Scholars

2017-2018 IMSD Scholars

Graduate Scholar

Daniel LaMaster
Department of Chemistry
Research Advisors: Dr. Graça Vicente & Dr. Kenneth Lopata

 

 

 

 

Stephanie Vaughan
Department of Chemistry
Research Advisor: Dr. Isiah Warner

 

 

 

 

Undergraduate Scholars

 

Ashley Augustus (Spring 2018 graduate)
Senior, Biology
Mentor: Dr. Karen Maruska
Neural Mechanisms of Behavior in
an African Cichlid Fish

 

Tahj Delasbour
Sophomore, Mechanical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Hunter Gilbert
Smart portable sleeve for lymphedema treatment

 

 

 

Lauren Jackson
Junior, Biology
Mentor: Dr. J. Michael Mathis
Adenovirus production and testing for cancer therapy

 

 

 

Kyreal Jackson
Junior, Biology
Mentor: Dr. Steven Greening
Cognitive neuroscience of affect and psychopathology

 

 

 

 

Briasha Jones
Junior, Kinesiology
Mentor: Dr. A. Van Gemmert

 

 

Joselyn Knowling (Spring 2018 graduate)
Senior, Biology
Mentor: Dr. S. Jeyaseelan
Neutrophil Accumulation in Bacterial Pneumonia

 

John Le
Junior, Biology
Mentor: Dr. S. Jeyaseelan
Neutrophil Accumulation in Bacterial Pneumonia

 

 

 

Julia Luraguiz
Junior, Biology
Mentor: Dr. Dr. S. Jeyaseelan
Neutrophil Accumulation in Bacterial Pneumonia

 

 

 

Brea Manuel (Spring 2018 graduate)
Senior, Chemistry & Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Isiah Warner
Polymeric ionomers synthesis of GUMBOS

 

Mallik Mathews
Junior, Kinesiology
Mentor: Dr. A. Van Gemmert

 

 

 

Ashley Merriweather
Senior, Chemistry
Mentor: Dr. Graça Vicente

 

 

 

 

Catherine Morejon-Garcia (Spring 2018 graduate)
Senior, Chemistry
Mentor: Dr. John Pojman
Cure-on Demand Bone Repair

 

Michelle Opiri
Junior, Biological Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Isiah Warner

 

 

 

Tanner Reed
Sophomore, Biochemistry
Mentor: Dr. Marcia Newcomer

 

 

 

Christina Rubio
Junior, Biology
Mentor: Dr. Graça Vicente

 

 

Veronica Rubio (Spring 2018 graduate)
Senior, Biology
Mentor: Dr. Graça Vicente

 

 

 

Sierra Sterling
Senior, Chemistry
Mentor: Dr. Isiah Warner
Purification and characterization of
pyrene-based compounds

 

Paris Taylor
Junior, Microbiology
Mentor: Dr. Marcia Newcomer
Protein Expression

 

 

 

Amy Turner
Junior, Kinesiology
Mentor: Dr. Emily Qualls-Creekmore
Neural correlates of feeding and
stress-related behavior

 

 

Jessica Usand
Junior, Kinesiology
Mentor: Dr. A. Van Gemmert

 

 

 

 

Leone Yisrael (Spring 2018 graduate)
Senior, Biological Sciences (Marine concentration)
Mentor: Dr. Fernando Galvez

 

 

 

 

Malcolm Youngblood
Senior, Biology & Sociology
Mentor: Dr. Patrick DiMario
Antibody production against RNA polymerase I

 

 

 

 

Former IMSD Scholar Graduates

2005 Marly Dows Lan Nguyen Noreen Siminialayi Katherine Stammen Arriel Wicks	2006 Tanya Auzenne Ali Baghian April Bernard Harriet Hammond Tam Nguyen Warnesha Pearl Masoumeh Saleh Robert Singleton	2007 Nneamaka Agochukwo Nnenaya Agochukwo Utibe Bickham Kylie Durand Irene Nwokolo Edugie Omoregbee Corin Schowalter Alan Williams
2008 Corey Black Camille Broome Alison Doherty Vyran George Meghan Manchester Tiffany Miles Mazeyar Sabori	2009 Alexandria Augustus Christina Jones Ngan Nguyen Deeandriez Scott	2010 Christopher Johnson Jennifer Montgomery
2011 Treva Brown Paige Chandler Jordan Despanie Daniel Devillier Antonique Larry Taryn Leal Sajid Qadri Shan’Terika Remo Alejandra Vargas	2012 Breeana Baker Meghan Barnum Blaise Clarke Jovan Dudley TaiNeah McGraw Jameycia Teno Melanie Warren	2013 Dani’elle Despanie Kendall Knight Tiffany Lemon Adaku Lucious Larry Robins Orion Boldon (Fall) Emmanuela Onu (Fall)
2014 Frances Adelaja (Spring) Jarrod Living (Spring) Kristina Cook (Fall) Leo Fontenot (Fall) Rasheda Gros (Fall) Kristina Hickey (Fall)	2015 Caleb Darensbourg (Spring) Matthew Galeano Rene’ Girard (Spring) Dante’ Johnson (Spring) Nouriath Ningbinnin (Spring) Alexis Payne (Spring) Pamela Brady- PhD (Fall) Jonte Ellison (Fall)	2016 Taylor Ferguson Azzy Francis (Spring) Zachari Murphy (Spring) Craig Richard (Spring) Sierra Sossamon Andres Villalpando-PhD (Spring) Brandon Byrd (Fall)
2017 Brittany Frazier (Spring) Kaylee Gross (Spring) Hayley Theriot (Spring) Tyrslai Williams-PhD (Summer) Denzel Alexander (Fall)	2018 Ashley Augustus (Spring) Joselyn Knowling (Spring) Brea Manuel (Spring) Catherine Morejon-Garcia (Spring) Veronica Rubio (Spring) Leone Yisrael (Spring)