2020 Scholars and Mentors
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
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
Kasey Cervantes - Emory University
Petit Endowment Scholar
Mentor: Yan Fang
Project: Neuromorphic Intelligent Central Pattern Generator for Robots and Prostheses
Lab: Arijit Raychowdhury
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Paxton Threatt - Georgia Tech
Dasher Scholar
Mentor: Andrew McAvoy
Project: Exploring Functional Interplay Between Burkholderia spp. Quorum Sensing Circuit
Lab: Neha Garg
Kevin Yin - Georgia Tech
Beckman Coulter Scholar
Mentor: Mary Kho
Project: Calcium Signaling in Neural Crest Cell Migration
Lab: Shuyi Nie
