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Kristi E. Pullen, Ph.D. earned her B.S.
cum laude in Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology from the University of Maryland,
Baltimore County (UMBC) in 2000. She
also graduated with an Honors College
Undergraduate Certificate. While an
undergraduate at UMBC, she conducted
research at the SCRIPPS Institute and
Lancaster University in Lancaster,
England. She completed her Ph.D. program in Molecular and
Cell Biology at the University of California, Berkeley in 2006.
Her thesis focused on the structural and functional
characterization of PstP, the single Serine/Threonine
phosphatase in M. tuberculosis. This class of protein is
thought to be involved in the cellular response to
environmental stress, and Pullen used x-ray cry allography and
additional biochemical techniques to further the understanding
of the roles metals play in the fold and function of this
phosphatase.
Jabari Raphael earned his B.S. in
Aviation Science from the University
of Maryland Eastern Shore. He
conducted weather research at
Crisfield Airport in hopes of enabling
the airport to detect low-level wind
shear. Also, he interned with the
Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA) Washington Flight Standard District Office in
Herndon, Virginia. During the internship, he shadowed
aviation safety inspectors on their daily operations, including
aircraft and facility inspections. He later completed two
additional FAA internships in Anchorage, Alaska and
Washington, DC. Currently, he is employed full-time with the
FAA as a program analyst in the General Aviation and
Commercial Division in Washington, DC.
Yanique Rattigan, Ph.D. earned her
B.S. in Biology from University of
Maryland Eastern Shore in 2005. She
completed her Ph.D. program in Cellular
and Molecular Pharmacology at the
University of Medicine and Dentistry of
New Jersey - Robert Wood Johnson
Medical School in 2010. Her
dissertation is entitled The role of
hypoxia in the migratory and metabolic
activities of mesenchymal stem cells in the tumor
microenvironment. Currently, she is a postdoctoral fellow at
The Johns Hopkins University.
Michael D. Rouse earned his B.S. in
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the
University of Maryland, Baltimore County in
2003. He is currently enrolled in a Ph.D.
program at the University of South Carolina.
Marco Regalado, Jr. is a third-year
Mechanical Engineering student at the
University of Maryland, College Park
(UMD), and he plans to graduate with a
B.S. degree by May 2013. He has earned
his Citation through the Honors College
where he gained a background in Japanese
culture and delinquency prevention. He
also is involved with the Society of Hispanic Professional
Engineers – UMD chapter, and he holds the position of
President for 2011-12.
Cordell Reid is a senior Electrical
Engineering major at the University of
Maryland, College Park who expects to
graduate in May 2012. He is serving as
the President of the Black Engineers
Society for the 2011-12 year, and he
served as the Treasurer during 2010-11.
He has worked as a student intern at the
Army Research Laboratory as a part of the SOAR program
since summer 2010. He has been very involved with LSAMP
programs, having been a member of the Summer Bridge
Program for Scientists and Engineers in summer 2008 and a
participant in the LSAMP Summer Research Program in
summer 2009. He is a member of the University Honors
Program. He hopes to start his own research company in the
future.
Renee (nee Tolbert) Reynolds earned her
B.S. in Electrical Engineering with Co-op
Distinction from the University of
Maryland, College Park (UMD) in 2000
and began her career at NASA as a Digital
Design Engineer. She has received many
awards for her engineering design
contributions to major flight projects such
as the Swift Burst Alert Telescope, Solar
Dynamics Observatory, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter,
Hubble Space Telescope – Servicing Mission 4 and Global
Precipitation Measurement (GPM). She currently serves as
Group Leader for the Hardware Design Test and Verification
Group and the Lead Design Engineer for GPM’s Instrument
Interface Board. In 2007, she earned her M.S.E.E. from Johns
Hopkins University. With a strong desire to inspire the next
generation of explorers, she is very active in NSBE’s Alumni
Extension Greenbelt Space Chapter. She served as Technical
Chairperson for the Military Aerospace Programmable Logic
Devices (MAPLD) International Conference held in 2011.
Christelle K. Samen earned her B.S. cum
laude in Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology from the University of Maryland,
Baltimore County 2011. She is currently
enrolled in a M.D./Ph.D. program at
Washington University.
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