Hamilton Scholars 2019-2020
Nicole Adams
Mentor: Dr. Priscilla Lui
Project Title: "Coping with Racial Discrimination Among Hispanic Americans"
Sarah Bivans
Mentor: Dr. William Orr
Project Title: "Determining the Effects of Modulation of Peroxiredoxin 6 on Alzheimer's Disease"
John Marshall Calkins
Mentor: Dr. Jo Guldi
Project Title: "Democracy Lab"
Daniel Chavez
Mentor: Dr. Peng Tao
Project Title: "Protein Design | Manipulation of the EF-Hand Loop: A Semi-tight Binding Chloride Ion"
Pranjal Chokshi
Mentor: Dr. Benjamin Tabak
Project Title: "Connecting Oxytocin and Vasopressin to the Cortisol Awakening Response"
Bronson Ciavarra
Mentor: Dr. William Orr
Project Title: "Effect of Over-expression of Mitochondrial Peroxiredoxins on Alzheimer's Disease"
Melina Corriveau
Mentor: Dr. Robert Harrod
Project Title: "Characterization of the Ras/p53-signalingaxis in HPV-induced Cancers"
Quynh-Chi Dang
Mentor: Dr. Steven Vik
Project Title: "Analysis of Human Mutations Modeled in nuoJ of Complex I"
Quynh-Anh Dang
Mentor: Dr. William Orr
Project Title: "Determining the Impact of Prx6 Under and Overexpression on Biomarkers of Neuroinflammation in Fly Models of Alzheimer's Disease"
Jennifer Edgar
Mentor: Dr. John Wise
Project Title: "Targeting an RND Transporter that Causes Multidrug Resistance in Gram-Negative Bacterial Pathogens"
Taylor Ervin
Mentor: Dr. Richard Jones
Project Title: "Polycomb-group Protein Recruitment"
Nancy Feng
Mentor: Dr. Tran Minh-Binh
Project Title: "Wave Turbulance"
Stephen Frantz
Mentor: Dr. Hiroki Takeuchi
Project Title: "Global Value Chains, Free Trade Agreements and Regional Security in the Asia-Pacific"
Drishtant Gupta
Mentor: Dr. Benjamin Tabak
Project Title: "The Role of OXTR Methylation on Oxytocin Reactivity"
Angela He
Mentor: Dr. John Buynak
Project Title: "Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Antibiotics to Treat Resistant Mycobacterium Tuberculosis"
Trevor Heinzman
Mentor: Dr. Peng Tao
Project Title: "Applying Computer Simulations to Understand the Catalytic Mechanism of B-lactamases to Hydrolyze B-lactum based antibiotics"
Abby Johnson
Mentor: Dr. Steven Vik
Project Title: "Assembly of the nuoE-F-G Subunits of Complex I"
Lisa Kim
Mentor: Dr. Alexander Lippert
Project Title: "Tuning the Kinetics of Chemiluminescent H2S Probes for Increased Sensitivity"
Josephine Kimbrough
Mentor: Dr. Jodi Cooley, Dr. Robert Calkins
Project Title: "Electrostatic Mitigation of Radon Daughters Present in Boil-off Gases and Surface Activity Screening of Charged Samples"
Anni Kum
Mentor: Dr. Richard Jones
Project Title: "Polycomb-group Protein Recruitment"
Jesse LaBelle
Mentor: Dr. James Lake
Project Title: "How Access to Community Colleges Reduces the Adverse Labor Market Impacts in US Communities"
Monica Lee
Mentor: Dr. Maryann Cairns
Project Title: "Sustainability in the Clothing Industry"
Joseph Lee
Mentor: Dr. Adam Norris
Project Title: "Identifying Behavioral Difference Between Wild-Type C. Elegans and 'Double-Mutant' Strains"
Jonathan Lindbloom
Mentor: Dr. Alejandro Aceves
Project Title: "Light Beams at Nonlinear Interfaces"
Njeshi Nformi
Mentor: Dr. John Buynak
Project Title: "Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Antibiotics to Counter Resistant Pseudomonas Aeruginosa"
Madeline Pan
Mentor: Dr. John Buynak
Project Title: "Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Carbapenem Antibiotics Targeting Resistant Acinetobacter Baumannii"
Noah Pearson
Mentor: Dr. Joel Meyers
Project Title: "Searching for Gravitational Waves with Strongly Lensed Fast Radio Bursts"
Kyle Pekar
Mentor: Dr. Tome Runevski
Project Title: "New and Improved Formulations of Creatine"
Lauren Philpott
Mentor: Dr. Neely Myers
Project Title: "Pathways through Care"
Taylor Rients
Mentor: Dr. Benjamin Tabak
Project Title: "Oxytocin and Vasopressin as Predictors of Interpersonal Functioning"
Carol Sale
Mentor: Dr. Carolyn Smith-Morris
Project Title: "Moral Distress in the Context of Structural Violence"
Jacy Sparks
Mentor: Dr. Monnie McGee
Project Title: "Comparison of Performance Peaks for Male and Female Athletes in Track and Field Events"
Pooja Tewari
Mentor: Dr. Carolyn Smith-Morris
Project Title: "Meta-Analysis of Assessment Tools for Diabetes Medication Adherence and Barriers"
Rachel Thimmig
Mentor: Dr. Kacy Hollenback
Project Title: "Indigenous Technological Responses to Historic Smallpox Epidemics"
Taylor Wallace
Mentor: Dr. Jodi Cooley
Project Title: "Examining the Effect of Low-Speed Airflow on Radon Plate-out"
Alexander Wallace
Mentor: Dr. Robert Kehoe
Project Title: "Study of Cepheid Variable Stars: Simulations"
Patrick Wintergalen
Mentor: Dr. Sveta Radyuk
Project Title: "The Role of Hydrogen Gas in Healthy Aging and Disease"
Xixi Zhou
Mentor: Dr. Robert Kehoe
Project Title: "Study of Cepheid Variable Stars: Photometry and Selection"