Project Title:  Expression of The Genes Egr-1 and C-Fos in the Brain of Rats Following Exposure to a Predator Odor

Presentation: Summer 2006 Symposium,

Project Title: Evaluating Anti-Androgen Resistance through In-Vitro Selection

Project Title: The Affects of Bone Marrow Components on Akt and FAK Activation

Honors, Awards, and Activities: Phi Kappa Phi, Beta Beta Beta Biology Honor Society, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Honors Degree with distinction, 

Project Title: Developmental Expression Pattern of Calcium and Integrin Binding Protein 1 (CIB-1)

Project Title: Role of beta2-crystallin in EMT

Honors and Awards: 2nd place Biochemistry and Molecular biology 4 at University of Maryland Baltimore County  9th Annual Undergraduarte Research Symposium Oct 2006, Sigma Xi Second Place oral presentation in Summer 2007 Symposium, Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society.

Presentations: Summer 2006 Symposium, UMBC 2006 Undergraduate Research Symposium, Experimental Biology Meetings April 2007, Washington, DC, 2007 Fight for Sight Summer Fellowship. Summer 2007 Symposium,

Project Title: Increase in egr-1 Protein after Fear Conditioning of Rats

Presentation: Summer 2006 Symposium, Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society,

Fall 2007:

Project Title: Stabilization of Human Adenylosuccinate Lyase

Honors, Awards, and Activities: Blue Hen Chess Club, 2007 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Junior Award, 2007 Stanley Jacob Schechter Award to juinor student in Chemical Engineering with distinction in arts, humanities and/or social sciences, 2008 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Senior Award,  Chemical Engineering Industrial Sponsors Senior Student Award, Tau Beta Phi Chemical Engineering Honor Society.

Presentations: Summer 2006 Symposium, Summer 2007 Symposium,

Project Title: Regulation of Lipid Metabolism in Drosophila

Honors, Awards, and Activities: HHMI 2006 Summer EXROP Scholar, Alpha Lambda Delta First  Year Honor Society, United Negro College Fund (UNCF)-Merck Undergraduate Science Research Scholarship Award for 2007-08,

Presentations: First Place Poster, Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) Nov. 2006, Anaheim, CA, Experimental Biology Meetings April 2007, Washington, DC,

Project Title: Regulation and Expression of ERp57 in HCC.

Presentation: Summer 2006 Symposium, 2007 Barry  M. Goldwater Scholarship, 2007 Richard M. Johnson Jr. Memorial Award to junior biological sciences major., Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, Biological Sciences Academic Excellence Award.

Presentation: Summer 2006 Symposium, Summer 2007 Symposium, ASBMB Undergraduate Poster Competition Experimental Biology Meetings April 2008, San Diego, CA.

Project Title: Determine Effect of Mechanical Stimulus on Ahnak Expression

Honors, Awards, and Activities:  Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society,

Presentation: Summer 2006 Symposium, Undergraduate Poster Competition at the 2007 Experimental Biology  Meetings in Washington DC

Fall 2008: Dental School

Project Title:  Effect of Bcl-2 on Apoptosis on the Developing Chick Embryo Brain

Honors, Awards, and Activities: Alpha Lambda Delta, NSCS, and Kappa Alpha Theta, Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society,  Degree with Distinction.

Project Title:  The function of Spot 14 in Adipocytes

Honors, Awards, and Activities: Coordinator ACS Student Affiliate Mentor Program, Honors Degree with distinction.

Presentations: Summer 2005 Symposium. ASBMB Undergraduate Poster Competition, San Francisco, CA April 2006, Summer 2006 Symposium, Merck Index Award in Chemistry, ASBMB Undergraduate Poster Competition at the 2007 Experimental Biology  Meetings in Washington, DC,

Fall 2007: Postbaccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award at the National Institutes of Health

Project Title: Phenotypic Characterization of Alg10 in Drosophila

Honors, Awards, and Activities: Beta Beta Beta Biology Honor Society, Charles Peter White Scholar 2005, 2nd place Biological Sciences 3 at University of Matryland Baltimore County  9th Annual Undergraduarte Research Symposium Oct 2006, 2007 Sigma Xi Undergraduate Honors Thesis Award, Degree with Distinction, Imperial College  London Summer Exchange Program 2007.

Presentations: Summer 2005 Symposium, Summer 2006 Symposium, UMBC 2006 Undergraduate Research Symposium, ASBMB Undergraduate Poster Competition and symposium presentation at the 2007 Experimental Biology  Meetings in Washington, DC, 2007 Sigma Xi Undergraduate Thesis Award.

Fall 2007: Graduate School in Pharmacology at Vanderbilt University

Project Title:  Effects of Nanoscale Titanium Dioxide on Murine Sperm

Honors, Awards, and Activities: Alpha Lambda Delta First  Year Honor Society, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Delaware Lacrosse Club, Biology PBL tutor-facilitator, Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.

Presentations: Summer 2006 Symposium, Summer 2007 Symposium,

Project Title: Synthesis of Exaltone and Muscone by Alkyne Metathesis

Honors, Awards, and Activities: Vice President ACS Student Affiliate, Resident Assistant,

Presentation: Summer 2006 Symposium, 71st Intercollegiate Student Chemists' Conference April 2007 Salisbury University, Summer 2007 Symposium,

Project Title: Double quantum filtering NMR to analyze the nuclear pulposus

Project Title: Nonlinear Microrheology and Micromechanics

Honors and Awards: Amerandas Hess Corporation Award to Jr Chemical Engineer, Chemical Engineering Class of 1952 Scholarship, 2007 Chemical Engineering Alumni Laboratory Award, 2007 Chemical Engineering Inductrial Sponsors Undergraduate Research Award.

Project Title: Role of JAM-A in Breast Cancer Cell Growth and Metastasis

Project Title: Tris(pyrazolyl)borate Complexes: Synthesis and Analysis

Honors, Awards, and Activities: Coordinator ACS Student Affiliate Mentor Program, Summer 2007 HHMI Scholar,

Presentation: Summer 2006 Symposium, Summer 2007 Symposium,

Fall 2008:

Project Title: Synthesis of asymmetrical pyrazine compounds

Honors, Awards, and Activities: Sophomore class representative to the  Chemistry and Biochemistry Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Secretary ACS Student Affiliates, 2005 HHMI Summer Scholar. 

Project Title: Synthesis of Polyguanidiniums via Alpha Guanidino Acids

Honors, Awards, and Activities: PLTL Peer-facilitator in Chemistry, PBL Peer facilitator in CHEM-342, 2005 HHMI Summer Scholar.

Presentations: Summer 2005 Symposium. ASBMB Undergraduate Poster Competition, San Francisco, CA April 2006, Summer 2006 Symposium,

Fall 2007: Medical School

Project Title: The Regulation of ABCG1 and ABCA1 in Cholesterol Efflux

Honors, Awards, and Activities:  Alpha Lambda Delta, Phi Sigma Tau, Degree with distinction.

Presentation: Summer 2006 Symposium,

Fall 2007: University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine (UNECOM)

Project Title:  High Level Expression & Characterization of GPCR

Presentation: Summer 2006 Symposium,

Research Mentor: Vicky Funanage, A. I. duPont Hospital for Children

Project Title: Targeted Gene Repair in the SMA causing gene, SMN

Project Title: In Vitro Characterization of GPCRs

Honors, Awards, and Activities:  2004 HHMI Summer Scholar

Research Mentor: Roberta Colman, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Project Title: Isolation and Characterization of GST pi and JNK

Honors, Awards, and Activities: Delaware African Student Association, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, McNair Scholar, NUCLEUS,

Presentation: Summer 2006 Symposium,  First Place Poster, Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) Nov. 2006, Anaheim, CA, Summer 2007 Symposium, 

Fall 2008: Postbaccaulaureate Research Program, Case Western Reserve