Past Fellows

Karishma Nijjar '25

Neuroscience
Altering EnHD and UVF to improve binding to DNA via Molecular Modeling

Faculty Mentor: Michelle McCully

Muriel Oosthuizen '26

Biochemistry
Isolating high-affinity aptamers for cancer-linked glycoforms of thrombospondin-1

Faculty Mentor: Steve Suljak

Olivia Alleyne '26

Chemistry
Developing an Efficient Method to Deuterate Cumenes

Faculty Mentor: Ben Stokes

Riley Carpenter '25

Engineering Physics
Investigating low-gap materials to fabricate Josephson junctions for meV-scale dark matter detectors

Faculty Mentor: Betty Young

Sean Do '26

Neuroscience
Exploring Reward Circuitry Underlying Early Life Stress-Mediated Social Deficits

Faculty Mentor: Lindsay Halladay

David Tang '25

Biology, Biochemistry
Fap45: Structural characterization of Tetrahymena ciliary protein

Faculty Mentor: Brian Bayless

Izzy Faiola '25

Biology, Public Health Science
Development of a Scalable and Quantifiable Protocol for Attachment of Custom Ligands onto Quantum Dots

Faculty Mentor: Ben Stokes

Joseph Hong '25

Biochemistry
Iron-Catalyzed Hydroalkylative Dimerization of α-Methylstyrenes

Faculty Mentor: Ben Stokes

Katelyn John '24

Neuroscience
Analyzing memory functions and identifying atypical functional connectivity in ASD across age groups

Faculty Mentor: Lang Chen

Trey Grimsley '24

Environmental Science
Long Term Data Collection of Instantaneous and Time-Integrated Water Use Efficiency for Field and Greenhouse-Grown Woody Plants

Faculty Mentor: Virginia Matzek

Javier Garcia de Castro Iribas '23

Physics
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Faculty Mentor: Chris Weber

Jwaad Javed '24

Biochemistry
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Faculty Mentor: Amelia Fuller

Kerri Lyons '23

Neuroscience, Biology
Investigating Neural Mechanisms of Aversive Learning

Faculty Mentor: Lindsay Halladay

Kiron Allen '24

Chemistry, Philosophy
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Faculty Mentor: Paul Abbyad

Mary Francis Garcia '23

Neuroscience, Biotechnology
Importance of neuroligin adhesion proteins in relation to OPC development

Faculty Mentor: Laura Cocas

Avery Curet '22

Psychology
Maladaptive Effects of Alcohol on Cross-Modal Reward Circuitry

Faculty Mentor: Lindsay Halladay

Janet Ronquillo '23

Neuroscience
Neural and Behavioral Deficits Induced by Early Life Stress

Faculty Mentor: Lindsay Halladay

Michael Nguyen '24

Neuroscience, Music
Neural Mechanisms Underlying Maternal Care in Response to Offspring Distress Vocalizations

Faculty Mentor: Lindsay Halladay

Se Kim '22

Biochemistry
Improved Readability and Sensitivity of Latex Agglutination Tests for Infectious Diseases in the Developing World

Faculty Mentor: Brian McNelis

Trung-Dan (Danny) Bui-Tu '22

Neuroscience
Effects of Early Maternal Separation on Lifelong Neural and Social Behaviors

Faculty Mentor: Lindsay Halladay

Aleimah Andrews '23

Public Health
Arthropod Silks

Faculty Mentor: Janice Edgerly-Rooks

Anthony Avila '21

Biology
Using whole genome sequencing to explore antibiotic resistance in E. coli

Faculty Mentor: Craig Stephens

Emily Swanson '21

Biology
C. elegans and morphogenesis

Faculty Mentor: Leilani Miller

Jazlynda Benes '21

Neuroscience, Biology, Studio Art
3D visualization of abnormal brain connectivity in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)

Faculty Mentor: Lang Chen

Stephanie Nawas '21

Mathematics, Computer Science
An Exploration of Suffix Tree Algorithms for Accelerated String Matching

Faculty Mentor: Nicholas Tran