2018 UCMerced InternationalBrochure

Centers, Institutes and Research Facilities > > Blum Center for Developing Economies > > Center for Climate Communication > > Center for Computational Biology > > Center for Early Cognition and Language > > Center for Educational Partnerships > > Center for Engaged Teaching and Learning > > Center of Excellence for the Study of Health Disparities > > Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) > > Center for the Humanities > > CREST Center for Cellular and Biomolecular Machines (CCBM) > > Sierra Nevada Research Institute (SNRI) Environmental Analytical Laboratory > > Foster Family Center for Engineering Service Learning > > Health Sciences Research Institute > > Imaging and Microscopy Facility (IMF) > > Light Microscopy and Crystallography Modeling Center > > Mechanical Test Laboratory > > Nanomaterials Center for Energy and Sensing (MACES) > > Resource Center for Community Engaged Scholarship (ReCCES) > > Sierra Nevada Research Institute (SNRI) > > Small Business Development Center (SBDC) > > Spatial Analysis and Research Center > > STEM Resource Center > > Stable Isotope Laboratory > > Stem Cell Instrumentation Foundry (SCIF) > > UC Water Security and Sustainability Research Initiative > > University of California Advanced Solar Technologies Institute (UC Solar) > > UC Natural Reserve System Collaborative Research Partners > > Central Valley Higher Education Consortium > > Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory > > National Park Service

R E S E A R C H At Our Core

At UC Merced, some of the world’s foremost scholars team up with students to focus on creating new products and technologies that will improve our daily lives. They collaborate to solve some of society’s most pressing issues, from disease to global warming, and everything in between. As an undergraduate, you will have opportunities to take your learning beyond the classroom out into the field or in a laboratory. research.ucmerced.edu

Across All Disciplines

Some examples of recent research conducted by faculty and students:

»» Professor and biologist MiriamBarlow helped develop amethod to restore the efficacy of antibiotics and help doctors deal with resistant bacteria.

»» Through the World Heritage program in the School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts, students and faculty involved in a project titled “Bodie Digital Community - Connect with Your Past” designed and developed an augmented reality mobile app that brought to life the town of Bodie, a California State Historic Park that is at risk of being lost due to wildfires and lack of funding for conservation. »» Adjunct Professor Gabriela Loots is studying why certain cancers prefer tometastasize to bone. Loots is trying to identify, characterize and potentially exploit the information packaged in different types of extracellular vesicles to determine if they can distinguish aggressive forms of breast cancer that rapidly spread in the body. »» Three students were selected as fellows for the Global Food Initiative to work on projects including increasing food recovery, advancing food literacy and expanding experiential learning opportunities in food systems.

»» Professor Danielle Edwards was part of a team of researchers that made a discovery about two groups of giant Galapagos tortoises — they are actually two different species.

»» Undergraduate mechanical engineering student Rebecca Quinte worked with Professor Andrea Joyce on a project that aims to shoo away leaf-footed bugs, insects that feed on the seeds of crops, research that could end up benefitting farmers in the Central Valley and beyond.

The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Center (UROC) encourages and facilitates faculty-mentored undergraduate research projects and creative activities. The UROC website hosts a database of research opportunities, and workshops and events are ongoing. uroc.ucmerced.edu