AY 2022-2023 and Summer 2023 ��vlog Fellows and Interns

Student Faculty Research Grant

Fellow: Emma Akuyeva '25
Research Project: The Effects of Chronic Application of Caffeine on Spinal Locomotor Activity of the Neonatal Mouse Spinal Cord
Faculty Mentor: Manuel Diaz-Rios

Fellow: Parker Beatty '24
Research Project: Characterizing the Motor Activity Patterns of the Mammalian Spinal Cord Neural Network
Faculty Mentor: Manuel Diaz-Rios

Fellow: Sydney Bonauto '23
Research Project: finishing some grant-related research and writing a manuscript
Faculty Mentor: Jennifer Honeycutt

Fellow: Victoria Dunphy '24
Research Project: Transvection and Promoter Choice at the Eyes Absent Gene of Drosophila
Faculty Mentor: Jack Bateman

Fellow: Audrey Fillion '25
Research Project: Exploring the Role of Transcriptional Enhancers in Evolutionary Adaptability
Faculty Mentor: Michael Palopoli

Fellow: Kyla Gary '25
Research Project: Investigating the Role of Toll-7 Protein in the Developing Peripheral Nervous System of Gryllus bimaculatus
Faculty Mentor: Hadley Horch

Fellow: Josh Goldstein '25
Research Project: Behavioral Analysis of Gryllus bimaculatus following injury-induced deafferentation and exploring the role of Toll-8
Faculty Mentor: Hadley Horch

Fellow: Imani Myers '25
Research Project: Understanding messenger RNA transport in Candida albicans by examining Protein Ips2
Faculty Mentor: Anne McBride

Fellow: Alicia Ross '25
Research Project: The Potential Influence of Spaetzle-Toll Pathways in the Development of Gyrllus bimaculatus
Faculty Mentor: Hadley Horch

Fellow: Madisyn Thomas '25
Research Project: Behavioral and neurochemical effects of early life adversity as modeled by maternal separation of rats: Ultrasonic vocalization playback-induced stress and subsequent immunohistochemical microscopy of brain tissue
Faculty Mentor: Jennifer Honeycutt

Fellow: Alexandra Arndt '23

Fellow: Song Eraou '23

Fellow: Julia Lyne '23

Fellow: Geoffrey Atulo '24
Research Project: Investigation of the catalytic competency of imidazolium N-oxides at the N-termini of peptoid turn catalysts for trifluoromethylation of carbonyls.
Faculty Mentor: Benjamin Gorske

Fellow: Caity Berry '23
Research Project: Investigate how fictional narratives can be applied to discuss ethical issues related to the development of artificial intelligent-enabled technologies
Faculty Mentors: Fernando Nasc & Eric Chown

Fellow: Jack Callahan '23
Research Project: Studying Triplet photosensitization of naphthols and mentor Mario Mero
Faculty Mentor: Kana Takematsu

Fellow: Sarah Clarke '23
Research Project: supporting data analysis and dissemination efforts. Additionally, Sarah will play a key role in training new undergraduate researchers who will be hired to work on my projects
Faculty Mentor: Alison Miller

Fellow: Rahul Dasgupta '24
Research Project: To identify and explore undesirable market-related behaviors for their potential to be: discovered by an intelligent agent, harmful to other market participants, and detected/mitigated through some combination of intrinsic and extrinsic mechanisms
Faculty Mentor: David Byrd

Fellow: Charlie Galicich '24
Research Project: Investigate how fictional narratives can be applied to discuss ethical issues related to the development of artificial intelligent-enabled technologies
Faculty Mentors: Fernando Nasc & Eric Chown

Fellow: Ana Gunther '23
Research Project: analyses of Arctic soil cores and vegetation classification from Baffin Island, Canada. We will also develop a manuscript that will be submitted for publication at the end of the summer
Faculty Mentor: Phil Camil

Fellow: Wilder Harwood '24
Research Project: Study a black hole system that is a possible neutrino emitter with newly obtained NuSTAR X-ray data
Faculty Mentor: Fe McBride

Fellow: William Jorgensen '24
Research Project: To identify and explore undesirable market-related behaviors for their potential to be: discovered by an intelligent agent, harmful to other market participants, and detected/mitigated through some combination of intrinsic and extrinsic mechanisms
Faculty Mentor: David Byrd

Fellow: Evan Lucca '25
Faculty Mentor: Mohammad Irfan

Fellow: Brielle Martine '24
Research Project: Testing the accuracy of stable oxygen isotope calibrations for clam shells
Faculty Mentor: Michele LaVigne

Fellow: Elise Martin '23
Research Project: Relationship between neuromodulatory capacity and diet across majoid crab species
Faculty Mentors: Patsy Dickinson & Elizabeth Stemmler

Fellow: Eduardo Mendoza '24
Research Project: Analyzing BIPOC and LGBTQ+ representation in American Film and Television Series, Primarily by curating moving image clips that illustrate the use of the close-up in the 21st century.
Faculty Mentor: Allison Cooper

Fellow: Rachel Nealon '23
Research Project: Studying ionic liquid effects of naphthol derivatives and mentor Zelia Egan
Faculty Mentor: Kana Takematsu

Fellow: Sebastian Perez '25
Research Project: Synthesizing and Characterizing Schiff base photoacid/photoacid candidates
Faculty Mentor: Kana Takematsu

Fellow: Ibrahim Saleh '23
Research Project: Synthesizing and Characterizing Schiff base photoacid/photoacid candidates and mentor Sebastian Perez
Faculty Mentor: Kana Takematsu

Fellow: Nur Schettino '24
Research Project: Study a black hole system that is a possible neutrino emitter with newly obtained NuSTAR X-ray data
Faculty Mentor: Fe McBride

Fellow: Gracie Scheve '25
Research Project: Collaborating with me and Jaret Reblin (co-I) on the development of teaching materials design to instruct remote sensors on the plant physiological ecology underlying their observations and to instruct physiologists on remote sensing applications
Faculty Mentor: Barry Logan

Fellow: Mia Schwartz '25
Research Project: a multi-institution undergraduate science communication fellowship with collaborators at Hamilton College, Iowa State, and Claremont Colleges. All participants will travel to ��vlog in August to collaborate in person during a five-to-ten-day workshop at the Schiller Coastal Studies Center where we will share scientific results and work together to identify a target audience, design, and implement a plan for communicating our scientific results outside of our own scientific community.
Faculty Mentor: Michele LaVigne

Fellow: Luke Van Laningham '25
Research Project: Luke and I will be looking at what are called Cayley graphs. These graphs encode symmetries of certain objects. My intention is to better understand what are known as the expansion properties of these graphs.
Faculty Mentor: Eric Ramos

Fellow: William Warlick '24
Research Project: To identify and explore undesirable market-related behaviors for their potential to be: discovered by an intelligent agent, harmful to other market participants, and detected/mitigated through some combination of intrinsic and extrinsic mechanisms
Faculty Mentor: David Byrd

Fellow: Carson Williams '24
Faculty Mentor: Mohammad Irfan

��vlog Fellowships in the Life Sciences

Fellow: Tori Bacal '26
Research Project: Testing the response of Gulf of Maine Ascophyllum nodosum to warming ocean temperatures
Faculty Mentor: Katie Dubois

Fellow: Devin Bellevue '24
Research Project: Characterizing the Motor Activity Patterns of the Thoracic Spinal Cord Neural Network
Faculty Mentor: Manuel Diaz-Rios

Fellow: Sabrina DaSilva '24
Research Project: Unidirectional diversity hypothesis in Willow tree species Salix exigua and Salix laevigata along riparian corridors
Faculty Mentor: Vladimir Douhovnikoff

Fellow: Joanne Du '24
Research Project: Role of Polycomb group proteins in reduced eyes absent gene expression in Drosophila melanogaster
Faculty Mentor: Jack Bateman

Fellow: Jolie Ganzell '25
Research Project: Comparing Morphology and Genetics in Differentiating Between Asterias rubens and Asterias forbesi
Faculty Mentor: Amy Johnson

Fellow: Emma Gibbens '25
Research Project: Examining the effects of semaphorin-induced neuroplasticity on the negative phonotactic responses of Gryllus bimaculatus
Faculty Mentor: Hadley Horch

Fellow: Emily Jones '24
Research Project: Molecular Characterization of Toll 2 Proteins in the Cricket Nervous System
Faculty Mentor: Hadley Horch

Fellow: Aeri Ko '25
Research Project: The effect of calcium-activated potassium channels on spinal locomotor rhythm
Faculty Mentor: Manuel Diaz-Rios

Fellow: Isabelle Lockhart '24
Research Project: Investigating the localization and stress response of a prion-forming protein in the fungus Candida albicans
Faculty Mentor: Anne McBride

Fellow: Matt Morales '25
Research Project: Protein Aggregation and Stress Response in Candida albicans
Faculty Mentor: Matt Morales

Fellow: Kaya Patel '26
Faculty Mentor: Jennifer Honeycutt

��vlog Public Service Fellowships

Fellow: Nicko Aguillon '24

Fellow: Matthew Audi '24

Fellow: Jai Duval '24

Fellow: Skyla Hong '26

Fellow: Jingyuan Huang '25

Fellow: Nicholas Huang '24

Fellow: Boaz Malakoff '24

Fellow: Amory Malin '24

Fellow: Abigail Martin '26

Fellow: Dov McGuire-Berk '24

Fellow: Aidan Reid '24

Fellow: Ugne Stasiukynaite '24

Fellow: Karam Sutham '25

Fellow: Lauren Traum '24

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Fellow: Eva Ahn '26
Research Project: Pollination of Wild Low-Bush Blueberry / Learning and Memory in Different Pollinator Groups
Faculty Mentors: Patricia Jones & Ian Kyle

Fellow: Cora Dow '24
Research Project: ��vlog Scientific Station Artist-in-Residence
Faculty Mentors: Patricia Jones & Ian Kyle

Fellow: Liliane Fanburg '23
Research Project: Social Behavior in Herring Gulls (Ecology & Computer Science)
Faculty Mentors: Patricia Jones & Ian Kyle

Fellow: Danny Lee '25
Research Project: Long-Term Population Monitoring of the Leach's Storm-Petrel: The Impacts of Climate Change and Other Environmental Factors
Faculty Mentors: Patricia Jones & Ian Kyle

Fellow: Oscar Nigam '25
Research Project: Population Dynamics in Savannah Sparrows
Faculty Mentors: Patricia Jones & Ian Kyle

Fellow: Charlie O'Brien
Research Project: Island Stewardship
Faculty Mentors: Patricia Jones & Ian Kyle

Fellow: Sejal Prachand '24
Research Project: Long-Term Population Monitoring of the Leach's Storm-Petrel: The Impacts of Climate Change and Other Environmental Factors
Faculty Mentors: Patricia Jones & Ian Kyle

Fellow: Brad Schoenthaler '24
Research Project: Effects of Rockweed Harvesting on Intertidal Invertebrates and Algae
Faculty Mentors: Patricia Jones & Ian Kyle

Fellow: Helena Souffrant '25
Research Project: Effects of Rockweed Harvesting on Intertidal Invertebrates and Algae
Faculty Mentors: Patricia Jones & Ian Kyle

Fellow: Reed Warburton '23
Research Project: Island Stewardship
Faculty Mentors: Patricia Jones & Ian Kyle

Cooke Environmental Research Fellowship

Fellow: Angela Delgado '25
Research Project: Analyzing the Use of Solar Panels in Southern California’s South Bay Area
Faculty Mentors: Barry Logan & Eileen Johnson

Fellow: Ashwini Sahasrabudhe '25
Research Project: Trailside Trespassers: Mapping Invasive Plant Species in Lyme Land Trust Preserves
Faculty Mentors: Eileen Johnson

Theodore Samuel Danzig '22 Memorial Fellowship Fund

Fellow: Julianna Brown '24
Research Project: The Place of Religion in Liberalism
Faculty Mentors: Paul Franco

Denning Summer Fellowship

Fellow: Colter Adams '24

Fellow: Anna Diaconu '24

Fellow: Katie Draeger '24

Fellow: Shoshi Gordon '24

Fellow: Clara Jergins '24

Fellow: Andrew Kaleigh '24

Fellow: Rory Kliewer '24

Fellow: Jane Olsen '24

Fellow: Sophia Pantzer '24

Fellow: Paul Wang '24

Gibbons Summer Research Program

Fellow: Ephraim Boamah '25
Research Project: Assessing the effects of the environmental pollutant Dibutyl Phthalate on motor activity in the mammalian spinal cord and the neuroprotective effects of Rosmarinic Acid
Faculty Mentor: Manuel Diaz-Rios

Fellow: Sophie Brett '25
Research Project: Anticipating and removing barriers to the dissemination of educational research: Supporting the Bridging Preschool and Kindergarten Science project (NSF #2201673) through an intentional and robust web presence
Faculty Mentor: Alison Miller

Fellow: David Guan '25
Research Project: Extremal invariants in families of highly symmetric graphs
Faculty Mentors: Eric Ramos & Thomas Pietraho

Fellow: Justin Huang '24
Research Project: The Effect of Competition, Inflation, and Economic Policy on the Pricing of Electric Vehicles
Faculty Mentor: Erik Nelson

Fellow: Benjamin Israel '25
Research Project: The Capability Approach and its Technological Applications
Faculty Mentor: Fernando Nascimento

Fellow: Anya Workman '25
Research Project: Digital Ricoeur
Faculty Mentor: Fernando Nascimento

Global Citizens Fellowship

Fellow: Astrid Braun '24

Fellow: Sapphire Hall '25

Fellow: Sabrina Kearney '26

Fellow: Phincho Sherpa '25

Fellow: Pranav Vadlamudi '26

Alfred E Golz Fellowship

Fellow: Lucas Dufalla '24
Research Project: Internship at Public Source
Faculty Mentor: Source

Fellow: Seth Gorelik '25
Research Project: The Human Cost of Nuclear Ambition: The Dark History of Soviet Nuclear Testing in Kazakhstan
Faculty Mentor: David Hecht

Fellow: Ian Morrison '24
Research Project: Internship at New England Historic Genealogical Society
Faculty Mentor: Patrick Rael

Fellow: Talia Traskos-Hart '25
Research Project: The history of labor organizing at U.S. colleges and universities
Faculty Mentor: Connie Chiang

Kappa Psi Upsilon Maine Based Environmental Fellowship

Fellow: Libby Boutin '24

Fellow: Julia Kate Bradley '25

Fellow: Addison Davis '25

Fellow: Neena Goldtwaite '24

Fellow: Ilo Holdridge '25

Fellow: Jillian Horton '24

Fellow: Connor Hovendon '24

Fellow: Talia Mirel '24

Fellow: Emma Olney '25

Fellow: Owen Ratliff '25

Littlefield Summer Research Fellowship

Fellow: Morgan Adams '24
Research Project: "Using Thin-Film Polymeric Surfaces for Aspirin Polymorph Control"
Faculty Mentor: Amnon Ortoll-Bloch

Fellow: Miles Bartlett '26
Research Project: Bimetallic Catalyst Project
Faculty Mentor: Brandon Tate

Fellow: Gabriel Bloom-O'Sullivan '25
Research Project: Characterizing Cobalt Hydroxide Carbonate Crystallization Pathways on Functionalized Surfaces
Faculty Mentor: Amnon Ortoll-Bloch

Fellow: Jotham Casey '25
Research Project: "Synthesizing Bimetallic Catalysts for Hydrogen Activation in the Production of Renewable Fuels"
Faculty Mentor: Brandon Tate

Fellow: Lily Clifford '26
Research Project: Computational Analysis of the Mechanism for C-H activation by a Fe(dmpe)2 Complex
Faculty Mentor: Sean Lutz

Fellow: Mario Mero '25
Research Project: Excited State Proton Transfer within 2-Naphtol Triplet Excited State
Faculty Mentor: Kana Takematsu

Fellow: Devin O'Loughlin '24
Research Project: Investigating the Impact of Electron-Withdrawing Side Chains on Trifluoroacetic Acid Degradation of N-Acylated Peptoids
Faculty Mentor: Benjamin Gorske

Fellow: Foje-Geh Tendoh '24
Research Project: Investigation of Bacterial Glycans and Glycan Transporters using Novel Sugar Probes
Faculty Mentor: Danielle Dube

Fellow: Bryant Ung '24
Research Project: Metabolic Labeling of glycans on common gut bacteria
Faculty Mentor: Danielle Dube

Fellow: Dana Zhao '26
Research Project: Computational Investigation of C–H Activation by Fe(dmpe)2
Faculty Mentor: Sean Lutz

Maine Community Fellowship

Fellow: Fiona Bor '25

Fellow: Alex Kelly '25

Fellow: Daniel Kotorri '25

Fellow: Carina Lim-Huang '25

Fellow: Cora Livingston '24

Fellow: Fay O'Donnell '24

Fellow: Brooks Peters '24

Fellow: Emely Reyes '25

Fellow: Jack Selig '24

Fellow: Jiahn Son '25

Fellow: Caroline Vauclain '25

Dana Walker Mayo Summer Research Fellowship

Fellow: Candice Ballarin '25
Research Project: Using Cyclic Carbenes As Catalysts in an Olefin Dimerization
Faculty Mentor: Richard Broene

Fellow: Charlotte Hodge '25
Research Project: "Bimetallic Catalyst Synthesis in the Study of Alternative Renewable Fuel Sources"
Faculty Mentor: Brandon Tate

Fellow: Meredith Stetter '23
Research Project: Exploring para-substituted phenylisontriles for the dimerization of LAOs
Faculty Mentor: Richard Broene

Fellow: Will Surks '24
Research Project: Investigating the impact of Helicobacter pylori glycans on immune recognition and response
Faculty Mentor: Danielle Dube

Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program

Fellow: Alexandra Camargo '25

Fellow: Miguel Pavon '25

Fellow: Zerimar Ramirez '25

Fellow: Christine Ramos '24

Fellow: Gabrielle Waller-Whelan '25

Paller Neuroscience 2023-2024 Academic Year Fellowship

Fellow: Katrina Carrier '24
Research Project: Combinatorial Effects of Temperature and Salinity on the Nervous System of the Lobster Homarus Americanus
Faculty Mentor: Daniel Powell

Fellow: Grant Griesman '24
Research Project: Differential temperature resiliencies in the two cell types of the Homarus americanus cardiac ganglion
Faculty Mentor: Daniel Powell

Fellow: Zack Reynolds '24
Research Project: Neuroanatomical Changes in the BLA-PFC Circuit in Response to ELA are Sex-Specific
Faculty Mentor: Jennifer Honeycutt

Fellow: Josie Tidmore '24
Research Project: Neural compensation in response to salinity perturbation in the lobster cardiac ganglion
Faculty Mentor: Daniel Powell

Fellow: Karin van Hassel '24
Research Project: Modulation of the stretch feedback pathway by neuropeptides in the heart of the lobster, Homarus americanus
Faculty Mentor: Daniel Powell

Volpe Summer Research Fellowship in Digital and Computational Studies

Fellow: Ashley Morash '26
Research Project: Applying Computer Vision to Foster the Common Good in Rural Areas of Developing Countries
Faculty Mentor: Fernando Nascimento

Allen Wells Travel & Research Award

Fellow: Katie Draeger '24
Research Project: Community Based Conversation on the island Santa Cruz inn the Galápagos
Faculty Mentor: Gustavo Faveron

Fellow: Andrea Rodriguez '25
Research Project: Decolonializing Early Childhood Education in Colombia
Faculty Mentor: Irina Popescu

Fellow: Alondra Rodriguez '24
Research Project: Restorative Justice in Argentina
Faculty Mentor: Javier Cikota

Fellow: Juliana Vandermark '24
Research Project: Controversy of the Crypto-Jews in New Mexico
Faculty Mentor: Javier Cikota

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