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Marquita Dill earned her B.S. in
Agriculture from the University of
Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES). While an
undergraduate at UMES, she participated in
a summer research program at Purdue
University and conducted research entitled
The Use of Degermed, Dehulled Corn to
Reduce Phosphorus Excretion in Broiler Chicks. She
completed her M.S. program in Exercise Physiology with a
minor in Gerontology in the Department of Health and
Kinesiology at Purdue University in 2010.
Marissa D. Dixon earned her B.S. in
Biology from the University of Maryland
Eastern Shore (UMES). In addition to being
an LSAMP student, she also was a MARC
U*STAR student while an undergraduate at
UMES. She participated in the National
Institute on Aging Intramural Research
Program Summer Student Program in 2005.
She completed her M.P.H. program at the
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry.
Jazalyn Dukes enrolled at the
University of Maryland, College
Park as a Gates Millennium Scholar
and a Banneker/Key Scholar. She
earned her B.S. in Civil Engineering
(CE) in 2008. She was awarded an
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
to pursue her M.S. and Ph.D. in Civil
Engineering at the Georgia Institute
of Technology in 2008. She completed her M.S. program in
CE in 2009. In 2011, she was awarded a SMART fellowship,
in partnership with ASEE and the Department of Defense for
the remainder of her Ph.D. program. She currently is under
the advisement of Dr. Reginald DesRoches, a renowned expert
in the field of hazard mitigation, on improving the
performance of bridges under seismic loading.
Kafui Dzirasa, M.D., Ph.D. earned his
B.S. magna cum laude in Chemical
Engineering from the University of
Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) in
2001. As an undergraduate at UMBC, he
had extensive domestic and international
research internship experiences, ranging
from Exxon Mobil to Lancaster
University in Lancaster, England. He
completed his Ph.D. program in
Neurobiology (2007) and his M.D. program (2009) at the
Duke University School of Medicine. He also completed a
two-year postdoctoral fellowship in Neurobiology at the Duke
University Medical Center in 2009. His current position is
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,
Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, Duke Institute for Brain
Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine.
Stacy B. Dutton, Ph.D. earned her B.S. in
Biology from the University of Maryland
Eastern Shore in 2005. Her recent
research is entitled The Effect of Cell
Specific Deletion of Nav1.1 on Seizure
Generation. She completed her Ph.D.
Neuroscience program in the Department
of Human Genetics at the Emory
University School of Medicine in 2011, and she has received a
Postdoctoral Fellowship to continue her research at Emory.
Chima J. Ebinama earned his B.S. in
Computer Engineering from the
University of Maryland, College Park
(UMD) in 2011. While at the UMD, he
participated in the LSAMP Undergraduate
Research Program under the mentorship
of Dr. Shuvra Bhattacharyya. He tested
software tools that assisted in the design of digital signal
processing embedded systems, and he assisted in the
organization of the testing environment. He also served as the
2009-2010 President of the Black Engineers Society (UMD
Chapter of NSBE). In 2009, the chapter won Distinguished
Chapter of the Year.
Chineye D. Emeche earned her B.S. in
Biology from the University of
Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) in
2006. In addition to being an LSAMP
student, she also was a MARC U*STAR
student while an undergraduate at
UMES. She participated in the National
Institute on Aging Intramural Research
Program Summer Student Program.
Currently, she is a Ph.D. student in
Immunology conducting research in the
lab of Ted M. Ross, Ph.D. at the University of Pittsburgh
School of Medicine.
Adetokunbo (Lola) O. Eniloa-
Adefeso, Ph.D. began her higher
education at the Community
College of Baltimore County.
After transferring to the University
of Maryland, Baltimore County
(UMBC), she earned her B.S.E.
magna cum laude in Chemical
Engineering in 1999. She developed her love of research
while and undergraduate when she was both an LSAMP
Scholar and a McNair Scholar. She completed her Ph.D.
program at the University of Pennsylvania in 2004. She won a
CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation
(NSF). Also, she has been selected as the 2011 recipient of
the Lloyd N. Ferguson Young Scientist award by the National
Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black
Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE). This award
recognizes and honors her scientific contributions and
achievements and her dedication to research.
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