Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) USA 2023
Nadin Jailaubekova, Biotechnology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Kristen Johnson, Life Sciences
Topic: The Role of FoxN2 in Negative Regulation of Ciliogenesis and Possible Application to Pancreatic Cancer Cells
Research Experience and Apprenticeship Program (REAP) 2023
John Horangic, Biotechnology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Kristen Johnson, Life Sciences
Topic: Decoding FOXN2 Interactions with Chromatin and the Requirement for Interaction(s) with RFX Proteins in the Regulation of Gene Expression Controlling Ciliogenesis
Research Presentation Grants 2023
Savannah Lopez, Biotechnology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Patricia Halpin, Life Sciences
Topic: Students Prefer Final Projects That Are Scaffolded to Avoid Procrastination and Negative Impact on Mental Health
Conference: American Physiology Summit
Research Experience and Apprenticeship Program (REAP) 2022
James Flynn, Biotechnology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Donald Plante, Applied Engineering and Sciences
Topic: Mathematical Models of Self Assembly of Viral Capsids
Research Presentation Grants 2022
Isabelle Laizure, Biotechnology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Kristen Johnson, Biotechnology
Topic: Engineered Device in E. coli lyses S. aureus at Physiological Fever Temperatures
Conference: Association of Southeastern Biologists
Fardeen Siddiqui, Biotechnology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Kyle MacLea, Life Sciences
Topics: The Development of Methods for the Isolation of Bacteriophages Infecting Borreliella Burgdorferi and Isolation and Characterization of Marine Pseudoalteromonas spp. Bacteriophages
Conference: American Society for Microbiology
Fardeen Siddiqui, Biotechnology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Kristen Johnson, Biotechnology
Topic Engineered Device in E. coli lyses S. aureus at Physiological Fever Temperatures
Conference: Association of Southeastern Biologists
Shoshana Trudel, Biotechnology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Kyle MacLea, Life Sciences
Topics: Isolation and Characterization of Marine Pseudoalteromonas spp. Bacteriophages and Isolation and Identification of Borrelielle burgdorferi Bacterial Viruses from New Hampshire Ixodes scapularis
Conference: American Society for Microbiology
Meliha Ulker, Biotechnology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Kristen Johnson, Biotechnology
Topic: Engineered device in E. coli lyses S. aureus at physiological fever temperatures
Conference: Association of Southeastern Biologists
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) USA 2021
Isabelle Laizure, Biotechnology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Kristen Johnson, Life Sciences
Topic: Transcriptome Analysis of FOXN2 in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
Fardeen Siddiqui, Biotechnology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Kyle MacLea, Life Sciences
Topic: Isolation of Borrelia burgdorferi Bacteriophage
Research Presentation Grant 2020
***Indicates a student who received a grant in 2020 but could not follow through with their plans to conduct or present their research due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vanessa Cleary, Neuropsychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Nicholas Mian, Life Sciences
Project Title: The Physiological Assessment of Anxiety in Children
Conference: Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Conference
Kelsey Duggan, Biotechnology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Kristen Johnson, Biotechnology
Project Title: Knock-down of FOXN2 Enhances Adhesion and Reduces Migration in Pancreatic Cancer Cells
Conference: AACR Conference on Pancreatic Cancer
Kate Lu, Biological Sciences
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Kristen Johnson, Biotechnology
Project Title: Knock-down of FOXN2 Enhances Adhesion and Reduces Migration in Pancreatic Cancer Cells
Conference: AACR Conference on Pancreatic Cancer
Sabrina Oliveira, Biological Sciences
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Kristen Johnson, Biotechnology
Project Title: Knock-down of FOXN2 Enhances Adhesion and Reduces Migration in Pancreatic Cancer Cells
Conference: AACR Conference on Pancreatic Cancer
***Ava Parr, Neuropsychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Daniel Seichepine, Psychology
Project Title: Cognitive Reserve Moderates the Executive Dysfunction Associated with Parkinson's Disease
Conference: Cognitive Aging Conference
Blanca Santibάñez, Biotechnology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Kristen Johnson, Biotechnology
Project Title: Knock-down of FOXN2 Enhances Adhesion and Reduces Migration in Pancreatic Cancer Cells
Conference: AACR Conference on Pancreatic Cancer
Rebecca Skahan, Neuropsychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Nicholas Mian, Life Sciences
Project Title: The Physiological Assessment of Anxiety in Children
Conference: Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Conference
Research Presentation Grant - 2019
Brooke Chauncey, Biotechnology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Kristen Johnson, Biotechnology
Project Title: Knock-down of FOXN2 in PANC-1 Cells Cause Deficiencies in Proliferation and Migration
Conference: American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
Hannah Curran, Neuropsychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Nicholas Mian, Life Sciences
Project Title: The Barriers to Referral & Influences on Clinical Decision-Making for Pediatric Emotional Disorders
Conference: Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences
Laina Fitzgerald, Neuropsychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Daniel Seichepine, Life Sciences
Project Title: History of Repeated Head Injury is Associated with Symptomatic Return to Physical Activity after a Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Conference: International Neuropsychological Society 2018 Mid-Year Meeting Secretariat
Randi Gravelle, Biological Science
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Kristen Johnson, Biotechnology
Project Title: Knock-down of FOXN2 in PANC-1 Cells Cause Deficiencies in Proliferation and Migration
Conference: American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
Jasmine Huffman, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Nicholas Mian, Life Sciences
Project Title: I Cannot Tell a Lie: Emotional Intelligence as a Predictor of Deceptive Behavior
Conference: Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences
Elizabeth Maurais, Biotechnology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Kristen Johnson, Biotechnology
Project Title: Knock-down of FOXN2 in PANC-1 Cells Cause Deficiencies in Proliferation and Migration
Conference: American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
Claudia Maynard, Biotechnology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Nicholas Mian, Life Sciences
Project Title: The Barriers to Referral & Influences on Clinical Decision-Making for Pediatric Emotional Disorders
Conference: Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship – USA 2018
Jasmine Huffman, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Nicholas Mian, Psychology
Topic: I Cannot Tell a Lie: Emotional Competence as a Predictor of Deceptive Behavior
Undergraduate Research Award 2018
Elizabeth Maurais, Biotechnology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Kristen Johnson, Biotechnology
Topic: Effect of Reduced FOXN2 Gene Expression in Transformed Panc-1 Cells
Research Presentation Grant 2018
Zachary Brewster, Biological Sciences
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Daniel Seichepine, Psychology
Project Title: Repetitive mTBI Affects Mirror-tracing but not Rotary Pursuit Performance
Conference: Cognitive Aging Conference 2018
William McClelland, Biological Sciences
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Kyle MacLea, Biological Sciences
Project Title: Pleural Drainage Enhances Diaphragmatic Pressure Generation in Mechanically Ventilated Patients
Conference: Critical Care Canada Forum 2017
Undergraduate Research Award 2017
Ariel Trachtenberg, Biological Sciences
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Kyle MacLea, Biological Sciences
Topic: Bacterial Survey of Acid-Brown Water Elbow Pond in Woodstock, NH USA
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship – USA 2016
Vanessa Russell, Biology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Stephen Pugh, Biology
Topic: Distribution of Peromyscus leucopus and Peromyscus maniculatus in Northern and Western New Hampshire
Kyle Vynorius, Biology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Daniel Seichepine, Psychology
Topic: Effects of Parkinson’s Disease Subtypes on Executive Function and Personality Attributes
Undergraduate Research Award 2016
Barbara Ste. Croix, Biology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Nicholas Mian, Psychology
Topic: Mapping Fears in Kids: The Relationship Between Physiological and Behavioral Arousal in Young Children
Undergraduate Research Award (URA) 2014-15
Bruce Rheaume, Biology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Kyle MacLea, Biological Sciences
Topic: Novel Genomic Assembly of Idiomarina abyssalis
Research Presentation Grant 2015
Joshua Linnane, Biology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Stephen Pugh, Biological Sciences
Project Title: A Comparison of the Techniques and Results of the Mammal Surveys Done at the Manchester Cedar Swamp
Conference: International Urban Wildlife Conference
Bruce Rheaume, Biology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Kyle MacLea, Biological Sciences
Project Title: Genome Sequencing of the Deep-Sea Bacterium Idiomarina abyssalis
Conference: American Society of Microbiology General Meeting
2014 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) USA
Joshua Linnane, Biology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Stephen Pugh, Biology
Topic: Mammal Survey of the Conservation and Development Areas of Hackett Hill
2012 Undergraduate Research Award (URA)
Rebecca Mason, Biological Sciences
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Charles Walker, Molecular, Cellular & Biomedical Sciences
Topic: The Role of HAUSP in the Mitochondrial Non-Transcriptional p53 Apoptotic Pathway of IMR-32 Human Neuroblastoma Cancer Cells
2011 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) USA
Lowell M. Mower, History
Faculty Mentor: Prof. John Resch, History
Topic: Seeds of Revolution: The French and Indian War, 1754-1763
Matthew Vartanian, Computer Information Systems
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Mihaela Sabin, Computer Information Systems
Topic: Open Source Development: DONATE System for YWCA
2010 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
(SURF) USA
Daniel Pepin, Computer Information Systems
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Mihaela Sabin, Computer Information Systems
Project: OpenITware Platform Architecture to Support Learning and Outreach in the CIS Program at UNH Manchester
2010 Undergraduate Research Award (URA)
Rebecca Lee, Communication Arts
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Mihaela Sabin, Computer Information Systems
Project: Enabling Technology Transfer from the Computer Information Systems Classroom to the Manchester Community
2009 Undergraduate Research Award (URA)
John Reale, Business
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Thomas Birch, Business
Project: The Double Oral Auction: Markets and Power
2007 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) USA
Kirsten Hildonen, History
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Jeffrey Klenotic, Communication Arts
Topic: Film Exhibition in Manchester, NH: Movies as Leisure for an Industrial Working Class
2006 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship – USA
Rayne Coleman, Sign Language Interpretation
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Jack Hoza, Sign Language Interpretation
Topic: “Could you Pass the Salt?” Comparing Politeness Strategies of Working Class Spoken English and American Sign Language Users
Michelle Mitchell, History
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Robert Macieski, History
Topic: From Yankee Farm Girl to Factory Operative: Creating a New England Proletariat
2006 Research Presentation Grant
Catherine Overson, Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Gary Goldstein, Psychology
Topic: Perinatal Loss: Possible Caregiver Barriers: Implications for Training
Conference: National Conference on Undergraduate Research. Asheville, NC
