LS-LAMP Participants

2011-2012

 

 

Christiane Alepuz: Tulane University, Geology major
Mentor: Dr. Karen H. Johannesson, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Project: Concentrations and speciation of potentially toxic trace elements in waters of an urban estuary; Bayou Bienvenue, New Orleans, Louisiana

Chynna Allen: Tulane University, Psychology and Sociology major
Mentor: Dr. Laurie O'Brien, Psychology
Project and Poster: The Impact of Teaching Women About Science and Math Stereotypes on Their Math and Science Outcomes

Shilka Babu: Tulane University, Psychology major
Mentor: Dr. Laurie O'Brien, Psychology
Project and Poster: The Impact of Teaching Women About Science and Math Stereotypes on their Math and Science Outcomes

Henry Bart: Tulane University, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Economics major
Mentor: Dr. Cori Richards‐Zawacki, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Project: Measuring predation differences between aposematic phenotypes in the polymorphic poison dart frog Dendrobates pumilio

Datonye Charles: Tulane University, Neuroscience major
Mentor: Dr. Laurie T. O'Brien, Psychology
Project: Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination

Nicholas Chedid: Tulane University, Biomedical Engineering major
Mentor: Dr.Vijay John, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Project: Nanocarriers for Transcut aneous Vaccine Delivery

Seth Figueroa: Tulane University, Biomedical Engineering and Mathematics major
Mentor: Dr. Michael Moore, Biomedical Engineering
Project and Poster: A Computational Model of Axon Guidance

Amaris Genemaras: Tulane University, Biomedical Engineering major
Mentor: Dr. Tabassum Ahsan, Biomedical Engineering
Project and Poster: Cell proliferation rate characterization of human adipose-derived stromal/stem cells (ADSCs) from young and old donors

Angelica Gordon: Tulane University, Neuroscience major
Mentor: Dr. Laurie O'Brien, Psychology
Project and Poster: Cardiovascular Responses to Stress in Pregnant Women

Chris Hanuscin: Tulane University, Cell and Molecular Biology major
Mentor: Dr. Michael Cunningham, Psychology
Project: Resilience and vulnerability in adolescents

Mitchell Hinton: Tulane University, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology major
Mentor: Dr. Jordan Karubian, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Project: IRES: Behavioral ecology of red-backed fairy-wrens

Julie Kaiga: Tulane University, Biomedical Engineering major
Mentor: Dr.Vijay John, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Project: Characterizing Deep Sea Oil Plume's Bio-Degradation and Adsorption at the Oil-Water Interface Using Electron Micrographs

Yonatan Kaplan: Tulane University, Biomedical Engineering major
Mentor: Dr. Tabassum Ahsan, Biomedical Engineering
Project: Osteogenic Differentiation of Murine Mesenchymal Stem Cells

Jennifer Lastimosa: Tulane University, Biomedical Engineering major
Mentor: Dr. Tabassum Ahsan, Biomedical Engineering
Project and Prospectus: Topographical Studies and Its Effects on Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation

Avery Mitchell: Tulane University, Psychology major
Mentor: Dr. Laurie T. O'Brien, Psychology
Project: Educational Performance and Interest

Imani Mosely: Tulane University, Neuroscience major
Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey Tasker, Cell and Molecular Biology
Project: Glucocorticoid receptors in the hypothalamus and treating them with various hormones that alter different messenger systems that reach the nucleus

Rui Pinyao: Tulane University, Public Healt h and Biology major
Mentor: Dr.Minolfa C. Prieto, Physiology
Project: Implications and insights on the effects of high salt on the sexual dimorphism of genes encoding epigenetic chromatin modification enzymes in the Sprague-Dawley rat kidney

Diondra Rhinehart: Tulane University, Psychology major
Mentor: Dr. Michael Cunningham, Psychology
Project: Resilience and vulnerability in adolescents

Jose Sosa: Tulane University, Biomedical Engineering major
Mentor: Dr. Sergey S. Shevkoplyas, Biomedical Engineering
Project and Poster: Pentoxifylline Does Not Change the Deformability of Normal Red Blood Cells

 

2013-2014

 

 

Yaa Asare: Tulane University, Public Health
Mentor: Dr. Melanie Ehrlich, Medical School
Project: Understanding the Control of Gene Expression by Changes in Chromatin and DNA Methylation: Bioinformatics and RNA Analyses of Muscle Formation and Cancer Cells

Gisele Calderon: Tulane University, Biomedical Engineering major
Mentor: Dr. Damir Khismatullin, Biomedical Engineering
Project and Presentation: The Interaction of Dendritic Cells and Breast Cancer cells on t he Lymphatic Endothelium

Edy Delgado: Tulane University, Psychology major
Mentor: Dr. Michael Cunningham, Psychology

Julie Hernandez: Tulane University, Cell and Molecular Biology major
Mentor: Dr.Vijay John, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Project and Poster: Liposomes on Hydrophobically Modified Chitosan Acts as a Lubricant

Samia Lalani: Tulane University, Psychology and French major
Mentor: Dr. Lisa Molix, Psychology
Project: The Wellness Project - Examining the dynamic relationship between daily intergroup interactions, daily intergroup emotions and their subsequent influence on daily psychical and psychological health attitudes and behaviors.

Brooke LaFloe: Tulane University, Neuroscience major
Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey Tasker, Cell and Molecular Biology
Project and Poster: Whole-tissue imaging with CLARITY

Raymond Rojas: Tulane University, Neuroscience major
Mentor: Dr. Minolfa C. Prieto, School of Medicine
Project and Poster: Assessing gene expression variations in diabetic rat kidney via Furin ELISA

Tyler Simons: Tulane University, Neuroscience major
Mentor: Dr. Paul J. Colombo, Psychology and Program in Neuroscience
Project: Neurobiology of Learning and Memory Laboratory

Joyce Ward: Tulane University, Biomedical Engineering major
Mentor: Dr.Vijay John, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Project 1: Characterizing Deep Sea Oil Plume's Bio-Degradation and Adsorption at the Oil-Water Interface Using Electron Micrographs
Project 2: Morphology and Composition of Artificial Marine Snow at the Oil-water Interface

Joyce Ward: Tulane University, Biomedical Engineering major
Mentor: Dr.Vijay John, Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringProject and Presentation: Morphology and Composition of Artificial Marine Snow at the Oil-water Interface

 

2015-2016

 

 

Samantha Adams: Tulane University, Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. WT Godbey, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Project: A Potential Treatment for Allergic Rhinitis using siRNA Interference to Knockdown the tacr1 gene

Yaa Asare: Tulane University, Neuroscience
Mentor: Dr. Taby Ahsan, Biomedical Engineering
Project: Effect of Oscillatory Shear Stress on Stem Cell Differentiation

Chris Chedid: Tulane University, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Mentor: Dr. WT Godbey, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Project: Reduced Glucose Effect on Promoter Activity

Chinwe Duru: Tulane University, Neuroscience
Mentor: Dr. Courtney Baker, Psychology
Project: Translating Evidence-Based Programs into Community Settings Serving Young Children

Courtney Evans: Tulane University, Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Douglas Chrisey, Physics
Project: RF Thermoabalation in 3D: The Cytotoxic Effects of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles on Breast Cancer Cells in 3D Microenvironments

Manuela Gaviria: Tulane University, Neuroscience and Psychology major
Mentor: Dr. Paul Colombo, Neuroscience
Project and Poster: Basal Levels Of NFκBp65 In The Hippocampus Are Related To Spatial Memory Formation Across The Lifespan

Regan Manayan: Tulane University, Cell & Molecular Biology
Mentor: Dr. Srikanta Dash, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Project: Intracellular Treatment approach of siRNA-nanosome for hepatitis C and liver cancer

Barry McGuire: Tulane University, Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. WT Godbey, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Project: A Potential Treatment for Allergic Rhinitis using siRNA Interference to Knockdown the tacr1 gene

Devante Shootes: Tulane University, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering major
Mentor: Dr. Vijay John, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Project: Hydro-gels containing liposomes and cyclodextrins

 

2017-2018

 

 

Stephanie Clark: Tulane University, Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Damian Murray, Psychology
Project and Poster: Strong foundations? Is there a relationship between formidability and differential judgment across moral foundations categories?

Micquel Downs: Tulane University, Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Sunyoung Kim, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Project and Poster: Multiple Proton Transfers Accelerate ATP Hydrolysis in Eg5 Kinesin

Jaelyn Edwards: Tulane University, Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Janet Ruscher, Psychology
Project and Poster: Tour De French Fries”: Disparaging Humor and Stereotypic Language

De’Andra Johnson: Tulane University, Psychology major
Mentor: Dr. Courtney Baker, Psychology
Project and Poster: Education for All: The Relationship between Teacher Attitudes, Race, Experience, and the Mental Health of Students of Color

Sydney Monix: Tulane University, Neuroscience major
Mentor: Dr. Laurie O'Brien, Psychology
Project and Poster: Gender Discrimination in the Workplace

Victoria Parrilla: Tulane University, Psychology major
Mentor: Dr. Janet Ruscher, Psychology
Project and Poster: Body Image Predicts Perceptions of Offensive Communication Towards Overweight Individuals

Irma Ruiz: Tulane University, Cell and Molecular Biology major
Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey Tasker, Cell and Molecular Biology
Project and Poster: Visualizing Ca2+ levels in GCAMP6-labeled PVNs of AVP-CRE mice

Devante Shootes: Tulane University, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering major
Mentor: Dr. Vijay John, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Project and Poster: Hydro-gels containing liposomes and cyclodextrins

Donkita Williams: Tulane University, Neuroscience
Mentor: Dr. Srikanta Dash, Pathology and Laborator Medicine
Project and Poster: Activation of PERK-Nrf2 oncogenic signaling promotes Mdm2-mediated Rbdegradation in persistently infected HCV culture
Journal Publication: Activation of PERK-Nrf2 oncogenic signaling promotes Mdm2-mediated Rb degradation in persistently infected HCV culture

 

2019-2020

 

Joi Bryant: Tulane University, Neuroscience major
Mentor: Dr. Sarah Gray, Psychology
Project and Poster: Childhood Sexual Abuse and Intimate Partner Violence: It Harms More than the African American Mother

Eric Burgess: Tulane University, Chemical Engineering major
Mentor: Dr. Daniel Shantz, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Project and Poster: Functionalized OMS as Model Materials for Guaiacol Capture

Maya Childs: Tulane University, Psychology major
Mentor: Dr. Michael Cunningham, Psychology
Project and Poster: Correlates of Psychological Distress in Mono-Racial and Biracial Adolescents of African
Project and Poster: Examining Life Events, Racial Identity, and Outcomes on Substance Use In African American Adolescents

Jalexis Evans: Tulane University, Chemistry major
Mentor: Dr. Vijay John, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Project and Poster: Erythrosomes for Transcutaneous Vaccine Delivery

Lela Hill: Tulane University, Psychology major
Mentor: Dr. Michael Cunningham, Psychology
Project and Poster: The Effect of Hypermasculine Attitudes on Antisocial Behaviors
Mentor: Dr. Maurya Glaude, Social Work
Project and Poster: Is Hypermasculinity Risking Your Health: A Program Evaluation of the Health-Seeking Behaviors of Black Males

Savannah McNair: Tulane University, Neuroscience & Psychology major
Mentor: Dr. Julie Markant, Psychology
Project and Poster: Reward Learning Biases Visual Search Performance in Infancy

Brittany Simone: Tulane University, Engineering Physics major
Mentor: Dr. Matthew Escarra, Physics and Engineering Physics
Project and Poster: Rapid Processing of VO2 Thin Films and Prototyping of Metasurface-Based Refractive Index Sensing
Project and Poster: Metasurface Based Refractive Index Sensing Device

Kennon Stewart: Tulane University, Mathematics major
Mentor: Dr. Mimi Samarco, Physiology
Project and Poster: Aging in Mice Impedes P3 Digit Regeneration

 

2021-2022

 

Funke Adeleye: Tulane University, Neuroscience major
Mentor: Dr. Courtney Baker, Psychology
Project: Translating Evidence-Based Programs into Schools and Community Settings Serving Children and Families

Taylor Alcorn: Tulane University, Psychology major
Mentor: Dr. Michael Hoerger, Psychology
Project: Individual Differences in Coping with Cancern

Anne Bicego: Tulane University, Neuroscience major, Public Health minor
Mentor: Dr. Paul Colombo, Psychology
Project: Effects of Music-based Mentoring on Cognitive and Emotional Development in Children

James Jordan: Tulane University, Cell and Molecular Biology
Mentor: Dr. Hee-Won Park, Cancer Center Contributing Member in the Signaling & Clinical Programs
Project: Purification of Pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2) via Fast Protein Liquid Chromatography (FPLC)

Kelsey Lain: Tulane University, Cellular Biology major
Mentor: Dr. Sarah Gray, Psychology
Project: Parenting Under Stress: Supporting Caregivers to Support Young Children

Gabriella Molano: Tulane University, Neuroscience major
Mentor: Dr. Laurie Earls, Cell and Molecular Biology
Project: The Role of Novel Micropeptide in Alzheimer’s Disease

Dulce Rivera: Tulane University, Neuroscience major
Mentor: Dr. Michael Hoerger, Psychology
Project: Attitudes Around N95 Masks and Social Learning Through N95 Mask Distribution

Shayne Shelton: Tulane University, Biomedical Engineering major
Mentor: Dr. Michael Moore, Biomedical Engineering
Project: Microengineering Functional Neural Tissue from Stem Cells In Vitro

J'Lyn Wilson: Tulane University, Cell and Molecular Biology and Psychology major
Mentor: Dr. Laurie O'Brien, Psychology
Project: Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination