Past College of Science Research Grant Recipients
| 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 |