Alumni and Collaborators

GRADUATE STUDENTS:

Terri Tobias, Ph.D. candidate

Former Graduate Students (*continue in Ph.D. programs):

WIU: *Maria Jose Romero (MS), *Xiomy J. Pinchi Davila (MS), Matthew Gooch (MS), Hannah Little (MS), *Shruti Ojha (MS), Titilope Ayosanmi (MS), *Adeyemi A. Olanrewaju (MS), *Paris Hamm (MS), *Terry Torres Cruz (MS), *Cedric Ndinga Muniania (MS), *Shiloh Lueschow (MS), Maryam Almatruk (MS), Ryan Deaver (MS), *Terri Tobias (MS), *Srivathsan Vijayaraghavan (MS), Sagar Yeraballi (MS), Lynnaun Johnson (MS)*.

UNM-Ph.D.: Sarah Dean* (co-advisor).

Former Undergraduate Students:

John Nichols, Jermaine Ezell, Kylie Orris, Myya Robinson, Luke Spiegel, Kayla Burnett, Matthew Gooch, Taylor Burgess, Brittany Doyle, Eliese Potocek (Honors thesis), *Kennen Hutchinson, *Shiloh Lueschow (Honors thesis), Michael Waggoner, Tashina Peacook, Hannah Little, Marina Small, Antonio Rosales, Katrina P. Sandona, Jason Stonewall, Adam Ochoa, Jeffrey Reisberg, Stephanie West, Tabitha Williams, *Paris Hamm (Honors thesis), Aleshia Johansen, Hugues Muniania Lubangi.

Former Visiting Students:Mariel Obando, Laura Mendez, Diana Vargas Hernandez, (ITCR, Costa Rica) Maria Jose Romero-Jimenez (ITCR, Costa Rica), Jesse McKay Young (UNM), Anny Chung (UNM), Shiou-Ruei Lin (MS- TRES Taiwan), Terry Torres Cruz (ITCR, Costa Rica), Nicole Caimi (UNM).

Former High School Students:

Aleksandra Grigortsuk, Kylie Orris, Jadyn Henry, Jayleigh Puester, Dexter Renedius and Ali Kerr.

High school Students and Teacher Support

2018-2019: NSF-RAHSS: Kylie Orris, Jadyn Henry, Jayleigh Puester. Senior High School in Augusta, IL.

2017: NSF-RET- High School Teacher: S. Christopher Foster. Southern Junior/Senior High School in Augusta, IL.

2013: NSF-RAHSS: Dexter Renedius and Ali Kerr. Awards at Culver Stockton Science Fair, Canton MO, Regional Science Fair, Springfield IL, IJAS State Science Fair, Champaign, IL, Agriscience, Mendon, IL, State FFA Agriscience, Indianapolis, IN. Awarded silver medal and ranked 11th in the nation.

Abe Matlak, Finalist in the Illinois Junior Academy of Sciences. Finalist to attend the INTEL International Science Fair.

2012: Dexter Redenius and Winston Smith (9th High School Freshmen from Southeastern High School in Augusta, IL). First place at Culver Stockton Science Fair at Culver Stockton College, Canton MO. First place at the Regional Science Fair , University of IL, Springfield. Chosen to participate in the IL State Science Fair. Gold rating in the IL State Science Fair at University of IL, Assembly Hall, Champaign, IL. Second place in the Regional FFA (Future Farmers of America) Science Fair.