Hamilton Scholars 2022-2023
Azeez Abdul
Mentor: Dr. Devin Matthews
Summer Project Title: "Self-Guided Research in Quantum Chemistry and Spectroscopy"
Academic Year Project Title: "Self-Guided Research in Quantum Chemistry and Spectroscopy"
Natalie Adams
Mentor: Dr. Robert Harrod
Project Title: "Roles of the Human T-cell Leukemia Virus Type-1 (HTLV-1) p13II and p30II Proteins in Lymphoproliferative Signaling Associated with Viral Carcinogenesis"
Zuhair Almahayni
Mentor: Dr. John Wise
Project Title: "Targeting an RND Transporter that Causes Multidrug Resistance in Gram-Negative Bacterial Pathogens"
Joshua Ange
Mentor: Dr. Joel Meyers
Project Title: "Enhancing Sensitivity to Recombination Physics with Cosmic Microwave Background Delensing"
Nadia Armstrong
Mentor: Dr. Holly Bowen
Project Title: "Emotion Regulation, Risk Perception, and Depression during COVID-19"
Charlotte Betts
Mentor: Dr. Emma Wilson
Project Title: "Why Do We Have Web Pages? Investigating the Relationship Between the History of Libraries, Printing, and the Internet"
Jonathan Boothe
Mentor: Dr. Peng Tao
Project Title: "Bacterial Resistance to Beta-Lactam Antibiotics"
Saavni Desai
Mentor: Dr. Hiroki Takeuchi
Project Title: "Comparative Authoritarianism: How Dictatorships Work and Collapse"
Xena El Shamy
Mentor: Dr. Anindita Das
Project Title: "Carbon Capture with Cost-Effective Covalent Organic Frameworks"
Jacqueline Fidellow
Summer Mentor: Dr. Chrystyna Kouros
Summer Project Title: "A Pilot Study of College Students' Social Connectedness and Substance Use"
Academic Year Mentor: Dr. Stephanie Wilson
Academic Year Project Title: "Trait Alexithymia, Mood Ratings, and Emotional Expression"
Holly Gray
Mentor: Dr. Holly Bowen
Project Title: "Testing the Role of Prediction Error in the Reconsolidation of Episodic Memories"
Amy Hermann
Mentor: Dr. Monnie McGee
Project Title: "Sensitivity of Predictions from Convolutional Neural Network Regression for Digital Holography"
Patrick Isaac
Mentor: Dr. John Wise
Project Title: "Understanding Drug Effects on Transporters that Cause Multidrug Resistance
Ben Jaksick
Mentor: Dr. Beth Wheaton
Project Title: "The Cost of Ignoring Human Trafficking and the Resources Needed to End It"
Claire Janssen
Mentor: Dr. Neely Myers
Summer Project Title: "Advancing Interdisciplinary Mental Health Equity Research"
Academic Year Project Title: "Advancing Early Psychosis Research in the US and Tanzania"
Reagan Johnson
Mentor: Dr. Kacy Hollenback
Project Title: "Multi-elemental Soil Chemistry Analysis of Indigenous Houses on the Northern North American Great Plains"
Finn LaMastra
Mentor: Dr. Alicia Meuret
Project Title: "Smartwatch-based Relaxation Techniques: Assessing the Psychobiological Validity of the 'Breathe' Application"
Lauren Limp
Mentor: Dr. John Wise
Project Title: "Inhibiting RND Transporters that Cause Multidrug Resistance in Bacterial Pathogens"
Kylie Lodes
Mentor: Dr. John Buynak
Project Title: "Carbapenems Designed to Counter Carbapenemase-mediated Degradation"
Hayden Mant
Mentor: Dr. Alex Lippert
Project Title: "Fluorometric Hydrogen Sensing for Monitoring Leaks in Hydrogen Production Plants"
Simba Masters
Mentor: Dr. Stephen Sekula
Project Title: "Study of the Higgs Particle in Neutral-Current Interactions for a Future Muon-Ion Collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory"
Keely McNeme
Mentor: Dr. Hiroki Takeuchi
Summer Project Title: "Japan's New Geoeconomic Strategy in the Evolving Asia-Pacific Order"
Academic Year Project Title: "Comparative One-Party Rule Between Authoritarianism and Democracy: Japan, Mexico, and Taiwan Compared"
Ruthie Miller
Mentor: Dr. Stephanie Wilson
Project Title: "Subjective Age and Cognitive Performance: Does the Association Differ between Younger and Older Adults?"
Becky Morris
Mentor: Dr. Austin Baldwin
Project Title: "Evaluating and Adapting Strategies to Recruit Diverse and Representative Samples in Physical Activity Interventions"
Juliana Neniel
Mentor: Dr. John Buynak
Project Title: "Atypical Antibiotics Optimized for Antimycobacterial Potency and Selectivity"
Kevin Nguyen
Mentor: Dr. David Son
Project Title: "Design and Synthesis of Degradable Plastics and Adhesives"
Neel Patel
Mentor: Dr. Brian Zoltowski
Project Title: "Characterization of Fungal Circadian Clock Photoreceptors"
Nathan Park
Mentor: Dr. Scott Norris
Project Title: "Data Analysis for Ion-Induced Nanopatterning"
Ria Parpelli
Mentor: Dr. Pia Vogel
Summer Project Title: "Evaluating Human Cancer Cell Lines for Use in Drug Discovery"
Academic Year Project Title: "Establishing Cancer Cell Models for Drug Discovery to Reverse Multidrug Resistance in Cancers"
Ben Perry
Mentor: Dr. Maryann Cairns
Project Title: "Sustainable Fashion Initiative"
Nikola Raicevic
Mentor: Dr. Anindita Das
Project Title: "Bioimaging and Photothermal Cancer Therapy with Red-Emitting Metal Clusters"
Noah Randall
Mentor: Dr. Stephen Sekula
Project Title: "Study of the Higgs Particle in Charged-Current Interactions for a Future Muon-Ion Collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory"
John Ridge
Mentor: Dr. Robert Kehoe
Project Title: "Obtaining Internal Structure Constraints and a Period-Luminosity Relations from the ROTSE I'Scuti Data Set"
Teddy Roebuck
Mentor: Dr. Amy Brewster
Project Title: "Trem2 Signaling and Phagocytosis/Inflammatory Mechanisms in Epilepsy"
Nick Simpson
Mentor: Dr. Carolyn Smith-Morris
Project Title: "Indigenous Community Radio as Survival Strategy, Puyo, Ecuador"
Boden Svang
Mentor: Dr. Neil Tabor
Project Title: "Mineralogy, Crystallography, and Stable Carbon Isotope Geochemistry of Carbonate Apatite"
Vivian Thai
Mentor: Dr. Brian Zoltowski
Project Title: "CRY-based Optogenetic Tools for Drug Discovery and Magnetoreception"
Julie Tran
Mentor: Dr. Nia Parson
Project Title: "Health Care Providers' Coping and Resilience in the Era of Covid-19"
Catherine Wright
Mentor: Dr. Devin Matthews
Project Title: "Exploring the Effect of Intermolecular Interactions and Electric Fields on X-Ray Spectra"
Melanie Wright
Mentor: Dr. Christopher Roos
Project Title: "Learning from Indigenous Fire Management to Address Our Current Wildfire Problems"
Saifiyah Zaki
Mentor: Dr. Benjamin Tabak
Project Title: "Biological Reactivity as a Predictor of Social Functioning and Mental Health"