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 2023

MIDN Jillian Oncay, USN – Exploring the Capabilities of Electrochemical Biosensors

MIDN Lana Schmidt, 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 –

MIDN Claudia Downing, USNA –

MIDN Ricardo, USNA – 

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

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 Enyzmatic 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