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Inorganic Chemistry

Mentor - J. Brgoch
Undergraduate Researcher - G. Viswanathan
G. Viswanathan, A. Oliynyk, E. Antono, J. Ling, B. Meredig, and J. Brgoch. Single-Crystal Automated Refinement (SCAR): A Data-Driven Method for Determining Inorganic Structures. Inorganic Chemistry, (2019), DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b00344.

Physics of Fluids

Mentor - K. Alba
Undergraduate Researcher - A. Hasnain
A. Hasnain and K. Alba. Buoyant displacement flow of immiscible fluids in inclined ducts: A theoretical approach. Physics of Fluids 29, (2017), 052102-11.

Journal of Rheology

Mentor – Kamran Alba
Undergraduate Researcher –  T. Gabel
H. Mitra, P. Jayaram, A. Bratsman, T. Gabel, and K. Alba. Characterization and rheology of platelet-rich plasma. Journal of Rheology 64 (5), (2020), 1017-1034.

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Mentor - Lorraine Reitzel
Undergraduate Researchers - P. Agrawal, M. Taing, and S. Reuven
Agrawal, P., Taing, M., Chen, T-A., Reuven, S., Businelle, M. S., Kendzor, D. E., Bernicker, E. H., & Reitzel, L. R. (2020). Understanding the Associations Between Smoking-Related Risk Perception, Interest in Quitting Smoking, and Interest in Lung Cancer Screening Among Homeless Adult Smokers. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17, 8817.

Mentor – Lorraine Reitzel
Undergraduate Researchers - Yash Harkara and Surya Chinamuthevi
Reitzel, L. R., Chinamuthevi, S., Daundasekara, S. S., Hernandez, D. C., Chen, T-A., Harkara, Y., Obasi, E. M., Kendzor, D. E., & Businelle, M. S. (2020). Association of problematic alcohol use and food insecurity among homeless men and women. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17, 3631. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17103631


Mentor – Lorraine Reitzel
Undergraduate Researcher - M. Taing
Taing, M., Kyburz, B., Leal, I. M., Le, K., Chen, T-A., Correa-Fernandez, V., Williams, T., O'Connor, D. P., Obasi, E.M., Casey, K., Koshy, L., Reitzel, L. R. (2020). Clinician Training in the Adaptation of a Comprehensive Tobacco Free Workplace Program in Agencies Serving the Homeless and Vulnerably Housed. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17, 6154. doi:10.3390/ijerph17176154

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Mentor - Kamran Alba
Undergraduate Researcher - A. Hasnain
A. Hasnain, E. Segura and K. Alba. Buoyant displacement flow of immiscible fluids in inclined pipes. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 824, (2017), 661-687.

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Mentor - Kamran Alba
Undergraduate Researcher - J. Bhakta
O. Oladosu, J. Bhakta, and K. Alba. Density-stable viscoplastic displacement flow of immiscible fluids in inclined pipes. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics 275, (2020), 104203(1)-(12).

Physical Review Fluids

Mentor - K. Alba
Undergraduate Researcher - A. Hasnain
O. Oladosu, A. Hasnain, P. Brown, I. Frigaard, and K. Alba. Density-stable displacement flow of immiscible fluids in inclined pipes. Physical Review Fluids 4, (2019), 044007(1)-(17).

Journal of Physical Chemistry

Mentor – M. Cheung
Undergraduate Researcher – A. Mandic
A. Mandic, R. Hayes, H. Lammert, R. Cheng, J. Onuchic, Structure-based Model of RNA Pseudoknot captures magnesium-dependent folding thermodynamics, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol 123, 1505 (2019)

Journal of Physical Chemistry

Mentor – M. Cheung
Undergraduate Researcher – L. Babel
FC. Zegarra, D. Homouz, M. Kovermann, AG. Gasic, L. Babel, P. Wittung-Stafshede, MS. Cheung, Crowding-induced elongated conformation of urea-unfolded apoazurin explained by in silico computations: Key role of crowder shape, Journal of Physical Chemistry B. in press (2019)

Faraday Discussions

Mentor – E. Bittner
Undergraduate Researcher – D. Mroczek
D. Mroczek, V. Lankevich, E. Bittner, How charges separate: correlating disorder, free energy, and open-circuit voltage in organic photovoltaics, Faraday Discussions. 2019.

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Mentor – M. Umetani
Undergraduate Researcher – N. Khwaja
S. Hiramitsu, T. Ishikawa, W. Lee, T. Khan, C. Crumbley, N. Khwaja, F. Zamanian, A. Asghari, M. Sen, Y. Zhang, J.R. Hawse, J.D. Minna, and M. Umetani, Estrogen Receptor Beta-Mediated Modulation of Lung Cancer Cell Proliferation by 27-Hydroxycholesterol, Front. Endocrinol. 2018, 9, Article 470.

Chemistry of Materials

Mentor – J. Brgoch
Undergraduate Researcher – S. Hariyani
A. C. Duke, S. Hariyani, and J. Brgoch, Ba3Y2B6O15:Ce3+ − A High Symmetry, Narrow-emitting Blue Phosphor for Wide-gamut White Lighting, Chem. Mater. 2018, 30, 2668–2675.

Basin Research

Mentors – P. Copeland and S. Hall
Undergraduate Researcher – M. De Los Santos
De los Santos, M., Lawton, T., Copeland, P., Licht, A.,& Hall, S. (2016). Magnetostratigraphy, age and depositional environment of the Lobo Formation, southwest New Mexico: implications for the Laramide orogeny in the southern Rocky Mountains. Basin Research, 1–23, doi: 10.1111/bre.12226

Chemistry of Materials

Mentor – J. Brgoch
Undergraduate Researcher – P. Phan
Hermus, M., Phan, P., Duke, A., Brgoch, J. (2017). Tunable Optical Properties and Increased Thermal Quenching in the Blue-Emitting Phosphor Series: Ba2(Y1–xLux)5B5O17:Ce3+ (x = 0–1). Chemistry of Materials, 29 (12), 5267-5275. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b01416

Physical Review Letters

Mentor – M. Cheung
Undergraduate Researcher – A. Mandic
Haynes, R. L., Noel, J. K., Mandic, A., Whitford, P. C., Sanbonmatsu, K. Y., Mohanty U., Onuchi, J. N. (2015). Generalized Manning Condensation Model Captures the RNA Ion Atmosphere. Physical Review Letters, Vol 114, 258105.

Physical Biology

Mentor – M. Cheung
Undergraduate Researcher – W. Harrison
Jia, D., Jolly, M. K., Harrison, W., Boareto, M., Ben-Jacob, E., Levine, H. (2017). Operating principles of tristtable circuits regulating cellular differentiation. Physical Biology, in press.

Scientific Reports

Mentor – G. Gunaratne
Undergraduate Researcher – K. Ryan
Shulman, J., Malatino, F., Mo, A., Ryan, K., and Gunaratne, G. H. (2014). Controlling Networks of Nonlinearly-Coupled Nodes using Response Surfaces. Scientific Reports, 7574.

AIChE Journal

Mentor – L. C. Grabow
Undergraduate Researchers – A. Aboiralor, J. D. Massa
Baek, B., Aboiralor, A., Massa, J. D., Wang, S., Kharidehal, P. & Grabow, L. C. (2016). Strategy to improve catalytic trend predictions for methane oxidation and reforming. AIChE J. DOI:10.1002/aic.15404.

Journal of Computational Neuroscience

Mentor – Zachary Kilpatrick
Undergraduate Researcher – K. Nguyen
Poll, D. B., Nguyen, K., Kilpatrick, Z. P. (2016). Sensory feedback in a bump attractor model of path integration. Journal of Computational Neuroscience.

Behavioral Medicine

Mentor – Lorraine Reitzel
Undergraduate Researcher – S. Childress
Reitzel, L. R., Childress, S. D., Obasi, E. M., Garey, L., Vidrine, D. J., McNeill, L. H., & Zvolensky, M. J. (2017). Interactive effects of anxiety sensitivity and subjective social status on psychological symptomatology in Black adults. Behavioral Medicine, 43, 268-276. 

Psychiatry Research

Mentor – J. Bakhshaie
Undergraduate Researcher – H. Lam
Zvolensky, M. J., Bakhshaie, J., Garza, M., Paulus, D. J., Valdivieso, J., Lam, H., ... & Vujanovic, A. (2015). Anxiety sensitivity and mindful attention in Terms of anxiety and depressive Symptoms and Disorders among Latinos in primary care. Psychiatry Research. [online ahead]

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Mentor – J. Bakhshaie
Undergraduate Researcher – M. Ortiz
Zvolensky, M. J., Bakhshaie, J., Garza, M., Valdivieso, J., Ortiz, M., Bogiaizian, D., ... & Vujanovic, A. (2015). Anxiety sensitivity and subjective social status in relation to anxiety and depressive symptoms and disorders among Latinos in primary care. Journal of anxiety disorders, 32, 38-45.

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Mentor – J. Bakhshaie
Undergraduate Researcher – M. Ortiz
Zvolensky, M. J., Bakhshaie, J., Garza, M., Valdivieso, J., Ortiz, M., Bogiaizian, D., ... & Vujanovic, A. (2015). The Role of Anxiety Sensitivity in the Relation Between Experiential Avoidance and Anxious Arousal, Depressive, and Suicidal Symptoms Among Latinos in Primary Care. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 1-9.

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences

Mentor – J. Bakhshaie
Undergraduate Researcher – O. Sampongna
Zvolensky, M. J., Bakhshaie, J., Paulus, D. J., Garza, M., Valdivieso, J., Sampongna, O., Bogiaizian, D., Robels, Z., Schmidt, N. B., & Vujanovic, A. (April 2015). The role of negative affect in the relation between subjective social status and mental health among Latinos in primary care. Submitted for publication. [Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences]

Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings

Mentor – J. Bakhshaie
Undergraduate Researcher – N. A. Mayorga
Paulus, D. J., Bakhshaie, J., Garza, M., Ochoa-Perez, M., Mayorga, N. A., Bogiaizian, D., Robles, Z., Lu, Q., Ditre, J., Vowles, K., Schmidt, N. B., & Zvolensky, M. J. (July 2015). Pain severity and emotion dysregulation among Latinos in primary care: Relations to mental health. Submitted for publication. [Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings].

Behavior Modification

Mentor – J. Bakhshaie
Undergraduate Researcher – A. Salazar
Bakhshaie, J., Zvolensky, M.J., Salazar, A., Vujanovic, A.A., & Schmidt, N.B. (June 2015). Anxiety Sensitivity and Smoking Behavior among Trauma-Exposed Daily Smokers: The Explanatory Role of Smoking-Related Avoidance and Inflexibility. Submitted for publication [Behavior Modification- special issue on Physical Health, Health Behavior, and Affect]

Drug & Alcohol Dependence

Mentor – Lorraine Reitzel
Undergraduate Researcher – M.A.H. Nguyen
Nguyen, M A H, Reitzel, L. R., Kendzor, D. E., & Businelle, M.S. (2015). Perceived cessation treatment effectiveness, medication preferences, and barriers to quitting among light and moderate/heavy homeless smokers. Drug & Alcohol Dependence, 153, 341-345.

Health Behavior Research

Mentor – Lorraine Reitzel
Undergraduate Researcher – P. Agrawal 
Odoh, C., Vidrine, J. I., Businelle, M. S., Kendzor, D. E., Agrawal, P., & Reitzel, L. R. (in press). Health literacy and self-rated health among homeless adults. Health Behavior Research.

Mentor – Lorraine Reitzel
Undergraduate Researchers – P. Agrawal and J. Neisler
Agrawal, P., Neisler, J., Businelle, M. S., Kendzor, D. E., Hernandez, D. C., Odoh, C., & Reitzel, L. R. (in press). Exposure to Violence and Sleep Inadequacies among Men and Women Living in a Shelter Setting. Health Behavior Research.

Addictive Behaviors

Mentor - Lorraine Reitzel
Undergraduate Researcher - M. Taing
Savoy, E. J., Businelle, M. S., Nguyen, N., Chen, T-A., Neighbors, C., Norton, P. J., Taing, M., & Reitzel, L. R. (in press). Examining Moment to Moment Affective Determinants of Smoking Rate Following a Quit Attempt among Homeless Daily Smokers. Addictive Behaviors.

Mentor – Lorraine Reitzel
Undergraduate Researcher – S. M Reuven
Reuven, S. M., Chen, T-A., Zvolensky, M. J., Businelle, M. S., Kendzor, D. E., & Reitzel, L. R. (2021). Examining the Moderating Effect of Anxiety Sensitivity on Past-Month Pain Severity and Heaviness of Smoking among Adult Smokers Experiencing Homelessness. Addictive Behaviors, 112, 106610.

Mentor – Lorraine Reitzel
Undergraduate Researcher – Q. Wrighting 
Vijayaraghavan, M., Wrighting, Q., Neisler, J., Reitzel, L. R., Kendzor, D. E., Hébert, E. T., Rash, C. J., Businelle, M. S. (2019). Income associations with cigarette purchasing behaviors and quit attempts among people experiencing homelessness. Addictive Behaviors, 95, 197-201.

American Journal of Health Behavior

Mentor - Lorraine Reitzel
Undergraduate Researcher - V. Nitturi
Connors, S. K., (joint first author), Martinez Leal, I. (joint first author), Nitturi, V., Iwundu, C. N., Maza, V., Reyes S., Acquati, C., & Reitzel, L. R. (in press). Empowered Choices: African-American Women’s Breast Reconstruction Decisions. American Journal of Health Behavior.

Mentor – Lorraine Reitzel
Undergraduate Researcher – Q. Wrighting
Wrighting, Q., Reitzel, L. R., Chen, T-A., Kendzor, D. E., Hernandez, D. C., Obasi, E. M., Shree, S., Businelle, M. S. (2019). Characterizing discrimination experiences by race among homeless adults. American Journal of Health Behavior, 43(3), 531-542. 

Mentor – Lorraine Reitzel
Undergraduate Researcher – Q. Wrighting
Neisler, J., (joint first author) Shree, S., (joint first author) Reitzel, L. R. , Chen, T.A., Kendzor, D. E., Obasi, E. M., Wrighting, Q., & Businelle, M. S. (2019). Characterizing alcohol use behaviors among homeless men and women. American Journal of Health Behavior, 43, 37-49.

Mentor – Lorraine Reitzel
Undergraduate Researcher – A. Moisiuc
Reitzel, L. R., Short, N. A., Schmidt, N. B., Garey, L., Zvolensky, M. J., Moisiuc, A., Reddick, C., Kendzor, D. E., & Businelle, M. S. (2017). Distress tolerance links sleep problems with stress & health in homeless. American Journal of Health Behavior, 41, 760-774.

Mentor – Lorraine Reitzel
Undergraduate Researcher – H. Okamoto
 Reitzel, L. R., Okamoto, H., Hernandez, D. C., Regan, S. D., McNeill, L. H., & Obasi, E. M. (2016). The built food environment and dietary intake among African-American adults. American Journal of Health Behavior, 40, 3-11.

Mentor – Lorraine Reitzel
Undergraduate Researchers – A. Moisiuc, S. Childress
Moisiuc, A., Reitzel, L. R., Kendzor, D. E., Childress, S., & Businelle, M. S. (2015). Determinants of social status among homeless adults. American Journal of Health Behavior, 39, 148-156.

Mentor – Lorraine Reitzel
Undergraduate Researchers – H. L. Chang, M. A. H. Nguyen
Chang, H.-L., Fisher, F. D., Reitzel, L. R., Kendzor, D. E., Nguyen, M A.H., & Businelle, M. S. (2015). Subjective sleep inadequacy and self-rated health among homeless adults. American Journal of Health Behavior, 39, 14-21.

Mentor – Lorraine Reitzel
Undergraduate Researcher – S. Childress
Childress, S., Reitzel, L. R., Santa Maria, D., Kendzor, D. E., Moisiuc, A., & Businelle, M. S. (2015). Mental illness and substance use problems in relation to homelessness onset. American Journal of Health Behavior, 39, 549-555.

Nicotine & Tobacco Research

Mentor – Lorraine Reitzel
Undergraduate Researcher - Vijay Nitturi
Nitturi, V.,* Chen, T-A., Kyburz, B., Martinez Leal, I., Correa-Fernandez, V., O’Connor, D. P., Williams, T., Garey, L., Stacey, T., Wilson, W. T., Lam, C., & Reitzel, L. R.^ (2020). Organizational Characteristics and Readiness for Tobacco-Free Workplace Program Implementation Moderates Changes in Clinician’s Delivery of Smoking Interventions within Behavioral Health Treatment Clinics. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntaa163.

Mentor – Lorraine Reitzel
Undergraduate Researcher – Q. Wrighting
Wrighting, Q., Businelle, M. S., Kendzor, D. E., LeBlanc, H., & Reitzel, L. R. (2017). Relationship between cigarette purchasing patterns, readiness to quit, and quit attempts among homeless smokers. Nicotine & Tobacco Research.

Mentor – J. Bakhshaie
Undergraduate Researcher – H. Olvera
Olvera, H., Bakhshaie, J., Garey, L., Jardin, C., Schmidt, N. B., & Zvolensky, M. J. (2015). The Role of Anxiety Sensitivity in the Relation Between Trait Worry and Smoking Behavior. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 17(6), 682-689.

Mentor – Lorraine Reitzel
Undergraduate Researcher – H. Okamoto
Kish, D. H., Reitzel, L. R., Kendzor D. E., Okamoto, H., & Businelle, M. S. (2014, Oct 30). Characterizing concurrent tobacco product use among homeless cigarette smokers. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. [Epub ahead of print]

 

Health Behavior and Policy Review

Mentor – Lorraine Reitzel
Undergraduate Researcher – M. A. H. Nguyen
Nguyen, N., Savoy, E. J., Reitzel, L. R., Nguyen, M.-A. H., Wetter, D. W., Reese-Smith, J., & McNeill, L. H. (2017). Diet, alcohol use, and colorectal screening among Black Church-Goers. Health Behavior & Policy Review, 4(2), 118-128.

Mentor – Lorraine Reitzel
Undergraduate Researcher – H. Okamoto
Okamoto, H., Fisher, F. D., Hernandez, D. C., Reitzel, L. R., Kendzor, D. E., Kish, D. H., & Businelle, M. S. (2015). Trait mindfulness and stress among homeless adults. Health Behavior & Policy Review, 2(2), 122-129.

Journal of Crystal Growth

Mentor – Jeffrey Rimer
Undergraduate Researcher – R.D. Sosa    
Farmanesh, S., Chung, J., Chandra, D., Sosa, R.D., Karande, P., Rimer, J.D., High-Throughput Platform for Design and Screening of Peptides as Inhibitors of Calcium Oxalate Monohydrate Crystallization, Journal of Crystal Growth 373 (2013) 13-19

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Mentor – Jeffrey Rimer
Undergraduate Researcher – R.D. Sosa    
Farmanesh, S., Chung, J., Kwak, J.H., Sosa, R.D., Karande, P., Rimer, J.D.: “Natural Promoters of Calcium Oxalate Monohydrate Crystallization” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 136 (2014) 12648-12657: DOI:10.1021/ja505402r

Mentor – Jeffrey Rimer
Undergraduate Researcher – M. Maldonado
Maldonado, M., Oleksiak, M.D., Chinta, S., Rimer, J.D., Controlling Crystal Polymorphism in Organic-Free Synthesis of Na-Zeolites, Journal of the American Chemical Society 135 (2013) 2641-2652 

Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic

Mentor – Carla Sharp
Undergraduate Researcher – R. White 
Reddy, R., White, R., & Sharp, C. (2013). Gender as a longitudinal moderator of the relation between attributional style and the depressive symptoms over a 1-year period in pre-adolescent children. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 77(3), 233-49.
Mentor – Carla Sharp
Undergraduate Researcher – R. Kenkel-Mikelonis 
Venta, A., Kenkel-Mikelonis, R., & Sharp, C. (2012). A preliminary study of the relation between trauma symptoms and emerging BPD in adolescent inpatients. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 76(2), 130-46. doi:10.1521/bumc.2012.76.2.130

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Mentor – Carla Sharp
Undergraduate Researcher – L. Herman 
Sharp, C., Kim, S., Herman, L., Pane, H., Reuter, T., & Strathearn, L. (2014). Major depression in mothers predicts reduced reward-related brain processing in adolescent daughters, with or without depression. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 123(2), 298-309.

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Mentor – Carla Sharp
Undergraduate Researcher –  J. Balderas
Ha, C., Balderas, J., Zanarini, M., Oldham, J. & Sharp, C. (in press). Psychiatric Comorbidity in Hospitalized Adolescents with Borderline Personality Disorder. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

Journal of Psychopathy and Behavioral Assessment

Mentor – Carla Sharp
Undergraduate Researcher –  J. Perez, S. Garnaat
Perez, J., Venta, A., Garnaat, S., & Sharp, C. (2012). The Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale: Factor structure and association with nonsuicidal self-injury in adolescent inpatients. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 34(3).393-404. doi: 10.1007/s10862-012-9292-7

Personality Disorders: Theory, Research and Treatment

Mentor – Carla Sharp
Undergraduate Researcher –  A. Schramm
Schramm, A., Venta, A., & Sharp, C. (2013). The role of experiential avoidance in the association between borderline features and emotion regulation in adolescents. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research and Treatment, 4(2), 138-144. doi:10.1037/a0031389

The Visual Communications Journal/IGAEA

Mentor – Jerry Waite
Undergraduate Researcher –  Stephanie E. Romero
Romero S. and Waite, J. (2013), Color Accuracy on Mobile Device Displays, The Visual Communications Journal/IGAEA 49:1