2018 Research Scholar Cohort

Scholar: Justin Alexander
Mentor: P. Shih
Asynchronous research communities for stigmatized groups
Scholar: Peter Amezcua
Mentor: P. Hollenhorst
ETS protein induction and purification for prostate cancer study
Scholar: Mykal Ammons
Mentor: A. Ramesh
An exploratory study to test temporal storage effects in parasitic nematodes
Scholar: Jesus Badillo
Mentor: M. Swany
Building a MIDI
Scholar: Amanda Ellison
Mentor: S. Newman
The effect of cannabis use on mood disorders
Scholar: Jamon Gaines
Mentor: L. Liu
Control and navigation of a turtlebot3 robot
Scholar: William Jackson
Mentor: M. Van Nieuwenzhe
Synthetic route for a next-generation heteroaryldihydropyrimidine (HAP)
Scholar: Naim Johnson
Mentor: A. Gruber
Occurrence and mechanisms of running injuries based on footwear
Scholar: Michael Lopez
Mentor: B. Hocevar
Promotion of pancreatic cancer by perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)
Scholar: Chenesaimwoyo Marimirofa
Mentor: W. Hetrick
Identifying the brain regions involved in verbal fluency
Scholar: Xandria McDowell
Mentor: M. Swany
Sensing the environment through a computer
Scholar: Diavian Miller
Mentor: J. Beggs
Are the clinical state-of-the-art brain irradiation methods safe and effective?
Scholar: Deanna Molina
Mentor: S. Newman
The impact of video game mechanics on memory and learning
Scholar: Kiarra Pratchett
Mentor: D. Habeeb
Investigating environmental sensing for health and wellness
Scholar: Emmanuel Scaife
Mentor: W. Kenkel
An investigation into prairie vole pair-bond formation

Scholar: Iyun Adebowale
Mentor: N. Manicke
LC-MS/MS detects urobilinoids from feces in fly guts
Scholar: Opeibea Aidoo
Mentor: R. Roper
Differential regulation of dyrk1a at the perinatal stage in down syndrome mice
Scholar: Cheikh Ethfagha
Mentor: McLeish
Engineering an acetolactate synthase variant exhibiting acetohydroxyacid synthase activity
Scholar: Mahussi Fagnon
Mentor: N. Alves
Comparing thromboelastography (teg) and turbidity measurements to monitor clot formation of native and fitc-tagged fibrinogen
Scholar: Emmanuel Makanjuola
Mentor: A. Kimble-Hill
Quantifying acch domain stability via differential scanning fluorimetry
Scholar: Carlos Montalvo-Hernandez
Mentor: S. Li
All-in-one pothole machine
Scholar: Lionnel Nkurunziza
Mentor: C. Lapish
The attentional set shifting task as a measure of cognitive flexibility in wistar rats and alcohol-preferring p rats
Scholar: TyLynn Roberts
Mentor: R. Roper
Determining optimal tissue protein concentrations to quantify dyrkla protein levels in developing mouse brain using western blot
Scholar: Pedro Sanchez Cisnero
Mentor: R. Minto
Initial studies for a structure – functional analysis of phanerochaete chrysosporium desaturase
Scholar: Sinai Valdez
Mentor: L. Plotkin
Mechanism of osteoclast differentiation induced by apoptotic osteocytes
Scholar: Brooklyn Williams
Mentor: B. Perrin
Cortactin’s role in stereocilia stability

Scholar: William Carey
Mentor: Kelly
Examining excessive ca2+/mg2+ in nw indiana rainwater
Scholar: Donnai Casillasvvvv
Mentor: Gao
Analysis of me31b gene’s role in stabilizing drosphila germ rna and me31b proteins rna binding specificity
Scholar: Eva Elmalh
Mentor: J. Fisher
Prevalence of colistin-resistant bacteria in sanitary sewage and the environment
Scholar: Alero Jackson
Mentor: J. Fisher
Quantification of antibiotic resistance in enteric bacteria isolated from untreated sewage
Scholar: Nicholas Olchawa
Mentor: Gao
ME31BROLE in mrna regulation

Scholar: Giovanna Gorski
Mentor: Hakimzadeh
VCARE: application of geotagging to improve delivery of public health services
Scholar: Winnie Ihano
Mentor: Rizk
Characterization of adenosine deaminase (ADA) mutants in severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID)
Scholar: Stacey Jean-Baptiste
Mentor: G. Muna
Electrocatalytic oxidation of aminothiols using modified electrodes with gold nanoparticles
Scholar: Jessica Jones
Mentor: D. Marr
Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on plant growth and survival
Scholar: David Mitchell
Mentor: A. Schanbel
Pollinator diversity and abundance in neighboring urban wetlands
Scholar: Christian Moreno
Mentor: Marmorino
Development of tool to operate on periodic trends
Scholar: Imani Poua
Mentor: P. Connor
Not repored

Scholar: Kierra Adams
Mentor: D. Bernstein
Genetic engineering to produce dcas using candida viswanathii through crispr modification
Scholar: Monica Appel
Mentor: M. Largent
Sphero in the classroom
Scholar: Charles Barrios
Mentor: C. Jenkins/ R. Auzely
Synthesis of new thermosensitive copolymers for the modification of polysaccharides
Scholar: Maurice Dantzler
Mentor: K. Islam
Herpetological surveys of red tail land conservancy properties
Scholar: Amber Diggs
Mentor: E. Khisamutdinov
Overexpression and purification of t7-rna polymerase for rna in vitro synthesis
Scholar: Kaylin Laws
Mentor: C. Jenkins
Investigation of reducing highly cross-linked inverse vulcanized sulfur polymers
Scholar: Adam Lloyd
Mentor: R. Sammelson
Synthesis of substituted pyrazolines as inhibitors of bacterial invasion
Scholar: Jazmin Marks-Burns
Mentor: D. Bernstein
Investigating the effects of pus5 deletion on mitochondrial encoded protein expression in candida albicans and saccharomyces cerevisiae
Scholar: Rebeca Mena
Mentor: M. Konkle
Microplate-based colorimetric detection of free hydrogen sulfide produced by mitoneet and cysteine
Scholar: ChiChi Nnatubeugo
Mentor: M. Konkle
Allosteric regulation of glutamate dehydrogenase 1 by mitoneet
Scholar: Jose Rodriguez
Mentor: P. Albiniak
Investigation of the impact of cyano substitutes on the reactivity of oxypyridinium salts
Scholar: Princess Walker
Mentor: C. Jenkins
Modification of poly(s-dvb) using maleimide

Scholar: Kalee Coe-White
Mentor: F.White
Repeated mild traumatic brain injury causes chronic glial activation in the cortex of adult male mice
Scholar: Crystal Johnson
Mentor: A. Baucum
Spinophilin protein-protein interactions in the striatum subsequent to psychostimulant administration
Scholar: Salvador Valle Rodriguez
Mentor: I. Suni
NSF REU Site for Interdisciplinary Materials Research at SIUC