Brandeis University &
THE JEROME A. SCHIFF UNDERGRADUATE FELLOWS PROGRAM
is pleased to announce the
2010-11 SCHIFF FELLOWS:
BENJAMIN G. COOPER ’11, Chemistry & Biology
With Prof. Christine Thomas
“Catalyst Design for Environmentally-Friendly Production of Fuels”
USMAN HAMEEDI ’12, Biology & HSSP
With Prof. Bruce Foxman
“Temperature Sensitive Ferrocene Complexes”
JUNE ALLISON HE ’11, Psychology
With Prof. Nicolas Rohleder
“Investigating the Link Between Subjective Conceptions of Stress and Health and
Age-Related Declines in Cognitive Functioning”
MAYA KOENIG ’11, IIM Medical Anthropology
With Prof. Sarah Lamb
“Bringing Medical Anthropology to Brandeis / Using CAM to Conceptualize Health”
ALEXANDRA KRISS ’11, HSSP
With Prof. Sara Shostak
“College-Aged Women & Contraceptives: What Does Advertising Have To Do With It?”
ALEXANDRU PAPIU ’12, Mathematics
With Prof. Bong Lian
“Structural Properties of a Certain Kind of Semigroup”
Géraldine Rothschild ’12, Economics & French
With Prof. Edward Kaplan
“Jewish Identities in France During 1945”
MARTHA SOLOMON ’11, Biology
With Prof. Lawrence Wangh
“Barrett’s Adenocarcinoma and its Effects on Mitochondrial DNA”
ILANA SPECTOR ’11, Economics & Philosophy
With Prof. Marion Smiley
“The Meaning of Life: Revealing Individual Perspectives Behind Broader
Philosophical Notions”
JOSEPH POLEX WOLF ’11, Neuroscience & HSSP
With Prof. Angela Gutchess
“Cognition at the Cross-Roads: Bicultural Cognitive Processing in Turkish
Individuals”
Schiff Fellows work in a 2-semester-long collaboration with faculty
mentors, receive a stipend to carry out their research projects and
participate in presentations of their work.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ACADEMIC RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS
CONTACT: ACADEMIC SERVICES, 130 USDAN, EXT 63470