Valery Benton
Midwest Crossroads AGEP
Indiana University, Bloomington
Chicago native Valery Benton is a third-year doctoral student at Indiana University-Bloomington pursuing a dual degree in Neuroscience and Biochemistry. She is a graduate of Goshen College in northern Indiana, where she majored in molecular biology. Her... » Read More

Paul Carey
Midwest Crossroads AGEP
Indiana University, Bloomington
Paul Carey is a second-year graduate student in the Indiana University Department of Chemistry. He studies atmospheric chemistry under the supervision of Professor Phil Stevens, whose research concerns the chemistry of air pollution. In particular, Paul... » Read More

Natasha Crosby
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

Jeremy Felton
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

Eduardo Fernandez
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

Ronald Garcia
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

Eric Garza
Midwest Crossroads AGEP
Indiana University, Bloomington
Indiana University Graduate Student Eric Garza is a Ph.D. student in Environmental Studies and he's interested in toxicology and sustainability. The lab Eric currently works in looks at environmental issues through the lens of an analytical chemist, and r... » Read More

Shani Gray
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

Pere Jackson
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

Chantalle LaFontant
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

Adrian Land
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

Verleen McSween
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

Nancy Ortiz
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

Carolina Penalva-Arana
Midwest Crossroads AGEP
Indiana University, Bloomington
Indiana University Bloomington Post-doctoral scholar/researcher, Dr. Carolina Peñalva- Arana wants to know how animals detect chemicals cues in aquatic systems (in other words - taste and smell things under water). She conducts her daily laboratory resea... » Read More

Arnulfo Perez
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

Melissa Quintela
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

Mayté Ruiz
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

Windsor Tanner

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, after ... » Read More

Yolanda Treviño
Assistant Dean of Research and the University Graduate School and AGEP Project Director
Indiana University, Bloomington
Yolanda Treviño is Assistant Dean of Research and the University Graduate School and AGEP Project Director, Indiana University Midwest Crossroads AGEP Alliance. This is an excerpt from one of her recent newsletters:

''How do we begin to create change ... » Read More

Erikka Vaughan
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

Rashid Williams-Garcia
Midwest Crossroads AGEP
Indiana University, Bloomington
Rashid Williams-Garcia began his graduate studies in the Department of Physics at Indiana University-Bloomington in the fall of 2008. Rashid chose IU Physics because of the opportunity there to study neurophysics – the intersection of physics and neurosci... » Read More