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Dean's Fellowship Summer Internship 2006 |
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Front Row: Chris Villanueva, Thomas Lau, Katie Hawkins, Chad Catbagan, Ryan Pedigo, Melodie Miranda, Wilson Lau, Eddie Park; Back Row: Steve Angle (Dean), Kirk Fisher, Melanie Chang, Amy Herzberger, Michelle Chen, Marissa Oshige, Teraneh Zarififar |
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Chad Catbagan (ccatb001@student.ucr.edu)
Major: Chemistry
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Yinsheng Wang , Chemistry
Proposed Research: Formation of Cross-Link Products and Biological Impacts |
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Melanie Chang (melanie.chang@email.ucr.edu)
Major: Chemistry
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Tom Morton, Chemistry
Proposed Research: Determining water solubilities and studying pyrolysis using photoionization mass spectrometry of tert-Alkyl Ethers |
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Michelle Chen (mchen001@student.ucr.edu)
Major: Applied Mathematics/Chemistry
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Len Mueller, Chemistry
Proposed Research: Developing logic gates for quantum information processing with solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance |
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Kirk Fisher (kfish001@student.ucr.edu)
Major: Neuroscience
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Vlad Parpura, Cell Biology/Neuroscience
Proposed Research: Trafficking and exocytosis of astrocity vesicles: a study of temporal dependence using Vesicular Glutamate Transporter 2 |
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Katherine Hawkins (khawk001@student.ucr.edu)
Major: Biological Sciences
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Mike Marsella,Chemistry
Proposed Research: to study the design, synthesis and applications in regard to helical thiophenes, thiophene-based structures and molecular muscles. |
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Amy Herzberger (aherz001@student.ucr.edu)
Major: Biochemistry
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Gary Scott , Chemistry
Proposed Research: to study the spectroscopy and photchemistry of Isomeric Ditetracenes |
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Thomas Lau (tlau002@student.ucr.edu)
Major: Physics
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Jeanie Lau, Physics
Proposed Research: Optimization of carbon nanotube growth through chemical vapor deposition |
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Wilson Lau (wlau003@student.ucr.edu)
Major: Biological Science
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Eugene Nothnagel, Botany and Plant Sciences
Proposed Research: to study the emulsifier activity of phytoglycolipids |
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Ada Liu (aliu010@student.ucr.edu)
Major: Biochemistry
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Hailing Jin , Plant Pathology
Proposed Research: to isolate homozygote lines of t-DNA insertion mutants in Arabidopsis |
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Melodie Miranda (mmira004@student.ucr.edu)
Major: Biology/Neuroscience
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Connie Nugent, Cell Biology and Neuroscience
Proposed Research: to study effects at the genome level when Stn1 function is compromised |
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Marissa Oshige (moshi001@student.ucr.edu)
Major: Neuroscience
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Guy Bertrand, Chemistry
Proposed Reseach: to synthesize a linear isomer of cyclopropenylidene
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Eddie Park(epark007@student.ucr.edu)
Major: Mathematics/Biochemistry
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Ernest Martinez , Biochemistry
Proposed Research: to map the major p300 acetylated sites in Max (a transcription factor with a basic helix-loop-helix leucine zipper DNA-binding/dimerization domain) in vitro. |
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Ryan Pedigo (rpedi001@student.ucr.edu)
Major: Chemistry
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Francisco Zaera, Chemistry
Proposed Research: Catalytic reformation of hydrocarbons to produce hydrogen fuel
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Chris Villanueva (cvill002@student.ucr.edu)
Major: Biological Sciences
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Daphne Fairbairn, Biology
Proposed Research: Adaptive significance of sexual size dimorphism of Aquarius remigis: Testes size varying with overall body size |
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Teraneh Zrififar (tzari001@student.ucr.edu)
Major: Biology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Isgouhi Kaloshian , Nematology
Proposed Research: to study the role of ethylene in the Mi-1 Mediated defense Response of Tomato Plants |
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