Summer Research Fellows

Jordan Hardin '19 is studying and classifying human and funerary remains under NAGPRA guidelines. This project aims to bring this collection up to curation standards by investigating the human remains and AFOs from four sites in this collection.

Kasi Holcomb-Webb '19 implements Real-Time PCR used to quantitatively measure the level of expression of P-glycoprotein and Breast Cancer Resistant Protein in cancer cell lines, as part of the Vogel-Wise lab research for reducing toxicity to healthy cells, while increasing the success of chemotherapeutic drugs.

Becky Jenkins is working with a luminescent probe to test a Ru(II) complex's potential as a hydrogen sulfide donor from the irradiation of a red light source both in vitro and in vivo. She is also synthesizing a hydrazinyl naphthalimide fluorescent probe to detect the reactive carbonyl species acetaldehyde.

Cheyenne Murray '19 is compiling a comprehensive database of over twenty years of U.S. school shooting fatalities and performing a demographic analysis to understand how school gun violence impacts underrepresented student populations.

Lamisa Mustafa '21 and Tannah Oppliger '20 research North Texas HS students with an interest in human rights to tailor recruiting strategies to better guide and mentor college-bound high school students interested in human rights.

Jett Ballou-Crawford: Reconstitution of P-glycoprotein in Nanodiscs using the MSP1D1 Scaffold Protein for Biochemical Inhibitor Screens

Kristin Connors: Electrical Impedance of Human Cancerous vs Primary Cells

Madeline Hamilton: Dimensionality Reduction of Parton Density Data with Shallow Autoencoders

Brianna Hogg: The Anti-Apartheid Movement in North Texas

Kasi Holcomb-Webb: “Determining Expression of Multidrug Transporters in Human Cells Using PCR”

Kylie Madry: Give Me a ©

Angela Wang: Relationship Conflict in Bipolar Disorder

Mackenzie A. Young: Further Characterization of Antimicrobial Polyphosphazenes

Patricia Nance: Polyphosphazenes as an Antimicrobial Surface Coating for Breast Implants

Allison Garcia: Cell-Aware vs. Traditional Fault Models and ATPG Statistics for Individual Standard Cells

Daniel Gum: Variable Star Search Using ROTSE-I Data

Collette Marchesseault: Heterologous Expression of Multidrug Resistance Proteins

Joseph Di Pane: The Role of Bambi and Gem in Cell Death

Gillian Wright: Pathways through Care: Decision-Making and Treatment Drop-Out in Early Psychosis

Miguel Quimbar: Smartphone-based Chemiluminescent Point-of-Care Imaging Device for Asthma using Exhaled Breath Condensate

Carmen Maciel: The Implications of DACA for Hispanic Populations in North Texas

Rosangelica Castillo: Social Anxiety and Assertiveness in Socially Dangerous Situations.

Jenna Kleiman: Computational Simuplation of Unimolecular Micelles.

Elise Lebiga: iPhone based Paper/Plastic Hybrid Microfluidic Chemiluminescence sensor for H202 detection

Adam Gannon: The Role of Peroxiredoxins in Alleviating Alzheimer’s Pathology

Camille Biard: Computational Chemistry Calculations of 1,2-dioxetane Chemiluminescent Molecules

Hilary Hopkins: Structure and Kinetics of Fungal Circadian Clock Protein Envoy