Barnard faculty members are tasked with educating the bright young minds that pass through the College’s gates. They also remain routinely engaged in their own research, pushing forward the boundaries of their respective fields.
Below are some of the most recent accomplishments:
Rachel Narehood Austin received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for her project, Understanding the
mechanism of C-X hydrogenolysis catalyzed by supported metal nanoparticles.
Peter Balsam received a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) at the National Institutes of
Health (NIH) to support a diversity supplement for his R01 grant, Timing and Associative Learning.
Logan Brenner received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a collaborative project with
Temple University for Infusing Feedback Loop Thinking into Interaction across Natural and Social Sciences.
Gabrielle Gutierrez a Phase II K22 grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke at the
NIH for Effects of local adaptation on parallel pathway circuit computation in the retina.
Eduardo Moncada received a grant from the Institute of Latin American Studies at Columbia University, for his
project Comparing Non-State Armed Governance in Settings of Crime & War.
Mignon Moore received a Visiting Researcher Fellowship from the Russell Sage Foundation for In the Shadow of
Sexuality: Social Histories of African American LGBT Elders, 1950-1979.
Reshmi Mukherjee received a grant from the National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA), for her
project, Searching for neutrino-emitting blazars in hard X-ray band.
Paige West and her long-time collaborator from Papua New Guinea, John Aini, received a grant from
Synchronicity Earth in continued support for Women’s Empowerment in New Ireland, Papua New Guinea.
Morgan Williams received a grant from the Russell Sage Foundation for Recidivism and the Labor Market for
Ex-Convicts: Evidence from New York State "Ban-the-Box".