University of Delaware HHMI Undergraduate Research Scholars

HHMI
Undergraduate Research Scholars
Summer 2015

The following 16 students are funded in whole or in part for the Summer 2015 by the HHMI Undergraduate Science Education Program.

Jessica Bursler Biological Sciences	Quenton Dubroff Chemical Engineering	Thomas Keane Chemistry	Justin Paloni Chemical Engineering
David Chait	Gabriel Gregorzak Chemistry	Priyha Mahesh Biological Sciences	Dominic Santoleri Biochemistry
Robert Cipolla Chemical Engineering	Lauren Harper Biological Sciences	Alexander Northrup Chemistry	Nazanin Scapoulaki Biological Sciences
Katherine Dillon Biological Sci & Neuroscience	Tyler Heiss Biochemistry	Cristina Padovani Medical Laboratory Science	Jay Subramoney Biochemistry

Sophomore, junior, and senior HHMI Scholars who are having their first research summer research experience at the University of Delaware are expected to attend the weekly Enrichment Program.

Jessica Bursler
Biological Sciences 2018

Research Mentors: Trevor Daly and Mark Baillie,
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and ISE Lab

Project Title: Development of a Microbial Fuel Cells Lab

Honor, Awards, and Activities:

David Chait

Research Mentors: Anne Turrell and Alenka Hlousek-Radojcic,
Department of Biological Sciences and ISE Lab

Project Title:

Honors, Awards, and Activities:

Robert Cipolla
Chemical Engineering 2018


Research Mentor: Maciek Antoniewicz, Department of Chemical Engineering

Project Title:  Metabolic Engineering, Systems Biology, Metabolic Flux Analysis, Biofuels, Diabetes.

Honors, Awards, and Activities:

Katherine Dillon
Biological Science
& Neuroscience 2016

Research Mentor: Julia Maresca, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Project Title: Actinorhodopsin

Honors, Awards, and Activities:

Quenton Dubroff
Chemical Engineering 2017

Research Mentor: David Colby, Department of Chemical Engineering

Project Title: Engineering Cells and Proteins for Biomedical Applications

Honors, Awards, and Activities: Tennis, Dean's list.

Gabriel Gregorzak
Chemistry 2017

Research Mentors: Catherine Leimkuhler Grimes, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Project Title: Investigation of Binding and Activation of Bacterial Cell Wall Fragment iE-DAP to the Innate Immune Receptor NOD1

Honors, Awards, and Activities:

Presentations:

Lauren Harper
Biological Sciences
Pre-Veterinary Medicine & Animal Biosciences 2017

Research Mentor: Anje Nohe, Department of Biological Sciences

Project Title: Role of BMP in Stem Cell Differentiation

Honors, Awards, and Activities: Member of the Fightin' Blue Hen Marching band and pep band, President of the Blue Hen horn club, studio fellow with the biology department, bio ambassador

Tyler Heiss
Biochemistry 2016

Research Mentor: Catherine Leimkuhler Grimes, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Project Title: Synthesis of Bacterial Cell Wall Fragment Derivatives in order to Investigate the Promiscuity of the Mur Enzymes

Honors, Awards, and Activities: University of Delaware Honors Program student, member of UD Chorale, Dean's List, President of Vision a cappella, Office of Academic Enrichment Tutor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Tutor

Thomas Keane
Chemistry 2016

Research Mentor: Joel Rosenthal, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Project Title: Electrochemical Conversion of CO₂ to CO

Honors, Awards, and Activities: Kevin Scott Beall Memorial Award, 2013; Wallace H. Carothers Scholarship, 2014; First place, chemical sciences group B UMBC Undergraduate Poster Symposium

Presentations: 2013 University of Delaware Undergraduate Research Symposium ; 2013 UMBC Undergraduate Poster Symposium; 2014 ISC Convention at Albright College

Priyha Mahesh
Biological Science 2017

Research Mentor: Melinda Duncan, Department of Biological Sciences

Project Title: Hyaluronan Function in Lens

Honors, Awards, and Activities:

Alexander Northrup
Chemistry 2016

Research Mentor: Tatyana Polenova, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Project Title: MAS NMR and Structure Solving of HIV CA Proteiun and OAA Anti-HIV Protein

Honors, Awards, and Activities:

Cristina Padovani
Medical Laboratory Science 2018

Research Mentors: Christina M Wesolek and Adebanjo Oriade, Department of Physics and ISE Lab.

Project Title: Sound and SCEN

Justin Paloni
Chemical Engineering 2016

Research Mentor: Chistopher Kloxin, Department of Chemical Engineering

Project Title: Click Nucleic Acid (CNA) Hydrogels for Targeted Drug Delivery

Institute of Chemical Engineers Member, Playing Marimba

Honors, Awards, and Activities:

Dominic Santoleri
Biochemistry 2017

Research Mentor: Sharon Rozovsky, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Project Title: Membrane Biophysics

Honors, Awards, and Activities:

Nazanin Scapoulaki
Neuroscience 2017

Research Mentor: Robin Morgan, Department of Biological Sciences and College of Agriculture

Project Title: Expression of IFN Genes when Exposed to HVT and Recombinants

Honors, Awards, and Activities:

Jay Subramoney
Biochemistry 2017

Research Mentors: Sharon Rozovsky, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Project Title: Reductase Activity of Selenoproteins

Honors, Awards, and Activities:

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