2017 Scholars and Mentors
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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
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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
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Mi Hyun Choi - Georgia Tech
UCB Scholar
Mentor: Joshua Lee
Project: Intuitive Olfactory Display using Sensory Substitution
Lab: Frank-Hammond-III
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Hassan Fakhoury - Georgia Tech
Dasher Scholar
Mentor: Quoc Mac
Project: Sortase A-mediated Synthesis of Synthetic Biomarkers
Lab: Gabe-Kwong
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Amelia Matthews - Georgia Tech
GB Espy Scholar
Mentor: Sam Tonddast-Navaei
Project: Repurposing FDA-approved Drugs for Anti-aging Therapies
Lab: Jeffrey-Skolnick
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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
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Michelle Myrick - Georgia Tech
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Scholar
Mentor: Inseung Kang
Project: Children Walking Exoskeleton
Lab: Aaron-Young
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Franck Nijimbere - Morehouse College
Petit Endowment
Mentor: Bo Broadwater
Project: Illuminating the Mechanism of Competitor-induced Dissociation in DNA
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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
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Renee Puvvada - Georgia Tech
Pruitt Scholar
Mentor: Katily Ramirez
Project: Antibacterial Fabrics for Reducing Hospital-acquired Infections
Lab: Todd-Sulchek
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Calvin Runnels - Georgia Tech
Beckman Coulter Scholar
Mentor: Nicholas Kovacs
Project: Ribosomal RNA Assisted Protein Folding
Lab: Loren Williams
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Arushi Saini - Georgia Tech
Dasher Scholar
Mentor: Osiris Martinez-Guzman
Project: Illuminating the Role of Mitochondrial Dynamics on Heme Homeostasis
Lab: Amit-Reddi
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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
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Madeline Smerchansky - Georgia Tech
Regenerative Engineering & Medicine Center Scholar
Mentor: Kirsten Parratt
Project: Material-directed Chondrogenic Differentiation under Dynamic Culture Conditions
Lab: Krishnendu Roy
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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
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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
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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