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 èßäÊÓƵapp' 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"