2024 Scholars
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
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
Xi Ying
Petit Scholar
Mentor: Wenting Shi
Project: Optimizing Antibody Release from Injectable Hydrogels
Lab: M.G. Finn
2024 Mentors
Wenting Shi
Petit Mentor
Ramy Ghanim
Petit Mentor

Mehdia Nadeem Rajib Ali
Petit Mentor
Jamison Siebart
Petit Mentor
Emma Acerbo
Petit Mentor
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
