EPSCoR Research Fellows
EPSCoR Research Fellows (ERF)
The ERF program supports early- and mid-career investigators in EPSCoR states to develop collaborations with the nation’s private, government, or academic research institutions. Features an NSF track and a NASA track.
EPSCoR Research Fellows: NSF: Computational Design and Experimental Validation of DNA Nanodevices
Award Number: 2429343
PI: Matthew R Lakin
Organization: University of New Mexico
Awarded Amount To Date: $300,000
Start Date: 01/31/2025
End Date: 01/30/2027
RII Track-4:@NASA: Bluer and Hotter: From Ultraviolet to X-ray Diagnostics of the Circumgalactic Medium
Award Number: 2327438
PI: Joseph N Burchett
Organization: New Mexico State University
Awarded Amount To Date: $226,917
Start Date: 12/31/2023
End Date: 12/30/2026
RII Track-4:@NASA: Process-Structure-Property Relationship of the Hybrid Manufactured Multifunctional Mechano-Luminescence-Optoelectronic Fibers
Award Number: 2327493
PI: Donghyeon Ryu
Organization: New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Awarded Amount To Date: $299,807
Start Date: 12/31/2023
End Date: 08/30/2027
RII Track-4:NSF: Probing the Dark Sector through Telescopes
Award Number: 2327192
PI: Francis-Yan Cyr-Racine
Organization: University of New Mexico
Awarded Amount To Date: $291,124
Start Date: 12/31/2023
End Date: 12/30/2026
RII Track-4:NSF: Assessing the Impact of Jovian Planets on the Existence of Potentially Habitable Planets
Award Number: 2327072
PI: Diana Dragomir
Organization: University of New Mexico
Awarded Amount To Date: $280,869
Start Date: 12/31/2023
End Date: 12/30/2026
RII Track-4:NSF: Investigation of Stress Induced Birefringence and Refractive Index Changes in Glass for Fabricating Novel Optics
Award Number: 2327218
PI: Heng Zuo
Organization: University of New Mexico
Awarded Amount To Date: $299,838
Start Date: 01/31/2024
End Date: 01/30/2027
EPSCoR Research Fellows: NSF: Deep Generative Models for Analysis and Visualization of Scientific Texts
Award Number: 2429769
PI: Van Minh Tuan Le
Organization: New Mexico State University
Awarded Amount To Date: $224,036
Start Date: 12/31/2024
End Date: 12/30/2027
EPSCoR Research Fellows: @NASA: Safety-Directed Abstraction, Verification and Correction of Learning-Enabled Cyber-Physical Systems
Award Number: 2429506
PI: Xin Chen
Organization: University of New Mexico
Awarded Amount To Date: $299,998
Start Date: 12/31/2024
End Date: 12/30/2027
EPSCoR Research Fellows: @NASA: Uncertainty Quantification of Additively-Constructed Lunar Structures for Microgravity with Extreme Condition
Award Number: 2429924
PI: Doeun Choe
Organization: New Mexico State University
Awarded Amount To Date: $243,974
Start Date: 12/31/2024
End Date: 12/30/2026
EPSCoR Research Fellows: NSF: Academic Integration of H2 Production through Collaboration with an Advanced Institution
Award Number: 2429592
PI: Meng Zhou
Organization: New Mexico State University
Awarded Amount To Date: $299,364
Start Date: 01/14/2025
End Date: 12/30/2026
EPSCoR Research Fellows: NSF: A Genotype-Forward Framework for Mechanistic Penetrance Estimation in Alzheimer's Disease
Award Number: 2624584
PI: Huixin Zhan
Organization: New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Awarded Amount To Date: $300,000
Start Date: 01/31/2027
End Date: 01/30/2029
EPSCoR Research Fellows: NSF: Developing A Coupled Multi-Energy-Scale Spectroscopic and Microscopic Analytical Approach for Halide-based Solid-State Batteries
Award Number: 2429078
PI: Dongchang Chen
Organization: University of New Mexico
Awarded Amount To Date: $228,723
Start Date: 01/31/2025
End Date: 01/30/2027
EPSCoR Research Fellows @ NASA: Immobilized Ionic Liquids for the Selective Extraction of Rare Earth Critical Elements from Waste Streams
Award Number: 2531850
PI: Houqian Li
Organization: New Mexico State University
Awarded Amount To Date: $300,000
Start Date: 12/31/2025
End Date: 12/30/2027
EPSCoR Research Fellows: NSF: Engineering Superconductivity in 5d Transition Metal Oxide Heterostructures
Award Number: 2531774
PI: Ludi Miao
Organization: New Mexico State University
Awarded Amount To Date: $298,472
Start Date: 04/30/2026
End Date: 04/29/2028
EPSCoR Research Fellows: NSF: Forging a Lasting Collaboration Between New Mexico State University and the Electron-Ion Collider
Award Number: 2624487
PI: David Ruth
Organization: New Mexico State University
Awarded Amount To Date: $165,106
Start Date: 12/31/2026
End Date: 12/30/2028
EPSCoR Research Fellows: @NASA: Calibrating NISAR to in situ soli & live fuel moisture sensors for wildfire risk
Award Number: 2624310
PI: Christopher D Marsh
Organization: University of New Mexico
Awarded Amount To Date: $300,000
Start Date: 12/31/2026
End Date: 12/30/2028
EPSCoR Research Fellows: @NSF: Integrating Physical Principles and Learning for Safe and Reliable Locomotion of Legged Robots
Award Number: 2624522
PI: Leilei Cui
Organization: University of New Mexico
Awarded Amount To Date: $300,000
Start Date: 12/31/2026
End Date: 12/30/2028
EPSCoR Research Fellows: NSF: AI-Secure Command Channels for Autonomous Space Systems
Award Number: 2624437
PI: Efren Lopez Morales
Organization: New Mexico State University
Awarded Amount To Date: $299,665
Start Date: 12/31/2026
End Date: 12/30/2028
EPSCoR Research Fellows: @NASA: Leveraging high-resolution land modeling and remote sensing to understanding the impacts of light-absorbing particles on Western US snowpack
Award Number: 2624648
PI: Enrico Zorzetto
Organization: New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Awarded Amount To Date: $287,872
Start Date: 01/31/2027
End Date: 01/30/2029