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Olatunji Godo earned his B.S. in
Materials Science and Engineering from
the University of Maryland, College Park
in 2011. He investigates the possibility of
using Iron Nanoparticles for early
diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases
such as Alzheimer’s. Within the next
year, he will be a co-author with his mentors on a publication.
Away from campus, he tutors students and also organizes
workshops for children about the growing field of
nanotechnology. He is founder and CEO of NextG
Engineering LLC, a start-up company. He intends to pursue
graduate studies in engineering or environmental science.
Kenneth D. Gibbs, Jr., Ph.D. earned
his B.S. summa cum laude in
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
from the University of Maryland,
Baltimore County in 2005. Moreover,
he graduated with a perfect 4.0
cumulative grade point average. He
completed his Ph.D. program Immunology at Stanford
University in 2010, and his research focused on the
mechanisms that regulate blood-forming (hematopoietic) stem
cells in normal blood development and leukemia. He
continued this research as a postdoctoral fellow in the research
group of the high profile researcher, Garry P. Nolan, Ph.D.
Recently, he was awarded the AAAS Technology Policy
Fellowship to work at the National Science Foundation in the
Directorate of Education and Human Resources where he will
contribute scientific expertise and analysis to federal policymaking.
He plans to pursue a tenure-track position in the
fields of stem cell and cancer biology, and use his career as a
platform to encourage the participation of underrepresented
students (minorities, women, and first-generation college
students) in science.
Christy D. (nee Butler) Gray,
M.D./Ph.D. earned her B.S.E. summa
cum laude in Chemical Engineering
from the University of Maryland,
Baltimore County (UMBC) in 2000.
While an undergraduate at UMBC, she
conducted research in the lab of Douglas D. Frey, Ph.D. After
completing her M.D./Ph.D. program in Neurosciences and
Medicine at Case Western Reserve University in 2009, she
moved back east to complete her residency training in
anesthesiology at The Johns Hopkins University and her
internship training at Virginia Commonwealth University
Clifton T. Harris, Jr., Ph.D. earned his
B.A. in Chemistry from the University of
Maryland, Baltimore County in 2005. He
completed his Ph.D. program in
Chemistry at the University of Notre
Dame in 2011. Currently, he is a visiting
assistant professor of Chemistry and
Assistant Director of the EAGLE STEM
Scholars at Winthrop University·in South Carolina.
Danielle L. Harrison is pursuing her
B.S. in Biological Sciences at the
University of Maryland, Baltimore
County (UMBC). In addition to being
an LSAMP student, she also is a
McNair Scholar. Guided by her
faculty mentor, Shawn M. Bediako,
Ph.D., she conducted undergraduate
research entitled Attitudes Toward
Genetic Testing Among Women of Color and presented her
work at several conferences. She plans to pursue an
M.D./Ph.D.
Regina M. Gill earned her B.S. in Food
Science from Florida A&M University in
2003. She was awarded the prestigious
LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate Fellowship
at the University of Maryland, College Park
(UMD), and she completed her M.S.
program in Nutrition at UMD in 2010. Her
research focused on metabolic syndrome in
minority populations living in the Washington, D.C. area. She
completed a dietetic internship at UMD to further her career in
nutrition and dietetics. She has presented research at local and
national conferences, including the American Dietetic
Association Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo in 2011.
Currently, she is a Registered Dietitian practicing clinical
dietetics and offering nutritional consulting services in the
Washington, D.C. area.
Jaime Arturo Gomez earned his B.S. in
Physics from the University of Maryland,
College Park (UMD) in 2010. While an
undergraduate, he participated in the
LSAMP Undergraduate Research Program.
He completed research projects in plasma
physics and the Compact Muon Solenoid
(CMS) experiment, which is his current
research project. As a result of his current project, he has had
the opportunity to complete research in Geneva, Switzerland
at the European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN).
Recently, he has been conducting research at the Fermi
National Accelerator Laboratories (FNAL) just outside of
Chicago, IL. Also, he tutors local high school students in
physics and math in their native language of Spanish. He
received the 2010-12 LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate
Fellowship, and he currently is a Ph.D. student in Chemical
Physics at UMD.
Askia A.H. Hill earned his B.S. cum laude
in Computer Engineering with a minor in
Mathematics from the University of
Maryland, Baltimore County in 2008. He
is currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program at
Purdue University.
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