Past College of Science Research Grant Recipients

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Name Semester(s) Major Department research was conducted Mentor Research
Daniel Le Lorier Summer 2024 Chemistry Chemistry Dr. Semin Lee Dinaphthofuran-based Lithium-Ion Receptor Project
Miranda Miller-Soileau Summer 2024 Chemistry Chemistry Dr. Fatima Rivas Evaluation Of Drug Delivery Systems for Poorly Soluble Compounds 
Danylo Zaitsev Summer 2024 Biological Sciences Entomology Dr. Lane Foil Evaluation Of The Physical And Environmental Parameters Of Tree Holes That Support The Development Of Immature Biting Midges (Culicoides Species) And The Potential Role Of Those Insects In The Vertical Transmission Of Orbiviruses In Southeastern Louisiana
Celeste Patron Fall 2023 - Spring 2024 Biochemistry Communication Sciences & Disorders Dr. Karim Johari Investigating the Effect of Frontal Aslant Tract Stimulation on Speech Production: An HD-tAtA SEG Study 
Lillian Powell Fall 2023 - Spring 2024 Mathematics Mathematics Dr. James Madden Road Traffic Management in Baton Rouge during LSU Sporting Events
Peyton Meares Summer 2023 Chemistry Chemistry Dr. Rendy Kartika Selective Addition of Two Indole Units to the α-Caαbon of Ketone
Victoria Delacruz Summer 2023 Microbiology Biological Sciences Dr. Fatima Rivas Study of Natural Products Against Leukemia
Benjamin Klein Summer 2023 Biological Sciences Biological Sciences Dr. Ryoichi Teruyama Involvement of MPOAMPOAtocin Receptor Neurons in Parental Behavior of Male Mice 
Gregory Juge Summer 2023 Biological Sciences Biological Sciences Dr. Alyssa Johnson Exploring Genetic Mechanisms that Contribute to the dec2-Dependent Short Sleep Phenotype in Drosophila melanogaster
Mary Huston Summer 2023 Microbiology Biological Sciences Dr. Chen Chen Determining Effects of the Conserved Carbohydrate-Binding Site on the Superantigen 5 Proteins of Staphylococcus aureus
Claire Brescher Summer 2023 Biochemistry Biological Sciences Dr. Patrick DiMario The Intracellular Localization and Function of the Stress Response Kinase Jun-Amino Terminal Kinase in Drosophila melanogaster
Cailyn Lee Spring 2023 Microbiology Biological Sciences Dr. Joomyeong Kim DNA Methylation of PEG3 in Breast and Ovarian Cancer Cells
Kennedy Linley Spring 2023 Biological Sciences Biological Sciences Dr. Christine Lattin Angiopoietina Diagnostic Biomarker Detect Cerebral Malaria in Wild Birds
Sophia Matylis Spring 2023 Biochemistry Biological Sciences Dr. John Larkin Determining the Efficacy of Carbon-Sequestering Phytoplankton Species
Sadie Noble Spring 2023 Chemistry Chemistry Dr. Megan Macnaughtan Characterizing the Role of NOTCH1 EGF27 Glycosylation on Protein Stability using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Kaelin Norman Spring 2023 Chemistry Chemistry Dr. Jayne Garno Multifunctional Silver Nanoparticles Coated with Designed Organic Shells: Synthesis and Characterization with Scanning Probe Microscopy
Celeste Patron Spring 2023 Biochemistry Biological Sciences Dr. Juhee Haam Microglia and β-Amyloid Expression in Entorhinal Cortex of Mice Treated with HCN Channel Antagonist ZD7288
Lillian Powell Spring 2023 Mathematics Mathematics Dr. James Madden Road Traffic Management in Baton Rouge during LSU Sporting Events
Dykia Williams Spring 2023 Biological Sciences Biological Sciences Dr. David Vinyard Characterizing Structure-Function Relationships on the Acceptor Side of Photosystem II
Grace Smith Fall 2022 Mechanical Engineering Mathematics Dr. Frederic Marazzato Design and Manufacturing of Origami-Inspired Structures
Matthew Romig Fall 2022 Mechanical Engineering Mathematics Dr. Frederic Marazzato Design and Manufacturing of Origami-Inspired Structures
Ella Madura Fall 2022 Chemistry Chemistry Dr. Victor Garcia-Lopez Synthesis and Photophysical Characterization of Molecular Cages for Triplet Energy Transfer Photocatalysis in Nanoconfinement
Raenessa Walker Fall 2022 & Spring 2023 Physics Physics & Astronomy Dr. Matthew Penny Modeling of Gravitational Microlensing Events to Predict Optimal Ground-Layer Adaptive Optics Targets
Sarah Napier Summer 2022 Chemical Engineering Chemistry Dr. Semin Lee Fine-Tuning Reactivity on Alkyne Metathesis Catalysts
Raedan Stephens Summer 2022 Biological Engineering Biological Sciences Dr. Christine Lattin Effects of Ectoparasite Abundance on European Starling Nestling Growth and Parental Provisioning
Natalie Lim Summer 2022 Biochemistry Biological Sciences Dr. Stephania Cormier Role of IL-10 in SARS-CoV-2 Infection During Pregnancy
Alaine' Mitchell Summer 2022 & Fall 2022 Biological Sciences Pathobiological Sciences Dr. Antoinette Guerrero-Plata Alteration of the Antiviral Response by Tobacco Smoke
Colette Rainey Summer 2022 & Fall 2022 Chemistry Chemistry Dr. Kermit Murray Analysis of Proteins Generated from Organophosphorus Pesticide Poisoning
James Woodward Summer 2022 Biochemistry Biological Sciences Dr. SeYeon Chung Revealing the Mechanisms of papss in Apical ECM Organization and
Lumen Expansion during Organ Development
Marie Drozda Spring 2022 & Summer 2022 Biochemistry Biological Sciences Dr. Karen Maruska Variations in Sex-Steroid Receptor Levels in the Jaw Muscle Across Reproductive States in
the Mouthbrooding Cichlid Fish, Astatotilapia burtoni
Anna Borne Spring 2022 & Spring 2023 Biological Sciences Natural Science Dr. Nicholas Mason Integrative Taxonomy of PolylPolylepisisland Birds: Quantifying Variation in Morphometrics, Song, and Plumage
Sean Hager Fall 2021 Geology Geology & Geophysics Dr. Adam Forte Appraising the Accuracy of Junction Angle Measurements from Automatically Extracted Drainage Networks
Madison LeBlanc Fall 2021 & Spring 2022 Physics Physics & Astronomy Dr. Tabetha Boyajian Transit Model Fitting of Tabby’s Star
Marz Marzan Fall 2021 Physics Physics & Astronomy Dr. Matthew Penny Deep Learning to Identify Objects in Telescope Images Proposal
Zahara Vafaei Naeini Fall 2021 & Spring 2022 Biological Sciences Biological Sciences Dr. SeYeon Chung Revealing the role of Puratrophin-1 like in Drosophila salivary gland formation
Sanaa Alam Summer 2021 Biological Sciences Biological Sciences Dr. Alyssa Johnson The Effect of Acute Oxidative Stress on Tubular Lysosome Formation and Lifespan Extension in
C. elegans
Cecilia Aucoin Summer 2021 Biological Sciences Biological Sciences Dr. Huangen Ding Iron homeostasis in Escherichia coli cells: A Study of Fur and Anaerobiosis
Modifications
Jena Bordelon Summer 2021 Biological Sciences Biological Sciences Dr. Chen Chen Generation of Staphylococcal Superantigen Protein to Inhibit Neutrophil Infiltration in Murine Pneumonia Models
Allison Cannon Summer 2021 Biological Sciences Biological Sciences Dr. Christine Lattin Testing cytokcytokines the link between the HPA aHPA and immune responses to avian malaria
Timothy Chen Summer 2021 Biological Sciences Biological Sciences Dr. James Moroney Assaying plant carbonic anhydrase activity using the Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutant ΔNCE103
Gabriela Coronel Hernandez Summer 2021 Chemistry Chemistry Dr. Victor Garcia-Lopez Molecular Machines Modulate Plasma Membrane Structure and Dynamics
Cale Locicero Summer 2021 Chemistry Chemistry Dr. Rendy Kartika Synthesis of α, α’-Bis-Quarternary Hydroxy Ketones
Joshua Fabre Summer 2021 Physics Physics & Astronomy Dr. Omar Magana-Loaiza Real time quantum imaging with few photons
Emily Garcia Summer 2021 & Fall 2021 Biochemistry Biological Sciences Dr. William Doerrler Role of a conserved membrane protein family in antibiotic sensitivity and virulence of the
multidrug resistant human pathogen Klebsiella Pneumoniae
Chris Gupta Summer 2021 Mathematics Chemistry Dr. Revati Kumar Molecular Dynamics Simulations of
Sodium Triflate and TFSI with Mixed
Glyme Solvents
Grayce Mores Summer 2021 Microbiology Biological Sciences Dr. Mark Batzer Discovery and Analysis of Unique Alu Insertions in the Capuchin Species Sapajus apella
Lauren Lewellen Spring 2021 Biochemistry Biochemistry Dr. Sibel Bargu Ates Survival and Toxicity of Overwintering Cyanobacteria in Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana
Julio Mora Urbina Spring 2021 Physics Physics and Astronomy Dr. Matthew Penny Predicting Duration of Microlensing Events
Ashley Patron Spring 2021 & Summer 2021 Physics Physics and Astronomy Dr. Gabriela Gonzalez Providing Statistics on Earthquakes and Detector Lockloss
Victoria Rittell Spring 2021 Biochemistry Biochemistry Dr. Jennifer Brum Brumosition of Fish Cut Microbiomes in LSU Lakes and their Application in Fisheries Research
Kaitlin Couvillion Fall 2020 & Spring 2021 Microbiology Biological Sciences Dr. Christine Lattin Developing a Map of Predator Call Perception in the Songbird Brain
Isabella LaBruzzo Fall 2020 & Spring 2021 Biological Sciences Biological Sciences Dr. SeYeon Chung Creation of transgenic animals for Puratrophin-1-like, a
RhoGEF Protein critical for tubular organ formation in
Drosophila
Aliza Siddiqui Fall 2020 Computer Science Physics and Astronomy Dr. Mark Wilde Optimizing Bidirectional Quantum Teleportation
Han-Hsuan Wu Fall 2020 & Spring 2021 Physics Physics and Astronomy Dr. Mohammad Saghayezhian Quantum Materials Spin Texture Probing by Magneto-Optical Kerr Effect
Evan Dore Summer 2020 & Summer 2021 Biochemistry Biological Sciences Dr. Karen Maruska How do visual and chemosensory stimuli during male-male aggression affect behaviors and neural activation patterns in an African cichlid fish?
Alexander Paul-Torres Summer 2020 & Fall 2020 Physics Physics & Astronomy Dr. Martin Tzanov Characterizing the effects of Neutron Interactions in Neutrino Detectors
Danielle Tyler Spring 2020 & Summer 2020 Biological Sciences Biological Sciences Dr. Arthur Penn Effects of in-utero second-hand smoke (SHS) exposure and adult high fat diet (HFD) on development of COPD
Jordan Wall Spring 2020 & Summer 2020 Biological Sciences Biological Sciences Dr. Alyssa Johnson Using CRISPR Engineered Flies to Study VCP Disease Mutations
Rebecca Krueger Summer 2019 & Fall 2019 Biochemistry Biological Sciences Dr. Alyssa Johnson Understanding the biogenesis of tubular lysosomes during animal development
Hayden Guidry Spring 2019 & Summer 2019 Biological Sciences Biological Sciences Dr. Adam Bohnert Exploring Possible Lifespan-Extending Effects of Botanical Extracts
Lukas Kim Summer 2019 Chemistry Chemistry Dr. Revati Kumar Neural Network Potentials to Simulate Graphene Oxide -Water Interfaces
Cy Bryson Spring 2019 Biological Sciences Biological Sciences Dr. Karen Maruska Neural activation patterns in
female African cichlid fish when
receiving multimodal versus
unimodal male courtship signals
Oleksandr Molchanov Spring 2019 Physics Physics & Astronomy Dr. Kristina Launey Nuclear Modeling from Machine Learning
Mykola Sereda Spring 2019 Biological Engineering Chemistry Dr. Kenneth Lopata Accelerating Computation of Electronic Absorption Spectra in Large Molecules
Emily Brown Fall 2018 Microbiology Biological Sciences Dr. David Vinyard A low energy input photobioreactor maximizing algal biomass yields
Meagan Moore Fall 2018 Biological Engineering Physics & Astronomy Dr. Wayne Newhauser Continued Methodology and Testing for the First 3D-Printed Whole Body Anthropomorphic Phantom for Radiation Therapy
Henry Crull Fall 2018 Biological Sciences Biological Sciences Dr. Laura Lagomarsino Investigation of Sicklebill Hummingbird Niche Expansion Through Analysis of Centropogon Heliconiaen, and Centropoganen Reference Catalog
Rebecca DiTusa Fall 2018 Physics Physics & Astronomy Dr. Kenneth Matthews Evaluation of Stability of 3D Printed Materials During Radiological Use
Annaliesa Fanguy Fall 2018 Microbiology Biological Sciences Dr. David Vinyard Role of PratA in the Photo-Assembly of the Active Site of Photosynthetic Water Oxidation
Matthew Junot Summer 2018 Biological Sciences Biological Sciences Dr. Adam Bohnert Investigating how the protein CLU-1/Clueless exerts mitochondrial quality control during reproduction
Roman Hundley Summer 2018 Biological Engineering Chemistry Dr. Lavrent Khachatryan Identifying Food Court Waste Decomposition Products in Electromagnetically Heated Reactors
Spencer Lemoine Summer 2018 Biological Engineering Biological Sciences Dr. James Moroney Localization of HCO3- Transport Proteins “Bestrophins” in C. reinhardtii
Alyssa Lobello Fall 2018 Biochemistry Biological Sciences Dr. SeYeon Chung Spatial Regulation of Apical Constriction in Drosophila Salivary Gland Invagination
Stephen Lopez Fall 2018 Kinesiology Biological Sciences Dr. Alyssa Johnson Understanding how a human short sleep mutation offsets negative effects of Sleep Deprication
Chase Anselmo Summer 2018 Biological Sciences Biological Sciences Dr. Karen Maruska What role do social signals detected by the mechanosensory system have on neural activation patterns in an African cichlid fish?
Caitlin Billiot Summer 2018 Microbiology Biological Sciences Dr. William Doerrler DedA Protein Functions in Conferring Colistin Resistance to the
the Gram-negative Bacterium Klebsiella pneumoniae
Logan Hart Summer 2018 Mathematics Mathematics Frank Neubrander Superstability of Semigroups
Taylor Sigur Summer 2018 Kinesiology Chemistry Justin Ragains Synthesis of 1,2-cis-Glycoside through Alpha-Selective Glycosylation
Manjot Singh Fall 2017 & Spring 2018 Biochemistry   Guillaume Spielmann Effects of Aerobic and Resistance Exercise on Bio-markers of B-Cell Function and Overall Inflammation in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
Hailey Teachout Spring 2018 & Summer 2018 Biological Sciences   Michelle Meyer Understanding What Motivates People to join the Cajun navy and Volunteer for Disaster