Cohorts

Cohort 1: 2024-2025

Participants are listed with their institution and the title of their CCTT. 

• Deborah Anderson (St. Norbert College): Evolution of Whales 

• Jeneva Anderson (Lane Community College): Sickle Cell & Malaria

• Claudia Arends (Grays Harbor College): Chemical Interactions

• Eric Baack (Luther College): Serpentine Soil Adaptations

• Kevin Bonney (New York University): Human Endocannabinoid System

• Robert Brooker (University of Minnesota - Twin Cities) : Epigenetics

• Katharine Cary (College of Saint Benedict & Saint John’s University): Tuskless elephants

• Yoojin Choi (Point Loma Nazarene University): Alzheimer's Disease

• Jennifer Doherty (Michigan State University): High Altitude Adaptation

• Adam Faucheux (Blackhawk Technical College): Overview of Bacterial Evolution

• Joshua Feng (California State University, Long Beach): Enzymatic Mechanisms

• Abner Fernandez (Lakeshore Technical College): Antibiotic Resistance

• Lori Fetter: Mechanisms of Urine Formation

• Pamela Freeman (College of St. Scholastica): Chipmunks Respond to the Environment

• Katy Guthrie (University of Minnesota - Twin Cities): Mimulus (Monkey Flower) EcoEvoDevo

• Heidi Horn (University of Wisconsin - Madison): Host-Microbe Symbioses

• Andrea Huntoon (Fox Valley Technical College): Salinity in Freshwater

• Anna Kowalkowski (University of Wisconsin - Madison): Digestive System Disease

• Scott Kreher (Dominican University): Dengue Virus

• Laramie Lemon (University of Georgia): Molecular Genetics of Lynch Syndrome

• Valeri Sawiccy (University of Oregon): Gas Exchange at Capillary

• Fernando Tenjo-Fernández (Virginia Commonwealth University): MRNA Vaccines

• Sheela Vemu (Waubonsee Community College): Anemia

• Brittany Wu (University of Colorado - Boulder): Dynamic Instability of Microtubules in Relation to Lung Cancer

• Anna Zelaya (California State University, San Bernardino): Microbially Mediated Bioremediation