Petit Scholars Alumni
Jason Weis - Georgia Tech
Petit Scholars
Mentor: Ian Miller
Project: Optimizing the heat inducibility of engineered T cells
Lab: Gabe Kwong
Nadine Abrahamse - Georgia Institute of Technology
Beckman Coulter Scholar
Mentor: Jessica Deutsch
Project: Investigate Bacterial Natural Products using Culture-based Strategies
Lab: Neha Garg, Ph.D.
Cindy Aguilera-Navarro - Agnes Scott College
Dasher Scholar
Mentor: Travis Rotterman
Project: Preservation of Spinal Cord Circuitry after Peripheral Nerve Injury Restores Normal Function
Lab: Timothy Cope
Kaitlin Ahlstedt - Georgia Tech
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Scholar
Mentor: Ashley Brown
Project: Rescuing Coagulopathy of Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Bypass Patients using Novel Platelet-like Particles
Bilal Al-Khalil - Georgia Tech
Monsanto Scholar
Mentor: Michael Rood
Project: Understanding the Role of Mutations in the Estrogen Receptor Ligand Binding Domain
Ashley Alexander - Georgia Tech
Evolution of Cross-feeding in a Simple Bacterial Consortium: Genetic and Ecological Determinants
Mentor: Dong-Dong Yang
Project: Evolution of Cross-feeding in a Simple Bacterial Consortium: Genetic and Ecological Determinants
Lab: Frank Rosenzweig
Berna Aliya - Georgia Tech
Beckman Coulter Scholar
Mentor: Mahir Mohiuddin
Project: Assessing the Role of Redox Homeostasis on Regeneration of Ischemic Skeletal Muscle
Lab: Young Jang
Christina Allen - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Vladimir Zarnitsyn
Dexter Allen - Emory University
Medtronic Scholar
Mentor: Deidre O'Connor
Project: Optimizing Lentiviral Vector use in the in Gene Based Neuromodulation
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
Derrius Anderson - Morehouse College
Medtronic Scholar
Mentor: Aubrey Tiernan
Project: Generating Improved Insulin-secreting Iintestinal L Cells for Diabetes Treatment through Alleviation of Gene Silencing
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
Alina Antonova - Emory University
Regenerative Engineering & Medicine Center Scholar
Mentor: Sruthi Ravindranathan
Project: Improving Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation by Increasing Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Content with Flt3L
Lab: Edmund-Waller
Anthony Aportela - Georgia Tech
GB Espy Scholar
Mentor: Conner Herndon
Project: Experimental and Computational Modeling of Cardiac Electrical Propagation in Bio-engineered Sinoatrial Node Tissue
Lab: Flavio Fenton
Fazilla Aseem - Agnes Scott College
Mentor: Taylor Updegrove
Jennifer Ayers - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Samer Salim
Lab: K. Seley
Ben Bachman - Georgia Tech
Mentor: John Phan
Kevin Bai - Georgia Tech
Kolpitcke Scholar
Mentor: Kyung-Ho Roh
Project: Biomaterial-based Artificial Bone Marrow Niches for in vitro B Cell Generation from Hematopoietic Stem Cells
Charlo Bain - Morehouse College
St. Joseph's Translational Research Institute Scholar
Mentor: Khalilah Reddie
Project: Synthesis of Thiol-reactive Fluorescent Probes to Monitor Oxidative Stress in Living Systems Lab Lab Murthy
Mehmet Bajin - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Yash Kolambkar
Mario DeRainge Ball - Morehouse College
Mentor: Srinidhi Nagaraja
Sri Rahul Balusu - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Efstathios Karathanasis
Shereka Banton - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Eileen Finnegan
Project: Shear Stress and Hypoxia Modulate HSC Trafficking via Activation of BMEC
Lab: Barabino
Bilal Bari - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Doug Ollerenshaw
Project: Tactile Detection and Discrimination in the Rodent Somatosensory System
Adrienne Barry - Emory University
Mentor: Susan Safely
Kayla Bell - Georgia Institute of Technology
CMaT Scholar
Mentor: Jeonghwan Son, Ph.D.
Project: DL-MAM: In situ Live-cell Imaging with Modular-array Microscopy and Deep-learning
Lab: Shu Jia, Ph.D.
Geoffrey Berguig - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Carolyn Sargent
Jennifer Birchmore - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Gary Nernam
Megan (Satterfield) Blackburn - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Carrie Williams
Nathaniel Bloodworth - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Taymour Hammoudi
Project: Photocrosslinkable Chondroitin-Sulfate for Tendon/Ligament Tissue Engineering
Megan Bloomquist - Georgia Tech
Bell Scholar
Mentor: Samirkumar Patel
Project: Microneedles for Drug Delivery to the Eye
Ji Bok - Georgia Tech
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Scholar
Mentor: Yash Chitalia
Project: Construction of a Multi-DoF Robotic Endoscope for Pediatric Hydrocephalus Treatment
Lab: Jaydev Desai
Cedric Bowe - Morehouse College
Beckman Coulter Scholar
Mentor: Vineet Tiruvadi
Project: Modeling Brain Rhythm Changes in Effective Deep Brain Stimulation for Depression
Lab: Robert Butera
Elyse (Baum) Boyles - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Chris Wilson
Erin Brandt - Agnes Scott College
Mentor: Shing-Yi Cheng/Thein Tun
Robert (Bobby) Brooke - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Mike Reid
Steinie Browne - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Stephen Yang
Olivia Burnsed - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Chris Lee
Project: Quantifying Growth Factors Expression and Secretion from Microencapsulated Adipose Stem Cells for Cartilage and Bone Regeneration
Lab: Barbara-Boyan
Jeffrey Butler - Morehouse College
Petit Endowment
Mentor: Jiexi Liao
Project: The Role of Talin on Platelet Aggregation in Stenosis Microfluidics using Pediatric Type I Diabetic Blood Samples
Lab: Cheng Zhu
Michael Butler - Georgia Tech
Bell Scholar
Mentor: Adam Prasanphanich
Project: Characterization of Smad Localization Under Redox Perturbation of TGF Signaling
Rebecca Byler - Georgia Tech
Pruitt Scholar
Mentor: Billy Wang
Project: Application of MEMS and Microfluidic Technologies for Malaria Diagnosis and Surveillance
Julianne Camba - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Alice Zhao
Rich Carpenedo - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Scott Seaman
Kristin Casey - Georgia Tech
Medtronic Scholar
Mentor: Pavithra Chandramowlishwaran
Project: Mutation Analysis of Amyloid Beta to Identify Sequence Elements that Control Amyloid-forming Capability
Marisa Casola - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Linda Kippner
Project: Characterization of Covarying Surface Protein Expression in T cell and Neutrophil Populations
Kasey Cervantes - Emory University
Petit Endowment Scholar
Mentor: Yan Fang
Project: Neuromorphic Intelligent Central Pattern Generator for Robots and Prostheses
Lab: Arijit Raychowdhury
Michael Chen - Georgia Tech
Monsanto Scholar
Mentor: Aaron Engelhart
Project: Small Molecules that Enhance Trinucleotide Repeat Fragility: Towards New Therapeutics
Qingyu Chen - Georgia Institute of Technology
CMaT Scholar
Mentor: Kidan Tadesse
Project: The New Optical Correlation Imaging Systems for Extended Understanding of Living Systems
Lab: Shu Jia, Ph.D.
Inn Inn Chen - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Shcharita Shankar
Rachel Chin - Georgia Institute of Technology
REM Scholar
Mentor: Eleftheria Michalaki
Project: Identifying a Nanoparticles Library for Lymphatic-specific Targeting
Lab: Brandon Dixon, Ph.D.
Seonggeon Cho - Georgia Tech
Regenerative Engineering & Medicine Center Scholar
Mentor: Young-Doug Sohn
Project: Identification of the therapeutic effect of human LEPC encapsulated peptide amphiphile gel on arm lymphedema and its effectiveness in restoring lymphatic function
Lab: Young-sup Yoon
Soohee Cho - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Russell Vegh
Project: Optimization of the Phototoxic Fluorescent Protein "KillerRed"
Mi Hyun Choi - Georgia Tech
UCB Scholar
Mentor: Joshua Lee
Project: Intuitive Olfactory Display using Sensory Substitution
Lab: Frank-Hammond-III
Alexander Choi - Georgia Tech
Dasher Scholar
Mentor: Fangxu Sun
Project: Systematic and Site-specific Analysis of N-sialoglycosylated Proteins on Cell Surface
Lab: Ronghu-Wu
Dabin Choi - Emory University
Mentor: Ji Woong "Jay" Han
Project: Identification of Molecular Mechanisms of Restoring the Defective Myelination of Diabetic Schwann cells by BM-MSCs using in vitro Co-culture System
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
Angela Chu - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Shing-Yi Cheng
Destiny Cobb - Georgia Tech
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Scholar
Mentor: Giuliana Salazar-Noratto
Project: Characterization of Osteochondritis Dissecans and Development of a Small Animal Model of its Progression
Leslie Coburn - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Delfi Krishna
Lab: LeDoux
James Collins - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Swapan Jain
Sean Connell - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Chris Tison
Renee Copeland - Georgia Tech
UCB Scholar
Mentor: Andrew Tadros
Project: Ionic liquids for transdermal drug delivery to treat complications associated with cardiovascular disease
Lab: Mark Prausnitz
Ana Cristian - Georgia Tech
Beckman Coulter Scholar
Mentor: Kalina Paunovska
Project: Identifying Sources of Variation in Lipid Nanoparticle Efficiency by Investigating in vitroParameters
Lab: James Dahlman
Christopher Cummings - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Jan Stegemann
Frederick Damen - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Behnaz Yousefi
Project: Effects of Nodal and Edge Definitions on Anatomical Brain Networks in Three Primate Species
Kamari Dansby - Georgia Tech
Pruitt Scholar
Mentor: Yue Wu
Project: Study the Gold Nanoparticles’ Impact on Cancer Cell Exosomes for Inhibiting Cancer Progression
Lab: Mostafa-El-Sayed
Ana Gomez del Campo - Georgia Tech
Dasher Scholar
Mentor: Aiden Payne
Project: Quantifying Differences in Balance for Rehabilitation and Robotics
Lab: Lena Ting
Eric Deutsch - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Angela Lin
Maria Diaz Ortiz - Georgia Tech
Pruitt Scholar
Mentor: Christopher Johnson
Project: A Critical Bone Defect Infection Model Utilizing an Engineered Bioluminescent Clinical Strain of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
Joey Dolensky - Georgia Tech
Bell Scholar
Mentor: Lauren Couch
Project: Tricuspid Valve Coaptation in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Chris Durst - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Taby Ahsan
Ima Mbodie Ebong - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Kara McCloskey/Jan Stegemann
Geraldine Ekpo - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Jonathan Butcher
Chris Erdman - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Rene Olivares-Navarrete
Lab: Barbara Boyan
Camden Esancy - Agnes Scott College
Mentor: Laxminarayanan Krishnan
Project: Incorporation of Bioactive Molecules in Electrospun Polymeric Membranes for Localized Activity
Carolann Espy - Georgia Tech
Center for Chemical Evolution (CCE) Scholar
Mentor: Kasahun Neselu
Project: Structural Studies of Photosystem II After Urea Wash Treatment
Lab: Ingeborg Schmidt-Krey
Emmanuel Eziakor - Morehouse College
Cell Manufacturing Technologies (CMaT) Scholar
Mentor: Hannah Song
Project: Non-destructive Analysis of Endothelial Cell Barrier Function after Inflammatory Signaling
Lab: Manu Platt
Hassan Fakhoury - Georgia Tech
Dasher Scholar
Mentor: Quoc Mac
Project: Sortase A-mediated Synthesis of Synthetic Biomarkers
Lab: Gabe-Kwong
Meredith Fay - Georgia Tech
Mentor: David Myers
Project: Fluid Dynamics of how Sickled Red Cells Pathologically Interact with the Blood Vessel Wall in Sickle Cell Disease
Kyle Ferguson - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Jonathan Park
Project: Identification of the substrate specificity of nitroreductases, and alteration via protein engineering
Rachel Fitzgerald - Georgia Tech
UCB Scholar
Mentor: Mentor: Asheley Chapman
Project: Targeted Drug Delivery to Melanoma using Peptide-Guided Virus-like Particles
Lab: M.G. Finn
Will Flanagan - Georgia Tech
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Scholar
Mentor: Jonathan Camargo Leyva
Project: Electrode array for EMG signals
Lab: Aaron Young
Andre Forbes - Morehouse College
Mentor: Chang Quo
Project: Systems and Synthetic Biology: A Platform to Demonstrate Control Theory in Living Cells
James Forsmo - Georgia Tech
UCB Scholar
Mentor: Laura Weinstock
Project: Characterizing the Dynamics of Macrophage Signaling and Polarization
Lab: Levi-Wood
Courtney Fox - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Sibali Bandyopadhyay
Project: Qualitative Analysis of Sphingomyelinase D Activities in Different Spider Venoms using Thin Layer Chromatography
Kaitlyn Frazier - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Philippe Sucosky
Quantez Freeman - Morehouse College
Mentor: Diane da la Zeilcourt
Yue Geng - Georgia Tech
Mentor: William Wan
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
Sarah Ghalayini - Georgia Tech
UCB Scholar
Mentor: Moustafa Ali
Project: Toxicity Effect of Gold Nanoparticles on both Healthy and Cancerous Immune Cells
Lab: Mostafa El Sayed
Saron Ghebrezadik - Agnes Scott College
CMaT Scholar
Mentor: Ana Mora-Boza, Ph.D.
Project: Synthesis of PEG-4aNB Microgels through Flow-focusing Microfluidics using Photopolymerization Techniques for Cell Encapsulation
Lab: Andrés García, Ph.D.
Ushnik Ghosh - Georgia Tech
Medtronic Scholar
Mentor: John Newman
Project: Identifying Critical Windows for Successful Cortical Network Self-organization using Very Long-term, Closed Loop Stimulation
Shohini Ghosh-Choudhary - Georgia Tech
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Scholar
Mentor: Warren Gray
Project: Pediatric CPC Exosomes to Treat Juvenile RV Dysfunction
Brian Giles - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Kartik Balachandran
Meghan Gilroy - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Ramsey Kinney
Venkat Goli - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Kipp Schoenwald
Project: Development of a Fluid Interconnect for Use in Atomic Force Microscope Biophysical Measurements
Kelsey Gratton - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Megan Cole
Project: Expanding biology: Engineering tRNAs for delivery of unnatural amino acids to the ribosome
Derwin Gray - Morehouse College
Mentor: Alex Peister
Project: Effect of Diabetes on the Function of Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Bone Healing
Vaun Greer - Morehouse College
Mentor: Todd Stokes
Beth C. Grove - Emory University
Mentor: Lauren Schwimmer
Karisma Gupta - Georgia Tech
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Scholar
Mentor: Vicky Stefanelli
Project: Fibrin-Microgel Composites For Enhanced Repair of Cardiomyopathy
Anoopum Gupta - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Ann Ensley
Monique Gupta - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Natalia Landazuri
Lab: LeDoux
Daniel Gurevich - Georgia Tech
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Scholar
Mentor: Ilija Uzelac
Project: Optimizations in Feedback Chaos Control for Effective Termination of Cardiac Ventricular Fibrilation
Lab: Flavio-Fenton
Stefka Gyoneva - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Buxin Chen
Natalie Haddad - Georgia Tech
Medtronic Scholar
Mentor: Patricia Pacheco
Project: Expression and Conjugation of InlA onto Microparticles for Internalization Kinetics Studies on Non-phagocytotic Cells
Shawna Hagen - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Marilyn Markowski
Project: Proteolytic Mechanisms to Improve Hematopoietic Stem Cell Mobilization for Autologous Transplant in Cancer Patients
Justin Haller - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Ann Ensley
Katy Hammersmith - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Andres Bratt-Leal
Project: Heparin-Modified Microparticles for Biomolecule Release within Stem Cell Spheroids
Neil Hardy - Georgia Tech
Medtronic Scholar
Mentor: Conner Herndon
Project: Zebra fish cardiac tissue period doubling dynamics at high frequency stimulation
Lab: Flavio Fenton
Alexandria Harrison - Georgia Tech
Medtronic Scholar
Mentor: Sharanya Desai
Project: Comparing Stimulation Performance of Microelectrodes to that of Traditional Macroelectrodes used in Deep Brain Stimulation
Susan Hastings - Georgia Tech
Pruitt Scholar
Mentor: Marmar Merabadi
Project: Thrombus Formation in Pediatric ExtraCorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Circuits
David Heaner - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Sibel Kalyoncu
Project: Crystal Contact Engineering of Single Chain Antibody Fragments (scFv) to Optimize Crystal Lattices and Develop a scFv Crystallization Chaperone Toolbox
Kathleen Heller - Georgia Tech
Medtronic Scholar
Mentor: Yu Zhang
Project: Crosstalk between the ability of repetitive DNA sequences GAA/TTC to serve as promoters and their potential to drive genome instability
Conner Herndon - Georgia Tech
Medtronic Scholar
Mentor: Anthony Hazel
Project: Computational Determination of Small-Molecule Permeability
James Hill - Morehouse College
Mentor: Ping Wang
Abby Hill - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Catherine Rivet
Project: Analysis of Cell Senescence in Expanded Primary T-Cell Population using a Microfluidic Device
Thejas Hiremath - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Jacob Lucrezi
Project: Pioneering a New Treatment for Inflammatory Diseases
Leslie Hirsig - Emory University
Mentor: Mary Milner
Mariana Holguin-Lopez - Georgia State University
Cell Manufacturing Technologies (CMaT) Scholar
Mentor: Katherine Young
Project: Biophysical Analysis of Apoptotic Cells and Comparison to Gold Standard Labels
Lab: Todd Sulchek
Kendreze Holland - Georgia State University
CMaT Scholar
Mentor: Fatima Chrit
Lab: Todd Sulchek
Brandon Holt - Georgia Tech
Beckman Coulter Scholar
Mentor: Aaron Enten
Project: Whole Blood Primary Cellular Component Isolation
Lab: Todd Sulchek
Rebecca Hu - Georgia Tech
Petit Endowment
Mentor: David Hanna
Project: Investigating Heme as a Mitochondrial Retrograde Signal
Lab: Amit Reddi
Connor Huddleston - Georgia Tech
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Scholar
Mentor: Zhenglun "Alan" Wei
Project: Is Virtual Surgery Platform Ready for Bedside Clinical Usage?
Lab: Ajit-Yoganathan
Krystalyn Hudson - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Phillip Gibbs
Samiya Hussain - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Choon Hwai Yap
Project: Synergistic Effects of Cyclic Stretch and Serotonin Reuptake on Degenerative Aortic Valve Disease
Kimberly Huynh - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Sarah Cartmell
Ryan Iannucci - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Amy Campbell/Sylvia Shadinger
Josepha (Ikhumetse) Iluonakhamhe - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Suchitra Konduri
Tsuraya Iswanto - Georgia State University
UCB Scholae
Mentor: Shea McMurty
Project: Mapping Intermuscular Force Dependent Reflex Pathways using Intramuscular Stimulation in the Cat Hindlimb
Lab: T. Richard Nichols
Amunet Jacobs - Agnes Scott College
CMaT Scholar
Mentor: Zhe Guang, Ph.D.
Project: Developing the qOBM and SRS-SOCT Technologies for Brain Organoid Developments and Tumor Pathologies
Lab: Francisco Robles, Ph.D.
Kaitlin Jacobson - Georgia Tech
CCE Scholar
Mentor: Moran Frenkel-Pinter
Project: Reversible Polymerization of Prebiotic Depsipeptides Leads to Structure-based Selection of Alpha-amino Acids
Lab: Nicholas Hud
Bryan Jenkin - Georgia Tech
Dasher Scholar
Mentor: Claudia Montllor-Albalate
Project: Improving Hemeprotein Discovery Through Use of Azide Tagged Heme
Lab: Amit Reddi
Joey Jilk - Georgia Tech
Medtronic Scholar
Mentor: Seyed Safavynia
Project: Long-term Determinants of Muscle Activity In Human Postural Responses
Burles (Rusty) Johnson - Georgia Tech
Mentor: David Fann
Jacob Johnson - Georgia Tech
St. Joseph's Translational Research Institute Scholar
Mentor: Arvind Santhanakrishnan
Project: Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Compliance in Fontan Surgical Connections
Nuzhat Kabir - Georgia Tech
GB Espy Scholar
Mentor: Monica Perez
Project: Synthesis and Topical Delivery of Ionic Liquids for Diagnosis of Cystic Fibrosis
Lab: Mark Prausnitz
Chanchala Kaddi - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Chang Quo
Justin Kahla - Georgia Tech
Regenerative Engineering & Medicine Center Scholar
Mentor: Quoc Mac
Project: Logic-gated Synthetic Biomarkers for Improved Detection Specificity of Organ Transplant Rejection
Lab: Gabe-Kwong
Harish Kamath - Georgia Tech
Mercy's Children Hospital
Mentor: Michael Riley
Project: It’s POWER - Procedures are Optimized when Empathy Rules
Zahra Mousavi Karimi - Georgia Tech
UCB Scholar
Mentor: Nate Dwarshius
Project: Alginate Core-shell Scaffolds for Enhance CAR T Cell Manufacturing
Lab: Krishnendu-Roy
Brandon Kassouf - Georgia Tech
Regenerative Engineering & Medicine Center (REM) Scholar
Mentor: Sruti Behri
Project: Optimizing Protein Encapsulation and Vesicle Homing to Cardiac Site
Lab: Michael Davis
Taylor Kavanaugh - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Asha Shekaran
Project: A transgenic luciferase mouse model for non-invasive imaging of endogenous osteoprogenitor cell invasion and vascularization into a radial segmental defect
Rebecca Keate - Georgia Tech
UCB Scholar
Mentor: Shlomi Cohen
Project: Physical Regulation of Cell Adhesion Strength by Cell-surface Bound Hyaluronan Polymers on Non-motile Cells - Neuro
Lab: Jennifer-Curtis
Mark Keenum - Georgia Tech
Dasher Scholar
Mentor: Randall Toy
Project: Designing virus-mimicking Nanoparticles to Enhance the Efficacy of Flu Vaccines
Lab: Krishnendu Roy
Lucky Khambouneheuang - Emory University
Mentor: Jack Heath
Project: Shear Stress-responsive microRNA 199a-3p Plays an Important Role in Aortic Valve Stenosis
Jaheda Khanam - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Brian Cafferety
Project: Characterization of Supramolecular Polymer Systems Composed of Glycosylated Recognition Units
Hasan Khosravi - Georgia Tech
Medtronic Scholar
Mentor: Jonathan Rubin
Project: Effect of Gas-liquid Interfaces on Amyloid Formation
Leandre Kibeho - Morehouse College
Mentor: Samantha Au
Project: One-step Purification of Dehydrogenases Employing an Aqueous Two-phase Extraction System
Baret Kilbacak - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Jennifer Tang
Project: Preparing Gold-capped Microparticles for Bifunctionality
Kijoon Kim - Georgia Tech
UCB Scholar
Mentor: Bailey Hannon
Project: Genipin as a Crosslinker and Potential Glaucoma Therapy
Lab: C.-Ross-Ethier
Lilian King - Georgia Tech
Beckman Coulter Scholar
Mentor: Katie Young
Project: PWM based Perfusion Bioreactor for Investigating Tumor Cell Migration
Lab: Todd Sulchek
Laura Kitashima - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Liang Guo
Project: Exploration of a Muscle-Based Prosthesis Using a Novel Conformable Microelectrode Array
Troy Kleber - Georgia Tech
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Scholar
Mentor: Brandon Stauffer
Project: Characterization of Novel Peptides binding CFTR
Lab: Nael McCarty
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
Arina Korneva - Emory University
Mentor: Jeff Kornuta
Project: Design and Implementation of a Stretch Device for Studying the Functional Response of Lymphatic Endothelial Cells to Mechanical Stretch
Patrycja Kotowska - Georgia Tech
Beckman Coulter Scholar
Mentor: Shlomi Cohen
Project: The Role of Hyaluronan in Collective Cell Migration
Lab: Jennifer Curtis
Sherman Ku - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Chris Banna
Jaswinder Kumar - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Bahareh Azizi
Eun Chan Kwak - Georgia Tech
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Scholar
Mentor: Dawit Lee
Project: Smart Controlled Pediatric Powered Lower-limb Exoskeleton
Lab: Aaron Young
Michelle Kwon - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Shannon Hill
Project: Engineering Mutant Myocilin for a More Thermally Stable Protein
Byung Kyu - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Wenwei Xu
Project: Ovarian Cancer Mechanical Diagnostics
Cullen LaClair - Emory University
Mentor: Melody Walsh
Lab: Larsen
Michael Lan - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Kristin Michael/Charlie Gersbach
Alicia Lane - Georgia Tech
Gertler-Clark Scholar
Mentor: Anthony Awojoodu
Project: Molecular Contributors to Monocyte Adhesion in Sickle Cell Disease
Jacqueline Larouche - Georgia Tech
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Scholar
Mentor: John Nicosia
Project: Characterizing fibroblast-to-myofibroblast differentiation in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Leyla Larsson - Georgia Tech
Regenerative Engineering & Medicine Center Scholar
Mentor: Po-Yi Ho
Project: Modulation of DNA methylation for increased efficiency of NSC differentiation
Lab: Yuhong Fan
Blake Lash - Georgia Tech
Dasher Scholar
Mentor: Joscelyn Mejias
Project: Enhancing Chitosan Nanoparticle Delivery to Lung Epithelial Cells
Lab: Krishnendu Roy
Kelsey Lawrence - Georgia Tech
Medtronic Scholar
Mentor: Chris Hermann
Project: Characterization of a Mouse Model of Re-synostosis
Lab: Boyan
Khin Khin Lay - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Terry Watt
Tracey Lee - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Ge "Alice" Zhao
Yun-Hsuan (Stellina) Lee - Emory University
Medtronic Scholar
Mentor: Kathleen Bates
Project: Development of a low-cost fluorescence microscope for examining neuronal activity in active circuits
Lab: Hang Lu
Changdae Lee - Georgia Tech
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Scholar
Mentor: "James" Po-Yen Wu
Project: A Mobile-based ICU Decision Support System
Shao-Chien (Saul) Lee - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Hwa-Liang Leo
Ilya Levental - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Shannon Stott
Siyi "Sophie" Li - Georgia Tech
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Scholar
Mentor: Aline Yonesawa
Project: Development of Bioink for 3D Bioprinting an Aortic Valve
Lab: Michael Davis
Jenni Li - Georgia Tech
UCB Scholar
Mentor: Shivesh Chaudhary
Project: Investigating the Effect of Neurotransmitter Mutations on C. elegans Whole-brain Dynamics
Lab: Hang-Lu
Michelle Lightfoot - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Jeff Caves
Lu Ling - Georgia Tech
Medtronic Scholar
Mentor: Melissa Kinney
Project: Analysis of signaling to direct embryonic stem cell differentiation a microfluidic co-culture
Kenneth Liu - Georgia Institute of Technology
Beckman Coulter Scholar
Mentor: Hailee Scelsi
Project: Folding of Common Allele Variants of Myocilin-OLF
Lab: Raquel Lieberman, Ph.D.
Amy Liu - Georgia Tech
Cell Manufacturing Technologies (CMaT) Scholar
Mentor: Eric Parigoris
Project: The Role of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps on T Lymphocyte and Breast Cancer Viability and Migration
Lab: Shuichi Takayama
Ashley Lockwood - Georgia Tech
Medtronic Scholar
Mentor: Michael Baksh
Project: Identifying Small Molecule Modulators of the Cystic Fibrosis Transduction Receptor using Backscattering Interferometry
Cyril Lukianov - Georgia Tech
Beckman Coulter Scholar
Mentor: Sung In Lim
Project: Opening the Intracellular Environment to Therapeutic Proteins that Deliver Themselves
Lab: Julie Champion
Augustin Luna - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Karen Polizzi
Taran Lundgren - Agnes Scott College
St. Joseph's Translational Research Institute Scholar
Mentor: Nick Willett
Project: Characterization of Novel Therapeutic Targets in a Rat Model of Composite Bone and Muscle Injury
Diego Luque - Georgia State University
CMaT Scholar
Mentor: Ji Hoon Lee
Project: Understanding Stretch Effect on Apical-out Organoids and its Clinical Applications
Lab: Shuichi Takayama, Ph.D.
Alix Macklin - Georgia Tech
Pruitt Scholar
Mentor: Kimberly Lang
Project: Directional Acuity during Whole-body Perturbations to Standing Balance
Gita Mahmoudabadi - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Bryan Baker
Project: Detection of RNA Targets of Interest with Double Stranded DNA Probes
Renee Julia Manalo - Georgia Tech
UCB Scholar
Mentor: Robert Hincapie
Project: Antigen-specific Immune Tolerance via Enzyme-packaged Protein Particles
Lab: M.G.-Finn
Robert Mannino - Georgia Tech
St. Joseph's Translational Research Institute Scholar
Mentor: David Myers
Project: Automated Mobile Phone Telemicroscopy for Sickle Cell Disease Screening
Wesley Mantingou - Morehouse College
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Scholar
Mentor: Seung Yup 'Paul' Lee
Project: Non-invasive Optical Techniques to Study the Brain in Children with Sickle Cell Disease
Sivasai Manyapu - Georgia Institute of Technology
Petit Endowment Scholar
Mentor: Nyssa Morgan
Project: Pathophysiological Response to Severe Burn and Traumatic Injury in Skeletal Muscle Cell Niche
Lab: Young Jang, Ph.D.
Chrisangela Martin - Georgia State University
CMaT Scholar
Mentor: Seleipiri Charles
Project: Functional Imaging of Mature Forebrain Organoids using a Robust Microfluidic Platform
Lab Hang Lu
Amelia Matthews - Georgia Tech
GB Espy Scholar
Mentor: Sam Tonddast-Navaei
Project: Repurposing FDA-approved Drugs for Anti-aging Therapies
Lab: Jeffrey-Skolnick
Daniel McGrail - Georgia Tech
Medtronic Scholar
Mentor: Deepraj Ghosh
Project: Mechanics of Cell Migration: Investigating the Relationship between Intracellular Nanorheology and Extracelluar Traction Forces
Bailey McLain - Georgia Tech
Pruitt Scholar
Mentor: Inseung Kang
Project: Smart Controlled Pediatric Powered Lower-limb Exoskeleton
Lab: Aaron Young
Susan McLaughlin - Agnes Scott College
Mentor: Natasha Case
Malik McRae - Morehouse College
CMaT Scholar
Mentor: Peter Kottke, Ph.D.
Project: Development of PAINT Drug Delivery Prototype
Lab: Andrei Fedorov, Ph.D.
Matthew Melendez - Georgia Institute of Technology
CMaT Scholar
Mentor: Raquel Caldeira Botelho
Project: Decomposition of Adipocyte Secreted Factors for Cell-type Specific ROS Induction
Lab: Melissa Kemp, Ph.D.
Mikhail Melomed - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Denis Kiktev
Project: Effect of Chaperones Hsp90 and Hsp26 Families on [PSI+] Stability in get Knockout Strains
Bryant Menn - Georgia Tech
Gertler-Clark Scholar
Mentor: Alison Douglas
Project: Modulating Fibrin Network Structure and Matrix Mechanics with pNIPAM Microgels for Controlled Stem Cell Differentiation
Ayanna Miller - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Sue Wanant/John Wilson
Nicole Milligan - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Neelakantan Saikrishnan
Project: Effect of Coronary Arteries on Sinus and Ascending Aortic Flow Patterns in Normal and Bicuspid Aortic Valves: An in vitro Study
Jennifer Min - Emory University
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Scholar
Mentor: Zachary McEachin
Project: Development of a stem cell model of the pediatric neuromuscular disease DSMA1
Lab: Gary Bassell
Sameer Mishra - Georgia Tech
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Scholar
Mentor: Ryan Hoffman
Project: Project: Predictive Modeling of Patient Descriptors and Outcomes using Pan-Cancer Omic Data
Jonathan Mitchel - Georgia Tech
Beckman Coulter Scholar
Mentor: Mengnan Zhang
Project: Indirectly Targeting Cancer Genes Through Transcription Factors
Lab: John McDonald
Michael Mohseni - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Joe Berglund
Jung Mok - Georgia Tech
Dasher Scholar
Mentor: Kaixiang Cao
Project: Investigation of the Interplay among H1 Binding and the Active and Repressive Histone Marks in Embryonic Stem Cells
Sean Monahan - Georgia Tech
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Scholar
Mentor: Ilbin Lee
Project: Data Analytics for Uncovering Utilization of Pediatric Dental Care
Lab: Nicoleta Serban
Clara Moon - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Vidhya Narayanan
Ivan Morales - Georgia Tech
Medtronic Scholar
Mentor: Jennifer Johnson
Project: Characterization of Anti-EE Fab Antibody Fragment via Crystallization in Complex with Test Proteins for Proof of Concept for Approach
Alex Moran - Georgia Tech
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Scholar
Mentor: Erin Garcia
Project: Analysis to determine lifetime cost of pediatric depression
Lab: Nicoleta-Serban
Esperance Mugabekazi - Agnes Scott College
Mentor: Sang-Eon Park
Project: Optogenetic Neuromodulation for Illuminating Underlying Mechanism of Hippocampal Theta and Cognitive Performance
Lab: Robert-Gross
Brady Munz - Georgia Tech
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Scholar
Mentor: Mike Tree
Project: Validation of a Patient-specific In-Vitro Fontan Circulation
Jason Murray - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Chiaolong Hsiao
Project: Determination of the Three-Dimensional Structure of Mini-Ribosomes
Michelle Myrick - Georgia Tech
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Scholar
Mentor: Inseung Kang
Project: Children Walking Exoskeleton
Lab: Aaron-Young
Mohamad Najia - Georgia Tech
Beckman Coulter Scholar
Mentor: Jenna Wilson
Project: Influencing encapsulated stem cell factor secretion through hypoxic conditioning
Lila Nassar - Georgia Institute of Technology
CMaT Scholar
Mentor: Liana Kramer
Project: Synthetize and Characterization of Bioactive Liposome Particles for B Cell Manufacturing
Lab: Krishnendu Roy, Ph.D.
Brian Nguyen - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Derek Doroski
Thanh-Long Nguyen - Georgia Institute of Technology
Petit Endowment Scholar
Mentor: Youngkyu Jeon
Project: Characterize the Mechanisms of DNA Break Repair in Transcribed DNA in Yeast Cells
Lab: Francesca Storici, Ph.D.
Willa Ni - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Melissa Kemp
Project: Examining the Implications of Chronic ROS Levels on ER Thioredoxin:Ask-1 Interactions
Franck Nijimbere - Morehouse College
Petit Endowment
Mentor: Bo Broadwater
Project: Illuminating the Mechanism of Competitor-induced Dissociation in DNA
Michael Norsworthy - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Nina Romanova
Project: Screening for Components of Eukaryotic Aggresome in the Yeast Model
Moses Nyaribo - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Muralidhar Padala
Shawn O'Connor - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Shane Migliore
Tyler O'Malley - Georgia Gwinnett College
Medtronic Scholar
Mentor: Matthew Faulkner
Project: The Effects of Hyperlipidemea on Cancer Cell Metastasis: The Role of Adhesion Molecules
Jessica O'Neal - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Wijaya Martanto
Chiagoziem "Chichi" Obi - Georgia Tech
Beckman Coulter Scholar
Mentor: Udita Brahmachari
Project: Role for the Intrinsically Disordered Photosystem II Subunit, PsbO, in GTP Binding and Hydrolysis
Lab: Bridgette-Barry
Rafael Ortiz - Georgia Tech
Dasher Scholar
Mentor: Molly Ogle
Project: Role of Sphingolipid Signaling in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Mobilization and Homing
Erin (Elder) Osben - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Ann Ensley
Meridith Owensby - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Pete Davis
Laura Ozolins - Gerogia Tech
Mentor: Renee Wegzryn
Kaley Parchinski - Georgia Tech
Cook Regentec
Mentor: David Reece
Project: Development of a neocartilage analysis method using contrast-enhanced microCT
Lab: Robert Guldberg
Brittaney Parks - Georgia Tech
Pavithra Chandramowlishwaran
Project: Development of a low-cost fluorescence microscope for examining neuronal activity in active circuits
Lab: Yury Chernoff
Sonya Parpart - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Chris Tison
Kevin Parsons - Georgia Tech
Pruitt Scholar
Mentor: Matthew Nipper
Project: Lymphatic Filariasis Microfluidic Device for Studying Worm Migration and Maturation
Jesse Patterson - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Susanne Mueller
Brandon Philbrick - Georgia Tech
Regenerative Engineering & Medicine Center Scholar
Mentor: Torri Rinker
Project: Heparin-based Microparticles for Temporal Control of Biomolecule Release
Ellen Pikus - Georgia State University
Mentor: Ellenor Brown
Project: Sensorimotor Control During Physiological Sympathetic Activation
Kishan Pithadia - Georgia Tech
Regenerative Engineering & Medicine Center Scholar
Mentor: Brett Klosterhoff
Project: Dynamic Morphometry Analysis of Regenerating Bone
Lab: Robert Guldberg
Rebecca Poole - Agnes Scott College
Mentor: Ciara Caltagirone
Marc Powell - Georgia Tech
Bell Scholar
Mentor: Ming-fai Fong
Project: Multi-well optogenetic stimulation system for studying homeostatic synaptic plasticity in cultured cortical networks in vitro
Bryant Price - Morehouse College
Mentor: Manu Platt
Andrew Procter - Emory University
Mentor: Jeff Gross/Shing-Yi Cheng
Matthew Prohaska - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Tiffany Johnson
Krishna Pucha - Emory University
Cell Manufacturing Technologies (CMaT) Scholar
Mentor: Jay McKinney
Project: Project: Characterization of Pediatric and Adult hMSC Therapeutic Potency in Arthritis
Lab: Nick Willett
Renee Puvvada - Georgia Tech
Pruitt Scholar
Mentor: Katily Ramirez
Project: Antibacterial Fabrics for Reducing Hospital-acquired Infections
Lab: Todd-Sulchek
Yasmin Rahmani - Georgia State University
Mentor: Crystal Simon
Julia Raykin - Southern Poly Tech
Mentor: Delfi Krishna
Connie Rich - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Jonathan Sylvester
Wendy Rich - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Jeff Halladay
Megan Rich - Georgia Tech
Beckman Coulter Scholar
Mentor: Yash Chitalia
Project: Tool Usage by an Assistive Mobile Manipulator for Activities of Daily Living
Dylan Richards - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Clare Gollnick
Project: A Functional Role for Perineuronal Nets in Modulating Cortical Plasticity in the Rodent Barrel Cortex
Elizabeth Richter - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Brian Conklin
Lab: J. Chen
Milan Riddick - Georgia Tech
Pruitt Scholar
Mentor: Pranav Kalelkar
Project: Codelivery of Bacteriophage and Mucolytic DNase using Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) Microparticles to Mitigate of Bacterial Lung Infection
Lab: Andrés García
Matthew Ritch - Georgia Tech
Regenerative Engineering & Medicine Center Scholar
Mentor: Bailey Hannon
Project: Determining Efficacy and Toxicitiy of Genipin-induced Scleral Crosslinking in Rat Eyes
Lab: C. Ross Ethier
Mindy Ross - Georgia Tech
Pruitt Scholar
Mentor: Tyler Nelson
Project: Assessment of lymphatic dysfunction in obesity by development of a novel metric of lymphatic vascular permeability using near-infrared (NIR) imaging
Lab: J. Brandon Dixon
William Rountree - Georgia Tech
UCB Scholar
Mentor: Yogi Patel
Project: Shape memory polymer electrodes for chronic peripheral nerve stimulation
Lab: Robert Butera
Sydney Rowson - Georgia Tech
Medtronic Scholar
Mentor: Alana Reed
Project: Investigation of the cytoskeleton and energy-dependent processes as mechanisms of lipid transport across the lymphatic endothelium
Calvin Runnels - Georgia Tech
Beckman Coulter Scholar
Mentor: Nicholas Kovacs
Project: Ribosomal RNA Assisted Protein Folding
Lab: Loren Williams
Abdullah Saif - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Stacey Schutte
Arushi Saini - Georgia Tech
Dasher Scholar
Mentor: Osiris Martinez-Guzman
Project: Illuminating the Role of Mitochondrial Dynamics on Heme Homeostasis
Lab: Amit-Reddi
Stephanie Sanchez - Agnes Scott College
Petit Endowment
Mentor: Angel Santiago-Lopez
Project: Optogenetic Control of DCC Signaling for Guided Axonal Regeneration
Brian Sanner - Georgia Tech
Gertler-Clark Scholar
Mentor: Yogi Patel
Project: Project: Long-term Effects of Electrical Stimulation of Peripheral Nerves
Andrea Santiago - Georgia Tech
Petit Endowment
Mentor: Andrew Tadros
Project: Investigation of STAR Particle Insertion Depth and Drug Delivery Enhancement
Lab: Mark-Prausnitz
Amanda Schaefer - Georgia Tech
Dasher Scholar
Mentor: Emily Jackson
Project: Microfluidics for Environmental Control and Quantitative Analysis of Stem Cell Aggregate Differentiation
Lab: Hang-Lu
Jason Schmaltz - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Padmini Rangamani
Peter Schnaak - Georgia Tech
Beckman Coulter Scholar
Mentor: Betul Kacar
Project: Exploring the Pathways of Adaptive Protein Evolution in E.coli
Thomas Schneider - Georgia Tech
Mentor: George McConnell
Jessica (St. John) Schrader - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Karen Polizzi
Aaron Schueneman - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Jan Stegemann
Maggie Schwab - Agnes Scott
Mentor: Michael Foster
Vincent Scoglietti - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Chris Banna
Lab: Jung Choi
Larry Scott - Morehouse College
Mentor: Jeremy Lim
Project: Aggrecan-containing Hydrogels for Regeneration of the Ligament-bone Interface
Marc Seaman - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Allison Dennis
Jake Sebring - Georgia Tech
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Scholar
Mentor: Maria Restrepo
Project: Surgical Planning of Fontan Procedure for Single Ventricle Congenital Heart Defects: A Robustness Analysis
Richard Seeger - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Dan Hallow
Sydney Shaffer - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Scott Wilson
Project: Novel Dual-release Drug Delivery Vehicles: Core-shell Microparticles
Lab: Murthy
Shalin Shah - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Peter Carnell
Hevil Shah - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Peter Henning
Abhinav Sharma - Emory University
St. Joseph's Translational Research Institute Scholar
Mentor: Brad Kairdolf
Project: Characterization of Biomarkers in Breast Cancer Cells with Quantum Dots and Detection of Brain Tumor Cells using SpectroPen
Joseph Shaver - Georgia Tech
Dasher Scholar
Mentor: Fabrice Bernard
Project: Nano-particles for Intra-articular Retention and Lymphatic Drug Delivery
Lab: J. Brandon Dixon
Christopher Skipwith - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Priyanka Rohatgi
Madeline Smerchansky - Georgia Tech
Regenerative Engineering & Medicine Center Scholar
Mentor: Kirsten Parratt
Project: Material-directed Chondrogenic Differentiation under Dynamic Culture Conditions
Lab: Krishnendu Roy
Andrew Smith - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Tony Tang/Joe Berglund
Courtney Smith - Georgia Institute of Technology
Pruitt Scholar
Mentor: Jennifer Leestma
Project: Machine Learning for Estimation of Whole-body Angular Momentum using Wearable Sensors
Lab: Aaron Young, Ph.D.
Ben Solomon - Emory University
Mentor: Stephen Yang
Meagan Spencer - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Heather Virginia
Fiona Splaine - Georgia Tech
Dasher Scholar
Mentor: Kelsey Kubelick
Project: Photomagnetic Nanoparticles for Glaucoma Therapy and Image-guided Tissue Engineering
Lab: Stanislav Emelianov
Sanjay Sridaran - Georgia Tech
Dot Defoor Powell Scholar
Mentor: Tanushree Thote
Project: Establish Novel Quantitative Parameters to Characterize Effects of Therapeutics on both Structure and Function in a Small Animal OA Model
Sraeyes Sridhar - Georgia Tech
Dasher Scholar
Mentor: Jenna Wilson
Project: Engineering a Platform to Harness Embryonic Stem Cell Trophic Secretion
Andrew St. James - Georgia Tech
Bell Scholar
Mentor: Brande Jones
Project: Deconstruction of the RIbosome In vitro and In vivo
Brandon Stanley - Morehouse College
Mentor: Tim Petrie
Isabelle Stasenko - Georgia Tech
UCB Scholar
Mentor: Efraín Cermeño
Project: Breast Cancer Cell Line Adhesive Property Characterization and Correlation to Tumor Initiating Cell (TIC) Phenotype
Lab: Andrés García
Sean Stephansson - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Ben Byers
Courtney Stewart - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Michael Sorensen
Max Stockslager - Georgia Tech
Beckman Coulter Scholar
Mentor: Torri Rinker
Project: Multi-Functional Delivery System for Spatial and Temporal Control of Therapeutic Agent Release
Patrick Strane - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Vincent Fiore
Project: Measuring the magnitude and frequency of cell-mediated forces applied to native ECM
Lee-Kai Sun - Georgia Tech
UCB Scholar
Mentor: Ian Miller
Project: Engineering Genetic Thermal Switches for Remote Control of Therapeutic T Cells
Lab: Gabe Kwong
Anirudh Sundararaghavan - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Renee Cottle
Project: Application of Nanotechnology to the Study of G-protein Signaling Within a Live Cell
Subina Surendran - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Torrence Welch
Emiko Suzuki - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Jason Xu/Brent Nix
Kevin Tao - Georgia Tech
Cell Manufacturing Technologies (CMaT) Scholar
Mentor: Fang-Yi "Ida" Su
Project: Low-cost, Ultrasensitive Detection of T cells using CRISPR-based Diagnostics
Lab: Gabe Kwong
Lambros Tassoulas - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Rachel Johnston
Project: Small Hairpin RNA Knock Down of Target Genes through Plasmid Transfection in Brachionus Manjavacas (rotifera)
Matt Tate - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Kelly Mitchell
Kayla Taylor - Spelman College
Cell Manufacturing Technologies (CMaT) Scholar
Mentor: Andre Norfleet
Project: Omics-guided Computational Optimization of iPSC-Cardiomyocyte Metabolic Function
Lab: Melissa Kemp
Evan Teng - Georgia Tech
Beckman Coulter Scholar
Mentor: Haylee Bachman
Project: Optimize Surface Display Expression of Proteins on E. coli Cells
Charles Terry - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Taylor Updegrove
Ranni Tewfik - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Rich Carpenedo
Ben Thomas - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Karthik Nagapudi
Lab: Chaikoff
Megan (Cornwell) Thomas - Agnes Scott College
Mentor: Ping Wang
Paxton Threatt - Georgia Tech
Dasher Scholar
Mentor: Andrew McAvoy
Project: Exploring Functional Interplay Between Burkholderia spp. Quorum Sensing Circuit
Lab: Neha Garg
Julianne Tijani - Georgia Institute of Technology
Dasher Scholar
Mentor: Aawaz Pokhrel
Project: Structural and Mechanical Properties of Surface Attached Bacterial Colonies
Lab: Peter Yunker, Ph.D.
Bao Ngoc To - Georgia Tech
Mentor: John Connelly
Luke Tomasovic - Georgia Tech
UCB Scholar
Mentor: Ana Stringari de Castro
Project: Designing a Staphylococcus Aureus Vaccine with Increased Immunogenicity towards Staphylococcal Cytotoxins
Lab: Ravi Kane
Moya Tomlin - Georgia Tech
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Scholar
Mentor: Dustin Huard
Project: Structural and Biophysical Characterization of the Interaction between Hsp90β and Myocilin OLF
Lab: Raquel-Lieberman
Samantha Torres - Georgia Tech
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Scholar
Mentor: Molly Hopper
Project: Targeted Metabolomics Tools to Understand Beneficial Effects Associated with Physical Activity
Lab: Facundo Fernandez
Lauren Troxler - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Erin Spinner
Project: Effect of Tricuspid Valvular and Subvalvular Geometric Alterations on Chordal Forces
Phillip Trusty - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Kathryn Smith
Project: Development of Tough Photopolymerizable Composite Polymer Networks for Orthopedic Applications
Cuong Tu - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Jamie Chilton
Gaurav Tuteja - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Weimin Feng
Thibault Twahirwa - Morehouse College
Medtronic Scholar
Mentor: David Molony
Project: Evaluation of Methodologies for the 3D Reconstruction of Coronary Arteries from Intravascular Ultrasound Images
Kristen Valentine - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Abhiruchi Agarwal
Edward van der Heijden - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Heather Virginia
Jose Vasquez Porto-Viso - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Sarah Griffiths
Project: Enhancing the Angiogenic Potential of MSCs
Amitej Venapally - Georgia Tech
Beckman Coulter Scholar
Mentor: Jay Haynes
Project: Investigating the Role of the Ancestral Ribosome in Proto-peptide Formation
Lab: Loren Williams
Ehud B. "Udi" Vermesh - Emory University
Mentor: Pavel Kamaev
Glenn Wagner - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Roman Mezencev
Project: Studies on the Molecular Basis of Cisplatin Resistance in Ovarian and Pancreatic Cancer Cell Lines
Alexandra Wagner - Agnes Scott College
Medtronic Scholar
Mentor: Natalie Saini
Project: Determining the importance of post-translational modifications of Rvb1 and Rvb2 in DNA secondary structure metabolism
Yichen Wang - Georgia Tech
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Scholar
Mentor: Robert Mannino
Project: Increased Erythrocyte Rigidity is Sufficient to Cause Endothelial Dysfunction in Sickle Cell Disease
James Waring - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Alyssa Ngangan
William Wellborn - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Tracey Murphy
Kenneth Williams - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Sunil Saini
Lab: Wick
Justin Williams - Georgia Tech
GB Espy Scholar
Mentor: Igor Rupniewski
Project: Evolution of a Lysine Utilizing Intein
Megen Wittling - Georgia Tech
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Scholar
Mentor: Mariana Delfino Machina
Project: Characterization of Metalloproteinases during neural crest EMT and migration
Lab: Shuyi Nie
Caroline Wu - Georgia Tech
Petit External Advisory Board
Mentor: Christian Waiblinger
Project: Pushing the Perceptual Boundary Towards Optimal Performance in a Detection Task with Changing Stimulus Statistics
Lab: Garrett Stanley
Kent Yamamoto - Georgia Tech
Beckman Coulter Scholar
Mentor: Yash Chitalia
Project: Phantom Model System Design for Testing Medical Robots
Lab: Jaydev Desai
Chen Yang - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Matt Wagner
Lab: Wick
Daniel Yeager - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Priyanka Rohatgi
Victor Yeh - Georgia Tech
Mentor: James Broering
Kevin Yin - Georgia Tech
Beckman Coulter Scholar
Mentor: Mary Kho
Project: Calcium Signaling in Neural Crest Cell Migration
Lab: Shuyi Nie
Chun Yong - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Alison Lawson
Project: In Vitro Culturing of Alginate Beads to Assess In Vivo Stability
Chun Yong - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Alison Lawson
Project: In Vitro Culturing of Alginate Beads to Assess In Vivo Stability
Yen-Hua Yu - Emory University
Mentor: Renee Wegrzyn
Jennifer Zhang - Georgia Tech
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Scholar
Mentor: Dwight Chambers
Project: Project: Extracelluilar Stiffness "Pries" Apart the Nuclear Membrane's Regulation of TGF-Beta
Corey Zheng - Georgia Tech
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Scholar
Mentor: Seung Yup "Paul" Lee
Project: Design of the Optical Sensors for Brain Blood Flow Monitoring in Children with Sickle Cell Disease
Lab: Erin M. Buckley
Jaqueline Zhu - Emory University
UCB Scholar
Mentor: Xuanwen Hua
Project: Hybrid Super-Resolution and Light-Field Microscopy for Simultaneous Anatomical and Functional Neuronal Imaging
Andy Zhu - Georgia Tech
Mentor: Jin Gao