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Wilmer Adorno Martinez
Wilmer Adorno Martinez was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He is doing a major in chemistry, is planning to do a Ph.D. in the same field. He attends the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, and just finished his sophomore year. He likes to play the piano, any sport (e.g. biking, tennis, basketball, baseball and more), travel, and is all about music and spending time with his family. Also, he is a BIG fan of MLB & NBA.
Project: Conductive polymers as a tool for generating new hierarchical structures
Mentors: Joanna Aizenberg, Philseok Kim
Funding: NSF REU Site - Biomaterials Research Initiative Dedicated to Gateway Experiences | NSF DMR-1005022
Peter Bailis
Peter Bailis is a rising senior at Harvard College concentrating in computer science. Peter hails from Omaha, Nebraska and is looking forward to a terrific summer with the RoboBees team and the REU program.
Project: Seeking Karma: Towards a distributed operating system for UAVs
Mentors: Matt Welsh, Radhika Nagpal, Karthik Dantu
Funding: NSF Collaborative Research: RoboBees: A Convergence of Body, Brain and Colony | NSF IIS-0926148
Michelle Barber
Michelle Barber is from Novi, Michigan and is a rising sophomore at MIT. She is concentrating in chemical engineering, and in her free time, she enjoys shopping, listening to music, writing, playing the piano, and spending time with her family and friends.
Project: Self-assembly of metamaterials
Mentors: Federico Capasso, Jon Fan
Funding: NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center - Science of Nanoscale Systems and their Device Applications (NSEC) | NSF PHY-0646094
Anna Brockway
Anna Brockway is a rising junior at Haverford College, majoring in chemistry and minoring in philosophy. She is originally from Kyiv, Ukraine, but has lived just outside of St. Paul, Minnesota, for most of her life. She is interested in interdisciplinary work, exploring new things, and loves swing dancing.
Project: Computational methods for organic solar cells
Mentors: Alán Aspuru-Guzik, Mark Watson, Shule Atahan-Evrenk
Funding: NSF SOLAR Optical Hyperdoping: Transforming Semiconductor Band Structure for Solar Energy Harvesting | NSF DMR-0934480
Cara Brown
Cara Brown is a rising sophomore majoring in biological engineering at MIT. Outside of academics, she likes to play tennis, play Wii Fit Plus, watch movies, and hang out with friends. She looks forward to working in the Mooney Lab and meeting everyone this summer.
Project: Tumor development based on varying extracellular matrix (ECM) stiffness
Mentors: David Mooney, Praveen Arany
Funding: NSF REU Site - Biomaterials Research Initiative Dedicated to Gateway Experiences | NSF DMR-1005022
Edy Cardona
Edy Cardona is a physics major at the University of California, Berkeley. He plans to attend graduate school to pursue a Ph.D. with an emphasis in electronics. He enjoys programming, music, and sports.
Project: Automation of sample-positioning and data-collection for pulsed-laser-melting experiments
Mentors: Michael Aziz, Dan Recht
Funding: NSF National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN) | NSF ECCS-0335765
Rachel Carey
Rachel Carey is a rising senior at Le Moyne College with a double major in chemistry and physics, and a minor in French. She plans to pursue a Ph.D. that integrates her two majors. In her spare time, she enjoys singing, reading, traveling, and the outdoors.
Project: Gold nano-electrodes templated by biodegradable polymers
Mentors: George Whitesides, Charlie Mace
Funding: NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center - Science of Nanoscale Systems and their Device Applications (NSEC) | NSF PHY-0646094
Chunhin (Sam) Chan
Chunhin (Sam) Chan is a rising senior at Cornell University and majors in biological engineering and minors in biomedical engineering. He enjoys jogging and hiking as ways to relax. He also hopes to learn to cook and to play the guitar during the summer.
Project: Effect of delta ligand 4 on NOTCH signaling pathway
Mentors: David Mooney, Will Yuen
Funding: NSF Materials Research Science & Engineering Center at Harvard (MRSEC) | NSF DMR-082048
Alexander Cho
Alex Cho is a student at Bunker Hill Community College. He served in the U.S. Navy.
Project: Using electroactive hydrogels for developing bio-inspired 3-D materials
Mentors: Kevin Kit Parker, Holly McIlwee
Funding: NSF REU Site - Biomaterials Research Initiative Dedicated to Gateway Experiences | NSF DMR-1005022
Cynthia Crespo Rivera
Cynthia Crespo Rivera is a senior majoring in biomedical engineering at Florida International University in Miami, FL. She was born and raised in Puerto Rico. She enjoys learning and is amazed by science. She likes music, movies, and traveling.
Project: Cell migration under constrained dimensions
Mentors: David Weitz, Allen Ehrlicher, Jim Wilking
Funding: NSF REU Site - Biomaterials Research Initiative Dedicated to Gateway Experiences | NSF DMR-1005022
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Shijit Dasgupta
Shijit Dasgupta is a rising sophomore at Johns Hopkins University who is majoring in mechanical engineering. He enjoys guitar and breakdancing in his spare time.
Project: Freezing in liquid supercooled water
Mentors: George Whitesides, Claudiu Stan
Funding: NSF REU Site - Biomaterials Research Initiative Dedicated to Gateway Experiences | NSF DMR-0649199
Caitlin Dillard
Caitlin Dillard is a rising junior at Rowan University. She is a chemical engineer major with a concentration in bioengineering. She was born in California but grew up in New Jersey. She enjoys outdoor activities as well as relaxing and watching movies.
Project: Growth of biofilms
Mentors: David Weitz, Allen Ehrlicher
Funding: NSF REU Site - Biomaterials Research Initiative Dedicated to Gateway Experiences | NSF DMR-1005022
Dominique (Johann) Djanal-Mann
Dominique (Johann) Djanal-Mann was born in Douala, Cameroon, yet was raised in Gainesville, Florida, United States. He attends the University of Florida and is majoring in electrical and computer engineering. He is a soccer and basketball enthusiast, avid hip-hop and smooth jazz fan, enjoys good times with good company, and loves learning.
Project: Transfer of electron beam resist photonic nanobeam cavities to flexible substrates
Mentors: Marko Lončar, Ian Burgess
Funding: NSF National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN) | NSF ECCS-0335765
Kirk Dressen
Kirk Dressen is a rising junior studying chemistry and physics at the University of Denver. He enjoys playing soccer with friends, hiking, and snowboarding.
Project: Toward a computationally inexpensive determination of organic semiconductor packing
Mentors: Alán Aspuru-Guzik, Leslie Vogt
Funding: NSF CDI Type II: Scientific Computation for Astronomy, Neurobiology and Chemistry using Graphics Processing Units and Solid-State Storage| NSF PHY-0835713
Mackenzie Eagleson
Project: Characterization of cardiac myocyte organization
Mentors: Kevin Kit Parker, Anna Grosberg
Funding: NSF Materials Research Science & Engineering Center at Harvard (MRSEC) | NSF DMR-082048 | Harvard College Research Program
Chirantan Ekbote
Chirantan Ekbote is a rising junior majoring in philosophy and computer science at The Ohio State University and plans to pursue a career in computer graphics and animation. He is a big fan of science fiction and enjoys playing his guitar and exploring new places.
Project: GPU-accelerated biomedical image analysis
Mentors: Hanspeter Pfister, Won-Ki Jeong
Funding: NSF CDI Type II: Scientific Computation for Astronomy, Neurobiology and Chemistry using Graphics Processing Units and Solid-State Storage| NSF PHY-0835713
Tom Elsey
Tom Elsey is an applied physics major at the University of Iowa. He just finished his sophomore year of school. He enjoys long drives on the disc golf course when he is not studying.
Project: Electron tunneling through self-assembled monolayers
Mentors: George Whitesides, Martin Mwangi
Funding: Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering
Rodriguez Exilus
Project: Applications of nanofibers for tissue engineering using rotary jet-spinning
Mentors: Kevin Kit Parker, Leila Deravi
Funding: NSF REU Site - Biomaterials Research Initiative Dedicated to Gateway Experiences | NSF DMR-1005022
Chelsey Fenton
Chelsey Fenton just completed her sophomore year at the University of New Mexico. She is a chemical engineering major who enjoys biking, hiking, running, yoga, and new experiences.
Project: Musical cells: Creating ordered surface nano-topography using a compact disc
Mentors: Debra Auguste, Jin-Oh You, George Ye
Funding: NSF University of New Mexico/Harvard PREM: Leadership in Biomaterials | NSF DMR-0611616
Carina Fish
Carina Fish is a rising sophomore at Harvard College. She plans to concentrate in mechanical engineering. Outside of her studies she enjoys being in good company and dancing.
Project: Soft robotics
Mentors: George Whitesides, Ramses Martinez
Funding: NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center - Science of Nanoscale Systems and their Device Applications (NSEC) | NSF PHY-0646094
Zachary Gault
Zachary Gault is from southwest Ohio and is a senior at Wright State University majoring in both physics and philosophy. He hopes to be a physics professor one day. In the meantime, he enjoys playing electric guitar and has recently taken up painting as a second hobby.
Project: Annealing silver microstructures
Mentors: Eric Mazur, Kevin Vora, Seungyeon (Sally) Kang, Michael Moebius
Funding: NSF Materials Research Science & Engineering Center at Harvard (MRSEC) | NSF DMR-082048
Dustin Gerrard
Dustin Gerrard is a senior at Brigham Young University double majoring in mechanical engineering and mathematics. Dustin plans to get a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering and teach and do research at the university level.
Project: Stronger materials
Mentors: David Weitz, Sujit Datta
Funding: NSF Materials Research Science & Engineering Center at Harvard (MRSEC) | NSF DMR-082048
Amy Goodale
Project: Paper-based immunoassay
Mentors: George Whitesides, James Li
Funding: NSF REU Site - Biomaterials Research Initiative Dedicated to Gateway Experiences | NSF DMR-0649199
Jack Greenberg
Project: Automated detection and 3D situating of wing outline curves from high-speed camera flapping footage
Mentors: Rob Wood, Hiroto Tanaka, Madhusudhan (Madu) Venkadesan
Funding: Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering
Xueying Hai
Xueying Hai is a student at Emory & Henry College in Virginia, where she studies chemistry.
Project: Modeling the structure-property relationship of organosilicates with terminal groups
Mentors: Joost Vlassak, Han Li
Funding: Friends of the Sciences Foundation at Emory & Henry College
Anny Hierro
Anny Hierro was born in New York but was raised in the Dominican Republic. She moved to the United States in time to start her college education. She is currently a junior at the College of Saint Elizabeth and she is majoring in chemistry and art. Her plans include going to graduate school for a Ph.D. in organic chemistry. Anny enjoys reading, drawing, going to museums, music and the theatre.
Project: Co-assembly of Au nanoparticles and PMMA colloids for large-area three-dimensional ordered macroporous (3DOM) structures
Mentors: Joanna Aizenberg, Yolanda Vasquez
Funding: Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering | Oregon REU Site
Tom Iancovici
Tom Iancovici is a rising senior at the University of Massachusetts - Lowell College of Engineering concentrating in electrical engineering. Upon graduation, he is hoping to continue his education and pursue an MS Eng degree in the opto-electronics field. He likes to listen to music and hang out with friends.
Project: Portable electrochemical reader
Mentors: George Whitesides, Aaron Mazzeo, Frederique Deiss
Adam Johnson
Adam Johnson is a rising sophomore from Warner Robins, GA, who attends Morehouse College. He is a biology and Spanish double major whose future goals include obtaining an MD/PhD.
Project: Precursor phosphorylizing agents of RNA and ATP in prebiotic chemistry
Mentors: George Whitesides, Jasmin Mecinovic
Funding: NSF REU Site - Biomaterials Research Initiative Dedicated to Gateway Experiences | NSF DMR-1005022
Neena Kamath
Neena Kamath was born in Jamshedpur, India and has moved and resided in Norwalk, Connecticut since the age of seven. She is a rising senior majoring in computer science at Harvard University. When not working on algorithms for the RoboBees project, she enjoys playing ultimate frisbee, sailing, and poker.
Project: Efficiency of random and deterministic strategies for pollination by a swarm robotic system
Mentors: Radhika Nagpal, Spring Berman
Funding: NSF Collaborative Research: RoboBees: A Convergence of Body, Brain and Colony | NSF IIS-0926148
Teresa Kao
Teresa Kao is a rising sophomore at Columbia University where she will be majoring in applied physics.
Project: Single-molecule force studies
Mentors: Wesley Wong, Ken Halvorsen, Diane Schaak
Funding: The Rowland Institute at Harvard
John Keller
John Keller is a rising sophomore majoring in Physics and Mathematics at Eastern Nazarene College, with a tentative plan for a Ph.D. in Physics. He enjoys mountain biking, snowboarding, hiking, programming and reading in his free time.
Project: Automated 2D tracking of colloidal particles with digital holographic microscopy
Mentors: Vinothan Manoharan, Jerome Fung, Jesse Collins
Funding: NSF Materials Research Science & Engineering Center at Harvard (MRSEC) | NSF DMR-082048
Veronika Kivenson
Veronika Kivenson immigrated to New York city from Ukraine at the age of five. She is currently attending Bunker Hill Community College, majoring in bio-tech. Veronika transferred to aMount Holyoke College in May of 2011.
Project: Using C. elegans in microfluidics
Mentors: George Whitesides, Anna Laromaine
Funding: NSF Materials Research Science & Engineering Center at Harvard (MRSEC) | NSF DMR-082048
Andrew Klump
Andrew Klump is the second of three children. Born and raised in St. Louis, he entered Seton Hall University in the fall of 2008. He is majoring in physics and plans on pursuing a Ph.D. in the same field.
Project: Organizing yeast cells inside monodisperse droplets
Mentors: David Weitz, Adam Abate
Funding: NSF REU Site - Biomaterials Research Initiative Dedicated to Gateway Experiences | NSF DMR-1005022
John Koullias
Yiannis (John) Koullias is a rising senior concentrating in molecular and cellular biology at Harvard University. John is particularly interested in the fields of tissue engineering and plastic surgery and hopes to eventually become involved in reconstructive surgery. In his free time, John enjoys running, swimming, hiking, and sunbathing
Project: Modeling angiogenesis and neurogenesis using microfluidic systems
Mentors: David Mooney, Dima Shvartsman
Funding: Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering
Paul La Plante
Paul La Plante is a rising senior at Loyola University Maryland, where he studies physics and Spanish. After college, he hopes to get his Ph.D. in physics. In his free time, he enjoys playing squash and reading.
Project: Using GPUs for next-generation radio telescopes
Mentors: Lincoln Greenhill, Mike Clarke, Stephen Ord, Daniel Mitchell, Gianni Bernardi
Funding: NSF CDI Type II: Scientific Computation for Astronomy, Neurobiology and Chemistry using Graphics Processing Units and Solid-State Storage| NSF PHY-0835713
Laticia Lee
Project: Biocompatible polyglycol fluorosurfactant
Mentors: David Weitz, Adam Abate
Funding: NSF Materials Research Science & Engineering Center at Harvard (MRSEC) | NSF DMR-082048
Ruby Lee
Ruby Lee is a rising sophomore at Stanford University, where she is planning on majoring in bioengineering. She is particularly interested in the fields of biotech and clean tech and hopes to pursue a career immersed in the Silicon Valley spirit. She also loves playing the clarinet, playing tennis, reading tech news, watching sports, and keeping up with her social media.
Project: Controlling nanoscale electronic variability in ZnO: Al transparent conducting films
Mentors: Shriram Ramanathan, Rafael Jaramillo
Funding: NSF National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN) | NSF ECCS-0335765
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Funding: NSF Materials Research Science & Engineering Center at Harvard (MRSEC) | NSF DMR-082048
Robert Longcor
Robert Longcor is a rising junior at Harvard University where he studies biomedical engineering and economics. He is particularly interested in an interdisciplinary approach to business and engineering. Outside the lab, he enjoys playing sports, music, and sailing.
Project: Inverse opals as scaffolds for cell growth
Mentors: Joanna Aizenberg, Benjamin Hatton
Funding: Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering
Beth Ann Lopez
Beth Ann Lopez just finished her sophomore year in biochemistry at University of New Mexico, and will be studying in Puebla, Mexico at UDLAP next year! She is interested in anything having to do with chemistry, medicine, or biomedical engineering. She plans on going to medical or grad school after her bachelor's. Outside of school, she likes to bike, read, and hang out with her dog, Peanut.
Project: Fabrication of stable, controllable nanoparticle-shelled microbubbles
Mentors: David Weitz, Wynter Duncanson
Funding: NSF University of New Mexico/Harvard PREM: Leadership in Biomaterials | NSF DMR-0611616
Max Mankin
Max Mankin is a rising senior at Brown University concentrating in materials chemistry. Max is also interested in archaeology and cryptography. He enjoys playing trombone in the Brown Band, hiking, rock climbing, and playing squash.
Project: Surface chemistry of cis- and trans-stilbene on TiO2 (110)
Mentors: Cynthia Friend, Elizabeth Landis
Funding: NSF SOLAR Optical Hyperdoping: Transforming Semiconductor Band Structure for Solar Energy Harvesting | NSF DMR-0934480
Allison Mars
Allison Mars is from Saugus, Massachusetts. She is a rising sophomore at Boston University where she is majoring in dietetics. After graduation, she hopes to work as a pediatric dietitian. She enjoys reading, music, and loves spending time at the beach.
Project: Analysis of kerosene impurities in diesel fuel using magnetic levitation
Mentors: George Whitesides, Charlie Mace
Funding: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | Grant #OPP1016360
Jhim Meza Roman
Jhim Meza Roman is a junior majoring in electrical engineering at the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science at University of California - Los Angeles. He grew up in Lima, Peru and moved to the USA 6 years ago. He is interested in nanotechnology and semiconductors. He plans to attend graduate school in physics or electrical engineering. He enjoys working in groups, meeting new people and spending time with his family.
Project: Lifetime of charge carriers in silicon nanowires
Mentors: Ken Crozier, Yaping Dan
Funding: NSF National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN) | NSF ECCS-0335765
Mark Moriarty
Mark Moriarty studies applied math and physics in University College Cork, Ireland. He has won four national titles in math and physics and scooped a bronze medal at the International Physics Olympiad 2008. He will spend the 2010-11 academic year in UC Berkeley, getting sunburned. He teaches piano part-time and enjoys acting, cycling, soccer, and tennis, though typically loses to his younger sister.
Project: Probing the dynamic properties of muscle
Mentors: Chris Richards
Funding: The Rowland Institute at Harvard
Kendra Nyberg
Kendra Nyberg is interested in biophysics and programming. In her spare time, she rows on the Oregon crew team and plans to minor in dance.
Project: Observation of 3D culture development by holographic microscopy
Mentors: Vinothan Manoharan, Tom Dimiduk
Funding: NSF Materials Research Science & Engineering Center at Harvard (MRSEC) | NSF DMR-082048
Michael O'Brien
Michael O'Brien was born in Washington state but has lived all over the United States. He attends Eastern Nazarene College and is currently majoring in computer engineering. He enjoys running, biking, climbing and playing tennis.
Project: Paper-based MEMS sensors
Mentors: George Whitesides, Xinyu Liu
Funding: NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center - Science of Nanoscale Systems and their Device Applications (NSEC) | NSF PHY-0646094
Noah Olsman
Noah Olsman has been interested for several years now in the applications of biology to engineering. He feels that there is no better source of inspiration for technology than nature. The way he thinks of it, nature has had millions of years of R&D to work to come up with good ideas, we may as well use that resource. At USC he has done research both in mathematics (combinatorics and complex analysis) and in robotics. This has given him an interesting mix of the theoretical and the applied.
Project: Simulation of industrial pollination using distributed robotic algorithms
Mentors: Radhika Nagpal, Justin Werfel
Funding: NSF Collaborative Research: RoboBees: A Convergence of Body, Brain and Colony | NSF IIS-0926148
Kevin Satzinger
Kevin Satzinger is a rising junior majoring in physics and mathematics at Truman State University. His main interest is solid-state physics. He is originally from California but currently lives in Missouri, where in addition to school, he enjoys playing soccer and participating in the Society of Physics Students.
Project: High-resolution Kelvin probe force microscopy with shielded probes
Mentors: Robert Westervelt, Keith Brown
Funding: NSF National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN) | NSF ECCS-0335765
Priya Singhal
Priya Singhal will be a senior at Saint Bonaventure University. She has a major in biology and a minor in business administration. After graduation, she wishes to attend medical school.
Project: Can breast cancer be reversed?
Mentors: Don Ingber, Silva Krause
Funding: Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering
Laura Solomon
Laura Solomon is going to be a senior at Temple University majoring in mechanical engineering. She was born and raised in Philadelphia, PA.
Project: Microfluidic droplet combiner for Use in self-assembling colloidal systems
Mentors: Vinothan Manoharan, David Weitz, Jesse Collins, Don Aubrecht
Funding: NSF REU Site - Biomaterials Research Initiative Dedicated to Gateway Experiences | NSF DMR-1005022
Stephanie Swartz
Stephanie Swartz is a rising sophomore who is studying physics and optics at the University of Rochester. When she is not at school, she lives in Rhode Island. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling, going to the beach, playing the flute, and spending time with her family and friends.
Project: Atomic layer deposition of TiO2 thin films
Mentors: Eric Mazur, Kasey Phillips
Funding: NSF REU Site - Biomaterials Research Initiative Dedicated to Gateway Experiences | NSF DMR-1005022
Christian Talavera
Christian Talavera is a rising junior at Brown University from Los Angeles, California. He plans to concentrate on chemistry and attend graduate school to earn a Ph.D. He likes to read, explore nature, and hang out with friends.
Project: Quantification of indole-3-acetic acid in primary and secondary xylem of populus by stable isotope dilution and GC-SIM-MS
Mentors: Rachel Spicer
Funding: The Rowland Institute at Harvard
Kunal Tiwari
Kunal Tiwari grew up in sunny Ithaca, New York. He is entering his junior year at the University of Toronto, specializing in molecular biophysics, and minoring in mathematics. In his spare time, he sails, plays electric bass and enjoys the company of friends. He is passionate about understanding the world around him.
Project: Nanoscale fibers for building three dimensional scaffolds in valve tissue engineering
Mentors: Kevin Kit Parker
Funding: Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering
Eugenia Volkova
Eugenia Volkova is a current sophomore at New York University, triple-majoring in biochemistry, bioengineering, and physics, originally from Kaluga, Russia. She has wanted to be a scientist and engineer since the age of 15 when she completed her first research project on the specificity molecular resonance imaging probes at the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine. In her spare time, she enjoys competing in the Northeastern Collegiate Tae Kwondo League, dancing ballet, playing piano, reading classical literature, and learning new languages (Russian, English, French, Spanish, Norwegian). She hopes to obtain an MD/Ph.D. in applied biophysics with a specialization in radio-oncology, head her laboratory at the NIH, and eventually volunteer with Doctors Without Borders in Sudan and Uganda.
Project: Bacterial growth and movement on patterned surface topologies
Mentors: Joanna Aizenberg, Benjamin Hatton
Funding: Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering | New York University
Daryl Vulis
Daryl Vulis is majoring in electrical engineering at Stony Brook University. She loves to explore NYC with her friends and pursues freelance web design and sketching in her spare time. She hopes to attend graduate school for an engineering related discipline or found a start-up company someday.
Project: Study of finite size effects in 2-D millimeter-sized coulombic crystals
Mentors: George Whitesides, Rebecca Cademartiri
Funding: NSF REU Site - Biomaterials Research Initiative Dedicated to Gateway Experiences | NSF DMR-0649199
Cory Wilson
Cory Wilson is a rising senior chemistry major at Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA. On-campus he is actively involved in the MBRS-RISE program, President of Beta Kappa Chi National Honor Society, and does research with Dr. Jerremy Willis within the Distributed Drug Discovery project. After graduation, he plans to pursue his Ph.D. in chemistry and head his own drug discovery project.
Project: Toward membrane associated protein crystallization
Mentors: George Whitesides, Phil Snyder
Funding: NSF REU Site - Biomaterials Research Initiative Dedicated to Gateway Experiences | NSF DMR-1005022
Jonathan Yam
Jonathan Yam is from Richmond Hill, Canada! He is a freshman studying engineering science at the University of Toronto and plans to major in either aerospace or biomedical engineering. He enjoys playing tennis, eating good food, playing the piano, and going out. He is passionate about using engineering to solve world issues.
Project: Microfluidic biosensor
Mentors: Robert M. Westervelt, Alex Nemiroski
Funding: NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center - Science of Nanoscale Systems and their Device Applications (NSEC) | NSF PHY-0646094/Other
Bib Yang
Bib Yang is currently a student at Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts majoring in biochemistry. She loves the outdoors and enjoys meeting new people, rollerblading, swimming, badminton, and many team sports.
Project: Visualization of segregating cell populations and genetic drift
Mentors: Debra Auguste, Jin-Oh You, Marjan Rafat
Funding: NSF REU Site - Biomaterials Research Initiative Dedicated to Gateway Experiences | NSF DMR-1005022
Reza Zarinshenas
Reza Zarinshenas is a physics major at the University of California - Los Angeles.
Project: Flexible pendulum in a soap film
Mentors: L. Mahadevan, Mahesh Bandi
Funding: Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering
Guangtao (Taotao) Zhang
Guangtao (Taotao) Zhang was born and raised in China, immigrated to the USA three years ago, and is currently living in Acton, MA. She is a sophomore double majoring in mechanical engineering and statistics at Clarkson University, NY. She likes to dance, read, spend time with her family and fellowship.
Project: Hygroscopic and volatile properties of secondary organic particles
Mentors: Scot Martin, Mackenzie Smith
Funding: NSF Hygroscopic Phase Transitions of Atmospheric Particles | NSF AGS-0925467
Susan Zheng
Susan Zheng just completed her freshman year at Carnegie Mellon University, where she is majoring in mechanical engineering. She was born and raised in New York City. In her free time, she enjoys reading, rowing, fencing, and napping.
Project: Collective construction
Mentors: Radhika Nagpal, Kirstin Peterson
Funding: Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering
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