Past College of Science Research Grant Recipients
| Name | Semester(s) | Major | Department research was conducted | Mentor | Research |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peyton Meares | Summer 2023 | Chemistry | Chemistry | Dr. Rendy Kartika | Selective Addition of Two Indole Units to the α-Caαbon of Ketone |
| Victoria Delacruz | Summer 2023 | Microbiology | Biological Sciences | Dr. Fatima Rivas | Study of Natural Products Against Leukemia |
| Benjamin Klein | Summer 2023 | Biological Sciences | Biological Sciences | Dr. Ryoichi Teruyama | Involvement of MPOAMPOAtocin Receptor Neurons in Parental Behavior of Male Mice |
| Gregory Juge | Jugemer 2023 | Biological Sciences | Biological Sciences | Dr. Alyssa Johnson | Exploring Genetic Mechanisms that Contribute to the dec2-Dependent Short Sleep Phenotype in Drosophila melanogaster |
| Mary Huston | Summer 2023 | Microbiology | Biological Sciences | Dr. Chen Chen | Determining Effects of the Conserved Carbohydrate-Binding Site on the Superantigen 5 Proteins of Staphylococcus aureus |
| Claire Brescher | Summer 2023 | Biochemistry | Biological Sciences | Dr. Patrick DiMario | The Intracellular Localization and Function of the Stress Response Kinase Jun-Amino Terminal Kinase in Drosophila melanogaster |
| Cailyn Lee | Spring 2023 | Microbiology | Biological Sciences | Dr. Joomyeong Kim | DNA Methylation of PEG3 in Breast and Ovarian Cancer Cells |
| Kennedy Linley | Spring 2023 | Biological Sciences | Biological Sciences | Dr. Christine Lattin | Angiopoietina Diagnostic Biomarker Detect Cerebral Malaria in Wild Birds |
| Sophia Matylis | Spring 2023 | Biochemistry | Biological Sciences | Dr. John Larkin | Determining the Efficacy of Carbon-Sequestering Phytoplankton Species |
| Sadie Noble | Spring 2023 | Chemistry | Chemistry | Dr. Megan Macnaughtan | Characterizing the Role of NOTCH1 EGF27 Glycosylation on Protein Stability using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance |
| Kaelin Norman | Spring 2023 | Chemistry | Chemistry | Dr. Jayne Garno | Multifunctional Silver Nanoparticles Coated with Designed Organic Shells: Synthesis and Characterization with Scanning Probe Microscopy |
| Celeste Patron | Spring 2023 | Biochemistry | Biological Sciences | Dr. Juhee Haam | Microglia and β-Amyloid Expression in Entorhinal Cortex of Mice Treated with HCN Channel Antagonist ZD7288 |
| Lillian Powell | Spring 2023 | Mathematics | Mathematics | Dr. James Madden | Road Traffic Management in Baton Rouge during LSU Sporting Events |
| Dykia Williams | Spring 2023 | Biological Sciences | Biological Sciences | Dr. David Vinyard | Characterizing Structure-Function Relationships on the Acceptor Side of Photosystem II |
| Grace Smith | Fall 2022 | Mechanical Engineering | Mathematics | Dr. Frederic Marazzato | Design and Manufacturing of Origami-Inspired Structures |
| Matthew Romig | Romig 2022 | Mechanical Engineering | Mathematics | Dr. Frederic Marazzato | Design and Manufacturing of Origami-Inspired Structures |
| Ella Madura | Fall 2022 | Chemistry | Chemistry | Dr. Victor Garcia-Lopez | Synthesis and Photophysical Characterization of Molecular Cages for Triplet Energy Transfer Photocatalysis in Nanoconfinement |
| Raenessa Walker | Fall 2022 & Spring 2023 | Physics | Physics & Astronomy | Dr. Matthew Penny | Modeling of Gravitational Microlensing Events to Predict Optimal Ground-Layer Adaptive Optics Targets |
| Sarah Napier | Summer 2022 | Chemical Engineering | Chemistry | Dr. Semin Lee | Fine-Tuning Reactivity on Alkyne Metathesis Catalysts |
| Raedan Stephens | Summer 2022 | Biological Engineering | Biological Sciences | Dr. Christine Lattin | Effects of Ectoparasite Abundance on European Starling Nestling Growth and Parental Provisioning |
| Natalie Lim | Summer 2022 | Biochemistry | Biological Sciences | Dr. Stephania Cormier | Role of IL-10 in SARS-CoV-2 Infection During Pregnancy |
| Alaine' Mitchell | Summer 2022 & Fall 2022 | Biological Sciences | Pathobiological Sciences | Dr. Antoinette Guerrero-Plata | Alteration of the Antiviral Response by Tobacco Smoke |
| Colette Rainey | Summer 2022 & Fall 2022 | Chemistry | Chemistry | Dr. Kermit Murray | Analysis of Proteins Generated from Organophosphorus Pesticide Poisoning |
| James Woodward | Summer 2022 | Biochemistry | Biological Sciences | Dr. SeYeon Chung | Revealing the Mechanisms of papss in Apical ECM Organization and Lumen Expansion during Organ Development |
| Marie Drozda | Spring 2022 & Summer 2022 | Biochemistry | Biological Sciences | Dr. Karen Maruska | Variations in Sex-Steroid Receptor Levels in the Jaw Muscle Across Reproductive States
in the Mouthbrooding Cichlid Fish, Astatotilapia burtoni |
| Anna Borne | Spring 2022 & Spring 2023 | Biological Sciences | Natural Science | Dr. Nicholas Mason | Integrative Taxonomy of PolylPolylepisisland Birds: Quantifying Variation in Morphometrics, Song, and Plumage |
| Sean Hager | Fall 2021 | Geology | Geology & Geophysics | Dr. Adam Forte | Appraising the Accuracy of Junction Angle Measurements from Automatically Extracted Drainage Networks |
| Madison LeBlanc | Fall 2021 & Spring 2022 | Physics | Physics & Astronomy | Dr. Tabetha Boyajian | Transit Model Fitting of Tabby’s Star |
| Marz Marzan | Fall 2021 | Physics | Physics & Astronomy | Dr. Matthew Penny | Deep Learning to Identify Objects in Telescope Images Proposal |
| Zahara Vafaei Naeini | Fall 2021 & Spring 2022 | Biological Sciences | Biological Sciences | Dr. SeYeon Chung | Revealing the role of Puratrophin-1 like in Drosophila salivary gland formation |
| Sanaa Alam | Alamer 2021 | Biological Sciences | Biological Sciences | Dr. Alyssa Johnson | The Effect of Acute Oxidative Stress on Tubular Lysosome Formation and Lifespan Extension
in C. elegans |
| Cecilia Aucoin | Summer 2021 | Biological Sciences | Biological Sciences | Dr. Huangen Ding | Iron homeostasis in Escherichia coli cells: A Study of Fur and Anaerobiosis Modifications |
| Jena Bordelon | Summer 2021 | Biological Sciences | Biological Sciences | Dr. Chen Chen | Generation of Staphylococcal Superantigen Protein to Inhibit Neutrophil Infiltration in Murine Pneumonia Models |
| Allison Cannon | Summer 2021 | Biological Sciences | Biological Sciences | Dr. Christine Lattin | Testing cytokcytokines the link between the HPA aHPA and immune responses to avian malaria |
| Timothy Chen | Summer 2021 | Biological Sciences | Biological Sciences | Dr. James Moroney | Assaying plant carbonic anhydrase activity using the Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutant ΔNCE103 |
| Gabriela Coronel Hernandez | Summer 2021 | Chemistry | Chemistry | Dr. Victor Garcia-Lopez | Molecular Machines Modulate Plasma Membrane Structure and Dynamics |
| Cale Locicero | Summer 2021 | Chemistry | Chemistry | Dr. Rendy Kartika | Synthesis of α, α’-Bis-Quarternary Hydroxy Ketones |
| Joshua Fabre | Summer 2021 | Physics | Physics & Astronomy | Dr. Omar Magana-Loaiza | Real time quantum imaging with few photons |
| Emily Garcia | Summer 2021 & Fall 2021 | Biochemistry | Biological Sciences | Dr. William Doerrler | Role of a conserved membrane protein family in antibiotic sensitivity and virulence
of the multidrug resistant human pathogen Klebsiella Pneumoniae |
| Chris Gupta | Summer 2021 | Mathematics | Chemistry | Dr. Revati Kumar | Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Sodium Triflate and TFSI with Mixed Glyme Solvents |
| Grayce Mores | Summer 2021 | Microbiology | Biological Sciences | Dr. Mark Batzer | Discovery and Analysis of Unique Alu Insertions in the Capuchin Species Sapajus apella |
| Lauren Lewellen | Spring 2021 | Biochemistry | Biochemistry | Dr. Sibel Bargu Ates | Survival and Toxicity of Overwintering Cyanobacteria in Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana |
| Julio Mora Urbina | Spring 2021 | Physics | Physics and Astronomy | Dr. Matthew Penny | Predicting Duration of Microlensing Events |
| Ashley Patron | Spring 2021 & Summer 2021 | Physics | Physics and Astronomy | Dr. Gabriela Gonzalez | Providing Statistics on Earthquakes and Detector Lockloss |
| Victoria Rittell | Spring 2021 | Biochemistry | Biochemistry | Dr. Jennifer Brum | Brumosition of Fish Cut Microbiomes in LSU Lakes and their Application in Fisheries Research |
| Kaitlin Couvillion | Fall 2020 & Spring 2021 | Microbiology | Biological Sciences | Dr. Christine Lattin | Developing a Map of Predator Call Perception in the Songbird Brain |
| Isabella LaBruzzo | Fall 2020 & Spring 2021 | Biological Sciences | Biological Sciences | Dr. SeYeon Chung | Creation of transgenic animals for Puratrophin-1-like, a RhoGEF Protein critical for tubular organ formation in Drosophila |
| Aliza Siddiqui | Fall 2020 | Computer Science | Physics and Astronomy | Dr. Mark Wilde | Optimizing Bidirectional Quantum Teleportation |
| Han-Hsuan Wu | Fall 2020 & Spring 2021 | Physics | Physics and Astronomy | Dr. Mohammad Saghayezhian | Quantum Materials Spin Texture Probing by Magneto-Optical Kerr Effect |
| Evan Dore | Summer 2020 & Summer 2021 | Biochemistry | Biological Sciences | Dr. Karen Maruska | How do visual and chemosensory stimuli during male-male aggression affect behaviors and neural activation patterns in an African cichlid fish? |
| Alexander Paul-Torres | Summer 2020 & Fall 2020 | Physics | Physics & Astronomy | Dr. Martin Tzanov | Characterizing the effects of Neutron Interactions in Neutrino Detectors |
| Danielle Tyler | Spring 2020 & Summer 2020 | Biological Sciences | Biological Sciences | Dr. Arthur Penn | Effects of in-utero second-hand smoke (SHS) exposure and adult high fat diet (HFD) on development of COPD |
| Jordan Wall | Spring 2020 & Summer 2020 | Biological Sciences | Biological Sciences | Dr. Alyssa Johnson | Using CRISPR Engineered Flies to Study VCP Disease Mutations |
| Rebecca Krueger | Summer 2019 & Fall 2019 | Biochemistry | Biological Sciences | Dr. Alyssa Johnson | Understanding the biogenesis of tubular lysosomes during animal development |
| Hayden Guidry | Spring 2019 & Summer 2019 | Biological Sciences | Biological Sciences | Dr. Adam Bohnert | Exploring Possible Lifespan-Extending Effects of Botanical Extracts |
| Lukas Kim | Summer 2019 | Chemistry | Chemistry | Dr. Revati Kumar | Neural Network Potentials to Simulate Graphene Oxide -Water Interfaces |
| Cy Bryson | Spring 2019 | Biological Sciences | Biological Sciences | Dr. Karen Maruska | Neural activation patterns in female African cichlid fish when receiving multimodal versus unimodal male courtship signals |
| Oleksandr Molchanov | Spring 2019 | Physics | Physics & Astronomy | Dr. Kristina Launey | Nuclear Modeling from Machine Learning |
| Mykola Sereda | Spring 2019 | Biological Engineering | Chemistry | Dr. Kenneth Lopata | Accelerating Computation of Electronic Absorption Spectra in Large Molecules |
| Emily Brown | Fall 2018 | Microbiology | Biological Sciences | Dr. David Vinyard | A low energy input photobioreactor maximizing algal biomass yields |
| Meagan Moore | Fall 2018 | Biological Engineering | Physics & Astronomy | Dr. Wayne Newhauser | Continued Methodology and Testing for the First 3D-Printed Whole Body Anthropomorphic Phantom for Radiation Therapy |
| Henry Crull | Fall 2018 | Biological Sciences | Biological Sciences | Dr. Laura Lagomarsino | Investigation of Sicklebill Hummingbird Niche Expansion Through Analysis of Centropogon Heliconiaen, and Centropoganen Reference Catalog |
| Rebecca DiTusa | Fall 2018 | Physics | Physics & Astronomy | Dr. Kenneth Matthews | Evaluation of Stability of 3D Printed Materials During Radiological Use |
| Annaliesa Fanguy | Fall 2018 | Microbiology | Biological Sciences | Dr. David Vinyard | Role of PratA in the Photo-Assembly of the Active Site of Photosynthetic Water Oxidation |
| Matthew Junot | Summer 2018 | Biological Sciences | Biological Sciences | Dr. Adam Bohnert | Investigating how the protein CLU-1/Clueless exerts mitochondrial quality control during reproduction |
| Roman Hundley | Summer 2018 | Biological Engineering | Chemistry | Dr. Lavrent Khachatryan | Identifying Food Court Waste Decomposition Products in Electromagnetically Heated Reactors |
| Spencer Lemoine | Summer 2018 | Biological Engineering | Biological Sciences | Dr. James Moroney | Localization of HCO3- Transport Proteins “Bestrophins” in C. reinhardtii |
| Alyssa Lobello | Fall 2018 | Biochemistry | Biological Sciences | Dr. SeYeon Chung | Spatial Regulation of Apical Constriction in Drosophila Salivary Gland Invagination |
| Stephen Lopez | Fall 2018 | Kinesiology | Biological Sciences | Dr. Alyssa Johnson | Understanding how a human short sleep mutation offsets negative effects of Sleep Deprication |
| Chase Anselmo | Summer 2018 | Biological Sciences | Biological Sciences | Dr. Karen Maruska | What role do social signals detected by the mechanosensory system have on neural activation patterns in an African cichlid fish? |
| Caitlin Billiot | Summer 2018 | Microbiology | Biological Sciences | Dr. William Doerrler | DedA Protein Functions in Conferring Colistin Resistance to the the Gram-negative Bacterium Klebsiella pneumoniae |
| Logan Hart | Summer 2018 | Mathematics | Mathematics | Frank Neubrander | Superstability of Semigroups |
| Taylor Sigur | Summer 2018 | Kinesiology | Chemistry | Justin Regains | Synthesis of 1,2-cis-Glycoside through Alpha-Selective Glycosylation |
| Manjot Singh | Fall 2017 & Spring 2018 | Biochemistry | Guillaume Spielmann | Effects of Aerobic and Resistance Exercise on Bio-markers of B-Cell Function and Overall Inflammation in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes | |
| Hailey Teachout | Spring 2018 & Summer 2018 | Biological Sciences | Michelle Meyer | Understanding What Motivates People to join the Cajun navy and Volunteer for Disaster |