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My current research broadly focuses on immigration policy and its consequences. I am particularly interested in the impact that state and local level immigration policy is having on the employment, education, fertility and human rights of undocumented immigrants, as well as on the effect of...

Educational Trajectories and Health This is a National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded study investigating education trajectories, the paths people take to complete their education, how it differs by sex, race/ethnicity, and family circumstances, and what the effect of different trajectories is on...

34. Piezoelectricity in n=2 Ruddlesden-Popper ferroelectric oxides Kishwar-E Hasin, Nabaraj Pokhrel, and Elizabeth A. Nowadnick Chemistry of Materials 36, 7552 (2024) 33. Competing polar and antipolar phases in n=2 Ruddlesden-Popper niobates and tantalates from first principles Kishwar-E Hasin and...

Recent publications Note: if you have difficulty accessing one of these papers, please contact skurtz@ucmerced.edu. Staadecker, M., Szinai, J., Sánchez-Pérez, P.A. et al. " The value of long-duration energy storage under various grid conditions in a zero-emissions future." Nat Commun 15, 9501 (2024)...

Hoyer lab research focuses on understanding immune dysfunction leading to disease. Our current projects involve: Host immunity to Coccidioides Impact of dust on climate, health and disease in San Joaquin Valley, CA.

Former Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars Alumni Dr. Nadia Delgadillo Miranda Current Position: Scientist at Amgen Dr. Susana Tejeda-Garibay Dr. Christi Turner Current Position: Post-doctoral Fellow at City of Hope (Duarte, CA) ​​​ Quantitative and Systems Biology Graduate Group My research...