August 2020 Dean's Message Welcome to the 2020 Fall Semester at Cal Poly Pomona! At Cal Poly Pomona our vision is to inspire creativity, discovery and innovation. This year our world has changed and we’ve adapted to those changes by using our creativity and innovation to shift to a virtual environment. The majority of fall 2020 classes will be offered online and the university has created a "Safer Return" web page where you can find useful information. Because the safety of our students, staff, and faculty is our highest priority, we are physically distanced. Though we may be physically distant, we remain available to serve our students. The success of our students remains foremost on the minds of our faculty and staff. You will be learning from world-class teacher-scholars, and supported by dedicated staff. For the students joining us this fall, I encourage you to stay connected with the College of Science (CoS) through email, our website and by following us on social media @cpp_science for important updates. You may want to consider joining one of our more than 20 CoS clubs. Also, remember that the Advising Center iso here t help ensure that your path to graduation is a smooth one. Over the next three weeks the university is hosting CPP Fest Plus which is a series of events to help incoming students learn about CPP and connect with other students. I remain, and encourage you to remain, optimistic about the future as we begin the 2020-2021 school year! Alison Baski Watch Student Welcome Video CPP Science Students Help Fight COVID-19 Close to 20 chemistry students, and several biology students from the College of Science are working at Curative Inc., a testing facility that is able to return COVID-19 test results in 24 hours. Read More Kinesiology and Health Promotion is a Department in Motion Kinesiology is the study of the body in motion. The Department of Kinesiology and Health Promotion (KHP) is a department in motion, moving forward on their own strategic plan that is aligned with the College of Science’s plan. Read More Scholarship Honors Alumnus ​Killed in Drive-by Shooting José Flores Velázquez ('18, physics) had a promising future in the field of astrophysics and was on his way to earning a Ph.D. when he was killed in a drive-by shooting on August 14, 2019. José’s family turned this tragedy into an opportunity to help others. They partnered with the Cal-Bridge program to set up the José Flores Velázquez Memorial Cal-Bridge Scholarship Fund. Read More News CPP Fest Plus Events During the first three weeks of the Fall 2020 semester, CPP Fest Plus will host online programs to introduce students to CPP programs and services, connect them with other students, and support their transition to CPP. These events are hosted on myBAR, CPP's engagement portal that hosts the 300+ clubs and organizations on campus and their events, along with official events hosted by CPP departments. Get familiar with myBAR - it's the best way to get involved with student life during your college experience! Jennifer Gavin Elected to OSSC Board of Directors Physics major Jennifer Gavin was elected to the Board of Directors of the Optical Society of Southern California (OSSC). Gavin will hold the position of Councilor on the board through June 2021. It’s a great honor for a student to be elected to the OSSC Board because most board members are established professionals. The OSSC has been a valuable source of internships and jobs for CPP students and alumni. In addition to serving on the OSSC Board, Gavin also serves as President of the CPP Optics and Photonics club. Recent Grad Martin Rios Receives Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellowship Martin Rios ('20, biology) was awarded the highly competitive Woodrow Wilson Pennsylvania Teaching Fellowship which recruits recent graduates and career changers with strong backgrounds in STEM fields. Each Fellow receives $32,000 to complete a specially designed, cutting-edge master’s degree program based on a yearlong classroom experience. In return, Fellows commit to teach for three years in high-need Pennsylvania schools. Throughout the three-year commitment as a teacher of record at a public school, Fellows receive ongoing support and mentoring. Professor Robin Wilson Shares His Experience With the Culture of Exclusion Professor of Mathematics Robin Wilson wrote an article titled"A View of Mathematics From Behind the Veil" which was published in Notices of the American Mathematical Society. Wilson writes, "In some ways, it’s as if my experience in mathematics has taken place behind a 'veil,' to borrow a phrase from W. E. B. Du Bois as it was articulated in his 1903 book Souls of Black Folk. For Du Bois, the veil is a reference to the experience of Blacks in America in which there is a world that they can see and are in many ways a part of but cannot access in the same way as their white American counterparts." Computer Science Summer REU Students Present Posters Virtually CPP Summer REU students participated in virtual poster presentations with students from USC, North Carolina State University, Lehigh University, University of Minnesota, and Iowa State University. The CPP REU funded by the NSF focuses on big data analytics, medical data security, privacy preserving techniques, security of machine learning models, and software defined network security. Preventing Earth Microbes From Hitching a Ride to Mars In 2018 Professor Rakesh Mogul and a team that included Associate Professor Gregory Barding and 22 CPP undergrads discovered that microbes could survive in NASA cleanrooms . The microorganisms actually ate the cleaning agents intended to kill them. Mogul recently received a joint CPP & JPL grant from NASA that will allow further research aimed at ensuring that Mars, and Jupiter's moon Europa, aren't contaminated with Earth microorganisms. WATCH VIDEO Assistant Professor Andrea Bonisoli-Alquati is named Elective Member of the American Ornithological Society At the North American Ornithological Conference Andrea Bonisoli-Alquati, from the Department of Biological Sciences, was chosen as an Elective Member of the American Ornithological Society. Elective members are nominated based on their "significant contributions to ornithology and/or service to the American Ornithological Society", and elected by the Society's Fellows. Bonisoli-Alquati's research examines the physiological and genetic effects of environmental contamination. Information and Resources Fall 2020 Virtual Advising & Academics Toolkit Academic and Student Services Support Broncos Care Basic Needs Program (Resource List) College of Science Advising Information CPP Safer Return CPP COVID-19 Updates Student FAQs About the Campus Response to COVID-19 Faculty Resources for Teaching Continuity Zoom & Online Learning Resources (How-to Info) New Publications If you have a recent publication that is not included, please let us know so that it can be listed in next month’s newsletter! email: [email protected] 1. Abdolrahimi, S., Mann, R. B., & Tzounis, C. (2020). Distorted black ring. Physical Review D, 101(10). doi:10.1103/physrevd.101.104002 2. Brannon, J. P., Ramirez, I., Williams, D., Barding, G. A., Liu, Y., Mcculloch, K. M.,... Stieber, S. C. (2020). Teaching Crystallography by Determining Small Molecule Structures and 3-D Printing: An Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory Module. Journal of Chemical Education, 97(8), 2273-2279. doi:10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c00206 (Link) Article also featured on the cover 3. Rhodes, O. E., Bréchignac, F., Bradshaw, C., Hinton, T. G., Mothersill, C., Arnone, J. A., Aubrey, D. P., Barnthouse, L. W., Beasley, J. C., Bonisoli-Alquati, A., Boring, L. R., Bryan, A. L., Capps, K. A., Clément, B., Coleman, A., Condon, C., Coutelot, F., DeVol, T., Dharmarajan, G., … Zimmerman, J. K. (2020). Integration of ecosystem science into radioecology: A consensus perspective. Science of The Total Environment, 740, 140031. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140031 4. Castro, P. 2020. Brachyuran crabs (Crustacea: Brachyura) of eleven families of Dorippoidea, Goneplacoidea, Homoloidea, Palicoidea, Pilumnoidea, and Trapezioidea from Papua New Guinea. In: Deep-sea Crustaceans from Papua New Guinea (Corbari, L., Ahyong, A.T. & Chan, T.-Y., eds.), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos, vol. 31 (Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, vol. 213): 143-205. [ISBN: 978-2-85653-913-2]. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/nbt4lbqziipha9m/AAB6dgLU_QFUSc5R4O-_ODpKa?dl=0 5. Alves-Júnior, F. D., Ng, P. K., Castro, P., Mantelatto, F. L., & Souza-Filho, J. F. (2020). Extension of geographical range and first record of Trizocarcinus Rathbun, 1914 (Brachyura: Euryplacidae) from the Western Tropical South Atlantic. Nauplius, 28. doi:10.1590/2358-2936e2020022 6. Ng, P.K.L. & Castro, P. 2020. A revision of Carcinoplax abyssicola (Miers, 1885) and seven related species of Carcinoplax H. Milne Edwards, 1852, with the description of two new species and an updated key to the genus (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Goneplacidae). Zoosystema (Paris), 42(17): 239-284. https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a17 7. Givens, B., & Moll, V. (2020). Integrals of Fibonacci Polynomials and their Valuations. Fibonacci Quarterly, 58(3), 261–273. https://www.fq.math.ca/58-3.html 8. Siu, T. C., Silva, I., Lunn, M. J., & John, A. (2020). Influence of the pendant arm in deoxydehydration catalyzed by dioxomolybdenum complexes supported by amine bisphenolate ligands. New Journal of Chemistry, 44(23), 9933-9941. doi: 10.1039/d0nj02151b 9. Nourse, J. A., Swanson, B. J., Lusk, A. D., Barth, N. C., Schwartz, J. J., & Vermillion, K. B. (2020). Recent advancements in geochronology, geologic mapping, and landslide characterization in basement rocks of the San Gabriel mountains block. From the Islands to the Mountains: A 2020 View of Geologic Excursions in Southern California, 21-93. doi: 10.1130/2020.0059(02) 10. Ryan, Q.