2018 Scholars and Projects
Scholars |
Faculty Mentor |
Project Title |
Plearn Aroonchote |
Jonathan Lamontagne, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering | Is Thailand's Queen Sirikit Dam Robust to Climate Change? |
Mrugank Bhusari |
Justin Hollander, Associate Professor, Urban and Environmental Policy, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences | Urban Planning in Extreme and Uninhabitable Conditions |
Claire Davidson |
Elizabeth Byrnes, Associate Professor, Associate Chair, & Section Head of Neuroscience and Reproductive Biology, Dept. of Biomedical Sciences, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine | A Study on Adolescent Opioid Exposure and its Influence on Adult Energy Metabolism |
Francesca DeIeso-Frechette |
Amy Yee, Professor of Developmental, Molecular, and Chemical Biology, Co-PI: The Amy Yee & K. Eric Paulson Lab, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, TUSM | Effects of Epigallocatechin Gallate and Decitabine on Circulating Tumor Cells in Triple Negative Breast Cancer |
Rae Deveney |
David Proctor, Senior Lecturer: Late Antique and Medieval Western Europe, Byzantium, Southeastern Europe, Papal-Imperial Relations, Dept. of History, School of Arts & Sciences | Church and State in Byzantium |
Claire Dunn |
Madeleine Oudin, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Science & Technology Center, PI: Oudin Lab, School of Engineering | Using CRISPR to Study the Role of Proteases in Cell Growth and Migration and Response to Drug Therapy in Triple Negative Breast Cancer Cells |
Desmond Fonseca  |
Kamran Rastegar, Associate Professor of Arabic and Comparative Literature, Dept. of International Literary & Cultural Studies, School of Arts & Sciences | Re-Imagining Angola: A Methodological Study of Postcolonial History and Cultural Memory |
Amel Hassan |
Jivko Sinapov, Assistant Professor, Computer Science, School of Engineering | Autonomous Intelligent Robots |
Rachel Klein |
Year One: Bruce Hitcher, Professor, Department of Classics & International Relations. Adjunct Professor of History, Director of Archaeology Program, School of Arts & Sciences
Year Two: Dawn Geronimo Terkla, Associate Provost. Adjunct Professor, Infectious Disease & Global Health, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine |
Building Peace Through Environmental Theology in Israel |
Aram Lee & Peter Lam |
Robin Kanarek, John Wade Professor of Psychology, School of Arts & Sciences | Effectiveness and Engagement in Eating Disorder Mobile Applications |
Nora Maetzener |
Hilary Binda, Director of the Program in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Department of Visual and Critical Studies | The Critical Intersection of Higher Education in Prison |
Sarah Markos |
Diana Chigas, Associate Provost, Senior International Officer, & Professor of Practice, Office of the Provost | Mobile Technologies in Health: Reducing Barriers to Reporting Sexual Violence in Refugee Camps |
Magnifique Mukundwa |
Daniele Lantagne, Associate Professor & PI Lantagne Group, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, School of Arts & Sciences | Efficacy of Jerrican Disinfection Methods |
Mackenzie Parmenter |
Stephen Fuchs, Assistant Professor & PI The Fuchs Lab, Dept. of Biology, Schools of Arts & Sciences | Development of CRISPR Technique in S. Cerevisiae for Creating Repeat Variation |
Jonathan Rodriguez |
Lenore Cowen, Professor, Computer Science, School of Engineering | New Metrics for Disease Gene Prioritization |
Josue Llamas Rodriguez |
Michele Jacob, Professor, Neuroscience. PI: The Michele Jacob Lab. Tufts Center for Medical Education, TUSM | The Neuroscience of Intellectual Disability |
Daniela Sanchez |
Deborah Donahue-Keegan, Lecturer, Education, School of Arts & Sciences | Language and the Letter of the Law: Probing the Dynamics of Legal Language Justice on the Frontera |
Grace Schumaker |
Jennifer Allen, Professor and Chair, Dept. of Community Health, School of Arts & Sciences | Substance Abuse Among Brazilian Women |
Steven Schwab |
Rebecca Scheck, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemistry. Pearson Chemistry Laboratory, School of Arts & Sciences | Novel Optimization of Peptide Organocatalysts |
Aneya Sousa |
Year One: Keith Maddox, Associate Professor, Dept. of Psychology. School of Arts & Sciences
Year Two: Shameka Powell, Assistant Professor of Educational Studies, Education Department, School of Arts & Sciences |
Analyzing Anti-Blackness and Antagonism Against Black LGBT Youth in Mental Health Services |
Isabella Spaulding |
Lisa Shin, Professor & Chair, Dept. of Psychology. PI: The Shin Lab. School of Arts & Sciences | Brain Responses to Ambiguous Facial Expressions in Individuals with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder |
Virginia Ulichney |
Nathan Ward, Assistant Professor: Information Processing, Cognition, Multitasking. Dept of Psychology, Schools of Arts & Sciences & Engineering | Balance-Related Multitasking Impairments Across the Lifespan |
Gian Marco Visani |
Soha Hassoun, Professor, Computer Science. Adjunct Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering. Adjunct Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering. School of Engineering | Understanding Enzyme Promiscuity through Data Analysis |
Keya Viswanathan |
Mitch McVey, Professor, Molecular Biology: DNA Repair, Genome Instability, and Aging. PI: The McVey Laboratory. Dept. of Biology, School of Arts & Sciences | Developing a Novel Assay to Assess the Effects of DNA Double-strand Break Repair on Trinucleotide Repeat Expansion |
Sam Weidner |
Rosemary Taylor, Associate Professor of Community Health & Sociology, Department of Sociology, School of Arts & Science | Curing Hepatitis C, Treating AIDS: A Comparative Analysis of Innovation and Regulation in the Pharmaceutical Industry |
