Petit Scholars

Elman Amador - Georgia Tech

Medtronic Scholar
Mentor:
Jason Lamanna
Project:
Post-transplantation Fate of Neural Stem Cells Transplanted into the Porcine Spinal Cord: Migration, Differentiation, and Immune Response

Ananyaveena Anilkumar - Georgia Tech

Beckman Coulter Scholar
Mentor:
Nathan Rohner
Project:
An in vitro Lymph Node-on-a-chip for Evaluating Immune Cell Response to Altered Lymph Node Microenvironments

Catherine Chou - Georgia Tech

Regenerative Engineering & Medicine Center Scholar
Mentor:
Marian Hettiaratchi
Project:
Development of Heparin Microparticle-Modified Collagen Sponges for Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 (BMP-2) Delivery for Bone Regeneration

Alex George - Georgia Tech

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Scholar
Mentor:
Udit Agarwal
Project:
Delivering Human Pediatric Progenitor Cells to a Model of Juvenile Heart Failure

Karisma Gupta - Georgia Tech

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Scholar
Mentor:
Vicky Stefanelli
Project:
Fibrin-Microgel Composites For Enhanced Repair of Cardiomyopathy

Lucky Khambouneheuang - Emory University

Mentor:
Jack Heath
Project:
Shear Stress-responsive microRNA 199a-3p Plays an Important Role in Aortic Valve Stenosis

Leandre Kibeho - Morehouse College

Mentor:
Samantha Au
Project:
One-step Purification of Dehydrogenases Employing an Aqueous Two-phase Extraction System

Fanwei Kong - Georgia Tech

Mentor:
Kyle Murdock
Project:
Develop an in vitro Flow Loop System to Validate the CFD Simulation Results for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Deployment in Bicuspid Aortic Valve Patients

Michelle Kwon - Georgia Tech

Mentor:
Shannon Hill
Project:
Engineering Mutant Myocilin for a More Thermally Stable Protein

Alix Macklin - Georgia Tech

Pruitt Scholar
Mentor:
Kimberly Lang
Project:
Directional Acuity during Whole-body Perturbations to Standing Balance