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Donor Sponsored Research Award Winners
By Andrew Myers, FSU Undergraduate Research News
Without private donors, undergraduate research would not be the growing force it is now in the U.S. These private individuals
and organizations are educating future leaders to innovate solutions to many of the world’s most critical issues. These
philanthropic investments in undergraduate research have been instrumental in expanding our capacity to serve society as
a top public research university.
The students profiled below represent some of the best in undergraduate research and are being supported while conducting
mentored research or creative endeavors in the summer or fall. Through exposure to research as undergraduates, many
students discover their passion for research and continue on to graduate studies and faculty positions.
We want to thank all of our private donors for their dedication to the cause of research and public higher education. We
couldn’t do our important work without them!
Two Chemical and Biomedical Engineering (CBE) students were among the awardees:
Mapping Neural Networks In Aplysia Californica Using High Field Magnetic Imaging, Grace Chrzanowski
Supervising Professor: Dr. Samuel Grant
Grace Chrzanowski is a senior in Chemical Engineering with
a major in Biomedical Engineering and is very excited to be
selected as an URCAA award winner. Grace has been involved
in Dr. Samuel Grant’s lab since her sophomore year at both
the College of Engineering and the National High Magnet
Fields Laboratory conducting research focused on conduction
and connectivity in neuronal systems analyzed by ultra-high
magnetic fields. Upon graduation, Grace wants to attend higherlevel education that incorporates medical research directly into
the clinical setting.
Grace Chrzanowski
Diffusion Tensor Imaging For Mapping Neural Networks, Lauren Griffith
Supervising Professor: Dr. Samuel Grant
Lauren Griffith, a Tallahassee resident, is in her senior year of
the Biomedical-Chemical Engineering program. Since the
beginning of the year, she has been conducting research
under Dr. Samuel Grant at the College of Engineering. Upon
graduation, Lauren would like to continue research in the
biomedical-chemical engineering field while obtaining a Ph.D.
in Chemical Engineering. Her career goal is to work in research
and development in an industrial setting.
Lauren Griffith
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