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Latino Immigration: An Interview with Rogelio Saenz, Ph.D
Texas A&M University
Rogelio Saenz is currently Professor in the Department of Sociology at Texas A&M University and a Rural Fellow with the Carsey Institute. Dr. Saenz has two decades of experience as a sociologist specializing in the areas of demography, Latina/os, immigrat... » Read More
SUNY AGEP
State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook
Rose Edy Saint Fleur is a second year student in Statistics with advisor Stephen Finch. Her hometown is Leogane, Haiti. She did her undergraduate work at City College of New York. Her hobbies include singing, cooking, listening to Haitian music (Konpa)... » Read More
GLOBES IGERT
University of Notre Dame
Gilbert graduated from Florida International University (FIU) located in Miami, Florida, where he earned a bachelor of science degree in Biology and a minor in Chemistry. He is a first generation US national. His parents and the majority of his family are... » Read More
Student
Heritage University
Past Research: Sciences and Tribes Educational Partnership, research summer camp for two summers, in the Leavenworth and Nisqually areas as well as the University of Washington campus.
Current Research: I'm continuing work of ground-truthing ... » Read More
Rice-Houston AGEP
Rice University
Johannah is a first-year bioengineering student in Dr. Kyriacos Athanasiou's Musculoskeletal Bioengineering Lab. She earned a dual degree in biomedical engineering and mechanical engineering from Duke University in Durham, NC. Johannah plans to integrate ... » Read More
Rice-Houston AGEP
Rice University
Pedro is a first-year student in the department of electrical and computer engineering at Rice University. He received a B.S. degree in electrical engineering in 2004 from the University of Texas at El Paso, and in 2006, he received a M.S. degree in Elect... » Read More
Central New York – Puerto Rico AGEP
Universidad de Puerto Rico, Mayagüez
The natural designs of hemoproteins establish a central target related to bind a specific ligand essential to perform their function in biological systems. The human hemoglobin, for instance, is responsible to bind and transport oxygen through of princip... » Read More
Math Alliance Mentor
Universidad de Puerto Rico, Mayagüez
Dámaris Santana-Morant was born in Puerto Rico. She earned a bachelor's degree in Computational Mathematics from the University of Puerto Rico, Humacao and a M.S. degree in Applied Mathematics from the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras. In the summer... » Read More
Central New York – Puerto Rico AGEP
Universidad de Puerto Rico, Mayagüez
My work focus on ichthyoplankton ecology, lately I have been working on genetic species identification of snapper fish larvae, because of the difficulty of their identification using conventional morphological techniques and the importance in the understa... » Read More
PhD student
University of Texas, El Paso
At New Mexico State University (NMSU) I earned a Bachelors degree in physics with a minor in mathematics, and I was a hunt seat rider for the NMSU Women's Varsity Equestrian Team. I completed a master degree in geophysics, and currently I am pursuing a P... » Read More
Professor
Universidad de Puerto Rico, Humacao
My main research interest is focused on studying the effects of pollutants on marine and estuarine organisms. I am particularly interested in studying DNA single strand breaks in different organisms, mainly in mussels. I am also interested in ... » Read More
Astrobiology IGERT
University of Washington
I've always been interested in the "big questions", and there's no question bigger, in my opinion, than "Are We Alone?" The 21st century is the century that we will finally answer this question that has nagged at humankind for millennia. Astrobiology is a... » Read More
Midwest Crossroads AGEP
Purdue University
Purdue University 's AGEP program assists the development of well-rounded graduate students and future professionals. This program and supporting staff have played an integral role in my matriculation. The opportunities (i.e. attending workshops and inter... » Read More
Central New York – Puerto Rico AGEP
Universidad de Puerto Rico, Mayagüez
The purpose of my research in biological oceanography is to analyze how the abundance and distribution of marine benthic habitats at Mona Island Natural Reserve control the abundance, distribution, and species composition of coral reef fishes to ultimatel... » Read More
Spatial Information Science & Engineering
University of Maine
Isolde Schlaisich is a PhD student and a research assistant at the Department of Spatial Information Science and Engineering at the University of Maine.
Isolde is originally from Baden, Austria. She holds a Diplom Ingenieur degree in Surveying Enginee... » Read More
Astrobiology IGERT
University of Washington
One of the most fascinating aspects about Astrobiology to me is that it pushes the frontiers of science, both in a physical and an intellectual sense. The problems that Astrobiology openly confronts - the origins of life, the 'essence' of life, the possib... » Read More
Terahertz Science and Technology
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
I am currently working with Xi-Cheng Zhang and Jing Zhou Xu in the Department of Physics, where we study Terahertz (THz) Technology.
In particular, I am setting up a basic THz time domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) setup. This setup uses an 8W argon laser... » Read More
Sustainable Energy from Solar Hydrogen
University of Delaware
What problem would you devote your life to solving? I came to Delaware because, for me, that problem involves finding a way to live sustainably. Our society's easy access to fossil fuels has brought us a high standard of living, but at a steep environment... » Read More
Professor of Biology
University of Maine, Farmington
Mary believes that having a laboratory sets the pace and tone of the entire course and the science labs are the most important part of the course. Because of this, the connection between the lecture and the lab is critical.
Mary's Biology labs are ta... » Read More
New Media Lab, CUNY Graduate Center
City University of New York (CUNY), Graduate Center
Brian Schwartz is currently Vice President for Research and Sponsored Programs, Professor of Physics and Co-director of the New Media Lab at the Graduate Center of the City University and was a faculty member in the Physics Department at MIT. He was Dean ... » Read More
PhD Student
University of South Florida
I am a Colorado native that grew up outdoors: camping, kayaking, hiking, cycling, snowboarding, and backpacking. That love of the outdoors became a love for the natural sciences and ultimately the ocean. Marine Science has always fascinated me and I absol... » Read More
Rice-Houston AGEP
Rice University
Wavelet methodology has demonstrated great success in many arenas, but Alena focuses on problems of estimating signals contaminated by noise. A common feature of these problems is the replacement of the raw wavelet coefficients by “smoother” estimates. Ty... » Read More
Director of Multicultural Recruitment and Associate Dean for Student Transitions
Bates College
Marylyn Scott was appointed Director of Multicultural Recruitment for the admissions effor in August 2006. Scott served as coordinator of diversity programs and outreach at Mount Holyoke College prior to Bates.
She helps recruit students, and then work... » Read More
Undergraduate student
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Past Research: When I was president of the Environmental Science Club in High School, we studied the effects of city growth on a nearby stream. Weekly we would test the pH, turbidity and oxygenation levels and report the information to a local environment... » Read More
Abigail Seldin, former REU, now Rhodes Scholar
University of Pennsylvania
The genesis of a new Lenape exhibit was a project undertaken by Abigail Seldin in 2006–2007 as part of the Penn Museum’s Research Experience for Undergraduates program “Native Voices” funded by the National Science Foundation. The exhibit’s earliest plans... » Read More
Ecosystem Restoration through Interdisciplinary Exhange (ERIE) IGERT
State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo
Shannon Seneca is currently an ERIE IGERT Ph.D. candidate in the University at Buffalo’s Department of Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering. After a B.S. in Physics from SUNY Buffalo State, Shannon received her Master of Science in Civil (Env... » Read More
Integratively Engineered Biointerfaces
Rutgers University
Graduate Program: Biomedical Engineering; Research Focus: A tissue engineered model to understand mechanotransduction during acupuncture; Seeks to Integrate: Cell and tissue mechanics, mechanotransduction, spectroscopy, finite element modeling; Background... » Read More
Research Scientist (Marine Ecology)
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC)
For several years, I have been investigating whether harmful algal blooms can be controlled using clay mineral, and examining the possible impacts of clay addition to water quality and benthic communities. This work began with laboratory exper... » Read More
Inequality & Social Policy IGERT
Harvard University
Jasmin Sethi is a second year PhD student in the economics department. She graduated from Harvard College in 2000 with a bachelor’s degree in applied mathematics and economics. During the following year Jasmin studied on a Fulbright scholarship at the Lon... » Read More
Integratively Engineered Biointerfaces
Rutgers University
Graduate Program: Ceramic and Materials Engineering; Research Focus: Biomimetic materials design and development: polymer-ceramic composites for hard-tissue (bone) implants and scaffolds; Seeks to Integrate: Cellular and sub-cellular responses to hydroxya... » Read More
Provost and Chief Academic Officer
Simmons College
Charlena Seymour (B.F.A., Howard University ; M.A., Ph.D., The Ohio State University) is the Provost and Chief Academic Officer at Simmons College. She was previously Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of Massachuse... » Read More
Graduate Student (PhD program)
Stanford University
My brother and I are first generation Americans in our family; born and raised in Los Angeles, California. My father is Ethiopian/Eritrean and my mother is German. As a family, we like to travel locally and abroad. I graduated from California State Unive... » Read More
SUNY AGEP
State University of New York (SUNY), Albany
Dr. Betty P. Shadrick has held progressively responsible positions in educational institutions, community-based and state government agencies for nearly three decades. Applying her skills in teaching, counseling, and administration, she has worked to adva... » Read More
Assistant Dean of the Graduate School
North Carolina State University
David Shafer became Assistant Dean of the Graduate School at NC State University in January 2003. He is responsible for oversight of fellowship and traineeship programs, recruitment initiatives, programs designed to increase diversity, and professional de... » Read More
Public Policy and Nuclear Threats IGERT
University of California, San Diego
Akhil Shah is a physics Ph.D. student at UC Los Angeles. After finishing his undergraduate studies in physics and electrical engineering at UC Irvine in 2000, he worked as an engineer in the Wireless Products division of Conexant Systems until 2001, when ... » Read More
Nagambal Shah
Math Alliance Mentor
Spelman College
Nagambal Shah is a senior faculty member of the Spelman College Mathematics Department where she has served for over thirty years. She received her Bachelors degree in Mathematics and Masters in Statistics from India and M.S. and Ph.D. from University of ... » Read More
Math Alliance Mentor
Spelman College
Nagambal Shah is a senior faculty member of the Spelman College Mathematics Department where she has served for over thirty years. She received her Bachelors degree in Mathematics and Masters in Statistics from India and M.S. and Ph.D. from University of ... » Read More
SUNY AGEP
State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook
Teresa Shakespeare is in her fourth year in the department of Physiology and Biophysics with advisor Thomas White. Her undergraduate institution was Savannah State University; her hometown is Macon, Georgia. Her hobbies include reading, meeting new peop... » Read More
Integratively Engineered Biointerfaces
Rutgers University
Graduate Program: Chemical Engineering; Research Focus: Design of dynamic cell-biomaterial interfaces to activate cell motility and promote wound healing; Seeks to Integrate: Polymeric materials design; cell and tissue engineering; Background: B.S. Chemic... » Read More
Midwest Crossroads AGEP and LSAMP Indiana
Purdue University
Dr. Pamella P. Dale Shaw is a native of Gary, Indiana. She received her bachelor’s degree from Purdue University in 1979. She later graduated from the University of Kentucky College of Dentistry receiving a Doctor of Dental Medicine degree in 1991, and ... » Read More
Applied Mathematics and Earth & Environmental Sciences IGERT
Columbia University
Abby Shaw-Krauss is a graduate student in Applied Mathematics. His interests include nonlinear dynamics, wave propagation, mathematical physics, and applications to the earth and atmosphere.
In his free time, Abby enjoys reading, snowboarding, heari... » Read More
Materials Creation Training Program IGERT
University of California, Los Angeles
Heather Shepherd graduated from Mills College in 1996 with a BA in Chemistry. From there she then worked as an assistant synthetic chemist for Zeneca Ag. Inc. for one and a half years. She then worked in as an apprentice for private paper, painting and ob... » Read More
Raymon Sherrell
Undergraduate Student
University of South Carolina, Columbia
Future Research: Coastal research, maybe underwater archeology, research with the Navy in areas of meteorology and/or astrology. Also, I am really interested in coral reefs around the world, particularly in Australia.
Undergraduate Student
University of South Carolina, Columbia
Future Research: Coastal research, maybe underwater archeology, research with the Navy in areas of meteorology and/or astrology. Also, I am really interested in coral reefs around the world, particularly in Australia.
Academic Preparation: I ... » Read More
GLOBES IGERT
University of Notre Dame
Patrick recently completed a J.D. at The Pennsylvania State University’s Dickinson School of Law (2007) with a certificate in environmental and natural resources law. He previously earned a M.S. in Wildlife Science at the New Mexico State University (2004... » Read More
North Carolina OPT-ED
North Carolina State University
Richard Shoge’s time with the AGEP program confirmed his decision to attend NC State while helping him achieve his goal of being admitted to a graduate program. Shoge attended the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), for his undergraduate degr... » Read More
Student to Academic Professoriate for American Indians (SAPAI)
University of Montana
Ruth Short Bull holds an A.S. in Science, an A.S. in Environmental Science, and her A.A. in Liberal Arts with an emphasis in Elementary Education from Fort Berthold Community College in New Town, North Dakota. She also has her B.S. in Elementary Educatio... » Read More
Sustainable Urban Infrastructure
University of Colorado, Denver
I am currently pursuing a PhD in Public Affairs. I have a Bachelors degree in International Political Economy from the University of Puget Sound and a Masters degree in International Development from the University of Denver. My area of interest is wat... » Read More
Organic Crop Specialist
Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA)
Eric Sideman grew up just a stones throw outside of New York City where he could see the Empire State Building way off in the distance from his bedroom window. Slowly he edged north and to the country while he tested different colleges. During those years... » Read More
Ecology of Infectious Disease
University of Montana
I received a Bachelors in Economics from Lafayette College, a Bachelors in Biology from University of Colorado, Boulder, and a Masters in Biology (Ecology) from San Diego State University. I have worked as a marine biologist aboard fishing vessels in Ala... » Read More
GLOBES IGERT
University of Notre Dame
Sheina graduated with a BS in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from the University of California, Irvine. As an undergraduate, she worked on several projects ranging in topics from rapid evolution of flowering time in Brassica rapa to the detection of tr... » Read More
PhD Student
University of South Florida
Biographical Text: Past Research: Undergraduate research was on nitrogen cycling in coastal diatoms and relationships with natural bacterial communities
Current Research: Current research is on remediation of the explosive HMX using iron emulsions... » Read More
Regulatory Advisor, ExxonMobil Development Company
Dr. Simmons is currently a Regulatory/Environmental Advisor for ExxonMobil Development Company. Dr. Simmons is responsible for regulatory compliance and environmental management for two projects in West Africa. She also finds time to volunteer... » Read More
Applied Mathematics and Earth & Environmental Sciences IGERT
Columbia University
Gideon Simpson is a doctoral student in Applied Mathematics. His research interests include fluid dynamics, numerical analysis, and scientific computing.
His personal interests include politics and media, particularly blogs.... » Read More
SUNY AGEP
State University of New York (SUNY), Albany
Dr. Nelson Sivers received his Ph.D. in Physics from the University at Albany, SUNY in 2006. Currently he is a research fellow at the General Electric (GE) Global Research Center. He is part of an engineering team that is developing medical digital x-ray ... » Read More
Integrated Sensing Architechtures IGERT
University of Kentucky
I am from Big Stone Gap, a small town in southwest Virginia. I graduated from Powell Valley High School in 1997. In 2001, I graduated summa cum laude from the University of Virginia's College at Wise with B. S. degrees in chemistry and math. At UVA-Wise, ... » Read More
Technology Based Learning with Disability
Wright State University
Holly Slack slides her wheelchair up to the microscope and, with her thumb and forefinger wrapped around the knob, rotates her wrist to bring a specimen slide into focus. Her master’s thesis research in histology—the study of tissues—focuses on the kidney... » Read More
SPIRE Fellow, Nutrition and Genome Sciences
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
I pursued graduate studies with Professor Lusis at UCLA where I used mouse models to investigate complex genetic disorders such as obesity, insulin resistance and heart disease. But the focus of my graduate studies was weighted heavily toward research wit... » Read More
Minority Access/Graduate Networking in the Sciences, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (MAGNET-STEM II)
City University of New York (CUNY), Graduate Center
Gail Smith, currently serving as acting assistant provost at The Graduate Center of New York, is the principal investigator and program director of the NSF/CUNY AGEP and the NIH/Bridges to the Doctorate Programs.
Gail received her Ph.D. in classical ph... » Read More
Physical & Biomolecular Foundations for Designing Nanoprobes for Biology
Johns Hopkins University; Columbia University
To optimize the strength of materials and structures used in biomedical applications, one must apply the principles of mechanics. This can become a challenging task in these multiphysics settings, says Lindsey Smith, a second year doctoral student in civi... » Read More
The New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology
City University of New York (CUNY), Graduate Center
Lindsey is a graduate student in Anthropology at CUNY She received her B.A. in 1999 from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and her M.A. in 2006 from CUNY Hunter College. Her research interests include: Gestural communication in African apes... » Read More
Student to Academic Professoriate for American Indians (SAPAI)
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; University of Montana
Rachel Smith was born in South Dakota and raised in Northern California. She is a member of the Rosebud Sioux tribe.
Rachel participated in the Writing Retreat in 2008 and currently serves as the Program Manager for SAPAI.... » Read More
Environmental Specialist, EPA
College of William and Mary
Past Research: Tidal Grass Shrimp Migration (Salt Marsh Trophic Energy Transfer); Mixotrophy in Autotrophic Nanoflagellates (Biological Oceanography)
Current Research: Water Quality Criteria Development in estuarine/coastal systems;
biological... » Read More
Terahertz Science and Technology
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
I am currently working with Professor Gwo-Ching Wang in the Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy.
Currently I am participating with research in the area of characterization of physical properties of nanostructures using Scanning Tunne... » Read More
Applied Mathematics and Earth & Environmental Sciences IGERT
Columbia University
Tom Socci is a masters student on the doctoral track in Environmental Engineering. His background is in physics and education, and his research interests include carbon management, sequestration techniques, and the modeling of same.
Tom will go to j... » Read More
Math Alliance Mentor
Iowa State University
Dr. Song is an associate professor of mathematics at Iowa State. He attended the Ohio State University in Columbus, and received M.S. in 1983 and Ph.D. in 1987 in Mathematics. After working as a visiting lecturer for a year at the OSU, he came to Iowa St... » Read More
Masters Student Finishing 2010
Universidad de Puerto Rico, Humacao; Universidad de Puerto Rico, Mayagüez
Past Research: I have worked with the symbiosis between zooxanthellae and the temperate sea anemone, Anthopleura elegantissima at the Shannon Point Marine Center in Washington. Also I have worked with the relation to predation of the blue crab... » Read More
Ph.D Graduate in Soil Science 2009
North Carolina State University
Background and Past Research:
As an undergraduate, Porché was selected as a US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Minority Academic Institutions (MAI) Fellow. As a MAI fellow, Porché worked on environmental justice related issues in the Wate... » Read More
Reliability and Risk Engineering and Management IGERT
Vanderbilt University
EDUCATION: PhD Candidate, May 2008, Environmental Management, Vanderbilt University; B.S. Systems and Information Engineering, University of Virginia, May 2003; RESEARCH INTERESTS: If nuclear energy is to be a major source of carbon-free, base-load ele... » Read More
Student to Academic Professoriate for American Indians (SAPAI)
Oregon State University
Graysen Squeochs grew up on the Yakama Reservation located in Washington state.
Since a young age, he has been interested with the environment and how organisms interact with it. The fascination is what has guided Graysen throughout his academic and pr... » Read More
Institute for Cellular Engineering (ICE) IGERT
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Honing Bacterial Therapies for Treating Cancer In 2004, Adam received a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Northeastern University. While at Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Adam contributed to many exciting projects that sparked his interest i... » Read More
GLOBES IGERT
University of Notre Dame
Brandy received her BS in Biology and a minor in Philosophy in 2006 at the University of Oregon. As an undergraduate, she had the opportunity to work on research projects examining the developmental genetics of zebrafish (D. rerio) and, in another lab, th... » Read More
Non-equilibrium Dynamics Across Space and Time IGERT
University of Minnesota
I graduated from the University of Chicago in 2002 with a bachelors degree in physics. After graduation, I worked for a year in the molecular biology lab where I had done my undergraduate research on physical manipulation of short DNA molecules. I left th... » Read More
Combining scholarly practices in research, teaching, and outreach
Vanderbilt University; Institute for Broadening Participation (IBP)
Keivan Stassun is Associate Professor of Astronomy at Vanderbilt University, with an adjunct position at Fisk University. Dr. Stassun serves as chair of the American Astronomical Society's Committee on the Status of Minorities in Astronomy. He is also c... » Read More
Tracy Staton
Graduate Student
University of South Florida
Past Research: Participated and completed a one semester program that consisted of taking Maritime Studies, Nautical Science, and Oceanography. The classes worked injunction out in the Caribbean Sea for six weeks, doing individual scientific p... » Read More
Graduate Student
University of South Florida
Past Research: Participated and completed a one semester program that consisted of taking Maritime Studies, Nautical Science, and Oceanography. The classes worked injunction out in the Caribbean Sea for six weeks, doing individual scientific p... » Read More
Integratively Engineered Biointerfaces
Rutgers University
Graduate Program: Chemistry and Chemical Biology; Research Focus: Dynamics of micellar drug delivery systems as probed by femtosecond laser fluorescence spectroscopy; Seeks to Integrate: Physical organic chemistry, pharmacokientics biomaterials engineerin... » Read More
Alliance for Graduate Education in Mississippi (AGEM)
University of Mississippi
Dr. Earnest Stephens is a graduate from Bruce High School and went on to earn his Associates of Arts degree from Itawamba Community College. He transferred to the University of Mississippi where he earned his Bachelor of Business Administration, Master of... » Read More
The New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology
City University of New York (CUNY), Graduate Center
Jennifer is a graduate student in Anthropology at CUNY She received her B.A. in 1999 from Purdue University and her M.A. in 2006 from Northern Illinois University. Her research interests include: Paleoanthropology; primate dental morphology; paleobiolo... » Read More
Integratively Engineered Biointerfaces
Rutgers University
Graduate Program: Biomedical Engineering; Research Focus: Bio-sensing interfaces: Organic field-effect transistor for DNA detection; Seeks to Integrate: Organic semiconductors, device physics, structural biochemistry, molecular and cell biology; Backgroun... » Read More
Terahertz Science and Technology
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
I am currently working with Dr. Michael Shur in the Department of Electrical and Computer Systems engineering, studying Terahertz characterization of microelectronic circuits.
More specifically, my research seeks to use Terahertz radiation as a non-co... » Read More
Robert Stolz
Mathematical Biology
University of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas
My background is in the areas of probability theory and functional analysis. My previous work was focused on stochastic processes, integration and measures in infinite dimensional vector spaces. I have spent the past three years building on my mathematic... » Read More
Mathematical Biology
University of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas
My background is in the areas of probability theory and functional analysis. My previous work was focused on stochastic processes, integration and measures in infinite dimensional vector spaces. I have spent the past three years building on my mathematic... » Read More
Biological Invasions
University of California, Davis
Sharon Strauss is the PI for the IGERT on Biological Invasions. Sharon’s research interests lie in evolutionary community ecology, from micro- to macroevolutionary perspectives. She is exploring evolution in traits that are subject to selection from a va... » Read More
Central New York-Puerto Rico AGEP
Syracuse University
Dr. Eileen Strempel is Associate Dean of the Graduate School at Syracuse University. A Presidential Scholar, she is the Director of the Center for Graduate Preparation and Achievement (CGPA), the academic home of the NSF-funded Alliances for Graduate Edu... » Read More
Wildlife Biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,(M.S. Iowat State, 2008)
Iowa State University
Jeramie Strickland is eager and committed to the pursuits of higher education, particularly coming from a background where oftentimes these educational goals were not encouraged. Jeramie grew up in one of Chicago's disadvantaged areas, where the negative... » Read More
Math Alliance Mentor
University of Iowa
I am a math professor at the U of Iowa. I live in rural Iowa west of Iowa City where my wife and I raise and train Labrador retrievers, have a little patch of restored prairie, some woods and farm ground. I have a grown daughter who works for a manufact... » Read More
SPIRE Fellow, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Hi All! I started my educational journey with a BA in Biology from Lehigh University. At Lehigh I was initially exposed to the world of research via an undergraduate honors research project that involved fruit flies and genetics. From there I worked for t... » Read More
Math Alliance Mentor
University of Texas, Arlington
Dr. Jianzhong Su is a professor of Mathematics and director of graduate studies at Department of Mathematics, University of Texas at Arlington. His research area is in applied mathematics related to computational neuroscience, optical diffusive tomography... » Read More
Dynamics of Communication in Context
University of Pennsylvania
Mike Suarez is a second year graduate student in Psychology. I completed a BS in Biology at Beloit College in Beloit, Wisconsin. I currently study western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) in the Central African Republic, at a site established by... » Read More
Assessing Change in Coastal Ecosystems
University of Rhode Island
After completing my B.A. in Economics at Framingham State College, I lived and worked just outside of Boston, MA, where I was employed as a Quantitative Analyst. As a Quantitative Analyst I created and updated insurance probability models, which were used... » Read More
Computational Neurobiology
University of California, San Diego
Tom Sullivan graduated this summer with a PhD from the University of California, San Diego. His degree, granted from an interdisciplinary program, is in Electrical Engineering and Cognitive Science. His graduate school research involved biologically-pla... » Read More
Integratively Engineered Biointerfaces
Rutgers University
Graduate Program: Biomedical Engineering; Research Focus: Implantable biomaterials for spinal cord regeneration: in-vitro design optimization in 3D via microfluidic arrays; Seeks to Integrate: Fluid mechanics, cell bio-mechanics, neurobiology, Cell-substr... » Read More
Terahertz Science and Technology
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
I am a graduate student in the Chemistry Department. Under the guidance of Professors Saroj Nayak in Physics and Curt Breneman in Chemistry, I have predicted vibration modes of molecules in the terahertz range (THz, 700 cm-1 50 cm-1) using first principle... » Read More
Geographic Information Science IGERT
State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo
I completed my BA in Cognitive Science, with an emphasis in Neuroscience at the University of California, Berkeley in May 2004. I worked in a Cognitive Neuroscience research lab with Professor Rich Ivry where my research interests included the effects of ... » Read More
Non-equilibrium Dynamics Across Space and Time IGERT
University of Minnesota
My background is in chemical engineering (B.S. University of Wisconsin-Madison), but today I am a PhD student in the Civil Engineering department working on the development of reactive barriers for contaminant containment. My project is very ?chemical eng... » Read More
Ethnoecology & Wildlife Studies (PhD)
Colorado State University
I am a native Baltimorean and the youngest (and only girl) of three. I grew up along the waterways of Maryland, and decided to study environmental science as a high schooler. I received my B.S. in Biology from Howard University in 2003, where I participat... » Read More
SPIRE Fellow, Biology
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Hi Ya'll! I grew up in Roxboro, NC and graduated summa cum laude from Campbell University in Buies Creek, NC. From there I joined the lab of Dr. Michael White at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas in Dallas, TX. There I studied ... » Read More
Applied Mathematics and Earth & Environmental Sciences IGERT
Columbia University
Abby Swann is a doctoral student in Earth and Environmental Science. Her research interests revolve around atmospheric and oceanic interactions with climate dynamics, and a desire to "figure out how things work."
Abby also loves to sail, and esp... » Read More
Geographic Information Science IGERT
State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo
I am a PhD student in the Department of Anthropology, where my disciplinary focus is cultural anthropology and my research focus is the intersection of technology and society. I am working with Dr. Charles Frake, and am finishing my fourth year as an IGE... » Read More
Computational Transportation Science
University of Illinois, Chicago
I am a second year PhD student at University of Illinois at Chicago in the Computer Science department. My current research focus is on semantic location awareness and its application to context-aware computing. Additionally, I am interested in developing... » Read More
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