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Gunnar F. Kwayke, Ph.D.
earned his B.S. in Biology from
the University of Maryland
Eastern Shore in 2006. He
completed his Ph.D. program in
Neurological Sciences at
Vanderbilt University in 2011.
He was named a 2009-2012
Society for Neuroscience Scholar.
Sampson K. Kyere, Jr., M.D., Ph.D.
earned his B.S. cum laude in
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
from the University of Maryland,
Baltimore County (UMBC) in 2001. He
completed his Ph.D. program in
Biochemistry at UMBC in 2007, and he
completed his M.D. program at the
University of Maryland School of Medicine in 2009. He has
received numerous awards and honors including: the National
Collegiate Minority Leadership Award; Phi Beta Kappa Honor
Society; Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society; Joseph E. Whitley
Memorial Award for Academic Excellence in Radiology; and
the Student National Medical Association (SNMA) Service
Award and Senior of the Year; and others. Currently, he is a
Resident in the Department of Radiology at the University of
Maryland Medical Center.
Melissa Lansey earned her B.S. in
Biology from University of Maryland
Eastern Shore. Currently, she is a Ph.D.
student in Molecular Physiology at the
University of Virginia School of Medicine
where she conducts research in the lab of
Susanna R. Keller, M.D. in the Department
of Medicine, Endocrinology and
Metabolism. She recently received a Ruth L. Kirschstein
National Research Service Award (NRSA) for Individual
Predoctoral Fellows via the National Institute of Diabetes and
Digestive and Kidney Diseases. The title of her project for the
award is The Role of the Rab GAP AS 160 in Adipocyte
Metabolism. The purpose of her research is to understand how
AS160 regulates the trafficking of the glucose transporter
GLUT4 in primary adipocytes.
Gloria Laryea earned her B.S. in
Biology from University of Maryland
Eastern Shore in 2008. Currently, she is
enrolled as a Ph.D. student in the
Neuroscience program at the Vanderbilt
Brain Institute at the Vanderbilt
University School of Medicine.
Elizabeth LeBrun earned her B.S. in
Mechanical Engineering from the
University of Maryland, College Park
(UMD) in 2010. As an undergraduate,
she was team leader for the
internationally ranked Society of
Automotive Engineers (SAE) Terps
Racing BAJA Team. She also served as
a Clark School of Engineering Ambassador and Society of
Hispanic Professional Engineers officer. Currently, she is
pursuing her M.S. in Mechanical Engineering at UMD in the
field of robotics, and she expects to graduate in 2012.
Marcus Lewis, Ph.D. earned his B.S.
in Biology from University of
Maryland Eastern Shore. He continued
on to complete his Ph.D. program the
Department of Molecular Genetics,
Microbiology & Immunology at the
University of Medicine and Dentistry
of New Jersey. He has conducted
research entitled Identifying the
relationship between EEF 1A, the target of Rapamycin and the
acting cytoskeleton in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae.
Michael J. Locastro earned his B.S. cum
laude in Computer Engineering from the
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
(UMBC) in 2010. At UMBC, he was both
an LSAMP Scholar and a Meyerhoff
Scholar. He was very involved with campus
organizations such as the National Society of
Black Engineers. He received a 2010-12
LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate Fellowship
at the University of Maryland, College Park where he
currently is enrolled in a Ph.D. program in the Department of
Electrical and Computer Engineering. His research focus is
the Secondary Area of Ferret Auditory Cortex.
Tyler Love earned his B.S. in
Technology Education from the
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
(UMES) in 2009. As an
undergraduate, he received the
Marshall Tetterton Scholarship given
by the International Technology and
Engineering Educators Association
(ITEEA). After beginning his master’s at UMES, he
transferred to Virginia Tech in 2011, and he is a graduate
assistant in the only Integrative STEM Education program in
the nation. His work includes collecting and analyzing all of
the data from the national high school technology education
test which is endorsed by the ITEEA. Currently, he is
completing his master’s and pursuing his Ph.D. at Virginia
Tech. He has submitted two articles that the ITEEA has
agreed to publish in their monthly professional journal, The
Technology and Engineering Teacher.
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