Alumna Maggie Fink Presents Research at Webinar

2020 Biochemistry graduate Maggie Fink is presenting research that she conducted with Dr. Shahir Rizk and fellow 2020 Biological Sciences graduate Emmanuel N'Guetta. Their work was published a few months ago in Protein Engineering Design and Selection. Their article was selected as an Editor's Choice article and they were invited to discuss it in tomorrow's webinar (Click here to join). Both Fink and N'Guetta are in the second year of their Ph.D. programs at the University of Notre Dame and the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, respectively. This is a great honor for the Rizk lab and we are especially proud of Fink and N'Guetta who worked so hard and enthusiastically for several semesters with Rizk. Their dedication has been rewarded with a patent, a published article, and now this honor.  Congratulations!

Students Present at Annual LSAMP Conference

On Saturday ten of our students attended the annual LSAMP Conference for STEM research conducted by minority students. This year the conference was organized by Ball State University - and although it was virtual because of the pandemic, it was still a great success. Students particularly enjoyed the captivating story of NASA researcher and astronaut Leland Melvin. 

Three of our summer LSAMP scholars presented virtual posters.

Valeria Madrigal (pictured first) with mentor Dr. Muna (Chemistry)
Investigating the Effect of Bismuth Deposition Time on Bismuth Modified Electrodes Performance in Detecting Lead

Keith Taylor (pictured second) with mentor Dr. Marr (Sustainability and Biology)
Pollinator Diversity And Microbial Diversity In Nectar In Urban Wetland

Luis Rodriquez (pictured third) with mentor Dr. Hinnefeld (Physics)
Spectra of Variable Emission Star Gamma Cassiopeiae

In addition, E-Lexus Thornton (pictured fourth), a former IU South Bend LSAMP scholar and physics major, was one of the panelists in the Indiana LSAMP Alumni Panel. Thornton was recently accepted by the NSF LSAMP Bridge Program to begin a doctorate program in mechanical engineering at the University of Kentucky this fall.  Congratulations, E-Lexus!  You can find more information about E-Lexus and our presenters here at the conference website.