis for the Stability of Spliceosomal Protein Dib1 in S. cerevisiae and C. merolae

Kathryn Wheeler · Trinity University · funded by Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation

2025 · training · Beckman Scholars Program

Determining the Role of Endogenous Oxytocin in Mediating Social Reward in Rats

Julia Stall · Trinity University · funded by Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation

2025–2028 · research · R15

Functionalized Receptors for Efficient Epitope Recognition

Adam Robert Urbach · Trinity University · funded by National Institutes of Health

$535.9k

2024–2026 · research · Cottrell Scholar Award

Cottrell Scholar - Rebecca Rapf (Chemistry, 2024)

Rebecca Rapf · Trinity University · funded by Research Corporation for Science Advancement

$120k

2024–2027 · research · Scholarly Editions and Translations

Richard Rolle’s Fire of Love (Incendium Amoris): New Editions, a New Translation, and an Open-Access Companion Website

Andrew Kraebel · Trinity University · funded by National Endowment for the Humanities

$198.4k

2024–2027 · research · R15

Probing the potential role of the Rieske protein in superoxide formation in Complex III

Laura Hunsicker-Wang · Trinity University · funded by National Institutes of Health

$373.7k

2024–2027 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: RUI: Continental-Scale Study of Jura-Cretaceous Basins and Melanges along the Backbone of the North American Cordillera-A Test of Mesozoic Subduction Models

Kathleen Surpless · Trinity University · funded by National Science Foundation

$191.3k

2024 · training · Beckman Scholars Program

Biochemical and Functional Characterization of Dib1 in C. Merolae’s Reduced Spliceosome

Bryce Dye · Trinity University · funded by Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation

2024 · training · Beckman Scholars Program

Probing Superoxide Formation in the bc1 Complex within a Phospholipid Bilayer

Omkar Satpathy · Trinity University · funded by Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation

2023–2026 · research · R24

Development of Immunological Reagents for the Identification of New World Monkey Biomarkers

Luis David Giavedoni · Trinity University · funded by National Institutes of Health

$155.3kImmunotoxicology and immune responses

2023–2025 · research · R21

Oxytocin Induces Retrograde Metaplasticity to Attenuate CocainePreference Behavior

Kah Chung Leong · Trinity University · funded by National Institutes of Health

$171.9kNeuroendocrine regulation and behavior

2023–2025 · research · R21

Oxytocin Induces Retrograde Metaplasticity to Attenuate CocainePreference Behavior

Kah Chung Leong · Trinity University · funded by National Institutes of Health

$199.1kNeuroendocrine regulation and behavior

2023–2026 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: Extended Family Support and Housing Stability of Youth Over Time

Amy Stone · Trinity University · funded by National Science Foundation

$200kHomelessness and Social Issues

2023–2025 · fellowship · Fellowships

Critical Edition of the Religious Writings of Harriet Beecher Stowe

Claudia Stokes · Trinity University · funded by National Endowment for the Humanities

$45k

2023 · training · Beckman Scholars Program

Fluorogenic ATRP as a Novel Polymerization Kinetic Assay

Nicholas Cipolla · Trinity University · funded by Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation

2023 · training · Beckman Scholars Program

Investigating the Reduction Potential of the Rieske protein in Spinacia oleracea

Devin Saenger · Trinity University · funded by Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation

2022–2025 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: Extended Family Support and the Housing Stability of Youth

Amy Stone · Trinity University · funded by National Science Foundation

$300kHomelessness and Social Issues

2022–2026 · research · R24

Development of Immunological Reagents for the Identification of New World Monkey Biomarkers

Luis David Giavedoni · Trinity University · funded by National Institutes of Health

$406.2k

2022–2026 · research · R24

Development of Immunological Reagents for the Identification of New World Monkey Biomarkers

Luis David Giavedoni · Trinity University · funded by National Institutes of Health

$497.7k

2022–2026 · grant · Continuing Grant

Collaborative Research: RUI: Structure-Function Relationships and Efficiency of Bacterial Flagellar Motors Using Computational Fluid Dynamics and Directed Evolution Experiments

Orrin Shindell · Trinity University · funded by National Science Foundation

$540kMicro and Nano Robotics

2022–2026 · grant · Standard Grant

Research Initiation: Understanding Interactions Between Affect and Identity in First- and Second-Year Engineering Students

Emma Treadway · Trinity University · funded by National Science Foundation

$200.5k

2022–2025 · grant · Standard Grant

ERI:Network by network fabrication approach of bioinspired scaffolds to study the effect of fibrin and hyaluronic acid on the reactive and inflammatory response of human astrocytes

Dany Munoz Pinto · Trinity University · funded by National Science Foundation

$200k

2022–2026 · research · R24

Development of Immunological Reagents for the Identification of New World Monkey Biomarkers

Luis David Giavedoni · Trinity University · funded by National Institutes of Health

$481k

2022 · training · Beckman Scholars Program

Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) Sensitive Prodrug Synthesis

Noah Gilbertson · Trinity University · funded by Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation

2022 · training · Beckman Scholars Program

Social Interaction Diminishes Cocaine Reward through Oxytocin Neurons

Eva Lorenz · Trinity University · funded by Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation

2022–2027 · research · R24

Development of Immunological Reagents for the Identification of New World Monkey Biomarkers

Luis David Giavedoni · Trinity University · funded by National Institutes of Health

$407k

2021–2025 · research · R15

Minimal Protein Affinity Tags

Adam Robert Urbach · Trinity University · funded by National Institutes of Health

$428.3k

2021–2025 · grant · Standard Grant

RUI: Collaborative Research: Testing models for the Late Jurassic Nevadan Orogeny: Age, provenance, and structural evolution of the Galice and Mariposa basins, OR and CA

Kathleen Surpless · Trinity University · funded by National Science Foundation

$198.4k

2021–2025 · research · R15

Minimal Protein Affinity Tags

Adam Robert Urbach · Trinity University · funded by National Institutes of Health

$99.6k

2021–2026 · grant · Continuing Grant

CAREER: Fluorogenic Radical Polymerization for Signal Amplification and Detection

Christina Cooley · Trinity University · funded by National Science Foundation

$403.3k

2021–2025 · research · R15

Metallopeptide Based Mimics of Mononuclear Nonheme Iron Enzymes: Understanding Enzymatic Reactivity Using Designed Metallopeptides

Jason M Shearer · Trinity University · funded by National Institutes of Health

$95.9k

2021–2026 · grant · Continuing Grant

Collaborative Research: DMS/NIGMS2: Computational and Experimental Analysis of Choanoflagellate Hydrodynamic Performance - Selective Factors in the Evolution of Multicellularity

Hoa Nguyen · Trinity University · funded by National Science Foundation

$118.6k

2021–2025 · research · R15

Metallopeptide Based Mimics of Mononuclear Nonheme Iron Enzymes: Understanding Enzymatic Reactivity Using Designed Metallopeptides

Jason M Shearer · Trinity University · funded by National Institutes of Health

$394.4k

2021–2024 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: Humidity and Temperature Effects on Phase Separation and Particle Morphology in Internally Mixed Organic-Inorganic Aerosol

Ryan Davis · Trinity University · funded by National Science Foundation

$137.2k

2021–2025 · grant · Standard Grant

RUI: DEVELOPING A PREDICTIVE MODEL OF STRAIN ACCOMMODATION FOR SEGMENTED NORMAL FAULT EVOLUTION, SEVIER FAULT ZONE, SOUTHERN UTAH

Benjamin Surpless · Trinity University · funded by National Science Foundation

$192.8kearthquake and tectonic studies

2021–2025 · grant · Standard Grant

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH RUI: Testing mechanisms for regional dolomitization of Triassic carbonate platforms across the Nanpanjiang Basin of south China

Daniel Lehrmann · Trinity University · funded by National Science Foundation

$139.4kPaleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils