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SENIOR FELLOWS

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Donovan Flagg | Fellow, Senior  

Focus: Physics  

Research Project: Improving LiFePO4 Batteries with Nanomaterial Additives

Faculty Mentor: Yicheng Guo 

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Abigail Hernandez | Fellow, Senior  

Focus:  Biochemistry  

Research Project: Establishing RNAi in a Non-model System 

Faculty Mentor: Yicheng Guo 

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Nevaeh Misomali | Fellow, Senior 

Focus: Chemistry   

Research Project: Shape-controlled Copper Nanocrystals as Photoacoustic and Antimicrobial Agents 

Faculty Mentor: Gary Baker 

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DeShawn Sutton | Fellow, Senior   

Focus: Biomedical Engineering    

Research Project: Clustering Genomic Variants Using Transformers  

Faculty Mentor: Praveen Rao 

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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

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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 

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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

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Michael Makinen | Fellow, Junior  

Focus: Biological Sciences 

Research Project: Improving LiFePO4 Batteries with Nanomaterial Additives

Faculty Mentor: Martin Katz 

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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 

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Tony Moran | Fellow, Junior 

Focus: Biochemistry

Research Project: Analysis of m6A Modifications in HIV-1 Using GLORI-seq

Faculty Mentor: Xiao Heng 

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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 

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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