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DUSCI Summer Fellowships

DRAKE UNDERGRADUATE SUMMER RESEARCH PROGRAM
This program supports eight weeks of full-time research during June and July. In 2007 eight fellowships have been awarded. Each fellowship provided a student stipend of $3,000 and a faculty stipend of $1,000. Online 2008 Application will be available in January 2008.
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Activities supported and organized by DUSCI during the summer include field trips, workshops, weekly research meetings, socials and a final research presentation by participants.
zackresearch07 July 26th 2007, final research presentation by Zachary Oler
The following faculty members and students participated in the 2007 Summer Undergraduate Research Program:

  • Hassan Almoazen, assistant professor of pharmaceutics, worked with Megan D. Hill of St. Louis; Benjamin J. Kacner of Lindenhurst, Ill.; and Amanda J. Weber of Belleville, Ill.; and Laura G. Wolf of Eagan, Minn.

  • Maria Bohorquez, associate professor of chemistry, worked with Sara M. Wildgen of Overland Park, Kan.

  • Luz De Alba, professor of mathematics, worked with Jonathan M. Botts of Newton, Iowa.

  • Gholam Mirafzal, associate professor of chemistry, worked with Kristen A. Bernard of  New Jersey; and Daniel J. Sadowski of LaSalle, Ill.

  • Charles Nelson, associate professor of physics and astronomy, worked with Juliann Leifeld of Woodbury, Minn.

  • Nita Pandit, professor of pharmaceutics, worked with Adam Ericksen of Racine, Wis.

  • Athanasios Petridis, associate professor of physics and astronomy, worked with Zachary Kertzman of Chaska, Minn.

  • Timothy Urness, assistant professor of mathematics, worked with Maren Mann of Abuja, Nigeria; and Zachary Oler of Des Moines.

  • Maria Valdovinos, assistant professor of psychology, worked with Aaron T. Lander of Council Bluffs, Iowa.

  • Craige Wrenn, assistant professor of pharmacology, worked with Christy Willoughby of Overland Park, Kan.