VIP Teams at Florida Atlantic
Hidden Life in Burrows & Reefs
Leverage nanopore sequencing to analyze environmental DNA (eDNA) from two contrasting yet equally rich habitats to uncover the hidden communities
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Multimodal Wearable Sensing of Behavioral and Linguistic Signatures of Self-Regulation in Preschool Classrooms
Addresses the gaps in how children regulate behavior, attention, and emotions through wearable sensing technologies, classroom audio, and artificial intelligence (AI)-based methods.
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Quantum-Accelerated Therapeutics: Disrupting Oncogenic Mitochondrial microRNAs in Cancer
Blends bioinformatics, computational modeling, quantum computing, and wet-lab pharmacology to develop targeted small-molecule inhibitors that disrupt mitoMiR maturation and impair tumor survival.
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Resilience, Innovation, Science, and Expression (RISE): From Story to Stage
Uses personal storytelling of veterans with dogs to investigate how creative expression influences biopsychosocial health, resilience, well-being, and social connection.
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Generative and Vision-Language AI for Disaster Intelligence
Florida鈥檚 coastal destinations face overlapping pressures from overtourism, resident鈥搗isitor tension, and climate-related hazards (e.g., extreme heat, red tide).
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Nervous System Aging and Glia: Modeling with Experimental Insights
Why do brains slow down with age? We think astrocytes, support cells that feed and protect neurons, hold key answers.
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Smart Sensors and AI for Coastal Destination Resilience
Florida鈥檚 coastal destinations face overlapping pressures from overtourism, resident鈥搗isitor tension, and climate-related hazards (e.g., extreme heat, red tide).
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Enhancing Child Welfare Research and Translation through AI
Our AI assistant will extract key risk factors from notes and reports, converting them into actionable, plain-language insights that support evidence-based decisions.
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Join a VIP Team and collaborate with faculty on long-term, innovative research with real-world impact.
Looking to get involved in something meaningful? VIP Teams need students from all backgrounds, majors, and experience levels to help them tackle complex challenges. Teams thrive from varied perspectives, and your unique skills and interests can help drive meaningful research.
Our VIP Teams are tackling real-world challenges in fields ranging from AI to coastal tourism to social work to molecular biology.听
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Please submit the if you are interested in joining a VIP team starting Fall 2026 semester. If you have any questions, please reach out to vip@fau.edu.
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