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Aftin M. Ross earned her B.S.
cum laude in Mechanical
Engineering from the University
of Maryland, Baltimore County
(UMBC) in 2007. As an
undergraduate, she had internship
experiences at UMBC, The Johns
Hopkins University, Medtronic,
and the Guidant Corporation. She
has received numerous awards, including a GEM Fellowship,
a Rackham Fellowship, and the NIH Fellowship for
Microfluidics in the Biomedical Sciences Training Program.
She completed her M.S. program in Biomedical Engineering
at the University of Michigan in 2009. A member of the
research team in the Lahann Lab in the Department of
Chemical Engineering, she is currently a Ph.D. candidate in
Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan, and
she expects to complete her program in 2012.
Danielle E. Robbins, Ph.D. earned
her B.S. in Mathematics from the
University of Maryland, Baltimore
County in 2005. She completed her
M.S. program in Mathematics at
Arizona State University in 2007, and
she completed her Ph.D. program in
Biomathematics at North Carolina State University (NC State)
in 2011. At NC State, she received the Lord Fellowship given
by the Center for Research in Scientific Computation (CRSC).
Currently, she is a research analyst at the Southwest
Interdisciplinary Research Center.
Crystal Eloma Romeo earned her B.S. in
Environmental Science from Spelman
College, and she received many awards and
fellowships during her undergraduate years.
She received an LSAMP Bridge to the
Doctorate Fellowship, and she currently is a
Ph.D. student in the Marine-Estuarine-
Environmental Sciences Program at the University of
Maryland, College Park. Her current research focus is
developing indicators for examining potential chronic
respiratory effects of climate change. She plans to become a
professor of environmental science, a champion of national
and global environmental issues, and a leader in this field.
Ozell P. Sanders earned his B.S. in
Mechanical Engineering (ME) from the
University of Maryland, Baltimore
County (UMBC) in 2009. He received a
2009-11 LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate
Fellowship and remained at UMBC for
graduate school. He completed research
entitled Assessment of Hyoid Bone
Density using Micro CT for Prediction of
Fracture. He completed his M.S. program in ME at UMBC in
2011, and he currently is enrolled in a Ph.D. program at the
University of Maryland, Baltimore.
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Astin M. Ross earned her B.S. in
Mechanical Engineering from the
University of Maryland, Baltimore
County in 2007. She completed her
M.S.E. program in Biomedical
Engineering at the University of
Michigan in 2009. Previously, she has
conducted research in the Skeletal Tissue
Engineering Laboratory (STEL)
concerning nerve conduit systems and
scafoldless three dimensional tissues and also performed
insulation material characterization involving mechanical and
accelerated life testing. Currently, she is conducting research
on drug delivery to the inner ear from platforms such as
colloids and cochlear implants as a pre-candidate for a Ph.D.
in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan.
Linmaris Santiago earned her B.S. in
Chemical Engineering from Virginia Tech
in 2007. She received the 2008-10 Bridge
to the Doctorate Fellowship at the
University of Maryland, College Park
(UMD) where she currently is a Ph.D.
student in Materials Science and
Engineering. After completing her Ph.D., she plans to conduct
research on biomedical and novel materials.
Donel A. Sequea earned his B.S. magna cum
laude in Biological Sciences from the
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
(UMBC) in 2006. He gained invaluable
research experience while an undergraduate
at UMBC by completing an extensive 15month
internship with Merck & Co., Inc. He
is currently enrolled in an M.D./Ph.D.
program at the University of Michigan. He is conducting
research on exercise, diet, and age effects on insulin signaling
and glucose metabolism in skeletal muscle, and he expects to
graduate in 2014.
Daniel Serrano earned his B.S. in
Biochemistry and in Environmental
Sciences from Virginia Tech in 2007. He
received a 2008-10 LSAMP Bridge to the
Doctorate Fellowship at the University of
Maryland, College Park (UMD), where he
received his M.S. in Cell Biology and
Molecular Genetics in 2010. He is
currently a Ph.D. student in Biological
Sciences, Molecular and Cell Biology at UMD, and he expects
to graduate in 2013. His research focuses on exploring the
potential biological function of Cell Adhesion Molecule
(CAM)-mediated endocytosis, a relatively new mechanism of
endicytic transport observed in endothelial cells covering the
vasculature. He is interested in investigating the basic
biological mechanisms driving CAM-mediated endocytosis,
and how these are similar to or differ from classical endocytic
pathways.