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Portrait of Dr. Tania Betancourt

Dr. Tania Betancourt

  • Professor at Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Science & Engineering

Grants

2025

  • Lewis, Karen A (Principal), Whitten, Steven T (Co-Principal), Betancourt, Tania (Co-Principal), Stachowiak, Jeanne (Co-Principal), Deb, Seemanta. Hydrogel formation by the N-terminal domains of the Eyes Absent Proteins 1 and 2, PREM CIMA and National Science Foundation, Federal. (Submitted: November 2024, Funded: January 2025 - Present). Grant.
  • Hodge, Jonathan, Bryant, Barrett Richard, Fletcher, Steven, Golato, Andrea, Guirguis, Mina S (Supporting), Betancourt, Tania, Morrish, Douglas G, Vargas, Micaela, Ojeda-Ruiz, Ivan. SEU to TXST: STEM Graduate Pathways, Sloan Foundation, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $75000. (Submitted: 2024, Funded: January 2025 - December 2025). Grant.

2023

  • Lewis, Karen A, Whitten, Steven T (Co-Principal), Hough, Loren (Co-Principal), Hodby, Eleanor (Co-Principal), Theodoropoulou, Nikoleta (Supporting), Close, Eleanor W (Supporting), Rangelov, Blagoy (Supporting), Islam, Tanzima Z (Supporting), Betancourt, Tania (Supporting), Berry, Joe (Supporting), Finklestein, Noah (Supporting), MacGregor, Meredith (Supporting), Brown, Jed (Supporting), Eaves, Joel (Supporting). Creating Equitable Pathways to STEM Graduate Education, Sloan Foundation, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $249299. (Submitted: September 2, 2022, Funded: January 2023 - Present). Grant.

2022

  • Lewis, Karen A (Principal), Luxford, Cynthia J (Co-Principal), Wheeler, Brittany Marie (Co-Principal), Webre, Whitney Ann (Co-Principal), Holland, Cory Lee (Co-Principal), Betancourt, Tania (Supporting), Brittain, William J (Supporting), Hudnall, Todd W (Supporting), Irvin, Jennifer A (Supporting), Kerwin, Sean Michael (Supporting), Kornienko, Alexander Vladimir (Supporting), Peterson, Ryan Loren (Supporting), Rhodes, Christopher Peter (Supporting). REU Site: A Chemistry REU on Molecular Innovation and Exploration (CheMIE), National Science Foundation, Federal, $378188. (Submitted: August 25, 2021, Funded: April 15, 2022 - Present). Grant.

2021

  • Betancourt, Tania (Principal), Brittain, William J (Co-Principal), Irvin, Jennifer A (Co-Principal), Theodoropoulou, Nikoleta (Co-Principal), Martin, Benjamin (Co-Principal), Rhodes, Christopher Peter (Co-Principal), Wistey, Mark A (Co-Principal), Miyahara, Yoichi (Co-Principal), Kerwin, Sean Michael (Co-Principal). TxState-UT PREM Center for Intelligent Materials Assembly (CIMA), National Science Foundation, Federal, $3822000. (Funded: July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2027). Grant.

2020

  • Betancourt, Tania (Principal), Percent Contribution: %50, David, Wendi M (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %50. Nanomedicine-Mediated Reprogramming of Tumor Immunogenicity, Texas State University, $16000. (Submitted: October 7, 2019, Funded: January 2020 - 2021). Grant.

2019

  • Wistey, Mark A, Percent Contribution: %12.5, Chen, Yihong (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %12.5, Weigum, Shannon E, Percent Contribution: %12.5, Benavides, Elizabeth Ashley, Percent Contribution: %12.5, Ngu, Hee Hiong, Percent Contribution: %12.5, Irvin, Jennifer A, Percent Contribution: %12.5, Betancourt, Tania, Percent Contribution: %12.5, Holtz, Mark W, Percent Contribution: %12.5. FEES and Machine Learning for Diagnostics, Texas State University, Texas State University, $10000. (Funded: March 2019 - March 2020). Grant.

2016

  • Brittain, William J (Principal), = (Co-Principal), Rhodes, Christopher Peter (Co-Principal), Betancourt, Tania (Co-Principal), Zakhidov, Alexander (Co-Principal). MRI: Acquisition of Atomic Force Microscope to Advance Texas State University Materials Research, National Science Foundation, Federal, $104476. (Funded: September 1, 2016 - August 31, 2019). Grant.
  • Zakhidov, Alexander (Principal), Percent Contribution: %40, Holtz, Mark W (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %15, Piner, Edwin L (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %5, Myers, Thomas H (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %5, Theodoropoulou, Nikoleta (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %5, Beall, Gary W (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %5, Yu, Qingkai (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %5, Rhodes, Christopher Peter (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %5, Geerts, Wilhelmus J (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %5, Betancourt, Tania (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %5, Li, Jian (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %5. Scanning Probe Microscope for Materials Research and Education, U. S. Army, Federal, $358558. (Funded: July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017). Grant.

2015

  • Betancourt, Tania (Principal), Massingill, John (Co-Principal). Non-Dispersive Reaction and Separation Processes for Pharmaceutical Synthesis (G), National Institutes of Health (NIH), $150000. (Funded: January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015). Grant.
  • Betancourt, Tania (Principal). Breaking the Barriers Through Information and Networking: Educational Opportunities for SACNAS Students, LBJ Institute for STEM Education and Research, $1500. (Funded: April 1, 2015 - August 2015). Grant.
  • Betancourt, Tania (Principal). Student-Led STEM Outreach to Local and Regional Community: A Partnership between the SACNAS Student Chapter at Texas State, Office of Equity and Access, $2000. (Funded: April 1, 2015 - August 2015). Grant.

2014

  • Betancourt, Tania (Principal), Massingill, John (Principal), Stretz, Holly (Co-Principal). High Throughput Manufacturing of Monodispersed Nanoparticles for Biomedicine (G), National Institutes of Health (NIH), $150000. (Funded: September 30, 2014 - August 31, 2015). Grant.

2012

  • Brittain, William J (Principal), Booth, Chad, Irvin, Jennifer A, Beall, Gary W, Sun, Luyi, Whitten, Steven T, Gulacar, Ozcan, Betancourt, Tania. Texas State University PREM: Center on Interfaces in Materials. A Partnership with the Research Triangle MRSEC, National Science Foundation (NSF): Partnership in Research, Education, and Materials (PREM), $3129000. (Funded: July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2016). Grant.
  • Irvin, Jennifer A (Co-Principal), Brittain, W. (Principal), Betancourt, Tania. Texas State University PREM: Center on Interfaces in Materials. A Partnership with the Research Triangle MRSEC, NSF, $3488436. (Funded: June 1, 2012 - May 31, 2016). Grant.
  • Zakhidov, Alex (Principal), Myers, Tom (Co-Principal), Rhodes, Betancourt, Tania, Beall, Jian Li, Holtz, Yu, Piner, Theodoropoulou. Scanning Probe Microscope for Materials Research and Education (G), Department of Defense, Army, $358558. (Submitted: November 13, 2015). Grant.