Current ILSAMP Scholars and their Mentors
Olanrewaju Adeniyi
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Mentor: Gary Butson, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Title of research project: Experiment of vibrations on wire rope.
Raquel Brown
Major: Biological Sciences
Mentor: James MacLean, Physiology
Title of Research Project: Rhox5 Homeobox regulation of metabolism genes that support spermatogenesis.
Conisha Brownlee
Major: Human Nutrition & Dietetics
Mentor: Sharon Peterson, Animal Science, Food and Nutrition
Title of Research Project: The effect of the “Clean Plate Club” on adolescents’ BMI and eating habits.
Chantell Evans
Major: Chemistry
Mentor: Punit Kohli, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Title of Research Project: Investigation of reversibility in fluorescence resonance energy transfer
Chasity Love
Major: Chemistry
Mentor: Lichang Wang, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Title of Research Project: Study of Copper Clusters on the surface of Zinc Oxide
Caryn Lopez
Major: Biological Sciences
Mentor: Judy Davie, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Title of Research Project: Affinity purification of myogenin and associated proteins.
Aaron Mallory
Major: Electrical Engineering
Mentor: John Nicklow, College of Engineering, Tarnisha Green, Director of Minority Engineering Program
Title of Research Project: Retention in underrepresented students in Engineering.
Sarah Owusu
Major: Physiology
Mentor: Buffy Ellsworth, Physiology
Title of Research Project: Foxd1 expression and its effect on the pituitary gland in mice.
Elizabeth Patterson
Major: Biological Sciences
Mentor: Buffy Ellsworth, Physiology
Title of Research Project: Developmental expression of the forkhead factor FoxJ1 in the pituitary gland in mice.
Jaidalyn Rand-Ousley
Major: Biology/Pre Med
Mentor: Prema Narayan, Physiology
Title of Research Project: Studies on a mouse model with a constitutively active luteinizing hormone receptor.