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SENIOR FELLOWS
Donovan Flagg | Fellow, Senior
Focus: Physics
Research Project: Improving LiFePO4 Batteries with Nanomaterial Additives
Faculty Mentor: Yicheng Guo
Abigail Hernandez | Fellow, Senior
Focus: Biochemistry
Research Project: Establishing RNAi in a Non-model System
Faculty Mentor: Johannes Schul
Nevaeh Misomali | Fellow, Senior
Focus: Chemistry
Research Project: Shape-controlled Copper Nanocrystals as Photoacoustic and Antimicrobial Agents
Faculty Mentor: Gary Baker
DeShawn Sutton | Fellow, Senior
Focus: Biomedical Engineering
Research Project: Clustering Genomic Variants Using Transformers
Faculty Mentor: Praveen Rao
Leah Whitley | Fellow, Senior
Focus: Biological Sciences
Research Project: The Effect of Oxidative Stress on Mitochondrial Function in Preeclamptic Trophoblast Stem Cells
Faculty Mentor: Laura Schulz
Morgan Williams | Fellow, Senior
Focus: Biological Sciences
Research Project: Mechanisms of ADAM17 Activation and Mediated Impairment of Insulin Signaling in Endothelial Cells
Faculty Mentor: Luis Martinez-Lemus
Ruth Williamson | Fellow, Senior
Focus: Plant Sciences
Research Project: Identification of health-promoting phytoncides in urban forest bathing by thermal desorption gas chromatography-mass spectrometry
Faculty Mentor: Chung-Ho Lin
JUNIOR FELLOWS
Michael Makinen | Fellow, Junior
Focus: Biological Sciences
Research Project: Characterizing Pathology in a Peripheral Sensory Nerve of a Canine Model of ALS
Faculty Mentor: Martin Katz
Andy Moran | Fellow, Junior
Focus: Biochemistry
Research Project: P2Y10 Receptor Functionality: Determining Ligand Specificity/G-protein Coupling and Role in Pathogenesis of Sjögren’s Disease
Faculty Mentor: Gary Weisman
Tony Moran | Fellow, Junior
Focus: Biochemistry
Research Project: Analysis of m6A Modifications in HIV-1 Using GLORI-seq
Faculty Mentor: Xiao Heng
Gabriella Ramirez | Fellow, Junior
Focus: Computer Science
Research Project: The Impact of the Aesthetic-Usability Effect on an Orthodontist-Used Application to Assess and Predict Patient Growth
Faculty Mentor: Kevin Middleton
Michelle Woolridge | Fellow, Junior
Focus: Biology and Spanish
Research Project: Understanding How Mutations in IGHMBP2 Impact Disease Development in Mouse Models of SMARD1/CMT2S
Faculty Mentor: Chris Lorson
Bella Hall | Fellow, Junior
Focus: Biological Sciences
Research Project: The protective role of the exopolysaccharide succinoglycan in combating oxidative stress encountered by Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Faculty Mentor: Pam Brown
J’Bonae McDonald | Fellow, Junior
Focus: Biological Sciences
Research Project: Is the bacteria Serratia obligate to Parasitodiplogaster nematodes?
Faculty Mentor: Justin Van Goor