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Christopher Epps earned his B.S. in
Electrical Engineering from the
University of Maryland Eastern Shore.
During his undergraduate studies, he
interned at both the NASA Goddard
Space Flight Center and the National
Institute for Health, National Human
Genome Research Institute. He currently
works at the Department of Energy in
Anthony Farrar earned his B.S. in
Biology (Pre-medicine) from the
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
in 2011. In 2009, he participated in
the Summer Medical and Dental
Educational Program at Columbia
University in New York. This
program provides a competitive and
rigorous medical school simulated
enrichment program. He was enrolled
in preparatory courses while shadowing specialized physicians
in the disciplines of surgery, internal medicine, and emergency
medicine.
Kandice E. Fields earned her B.S. in
Mechanical Engineering with a minor in
LGBT Studies from the University of
Maryland, College Park in 2010. As an
undergraduate, she conducted research in
Optical Biophysics studying the quorum
sensing abilities of E. Coli and interned with
Swales Aerospace and Ball Aerospace &
Technologies. She also held executive board
positions in the Black Engineers Society before helping to
found the University's chapter of oSTEM and serving as
president. She now works as a Mechanical Design Engineer
with W. L. Gore & Associates designing large polymer
processing equipment and is actively involved with in
diversity efforts.
Keisha M. Findley, Ph.D. earned
her B.S. in Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology from the
University of Maryland, Baltimore
County in 2004. She completed her
Ph.D. program in Molecular
Genetics and Microbiology at Duke
University in 2010, and she was
accepted as the only postdoctoral
trainee for the NIH/NHGRI health
disparities postdoctoral fellowship program. Currently, she
conducts research and studies the human skin microbiota in
health and disease.
Brandon Flowers earned his B.S. in
Biology from the University of Maryland
Eastern Shore. He continued on to a
Fellowship at the Center of Marine
Biotechnology's Aquaculture in Kobia
Manufacturing. He took a year off from
his studies and became a freelance model
in New York. Later, he became a C.P.A.
and worked with the Internal Revenue
Service. Currently, he is enrolled at the
University of Maryland School of Nursing with plans to get
back to his biological science roots by earning an R.N and
continuing on to earn a master’s in Nursing with a
concentration in anesthesia.
Whitney Ford is a graduating senior in
Computer Science at the University of
Maryland, College Park where she
currently serves as the Association for
Women in Computing co-chairperson and
undergraduate research assistant for the
Human Computer-Interaction Lab. She
has participated in various LSAMP and leadership
opportunities, including the LSAMP Summer Bridge Program
and the LSAMP Research Program. Also, she served as the
NSBE Region II Communications Chairperson, and she
received the Michael L. Cherry Memorial Scholarship. She
plans to pursue a career in Software or Systems Engineering
and also to pursue an M.S. in Systems Engineering.
Monique N. Foster earned her B.S. cum
laude in Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology from the University of Maryland,
Baltimore County (UMBC) in 2010.
While and undergraduate at UMBC, she
conducted research with her mentor,
Veronika Szalai, Ph.D. which was
published. She is listed as an author of
the article titled Affinity of Cu + for the Copper-Binding
Domain of the Amyloid- in
Inorganic Chemistry 2011 50 (5), 1614-1618. Currently, she
is enrolled in a Ph.D. program at New York University.
Oneil Gardner earned his B.S. in
Biology from the University of
Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) in
2010. As a graduating senior, he had
the honor of receiving the Peter and
Chandra Hettiarachchi Outstanding
Student in the Department of Natural
Sciences Award. In addition to being an
LSAMP student, he also was a MARC
U*STAR student. He won first place at the annual
Undergraduate Research Symposium in the Chemical and
Biological Sciences at the University of Maryland, Baltimore
County. Also, he earned second place at the Annual
Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students in
Phoenix, Arizona. Currently, he is enrolled in a Ph.D.
program.