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Student to Academic Professoriate for American Indians (SAPAI)
University of Montana
Joel Adams grew up in Missoula, Montana and is a member of both the Salish and Assiniboine Tribes. He is a Masters student in the College of Forestry and Conservation at the University of Montana and is focusing on Ecosystem Conservation Science. Joel ... » Read More
Central New York – Puerto Rico AGEP
Universidad de Puerto Rico, Mayagüez
Setting up a femtosecond absorption pump/probe experimental setup for biomolecules analysis. The system consist of a commercially Ultrafast laser assemble form Spectra Physics, coupled with a “3D approach” detection system for sample analysis. The laser a... » 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
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
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
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
Student to Academic Professoriate for American Indians (SAPAI)
University of Arizona
Seafha Blount is from Humboldt County, California, and is a member of the Yurok Tribe. She is from the Frye family of Ah-Pah village.
In January 2010, she began pursuing her PhD in Natural Resources Studies with a minor in American Indian Studies at t... » 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
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
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
SUNY AGEP
State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook
Tracy Robinson is in her second year studying Molecular and Cellular Biology in the department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology. Her advisor is Nancy Mollingsworth. She did her undergraduate work at the College of the City University of New York. Her ... » 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
Rice-Houston AGEP
Rice University
Natalie’s current research addresses the environmental implications associated with the use of ethanol as a fuel oxygenate in gasoline. The purpose of her work is to simulate spill scenarios that are likely to occur in the field within a controlled pilot-... » Read More
SUNY AGEP, Graduated
State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook
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
Rice-Houston AGEP
Rice University
Juli is a first-year student in the department of ecology and evolutionary biology. She received her B.S. degree in economics at Rice University in Houston, Texas. Juli’s advisor is Dr. Lisa Meffer and she is currently assessing the linkage between behavi... » Read More
Rice-Houston AGEP
Rice University
Anthony’s research focuses on multi-stage programming languages, and their applications. He is also interested in adding staging constructs to imperative languages, such as C#. (Rice University, 2004)... » Read More
Rice-Houston AGEP
Rice University
Edward’s research is in the field of medical image registration. The goal is to find an “optimal” point-to-point correspondance between a sequence of 3-Dimensional CT (computerized tomography) images. The work is in collaboration with resarchers at the MD... » 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
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
President, Dine College
Diné College; University of Arizona
Ferlin Clark lives in Navajo, New Mexico and is a member of the Diné tribe. He is the president of Diné College and speaks both the English and Diné language.
Ferlin received his doctorate from the University of Arizona in 2009 in the American Indian S... » 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
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
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
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; Albany State University
Background:
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... » Read More
Rice-Houston AGEP
Rice University
Marvin is a second-year student at Rice University. He received his undergraduate degree from Texas Tech University in chemical engineering. Marvin’s advisor is Dr. Enrique Barrera, and he is currently working on an evaporation system that deposes of magn... » 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
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
SUNY AGEP
State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook
Nidia DeJesus is in the deparmtne of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology with advisor Eckard Wimmer. She did her undergraduate work at Skidmore College. Wesley Francillon graduated from the department of Materials Science and Engineering with advisor Sa... » 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
SUNY AGEP
State University of New York (SUNY), Albany
Dawit Demissie is a Ph.D candidate in the Informatics (INF) PhD program at the College of Computing and Information, University at Albany, State University of New York.
He received a BS in Computer/Information Science from State University of New York a... » 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
Rice-Houston AGEP
Rice University
Chantal Edwards is a student in the Computational and Applied Mathematics Department at Rice. She is working with Dr. Yin Zhang in an area of research involving digital signal processing and conic/linear programming. Currently, she is finishing her master... » 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 was born in El Paso, Texas. She first came to the AMNH in 2002 as an undergraduate intern in the National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experience for Undergraduates program, for a summer research project on the systematics of medicall... » Read More
SUNY AGEP
State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook
Tracey Evans is a first year 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... » 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
Central New York – Puerto Rico AGEP
Universidad de Puerto Rico, Mayagüez
My work focuses on one of the up-and-coming water quality concerns, which is the release of small amounts of pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) into the environment. The denominated PPCPs include a wide range of prescription and non-prescri... » Read More
SUNY AGEP
State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook
Wesley Francillon graduated from the department of Materials Science and Engineering with advisor Sanjay Sampath. His undergraduate institution was Stony Brook University.... » 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
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
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
SUNY AGEP
State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook
A second year student in the department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Komba is studying Statistics. His advisor is Steve Finch. He did his undergraduate work at Columbia University.... » 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
NJIT PhD Touts Text Messaging To Improve Emergency Response
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Volunteers from grassroots organizations are often the first to respond in a local emergency. These first responders, however, often do not have adequate training and practice with quick-response tactics and mobile two-way device usage.
Elizabeth Ave... » 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 a third year Graduate Research Assistant at the University at Albany's College of NanoScale Science & Engin... » 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
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
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
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
SUNY AGEP
State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook
Aisha Haynes received her Ph.D. in May 2008 from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering under the advisement of Pelagia Gouma. She received her undergraduate degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Aisha is currently a Materials Engine... » Read More
SUNY AGEP
State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook
Nilsson Holguin is from Elmhurst, NY. He is in his first year in the department of Biomedical Engineering with advisor Stephan Judex. He did his undergraduate work at Trinity College. His hobbies include reading and movies. “I have completed several r... » Read More
Rice-Houston AGEP
Rice University
As a member of the Mechatronics and Haptic Interfaces Lab (MAHI) Joel’s primary interest is in human-robot shared control in a collaborative haptic environments for training and rehabilitation. During the 2005-2006 school year, Joel continued work and com... » Read More
Rice-Houston AGEP
Rice University
Marcos Huerta defended his dissertation in November of 2006. He received his B.A. in astronomy from the University of Texas in 2000, and his M.S. in astrophysics from Rice in 2004. For his dissertation he worked with Dr. Chris Johns-Krull and Dr. Patrick ... » Read More
SUNY AGEP
State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook
Shavonne Hylton is in her first year studying Geochemistry/Medical Geology in the Geosciences Department. Her advisor is Martin Schoonen. Her hometown is the Bronx, NY.... » 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
Rice-Houston AGEP
Rice University
Jennifer is a fourth-year student in the department of chemistry at Rice University. She received her B.S. degree in chemistry at the University of Texas at Arlington. Jennifer’s advisors are Dr. Vicki Colvin and Dr. Kathleen Matthews, and her research fo... » Read More
CUNY-Michigan SBE Alliance
Wayne State University
Recent Ph.D. Karen Keaton is a native Detroiter with an exemplary record of academic achievement. Ms. Keaton began her academic career at Hampton University in Virginia, earning a Bachelor of Arts in English with Summa Cum Laude distinction and secondary ... » 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
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
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
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
“Here’s this giant puzzle, and I happen to be alive at a time in history when it hasn’t been solved yet.”
University of California, Los Angeles
Jose Maldonado was sitting in a large undergraduate biology class at UCLA when a guest lecturer delivered the astounding news: There is cell division in thecentral nervous system of adults. For more than 100 years, science had held that brains stopped dev... » 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
Rice-Houston AGEP
Rice University
Aramis has extensively re-developed rpiProfiler, a program for estimating electron number density in the polar cap of the earth’s magnetosphere as a power law in geocentric distance along a magnetic field line. When combined with the Tsyganenko 2004 storm... » 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
Central New York – Puerto Rico AGEP
Universidad de Puerto Rico, Mayagüez
My primary research interests are: water and soil quality, pollutant loads, Total Maximum Daily Loads generation, watershed modeling and remote sensing tools for water quality assessments.
The main objectives of my research is to determine sediment ... » 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
Student to Academic Professoriate for American Indians (SAPAI) AGEP
University of Arizona
Aretha is a doctoral student at the University of Arizona working on her doctoral dissertation titled “Reclamation and Survivance: Diné Literacies and the Practice of Rhetorical Sovereignty.” She is a student in the Department of English majoring in Rheto... » 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
Gisselle Medina is a fourth year student in the department of Microbiology with advisor Carol Carter. Her homeland is Peru. She did her undergraduate work at SUNY New Paltz. Her research publications include: The functioning exchangeable L domains in ... » 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
Rice-Houston AGEP
Rice University
Sheila’s research concerns cartilage regeneration using a biodegradable scaffold. (Rice University, 2005)... » 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
"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
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
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
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
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
Rice-Houston AGEP
Rice University
John-David is a fourth-year student in the department of chemistry at Rice University. John-David recently developed instrumentation hardware and software for the real-time fluorimetric analysis of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT) that have been pate... » 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
Rice-Houston AGEP
Rice University
At this time Grace is preparing for her qualifying exams. Next semster she will begin working on her research project with Dr. Barrera's group in the MEMS department. The intention of her research is to study thermally conductive fibers made from polymer/... » Read More
Northeast AGEP
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Outside the molecular and cellular laboratory, signs display the warnings “Biohazard” and “Radioactive.” Inside, University of Massachusetts Ph.D. candidate and NEAGEP member Erick Roman is studying the molecular pathways that cause breast cancer.
Th... » 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
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
Central New York – Puerto Rico AGEP
Universidad de Puerto Rico, Mayagüez
My work focus on ichthyoplankton ecology, lately I have been working on genetic species identification of snapper fish larvae, because of the difficulty of their identification using conventional morphological techniques and the importance in the understa... » 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
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
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
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
Student to Academic Professoriate for American Indians (SAPAI)
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; University of Montana
Rachel Smith was born in South Dakota and raised in Northern California. She is a member of the Rosebud Sioux tribe.
Rachel participated in the Writing Retreat in 2008 and currently serves as the Program Manager for SAPAI.... » 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
Rice-Houston AGEP
Rice University
Lakeshia’s research primarily focuses on the uses of nitric oxide. Nitric oxide (NO) has several biological functions that make it a candidate therapeutic for a range of diverse disease states. Materials that release NO in a localized and controlled manne... » Read More
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
Teamwork
University of California, Los Angeles
Robert Taylor’s life in science began at Cosumnes River College in Sacramento when a “pretty young lady” invited him to join her in an Introduction to Chemistry class.
Not only the lady but also the science interested him. He was only 15 when a streak... » 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
A Ditchdigger’s Daughter Received Doctorate from NJIT and Joins DEP
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Anyone who has seen the award-winning film The Ditchdigger’s Daughter will know the story of Rita Thornton. When Thornton was a child, her father, who worked as a ditchdigger, wanted all six of his daughters to become doctors. Her mother, who had similar ... » Read More
PROMISE: Maryland's AGEP
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Antonia Tolson has a grant to finish her doctoral research in pharmaceutical sciences at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy. The grant is part of the $13 billion set aside for the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundatio... » Read More
Rice-Houston AGEP
Rice University
Jesse is a fifth-year graduate student in the computational and applied mathematics department at Rice University. He received his undergraduate degrees from Rice University in mathematics and statistics. His advisor is Dr. Dennis Cox, and his research in... » 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
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
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
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
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
Rice-Houston AGEP
Rice University
Dwayne is currently studying unconstrained optimization algorithms that allow the use of inexact function and gradient values. The optimizaiton algorithms adjust the level of inexactness allowed in the objective and gradient functions based on the observe... » 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
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
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
Rice-Houston AGEP
Rice University
Nicole Wylie is a second-year student in the department of civil and environmental engineering at Rice University. She received her BSME at University of Houston and her MSME at Rice. Nicole's advisor is Dr. Pol Spanos. She is currently taking several civ... » 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
Rice-Houston AGEP
Rice University
Fernando’s current research consists of implementing existing algorithms, that mitigate instability introduced by time delay in communication, to a kinematically dissimilar master/slave pair. In addition, he is attempting to overcome the problem of variab... » Read More
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