Lemann Center Collaborative Research Grants awarded in 2023

Building from the Bolsa: The Urban Politics of Basic Income Programs during and after the Covid-19 Pandemic 

Marc Doussard, University of Illinois

Fábio Waltenberg, Universidade Federal Fluminense

Biofuels in Brazil and in the U.S.: Policies, Economic and Environmental Impacts

Madhu Khanna, University of Illinois  

Edson Domingues, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Innovating Separation Technologies for Sustainable Biomanufacturing and Natural Product Valorization in Brazil

Xiao Su, University of Illinois

Fábio Zazyki Galetto, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

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