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Brooke C. Coley, Ph.D. earned her
B.S. cum laude in Chemical
Engineering from the University of
Maryland, Baltimore County in 2003.
She completed her Ph.D. program in
Bioengineering at the University of
Pittsburgh in 2010. Her dissertation
is entitled Adaptive Postural
Strategies: Impact of Aging. While a
graduate student at the University of Pittsburgh, she also
played professional football for an all women’s team.
Kalonji R. Collins, M.D, Ph.D.
earned his B.S. in Chemistry from the
University of Maryland, Baltimore
County in 1996. He completed his
Ph.D. program in Molecular Virology
in 2002 and his M.D. program in 2005
at Case Western Reserve University.
His dissertation is entitled The Effects
of Tuberculosis on HIV-1
Heterogeneity, Quasispecies Distribution, and Implications on
Viral Fitness. He has obtained board certification from the
member board for Rheumatology and Internal Medicine. His
current practice is located in the area of Springfield, VA.
Roshé Copeland earned her B.S. in Civil
Engineering from the University of
Maryland, College Park (UMD). As an
undergraduate, she participated in the
LSAMP Undergraduate Research
program and presented during the
University’s Undergraduate Research
Day. Since graduation, she has been
working as a structural engineer
designing transportation structures at
HDR Engineering, Inc. Also, she currently is working on an
M.E. degree in Structural Engineering at UMD with an
expected graduation date of May 2013.
Sylvia Dasi earned her B.S. in Biology
from the University of Maryland
Eastern Shore in 2008. She was
honored with an award for research
she presented at the Annual
Biomedical Research Conference for
Minority Students (ABRCMS) in
Anaheim, California in November
2006. In the summer of 2008, she
participated in the National Institute on
Aging Intramural Research Program. Currently, she is a Ph.D.
candidate in Genetics and Human Genetics at Howard
University.
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Patrice N. Cook-Harris earned her
B.S. in Biology with honors from the
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
in 2006. She completed her M.S.
program in Cancer Biology at the
University of Miami School of
Medicine in 2011. Her thesis is titled
Development and Characterization of
Anti-CD20-NKG2D-Ligand Fusion Proteins. Currently, she is
continuing her work to complete her Ph.D.
Jeanette Davis earned her B.S. in
Marine Science from Hampton
University in 2004, and she received a
2008-10 LSAMP Bridge to the
Doctorate Fellowship at the University
of Maryland, College Park (UMD).
Currently she is a Ph.D. student in
Marine Biotechnology at UMD. Her research working on the
symbionts associated with the Hawaiian mollusk Elysia
rufescens and their role in the production of the anti-cancer
compound kahalaide F is supported by the Living Marine
Resources Cooperative Science Center (LMRCSC). She has
presented her work in Qingdao, China.
Veronica O. Davis, P.E. earned her
B.S. in Civil Engineering from the
University of Maryland, College
Park. In addition, she has completed
two master’s degree programs
(Engineering Management and
Regional Planning) at Cornell
University. She currently is a Partner
and Principal Planner at Nspiregreen, LLC. She is responsible
for the management of the major planning functions such as
transportation planning, economic analysis, market analysis,
planned development, policy development, sustainability
analysis, and long range planning. She is a member of the
American Planning Association, the American Society of
Civil Engineers, and the National Society of Black Engineers.
She is a registered professional engineer in the District of
Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia.
Robert T. Deloatch earned his
B.S. magna cum laude in
Computer Science from the
University of Maryland,
Baltimore County (UMBC) in
2011. As an undergraduate at
UMBC, he conducted research
guided by his faculty mentor, Dr.
Marie desJardins, Professor, Department of Computer Science
and Electrical Engineering entitled Developing an Intelligent
Tutoring System for CS1 Students. He currently is enrolled in
a Ph.D. program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign.