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Profiles of Graduate Students
Applied Mathematics and Earth & Environmental Sciences IGERT
Columbia University
Kobi Abayomi graduated as a doctoral student in Statistics with a minor in Environmental Engineering. He was a postdoctoral fellow at Duke University. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial & Systems Engineer... » Read More
Applied Mathematics and Earth & Environmental Sciences IGERT
Columbia University
Hannah Abend has graduated as a masters student in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. Her primary research interest at Columbia was earthquake physics -- specifically, fault dynamics and earthquake simulation.
Currently, Hannah is a geo... » Read More
Doctoral Student
American University
Academic Preparation:
University of Michigan, BS Anthropology and Psychology, August 2005; University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico fieldwork for honors thesis, January-May 2005; University of Pittsburgh-Semester at Sea Program-Study abroad ... » Read More
Graduate Student (PhD)
Columbia University
I just graduated with a BSc in Geology from The University of Arizona and currently waiting to start graduate school in Fall 2010. At the moment, I am planning a tour of East Africa and Southeast Asia for Spring and Summer 2010.
My broad academic in... » Read More
Graduate Students (Masters)
Yale University
Jesse Anaya was born, reared, and educated in the Central Valley of California, where he researched air and water pollution at UC Merced. He studied public policy at Princeton University as a PPIA Fellow, and has received numerous fellowships to conduct a... » Read More
Doctoral Student
Clemson University
Hello, my name is Ankoma Anderson and I am from Greenwood, South Carolina. I am a 2009 graduate of Lander University with a B.S. in Chemistry.While at Lander my research interest included the separation of silver nano-particles and the synthesis of epoxy ... » Read More
Molecular Engineering of Microdevices IGERT
Ohio State University
My research seeks to develop a framework of control- and diagnostic-oriented models of a Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) in order to optimize fuel cell stack performance through proper flow distribution and proper water management and... » Read More
Graduate Student (PhD)
University of South Florida
Verónica E. Aponte-Morales received a BS in Chemistry from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez and a MS in Environmental Science from the Inter American University of Puerto Rico, San Germán. Ms. Aponte is currently a student in the PhD degree program... » Read More
PhD Graduate Student
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Denisse Aranda is a Contamination Control Engineer and Planetary Protection Specialist at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. The focus of her research is ensuring the performance of flight hardware in space via protection from particulate... » Read More
Ph.D. Candidate in Geography
University of California, Santa Barbara
I am a Ph.D. Candidate in Geography with an interest in Geographic Information Science (GIS) and hazards at the University of California Santa Barbara. My dissertation research examines the use of satellite images and mapping to monitor the long term ... » Read More
Master of Science in Environmental Management, Bachelor of Science in Chemistry
Academic Preparation:
*Master of Science in Environmental Management, Universidad Metropolitana, PR
Thesis: "Study of Puerto Rico's recreational boaters' knowledge level of the marine environment as a conservation strategy".
*Bachelor of Scie... » Read More
4th Year Math Grad
University of Iowa
I am a 4th year studying representation theory.... » Read More
Computational Transportation Science
University of Illinois, Chicago
Daniel is a Ph.D. student in the department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). His current research interests include Data Management in Mobile Peer-to-peer networks, Database Systems, and Data Mining. He received his B.... » Read More
The New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology
City University of New York (CUNY), Graduate Center
Karen is a PhD student in Anthropology at CUNY. She received her BA in 2000 from Muhlenberg College and her MA in 2003 from CUNY Hunter College. Her research interests include Paleoanthropology; cranial morphology; geometric morphometrics; evolutionary ... » Read More
Postdoctoral Scholar
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Currently I am pursuing a PhD in Engineering Science from the College of Engineering at the University of South Florida. My research interests include microbial ecology and biotransformations of radionuclides or heavy metals.... » Read More
Doctoral Student
City University of New York (CUNY), Queens College
Past Research: Tested for short-lived radio isotopes within two Long Island Sound gravity cores. Analyze cores to define a chronology of anthropogenic signatures.
Current Research: Testing the same cores for heavy elements and anthropogenic signatu... » Read More
Graduate Student
Montana State University
Currently I am working towards finding alternative or innovative approaches to the management of aquatic invasive species. More specifically, I have been researching the susceptibility to mortality of rainbow trout larvae when exposed to dissolved carbon... » Read More
GLOBES IGERT
University of Notre Dame
Following graduation from Michigan Technological University with a BS in Biology, Ashley spent two years in northeast China teaching English at the Changchun Institute of Technology. While there, she observed the rapid industrial growth associated with ... » Read More
Macromolecular Interfaces with Life Sciences
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
The goal of my research is to determine an economical method for extracting polyphenolic compounds from peanut byproducts, which have been shown to possess significant antioxidative properties. Industry currently relies on commercial antioxidants such as ... » Read More
Central New York - Puerto Rico AGEP
Cornell University
Ph.D. Candidate, Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Minor, Biomechanics, Cornell University, May 2005
CURRENT RESEARCH:
Jeff is a member of Professor Larry Bonassar’s biomechanics research group. The focus of... » Read More
Rice-Houston AGEP
Rice University
Rosa is a second-year student in the department of statistics and she has just passed her A-exams. Her current advisor is Dr. Keith Baggerly at UT MD Anderson and their research involves analysis of exon arrays. (Rice University, 2006)... » Read More
PhD Candidate
Rutgers University
I am a doctoral candidate in Geography. My research, teaching and service interests involve natural hazards, human dimensions of global environmental change, urban economic development, and public policy and planning.
My dissertation examines mass tran... » Read More
Doctoral Student
University of Texas, Arlington
I relocated from Detroit, Michigan to the Dallas, Texas area immediately after high school. I studied nuclear power in the US Navy and served in the Persian Gulf as a mechanical engineer in the late 1980's. I was awarded the Armed Forces Expeditionary Med... » Read More
Public Policy and Nuclear Threats IGERT
University of California, Santa Barbara
Joseph P. Bassi, a native New Yorker and Yankees fan, is Ph.D. student in the Department of History at UC Santa Barbara. He is a consultant with the Aerospace Corporation supporting NASA/JPL and recently was a graduate research associate at Pacific Northw... » Read More
Graduate Student (PhD)
State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook
PhD Student, Ocean Sciences Profile
Past Research: In summer 2003, I was introduced to the nuances of carbon-based sample pretreatment for radiocarbon results. My project was to evaluate pretreatment artifacts as a result of acidifying samples to r... » Read More
Technology Based Learning with Disability
Wright State University
Melissa received her B.S. in Biology/Biomedical Sciences from the University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, 2001. She is currently working on ultrastructural analysis of the central nervous system. Her research involves working with a congenitally deaf mouse ... » Read More
Ph.D., University of Iowa, Math Dept. Alumni
University of Iowa
Professor, Department of Mathematics
Kean University
I had a great experience in graduate school at the University of Iowa. The faculty is student friendly and well known nationally and internationally for their research. There... » Read More
GLOBES IGERT
University of Notre Dame
Adam comes to the GLOBES program with a 2004 BA in Economics and a minor in Mathematics from Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana.
Adam’s research interests are rooted in microeconomic theory and financial econometrics and include topics like debt-for... » Read More
Student to Academic Professoriate for American Indians (SAPAI)
University of Arizona
Lucinda Begay is a master's student focusing on organic chemistry at the University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ. Her thesis is on "Aggregation Behavior of Monorhamnolipids."
She received her Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from the University of Arizona... » Read More
Graduate Student
Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras
I am from the heart of the Caribbean, Puerto Rico. I am a young scientist that is constantly questioning its world. Currently I have particularly interest in Limnology, specifically in estuaries. What is there fuction and how there fuctioning is affecte... » Read More
Institute for Cellular Engineering (ICE) IGERT
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
A Biological Approach to Alternative Energy Samantha graduated with a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Vermont, and is currently pursuing a PhD in Chemistry at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in Jeanne Hardy’s research group. Her prim... » Read More
Graduate Student (PhD)
Florida Memorial University; Florida Atlantic University
Mr. Bernier is from New York City and has a B.S. degree in Geology from the City University of New York at York College. He moved to North Carolina and earned an M.S. degree in Geology from UNC, Chapel Hill. Mr. Bernier has worked in various areas of Eart... » Read More
Student to Academic Professoriate for American Indians (SAPAI)
University of Montana
Antony Berthelote is a Doctoral Student at the University of Montana in the Geoscience Department. He is a member of the Salish, Kootenai and Pend d' Oreille community and speaks both English and Spanish.
Antony grew up in Pablo, Montana and is current... » Read More
6th year Math Grad
University of Iowa
“What I appreciate most about the environment that has been created in the department is the fact that racial and ethnic issues are in the forefront of departmental discourse.”... » Read More
Computational Transportation Science
University of Illinois, Chicago
James is a Ph.D. student in the department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). His primary research interest is in artificial intelligence focusing on applications of machine learning, with secondary interests in human-comp... » Read More
Rice-Houston AGEP
Rice University
Lissett is a first-year graduate student in the department of bioengineering at Rice University. She received her B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M University and her M.S. degree in biomedical engineering from The University of Texas at... » Read More
The New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology
Columbia University
Mary is a PhD student in Anthropology at Columbia University. She received her BA in 2005 from Swarthmore College, and her MA in 2006 from Columbia University. Her research interests include Population genetics; molecular systematics; phylogeography and... » Read More
Adaptive Management: Water, Wetlands and Watersheds IGERT
University of Florida
- B.A., Geology, Colgate University, 2003
- M.S., Geology, University of Florida, 2006
Susanna's masters work focused on the utilization of Neodymium isotopes as a tracer of ancient ocean circulation in hopes of better understanding climate fo... » Read More
Adaptive Management: Water, Wetlands and Watersheds IGERT
University of Florida
Becky graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. in Anthropological Sciences in 2002 and from the University of Florida in 2008 with a M.A. in Anthropology.
Becky is an environmental anthropologist in her third year of the AMw3 IGERT. She is inte... » Read More
Marine Biodiversity: Understanding Threats & Providing Solutions IGERT
University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Program Graduate
Lesley received her Ph.D in Marine Biology in 2005. Dissertation title: Ecology of the Hadal Zone: Inferences from Scavengig Amphipods from the Tonga and Kermadec Trenches .
One of my research goals is to investigate the biodiv... » Read More
Faculty Fellow, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Columbia University
Academic Preparation:
-Columbia University, PhD anticipated 2010
Areas of study: Tectonophysics, Geophysics and Paleoclimatology
-Columbia University, MA 2007
-Ohio State University, B.S. Geological Sciences received 2004
Master’s p... » Read More
Student to Academic Professoriate for American Indians (SAPAI)
University of Arizona
Seafha is from Humboldt County, California, and is a member of the Yurok Tribe. She is from the Frye family of Ah-Pah village. She participated in SAPAI in 2008 and completed her MS at The University of Arizona in 2009.
In January 2010, she began p... » Read More
SUNY AGEP
State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook
Akua Bonsra is a second year Pharmacology student from Bowie, Maryland. Her advisor is Caroline Kisker. Her undergraduate institution was University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She loves to read, cook, swim, and go to the movies – but she’s afraid o... » Read More
Technology Based Learning with Disability
Wright State University
Jenny received her B.S. in Psychology in 2008 from Wright State University. She is currently working on her M.S. in Human Factors Psychology.
Her research compares different assistive technology devices in relation to efficiency in typing documents. S... » Read More
Graduate Student (Masters)
University of Rhode Island
Past Research: Tracking Mercury Contamination in the Sediments of Western Long Island Sound, which is still in progress. I hope to write a paper this year on this subject.
Storm Surges in the sediments of Long Island Sound, based on core samples and h... » Read More
Professional, BS, MBA
Battelle Memorial Institute
As the first individual in my immediate family to complete a college curriculum, I can sincerely appreciate the importance of education. I am a single mother, student and dedicated friend. As a minority I have seen first-hand that education makes a differ... » Read More
Masters Complete
Hello Everyone,
My name is John Brito I am currently a MS student in Environmental Engineering at the University of Missouri. I am a first generation Cape Verdian American (Islands off the West Coast of Africa) with a BS in Civil/Environmental Engineeri... » Read More
Graduate Student
Georgia State University
Current Research: The Quantified Variations in Abundance of Benthic Foraminifera Faunal Assemblages from Site 1085, Southwest African Margin (Thesis topic)
Future Research: I would like to pursue future research in Oceanography or Geology.
I w... » Read More
Student to Academic Professoriate for American Indians (SAPAI)
University of Arizona
Gilbert Brown is from Farmington, New Mexico and is a doctoral student at the University of Arizona. He is a member of the Navajo Tribe and speaks both the English and Navajo languages. Gilbert’s focus at the University is Indigenous Education/Language,... » Read More
Postdoctoral Scholar
California Institute of Technology
Past Research: My research interests primarily resided in seismology throughout
my undergraduate work at UW-Madison. During the summer of 2004, I interned at the Alaska Volcano Observatory doing volcano seismology research. The work I did there cu... » Read More
Adaptive Management: Water, Wetlands and Watersheds IGERT
University of Florida
Megan graduated from the University of Virginia with a B.A. in Biology in 2002 and from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University with a M.S. in Geosciences in 2004. Megan worked for the Bureau of Land Management assessing riparian and rangeland... » Read More
Rice-Houston AGEP
Rice University
William is a first-year student in the department of statistics at Rice University. He received his B.S. degree in mathematics at Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas. William is currently preparing for the Statistics A-exams scheduled for the Spri... » Read More
Sustainable Energy from Solar Hydrogen
University of Delaware
In order to sustain our way of life our generation must find a new energy source. Not just because of environmental concerns but because of availability of traditional energy sources. Society must switch to renewable energy sources before we deplete our... » Read More
Graduate Students (PhD)
University of Oregon
My name is Amy Burgess. I started my PhD program at the University of Oregon in Fall 2011, I am stationed out at the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology. I successfully defended my Masters through Western Washington University and the Shannon Point Marine ... » Read More
Nicole is looking for a post doc in applied Physics.
University of Michigan
Nicole Campbell is a Ph.D. candidate in Applied Physics at the University of Michigan. She received a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan in 2009. She received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and minors... » Read More
SUNY AGEP, Graduated
Aerospace Corporation
David Cardoza received his Ph.D. in Physics and Astronomy and did his undergraduate work at the University of California, Riverside. He recently completed a postdoctoral position at Stanford University under Philip Bucksbaum where his work focused on the ... » Read More
Graduate Student
Florida A&M University
Past Research: Apalachicola Bay/ Franklin County; Residents' Awareness of Fish
Advisories in Apalachicola Bay; Surface water storage in farm ponds.
Current Research: Surface Water interactions and modeling.
Future Research: Policies r... » Read More
Ph.D. Student
Indiana University, Bloomington
Angela Carrillo is from Lima, Perú. She is currently in her last year of the Ph.D Chemistry program (organic chemistry) at Indiana University-Bloomington. Angela attended the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Perú (Pontifical Catholic University of Per... » Read More
Rice-Houston AGEP
Rice University
Juli Carrillo is a Ph.D. candidate in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department at Rice University. Carrillo's research interests are in the ecology and evolution of plant defense against herbivores, especially in systems where conventional tradeoff... » Read More
Graduate Student (Masters)
Purdue University
Currently I am a first year master's student at Purdue University working under Dr. Robert "Jeff" Trapp in the dept of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences.
I completed my undergraduate education at Jackson State University with a B.S. in Meteorol... » Read More
M.S. Student
Universidad de Puerto Rico, Mayagüez
Past Research: In 2004, I was trying to model carbon flux using a systemodynamic approach in seagrass beds in the east of Puerto Rico. I also worked in a field research with commercial fishermen about their knowledge of marine ecosystems as well as a rese... » Read More
Graduate Student
Colorado State University
I was born in Fairbanks, Alaska and grew up in Lansing, Michigan. I earned a Bachelor's of Science in Natural Resources, with a specialization in Fluvial Ecosystems, from the University of Michigan in 2003. Upon graduating, I participated in the Sierra ... » Read More
Ph.D. Student
Indiana University, Bloomington
Dean Castillo’s interest in studying ecology and genetics began in high school when he was involved in the 4H Club in Meadow Vista, California. Castillo was able to notice similarities between what he was learning in his biology class and see its direct a... » Read More
Rice-Houston AGEP
Rice University
During the 2005-2006 academic year, Jamie continued a research project studying the race, ethnic, and nativity differences in health. She completed a Meta-analysis on the Hispanic Paradox and infant mortality in collaboration with the sociology department... » Read More
Graduate Student
Howard University
My name is Ressa Chee Wah and as my name shows I am as diverse in my ethnicity as I am with my majors. Originally I'm from the twin island republic of Trinidad and Tobago. I have an undergraduate degree in Chemistry from Clark Atlanta University and ... » Read More
Midwest Crossroads AGEP
Purdue University
My association with AGEP has been extremely rewarding, I have had the opportunity to not only help create programs / workshops that will benefit incoming graduate students (potential AGEP Scholars) but also to form lasting friendships. AGEP help funded co... » Read More
Masters Student
Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis
Thint T. Cho, or just "Cho" as her friends know her, is an energetic and electric young Technical Woman that is leaving her mark on the campus of Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis (IUPUI). As a Students & Technology in Academia, Resear... » Read More
Recent graduate, Master of Environmental Management
Cidney is a recent May 2012 graduate of the Master of Environmental Management program at the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University. While at the Nicholas School, her studies focused on water resource management, sustainability and the wa... » Read More
Civil graduate student honored at LSAMP-AGEP Conference
Purdue University
On November 3-4, 2006, Purdue University hosted the Second Annual Joint Conference of the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) and Midwest Crossroads Alliance for Graduate Education for the Professorate (AGEP). Civil Engineering gradua... » Read More
Graduate Student (PhD)
Louisiana State University
As an undergraduate at the University of Alabama, I worked on a study looking at differences in growth within a colony of marsh clams, Rangia cuneata, found in Mobile Bay, Alabama. As a masters student at UA, I studied a deep-sea coral, Stylaster erubesce... » Read More
SUNY AGEP
State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook
Enixy Collado is a second year student in the department of Marine Sciences with advisor Jackie Collier. Her undergraduate work was done at University of Puerto Rico, Humacao. She enjoys nature, walking and swimming. Her favorite sport team is Criollas... » Read More
Applied Mathematics and Earth & Environmental Sciences IGERT
Columbia University
Martin Collier is a doctoral student in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. His background is in chemistry and geophysics; his primary research interest is in combining observational constraints from geochemistry with insights from numeric... » Read More
University of California AGEP
University of California, Irvine
My recent project has focused on the interactions between the environment and an organism’s physiology and how this affects an individual’s behavior. In particular I have studied the importance of osmoregulatory behavior in amphibians and how this physiol... » Read More
Rice-Houston AGEP
Rice University
Michael is a second-year student in the department of civil and environmental enginerring at Rice University and his current advisor is Dr. Satish Nagarajaiah. His current research lies in the area of structural health monitoring and smart material applic... » Read More
Doctoral Student, Biology
Pennsylvania State University
The Pennsylvania State University - University Park, PA
Ph.D. Candidate, Biology, Fall 2012 (expected)
Dissertation: TBA
Advisers: Charles R. Fisher and Stephen W. Schaeffer
University of Delaware - Newark, DE
M.S. Marine Bioscie... » Read More
MS, Conservation Biology and Wildlife
Puget Sound Center
I am interested in the early development of marine invertebrates from fertilization to embryonic development to metamorphosis and juvenile development. I am particularly interested in how these different processes may be affected by anthropogenic stressor... » Read More
Midwest Crossroads AGEP
Indiana University, Bloomington
Natasha Crosby will graduate in January 2009 with her doctorate in molecular biology and genetics and a minor in biochemistry. A member of Professor David Daleke’s lab, her work focuses on the effect of diabetes (hyperglycemia) on red blood cell membran... » Read More
Doctoral Student
University of Michigan
Jasmine Crumsey graduated from Albany State University, Albany GA in 2007. Holding B.S. degrees in biology and science education, she hopes to improve the bridges between scientific research and science education, particularly environmental education. ... » Read More
NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program (GSRP)
University of South Florida
David Cure, a doctoral student in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University South Florida, in Tampa, is the recipient of a prestigious fellowship from the 2010 NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program (GSRP). NASA’s Graduate Student R... » Read More
Postdoctoral Scholar
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Current Research: Bioindicator Development for Assessing Reef Health in the Florida Keys
Future Research: Application of various molecular techniques to study spatial variability of bacterial communities on corals being transplanted for restoratio... » Read More
SUNY AGEP
State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook
Juma Daniels is a fifth year Biochemistry student in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at SUNY Stonybrook. His advisor is Hermann Schindelin. He did his undergraduate work at New York University.... » Read More
PhD Student, Computer Science (Human Computer Interaction)
Oregon State University
I am a Ph.D. student in Computer Science (Human-Computer Interaction) at Oregon State University. I am interested in involving older adults in the design and development of an open source application to study health metrics. This would benefit the researc... » Read More
Rice-Houston AGEP
Rice University
During her time at Rice, Kalatu has been focusing on Decision theory as her primary area of focus in the Statistics Department. Decision theory is a tool used in a variety of settings to determine an optimal course of action, under conditions of uncertain... » Read More
4th year Math Grad
University of Iowa
I am a 4th year grad student at The University of Iowa. I got my undergraduate at the Univeristy of Texas at El Paso. I work in an intersection of number theory and representation theory, which is a very fun subject and related to almost any branch of mat... » Read More
PhD Student
Old Dominion University
Ariel recently earned a Master of Science Degree in Oceanography from the University of New Hampshire. Her master's research involved studying the tidal effects on metabolic gases (oxygen and pCO2) and optical properties (absorption and attenuation) obser... » Read More
SUNY AGEP
State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook
Nidia DeJesus is in the deparment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology with advisor Eckard Wimmer. She did her undergraduate work at Skidmore College.... » Read More
Rice-Houston AGEP
Rice University
Nikki Delk graduated with a Ph.D. from the biochemistry and cell Biology Department in May 2006. The title of her thesis is "The Regulation and Function of CML23 and CML24: Arabidopsis thaliana Genes Encoding Ca2+-Binding Proteins Implicated in Abscisic A... » Read More
Ph.D. in Informatics
State University of New York (SUNY), Albany
Dawit Demissie received a Ph.D. in Informatics from the College of Computing & Information, University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNY) in December 2011. He earned an M.S. in Telecommunications & Network Management from Syracuse University a... » Read More
Computer Science & Educational Technologies
University of North Carolina, Charlotte
I am a third year graduate student at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte working with Dr. Tiffany Barnes in the Games + Learning Lab. My research focuses on educational technologies and serious games with an emphasis on STEM Education. I have... » Read More
"IGERT student" weaves his education through a number of complementary programs
University of Maine
If you're looking for evidence of NSF EPSCoR's impact in Maine, the case of PhD student Andrew Doyle isn't a bad place to start. Doyle is immersed in the growing multi-disciplinary research network which has developed among four institutions - The Univers... » Read More
Biocentric Robotics IGERT
University of Utah
I'm originally from a small secret town in Pennsylvania. After graduating high school, I was fortunate enough to join the Meyerhoff Scholarship Program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), where I earned my B.S. in physics.
As a Brid... » Read More
Graduate Student (Masters)
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
When the time came to choose a concentration for undergraduate studies, I decided to major in Environmental Science. Since commencing my career as an environmental scientist I've been granted many opportunities to learn about the breadth of fields in whic... » Read More
Coordinator I, Office of Diversity Programs, College of Engineering
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Currently, I am a Coordinator with the Office of Diversity Programs within the College of Engineering at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Previously, I worked as Academic Coordinator with the Savannah River Environmental Sciences Field Station at ... » Read More
Rice-Houston AGEP
Rice University
Chantal Edwards was a masters student in the Computational and Applied Mathematics Department at Rice. She is worked with Dr. Yin Zhang in an area of research involving digital signal processing and conic/linear programming. Currently, she is finished her... » Read More
Doctoral Candidate in Electrical Engineering with a concentration in Systems Engineering
Morgan State University
Current research interests includes exploring a Systems Engineering approach to the Built Environment while developing and modeling sustainable infrastructure and practices through interdisciplinary studies of renewable energy, environmental, natural syst... » Read More
Minority Access/Graduate Networking in the Sciences, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (MAGNET-STEM II)
City University of New York (CUNY), Graduate Center
Lauren Esposito is a student in the Ecology, Evolution and Behavior subprogram of the Biology PhD at the City University of New York. After graduating with her B.S. from the University of Texas at El Paso, as a Distinguished Graduate in the Biological Sci... » Read More
Sustainable Energy from Solar Hydrogen
University of Delaware
When I complete graduate school at the University of Delaware, I want to be involved with society’s transition toward a more sustainable energy system. The vagueness of my career objective is a reflection of my broad interest in this multi-faceted topic, ... » Read More
SUNY AGEP
State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook
Tracey Evans is a student in the Department of Marine Sciences. She is studying Atmospheric Chemistry: John Mak is her advisor. She lives in Brentwood, NY and went to SUNY Old Westbury as an undergrad. She likes to paint, play the saxophone, and hike.... » Read More
Ph.D. Candidate
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
I have been at UNC Chapel Hill since my undergraduate years. I was fortunate to perform research in the Joint Fluids Lab mentored by a graduate student that inspired me to continue studying to obtain a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics. I am currently a fourth... » Read More
M.S. Completed 2009
My most recent research experience was in my work for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. I investigated the impact watershed urbanization has on anadromous fish and the broader fish community within the river. I looked at the feeding success o... » Read More
Midwest Crossroads AGEP
Indiana University, Bloomington
Jeremy Felton grew up “always wondering what stuff was made of” and is now a first-year graduate student in Chemistry at Indiana University. He studies analytical chemistry (chemistry at the atomic level) under the supervision of Professor Gary Hieftje, ... » Read More
Midwest Crossroads AGEP
Indiana University, Bloomington
Imagine getting a shot every morning that gave you all the nutrients you need for the day – you no longer need to eat. Do you think you’d still want to chew on something at certain points during the day? Would gum become an appealing habit or would your p... » Read More
Midwest Crossroads AGEP
Indiana University, Bloomington
From Syracuse, New York, Andrew Fiss followed his passion for history and science to Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana (IUB). At IUB Fiss developed and enhanced his skills preparing himself for his upcoming return to New York.
Fiss completed... » Read More
PhD Student
University of South Florida
Past Research: I have worked with marine vertebrates and invertebrates... » Read More
Research Assistant
Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi
My interest in science all began with a high school biology class. I have a Bachelor's of Science in Biology from Nova Southeastern University and I am currently undertaking my Master's in Environmental Science with an emphasis on Human Dimensions and Pol... » Read More
The New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology
City University of New York (CUNY), Graduate Center
Frances Forrest is a student of Anthropology at CUNY. She received her BA in 2006 from CUNY Queens College. Her research interests include paleoanthropology; Plio-Pleistocene hominin evolution; evolution of the genus Homo; paleoecology; taphonomy; Afric... » Read More
Midwest Crossroads AGEP
Indiana University, Bloomington
Shandu Foster went from living his entire life in the bustling metropolis that is New York City to living alongside the cornfields of southern Indiana.
Foster began his journey at Hunter College where here completed his Bachelor’s Degree in Sociolog... » Read More
SUNY AGEP
State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook
Wesley Francillon graduated with a doctorate from the department of Materials Science and Engineering at Stony Brook with advisor Sanjay Sampath. He joined Texas Instruments as an analytical engineer.... » Read More
PhD Candidate
Alabama A&M University
My name is Stephanie Freeman. I grew up in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. As a child her adventures were working and playing in both of her grandparent’s gardens and assisting with the maintenance of flowerbeds.
I have always wanted to be a scientist. I at... » Read More
SUNY AGEP
State University of New York (SUNY), Albany
Eric Yaw Frimpong is a research assistant at the Office of Mental Health, Bureau of Youth Evaluation and a lecturer for the Mathematics department at the University at Albany. A Ph.D. candidate in the Biometry and Statistics department of the School of Pu... » Read More
Masters Complete
One of my short term goals, is to obtain a fellowship to pursue a Ph.D. in a scientific field and continue to develop applications using Geographic Information Systems. This will grant me the opportunity to identify additional mentoring at a research inst... » Read More
Sustainable Futures
Michigan Technological University
Valerie J. Fuchs, EIT, is a doctoral student in environmental engineering at Michigan Technological University. She is a National Science Foundation Integrated Graduate and Education Research (IGERT) Trainee, as well as a Graduate Scholar in the Sustaina... » Read More
SUNY AGEP
State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook
Carlos Gamboa is from Bogota, Colombia. He is in his third year studying electrical engineering, his advisor is Thomas Robertazzi. His undergraduate institution was Universidad de Los Andes. He likes to spend time with his family, watch movies, and li... » Read More
Midwest Crossroads AGEP
Indiana University, Bloomington
Indiana University graduate student Ronald Garcia is a seventh-year Ph.D. student in Computer Science. He is interested in the design and implementation of programming languages. Programming languages are the most basic tools that programmers utilize to... » Read More
Graduate Student (PhD)
Howard University
Raul was born on July 6, 1986 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He is a Physics and Astronomy Graduate Student at Howard University sponsored by the National Science Foundation's Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate. His undergraduate studies wer... » Read More
B.S. Environmental Science, M.S. Marine Science, PhD Student, USF CMS
University of South Florida
I am an African American, inner-city female who has always been a bit different. As a child, I loved looking at different bugs, creating and tending gardens, and playing in dirt. This love of nature followed me to college, where I found a niche for myself... » Read More
Technology-Based Learning with Disability
Wright State University
Alyssa earned a B.S. in biomedical engineering at Case Western Reserve University in 2008. She is currently doing research through the Wright State University orthopaedic surgery department at Miami Valley Hospital. This research studies mechanical fail... » Read More
SUNY AGEP, Graduated
State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook
Dwan Gerido graduated from the Department of Physiology and Biophysics. His advisor was Thomas White. He did his undergraduate work at Savannah State University. Dwan is currently a Patent Examiner at the United States Patent and Trademark Office.... » Read More
Ph.D Student
Washington State University
Academic Preparation:
- Bachelor of Science, Environmental Studies Biology, Minors: Economics & Political Science, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR, (June 2007)
- Master of Science, Natural Resource Sciences focus in Amphibian Habitat & Aquat... » Read More
SUNY AGEP
State University of New York (SUNY), Albany
Mary Graham graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University at Albany, having received her B.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science. Currently she is actively pursuing her Ph.D. in the field of NanoBiotechnology. Her research focuses on the fabrication of ... » Read More
Takiesa Grant
Student
Savannah State University
Current research: Examining plankton as environmental indicators and predictors. Using epifluorescence microscopy, I identify phytoplankton and zooplankton from weekly dockwater samples. I am currently looking at the segregation of trophic modes inmixot... » Read More
Student
Savannah State University
Current research: Examining plankton as environmental indicators and predictors. Using epifluorescence microscopy, I identify phytoplankton and zooplankton from weekly dockwater samples. I am currently looking at the segregation of trophic modes inmixot... » Read More
Rice-Houston AGEP
Rice University
Hemoglobin is responsible for the transport of oxygen throughout the body and, in extracellular form, is being used to develop O2 delivery pharmaceuticals for use as a blood substitute. The challenge of low rHb production yield when over-expressed in E. C... » Read More
Midwest Crossroads AGEP
Indiana University, Bloomington
For recent Indiana University Criminal Justice graduate Dr. Shani Gray, Ph.D., choosing a field of research was not difficult. She has been fascinated with the world of cops and robbers since she was five years old.
"I always had to be the sheriff,"... » Read More
Materials Lifetime Science and Engineering
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
I am a fifth year doctoral student in Materials Science and Engineering advised by Professor Peter Liaw. In 2004, I earned my master's degree in Materials Science and Engineering from The University of Tennessee. My current research interests are biomat... » Read More
Rice-Houston AGEP
Rice University
Kary’s current research project is in optimal sensor placement for parameter identification. This research attempts to answer the question of how to optimally locate sensors in a 2D spatial domain so that measurements taken at these locations provide the ... » Read More
The Road to a Neurobiology Ph.D
University of California, Los Angeles
When a Harvard University summer-program director told Frederick Gregory he wouldn't be accepted to Harvard's neuroscience graduate program because of his GPA, Gregory decided to prove her wrong.
He did. Gregory's commitment, combined with his vast u... » Read More
PhD Completed
Draper Laboratory
Dr. Al-Aakhir A. Grimes Rogers recently received his doctoral degree in electrical engineering at the University of South Florida (USF). Currently, Dr. Rogers is working with Draper Laboratory in St. Petersburg, FL as a senior process engineer.
He ... » Read More
Omar Guerra
Student
Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi
In January, 2003, I began working for the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
Student
Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi
In January, 2003, I began working for the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
I am excited at the opportunity to serve as a steward of the environment. So much so that I have decided to make it my career. Participation in a Ph.D. program at the Ins... » Read More
Graduate Student, Ph. D. candidate: Technology Transfer and Comercialization of nventions
Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras
I am an MBA in International Business and Commerce in pursuit of a Ph.D in Entreprenuership. The specific area of interest is in the monetization of inventions, patents and licenses. I am interested in taking technological inventions or innovations to m... » Read More
Ph.D. Student
University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
I am currently a PhD student under the direction of Dr. Frank Muller-Karger at the School for Marine Science and Technology at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth My current research involves working with a multi-disciplinary and multi-sector team i... » Read More
Central New York - Puerto Rico (CNY-PR) AGEP
Syracuse University
AGEP fellow Patrick Mark Hakey never set out to be a chemist, but was instead dedicated to pursuing his passion and talent for baseball. The son of an Irish/Scottish mother and an Abenakis father (the Abenakis were one of the five members of the Wabanaki... » Read More
Ph.D. Student
Indiana University, Bloomington
Irma Hamilton is originally from Gulfport, MS and majored in chemistry at Jackson State University. She is an Indiana University Theodore C. Mays Fellow and is currently in her 3rd year of the Materials Chemistry Ph.D. program.
What drew Irma to th... » Read More
Water Quality Specialist, NOAA NMFS
NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service
Research Interests: Studying "hotspots" of denitrification in urban restored watersheds.
I am interested in nutrient cycling in urban restored watersheds, focusing on "hotspots" of denitrification and a host of microbial variables that play a key ro... » Read More
Non-equilibrium Dynamics Across Space and Time IGERT
University of Minnesota
I received my undergraduate degree in Biology from the University of St. Thomas (2006). My research as an undergraduate focused on the effects of fish on aquatic invertebrate communities in Minnesota shallow lakes. The experiences associated with this res... » Read More
Social and Health Psychology
Wayne State University; Morgan State University
Despite overall improvements in racial attitudes and sociopolitical policy, ethnic/racial minorities in the United States still report having personal experiences with discrimination. African Americans not only make the most frequent reports of discrimin... » Read More
M.S. Student, Geology
Georgia State University
I am currently employed in the field of environmental forensic microscopy where I analyze and charaterize nanoparticles via Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) for environmental trace evidence analysis. My present research also involves using TEM to de... » Read More
PhD Candidate/Research Assistant
State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo
Going to college for me was not something I aspired to in high school. After high school I eased into community college as an art major. I didn't really want to be an artist, but it was what I knew and I figured I could work on it until I was exposed to s... » Read More
Materials Creation Training Program
University of California, Los Angeles
I am currently a PhD student in UCLA Electrical Engineering (EE) department. Before joining UCLA as a PhD student in solid state electronics division, I got two masters’ degrees from different schools in seemingly different fields, one from Materials scie... » Read More
MS Complete
Purdue University
I grew up in Minnesota and attended the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul. I studied mechanical engineering and Middle East studies graduating in 2009. I am a McNair and AGEP Scholar and in 2012 I was awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Fell... » Read More
International Development and Globalization
Columbia University
Patrice Howard is a fourth-year student in Political Science. West African Political and Economic Development are her areas of interest. Currently, she is working on her disseration which will explore the impact of "traditional rulers" on political and ec... » Read More
SUNY AGEP
State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook
Shavonne Hylton is studying Geochemistry/Medical Geology in the doctoral program in the Geosciences Department at Stony Brook University. Her concentration area is in pathology/environmental health. Her research aims to bridge the gap between the human ... » Read More
Graduate Student (PhD)
University of Alaska, Fairbanks
I am currently studying kelp forest ecology as a PhD candidate at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. My research focuses on the impacts of sea otter recolonization on kelp communities throughout southern Southeast Alaska using an interdisciplinary appro... » Read More
Doctoral Student
University of Hawaii, Manoa
Aloha, greetings! I hail from Waianae, Oahu, a place that I hold dear to my heart. I enjoy learning and love to combine my passions of culture and science to better service our community.
My life-long goal and pursuit for my generation is that we will... » Read More
Midwest Crossroads AGEP
Indiana University, Bloomington
Pere Jackson is a second-year graduate student at the IU-Bloomington Department of Mathematics. He returned to academia after a 3-year stint with the New York Teaching Fellows following college. After majoring in Economics at Lehman College (CUNY), Pere... » Read More
Ph.D. Student
Indiana University, Bloomington
Alex James is a first year Ph.D. student in the Informatics program at Indiana University-Bloomington. Alex earned a J.D. from the University of Notre Dame and worked for the Indiana Attorney General’s Office for 4 years prior the start of his Ph.D. progr... » Read More
Doctoral Student
University of Houston
Current Research:
Variable density numerical groundwater modeling of a Texas Gulf Coast depositional basin, analyzing fluid migration patterns
Academic Background:
M.S.California State University, Northridge
B.A.Franklin and Ma... » Read More
Graduate Student
Indiana University, Bloomington
For Latisha Jefferies, a graduate student at Indiana University, working in Chemistry means solving problems.
“I just loved [organic chemistry]. It was like putting puzzles together. You get all these bits of information and you have to figure out ... » Read More
Sustainable Futures
Michigan Technological University
I am a 2nd year doctoral candidate in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan studying under the advisement of Dr. David R. Shonnard. As a trainee of the Michigan Tech and Southern University and A... » Read More
Graduate Student (PhD)
Cornell University
I am originally from the suburbs of Baltimore, MD, and completed my undergraduate education at Dartmouth College. Since then, I've had the opportunity to work in various capacities in the human spaceflight program in Houston, TX and Cape Canaveral, FL. ... » Read More
Doctoral Candidate
Hampton University
Miss Ivy Krystal Jones is a physics doctoral candidate at Hampton University, her research currently involves the synthesis and spectroscopic studies of solid-state laser crystal material development. Specifically, laser crystal fabrication and spectrosco... » Read More
Ph.D Student
University of Colorado, Boulder
My name is McArthur Jones Jr., however everybody calls me "Mack." I am currently a Ph.D Student at the University of Colorado at Boulder in the Aerospace Engineering Sciences Department, and more specifically, in the Remote Sensing, Earth and Space Sci... » Read More
Neural Basis of Cognition
Carnegie Mellon University
Ryan Kelly is a 5th year doctoral student in the Computer Science Department. His main interest is in understanding the brain, and he has pursued this goal by joining the Center for Neural Basis of Cognition, a joint program between Carnegie Mellon and th... » Read More
Sustainable Energy from Solar Hydrogen
University of Delaware
Hydrogen has a very critical and somewhat unique potential to bridge the gap between renewable energy sources and zero-emissions energy conversion technologies. Through the Fuel Cell group here in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, I will be resea... » Read More
Midwest Crossroads AGEP
Indiana University, Bloomington
Indiana University Bloomington Graduate Student Chantalle LaFontant has a clear vision of the impact she wants to make in the world post-graduate school, and, after some examination, chose to do so via a career in public policy work. LaFontant has start... » Read More
Midwest Crossroads AGEP
Indiana University, Bloomington
Indiana University Bloomington Graduate Student Adrian Land has made it his life goal to research and find cures for infectious diseases. He is currently in his sixth year and nearing completion of his PhD in Micro-Biology. Land works with his mentor D... » Read More
PhD Student
University of Miami
I attended Eckerd College for my undergraduate studies, receiving my B.S. in 2006, in both Marine Science and Environmental Studies. After spending two years working as the instructor for Eckerd's maritime search and rescue organization (EC-SAR), I decide... » Read More
Pamela Lestenkof
Graduate Student, University British of Columbia
University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Growing up on an island in the middle of the Bering Sea, depending on the ocean for food and money, has opened my eyes to the importance of research and conservation of marine wildli My father is one of many fishermen on the island dependent on the comm... » Read More
Graduate Student, University British of Columbia
University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Growing up on an island in the middle of the Bering Sea, depending on the ocean for food and money, has opened my eyes to the importance of research and conservation of marine wildli My father is one of many fishermen on the island dependent on the comm... » Read More
Post-Doctoral Scholar
Ohio State University
I received my B.S. at Cornell University (N.Y.) in Science of Earth Systems with a primary focus on Oceanography and Marine Biology. Currently, I am a fourth year PhD candidate studying coral bleaching at the School of Earth Sciences at The Ohio State... » Read More
Masters Complete
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Past Research: My past research topics (starting with the most recent) include:
1) Behavioral responses of Oxyrrhis marina to thin layers of concentrated prey
2) The effects of depth and sediment composition on the distribution of echin... » Read More
Center for Multiphase Environmental Research IGERT
Washington State University
Forest fires are known to cause physical and chemical changes in soils. These changes include particle size, organic matter content, soil moisture content, pH, and electrical conductivity (Nishita and Haug, 1972). As surface vegetation is burned and the s... » Read More
Doctoral Student
State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo
I grew up in Yonkers New York and moved to Buffalo to attend the University at Buffalo. I'm now a first year Phd student in aerospace engineering at the University at Buffalo. I have chosen aerospace engineering as my major because of my passion for space... » Read More
Applied Mathematics and Earth & Environmental Sciences IGERT
Columbia University
Brice Loose is a doctoral student in Earth Sciences. He uses tracers and inverse models to study circulation and mixing in the ocean and in groundwater. Geochemical tracers can provide quantitative descriptions of flow and exchange between reservoirs wher... » Read More
SUNY AGEP
State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook
Glenn Lopez is a second year student in Physics at SUNY Stony Brook. His advisor is C.K. Jung. He did his undergraduate work at University of Michigan – Detroit is his hometown. He likes to play and listen to music and watch sports, especially the Mich... » Read More
Ph.D. Candidate in Chemistry
Purdue University
I obtained my BS in Chemistry at the University of Puerto Rico. As an undergraduate student, I took every opportunity I had to do research. I obtained experience in the synthesis of non-toxic anti-tumor agent against leukemia, as well as in the isolation ... » Read More
Rice-Houston AGEP
Rice University
Jennifer is a first-year graduate student in the department of mechanical engineering and materials science. Jennifer’s advisor is Dr. Enrique Barrera, and her research project focuses on incorporating nanotubes in metals to improve their mechanical prope... » Read More
PhD Candidate
Colorado School of Mines
I'm a midwestern kid that grew up in a town just outside of Chicago, Illinois. After getting my bachelors degree from University of Illinois and prior to starting my PhD at Colorado School of Mines, I was a systems engineer at NASA Johnson Space Center wh... » Read More
Central New York - Puerto Rico AGEP
Cornell University
Ph.D. Candidate, Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Cornell University B.S., Biochemistry, California State University Los Angeles, May 2005 El Camino Community College, 2001
CURRENT RESEARCH:
Ikenna Madu began work on his Ph.D. at Cornell ... » Read More
Interdisciplinary Relationship Science Program
University of California, Los Angeles
My current research focuses on an interesting puzzle in the research literature on social support. One of the most important functions of close relationships is that partners provide support for one another in times of stress (known as social support). Ho... » Read More
Ph.D. Student
Howard University
Current Research: Radiation Budget / Remote Sensing / Aerosols -Atmospheric Science.
Past Research: Participated in GEST, NASA during the summer 2007. Analysis of Aerosol Properties Derived from MODIS, AERONET, and Shipborne Measurements During A... » Read More
Rice-Houston AGEP
Rice University
Aaron’s research is towards the synthesis of Lactonamycin and related polyketides. Lactonamycin exhibits a variety of potentially valuable biological activities. Among these, are the sub microgram/mL minimum inhibitory concentrations seen against Gram-pos... » Read More
Doctoral Student
Indiana University, Bloomington
Jose Lugo-Martinez is a third-year year Ph. D. student in Computer Science at Indiana University. His research focus lies on machine learning and bioinformatics, more specifically in the development and application of computational approaches to understan... » Read More
Rice-Houston AGEP
Rice University
Peroxisomes are single membrane bound organelles that function to compartmentalize certain metabolic reactions, particularly those resulting in hydrogen peroxide production. In plants, peroxisomes are the primary site of fatty acid ß-oxidation. We are stu... » Read More
Rice-Houston AGEP
Rice University
Yenny’s experimental research topic is laser cooling and trapping of neutral strontium - photoassociative spectroscopy, ultracold collisions and evaporative cooling toward bose-einstein condensation (these also include long-term goals). Her research deals... » Read More
Oscar Martinez, Jr.
Ph.D. Candidate - Physical Chemistry
University of Colorado, Boulder
I am a physical chemistry Ph.D. candidate with a few applications in astrophysics research, and am just starting my search for a postdoctoral position.... » Read More
Ph.D. Candidate - Physical Chemistry
University of Colorado, Boulder
I am a physical chemistry Ph.D. candidate with a few applications in astrophysics research, and am just starting my search for a postdoctoral position.... » Read More
M.S. Student
University of South Florida
Past Research: Invertebrate Larvae Ecology, Biorremediation, Mangrove Ecology and Fisheries stock assessment.
Current Research: My research provide a baseline to predict historical water
quality of Tampa Bay using as record American oyster sh... » Read More
Graduate Student (Masters)
Universidad de Puerto Rico, Mayagüez
I was raised in the west region of Puerto Rico, in a town called Mayagüez, where I currently reside. Since my childhood, I was always an adventurous and curious person, intrigued by the mysteries of mother nature. I always tried to find answers that would... » Read More
Rice-Houston AGEP
Rice University
Jarret’s research is on the optimal collision avoidance trajectory for an aircraft in abort landing. (Rice University, 2005)... » Read More
Doctoral Student, College of Marine Science
University of South Florida
Past Research: Mangrove Ecology, Management of Critical Natural Areas, Coastal
Habitats and endangered species associated to these
Current Research: Chemical Oceanography, Radionuclides in Aquatic Ecosystems
Future Research: Cons... » Read More
6th year Math Grad
University of Iowa
“Coming from a predominantly minority New York City schooling system as a youth, then moving to a predominantly white university system for undergraduate in Northern California, I have experienced a range of 'rainbow' levels. Although I never really notic... » Read More
Graduate Student
University of Rhode Island
Elizabeth McLean is a graduate student in the Department of Natural Resources Sciences at the University of Rhode Island (URI). She enrolled at URI with great interest in the innovative multidisciplinary studies conducted by URI researchers on marine prot... » Read More
Rice-Houston AGEP
Rice University
During the 2005-06 school year, Travis worked in several areas. Along with a group of students, he developed a stock market simulator for an investment company (HBK) based in New York/Dallas. It integrates with their existing systems and allows for seamle... » Read More
Midwest Crossroads AGEP
Indiana University, Bloomington
In her own lab in the IU School of Optometry, Indiana University Bloomington Graduate Student, Verleen McSween researches how people literally see the world around them.
Now in her second year at IU working toward her PhD in Vision Science, McSween te... » Read More
Central New York - Puerto Rico AGEP
Cornell University
Ph.D. Candidate, Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University B.S., Bionic Engineering, Instituto Politécnico Nacional-UPITA, Mexico, October 2003 B.S., Chemical Engineering, Univesidad Autónoma Metropolitana Unidad Azcapotzalco, Mexico, July 2003
AG... » Read More
SUNY AGEP
State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook
Catherine Menzies is a second year student in the department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, with advisor Neta Dean. She did her undergraduate work at the University at Buffalo.... » Read More
Optical Science and Engineering
University of Colorado, Boulder
Eric graduated with a B.A. in physics from Lawrenece University (Wisconsin) in 1999. He then went on to earn the M.S. degree in Optics from the University of Rochester in 2001. He then spent three years as an optical engineer working for Luna Technologi... » Read More
Ph.D. Candidate
Indiana University, Bloomington
Robert Morten is a 3rd Year Ph.D. student in the Microbiology program at Indiana University-Bloomington. Two recent accomplishments include having been selected for a National Institute for Health funded Indiana University Genetics, Cellular and Molecular... » Read More
Doctoral Candidate
Colorado State University
Phoenix is trained in Mathematics (BS), Biostatistics (MS). He is previously trained in International Environmental & Human Rights Law from the University of Auckland, New Zealand and studied environmental epidemiology (MS). Presently his research involv... » Read More
PhD., Applied Physics
University of Michigan
A Post Doctoral Fellowship would provide me with the chance to broaden my background in physics and engineering experiments by designing technologies for the developing world and theory in policy and entrepreneurship to make significant contribution to en... » Read More
Graduate Student (PhD)
University of Colorado, Boulder
I grew up in a lot of places: the Navajo Nation, Houston, American Samoa, and Albuquerque. I believe that research in earth sciences is increasingly important to deal with the resource and environmental challenges that we face today. I would like to apply... » Read More
Graduate Student (PhD)
Drexel University
I was born and raised in Savannah, GA where I was active in my church community and athletics throughout high school. Upon high school graduation I earned a full scholarship to Morehouse College where I majored in physics. At Morehouse I stayed active by... » Read More
PhD Candidate
University of California, Santa Cruz
I am currently working on my dissertation research at NASA Ames Research Center through the Synthetic Biology Initiative. My research revolves involves identifying the genes responsible for allowing life to exist in extreme environments. I work with al... » Read More
Rice-Houston AGEP
Rice University
Josue works with Dr. Rudy Guerra on several projects. Recently, their group completed final drafts of two papers presented at the 2004 Critical Assessment of Microarray Analysis (CAMDA) conference, one of which won first place in the competition. This wor... » Read More
Geographic Information Science IGERT
State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo
I am a Doctoral student in the Computer Science and Engineering department at SUNY Buffalo. My research interests include image processing, biometrics, computational geometry and large-scale databases. I earned a Master's degree in Computer and informatio... » Read More
"My truss held the most bricks."
University of California, Los Angeles
Audrey Pool O’Neal was just 14 when she built a truss out of balsa wood that held 80 pounds of bricks. Her I-beam design “wasn’t the most aesthetically pleasing – the others were much prettier,” she admits, “but my truss held the most bricks.” As a resu... » Read More
Rice-Houston AGEP
Rice University
Paul Ontiveros is involved in researching the physics of Earth’s magnetosphere. The primary focus is on the development of a computational model that represents the global electric and magnetic fields within the magnetosphere. This work will ultimately be... » Read More
SUNY AGEP
State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook
Joseph Ortiz is a first year student in the department of Materials Science with advisor Dilip Gersappe. He did his undergraduate work at University of Texas, Pan American. Edinburg, TX is his hometown. “I started out as an electrical engineer, moved t... » Read More
Midwest Crossroads AGEP
Indiana University, Bloomington
Spring 2009 Nancy Ortiz is spending her first year in Bloomington as a graduate student in the Department of Chemistry. Her involvement in the study of chemistry began with an interest in forensic science. As an undergraduate, she majored in chemistry ... » Read More
SUNY AGEP
State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook
Mary Osisami is from Brooklyn, NY. She is in her third year in the department of Genetics with advisor Michael Frohman. She did her undergraduate work at Stony Brook University. She likes to sleep, read, sleep, and dance.... » Read More
Finished his Masters in 2007, now working for National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Lenny studied shark ecology and aspects of oceanography that influence shark distribution. He finished his MS in 2007 and has held several positions in the Washington, DC area with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric A... » Read More
PhD Graduate Student, NSF Fellow, NASA IYA Student Ambassador
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
I have a double degree in Industrial Biotechnology and Microbiology from the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez. My research interests have been always focused on Environmental Microbiology, specifically in the areas of microbial ecology and bioremediatio... » Read More
Terahertz Science and Technology
Stanford University
I am currently working with Professor Toh-Ming Lu in the Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy
My research deals with the experimental and theoretical study of the nano-scale morphological evolution of thin film growth during depositio... » Read More
Rice-Houston AGEP
Rice University
Matthew is a first-year graduate student in the department of biochemistry and cell biology at Rice University. He received his B.S. in physics at the University of Texas at Austin. Matthew will be working with advisor Dr. Yousif Shamoo in studying molecu... » Read More
Midwest Crossroads AGEP
Indiana University, Bloomington
Arnulfo Perez is a first-year Ph.D student in the Department of Mathematics at Indiana University-Bloomington. He received a Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics with a minor in Computer Science from the University of Texas at El Paso.
After grad... » Read More
SUNY AGEP
State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook
Kestrel Perez is a first year student in the department of Marine Sciences. Her program of study is Fish Ecology, with advisor Steve Munch. Her hometown is Watermill, NY, and she did her undergraduate work at Southampton College, Long Island University.... » Read More
Graduate Student (PhD)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
I am Diamilet Pérez-Betancourt, a first-year PhD student in Atmospheric Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. I recently graduated from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (UPRM) with a BS in Theoretical Physics and a minor in Atmosp... » Read More
Graduate student
Michigan State University
I grew up in the beautiful Caribbean island, Puerto Rico, and graduated with a B.S. degree in Wildlife Management from the University of Puerto Rico at Humacao in 2010. As an undergraduate student I participated on numerous volunteer research programs foc... » Read More
Student to Academic Professoriate for American Indians (SAPAI)
University of Montana
Shandin Pete is currently applying for the Individualized Interdisciplinary PhD Program at the University of Montana. His proposed research is entitled “Scientific Knowledge conveyed through Native languages: An assessment and evaluation of scientific tho... » Read More
Integratively Engineered Biointerfaces
Rutgers University
Graduate Program: Chemical and Biochemical Engineering; Research Focus: Cellular bioengineering of nano-scaled carriers of therapeutic macromolecules; studyof cellular and sub-cellular responses; Seeks to Integrate: Selective transport and controlled rele... » Read More
Doctoral Student
University of South Florida
Past Research: Education
Current Research: Technology
Future Research: Synchrous Webpages
Academic Preparation: JHS 8... » Read More
4th Year Math GRad
University of Iowa
I am from Northern California. I got my BS from California State University Chico and my MA from San Francisco State University. I am currently a 4th year in the program. My area is Topology with a focus on DNA Topology and Knot Theory.... » Read More
Northeast AGEP
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Iris L. Price presented a poster to the International Conference on Infant Studies which was held June 19-23 in Kyoto, Japan. Price is a University of Massachusetts Amherst Ph.D. student in Neuroscience; Behavior and a NEAGEP member. She is the first auth... » Read More
PhD Complete
Bishop Luers High School
I received my B.S. at the University of Saint Francis (IN) in Secondary Education Biology in 2005. Recently, I received a Ph.D. in Oceanography from Old Dominion University partially supported by the Hall-Bonner Minority Fellowship. My area of research ... » Read More
Midwest Crossroads AGEP
Indiana University, Bloomington
Indiana University Bloomington Graduate Student Melissa Quintela is the first individual in her family to pursue higher education. She had to work hard to reach her goals, she said. Quintela was raised in Texas, and did not graduate from high school, mak... » Read More
Graduate Student
University of Houston
I am the only child of a single mother who never graduated high school. However, I have always been fascinated by science and my environment, so I knew I would enter the Natural Science and Mathematics School at the University of Houston. So far I have ea... » Read More
Ph.D. Student
Indiana University, Bloomington
Jolene Ramsey is a first year Ph.D. student in the Microbiology program at Indiana University-Bloomington. She is originally from Ukiah, California and attended Western State College of Colorado where she majored in both Biology and Spanish.
While c... » Read More
Doctoral Student
University of California, Riverside
I am a native from Jacksonville, Florida. I received a B.S. Degree in biology from Florida A and M University in 1995 and continued her education at Michigan State University by earning a MS degree in Zoology. The thesis was entitled "Biogeochemistry impa... » Read More
Midwest Crossroads AGEP
Indiana University, Bloomington
Upon attending the annual Midwest Crossroads AGEP campus visit “Getting You into IU” (October 2009), Nikki Rendón discovered that Indiana University Bloomington was the perfect fit for her. This invaluable opportunity enabled her to have direct interactio... » Read More
Meteorologist and PhD Student
University of Maryland, College Park; NOAA
Isha Renta, an AMS Member, is a meteorologist for the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren, Virginia. Ms. Renta has a B.S. degree in mathematics (2004) from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez and an M.S. degree in atmospheric science (2008) ... » Read More
Graduate Student (Masters)
City University of New York (CUNY), Queens College
I am a somewhat atypical city-slicker in that, since a child, my parents have cultivated in me a love of the outdoors. My father, in a kind of reaction to spending his early years in tenement housing and urban living, would take us out of the city each su... » Read More
Graduate Student (PhD)
State University of New York (SUNY), Albany
I was born and raised in a small town in the middle of the mountains of Puerto Rico, on the same year that Hurricane Hugo struck my beautiful island. That was my first encounter with a tropical system, but definitely not the last one. Throughout my life I... » Read More
Program Director, SOL International, Honduras, MSc. Water and Coastal Management
SOL (School of Life) International Foundation
Past Research: I conducted research with the National Marine Fisheries Service in Hawaii and helped collect population data of Panulirus marginatus and Sclarides squammosus, two important lobster species. I participated in a month long cruise ... » Read More
PhD Student, NOAA NWS Storm Prediction Center
University of Oklahoma
Past Research: Severe and extreme weather phenomena, including: Severe thunderstorms, Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Microbursts, El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO), Microscale/topographical influences on severe weather frequency and magnitude
Current Res... » Read More
Postdoctoral Scholar
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Andrea Rocha is a doctoral student in the department of civil & environmental engineering at the University of South Florida (USF) where she is studying Engineering Science. Andrea received her B.S. in Biology at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, Te... » Read More
Central New York-Puerto Rico AGEP
Syracuse University
Erika D. Rodriguez MS. Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering
AGEP fellow Erika Rodriguez is a native Californian, a salsa dancer, and a proud daughter of two hard-working Mexican migrant farm workers. She began building rockets as part of a science pr... » Read More
Doctoral Student
Pennsylvania State University
I was born in Fort Jackson, South Carolina, the youngest of 4 daughters, and I am an ARMY brat. I moved 7 times in the first 9 years of my life before settling back in Puerto Rico for the next 14. Growing up in Puerto Rico made the weather an important ev... » Read More
Ph.D. Candidate
Syracuse University
My name is Peter J. Rosado and I am currently a 4th year Ph. D. candidate in Chemistry at Syracuse University, Syracuse NY. My point of origin is the island of Puerto Rico, where I began my formative years as an undergraduate chemistry student at the Inte... » Read More
Post Doc, College of Marine Science, USF
University of South Florida, St. Petersburg
Karyna Rosario is a second-year Ph. D. student at the College of Marine Science at the University of South Florida. She completed her master’s degree in Environmental Science at the University of Arizona and her bachelor’s degree in Microbiology at the Un... » Read More
PhD Student in Biology
University of Utah
Academic Preparation:
-University of Utah, Doctor of Philosophy, In progress.
-Yale University, Master of Forest Science, May 2009
-University of Montana, B.S. Resource Conservation, May 2006
Research statement:
My previous researc... » Read More
Midwest Crossroads AGEP
Indiana University, Bloomington
Mayté Ruiz is a third-year graduate student at Indiana University-Bloomington. She is majoring in biology under the advisement of Dr. Emília P. Martins. Mayté received a Bachelor of Science in biology at Florida International University. She is working... » Read More
Student to Academic Professoriate for American Indians (SAPAI)
Blackfeet Community College
Wendy Running Crane holds her A.A. in Human Services/Criminal Justice and B.A. in Sociology from Blackfeet Community College in Browning, Montana and her Master's in Interdisciplinary Studies with a focus on Sociology, Statistics, and Indian Law from the ... » 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
Graduate Student
Brigham Young University
As an undergraduate I participated in Spinal Biomechanics research with Dr. Anton Bowden, one of the professors in the Mechanical Engineering department. For two years I studied the motion of the human lumbar spine under different loading and environmenta... » Read More
PhD Student
University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
The phrase "here there be dragons" was once used on maps to indicate uncharted territory and symbolize the unknown. By the time I was 14, I had read out the public library's books of exploration from the Age of Discovery. I loved that an age is characteri... » 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
Ph.D. 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
Graduate Student (PhD)
North Carolina A&T State University
I was born and raised in Puerto Rico. Due to its location, we enjoy a tropical climate and we also experience the Atlantic hurricane season, the season that I always enjoy. When I started in collage I was so excited to learn physics to then continue my st... » 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
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
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
Doctoral Student
Stanford University
I am a first generation American in my family; born and raised in Los Angeles, California with an Ethiopian/Eritrean and German ancestry. As a family, we like to travel locally and abroad. I graduated from California State University, Los Angeles with... » 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
Delia Shelton
Midwest Crossroads AGEP
Indiana University, Bloomington
Though Delia Shelton calls Texas "home", she grew up in a military family and moved around a lot. Shelton even spent extended time in places as far as Germany, Spain, Ghana, and Costa Rica. After her world travels, Shelton has since found a home for herse... » Read More
Midwest Crossroads AGEP
Indiana University, Bloomington
Though Delia Shelton calls Texas "home", she grew up in a military family and moved around a lot. Shelton even spent extended time in places as far as Germany, Spain, Ghana, and Costa Rica. After her world travels, Shelton has since found a home for herse... » Read More
PhD Candidate
University of Washington
I was born in Berkeley, CA, and grew up in southern California and the northeastern United States. I graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire in 1993, and then attended MIT in Cambridge, MA, where I received my Bachelor of Science in Earth,... » 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
Ph.D. 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
Graduate Student
Indiana University, Bloomington
Virginia Smith first became interested in biochemistry while completing her B.S. in Chemistry at Bethune-Cookman University.
“Towards the end of my undergraduate [career], I really wanted to incorporate more biology into my chemistry background so t... » Read More
Environmental Specialist, EPA
College of William and Mary; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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
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
Graduate Student (PhD)
Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras
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
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
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
Wildlife Biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Jeramie Strickland is committed to the pursuit 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 influences ... » Read More
Conservation Biology, Wildlife Management & Ethnoecology
Duke University
I'm a doctoral student in the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University, working with Dr. Stuart Pimm on saving lions through boma fortification projects in East Africa.
Research Interests
- I'm driven to find sustainable solutions to h... » 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
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
Michael Tabor
University of Arizona
University of Arizona
Dr. Michael Tabor is Head of the Program in Applied Mathematics at the University of Arizona. He is also a professor in the Mathematics Department, the Physics Department, a member of the Graduate Interdisciplinary Program in Statistics, and a professo... » Read More
Windsor Tanner
Visiting Adjunct Faculty
Indiana University, Bloomington
Windsor Tanner's hobby is also his day job. This Indiana University Bloomington graduate student has turned his love of the stars into a career.
Visiting Adjunct Faculty
Indiana University, Bloomington
Windsor Tanner's hobby is also his day job. This Indiana University Bloomington graduate student has turned his love of the stars into a career.
Tanner began his career at Texas Tech University, with a double major in Math and German. Shortly, afte... » Read More
David Tello
Doctoral Student
Northern Arizona University
I am a doctoral candidate in the Mathematical, Computational and Modeling Science Center at Arizona State University working on problems in mathematical and computational neuroscience under the direction of Professors Sharon M. Crook and Priscilla E. Gree... » Read More
Doctoral Student
Northern Arizona University
I am a doctoral candidate in the Mathematical, Computational and Modeling Science Center at Arizona State University working on problems in mathematical and computational neuroscience under the direction of Professors Sharon M. Crook and Priscilla E. Gree... » Read More
Research Assistant and Doctoral Student
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Past Research: My past research has focused on educational issues. I researched the compatibility and substitutability of child labor and school attendance in Mexico. I investigated the types of jobs that children were engaged in, and tried to... » Read More
Midwest Crossroads AGEP
Purdue University
I am very pleased and impressed with the Midwest Crossroads AGEP organization since I started my graduate studies at Purdue University . As an AGEP student, I had the opportunity to stay in touch with the population at Purdue University and participate in... » Read More
Rice-Houston AGEP
Rice University
Richard is a first-year bioengineering graduate student at Rice University and is currently working in Dr. Antonios Miko’s lab. He has received his bachelor’s and master’s degree from Johns Hopkins University in biomedical engineering. He is currently lea... » Read More
Doctoral Student
University of South Florida
My undergraduate studies at Albany State University afforded me the opportunity to conduct research at the Max Delbruck Center for Molecular Medicine in Berlin, Germany. Under the tutelage of Dr. Ingo Morano and Dr. Ihab Abdelaziz, I learned about geneti... » Read More
Graduate Student in Geophysics
I grew up in Baltimore, Maryland where I obtained a BS in Computer Science from Coppin State University (HBCU). I currently reside in El Paso, Texas where I am studying a master's in geophysics from the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). My primary re... » Read More
Ph.D. Student
Howard University
I was born and raised in San Juan Puerto Rico, were I conducted my undergraduate studies at Universidad Metropolitana. In 2004 I obtained my Bachelor Degree in Environmental Sciences with a minor in Biology. In 2005 I got accepted in the Atmospheric Scien... » Read More
Research Assistant
Miami University
Past Research: As an undergraduate, I conducted independent research that lead to an honors thesis regarding the relative importance of ultraviolet radiation (UV) in the depth selection behavior and phototaxis of zooplankton. The project included the effe... » Read More
Industry Professional
U.S. Department of Defense
Current Job Title:Natural Resources & Environmental Issues Geo-Spatial Analyst
Past Research:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency- Produced a GIS database for the National Exposure Research Laboratory for a nation American Health Home Study t... » Read More
Ph.D. Student
Indiana University, Bloomington
For Davina Two Bears, her interests in archeology developed from wanting to learn more about her own Navajo community in northern Arizona and to educate others about Native Americans from a Navajo perspective.
“I grew up reading about Native America... » Read More
Rice-Houston AGEP
Rice University
Jesse’s research involves the time dependent behavior of a chemical system in a cellular environment. There are several mathematical models for predicting the time trajectories of chemical concentrations. However, the effectiveness of each model depends o... » Read More
SUNY AGEP
State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook
Nadine Ulloa is a first year student in the department of Genetics with advisor Gerry Thomsen. Her hometown is Brooklyn, NY. She was an undergrad at New York University. Her hobbies include playing the piano, reading, listening to music, singing, danci... » Read More
6th Year Math Grad
University of Iowa
I am in my sixth and final year in the AMCS program. I study exact and heuristic algorithms for computing Euclidean Steiner Trees.... » Read More
Student, Masters in Teaching
City University of New York (CUNY), Lehman College; American Museum of Natural History
March 18-April 5, 2013, Mapping Watchstander: Serve as mapping watchstander on board NOAA's R/V Okeanos for expedition EX 1301 Leg 1, Shakedown Cruise. Monitor data acquisition of multi-beam, sub-bottom profile and ER60 fishery sonar. Clean data with CA... » Read More
Integratively Engineered Biointerfaces
Rutgers University
Graduate Program: Chemistry and Chemical Biology; Research Focus: Using Supercritical CO2 for drug formulation and delivery; Seeks to Integrate: Pharmacy, Medicinal Biology, Polymer and Materials science; Background: B.S., Inorganic Chemistry, SUNY Bingha... » Read More
Midwest Crossroads AGEP
Indiana University, Bloomington
For several years, before deciding to pursue a PhD at Indiana University Bloomington, Graduate Student Erikka Vaughan really wanted to teach. Vaughan spent five summers as a camp counselor working with 10-13 year old adolescents. She saw firsthand how a... » Read More
Doctoral Student and NASA Earth and Space Science Fellow (NESSF)
University of South Florida
Maria Vega-Rodriguez, a doctoral student in the College of Marine Science at the University of South Florida, in Tampa, has been awarded a 2012 the NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship (NESSF). The NESSF provides support for students pursuing Masters ... » Read More
Rice-Houston AGEP
Rice University
Jerry is currently working on a project underway at the NASA Johnson Space Center’s Advanced Space Propulsion Laboratory (ASPL) called Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR). The VASIMR is a new type of rocket which uses electrical power ... » Read More
Doctoral Student
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Past Research: During my undergraduate career at Creighton University, I worked with Dr. Mary Ann Vinton on the role of nitrogen and carbon in reed canary grass, an invasive species of tallgrass prairies. We manipulated the nitrogen content of... » Read More
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
University of California, Los Angeles
As Sarah Villa describes it, Arabidopsis is "just a little meadow weed—it doesn’t have much value, but it’s a model plant." This modest creature, however, might help researchers identify a substance that could erase lines and wrinkles on human faces and h... » Read More
Sustainable Energy from Solar Hydrogen
University of Delaware
Energy is what makes the existence of life possible. Human society has long since moved beyond the basic use of energy for survival and in every year that passes the per capita usage of energy increases. The increase in per capita energy coupled with an e... » Read More
Physical & Biomolecular Foundations for Designing Nanoprobes for Biology
Johns Hopkins University
I graduated from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA in 2006. As an undergraduate I majored in Biology and Math. For most of my undergraduate career, I worked in Diane Shakes' lab, working on characterizing a chromosome segregation mutant... » Read More
Doctoral Student
College of William and Mary
Past Research: A previous research topic that I worked on consisted of determining the sequence of two genes for a marine fungus known to parasitize oysters, clams, and scallops. I wanted to sequence these genes and develop a fluorescent probe ... » Read More
Ph.D. Student
Howard University
Past Research: Development of a passive trace ozone gas sensor comprised of a dual crystal clock oscillator, beat frequency, mass microbalance; The Memphis Depot Study: Evidence for Environmental Contamination in Residential Neighborhoods Surr... » Read More
PhD Complete
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Past Research: effects of pollution on coral reefs, trace gas instrumentation, trace gas sensor design
Current Research: gas - particle mechanisms
Future Research: development of sensors that can monitor gases and fine particles.
Acade... » Read More
JaDon Whitfield
AGEP & PEAKS Scholar
Colorado State University
I was an AGEP and PEAKS scholar in 2004 and am currently finishing my dissertation in the Math Department.... » Read More
AGEP & PEAKS Scholar
Colorado State University
I was an AGEP and PEAKS scholar in 2004 and am currently finishing my dissertation in the Math Department.... » Read More
Midwest Crossroads AGEP
Purdue University
AGEP is a wonderful program!
AGEP has afforded me the opportunity to attend professional development workshops and scientific conferences to present my research as well as be a spokesperson for the program. It has also given me the opportunity to me... » Read More
Jennifer Zan Williams
Doctoral Student
Oregon State University
Past Research: My undergraduate research stemmed from previous studies on the Carrizozo Lava Field. Previous work was designed to use Differential Global Positioning System measurements to relate topography with emplacement. Our project used g... » Read More
Doctoral Student
Oregon State University
Past Research: My undergraduate research stemmed from previous studies on the Carrizozo Lava Field. Previous work was designed to use Differential Global Positioning System measurements to relate topography with emplacement. Our project used g... » Read More
Graduate Student
Elizabeth City State University
Current Research: Currently my research interests include: modifying satellite imagery, Geographical Information Systems (GIS), and Remote Sensing of the atmosphere.
Future Research: For graduate study, I am very interested in pursuing a resear... » Read More
Doctoral Student
University of Georgia
I was born and raised in Tallahassee, FL. I am an alumnus of Florida State University, where I received a M.S. and B.S. in Meteorology. My thesis research involved investigating mutli-decadal temperature trends in the southeastern United States.
Curren... » Read More
Post Doc, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
City University of New York (CUNY), City College of New York
Past Research: Participated in Ronald McNair Program at the State University of New York at Albany.Worked on gene expression in various organisms.
Master of Science thesis research topic: Relationship between flow regimes and aquatic macroi... » Read More
Rice-Houston AGEP
Rice University
Powtawche works under the supervision of Dr. Angelo Miele in the Aero-Astronautics Group. Her research relates to the optimization of interplanetary trajectories using electric propulsion. Specifically, trajectories are generated with the sequential gradi... » Read More
M.S.
Ryann Williams is a recent graduate of the College of Marine Science, Master's Degree Program. She graduated from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County with a B.S. in Environmental Science. Even though she is a city girl to the core, she loves the ... » Read More
Rice-Houston AGEP
Rice University
Talithia's research looks at developing spatial and temporal flood prediction models for Houston area bayous. She is a 2000 graduate of Spelman College with a major in mathematics and minor in physics and a 2002 graduate of Howard University with a master... » Read More
High School Science Teacher & Doctoral Student
Sam Houston State University
Present Profession: High School Science Teacher- grades 11-12, Earth Space Science and Physics
Educational Background:
- Doctorate in Educational Leadership (expected completion 2013)
- Masters of Education in Science Education wi... » Read More
SUNY AGEP, Graduated Dec. 2007
State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook
Beverly Wohl is from Merrick, NY. She did her undergraduate work at Skidmore College. In December 2007 she received her Ph.D. in Molecular and Cellular Biology from the Department of Microbiology. Her advisor was Patrick Hearing. She is currently working... » Read More
Graduate Students (Masters)
Universidad do Algarve
Howdy! I am originally from the small West Texas border town of Presidio, TX. I have a B.S. in Environmental Geoscience from Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. Some of my research experience includes spatio-temporal variability of soil respiration... » Read More
Fourth Year Doctoral Student
Temple University
My research and teaching interests include children and youth, statistical research methods and design, community and urban sociology, education, family, and racial and ethnic minority studies.
As a 2007-2010 Future Faculty Fellow at Temple University... » Read More
PhD Graduate Student
Old Dominion University
I have always being interested in marine sciences. Today, I am studying toward a PhD in Biological Oceanography at Old Dominion University. I have a master's degree in Biological Oceanography from UPR-Mayaguez and bachelor's degree in Coastal Marine Biolo... » Read More
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