
Collaborative Research Projects
The Languages of Democratic Decline in India
This interdisciplinary project explores the effects of political language on democracy when it transitions to authoritarianism. Speeches by politicians, media houses and…
Improving Perioperative Care for Children Receiving Solid Organ Transplantation
Pediatric liver transplantation is a very challenging surgical procedure that saves lives for children that are born or develop severe liver disease. The pediatric liver…
AI-based Computational Modeling Tools with Applications to Psychiatric Disorders
The ability to orient attention to dynamic changes in the environment is an essential cognitive skill. Aberrations in this ability are often observed in many psychiatric and…
Mapping the Early Cape
This project will digitally map Le Vaillant’s journey from the account of his journey into the interior of the Cape of Good Hope (1781-83). The Voyage de M. le Vaillant dans l…
Sustainable Transitions of Global South's Socio-Ecological Systems
Identifying ways to reduce or reverse natural resources depletion trends while maintaining population well-being …
Gene Editing in the Treatment of SAVI Syndrome
SAVI (Sting Associated Vasculopathy with Onset in Infancy) is a rare and an incurable disorder, with an early age of onset. It is caused by…
Ontology of the Medieval Image
This collaborative team-based project focuses on the meaning of images in medieval culture as defined by Scripture, theology, and science;…
Advanced Diagnostics for Astrophysical Beam-Plasma Experiments in the Laboratory
The interaction of highly energetic particles with plasmas plays a major role in the evolution of the universe and gives rise to many…
Population Genetics of Cancer Evolution
Cancer develops when evolutionary forces act on mutated cells. When mutations and natural selection repeat over time, cancerous cell…
The Constitution of Individuals and Groups in the Biological Sciences: Implications of an Ecological Framework for Understanding Cancer
Recent biological and biomedical research has featured the idea that living things are not “individuals” but collectives. Gordon and…
Monitoring Therapeutic Cell Treatments Using Novel Nanoprobes
Tissue regeneration through transplantation of therapeutic cells has the potential to revolutionize modern medicine. Therapeutic cells can…
The Multiplicity Turn: Theories of Identity From Poetry to Mathematics
In the last century, major breakthroughs in our understanding of ‘identity’ have changed the way that we think about ourselves and the…
Sharing Holy Places. From the Mediterranean to the Indian Subcontinent
We live in an age of racial, ethnic and religious tension. Our project produces an alternative narrative by asking why people cross…
Magnetic Field Mysteries in Low-Temperature Plasmas
Plasmas, or ionized gases, are key to many modern applications and are used, for example, in the production…
Maintaining Inclusion in the Shadow of Terrorism, Radicalization and Populism
Terrorist events in the name of radical religious doctrines have occurred worldwide. While scholars have carefully investigated engagement in terrorism…