Summer Scholars Program
The CAFE Summer Scholars Program offers paid, summer internships for UMass Amherst undergraduate students who have the unique opportunity to make significant contributions that advanced the design, implementation and goals of an existing research or extension project. CAFE Summer Scholars is more diverse than similar undergraduate experiences, which are typically focused more tightly on a single disciplinary area. Projects reflect the broad portfolio of programs supported by CAFE and students spend their summer in faculty research laboratories, offices and field stations, as well as in communities where extension professionals are engaged directly with citizens. The program is made possible through a combination of UMass, Federal (USDA/NIFA) and private funds. In addition to project-based work, field trips to research and Extension facilities and professional development activities help students to prepare for future careers and educational opportunities while gaining insight into the relationship between research and public education.
| Student |
Major |
Project | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melanie Sierra | Animal Science | New Moms Wellness Study | 2020 |
| Taariq Woods | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Terpenes in Fungal Pathogens | 2020 |
| Benjamin Peters | Biology | Combining Genetic Datasets from Armored Scale Insects | 2020 |
| Adriana Chiaramida | Biology | Comparative RNA-seq analysis of developmental double mutant gt1 ra3 and single mutant sts1 to determine GT1 repression patterns | 2020 |
| Amy-Mei Lynch | Biology | Determining the causal role of floral traits in transmission of a bumble bee pathogen | 2020 |
| Katie Tumang | Biology, Art History | Comparing defense pathways in human and plant systems | 2020 |
| Julia Muise | Civil Engineering | East River Data Analysis | 2020 |
| Neil Ford | Environmental Science | Nursery Catalog for Invasive Plants | 2020 |
| Minting Zeng | Environmental Science | Application of copper-based nanoparticles as fungicides in agriculture | 2020 |
| Ralph Ferrigno | Environmental Science | Cover Crops and the Fate of Nitrogen | 2020 |
| Isaac Wolfson | Environmental Science and Political Science | Climate Change Adaptation, Peer Learning and Network Building | 2020 |
| Thomas Dugan | Environmental Sciences | Modeling the Middle Connecticut River Watershed | 2020 |
| Louisa Bachman | Food Science | Improving Access and Motivation for Small/Medium Processors in the Northeast to be in Compliance with the Food Safety Modernization Act | 2020 |
| Qixiang Gao | Food Science | Improving the Accuracy of Classification and Quantification of Saffron Adulteration by Data Fusion | 2020 |
| Jeron Leblanc | Geology | Making and Monitoring Microclimates in the Wetland | 2020 |
| Jessica Ellis | Horticultural Science | New England Grape Survey | 2020 |
| Asia Jimenez | Microbiology | Culture and Characterization of Epitheliocystis Agents in the aquaculture fish species | 2020 |
| Brett Barnard | Natural Resource Conservation (IT Minor) | Developing More Effective CAPS Metrics for Assessing Ecological Integrity of Salt Marshes | 2020 |
| Emily Woo | Nutrition | New Mom’s Wellness Study | 2020 |
| Ana Prados-Bacó | Nutrition Major in the Dietetics Track | New Mothers Wellness Study | 2020 |
| Mahoro Shimiro | Sustainable Community Development | Massachusetts 4-H STEAM Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics) Summer Virtual Exploration | 2020 |
| Danielle Dailey | Sustainable Community Development, Geography | Research of Adoption of a Racial Equity Impact Assessment in Springfield, MA | 2020 |
