Lemann Center Collaborative Research Grants awarded in 2022
Collaborative Research Project:
Overview of Child Labor in Brazil in Recent Years and the Possible Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Principal Investigators:
Mary Paula Arends-Kuenning, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Marcos de Oliveira Garcias, Universidade Federal de Lavras
Collaborative Research Project:
How Communication Affects the Adoption of Digital Technologies in Soybean Production in Brazil
Principal Investigators:
Eric Morgan, University of Illinois
Antonio Padula, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Collaborative Research Project:
Anna in the Tropics: Brazilian Composer Creates a New Opera Based on a Pulitzer-winning Play and Rehearses It With UIUC Students
Principal Investigators:
Olga Maslova and Julie Gunn, University of Illinois
João Guilherme Ripper, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Lemann Center Collaborative Research Grants awarded in 2021
Collaborative Research Project:
Maximizing access to health promotion programs: VAMOS Afro-Brazilians!
Principal Investigators:
Andiara Schwingel, Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois
Tania Benedetti, Physical Education, Physical Education, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Collaborative Research Project:
Understanding the Flow-Structure Interaction of Perforated Structures for Load and Noise Control
Principal Investigators:
Leonardo Chamorro, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois
Hernan Ceron-Muñoz, Department of Aeronautical Engineering, Universidade de São Paulo
Lemann Center Collaborative Research Grants awarded in 2020
Collaborative Research Project:
Systems Biology Approach to Evaluate Rumen Function in Response to Dietary Buffers
Principal Investigators:
Juan Loor, Animal Sciences, University of Illinois jloor@illinois.edu
Marcos Neves Pereira, Professor, Universidade Federal de Lavras
Collaborative Research Project:
Gender Violence and the Woman Worker in Brazil and the United States
Principal Investigators:
Emily E. LB. Twarog, School of Labor and Employment Relations, University of Illinois etwarog@illinois.edu
Elisa Frühauf Garcia, Professor of History, Fluminense Federal University
Collaborative Research Project:
Transforming Brazilian Petroleum Heavy Fractions into Viable Fuels via Renewable Solar Photocatalysis
Principal Investigators:
Joaquín Rodríguez-López, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois joaquinr@illinois.edu
Juliana dos Santos de Souza, Centro de Ciências Naturais e Humanas – Universidade Federal do ABC
Lemann Center Collaborative Research Grants awarded in 2019
Collaborative Research Project:
Thermal Response of a Large-Diameter Geothermal Energy Piles in Lateritic Soils
Principal Investigators:
Tugce Baser, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois tbaser@illinois.edu
Cristina de Hollanda Cavalcanti Tsuha, Geotechnical Engineering, Universidade de São Paulo
Collaborative Research Project:
Brazilian Araguaia Biodiversity Corridor: Cost-Benefit Analysis
Principal Investigators:
Madhu Khanna, Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois khanna1@illinois.edu
Andrea Lucchesi, Arts, Sciences and Humanities, Universidade de São Paulo
Lemann Center Collaborative Research Grants awarded in 2018
Collaborative Research Project:
UIUC – USP knowledge Exchange and Research Proposal: Literacies and Languages in Teacher Education Stage 2 Proposal
Principal Investigators:
Bill Cope, (Associate Professor, Department of Education Policy, Organization & Leadership, University of Illinois) billcope@illinois.edu, Walkyria Monte Mor, (Associate Professor, Universidade de São Paulo)
Lemann Center Collaborative Research Grants awarded in 2017
Collaborative Research Project:
Statute of the city and urban inclusion: Study of formal planning and citizens’ informal insurgent practices in Fortaleza, Brazil
Principal Investigators:
Faranak Miraftab, (Professor, Department of Urban & Regional Planning, University of Illinois) faranak@illinois.edu, Clarissa Freitas, (Assistant Professor, Universidade Federal do Ceará)
Collaborative Research Project:
Literacies and Languages in Teacher Education
Principal Investigators:
Bill Cope, (Associate Professor, Department of Education Policy, Organization & Leadership, University of Illinois) billcope@illinois.edu, Walkyria Monte Mor, (Associate Professor, Universidade de São Paulo)
Collaborative Research Project:
The Genetics of a Plant Disease and Pests Important to Brazil and the US
Principal Investigators:
Steve Clough, (US Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, University of Illinois) sjclough@illinois.edu, Fernando Juliatti, (Universidade de Uberlândia)
Collaborative Research Project:
Amazonian Geopolymer Perfomance-Based Specification for Sustainable Construction
Principal Investigators:
Mauro Sardela, (Director of Central Research Facilities, Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratories, University of Illinois) sardela@illinois.edu, Ruy A. Sá Ribeiro, (Senior Research Engineer, Structural Engineering Laboratory, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia)
Lemann Center Collaborative Research Grants awarded in 2016
Collaborative Research Project:
Using Distributed Temperature Sensing to Measure Stream-Aquifer Exchange at the Ribeirão da Onça Creek Watershed in the Guarani Aquifer system
Principal Investigators:
Yu-Feng Lin, (Adjunct Associate Professor in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois) yflin@illinois.edu, Edson Wendland, (Professor de Hidráulica, Universidade de São Paulo)
Collaborative Research Project:
The Articulation on de Vowel Reduction in Brazilian Portuguese
Principal Investigators:
Ryan Shosted, (Associate Professor of Linguistics, University of Illinois) rshosted@illinois.edu, Eleonora Albano, (Universidade Estadual de Campinas), Francisco Meneses, (Universidade Estadual de Campinas)
Collaborative Research Project:
Engaging the community to examine substance use disorder treatment among adults in a Psychosocial Care Center for Alcohol and Drugs (CAPS-AD) in Brazil
Principal Investigators:
Liliane Windsor, (Assistant Professor – School of Social Work, University of Illinois) lwindsor@illinois.edu, Nadja Cristiane Lappan Botti, (Universidade Federal de São João Del Rei)
Lemann Center Collaborative Research Grants awarded in 2015
Collaborative Research Project:
Natural Biocides and Heat Treatment on Brazilian Tropical Woods: Changes in Crystalinity after Fungal Decay
Principal Investigators:
Cecília Leal, (Assistant Professor in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois) cecilial@illinois.edu
Mauro Sardela, (Materials Science Laboratory, University of Illinois) sardela@illinois.edu
Collaborative Research Project:
Seeding a Strategic Collaboration with Illinois to Build Capacity in Genomics at the Federal University of Paraiba: A Metagenomic Approach to Understand Salmonella Infections in Poultry
Principal Investigators:
Bryan White, (Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois) bwhite44@illinois.edu
Collaborative Research Project:
International Law and Brazil’s International Reputation
Principal Investigators:
Matthew Winters, (Assistant Professor in Political Science, University of Illinois) mwinters@illinois.edu
Lemann Center Collaborative Research Grants awarded in 2014
Collaborative Research Project:
Measurement of Resistant Starch in Bananas, Beans, and Chestnuts
Principal Investigators:
Mary-Grace C. Danao, (Assistant Professor in Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Illinois) gdanao@illinois.edu
Fernanda M. Vanin, (Assistant Professor in Food and Biosystems Engineering, USP‐Pirassununga) fernanda.vanin@usp.br
Collaborative Research Project:
Building Collaborations to Study Vulnerable Brazilian Youth
Principal Investigators:
Marcela Rafaelli, (Professor in the Department of Human and Community Development, University of Illinois) mraffaelli@illinois.edu
Normanda Araujo de Morais, University of Fortaleza
Juliana Prates Santana, Federal University of Bahia
Collaborative Research Project:
Identifying Pathogenic Elements of a Brazilian Virus that Infects Cattle and Humans as a Means to Develop Diagnostics, Therapeutics and Vaccines
Principal Investigators:
Joanna L Shisler, (Associate Professor in the Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois) jshisler@illinois.edu
Flávio Guimarães da Fonseca, (Associate Professor in the Microbiology Department, Federal University of Minas Gerais) fdafonseca@cpqrr.fiocruz.br
Erna Geessien Kroon, Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, Federal University of Minas Gerais
Collaborative Research Project:
Development of a New Generation Vaccine to Control Livestock Rabies in Brazil
Principal Investigators:
Daniel L Rock, (Professor at the Department of Pathobiology, University of Illinois) dlrock@illinois.edu
Diego G. Diel, (Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Pathobiology, University of Illinois) dgdiel@illinois.edu
Eduardo Furtado Flores, (Associate Professor at the Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Federal University of Santa Maria) eduardofurtadoflores@gmail.com
Lemann Center Collaborative Research Grants awarded in 2013
Collaborative Research Project:
Production of nanoemulsions with proteins extracted from the light speckled kidney bean: an opportunity to enhance the value of a Brazilian commodity
Principal Investigators:
Hao Feng (Associate Professor, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) haofeng@illinois.edu
Samantha C. Pinho, (Professor, Department of Food Engineering, University of São Paulo)
Collaborative Research Project:
Convergent evolution in foregut fermenting herbivorous mammals in Brazil
Principal Investigators:
Roderick Mackie (Professor, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) r-mackie@illinois.edu
Humberto Maciel França Madeira (Professor, School for Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná) hmf.madeira@gmail.com
Lemann Center Collaborative Research Grants awarded in 2012
Collaborative Research Project:
Functional Properties of Beans Selected and Grown in Brazil
Principal Investigators:
Elvira DeMejia (Associate Professor, Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) edemejia@illinois.edu
Collaborative Research Project:
Project Via (Via Ativa): Active Living Everyday in Brazil
Principal Investigators
Andiara Schwingel (Assistant Professor, Kineseology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) andiara@illinois.edu
Lemann Center Collaborative Research Grants awarded in 2011
Collaborative Research Project:
The Electoral Connection in Open-List Proportional Representation Systems: Electoral Strategies and Legislative Behavior in Brazil, 1990-2010
Principal Investigators:
José Antonio Cheibub (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) cheibub@illinois.edu
Fernando Limongi (University of São Paulo)fdmplimo@usp.br
Collaborative Research Project:
Experimental Investigation of Second and Third Language Acquisition in Brazil
Principal Investigators:
Tania Ionin (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) tionin@illinois.edu
Elaine Grolla (University of São Paulo) egrolla@usp.br