2011 Scholars and Mentors

Bilal Al-Khalil - Georgia Tech

Monsanto Scholar
Mentor: Michael Rood
Project: Understanding the Role of Mutations in the Estrogen Receptor Ligand Binding Domain

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

Megan Bloomquist - Georgia Tech

Bell Scholar
Mentor: Samirkumar Patel
Project: Microneedles for Drug Delivery to the Eye

Michael Chen - Georgia Tech

Monsanto Scholar
Mentor: Aaron Engelhart
Project: Small Molecules that Enhance Trinucleotide Repeat Fragility: Towards New Therapeutics

Joey Dolensky - Georgia Tech

Bell Scholar
Mentor: Lauren Couch
Project: Tricuspid Valve Coaptation in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Courtney Fox - Georgia Tech

Mentor: Sibali Bandyopadhyay
Project: Qualitative Analysis of Sphingomyelinase D Activities in Different Spider Venoms using Thin Layer Chromatography

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

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

Joey Jilk - Georgia Tech

Medtronic Scholar
Mentor: Seyed Safavynia
Project: Long-term Determinants of Muscle Activity In Human Postural Responses

Hasan Khosravi - Georgia Tech

Medtronic Scholar
Mentor: Jonathan Rubin
Project: Effect of Gas-liquid Interfaces on Amyloid Formation

Baret Kilbacak - Georgia Tech

Mentor: Jennifer Tang
Project: Preparing Gold-capped Microparticles for Bifunctionality

Kelsey Lawrence - Georgia Tech

Medtronic Scholar
Mentor: Chris Hermann
Project: Characterization of a Mouse Model of Re-synostosis

Lab: Boyan

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

Daniel McGrail - Georgia Tech

Medtronic Scholar
Mentor: Deepraj Ghosh
Project: Mechanics of Cell Migration: Investigating the Relationship between Intracellular Nanorheology and Extracelluar Traction Forces

Mikhail Melomed - Georgia Tech

Mentor: Denis Kiktev
Project: Effect of Chaperones Hsp90 and Hsp26 Families on [PSI+] Stability in get Knockout Strains

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

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

Kevin Parsons - Georgia Tech

Pruitt Scholar
Mentor: Matthew Nipper
Project: Lymphatic Filariasis Microfluidic Device for Studying Worm Migration and Maturation