Featured Awards – May 2019

Please join us in congratulating the following MSU faculty and staff who received awards this month.

Ashuwin Vaidya • Mathematical Sciences
REU Supplement: Collaborative Research: Dynamics of Surfactant – Amyloid-beta Protein Interactions during Self-assembly
National Science Foundation
$6,000
This supplemental funding will support an undergraduate student who will conduct research in inter-disciplinary areas of biophysics including experimentation, computations and mathematical analysis. Dr. Vaidya’s original funded project focuses on biophysical understanding of amyloid-β (Aβ)-biological surfactants (SA) interactions, and simulating the temporal evolution of Aβ-SA dynamics, with two-way feedback between experiments and simulations.

Jane Ann Williams • Office of International Engagement
Fulbright Gateway Orientation Program
Institute of International Education
$52,315
This renewal will support the second year of the Fulbright Gateway Orientation Program, which brings up to 95 international Fulbright graduate students to campus for a week-long intensive program including cultural, academic, social and leadership workshops.