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Amgen Scholars: Announcements of Opportunity

Below are Announcements of Opportunity posted by Caltech faculty for the Amgen Scholars program.

Announcements of Opportunity are posted as they are received. Please check back regularly for new AO submissions! Remember: This is just one way that you can go about identifying a suitable project and/or mentor. For additional tips on identifying a mentor click here.

Please remember:

  • Students pursuing Amgen must be U.S. citizens, U.S. permanent residents, or students with DACA status.
  • Students pursuing Amgen must complete the 10-week program from June 18 - August 23, 2024. Students must commit to these dates. No exceptions will be made.
  • Accepted students must live in provided Caltech housing.

Project Title Disciplines Mentor  Posted 
Studying the Large Scale Structure of the Early Universe with Euclid    Astronomy, Astrophysics Ranga Ram Chary  31-Jan-24
Diurnal simulations of Venus atmospheric chemistry     Multidisciplinary, Chemistry Yuk Yung  17-Jan-24
Mathematical and computational explorations of the induced earthquake nucleation process    Applied and Computational Mathematics, Engineering, Geophysics, Physics Nadia Lapusta  12-Jan-24
Development a Gaming Platform to study Survival/Social Behavior in Humans    Neuroscience, Computation and Neural Systems Dean Mobbs  22-Dec-23
Assessing the drivers of biological methane consumption in California soils    Geobiology, Environmental Science and Engineering, Geochemistry Woodward Fischer  18-Dec-23
Determining trophic enrichment factors for birds and reptiles    Multidisciplinary, Geochemistry, Geobiology Julia Tejada  13-Dec-23
Calcium isotopes in urine as a tracer of bone health    Geochemistry, Isotope metallomics Francois Tissot  09-Dec-23
Visualization interface for the Uranium isotope database    Geochemistry, Computer Science Francois Tissot  09-Dec-23
Study of fossil shark teeth in deep-sea sediments as a paleo-redox archive    Geochemistry Francois Tissot  09-Dec-23
Building computational models of first impressions.    Computation and Neural Systems, Data Science Ralph Adolphs  01-Dec-23
Predicting biological traits from stable isotope ratios of amino acids    Multidisciplinary, Biology, Chemistry, Geobiology, Geosciences, Data Science, Computer Science Julia Tejada  30-Nov-23
Nitrogen isotopic comparison of amino acids from bone collagen versus total bone    Multidisciplinary, Biology, Chemistry, Geobiology, Geochemistry Julia Tejada  30-Nov-23
Structural and Function Characterization of Mega Assemblies    Biochemistry, Structural Biology, Cell Biology Andre Hoelz  08-Nov-23