USC Dornsife News

Irene Chiolo of biological sciences at USC Dornsife will work with fruit flies to develop new technology to study how cells keep their DNA error-free.

The unprecedented USC showing — 24 Trojans in all won the prestigious awards this year — demonstrates the commitment of faculty mentors and the support of programs aimed at jumpstarting academic careers.

Environmental Studies major Madison Guest ’17 culminates her scientific diving career at USC Dornsife with a National Science Foundation-funded independent research project.

Application workshops pay off with a record number of National Science Foundation Fellowship successes for USC students, including more than two dozen USC Dornsife undergraduates, graduate students and alumni.

USC psychologists Donna Spruijt-Metz and Kayla De La Haye have partnered with engineers from the University of Virginia to study how familial interactions influence eating behaviors.

A key innovator in the field of geomicrobiology, the professor of biological sciences and earth sciences led pioneering explorations to understand the subseafloor biosphere.

Professor Aaron Lauda works with USC undergraduates to teach and inspire area high school students to understand mathematics using the tools of knot theory.

Justin Wood of psychology has won a National Science Foundation CAREER award for his research into how experience shapes the development of visual cognition in the newborn brain.

A USC Dornsife linguist and marine biologist join forces in a National Science Foundation study that uses octopuses to shed light on speech disorders such as those associated with Parkinson’s disease.