Sydney Shannon – Virginia Lukasik Memorial Scholar 1st Year Scholar, PhD candidate
Biomedical Engineering John Hopkins University
Research:
Gene therapies are transforming treatment approaches for many human diseases; but current approaches can be very costly and not available for all patients. This research focuses on engineering novel biomaterials that incorporate...
Emily Cheung – MWC Endowment Scholar 1st Year Scholar, PhD candidate
Biomedical Engineering George Washington University
Research:
To develop a novel therapy that provides targeted activation of specific neuron populations in the brain to mitigate progression of cardiovascular diseases that have higher prevalence in women. I use high-speed optical mapping techniques...
Patrick Banner – MWC 55th Anniversary Scholar 1st Year Scholar, PhD candidate
Physics University of Maryland
Research:
This research spans atomic, optical, and detector physics. The primary research uses strongly interacting atoms to make light and matter interact in ways that can be used for both studies of fundamental few-body...
DaVonne Henry – Hesse Endowment Scholar 1st Year Scholar, PhD candidate
Physics Georgetown University
Research:
Combining single-molecule magnets (SMMs) with graphene nanodevices can lead to high-density data storage or quantum computing applications. Using nanofabrication techniques, I create highly responsive devices that can be used to perform measurements on SMMs. Electrical...
Alexander Lu – Mulford Endowment Scholar 1st Year Scholar, MD/PhD candidate, Biomedical Engineering Johns Hopkins University
Research:
Surgeons use a variety of imaging systems to guide diagnostics and interventions; patient movement during imaging is often unavoidable and can substantially distort the images. This current research combines machine learning with physics-driven...
Najwa Labban – Danaher Foundation Scholar 1st Year Scholar, PhD candidate, Biomedical Engineering University of Virginia
Research:
Most breast cancers are treated with surgery, radiation, and hormone therapy, but not all women respond equally to these therapies. This research uses breast cancer cells from patients to engineer tumor “organoids” that...
Akshaya Annapragada – Danaher Foundation Scholar 1st Year Scholar, PhD candidate
Biomedical Engineering
Research:
There is a great need for accessible and sensitive screening approaches for carcinomas worldwide. This research focuses on novel artificial intelligence approaches to enable new whole genome analyses and enhanced understanding of cancer-related genetic changes. These...
Jonathan Reiss – Toni & Hans Schierling Undergraduate Scholar Undergraduate Scholar, Physics and Mathematics
Georgetown University
Research:
Current superconductors used in quantum computers and particle accelerators must be supercooled to maintain their property resulting in large cooling energy requirements. This research in holographic superconductivity will attempt to understand the nuclear...
Rachael Maynard – JCM Foundation Scholar 1st Year Scholar, MD/PhD candidate, Tumor Biology Georgetown University
Research:
Current therapies are not very successful at reducing pancreatic cancer tumor burden. In my past research, I engineered natural killer (NK) cells that better invade and kill pancreatic cancers, enhancing their usefulness in treating...
Alexander Lekan – Forster Family Foundation Scholar 1st Year Scholar, MD/PhD candidate, Tumor Biology Georgetown University
Research:
Identifying treatment strategies to increase immune cell accumulation in pancreatic cancer in order to improve patient responses to immunotherapy. Specifically, utilizing high throughput spatial imaging technologies to identify the impact of increasing immune...
