The goal of this project is to create, manipulate and control the atomic defects in van der Waals materials, such as Vb- centers in hexagonal boron nitride. These defects form effective two-level systems (qubit) and will be used as nanoscale quantum sensors for magnetic and electric field. The student will prepare the van der Waals material and heterostructure, and use quantum control protocols to identify and benchmark the qubits. As a stretch goal, new sensing protocols will be developed and tested (...)
Aresty Summer Science
SAS - Physics & Astronomy
Due to lifelong combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) in persons living with HIV, there has been a decline in mother-to-child transmission of HIV. However, this has led to a growing population of infants that are exposed to HIV but not infected (iHEU). These infants have a higher mortality risk and display altered immunological profile. In addition, iHEUs exhibit impaired growth compared to infants not exposed to HIV (iHU). The mechanisms underlying these phenomena are not well understood. Postnatally, (...)
Aresty Summer Science
CABM
Microbiology
Living with multiple chronic conditions or multimorbidity (MM) requires adjustments across multiple life domains, including maintaining quality of life (QOL), and protecting mental health. Among older adults in the U.S., for whom MM is now the norm, depressive symptoms and poor QOL confer increased risk for morbidity and mortality. Hispanic/Latino older adults are more likely to sustain early onset of MM, report poorer self-rated health, and experience significant difficulties accessing health care (...)
Aresty Summer Science
RBHS - RWJMS
Aging , Clinical Psychology, Health , Public Health
Antimicrobial resistance is a pressing public health issue and information is lacking to inform human health risk assessment (e.g., when/where is it safe/unsafe to swim in impacted water?). This project focuses on the impact of wastewater effluent on riverine concentrations of genetic elements encoding for antibiotic resistance and antibiotic resistant fecal indicator organisms and pathogens. The full project description is available here: https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncer_abstracts/index.cfm/fuseaction/display.abstractDetail/abstract_id/11487/report/0, (...)
Aresty Summer Science
Engn - Civil & Environmental Engineering
Civil & Environmental Engineering, Environmental (...)
Hurricanes and nor’easters that impact New Jersey beaches significantly affect coastal communities. They alter the coastal environment eroding the beaches and dunes that serve a myriad of benefits to residents of the state, including but not limited to natural habitat for coastal ecosystems and recreational opportunities that power a multi-billion dollar tourism industry. Understanding the frequency and intensity of these coastal storms that significantly erode the beach along the New Jersey coastline (...)
Aresty Summer Science
SAS - Earth and Planetary Sciences
Earth & Space Sciences, Geophysics, Climate Change, (...)
