5,000+

Christina Abate is starting her senior
year at Binghamton University (BU),
majoring in Mechanical Engineering
with a concentration in Sustainable
Engineering. She participated in the
2011 LSAMP Summer Research
Program, conducting research and
implementing a water distribution
system in Rio Hondo, Honduras under
the direction of Drs. Daryl Santos and Raymond Barnes.
Christina is currently the Vice President of the Society of
Hispanic Professional Engineers chapter at BU.
Crystal Blair is currently a senior
majoring in Biology at Binghamton
University. Crystal transferred to BU
from Owesgo, State University of New
York in Spring 2010. This past summer
she participated in the BU LSAMP 2011
Summer Research Program, conducting
research that focused on the expression
patterns of NADPH oxidase subunits in
NGF- treated PC12 cells. Upon
completing her B.S., Crystal plans to
pursue a Master’s and Ph.D. in Public Health so that she can
continue research as well as apply her research outside of the
lab to improve the lives of others in the greater community.
Marie Coralie Brutus graduated from
Binghamton University with a B.S. in
Industrial and Systems Engineering in
2011 with a GPA of 3.9/4.0. She joined
LSAMP her sophomore year and
participated in the Science Undergraduate
Laboratory Internships (SULI) at
Brookhaven National Laboratory for two
consecutive summers. Her senior project
and 2011 LSAMP summer research
involved the design and construction of a water distribution
system in Rio Hondo, a small community in rural Honduras.
Coralie received the Binghamton University President’s
Award for Undergraduate Student Excellence in Spring 2011.
She is currently pursing her M.S. in Industrial Engineering at
Pennsylvania State University, with funding.
122
New York
State University of New York (SUNY) LSAMP
Binghamton University * Broome Community College * Buffalo State College *
Dutchess Community College * Nassau Community College * Orange Community College *
Schenectady Community College * Stony Brook University * Suffolk Community College * SUNY
College at New Paltz * SUNY College at Old Westbury * Tompkins Cortland Community College *
Ulster Community College * University at Albany * University at Buffalo
Dr. Susan Campbell graduated from
Binghamton University with a B.S. in
Psychobiology in 1997. Dr. Campbell
credits her experience as an
undergraduate research assistant in
determining her career path. She received
her Ph.D. in Neurobiology from the
University at Alabama (UAB) in 2005.
Since 2010 Dr. Campbell has worked as the Associate
Director for Research, Outreach and
Development/Postdoctoral Fellow at the UAB’s Civitan
International Research Center (CIRC). CIRC is an
interdisciplinary center dedicated to improving lives through
brain research and treatment of developmental disabilities.
Steven Collazos graduated from
Binghamton University with a B.S. in
Mathematical Sciences and a minor in
Physics in August 2011. In the
summers of 2009 and 2010 he
participated in the Rice University
Summer Institute of Statistics NSF
REU. Steven participated in the 2011
BU LSAMP/McNair Summer
Research Program, conducting research under the direction of
Dr. Matthias Beck, Associate Professor of Mathematics at San
Francisco State University (SFSU). He is in his first semester
of the M.S. in Mathematics Program at SFSU with funding,
and intends to pursue a Ph.D. in Pure Mathematics.
Ph.D. Candidate, Giancarlo (John)
Cuadra graduated in 2004 from
Binghamton University with a B.S. in
Biological Sciences, Cell and
Molecular Biology. John began his
undergraduate career at Rockland
Community College, receiving his A.S.
in Mathematics and Science and
working as an undergraduate research
assistant at BU in 1999 through the
NIH funded Bridges to the Baccalaureate program. Giancarlo
expects to complete his is PhD in Biological Sciences at
Binghamton in Spring 2011. Giancarlo is married and the
proud father of two boys and a baby girl.