We conduct research on the cognitive and neural basis of language processing. The underlying question we seek to address is: What makes human language special? More specifically, why are adults able to understand language with ease despite the daunting computational problem posed by language processing? Depending on their interests, undergraduates who join the lab will participate in one of the following two projects:
THE ROLE OF LANGUAGE IN HUMAN NAVIGATION. People use subtle acoustic, (...)
Aresty Research Assistant
SAS - Center for Cognitive Sciences, SAS - Computer (...)
Computer Science and Engineering, Cognitive Science, (...)
Plastic pollution is a growing concern as the ubiquity of microplastics in water, soil, and biota continues to be demonstrated. Our lab has multiple projects focused on microplastic analysis from riverine source water, drinking water treatment plants, and wastewater treatment. A primary aim of these studies is providing analytical support for our partners with the ultimate aim of guiding treatment technologies. This project requires laboratory work, data analysis, collaboration with government (...)
Aresty Research Assistant
Engn - Civil & Environmental Engineering
Chemistry, Civil & Environmental Engineering, (...)
Neurons are metabolically active cells with high-energy demands at locations distant from the cell body and are particularly dependent on mitochondrial function. Mitochondria are essential organelles for neuronal function and survival. Mitochondrial damage has emerged as a central concern in major neurodegenerative diseases, including the devastating Alzheimer's disease (AD). Damaged mitochondria not only produce energy less efficiently but also release harmful reactive oxygen species and initiate (...)
Aresty Research Assistant
SAS - DLS - Cell Biology and Neuroscience
Cell & Molecular Biology, Neuroscience
The construction of organic molecules using organometallic catalysts often involves multielectron transfer processes to facilitate key bond-breaking or bond-forming steps. Controlling this multielectron behavior is therefore essential for achieving selective and efficient reactivity, a cornerstone of modern synthetic organic chemistry. Catalysts based on the earth-abundant, inexpensive first-row transition metals are particularly attractive for sustainability; however, these metals typically favor (...)
Aresty Summer Science
SAS - Chemistry & Chemical Biology
Chemistry
This study investigates users’ orientations towards politicians' inappropriate speech online, and how they choose to attempt moderation of this speech. It contributes not only to the policy discussions on how to regulate–or not–politicians’ speech online, but also to general discussions of platform regulation of the powerful and its discontents from users’ perspectives--the very citizens who are represented by these politicians, and have a democratic right to hold them to account. Through focus (...)
Aresty Research Assistant
SC&I - Library & Information Science
Media , Political Science
