Meet the Clare Boothe Luce Fellows and Scholars

Major: BS in Computer Science at FCRH

Where I'm from: Needham, Massachusetts

Mentor: Jeffrey Haynes

Research Area: Machine Learning, My research is finding discrepancies between digital images through image manipulations.

Project Title: Discrepancies in digital images

Fun Fact:  I really love to play basketball (even though I'm bad) and another fun fact is I can wiggle my ears

 

Major: Chemistry and Applied Math at FCRH

Where I'm from: Houston, TX

Mentor: Christopher Koenigsmann

Research Area: Electrochemistry/inorganic catalysts/renewable energy/nanoscience

Project Title: Optimization of the Synthesis and Electrocatalytic Analysis of Platinum, Nickel Core-Shell Nanowires  

 

Major: PhD Candidate, Biological Sciences at GSAS

Where I'm from: New York

Mentor: Evon Hekkala

Research Area: Conservation Biology

Project Title: Assessing biodiversity in Madagascar through leech-derived iDNA: Methodological advancements and ecological insights

Fun Fact: I love to paint in my free time!

Major: Natural Science at FCLC

Where I'm from: Orange County, California

Mentor: Dr. Jason Morris (Fordham University) / Dr. Oliver Hobert (Columbia University)

Research Area: Evolutionary Neuroscience

Project Title: Constructing the Connectome of Pristionchus Pacificus for Evolutionary Comparisons

 

Major: Computer Science at FCRH

Where I'm from: New York City

Mentors: Gary Weiss and Daniel Leeds

Research Area: Data Mining

Project Title: Predicting the Academic Performance of Undergraduate Computer Science Students Using Data Mining

Major: Chemistry Major at FCRH

Where I'm from: Hampton Falls, New Hampshire

Mentor: Dr. Christopher Koenigsmann

Research Area: Nanotechnology & Renewable Energy

Project Title: Synthesis and Electrocatalytic Analysis of Composition-Dependent Nickel and Platinum Core-Shell Nanowires

Fun Fact: I love cooking and even have an instagram account with my roommate to showcase our dishes!

 

Major: PhD in Biology at GSAS

Where I'm from: San Francisco, CA

Mentor: Dr. Evon Hekkala

Research Area: Conservation Genetics

Project Title: Population genetics of green (Chelonia mydas) and hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) sea turtles nesting across unequally protected habitats in northeastern Costa Rica.

 

Major: Environmental Science at FCLC

Where I'm from: Phoenix, AZ

Mentor: Mark Botton, PhD

Research Area: The American Horseshoe Crab

Project Title: Patterns of flatworm (Bdelloura candida) infestation in a population of horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) from Jamaica Bay, New York.

Fun Fact: I play the saxophone

 

Major: Environmental Science major at FCLC

Where I'm from: Portland, Oregon 

Mentor: N/A

Research Area: An ongoing research project examining co-roosting behaviors between black and turkey vultures in southern Texas, for which I will be collecting a second round of data at the end of this month. I hope to see this accepted by a journal in the next year or so!

Project Title: A Comparison of Roosting Habits of Vultures, Coragyps atratus and Cathartes aura, in Southeast Texas Marshes.

Fun Fact: A fun fact about me is that I was in a documentary called Panda Babies in high school during my first job in wildlife conservation in Ya'an, China.

Major: Biological Sciences at FCRH

Where I'm from: Jacksonville, North Carolina

Mentor: Dr. Edward Dubrovsky

Research Area: Genetics

Project Title: Heart Pathology Associated with Mutant RNase Z in Flies

Fun Fact: I didn't know whether or not to put Okinawa, Japan as where I'm from because I lived there longer than in NC.

 

Major: Biological Sciences at GSAS

Where I'm from: Massachusetts

Mentor: Evon Hekkala

Research Area: Molecular disease ecology and conservation

Project Title: Characterizing pathogen diversity in South African wildlife

 

Major: Physics at FCRH

Where I'm from: Buffalo, New York

Mentor: Dr. Christopher Koenigsmann

Research Area: Chemistry  

Project Title: Improving the Efficiency of Dye-Sensitized Photoelectrochemical Cells

Fun fact: I loved playing ice hockey growing up