2025-26 Research Advancement Fellows

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Alison Bain
 

I am a chemist who collaborates with engineers and environmental scientists to understand how particles suspended in the atmosphere affect atmospheric processes and climate.

Marit Bovbjerg

 

I am a perinatal epidemiologist and health services researcher working with clinical and policy partners to ensure equitable access to high-quality maternity care. We envision a future in which every childbearing family receives excellent, culturally-matched prenatal, birth, and postpartum care and support within their own communities.

 

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Xue Jin

 

I am an environmental engineer collaborating with scientists, industry, utilities and communities to advance resilient water treatment and resource recovery systems, working toward climate-adapted solutions that secure safe water and sustainable agriculture for future generations.

Jung Kwon

 

I am a food scientist seeking to explore human health and sustainable food system nexus. I collaborate with nutritionist, public health experts, data scientists to solve challenges facing human health and food system

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Cheng Li

 

I am an environmental biotechnologist collaborating with microbiologists, engineers, and agricultural partners to harness electroactive microorganisms and develop sustainable food and water systems that promote resilience and circular bioeconomy solutions.

Read more at Electrobiotechlab.com

 

Marilyn Mackiewicz

 

I’m a materials chemist collaborating with biomedical and engineering teams to engineer responsive biomaterials that enable precise diagnostics and targeted therapies—accelerating equitable health innovation.

More at:  https://blogs.oregonstate.edu/mackiewiczresearchlab/people/

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Tala Navab-Daneshmand

 

I am an environmental engineer collaborating across public health, agriculture, and microbiology to reduce emerging contaminants and antimicrobial resistance in wastewater, advancing sustainable solutions for human and ecological health.

Nicholas Siller

 

I am a climate scientist working with public agencies and local communities to better understand, predict, and adapt to the impacts of climate variability and change.

 

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Joshua Twinning

 

I am a quantitative ecologist working with state and federal agencies, agricultural industries, NGOs, and local communities to address conservation and management challenges, with outcomes that work for both people and wildlife.

 

Olena Taratula

 

I am a pharmaceutical scientist collaborating with clinicians and engineers to design nanomedicine platforms that transform the treatment of cancer and women’s reproductive disorders. Our goal is to translate nanoparticle-based therapies from bench to bedside.

Read more on Olena Taratula Lab

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Juan Vanegas

 

I am a computational biophysicist working with biologists, applied mathematicians, and chemists to understand how life works at the molecular scale. We collaborate with researchers at national laboratories to develop biomedical and industrial applications.

https://vanegaslab.org/

 

Cristina Wilson

 

I am a cognitive scientist working with engineers, computer scientists and geoscientists to develop new robotic and digital technologies that advance field data collection, reimagining the ways humans and agents collaborate to explore their environment.

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Shaozeng Zhang

 

I am an anthropologist who collaborates with engineers, computer scientists, environmental scientists and geographers in low-carbon design, Human-in-the-Loop AI, Amazon forest conservation, and climate change adaptation.