Sciences
CUSE works with outstanding students of all years, colleges, disciplines, and majors.
Below are examples of Science students who have participated in Conference, Research, and Research Apprenticeship opportunities funded by CUSE!
Browse student spotlights by the following majors:
- Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics
- Biochemistry
- Biological Sciences
- Chemistry
- Environmental Sciences
- Mathematics
- Neuroscience and Behavior
- Physics
- Science-Business
- Science PreProfessional
Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics
Nicolle Ho, Class of 2018, Applied and Computational Mathematics & Statistics
Research: Decoupling of Soil and Air Temperatures in Arctic Tundra: Implications for Ecosystem Function
Location: Toolik Field Station, North Slope Alaska
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Adrian Rocha
Nicolle Ho Research (PDF)
Biochemistry
Margaret Berta, Class of 2019, Biochemistry and Political Science
Research: Distributed Pharmaceutical Analysis Lab (DPAL) Operation Improvement
Location: Notre Dame, IN
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Marya Liberman
Harisa Spahic, Class of 2018, Biochemistry
Eagan Fellowship: Continuation of a pilot investigation of the relationship between neurocognitive function, inflammatory biomarkers, and CYP2D6 in breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy and endocrine therapy.
Location: Notre Dame, IN
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Pascal Jean-Pierre
Harisa Spahic Eagan Fellowship (PDF)
Harisa Spahic, Class of 2018, Biochemistry
Eagan Fellowship: Pilot investigation of the relationship between neurocognitive functioning, inflammatory biomarkers, and BRCA1/2 in breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy and endocrine therapy.
Location: Cancer Neurocognitive Translational Research Lab (CNTRL), Notre Dame
Faculty Mentor: Pascal Jean-Pierre
Harisa Spahic Research Assistantship (PDF)
William Hallas, Class of 2015, Biochemistry
Presentation Topic: EGFR regulates the expression and activity of ARID3B through phosphoinositide 3-kinase
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Faculty Mentor: Karen Cowden Dahl
William Hallas Conference Presentation (PDF)
Biological Sciences
Nicole Handa, Class of 2017, Biology and Psychology
Conference Presentation: Poster Presentation Interrogating
the role that tbx2a/b play in mitigating the
function of mecom in zebrafish pronephric development
Location: University of Michigan
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Rebecca Wingert
Nicole Handa Conference Presentation (PDF)
Xioyu Yu, Class of 2019, Biological Sciences and Mathematics
Service Learning: Amazon Indigenous & Community Health in Ecuador
Location: Ecuador
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Kraig Beyerlein
Xioyu Yu Service-Learning (PDF)
Norbert Kuc, Class of 2017, Biological Sciences
Grogan Fellowship: Asbestos related pleural disease in insulator workers
Location: Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Radiology Department, Chicago, IL
Norbert Kuc Grogan Fellowship (PDF)
Maddison Staff, Class of 2018, Biological Sciences and Film, Television, and Theater
Research: Generation of Visual Mutants in Aedes aegypti
Location: Notre Dame, IN, O'Tousa Lab
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Michelle Whaley
Maddison Staff Research (PDF)
Eduardo Miranda Mora, Class of 2019, Biological Sciences
Research: AIM: Ancestry informative, transferable, and affordable DNA markers for Chestnut
Location: Notre Dame, Indiana
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Jeanne Romero-Severson
Eduardo Miranda Mora Research (PDF)
Kiley Adams, Class of 2017, Biology
Research: Finding India's Missing Disabled Population
Location: India
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Peter Walshe
Kiley Adams Research (PDF)
Megan McGarel, Class of 2016, Biological Sciences
Conference Presentation: American Association for Cancer Research
Location: New Orleans, LA
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Laurie Littlepage
Megan McGarel Research (PDF)
David Weber, Class of 2016, Biological Sciences
Research: Ecological Effects of Non-native Pacific Salmon and Brown Trout on Native Brook Trout in Great Lakes Tributaries
Location: Notre Dame, IN
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Dominic Chaloner
David Weber Research (PDF)
Philip Allen, Class of 2016, Biology & Classics
Conference Presentation: StARD9 is a Novel Kinesin Required for Motility and Tubulation of Late Endosomes/Lysosomes Containing NPC1
Location: San Diego, CA
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Kevin Vaughn
Philip Allen Conference Presentation (PDF)
Jewel Malonza, Class of 2018, Biology
Research: Correlation of X-ray Maximum Body Width Measurements and QMR Fat Mass Measurements
Location: University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame,Leevy Lab
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Matthew Leevy
Jewel Malonza Research (PDF)
Matthew McGoldrick, Class of 2018, Biological Sciences & English
Research: 3D Printing Model Brain Tumors
Location: Lab of Dr. W.M. Leevy, University of Notre Dame
Faculty Mentor: Matthew Leevy
Matthew McGoldrick Research (PDF)
Michelle Mueller, Class of 2018, Biological Sciences
Research Apprenticeship: Studying Wild Animals in Belize
Location: San Ignacio, Cayo Belize
Faculty Mentor: Vania Smith-Oka
Michelle Mueller Research Apprenticeship (PDF)
Bradley Bowles, Class of 2017, Biological Sciences
Research Assistantship: Cardiofibroblast Growth within Methacrylated Gelma Substrates
Location: Zorlutuna Lab, Notre Dame
Faculty Mentor: Pinar Zorlutuna
Bradley Bowles Research Assistantship (PDF)
Chemistry
Andrew Baublis, Class of 2019, Chemistry and Math
Research: Cesium Lead Halide nanocrystal synthesis
Location: Notre Dame, IN
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Masaru Kuno
Andrew Baublish Research (PDF)
Environmental Sciences
Sophia Chau, Class of 2017, Environmental Science
Conference Presentation:Images of War: Urbanization of lakeshores: are we decreasing the supply of food to top predators in inland fisheries?
Location: Miami University, Ohio
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Dominic Chaloner
Sophia Chau Conference Presentation (PDF)
Sawyer Williams, Class of 2018, Political Science & Environmental Science
Research: Genomic Expression and Its Impacts on Chemotherapy
Location: Notre Dame, Indiana
Faculty Mentor: Amy Stark
Luke Hamel, Class of 2017, Environmental Sciences & Psychology
Research: Benthic Marine Organism Project
Location: Smithsonian Marine Research Station, Fort Pierce, Florida
Luke Hamel Research (PDF)
Lauren Eckert, Class of 2014, Environmental Sciences
Conference Presentation: The 20th Annual Wildlife Society Conference
Location: Milwaukee, WI
Faculty Mentor: Michael Cramer
Lauren Eckert Conference Presentation (PDF)
Charles Xu, Class of 2014, Environmental Sciences
Conference Presentation: "Genetic Differentiation among Populations of Echinolittorina radiata across East Asia" at the Evolution 2013 Conference
Location: Snowbird, UT
Faculty Mentor: Jeffrey Feder
Charles Xu Conference Presentation (PDF)
Mathematics
Justin Skycak, Class of 2018, Mathmatics
Research Assistantship: Computational Neuroscience at LANL
Location: New Mexico Consortium in Los Alamos, NM
Faculty Mentor: Dervis Can Vural
Jonathan Vandenburgh, Class of 2016, Mathematics
Conference Attendance: Young Topologists' Meeting
Location: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Faculty Mentor: Mark Behrens
Jonathan Vandenburgh Conference Attendance (PDF)
Neuroscience and Behavior
Megan Luft, Class of 2018, Neuroscience & Behavior
Internship: St. Thomas Moore Language College
Location: London, England
Megan Luft Internship (PDF)
Ashley Kyalwazi, Class of 2018, Neuroscience and Behavior
Conference Attendance: USA Clubhouse National Conference
Location: Washington, D.C.
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Lisa Anderson
Ashley Kyalwazi Conference Attendance (PDF)
Yoo Jin Jung, Class of 2018, Neuroscience and Behavior
Research: UCLA Summer Research
Location: UCLA, Glanzman Lab
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Michelle Whaley
Yoo Jin Research(PDF)
Sarah Glover, Class of 2018, Neuroscience and Behavior
Internship: Projects Abroad Medical Internship in Nepal
Location: Bharatpur, Chitwan, Nepal
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Patrick Vivirito
Sarah Glover Internship (PDF)
Dominic Acri, Class of 2018, Neuroscience and Behavior
Research: Diel Flight Activity of Wild Caught Anopheles Farauti s.s. and Anopheles hinesorum malaria mosquitoes from northern Queensland, Australia
Location: University of Notre Dame
Faculty Mentor: Giles Duffield
Dominic Acri Research Assistantship (PDF)
Angela Patel, Class of 2018, Neuroscience & Behavior
Immersion:Global Health Immersion in Ethiopia
Location: Addis Ababa and Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Cecilia Lucero
Angela Patel Immersion (PDF)
Shaley Albaugh, Class of 2017, Neuroscience & Behavior
Gerspach Fellowship: Research in Palliative Care
Location: Hillebrand Center for Compassionate Care in Medicine, University of Notre Dame
Faculty Mentor: Dominic Vachon
Shaley Albaugh Research Assistantship (PDF)
Physics
Daniel Currie, Class of 2018, Physics
Research: National Low Dose CT Scan Early Detection Lung Cancer Screening Program
Location: Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
Daniel Currie Grogan (PDF)
Christopher Brady, Class of 2019, Physics
Research: Modelling and predicting cataclysmic events via a TWINSOL spectrometer.
Location: Notre Dame, IN
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Daniel Bardayan
Christopher Brady Research (PDF)
Michael Foley, Class of 2018, Physics & Honors Math
Research Assistantship: iLocater Software Development
Location: University of Notre Dame, Crepp Laboratory
Faculty Mentor: Justin Crepp
Michael Foley Research Assistantship (PDF)
Science-Business
Alina Nguyen, Class of 2017, Neuroscience & Behavior
Conference Presentation: 2016 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students
Location: Tampa, FL
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Michael Pfrender
Alina Nguyen Conference Presentation (PDF)
Aislinn Betts, Class of 2018, Science-Business
Conference Presentation: World Molecular Imaging Conference
Location: New York, NY
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: W. Matthew Leevy
Aislinn Betts Conference Presentation (PDF)
Michael DiGaetano, Class of 2017, Science-Business
Research: Examining Neuropathic Pain Pathways
Location: Notre Dame, IN
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Patrick Sheets
Michael DiGaetano Research (PDF)
Christine Mayuga, Class of 2019, Science-Business
Research: Characterizing growth phenotypes among recently labadapted isolates of malarial parasites arising from an area of emerging drug resistance
Location: Notre Dame, IN
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Michael Ferdig
Christine Mayuga Research (PDF)
Graham Englert, Class of 2015, Science-Business and Peace Studies
Conference Presentation: Global Health & Innovation Conference
Location: Yale University, New Haven, CT
Graham Englert Conference Presentation (PDF)
Science PreProfessional
Robert Wozniak, Class of 2018, Preprofessional Studies and Spanish
Research: Evaluation of Methodology in Monitoring, Controlling, and Treating Chagas Disease in Belize
Location: Belize
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: John Grieco and Nicole Achee
Robert Wozniak Research (PDF)
Christy Lucas, Class of 2016, Science PreProfessional & Psychology
Research: Role of Rab8A and Med16 in Chemotherapy Response
Location: Notre Dame, IN
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Amy Stark
Christy Lucas Research (PDF)
Carolyn Ahlers, Class of 2017, Science PreProfessional
Conference Presentation: Activation of Focal Adhesion Kinase (FAK) in Epithelial Morphogenesis
Location: San Diego, CA
Notre Dame Faculty Mentor: Jeni Prosperi
Carolyn Ahlers Conference Presentation (PDF)