History of Awards

Faculty Mentor	Department	Student(s)	Title of Project
Dr. Brian Agee	Chemistry and Physics	Amina Aly	Investigating alternative metals for Zinc for the first step of Nylon-6,6 synthesis using green as well as conventional techniques
Dr. Jennifer Cannon	Biological Sciences	Meghan Spence	Effects of Polypropylene Microparticles on human lung derived cells (A549)
Dr. Sangsun Choi	Communications	Sarah Rish, Nathaniel Walters, Chris Woods	360° Immersive Media Production about Korean immigrants in Augusta
Dr. Charlotte Christy	Biological Sciences	Trevor Jordan	Determination of waste nutrient differences among several constructed wetland cells
Dr. Ferenc Deak	Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine	Emily Vu	Age-Related Risk Factors of Alzheimer’s Disease: How to Repair Neuronal Networks to Prevent Dementia
Dr. Shogo Mori	Chemistry and Physics	Juan Reynes, Anna Parviainen, Linh Nguyen	Characterization of the enzymatic homologation pathway for drug discovery
Dr. Siva Panda	Chemistry and Physics	Radha Dobaria, Jade Moore, Anna Rocque	Design, Synthesis of new quinoline based compounds as Potential Anti-viral agents for SAR-CoV2
Dr. Surendra Rajpurohit	Georgia Cancer Center	Karen Aikhionbare, Logan Ouellette, Kunal Hotwani	Development of NF-kB/Myl7-Annexin5/Casper Transparent Transgenic Zebrafish Cellular Phenotype for Cardio-Oncology Research
Dr. Maria Sabbatini	Biological Sciences	Heer Patel	Exploring the participation of NOX1 in PDAC progression through CA-19-9.
Dr. Menaka Thounaojam	Ophthalmology	Mindy Ho	Bile Acids based therapies to treat retinopathy of prematurity in mice
Dr. Almira Vazdarjanova	Pharmacology/Toxicology		Negative Emotional State Alters Episodic Memory in Female Rats

Student Travel Awards
Amina Aly	Biological Sciences	Mentor: Dr. Brian Agee	Present research at Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (SERMACS 2021) at Birmingham, AL
Elizabeth Barker	Chemistry and Physics	Mentor: Dr. Brian Agee	Present research at Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (SERMACS 2021) at Birmingham, AL
Riley Alpuche	Chemistry and Physics	Mentor: Dr. Brian Agee	Present research at Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (SERMACS 2021) at Birmingham, AL
Christina Plantz	Chemistry and Physics	Mentor: Dr. Angela Spencer	Present research at Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (SERMACS 2021) at Birmingham, AL
Jade Moore	Chemistry and Physics	Mentor: Dr. Siva Panda	Present research at Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (SERMACS 2021) at Birmingham, AL
Anna Rocque	Chemistry and Physics	Mentor: Dr. Siva Panda	Present research at Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (SERMACS 2021) at Birmingham, AL

Faculty Mentor	Department	Student(s)	Title of Project
Dr. Stacy Bennetts	Biological Sciences	Theresa Davenport, Andrea Rivera	The effects of different soil remediation tactics on over-farmed soil
Dr. Madison Kindred	Kinesiology	Halle Prine, Raven Flicek	Press Play to get active: Using podcasts to increase steps
Dr. Ellen LeMosy	Cell Biology and Anatomy	Helena Blackburn, Brooklyn Zwinklis	A Precise Gene Editing Toolkit for Zebrafish Extracellular Matrix Biology
Dr. Surendra Rajpurohit	Georgia Cancer Center	Chelsea Appiah, Aminah Wood, Karen Aikhionbare	Generation of Casper/Annexin5 (F05 Homozygous Progeny) Transparent Transgenic Zebrafish Strain to Study Cardiomyocyte Activity
Dr. Jessica Reichmuth	Biological Sciences	Katherine Kerce, Rebekah Kimbrell	How will increased temperatures and ocean acidification affect marine crustacean behavior?
Dr. Maria Sabbatini	Biological Sciences	Souravi Mondal	Validation of a CA-19-9 ELISA kit using a mouse model of pancreatic cancer
Dr. Shogo Mori	Chemistry and Physics	Juan Reynes, Nyjah Gee	Hijack the Inactive Enzyme: a Novel Enzymatic Machinery
Dr. Yong Teng	Oral Biology and Diagnostic Sciences	Jakeline Juarez, Evan Crystal	Circumventing Cisplatin Resistance by the Targeting of ATAD3A

Awardee	Department	Student(s)	Title of Project
Dr. Siva Panda	Chemistry & Physics	Queen Tran, Eyana Thomas, Margaret Wade	New Class of Curcumin Hybrid Conjugates for Breast Cancer Treatment
Dr. Simon Medcalfe	Business	Palak Patel	Racial Segregation and Racial Disparities in Covid-19 Deaths
Dr. Maleah Holland	Kinesiology	Lyon Ngo	Intermittent Fasting in Tactical Athletes
Dr. Surendra Rajpurohit	Georgia Cancer Center	Chelsea Appiah, Amina Wood	In-vivo Confocal imaging of newly Developed Homozygous Casper (Transparent skin)- Transgenic Zebrafish Progeny to Study Microglia Function
Dr. Brandon Cromer	Biological Sciences	Rhys Payne	Determining the Presence of Chytrid Fungus in Augusta, GA Area Water Bodies
Dr. Maria Sabbatini	Biological Sciences	Ananya Chakraborty, Bithika Halder, Souravi Mondal	Validation of a CA-19-9 ELISA kit using a mouse model of a pancreatic cancer
Dr. Chandramohan Wakade	Allied Health	Sneha Chauhan	Combating α-synuclein induced inflammation In-vitro.
Dr. Ashwini Tiwari	Institute of Public and Preventive Health	Katlin Pugh	Exploring a Mobile Resiliency App for at-Risk Families for Child Maltreatment seeking Pediatric Primary Care: A Qualitative Study among Pediatricians

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Faculty Mentor	Department	Student(s)	Title of Project
Dr. Richard Topolski	Psychological Sciences	Chandani Patel, Nicole Morel, Karen Rex Pius Vincent	Expertise and Sex Identification in Dogs
Dr. Tim Sadenwasser	Honors Program	Chandani Patel, Connor Owen, Danae Lawrence	National Collegiate Honors Council conference
Dr. Jessica Reichmuth	Biological Sciences	Abby Bickle, Alex Coleman	One fish, two fish, hopefully more fish: How an obsolete navigational channel affects fish assemblages.
Dr. Brandon Cromer	Biological Sciences	Rachel Hammesfahr	Ecotoxicology of Yellow-Bellied Sliders (Trachemys scripta) in Natural Wetlands
Dr. Bruce Saul	Biological Sciences	Samantha Hitchens	Savannah River Swamp Wild Pig Scent Repellent Study
Dr. Launce Hunter	Social Sciences	Joshua Rutland	Regime Type and Cyberconflict
Dr. Maria Sabbatini	Biological Sciences	Ananya Chakraborty, Bithika Halder, Hisham Kashif	Characterizing Nox1-evoked PaSC secretome
Dr. Brian Agee	Chemistry & Physics	Caroline Hammond	Development of an alternative energy synthetic pathway to Nylon 6,6 Through the use of Solar Irradiation as the Sole Heat Source
Dr. Melanie O'Meara	Art & Design	Sabrina Nacci, Rachel Visintainer, Kayla Johnson	Performing "Moving Photographs: A Vanishing Georgia" at Louisiana State University
Dr. Siva Panda	Chemistry & Physics	Margaret Wade, Queen Tran	Synthesis, Biological Evaluation, and Molecular Modeling Studies of Hybrid Conjugates as Potential Anti-inflammatory Agents
Dr. Jennifer Cannon	Biological Sciences	victoria Gaw, Manderrious Glenn	The Effect of PFOA on ERÎ±+ and ERÎ±- Human Breast Cancer Cell Line
Dr. Valerie Williams-Hogan	Physical Therapy	Michelza Mitchell	The Effects of an Eight Week Community Dance Class for People with Parkinson's Disease
Dr. Nai-Cheng Kuo	Teaching and Leading	Zayeira Declet, Jennifer Jones, Zach Fagan	Examining the Perceptions and Knowledge of Preservice and In-service Teachers about Dyslexia, the Orton-Gillingham (OG) Approach, and IEP Development
Dr. Michelle Johnson	Psychological Sciences	Megan Bunjevac, Maye Weigle, Bari House	Effects of Withholding Cell Phones on Students State Anxiety
Dr. Donna Londino	Psychological Sciences	Kit Jester	Examining the Occurrence of Conversion Disorder Diagnoses and Autism Among Adolescents and Young Adults in the Emergency Department
Prof. Scott Thorp	Art & Design	Kirstyn Harris	The Art and Conservation of the Federal Duck Stamp
Dr. Ahmed Chadli	Biological Sciences	Wayne Fang	Characterization of a Novel Inhibitor (AD05) of the HSP90 Chaperoning Machine

Faculty Mentor	Department	Student(s)	Title of Project
Dr. Candis Bond	EFL	Samantha Carr, Sabrina Nacci,Barbara Card	Southeastern Writing Center Association Conference Travel
Dr. Jennifer Cannon	Biology	victoria Gaw, Manderrious Glenn	The Effect of PFOA on ERα+ and ERα- Human Breast Cancer Cell Lines
Dr. Trinanjan Datta	Physics	Gregory Price	X-ray scattering study of one dimensional quantum magnets
Dr. Theja DeSilva	Physics	Peighton Bolt	Faculty Travel to Present Student Research Findings at Annual American Physical Society's March Meeting
Dr. Andy Hauger	Physics	Anish Sangari, Nitish Sood	Design and Testing a Low-cost Real-time Feedback CPR Manikin
Dr. Vahe Heboyan	Interdisc. Health Sciences	Kelsey LeBlanc	Development and Pilot Testing of E-Cigarette Public Service Announcements (PSAs): Influence of Economic/Health and Informational/Emotional Message Appeals on College-aged U.S. Adults
Dr. Ellen LeMosy	Cellular Biology	Aashi Kalra, Brooklyn Zwinklis	Gene editing to probe extracellular matrix (ECM) function in zebrafish heart and spinal cord development
Dr. Laurence Miller	Psyc	Sarah McPherson	Travel to 2019 meeting of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Dr. Melanie O'Meara	Comm	Sabrina Nacci, Rachel Visintainer, Kayla Johnson	Moving Photographs: A Vanishing Georgia
Dr. Raoul Pacheco	Art	Brooke Farmer, Ellen Griffin, TK Lee	Exploring an Introduction to 3-D Printing Presentation
Dr. Siva Panda	Chem	William Littlefield	Synthesis, Biological Evaluation, and Molecular Modeling Studies of Pyrazinoic acid-Isoniazid Hybrid Conjugates as Potential Anti-infective Agents
Dr. Jessica Reichmuth	Biology	Laren Wheeler, Rebecca Patterson	Sediment grain size analysis in the Biological Sciences
Dr. Maria Sabbatini	Biology	Ananya Chakraborty, Catalina Godoy	Recognizing the role of Nox1 in isolated pancreatic stellate cells from mice with chronic pancreatitis.
Dr. Tim Sadenwasser	Honors	Grant Blume, Jasmine Brickhouse, Deanna Doughty	Southern Regional Honors Council conference
Dr. Bruce Saul	Biology	Samantha Hitchens	Savannah River Feral Pig Repellent Study
Dr. Jenelle Slavin-Mulford	Psyc	Sam Kunkel, Summar Smith	Predicting Psychotherapy Outcomes Based on Therapists’ Personal Characteristics
Dr. Angie Spencer	Chem	Alisha Nam, Elizabeth Adams	Development of a high throughput screen for GPCR signaling
Dr. Rick Topolski	Psyc	Kiana Ladson, Leslie Epsey	Dating Behaviors within Social Circles
Dr. Almira Vazdarjanova	Pharma/Tox	Rohan Mandavilli, Rachel Dixon	Sex differences in the number of GABAergic neurons in rats with a Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)-like phenotype
Dr. Donna Wear	Biology	Sheena Mondeddu	Guidelines for Healthy Food Production in an Urban Brownfield

Faculty Mentor	Department	Student(s)	Title of Project
Dr. Charlotte Christy	Biology	Benjamin Overlie, William Saunders-Cumming	Using the ycf1 gene to investigate the Ladies' Tresses Orchids of AU's Summerville Campus
Dr. Robert Comer	Biology	Eric Frazier, Samantha Hitchens	Measuring The Influence Of The Traffic Noise On Songbird Vocalizations
Dr. Josefa Guerrero-Millan	Chemistry	Benjamin Overlie, William Saunders-Cumming	Controlling and predicting the smallest drop size in electro co-flow
Dr. Angelia Holland	Chemistry	Persiah Shipley, Constantine Katsoudas, Edward Maner	Accuracy of current techniques in quantifying ketone levels
Dr. Lance Hunter	POLS	Thomas Warren	Internet Connectivity and Terrorism
Dr. Nevin Lambert	Pharmacology/Toxicology	Kush Patel	Fluorescent labeling of the nanoluciferase fragment LgBit
Dr. Dawn Langley-Bradey	PTN	Brenda Nelson, Michael Jones-Asgil	Essential Oils Effect on Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy (CIPN) in Breast Cancer: A Mixed Methods Study
Dr. Laurence Miller	Psychology	Eric Frazier, Laura Marshall	Examining the impact of pain on novel odor recognition in mice
Dr. Siva Panda	Chemistry	Hitesh Honkanadavar, William Littlefield	Fluoroquinolone Hybrid Conjugates as Potential Pharmacophores
Dr. Siva Panda	Chemistry	Hitesh Honkanadavar, William Littlefield	Participation in The 70th Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society 2018, Augusta, GA
Dr. Stacie Pettit	Teaching/Leading	amanda Woods, Lauren Todd, Macy Gentile	National Conference Student Presentations
Dr. Efrain Riveros-Perez	Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine	Nicole Varela	Performance of CO2 changes to predict fluid responsiveness in spontaneously breathing volunteers
Dr. Maria Sabbatini	Biology	Catalina Godoy, Ananya Chakraborty	Recognizing the role of Nox1 in isolated pancreatic stellate cells from mice
Dr. Tim Sadenwasser	Honors	Deanna Doughty, Hitesh Honkanadaver, Simran Mehrotra	National Collegiate Honors Council conference
Dr. Angie Spencer	Chemistry	Alisha Nam, Dalia Saj, Amy Trang	Profiling G protein coupled receptor interactions with G proteins using BRET
Dr. Yong Teng	Oral Biology	Parth Thakkar, Reeya Patel, Tiffany Lam	Development a Novel Nanoparticle-based Treatment for Breast Cancer
Dr. Almira Vazdarjanova	Pharmacology/Toxicology	tbd	Revealing sex differences in susceptibility to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in an animal model

Spring Grant awards 2014

Faculty	Dept	Title
Abdulovic-Cui, Amy	Biology	Investigating the in-vivo role of Hcb 1 in Nonhomologous end-joining
Armstrong, Rhonda	EFL	Travel to Sigma Tau Delta Convention in Savannah
Bates, Christopher	Biology	Identification of Bacteria from biofilms from the surface of marine fishes
Cannon, Jennifer	Biology	1. Effects of perfluorooctanoic acid on gene expression in mL TC-1 Leydig cells 2. Effects of perfluorooctanoic acid on gene expression in MCF-7 Breast Cancer 3. Endocrine disruption of marine benthic crustaceans
Cromer, Brandon	Biology	Monitoring of Hatching Turtle Dispersal Through Radiotelemetry
Datta, Trinanjan	Chemistry & Physics	Distortions in 2p4d Partial Fluorescence yield for 4d elements
Davies, Kim; Reese, Bill; and Powell-Williams, Melissa	Sociology	SEUSS Undergraduate Sociology Symposium
Drews, Marie	EFL	Southeastern Women's Studies Association Conference
Dunn, Brian	Biology	Deletion of purative transcription factors in the yeast Pichia pastoris
Elsalanty, Mohammed	Oral Biology	Bacterial Colonization following Dental Extraction in Rats Receiving Long-Term Bisphosphonate Therapy
Hoffman, Todd	EFL	Presentations for the National Undergraduate Literature Conference at Weber State University
Klug, Christopher	Chemistry & Physics	Coordination Chemistry of Lanthanids in Ionic Liquids
Medcalfe, Simon	Hull College of Business	Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games
Sabbatini, Maria	Biology	Identify which Adenylyl Cyclase is implicated in the proliferation and differentiation of pancreatic cancer
Saul, Bruce	Biology	Genetic Identification of Longnose Gar Populations Using Microsatellites in Estuarina verses Freshwater Environments
Sexton, Joanne	Hull College of Business	Inertial Measurement for Indoor Location Positioning
Spencer, Angela	Chemistry & Physics	Development of DNA aptamers using SELEX
Tugmon, Cathy	Biology	Identification and Antibiotic Sensitivity of Bacteria Found on and in Spiders of the CSRA
Wear, Donna; Pukis, Rick	Biology & Communications	Phenology of a temporal, natural wetland

Faculty Mentor	Department	Student(s)	Title of Project
Dr. Clement Aubert	Computer Science	Peter Browning	Implementing a Model of Distributed Reversible Computation
Dr. Hannah Bennet	Kinesiology	Taryn Lykes	Perspectives and Experiences of Inclusion in CrossFit from BIPOC and Marginalized Identities
Dr. Jennifer Bradford	Biological Sciences	Lee Beard, Sonia Jose,	Does p65 Deletion in Macrophages Alter CXCL10/CXCR3 Signaling in Cancer?
Dr. Andrew Craig-Jones	Kinesiology	Haley Gilbert, Hope Langston,	Do Compression Pants Influence Oxygen Consumption, Heart Rate, and RPE? Does A Secondary Task Effect Ground Reaction Forces During Landing?
Dr. Daniel Greene	Kinesiology	Scott Anderson, Mervin Jijika	The Psychological and Physiological Outcomes of Virtual Reality Exercise
Dr. Jia He	Mathematics	Haley Hanson	The Standard Algorithms and Alternative Strategies to Solving Decimal Multiplication and Division
Dr. Ashley Hopkins	Communications	Mary Lirette	Examining Media Frames and Biases in Coverage of Transgender and or Non-Binary Athletes
Dr. Daria V. Ilatovskaya	Physiology	Adam Jones	Sex Differences in Renal Mitochondrial Function of Healthy Rats
Dr. Deborah Jehu	Interdisciplinary Health Sciences	Somya Dutta, Charmi Patel	The Influence of the Otago Exercise Program on Executive Function Among Older Adults Living with Mild to Moderate Dementia
Dr. Abdul Malmi-Kakkada	Chemistry and Physics	Dominic Broglio	Spatial and Time-Dependent Cell Division Patterns in a Confluent Cell Monolayer
Dr. Abdul Malmi-Kakkada	Chemistry and Physics	Tommy Rusch	Vertex-Based Cell Modeling: Simulating cell behavior in a consistent computational framework
Dr. Madison Kindred	Kinesiology	Skyler Owens, Tanish Kumar	Press Play for Activity
Dr. Paul Langridge	Biological Sciences	Abby Bryant	Developing a Protocol for Producing Synthetic Notch Clones in Drosophila melanogaster Wing Imaginal Discs
Dr. Christy Ledford	Family Medicine	Faith Elliot	The Maternal Mortality Rate in Georgia Moms
Dr. Ellen LeMosy	Cellular Biology and Anatomy	Abby Huebsch, Daihanna Aragon	Visualizing the Role of Tinagl1 in Craniofacial Development in Zebrafish using Alcian Blue Staining and Immunostaining
Dr. Neil MacKinnon	Population Health Science	Puja Punukollu	A Qualitative Approach to Understanding an International Rural Health Collaborative
Dr. Mykola Mamenko	Physiology	Bianca Tubalinal	Blood Pressure and Aldosterone-dependent Renal Na+ Reabsorption Are Resistant to Aldosterone Antagonism in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats
Dr. Lawrence Miller	Psychological Sciences	Vanessa Browning, Lindsey Cook	Effects of Opioids and Ketoprofen on Pain-Related Depression of Nestlet Shredding in Mice
Dr. Eric Numfor	Mathematics	Makayla Preston	Mathematical Modeling of Post-exposure Prophylaxis of SARS-CoV-2
Dr. Michael Otunuga	Mathematics	Alexandra Yu	Modeling The Transmission of the Delta and Omicron Variants of COVID-19
Dr. Dan Rudic	Pharmacology and Toxicology	Jordan Moratin	Circadian Rhythm and Cardiovascular Health
Dr. Alex T. St. Louis	Center for Undergraduate Research and Scholarship	Melvin Hilson, Jerin Jamil	Mentor Science Identities and Their Influence on Student Relationships with Science: A Qualitative Exploration of the iBEARS Program Virtual Learning of Student Engagement Post-COVID-19: A Qualitative Analysis in Science Classrooms
Dr. Almira Vazdarjanova	Pharmacology and Toxicology	Katelinn Jones	Sexual Dimorphism in Hippocampal Arc Expression after Emotional Trauma and Fear Extinction
Dr. Melanie Wilcox	Psychological Sciences	Hinal Patel, Sam Lyons	A Pilot Study of Psychological Wellbeing, Social Wellbeing, and Racism amongst White Individuals
Dr. Weiming Xiang	Computer Science	Kaney Nguyen	Learning-Enabled Control and Navigation of Autonomous Vehicle Systems
Dr. He Yang	Mathematics	Nehemiah Horak	A Simple Deep Learning Approach to Lung Nodule Classification Using Image and Feature Data

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