Grant Awards

1.  NSF IUSE (National Science Foundation, Improving Undergraduate STEM Education) Award (~$300,000, PI, 2023-2026)

   • An Investigation of Synergistic Effects of Discipline-based Growth Mindset and Effective Learning Strategies Interventions in Gateway Chemistry Courses 

This is a Collaborative Research with Drs. Julia Chan and Sachel Villafane-Garcia at Californa State University, Fullerton: Award link here

2. California Educational Learning Lab Seed Grant Award (~$100,000, co-PI, 2020-2022)

   • Supporting Student Learning about Molecular Structures from Simulations

This is a Collaborative Research with Drs. Kinnari Atit, Matthew Casselman, and Jack Eichler at University of Californa, Riverside: Award link

3. San Fernando Valley Science Project (~$420,000, co-PI)

• California Science Matter Project (CSMP) Grant, 2019-2025

• Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Grant, 2019-2025

4. California State Univerisity, Northridge (PI)

   • Summer Grant Program 2025

   • Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity (RSCA) Awards, 2018-2019; 2020-2021; 2022-2023; 2023-2024

   • Faculty Success Program Grant, 2022 Spring

   • Probationary Faculty Support Program Grant, 2020-2021

   • Learning-Centered Teaching Grant, 2018-2019

Selected Publications 

 ** = CSUN graduate student co-authors    * = CSUN undergraduate student co-authors

1. Pham, D.**; Ye, L. (2024). Lifting the Gate: Evaluation of Supplemental Instruction Program in Chemistry. Education Sciences, 14, 1196. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14111196

2. Bahrami, P.*, Blanco, D. F., Thetford, H. R., Ye, L., Chan, J. Y. K. (2023). Capturing Student and Instructor Experiences, Perceptions, and Reflections on Remote Learning and Teaching in Introductory Chemistry Courses During COVID-19.  Journal of College Science Teaching, 52(6), 6-9.

3. Gilewski, A.**, Litvak, M.*, Ye, L. (2022). Promoting Metacognition Through Measures of Linked Concepts with Learning Objectives in Introductory Chemistry. Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 23(4), 876-884.

4. Moreno, C.*, Pham, D.**, Ye, L. (2021). Chemistry Self-efficacy in Lower-division Chemistry Courses: Changes After a Semester of Instruction and Gaps Still Remain Between Student Groups. Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 22(3), 772 - 785.

5. Ye, L., Eichler, J. F., Gilewski, A.**, Talbert. L.E., Mallory, E.**, Litvak, M.*, Rigsby, E. M., Henbest, G., Mortezaei, K., Guregyan, C. (2020). The Impact of Coupling Assessments on Conceptual Understanding and Connection-making in Chemical Equilibrium and Acid-base Chemistry. Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 21(3), 1000 -1012.

6.  Gilewski, A.**, Mallory, E.*, Sandoval, M.*, Litvak, M.*, Ye, L. (2019). Does Linking Help? Effects and Student Perceptions of a Learner-centered Assessment Implemented in Introductory Chemistry. Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 20(2), 399 - 411. 

Prior to CSUN

7.  Ye, L., Shuniak, C., Oueini, R., Robert, J., Lewis, S. (2016). Can They Succeed? Exploring At-risk Students’ Study Habits in College General Chemistry. Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 17(4), 878-892.

8. Ye, L., Oueini, R., Lewis, S.E. (2015). Developing and Implementing an Assessment Technique to Measure Linked Concepts. Journal of Chemical Education, 92(11), 1807-1812.

9. Ye, L., Oueini, R., Dickerson, A.P., Lewis, S.E. (2015). Learning Beyond the Classroom: Using Text Messages to Measure General Chemistry Students’ Study Habits. Chemistry Education Research and Practice,16(4), 869-878. 

10.  Ye, L., Lewis, S.E., Raker, J.R., Oueini, R. (2015). Examining the Impact of Chemistry Education Research Articles from 2007 through 2013 by Citation Counts. Journal of Chemical Education, 92(8), 1299-1305.

11. Ye, L., & Lewis, S.E. (2014). Looking for Links:  Examining Student Responses in Creative Exercises for Evidence of Linking Chemistry Concepts. Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 15(4), 576-586. 

12.  Lin, Q., Liu, YG., Ye, L. (2012). Progress on Tissue Construction Technology in Vitro. Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research, 31 (2), 125-129.

13.  He, P., Liu, YG., Ye, L. (2012). Progress in Microconstructed Technology and Bottom-up Approach for Tissue Engineering. Materials Review, 26 (11), 124-128.

14. Chen, AZ., Lin, XF., Wang, SB., Li, L., Liu, YG., Ye, L., Wang, GY. (2012). Biological Evaluation of Fe3O4-poly(L-lactide)-poly(ethylene glycol)-poly(L-lactide) Magnetic Microspheres Prepared in Supercritical CO2. Toxicology Letters, 212(1), 75-82.

15.  Ye, L., Wang, SB. (2010). Progress in Microencapsulation of Stem Cells. Chinese Journal of Biotechnology, 26(12), 1611−1617.