URSI People


RoboChampion

Research Associate Josh de Leeuw ’08 wins international robotics prize.

Taking a Dive

Taryn Donovan '97, studying death to conserve life at the San Diego Zoo.

Into the Wild

Stacey Greenberg '88 is getting the next generation jazzed on science.

Reliance on Cold Fact

According to Sean Hart ’08, “proofs are on par with poems.”

Communication, Creativity, and Context

Gavin Huntley-Fenner '90 and the cognitive science behind hazard communications

Black Hole Basics

Postdoctoral fellow at the University of Edinburgh, Olivia Johnson '97 probes Black Holes.

Measuring the Health of a Stream

Adam Jost ’08 was part of the multidisciplinary team that launched a multiyear study of the Casperkill.

Chemists Have More Fun

Patrick Lang ’08 and his URSI mentor Sarjit Kaur develop new proton exchange membranes.

Seven Billion Years Ago

Max Marcus ’09 scans the Hubble GEMS survey to identify chains, clump-clusters, and edge-on spirals.

A Mind for Science

Michelle Monje '98 initiates a promising new line of inquiry on cognitive decline following radiation therapy.

The Science of Positive Emotions

Maggie O’Haire ’08 and her URSI mentor Michele Tugade used a new methodology to investigate positive emotions.

Crazy for Lag-Time

Math Professor Peter Pappas and the "Lag-Time Ladies" tell time in higher dimensions.

Time’s Fun When You’re Having Flies

Anna Payne-Tobin ’08 joins the FLYRM Lab, a unique collaboration between two Vassar biology professors.

Focusing on Parallel Programming

According to Anca Sarb ’09, doing URSI was like “being paid to learn.”

Life in the Fast Lane

Jeff Sleight '88 on building the world's smallest SRAM cell

Full Circle

A mentee—Joe Tanski '95—becomes a mentor to Andre Dennis '06.
Thrill Seeker

PhD candidate in molecular biophysics and biochemistry at Yale Richard Wing '04 delves into protein structures.