Accomplishments and Events
2021 CPRIT CURE SUMMER Program- End of Summer Poster Competition
Congratulations to the poster competition winners : Shivani Nellore (University of Pennsylvania); Catherine Luo (John Hopkins University); Alice Liu (University of Illinois- Chicago); Sueda Cetinkaya (Rice University) and Ashley Gelin (Pennsylvania State University).
Romina Adel
Cal State - Sacramento
Mentor: Dr. George Calin
Yamini Ananth
Columbia University
Mentor: Dr. Traver Hart
Olga Batarse
Houston Baptist University
Mentor: Dr. Rosa Nurieva
Emily Blitz
Univ. Arkansas- Fort Smith
Mentor:
Dr. David Fuentes
Andrea De Leon
Houston Baptist University
Mentor: Dr. Clifton Fuller
Allyson Drawdy
Clemson University
Mentor: Dr. Varsha Gandhi
Ashley Gelin
Pennslyvania State University
Mentor: Dr. Micahel Curran
Margaret Han
Rice University
Mentor: Dr. Powell Brown
Kristy Hernandez
Houston Baptist University
Mentor: Dr. George Eisenhoffer
Negar Koupaei
Univ. of Texas
Mentor: Dr. Powell Brown
Michael Li
Rice University
Mentor: Dr. David Piwnica- Worms
Maggie Lee
Georgia Tech University
Mentor: Dr. Caroline Chung
Alice Liu
Univ. Illinois- Chicago
Mentor: Dr. Michael Davies
Nothando Mangena
Carleton College
Mentor: Dr. Steven Lin
Avha Mohanty
Univ. Texas
Mentor: Drs. Phil Jones and Amin Al-Shami
Navya Murugesan
Tulane University
Mentor: Dr. Kunal Rai
Joshua Ni
John Hopkins University
Mentor: Drs. Phil Jones and Chantale Bernatchez
Stephen Peng
Rice University
Mentor: Dr. Seyed Moghaddam
Alexandre Schnell Ribeiro
Houston Baptist University
Mentor: Dr. Robert Bast Jr.
Mona Shirvani
Univ. Texas
Mentor: Dr. Katharina Sclacher
Hongshen Wang
Carleton University
Mentor: Dr. Steven Frank
Awurama Akyianu
Carleton College
Mentor: Dr.
Steven Millward
Matthew Anderson
Hillsdale College
Mentor: Dr. George Calin
Emma Becker
Kenyon College
Mentors: Dr. Phil
Jones and Agathe Bourgogne
John Boom
Duke University
Mentor: Dr. Jia Wu
Selena Ding
Univ California- Berkeley
Mentor: Dr. Georgios Karras
Alina Feng
Duke University
Mentor: Dr. David Tweardy
Viraj Govani
Cornell University
Mentor: Dr. Keri Schadler
Bailey Harmon
Carleton University
Mentor: Dr. Stephanie S. Watowich
Thinh Huynh
The College of Wooster
Mentor: Dr. Jia Wu
Elaijah Islam
Univ. Texas- Rio Grande Valley
Mentor: Dr. Federica Pisaneschi
Prabhat Kattel
Univ. Texas- Tyler
Mentor: Dr. Jim Bankson
Mark Li
Univ. of Texas
Mentor: Dr. Awdhesh Kalia
Sophie Liu
Univ. of Texas
Mentor: Dr. Khandan Keyomarsi
Seyedsepehr Madani
Univ. Massachusetts- Lowell
Mentor: Dr. Chad Tang
Daniel Mousavi
John Hopkins University
Mentor: Dr. Jennifer McQuade
Shivani Nellore
Univ. Pennslyvania
Mentor: Dr. Moran Amit
Katherine Nowak
Carleton College
Mentor: Dr. Stephanie S. Watowich
Nicholas Rubino
Hamilton College
Mentor: Dr. David Fuentes
Jean Schneider
Univ. Texas
Mentor: Dr. Michael Gubin
Jovan Stanisavic
Univ. Chicago
Mentor: Dr. Lawrence Kwong
Lucas Warma
University of Tornoto
Mentor: Dr. Khandan Keyomarsi
Hawk Azordegan
Univ. California- Berkeley
Mentor:
Dr. Henry Manning
Raul Caballero Montes
Texas Wesleyan University
Mentor: Dr. Shao-Cong Sun
Brandon Curl
University of Texas
Mentor: Dr. Caroline Chung
Sueda Cetinkaya
Rice University
Mentor: Dr. Nidhi Sahni
Phuong Anh Dinh
Albion University
Mentor: Dr. Richard Behringer
Maya Ferrell
Univ. Oklahoma
Mentor: Dr. Cullen Taniguchi
Avi Gupta
Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor: Dr. Traver Hart
Kai Hung
Rice University
Mentor: Dr. Jagannadha Sastry
Richa John
Univ. Texas
Mentor: Dr. Anirban Maitra
Justin Kim
Colby College
Mentor: Dr. Di Zhao
Richard Lee
Emory University
Mentor: Dr. Jia Wu
Kathryn Lingen
Amherst College
Mentor: Dr. Dihua Yu
Catherine Luo
John Hokins University
Mentor: Dr. Kelly Hunt
Nafiza Meher
Rice University
Mentor: Dr. Filippo Giancotti
Maira Mulla
Houston Baptist University
Mentor: Dr. Irene Newsham
Linh Nguyen
Mount Holyoke
Mentor: Dr. Ricahrd Bouchard
Janice Oh
Univ. Texas
Mentor: Dr. Filippo Giancotti
Mumina Sadullozoda
Univ. New Yoirk- Brooklyn College
Mentor: Dr. Keri Schadler
Claire Shao
Williams College
Mentor: Dr. Venkata Battula
William Symmans
Bates College
Mentor: Dr. Candelaria Gomez-Manzano
Alvina Zia
Houston Baptist University
Mentor: Dr. Sendurai Mani
2021 CPRIT CURE SUMMER Program- YouTube STEM Outreach Competition
This year all of our CPRIT CURE SUMMER trainees (in nine groups) were required to create a 10-15 minute STEM based educational video on a topic taught in Kindergarten through 12th grade curriculum. These videos could have taken form of discussions, demonstrations or experiments. The purpose of this project is to encourage younger generations to find interest in science by opening their eyes to what science involves and how it can relate to research and/or being a research scientist. The videos were posted to YouTube and judged by five volunteers from our CPRIT TRIUMPH and CPRIT Scholar trainees.
Congratulations to the competition winners with the "Best Score": Catherine Luo (John Hopkins University); Seyedsephr Madani (University of Mass.- Lowell); Aurian Maleki (Rice University); Sujay Marisetty (Rice University); Nafiza Meher (Rice University); Avha Mohanty(University of Texas); Daniel Mousavi (John Hopkins University) and Nothando Mangena (Carleton College).
Congratulations to the competition winners with the "Most Views": Selena Ding (Berkeley); Phoung Dinh (Albion University); Allyson Drawdy (Clemson University); Shafqat Ehsan (St. Mary's University); Romina Falahaty (University of California- L.A.); Alina Feng (Duke University); Maya Ferrell (University of Oklahoma ); Lucan Warma (University of Toronto) and Alvina Zia (Houston Baptist University).
To view these videos please click the titles below:
DNA Replication -CPRIT CURE STEM Outreach - Summer 2021
The Immune System and its Cells!
The Central Dogma Explained at 5 Levels
CPRIT-CURE Summer Research Program STEM Outreach Project
Food Chemistry and Digestive System (STEM Outreach Competition)
Science Behind Cooking
The Scientific Method
Let's Tour the Solar System!
Overview of Cancer cells and Cell lines
2021 Goldwater Scholars
The Barry Goldwater scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation was established in 1986. By providing scholarships to college sophomores and juniors who intend to pursue research careers in the natural sciences, mathematics, and engineeerin, the Goldwater Foundation is helping to ensure that the I.S. is producing the number of hihg- qualified professionals the Nation needs in these critical fields. For the 2021-2022 academic year, 410 college students fro across the United States were warded. From an estimed pool of over 5,000 collesge sophmores and juniors we would like to congrautlate the 7 students who are apart of the CPRIT CURE program.
Congratulations to: John Boom (Duke); Ann Marie Flusche (Univeristy of Tulsa; Carolina Guerrera (Dartmouth); Jordan Kramer (Georgetown) Qianyun (Lexi) Luo (Univesrity of Wisconsin-Madison); Jocelyn Mathew (University of Rochester); and Alexis Simmons (Baylor University)