2024 Scholars

Grace Ford

Petit Scholar
Mentor: Valeria Juarez
Project: Evaluation of inflammatory responses in Synthetic Immune Tissues challenged with E. Coli and K. Pneumoniae bacterial lysates

Lab: Ankur Singh

Trinity Fourte

Petit Scholar
Mentor: Sean Healy
Project: Engineering an Autoinjector Platform for Intratumoral Drug Delivery and Real-Time Tumor Monitoring

Lab: Alex Abramson

Ruorong Qi

Petit Scholar
Mentor: Ronghao (Luke) Zhang
Project: Tactile Processing in Mouse Models of Parkinson's Disease

Lab: Alan Emanuel

Megha Seri

Petit Scholar
Mentor: Ashley Prichard
Project: Noninvasive Neurostimulation's Effects on Neuromodulators of Alzheimer's Disease Pathology in a Mouse Model

Lab: Annabelle Singer

Claire Tharp

Petit Scholar
Mentor: Miriam Simma
Project: Biophysical Characterization of Saposin D and Acid Ceramidase for Farber's Disease

Lab: Andrew McShan

Rachel Mason

Petit Scholar
Mentor: Ishmamul Hoque Sadab
Project: Engineering cytokine displaying protein nanosheets for cancer treatment in-vitro

Lab: Julie Champion

Jifei Xiao

Petit Scholar
Mentor: Scott Boebinger
Project: Investigating sources of cortical contributions to reactive balance control in aging and Parkinson’s disease

Lab: Lena Ting

Yonatan Amsalu

Petit Scholar
Mentor: Anna Pavlova
Project: How V3 loop mutations impact gp12

Lab: JC Gumbart

Jeffrey Li

Petit Scholar
Mentor: Tarunya Rao Sudarshan
Project: Gaining Structural Insights into Amyloid-β42 C-Sheet Conformations through Solid-State NMR

Lab: Anant Paravastu

Benjamin Fargnoli

Petit Scholar
Mentor: Michael Rosenburg
Project: Characterizing associations between impaired muscle coordination and machine learning-based models of neuromechanical locomotion dynamics in human stroke survivors

Lab: Lena Ting

Mariana Rodriguez

Petit Scholar
Mentor: Angelica Torres
Project: Engineering of a PEG hydrogel for Cell Delivery Applications

Lab: Andres Garcia

Joon Han Kim

Petit Scholar
Mentor: Kristen Jakubowski
Project: Using machine learning to predict center of mass kinematics from wearable sensors

Lab: Lena Ting

Alexa Boylan

Petit Scholar
Mentor: Deepali Balasubramani
Project: Investigating the impact of Ly-TME cues on B cell receptor signaling events in Activated B cell Diffuse Large B cell Lymphoma using Proximity Ligation Assay

Lab: Ankur Singh

Charles Anderson

Petit Scholar
Mentor: Rajas Poorna
Project: Evapinator: A low-cost blowdown evaporator for cold-chain-free clinical sample transportation

Lab: Saad Bhamla

Elaine Feller

Petit Scholar
Mentor: Ramy Ghanim
Project: Tissue Interfacing Circuits for Ionic Communication

Lab: Alex Abramson

Medina McCowin

Petit Scholar
Mentor: Mehdia Nadeem Rajib Ali
Project: Understanding the early apoptosis/necrosis endpoints in chemotherapy treated leukemia cells using Atomic Force Microscopy

Lab: Todd Sulchek

Rustin Makhmalbaf (Harandi)

Petit Scholar
Mentor: Jamison Siebart
Project: Development of antigen-presenting nanoparticles to target autoreactive CD4 T cells in type 1 diabetes

Lab: Gabe Kwong

Richard Hou

Petit Scholar
Mentor: Valeria Juarez
Project: Evaluation of inflammatory responses in Synthetic Immune Tissues challenged with E. Coli and K. Pneumoniae bacterial lysates

Lab: Ankur Singh

Xi Ying

Petit Scholar
Mentor: Wenting Shi
Project: Optimizing Antibody Release from Injectable Hydrogels

Lab: M.G. Finn

2024 Mentors

Valeria Juarez

Petit Mentor

Sean Healy

Petit Mentor

Ronghao (Luke) Zhang

Petit Mentor

Ashley Prichard

Petit Mentor

Miriam Simma

Petit Mentor

Scott Boebeinger

Petit Mentor

Anna Pavlova

Petit Mentor

Tarunya Rao Sudarshan

Petit Mentor

Michael Rosenburg

Petit Mentor

Angelica Torres

Petit Mentor

Kristen Jakubowski

Petit Mentor

Rajas Poorna

Petit Mentor

Wenting Shi

Petit Mentor

Ramy Ghanim

Petit Mentor

Mehdia Nadeem Rajib Ali

Petit Mentor

Jamison Siebart

Petit Mentor

Emma Acerbo

Petit Mentor