Summer Students
In our lab, we take on a variety of summer students, through REU programs and the military. Listed below are some of the students we have hosted in our lab over the past several years.
Despite the number of students, where they are from, and what projects they worked on, we are always willing to consider any students for any projects in our lab.
Summer 2024
MIDN Matthew S. Chow, USN – Detecting Inflammatory Cytokines in an Instrumented Fetal Membrane on-a-chip with a Magnetic Bead-based Electrochemical Sandwich Assay
MIDN Yelin Tahk, USN – Improving the Performance of an Osmium Redox Polymer-Based Glucose Biosensor
MIDN 2/C Sophie Ahearn, USN – Optimizing Enzyme Concentrations and Flow Rates of Media on and over Glucose Sensors Respectively While Comparing In-chamber and Downstream Sensors
MIDN 2/C Christina Danford, USN – Improving a Glucose Biosensor by Utilizing an Osmium Redox Polymer
Allison Portaro, University of Louisville – Photopolymerization of Pyrrole Thin Films
Camilla Guel, Vanderbilt University – Electrochemical Investigation of Beta-Lactam Effects on CPF-induced Toxicity in Human-derived Astrocytes
Summer 2023
MIDN 2/C Jillian Oncay, USN – Exploring the Capabilities of Electrochemical Biosensors
MIDN 2/C Lana Schmidt, USN – Osmium Redox Polymer Synthesis
MIDN 1/C Hannah Perine, USN – Modification of Osmium Mediated Glucose Sensor
MIDN 2/C Kara Hunt, USN – Osmium Redox Polymer Synthesis
Jackie Martin, Lebanon Valley College – Developing an IL-1β Electrochemical Sensor and Integrating with a Fetal Membrane on-a-chip
Camilla Guel, Vanderbilt University – Electrochemical Investigation of Beta-lactam Effects on CPF-induced Toxicity in Human-derived Astrocytes
Summer 2022
MIDN Ainslee Gabriel, USNA – Biosensors for Organ-on-a-chip Platforms
MIDN Claudia Downing, USNA – Biosensors for Organ-on-a-chip Platforms
MIDN Ricardo Limas, USNA – Photoelectrochemical Energy Conversion using Photosystem I
MIDN Eva Torres, USNA – Photoelectrochemical Energy Conversion using Photosystem I
Camilla Guel, Vanderbilt University – Multianalyte Biosensor Utilized for the Electrochemical Detection of Neurotransmitters
Esabella Powers, Grand Valley State University – Microfluidic Electrochemical Biosensors for Simultaneous Multianalyte Detection
Summer 2021
MIDN 1/C Mimi Chase, USN – Fabrication of Photosystems I Microfluidic Device
MIDN 1/C Jeremy Friedel, USN – Microfluidic Membrane Chip Utilizing Photosystem I
MIDN 2/C Jackson Fuller, USN – Fabrication of Aptamer-Based MMP-9 Sensor
MIDN 2/C Anders Gulbrandson, USN – Fabrication of Electrochemical Antibody and Aptamer Sensors
Summer 2019
Pamela Tabaquin, Queensboro Community College – Entrapment of Photosystem I within a Polyaniline Matrix on Carbon Paper for Photocurrent Generation
MIDN 2/C Brittany Stewart, USN – Optimization and Development of Enzymatic Osmium Sensors
MIDN 2/C Andrew Mitchell, USN – IL-6 Protein Sensor Stability and Redox Sensor Particle Optimization
MIDN 2/C Isabella Penkwitz, USN – IL-6 Protein Sensor and Protocol Development for Post-Operative Sepsis Identification
MIDN 1/C Julia McFarland, USN – Developing sensors for decreasing interference in analyte detection
Summer 2018
Jade Stanley, Tuskegee University – Incorporation of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes in Photosystem I Multilayers for Photocurrent Enhancement
MIDN 1/C Rochelle Gober, USN – Study of MMP-3 Detection and Protocol Verification utilizing Electron Impedance Spectroscopy and i-t chronoamperometry
MIDN 1/C Juliana Yun, USN – Development of Multianalyte Biosensors for a Liver-on-chip System
MIDN 2/C Benjamin Phelps, USN – Development of Ion-Selective Sensors for Multianalyte Microphysiometry
MIDN 1/C Nicole Sarao, USN – Development of Enzymatic Sensors for Multianalyte Microphysiometry
CDT Megan Gagnon, USA – Development of Ion-Selective Sensors of Ammonium, Calcium, and Potassium
Summer 2017
Alexandra Quiñones Meléndez, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez – Side-Selective Modification of Photosystem for Oriented Deposition of PSI Monolayers
MIDN 1/C Elizabeth Lee, USN – Oriented Interface of PSI and PSII for Solar Driven Hydrogen Evolution