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Sarah Obadina earned her B.S. in
Mechanical Engineering at the
University of Maryland, College Park
(UMD) in 2009. She was awarded
the 2010-12 LSAMP Bridge to the
Doctorate Fellowship. Currently, she
is an M.S. student in Mechanical
Engineering at UMD. Her career
goals are to work in the areas of
energy, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics.
Nyamekye Obeng-Adjei earned his
B.S. in Chemistry from the University
of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) in
2007. While at UMES, he gained
undergraduate research experience
during when he participated in the
National Institute on Aging Intramural
Research Program Summer Student
Program. He recently published an
article entitled Immunogenicity of novel
consensus-based DNA vaccines against Hepatitis B core
Antigen in the Journal of Immunology. Currently, he is
enrolled in a Ph.D. program in Pharmacology at the University
of Pennsylvania, and he expects to graduate in 2013.
Oyindamola O. Oladosu earned her B.S.
in Biology from the University of
Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) 2008.
While at UMES, she gained valuable
undergraduate research experience during
the two summers that she participated in
the National Institute on Aging Intramural
Research Program Summer Student
Program. Currently, she is enrolled in a
Ph.D. program in the Department of Biochemistry, Cellular
and Molecular Biology at The Johns Hopkins University.
Oluwabori Oludemi is a junior
majoring in Computer Science and
Mathematics at the University of
Maryland, College Park where he
participates in the LSAMP
Undergraduate Research Program.
His research project is titled,
Creating an Application for an
Android Device. Also, he is a
math tutor, and he has held several leadership positions. After
graduation, he plans to pursue an M.S. in cyber security.
Camelia L. Owens, Ph.D. earned her
B.S.E. magna cum laude in Chemical
Engineering from the University of
Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) in
1999. She completed her Ph.D. program
in Chemical Engineering at the
University of Delaware in 2005. She
returned to UMBC for a short time and
taught in the Department of Chemical Engineering. Her
previous research positions include: AAAS Science &
Technology Policy Fellow/National Institutes of
Health/Immediate Office of the Director; Exxon Mobil
Scholar-In-Residence/National Academy of Engineering; and
Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering
Education. Currently, she is employed by the Office of
Regulatory Affairs at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Nnadozie Onunkwo, Ph.D. earned his
B.S. cum laude in Computer Engineering
from the University of Maryland,
Baltimore County (UMBC) in 2006.
While still an undergraduate at UMBC, he
gained invaluable experience when he
completed a summer internship at the
University of Colorado, Bolder, and also
worked one summer as a Software
Engineer for IBM. He completed his
Ph.D. program in Biomedical Engineering at Purdue
University in 2010. His research focused on improving the
long-term functionality of neuroprosthetic devices by
mitigating the brain's injury response to microelectrode
implantation. Currently, he is employed as a Product
Development Engineer at Cook Biotec.
Chimeziri E. Onyewu earned his B.S.
cum laude in Mathematics from the
University of Maryland, Baltimore
County (UMBC) in 2011. While an
undergraduate at UMBC, he gained
valuable experience when he conducted
summer research at the Stevens Institute
of Technology. Currently, he is enrolled in a Ph.D. program
in the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University
of Pittsburgh.
Abena A. Osei-Wusu, M.D. earned her
B.S. cum laude in Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology from the University of
Maryland, Baltimore County in 1999.
She also graduated with Departmental
Honors. She completed her M.D.
program in 2003 at the University of
Maryland School of Medicine. Currently,
she is a Board Certified physician practicing internal medicine
in Baltimore, Maryland.
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