Scholar Grantees, October 2021
Dr. Paul Block – Applying Climate Science and Economic Tools to Advance Water Resource Management
Dr. S. Thomas Megeath – The Role of Environment in the Formation of Stars
Dr. Nicholas Galitzki – Calibration and Collaboration for Cosmology in Chile
Student Grantees, 2021 (NB: all projects were deferred to 2022 due to COVID; some people were also selected, but were unable to defer, as below):
Megan Baker: Insight on Collaborative Cross-Institutional Curricular Partnerships
Adolfo Carvalho: Studying Planet Formation with Machine Learning
Maya Greenhill: Ecosystem stability and resilience: quantifying positive feedback loops
Santiago Vargas: Graphene to create robust, efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
Robert Serrano: Dynamics and Fate of Black Hole Populations in Rotating Star Clusters.
*Selected, but unable to defer:
Elena Pojman: From Policy to Society: How Government Policy Shapes Social Bias towards Migrants in Chile
Annie Savaria-Watson: Glacial Geographies & Climate Change Resilience
Em Calhoun: Phytoplankton Changes of Freshwater and Marine Microbiomes in Chilean Patagonian Fjords
Aislyn Keyes: Fishery social networks and adaptive management outcomes in Chile
Student Grantees, 2020 (NB: all projects were cancelled due to COVID)
Alec Armon: Thinking Outside the Tank: Expert Knowledge Meets Poverty Reduction in Chile
Alexandra Machetanz: Syrian Refugee Resettlement in Chile
Hannah Hampson: Hydroclimate Model Optimization in Three Distinct Chilean Climates
Jesse Freedman: Nueva Canción: The Soundtrack of Chilean Exile in East Germany
Jessica Schwalb: Palestinian-Chilean Political Organizing
Kevin Ryan: Environmental Impacts of Land-based Salmon Aquaculture Facilities in Southern Chile
Michael Harding: The Politics of Social Memory: Transitional Justice in Chile
Rachel Charow: Optimizing Solar Farm Site Selection Using Remote Sensing Technology
Sage Gilbert: Mapuche Landscapes and Poetics
Sebastian Munoz: Hydrograph Separation in the Chilean Andes
Student Grantees, 2019
Kai Parker: When the Water Rises: Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Assessment for Chile’s Coastlines
Karie Brown-Tess: Co-Creation in Chilean Mathematics Teacher Training
Kelsey Chatlosh: Afro-Chilean Women Asserting Black Pasts, Presents, and Futures in Chile
Alice Hill: Anticipating central Chilean water stress due to new mining development
Susan Massar: Cattle in the Trees: Silvopastoral Systems in Chilean Patagonia
Page McClean: Conectividades: The Histories and Futures of Chile’s Southern Highway
Christopher Ruybal: Assessing Trends in Chilean Groundwater Storage Using the GRACE Satellites
Andrew Xia: Modeling Fare Evasion in the Santiago Bus Network
Student Grantees, 2018
Kate Cullen: Chilean Glaciers and the Hazard Their Retreat Poses
Danielle Barefoot: Archiving Chilean History with Numerous Institutions and Networking
Amanda Farthing:http: Can Community Solar Initiatives Make an Impact?
Samuel Steakley: Sustainable Electrical Infrastructure in Chile
Emma Gleeman: The Impact of Volcanic Eruptions on Coigüe Trees
Amie Campos: Land, Maps, and State Formation in Chile’s Southern Frontera 1883-1929
Carly Peltier: Glaciers of Southern Chile as Archives of Past Climate
Michael Rush: Hydrologic Modeling in the Chilean Patagonia
Student Grantees, 2017
Nellie Triedman: Adolescent obesity, wellbeing, and mental health in Santiago, Chile
Enmanuel Almonte: Development of Computer Vision Capabilities for Assistive Robotic Applications
Lauren Antosz: SRH Education and Skill Building Programs in Cerro Navia, Santiago
Leif Castren: Plant community resilience after Volcán Chaitén: radical growth in disturbed soil
Catherine Brix: Transformative Reinscriptions: Traumatic Memories and Testimony in Chile
Sara Gonzalez: The people and the sea: Towards sustainable management of Chilean kelp forests
Amanda Harris: The Changing Maternal Healthcare Landscape and the Aymara Female Perspective
Jamie Kent: Analyzing Educational Infrastructure for Developing Technical Talent in Chile