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Spring 2020 Student Accomplishments
| Student | Accomplishments |
|---|---|
| Dominic Gardner | Internship - Data Science Internship |
| Pauline Bialik | Internship - Lutheran Medical Center |
| Violet Eagle | Internship - National Park Service U. S. Department of the Interior |
| Daniel McCullough | Shadowing - Aspen Dental and VIVOS Center |
| Karen Nunez Sifuentes | Awarded - Puksta Scholarship |
| Milinda Sandoval | Awarded - Provost's Honor Roll |
| Karen Nunez Sifuentes | Awarded - Rachel B. Noel Recipient |
| Ariana Clark | Awarded HCOP Scholarship |
Fall 2019 Student Accomplishments
| Student | Accomplishments |
|---|---|
| Hannah Gish | Larry Johnson Opportunity Fund Scholarship |
| Nika Macfarlane | CO-WY AMP Stem Opportunity Scholarship |
| Avery Kirk | Dean Scholarship |
| Ayat Abdullatif | Dean Scholarship |
| Daniel McCullough | Dean Scholarship |
| Thitiya Saenmai | Dean Scholarship |
| Mariah Martin | Dean Scholarship |
| Kira Pai | Dean Scholarship |
| Anika James | Dean Scholarship |
| Keyata Lewis | Dean Scholarship |
| Emily Carrillo-Ramirez | Dean Scholarship |
| Maly Mendieta | Dean Scholarship |
| Stephanie Schmidt | Dean Scholarship |
| Violet Eagle | Dean Scholarship |
| Kira Pai | CO-WY AMP Research Grant |
| Keyata Lewis | CO-WY AMP Research Grant |
| Anika James | CO-WY AMP Research Grant |
| Daniel McCullough | CO-WY AMP Research Grant |
| Blanca Gonzalez | CO-WY AMP Research Grant |
| Genevieve Quintero | Volunteer at the Coalition Program for homeless Dental Clinic |
| Brandi Rodriguez | Intern Surgical Pathology CU Anschutz |
| Thanh Nguyen | Summer Fellowship at CU Anschutz Cancer Center |
| Stephanie Schmidt | Intern City of Westminster Water Resources Group |
| Violet Eagle | Intern Alpine Soil Research in Rocky Mountain National Park |
| Daniel McCullough | Shadowing at Aspen Dental and VIVOS Center |
| Genevieve Quintero | Volunteer Habitat for Humanity |
| Daniel McCullough | MSU Roadways Honor Roll |
| Mirella Castaneda | Travel Scholarship to present research |
| Amanuel Abera | Awarded top 20 percentile for MSU Denver |
| Stephanie Schmidt | Third Place in MSU Denver Undergraduate Research Conference |
| Milinda Sandoval | Awarded Writing Center Scholarship |
| Stephanie Schmidt | First Place in American Microbiology Society Conference Undergraduate Poster Presentations |
| Atzin Cabrerea Rodarte | Volunteer Boys and Girls Club |
| John Ruben | Patient Volunteer UC Health |
| Maly Mendieta | Student Advisory Committee to the Auraria Board |
| Nika Macfarlane | Classroom Assistant and Nutrition Educator |
| Nika Macfarlane | Runs the Food Bank at The Gathering Place |
| Adetilewa Awosanya | Student Government Assembly Trustee |
| Ines Calvete Barrios | Volunteer at Food Bank of the Rockies |
| Jessica Patrick | Volunteer with Alzheimer's Association |
| Maly Mendieta | Volunteer Boys and Girls Club |
| Brandi Rodriguez | Volunteer at Heart and Hand |
| Anika James | Volunteer at NICU North Suburban Medical Center |
| Daniel McCullough | President SACNAS Chapter at MSU Denver |
| Daniel McCullough | Volunteer at Habitat for Humanity |
| Omar Rodriguez | Volunteer at Denver Rescue Misssion and Habitat of Humanity |
| Daniel McCullough | Volunteer St. Elizabeth Hungary Church Soup Kitchen |
| Violet Eagle | Urban Leadership Program |
| Violet Eagle | Volunteer with Groudwork Denver Urban Gardening Center |
| Kira Pai | Research: Oxygen Protection is Crucial for Optimal Yeast Cultivation from Bottled Beer |
| Blanca Gonazlez | Research: Male Convict Cichlid MatingChoice in Females |
| Keyata Lewis | Research: Investigation of the Involvement of Ferric Reductases (Nemy) in IronUptake in Drosophila S2 Cells |
| Anika James | Research: Effects of Neisseria lactamica on the Oral Biofilm Formation of Streptococcus mutans |
| Omar Rodriguez | Research: How insects (Drosophila Melanogaster)uptake iron |
| Jessica Patrick | Research: Researching the effects of three variant transcripts of tfap2a in Zebrafish development |
| Vanessa Padilla | Research: Mating Systems and Paternity in Convict Cichlids (Amatitlania Nigrofasciata) Using Microsatellites |
| Thanh Nguyen | Research: Cancer Research – Secondary Transcription Factors that Enhance p53-Mediated Apoptosis |
| Daniel McCullough | Research: Microsatellite Primer Design and Amplification of Pebblesnails |
| Stephanie Schmidt | Research: Lower Bear Creek Water Quality Monitory levels of E. Coli |
| Mirella Castaneda | Research: Studying the Iron Metabolism in flies |
| Brandi Rodriguez | Research: How Bronchial Dysplasia Causes Squamous Lung Cell Carcinoma |
| Blanca Gonzalez | Presented Research: MSU Denver Undergraduate Conference |
| Stephanie Schmidt | Presented Research: MSU Denver Undergraduate Research Conference and American Microbiology Society Conference |
| Keyata Lewis | Published Research: Investigation of the Involvement of Ferric Reductases (Nemy) in Iron Uptake in Drosophila S2 Cells |
| Daniel McCullough | Presented Research: MSU Denver Undergraduate Conference |
| Thanh Nguyen | Presented Research: Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students |
| Mirella Castaneda | Presented Research: American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Conference and MSU Denver Undergraduate Research Conference |
| Thanh Nguyen | Publishing: Submitting for publication January 2020 Transcription Factor AP2-a in Zebrafish Development |
| Jessica Patrick | Publishing: Submitting Publication January 2020 Researching the effects of three variant transcripts of tfap2a in zebrafish development |
| Kira Pai | Presented Research: Local American Society of Microbiology Branch Meeting and American Society of Microbiology |
| Thanh Nguyen | Won 2019 ABRCMS presentation award |
Spring 2019 Student Accomplishments
| Student | Accomplishments |
|---|---|
| Kevin McQuirk | Research: Mitochondrial Gene Order of Spring Snails |
| Betelhem Assefa | Research: Effect of PB125 on Nrf-2 Target Genes |
| Marcos Maldonado | Research: Gold Nanoparticles in Conductive Polymers, Celiac Disease Biosensor, Lateral Flow Assays |
| Kaitlynn Skinner | Research: 3-D Printable Spectroelectrochemical Cells for Modeling the Electron Transfer Products of a Small, Cyclic Donor-Acceptor System |
| Stephanie Schmidt | Research: Bear Creek Water QualityMonitory levels of E. Coli |
| Jessica Patrick | Research: Translation inhibition of tfap2a transcript variants to determine function during early zebrafish development |
| Thanh Nguyen | Research: Understand the Different Transcript variants of a Gene Related to Craniofacial defect |
| Brandon Garcia | Research: Investigating the mechanism of iron intake within drosophila |
| Daniel McCullough | Research: Microsatellite Primer Design andAmplification of Pebblesnails |
| LaTisha Salas | Research: Determining the Aging of Ink Using PLOT Cryoadsorption |
| Caila Garcia | Research: Science Students Writing Experience |
| Anika James | Research:Sensitive Serologic Detection of Pathogenic Mycoplasma via Diagnostic Electrochemical Biosensor |
| Sara Higgins | Research: CRISPR Disruption of MACC1 in Zebrafish |
| Jose Rios-Ocha | Research: Generating a Tip60 Knockdown Cell Line in HeLa Cells |
| Jessica Patrick | Research: Investigating the role of tfap2-a in early Zebra fish development |
| Vanessa Padilla | Research: Mating Systems and Paternity in Convict Cichlids (Amatitlania Nigrofasciata) Using Microsatellites |
| Daniel McCullough | Awarded CO-WY AMP Research Grant |
| Sara Higgins | Awarded CO-WY AMP Research Grant |
| Vanessa Padilla | Awarded CO-WY AMP Research Grant |
| Kevin McQuirk | Awarded Provost Scholarship |
| Bianca Lucio | Awarded Provost Scholarship |
| Stephanie Jensen | Awarded Provost Scholarship |
| Daniel McCullough | Awarded Provost Scholarship |
| Kali DeWitt | Awarded Urban League Guild of Metropolitan Denver |
| Karen Nunez | Awarded Urgan League Guild of Metropolitan Denver |
| Jessica Montano | Awarded Ching-Chen, Shi-Kuei and Jeff Wu Scholarship |
| Miliand Sandoval | Awarded Ching-Chen, Shi-Kuei and Jeff Wu Scholarship |
| Shema Tagir | Internship Xcel Energy |
| Marcos Maldonado | Internship CU Anschutz Research Genetics of Cardiac Design |
| Thanh Nguyen | Fellowship CU Anschutz Cancer Center |
| Shema Tagir | Intership RTD |
| Violet Eagle | Alpine Soil Research Rocky Mountain National Park |
| Brandon Garcia | Internship Healthcare Interest Program |
| James Curry | Internship B3 Insight Inputting, Cleaning and Analysis of Injection Well Water Data |
| Abigail Jimenez | Internship CU Anschutz Research Analysis of Lipid Accumulation in Mice |
| Abigail Jimenez | Internship CU Anschutz Researching Prepolymeric Nanogel Synthesis and Characterization |
| James Curry | Awarded Honor Roll |
| Stephanie Jensen | Awarded Dr. Eric Ball Memorial Scholarship |
| Marcos Maldonado | Awarded CO-WY AMP Research Grant |
| Jessica Patrick | Awarded CO-WY AMP Research Grant |
| Marcos Maldonado | Awarded Undergraduate Mini Grant |
| Marcos Maldonado | Awarded ASBMB Student Chambers |
| Jose Rios-Ochoa | Awarded CO-WY AMP Research Grant |
| Daniel McCullough | Awarded CO-WY AMP Research Grant |
| Brandon Garcia | Awarded CO-WY AMP Research Grant |
| Scott Wesley | Awarded CO-WY AMP Research Grant |
| Thanh Nguyen | Awarded CO-WY AMP Research Grant |
| Anika James | Awarded CO-WY AMP Research Grant |
| Marcos Maldonado | Volunteer SHIPs |
| Thanh Nguyen | Volunteer UC Health in Speciality Unit and Inpatient Rehabilitation Department |
| Brandon Garcia | Volunteer SHIPs |
| Jessica Patrick | Volunteer Alzheimer's Association |
| Brittany Fernandes | Volunteers Reading Partners |
| Violet Eagle | Volunteer Ground Work Denver |
| Kaitlynn Skinner | Honors Program |
| Daniel McCullough | Volunteer St. Elizabeth Hungary Church Soup Kitchen |
| Maly Mendieta | Volunteer Boys and Girls Club |
| Anika James | Volunteer NICU North Suburban Medical Center |
| Juan Guevara | Volunteer Max Fund No Kill Shelter |
| Shema Tagir | Volunteer Mile High Early Learning Center |
| Violet Eagle | Urban Leadership Program |
| Juan Guevara | Treasurer for the American Society of Engineers MSU Chapter |
| Stephanie Schmidt | Presented Research: MSU Denver Undergraduate Research Conference |
| Daniel McCullough | Presented Research: MSU Denver Undergraduate Research Conference |
| Adetilewa Awosanya | Presented Research: American Chemical Society |
| Violet Eagle | Presented Research: American Geologic Union Conference in Washington D.C. |
| Marcos Maldonado | Presented Research: MSU Denver Undergraduate Research Conference and American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Conference |
| Marcos Maldonado | Publishing: Spring 2019 Gold Nanoparticles in Conductive Polymers, Celiac Disease Biosensor, Lateral Flow Assays |
| Brandon Garcia | Presented Research: ABAMB Conference and Environmental Protectin Agency |
| Anikca James | Presented Research: MSU Denver Undergraduate Research Conference and American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Conference |
| Jessica Patrick | Presented Research: MSU Denver Undergraduate Research Conference |
| Jose Rios-Ocha | Presented Research: MSU Denver Undergraduate Research Conference |
| Caila Garcia | Presented Research: MSU Denver Undergraduate Research Conference |
| Jessica Patrick | Presented Research: Regional Development Biology Meeting at Anschutz and MSU Denver Undergraduate Research Conference |
| Thanh Nguyen | Presented Research Southwest Developmental Biology Regional Meeting and MSU Denver Undergraduate Research Conference |
| Violet Eagle | Published: Journal of Environmental Quality “Sediment phosphorus release at Partners Lake sustains nuisance algal biomass when nitrogen is not limiting” |
| Thanh Nguyen, Daniel McCullough, Juan Flores-Garcia, Karen Nunez | Started SACNAS Chapter at MSU Denver |
| Dominic Baca | Presented Research: Environmental Protection Agency |
| Daniella Hernandez | Presented Research: Environmental Protection Agency |
| Lilly Gonzales | Presented Research: Environmental Protection Agency |
Fall 2018 Student Accomplishments
| Student | Accomplishments |
|---|---|
| Jessica Montano | Research Organization for Tropical Studies in Costa Rica |
| Marcos Maldonado | Internship CU Anschutz Researching Genetics of Cardiac Disease |
| Dominica Baca | Research Organization for Tropical Studies in Costa Rica |
| Diana Calzada Trejo | Internship with Leonard Rice Engineering |
| James Curry | Intership at B3 Insight |
| Adetilewa Awosanya | Internship Denver Health |
| Brandon Garcia | Internship with Healthcare Interest Program |
| Kayla Rojas | Awarded CO-WY AMP Research Grant |
| Daniella Hernandez | Awarded CO-WY AMP Research Grant |
| Katie Weaver | Awarded CO-WY AMP Research Grant |
| Thanh Nguyen | Awarded CO-WY AMP Research Grant |
| Betelhem Assefa | Awarded CO-WY AMP Research Grant |
| Daniel McCullough | Awarded CO-WY AMP Research Grant |
| Kevin McQuirk | Awarded CO-WY AMP Research Grant |
| Daniella Hernandez | Volunteer at East Elementary for Science Night |
| Kevin McQuirk | Awarded Puksta Scholarship |
| Stephanie Jensen | Volunteer with Chemistry in Education Outreach |
| Kevin McQuirk | Research: Mitochondrial Gene Order of Spring Snails |
| Betelhem Assefa | Research: Effect of PB125 on Nrf-2 Target Genes |
| Marcos Maldonado | Research: A Rapid and Noninvasive Diagnostic based Biosensor Designed for Detecting Celiac Disease |
| Daniella Hernandez | Research: Detection of Arson Accelerants through the use of PLOT-Cryo and Determining the Presence of Bleach on Blood Samples using PLOT-Cryo |
| Brandon Garcia | Research: C-terminus CG1275 Protein Production and Purification |
| Jessica Patrick | Research: Translation inhibition of tfap2a transcript variants to determine function during early zebrafish development |
| Thanh Nguyen | Research: Functions of AP-2a splice variants induced by morpholinos in zebrafish development |
| Daniel McCullough | Research: Developing and Testing Microsatellite Primers for Pebblesnails |
| Adetilewa Awosanya | Research: Testing Uranium Isotopes Found in the Nolichuky River in Tennessee |
| LaTisha Salas | Research: Determining the Aging of Ink Using PLOT Cryoadsorption |
| Anika James | Research: Sensitive Serologic Detection of Pathogenic Mycoplasma via Diagnostic Electrochemical Biosensor |
| Zoe Girkin | Research: Designing and Testing Microsatellite Primers for Pebblesnails |
| Scott-Wesley Bean | Research: Determining the 3’ CITE RNA Structure from the Blackcurrant Reversion Nepovirus Genomic RNA 2 (BRV2) |
| Jose Rios Ochoa | Research:Generating a Tip60 Knockdown Cell Line in HeLa Cells |
| Jessica Patrick | Research: Studying the rfap2-a gene responsible for craniofacial development of Zebra fish |
| Dominic Baca | REU Research: Effects of pH and phosphorus on microbial respiration on woody debris in Neotropical Freshwater Streams, Costa Rica. |
| Violet Eagle | REU Research: Biosphere 2 at Arizona State UniversityConduct guided research in environmental and Earth systems sciences. |
| AndyRamos | REU Research: Sustainable Development and Engineering Concepts in Hungary |
| Blanca Gonzalez | REU Research: Accepted to attendThe Rocky Mountain Sustainability and Science Network Summer Academy |
| Jessica Montano | REU Research: Do carcass persistence and scavenging rates differ between primary and secondary forests? |
| Daniella Hernandez | Presented: 71st Annual American Academy of Forensic Science Conference |
| Daniella Hernandez | Pending Publication: “Detection of Arson Accelerants through the use of PLOT-Cryo and Determining the Presence of Bleach on Blood Samples using PLOT-Cryo” |
| Dominic Baca | Presented: SACNAS Conference |
| Jessica Montano | Presented: SACNAS Conference |
| Kevin McQuirk | Presented: SACNAS Conference |
| Thanh Nguyen | Presented: SACNAS Conference |
Spring 2018 Student Accomplishments
| Student | Accomplishments |
|---|---|
| Efrain Leal Escalera | Internship Butterfly Pavilion |
| Kevin Baasch | Internship HACU in Agriculture Program |
| Alma Ocha | Internship HIP |
| Genevieve Quintero | Internship Eng Orthodontics |
| Alexa Bailon | Awarded Rachel B. Noel Scholarship |
| Ines Calvete Barrios | Metro Merit Scholarship and Latin American Education Foundation Scholarship |
| Erik Vazquez | Volunteer Project Angel Heart Delivering Food |
| Genevieve Quintero | Volunteer Biorespirtory Research Lab CU Anschutz |
| Ines Calvete Barrios | Invited to Join Metro Honors Program |
| Daniel McCullough | Running for Student Government President |
| Scott Wesley | Volunteer Emergency Department Castle Rock Adventist Hospital |
| Dominic Baca | Volunteer WASSUP Cleaning Up Trash Cherry Creek Trail |
| Ashleigh Nakata | Research: Investigating Social Monogamy in the Convict Cichlid (Amatitlania siquia) |
| Kevin McQuirk | Research: Mitochondrial Gene Order of Spring Snails |
| Betelhem Assefa | Research: Effect of HIV Tat Protien on Nrf-2 Target Genes |
| Daniella Hernandez | Research: Evaluation of Bleached Blood Samples Using PLOT-Cryoadsorption |
| Kayla Rojas | Research: Degradation of Polyethylene (cling-wrap) by microbial communities |
| Katie Weaver | Research: Evaluation of Bleached Blood Samples Using PLOT-Cryoadsorption |
| Thanh Nguyen | Research: Functions of AP-2x splice variants induced by morpholinos in zebrafish development |
| Daniel McCullough | Research: Microsatellite Sequence Amplification and Primer Design for Fluminicola ssp |
| Dominic Baca | Research: South Platte Water Quality Project |
| Erik Vazquez | Research: Survival and Distribution of Sedum Species on an Urban Green Roof in the Rocky Mountain Region |
| Alma Ochoa | Research: Investigating how insects transport iron from the hemolymph in their cells |
| Scott Wesley Bean | Research: Site-Directed Mutagenesis in the 3’ CITE of Blackcurrant Reversion Nepovirus (BRV) RNA 2 Genomic RNA for the Purpose of Translation Initiation Studies |
| Erik Vazquez | Presented: MSU Denver Undergraduate Research Conference |
| Kayla Rojas | Presented: MSU Denver Undergraduate Research Conference |
| Scott Wesley Bean | Presented: MSU Denver Undergraduate Research Conference |
| Kevin McQuirk | Presented: MSU Denver Impact and Innovation Showcase |
| Alma Ochoa | Presented: American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
| Erik Vazquez | Presented: MSU Denver Day at the Capitol |
| Kenya Arroyo | Presented: Environmental Protection Agency |
| Lane Hines | Presented: Environmental Protection Agency |
Fall 2017 Student Accomplishments
| Student | Accomplishments |
|---|---|
| Dominic Baca | Internship: Conservation Colorado |
| Kenya Arroyo | Internship: Vector Disease Control International |
| Christopher Maymi | Internship: GEMs Program researching Organism Pseudomonas Aeruginosa |
| Abdalla Elmedani | Internship: Level 2 Computer Science |
| Dominic Baca | Internship: Center for Advanced Visualization and Experiential Analysis |
| Abdalla Elmedani | Awarded: Bronze Medal for Exceptional Federal Services |
| Steven Sanders | Awarded: Amber Mozet Leadership and School Spirit Award |
| Dominic Baca | Awarded: MLK Service Award and Senior Leadership Award |
| Abdalla Elmedani | Awarded: MSU Denver's Intern of the Year Award |
| Graciela Rocha-Rangel | Volunteers at the Denver Metro Water Festival |
| Kevin McQuirk | Volunteers with B2B working Community Events |
| Steven Sanders | President of Delta Alpha Pi |
| Steve Sanders | Won the Mutlicultural Event of the Year Award |
| Dominic Baca | Volunteers with WASSUP |
| Laura Baquero-Galvis | Volunteers with the Cancer Infusion Center |
| Erik Vazquez | Volunteers with Project Angel Heart Delivering Food |
| Hannah Wagoner | Member of MSU Denver Honor Society |
| Sofia Ballesteros | Volunteers at the Denver Animal Shelter |
| Lane Hines | Research: Classification of debris-covered glaciers and rock glaciers in the Andes of Central Chile. |
| Daniella Hernandez | Research: PLOT-Cryoadsorption |
| Daniella Hernandez | Awarded CO-WY AMP Research Grant |
| Kayla Rojas | Research: Enhancing Microbial Degradation of Polyethylene by Thermal and Ultraviolet Pre-Treatment |
| Kayla Rojas | Awarded CO-WY AMP Research Grant |
| Ashleigh Nakata | Research: Investigating Social Monogamy in the Convict Cichlid (Amatitlania siquia) |
| Kevin McQuirk | Research: Mitochondrial Gene Order of Pebble Snails |
| Kevin McQuirk | Awarded CO-WY AMP Research Grant |
| Alexandra Fontes | Research: Computational Chemistry |
| Hannah Wagoner | Research: Investigating the Role of Ferric Reductases in Drosophila Melanogaster Cellular Iron Uptake |
| Dominic Baca | Research: South Platte Water Quality Project |
| Erik Vazquez | Research: Survival and Distribution of Sedum Species on an Urban Green Roof in the Rocky Mountain Region |
| Erik Vazquez | Awarded CO-WY AMP Research Grant |
| Christopher Maymi | Research: Identify specific genes within the organism Enterococcus Faecalis |
| Kenya Arroyo | Research: Misquito Research |
| Scott Wesley-Bean | Research: Site-Directed Mutagenesis in the 3’ CITE of Blackcurrant Reversion Nepovirus (BRV) RNA 2 Genomic RNA for the Purpose of Translation Initiation Studies |
| Scott Wesley-Bean | Awarded CO-WY AMP Research Grant |
| Alexandra Fontes | Research: Computational Analysis of Hydroxyapatite Found on Teeth via ab initio Density Functional Theory |
| Erik Vazquez | Presented: MSU Denver Undergraduate Research Conference |
| Abdalla Elmedani | Presented: MSU Denver Undergraduate Research Conference |
| Scott Wesley-Bean | Presented: MSU Denver Undergraduate Research Conference |
| Laura Baquero-Galvis | Presented: MSU Denver Undergraduate Research Conference |
| Hannah Wagoner | Presented: Entomological Society of America |
| Erik Vazquez | Presented: MSU Denver Undergraduate Research Conference |
Spring 2017 Student Accomplishments
| Student | Accomplishments |
|---|---|
| Delilah DeWilde | Internship: Anschutz Medical Campus Neurology Department |
| Abigail Walker | Internship: UpDig Community Outreach |
| Claudia Delgado | Internship: Centura Health |
| Jessica Olivas | Internship: National Jewish Biomedical Research Lag |
| Leticia Anaya | Internship: One Water One World |
| Travis Winders | Internship: Finalist for Internship at the Medical College of Wisconsin |
| Brunno Putnam | Internship: SRS ACQUIOM as an IT Analyst |
| Kevin McQuirk | Internship: Finalist for Internship at the Medical College of Wisconsin |
| Alija Vlonjat | Awarded: Applied Learning Center Grant |
| Chanda Lowrance | Awarded: Stipend for Graduate Assistantship University of Maryland, Baltimore County |
| Maria Rangel | Awarded: MLK Peace Award |
| Kinda Alquatli | Awarded: Applied Learning Center Grant |
| Jessica Montano | Awarded: Scholarship Towards Doctrate in Pharmacy |
| Claudia Delgado | Awarded: MSU Denver Intern of the Year |
| Graciela Rocha-Rangel | Volunteer Denver Metro Water Festival |
| Delilah DeWilde | Volunteer Girl Scouts helping with Science Participation Badge |
| Chanda Lowrance | MSU Denver Chemistry Club Demonstrator |
| Jessica Olivas | Volunteer Pulmonary Diagnostics Lab |
| Danielle Russell | Volunteer Miss Rodeo Colorado Assocations |
| Laura Baquero-Galvis | Volunteer Cancer Infusion Center |
| Danielle Russell | Volunteer Kidstek and Whiz Kids Tutoring in the STEM Field and Fundraising Projects |
| Travis Winder | Volunteer for several nonprofits dedicated to education and prevention of sexual assualts on college campuses and with the US Military |
| Beah Benzel | Volunteer Girl Scouts helping with Science Participation Badge |
| Beah Benzel | Volunteer CO-WY AMP STEM Fair Night at Middle Schools |
| Alija Vlonjat | Research: Mitochondrial Gene Order in Pyrgulopsi |
| Alija Vlonjat | Awarded CO-WY AMP Research Grant |
| Chanda Lowrance | Research: A Molecular Model of Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis. |
| Chanda Lowrance | Awarded CO-WY AMP Research Grant |
| Abigail Jimenez | Research: Social transformation through conscientious consumerism-Praxis of decolonizing disassociated consumerism in the meat industry. |
| Abigail Jimenez | Awarded CO-WY AMP Research Grant |
| Travis Winders | Research: How virus non-coding RNA directs cellular machines to make viral proteins. |
| Stacy Fuller | Research: Forest successional stage and habitat value for migrating and resident birds on the Pacific slope of Monteverde, Costa Rica. |
| Stacy Fuller | Awarded CO-WY AMP Research Grant |
| Lane Hines | Research: Classification of debris-covered glaciers and rock glaciers in the Andes of Central Chile. |
| Lane Hines | Awarded CO-WY AMP Research Grant |
| Chanda Lowrance | Research: Developing methodology of modeling biochemical processing using computational modeling tools. |
| Brunno Putnam | Research: Dispatch Optimizer Produce an optimized schedule to reduce costs for a truck dispatch system |
| Alexandra Fontes | Research: Computational Chemistry |
| Cetan Christensen | Research: Determine An Age-Height relationship in Cottonwood Trees. |
| Cetan Christensen | Awarded CO-WY AMP Research Grant |
| Francisco Tapia | Research: Characterization of hyperthermophilic, heterotrophic, sulfur-reducing, anaerobic, Thermococcus nov. sp. From Axial Seamount hydrothermal vents. |
| Francisco Tapia | Awarded CO-WY AMP Research Grant |
| Patricia Ramirez | Research: Cube Sat Axes Rotation Simulator. |
| Danielle Russell | Research: Cube Sat Axes Rotation Simulator. |
| Patricia Ramirez | Awarded CO-WY AMP Research Grant |
| Danielle Russell | Awarded CO-WY AMP Research Grant |
| Jacqueline Russell | Research: Microbial Comparison in Wetlands of Varying Health. |
| Jacqueline Russell | Awarded CO-WY AMP Research Grant |
| Delilah DeWilde | Research: Studying the lead to antimony ration in soil samples around a secondary lead smelting site. |
| Abigail Walker | Research: Community based sustainable waste collection procedures |
| Martin Gonzalez-Romero | Research: Manufacturing a small vertical wind turbine “Breezy Battery” for Campers”. Manufactured by 3D printed and composite parts. |
| Laura Baquero-Galvis | Research: Determination of Secondary and Tertriary Structures in Blackcurrant Reversion Virus RNA 1 Domains Involved in Translation |
| Laura Baquero-Galvis | Awarded CO-WY AMP Research Grant |
| Beah Benzel | Research: Testing the hypothesis of whether knockdown of two specific proteins will decrease the iron content of cell and tissues in S2 cells. |
| Cesar Garcia | Research: Effect of Bleach and Bleach Neutralization on the Detection of Blood in Forensic Analysis. |
| Cesar Garcia | Awarded CO-WY AMP Research Grant |
| Patricia Ramirez | Presented: National Conference on Undergraduate Research at the Univeristy of Memphis |
| Danielle Russell | Presented: National Conference on Undergraduate Research at the Univeristy of Memphis |
| Delilah DeWilde | Presented: Rocky Mountain ASM Meeting |
| Beah Benzel | Presented: MSU Denver Undergraduate Research Conference |
| Martin Gonzalez-Romero | Presented: MSU Denver Undergraduate Research Conference and National Conference on Undergraduate Research at the Univeristy of Memphis |
| Laura Baquero-Galvis | Presented: MSU Denver Undergraduate Research Conference |
| Brunno Putnam | Presented MSU Denver Undergraduate Research Conference |
| Francisco Tapia | Published: “Characterization of hyperthermophilic, heterotrophic, sulfur-reducing, anaerobic, Thermococcus nov. sp. From Axial Seamount hydrothermal vents” When the characterization is complete establishing new species. |
Fall 2016 Student Accomplishments
| Student | Accomplishments |
|---|---|
| Patricia Ramirez | Internship: EyasSat |
| Kinda Alquatli | Internship: Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Aimee Leyva | Internship: ARCpoint Labs |
| Abigail Walker | Internship: UpDig as Community Outreach Intern and Education Program Developer |
| Jessica Olivas | Internship: National Jewish Biomedical Research Lag |
| Rebekah Smith | Internship: UnCommon Schools |
| Kenya Arroyo | Internship: Neon Colorado Mosquito Control |
| Cetan Christensen | Internship: Region 8 EPA in the Aquatic Resources Department |
| Shauna-Kay Gray | Internship: Place Bridge Academy with 1st Graders |
| Danielle Russell | Internship: Numeric Solutions as a Geoscience Intern |
| Kinda Alquatli | Awarded Applied Learning Center Grant |
| Jared Wilson | Awarded Rachel B. Noel Scholarship |
| Ricky Martinez | Awarded CO-WY AMP Research Grant |
| Ashleigh Nakata | Awarded CO-WY AMP Research Grant |
| Alicia Payne | Awarded CO-WY AMP Research Grant |
| Winta Abraham | Awarded CO-WY AMP Research Grant |
| Cetan Christensen | Awarded First Place at the Annual Meeting of Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Division of the American Association of Geographers. |
| Ebony Miller | Awarded CO-WY AMP Research Grant |
| Josh Pedrick | Awarded Applied Learning Center Grant |
| Evan Morrison | Awarded Applied Learning Center Grant |
| Alija Vlonjat | Awarded CO-WY AMP Research Grant |
| Lane Hines | Awarded CO-WY AMP Research Grant |
| Alicia Payne | Awarded Urban League Guild Scholarships |
| Jared Wilson | Awarded Urban League Guild Scholarships |
| Daniel Galarza-Pineda | Volunteer on websit for the Nonprofit Charity "Amiguitos, Good Friends!" |
| Alexa Bailon | Volunteer Padres Jovenes Unidos |
| Jessica Olivas | Studying Abroad in Costa Rica |
| Chanda Lowrance | Tutor, Teaching Assistant and Supplemental Instructor for Math and Upper Division Chemistry Courses |
| Delilah DeWilde | Vice-President Women in STEM |
| Abigail Walker | Working with Open World Learning at Colfax Elementary a Title I Elementary School to promote STEM Education. |
| Laura Baquero-Galvis | Presented: Environmental Protection Agency |
| Cetan Christensen | Presented: Environmental Protection Agency |
| Francisco Tapai | Presented: Environmental Protection Agency |
| Alija Vlonjat | Research: Mitochondrial Gene Order in Pyrgulopsis |
| Chanda Lowrance | Research: A Molecular Model of Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis. |
| Abigail Jimenez | Research: Social transformation through conscientious consumerism-Praxis of decolonizing disassociated consumerism in the meat industry. |
| Cetan Christensen | Research: Using TOC as an Indicator for Microbial Health and Assessing Wetland Biologic Integrity. |
| Stacy Fuller | Research: Forest successional stage and habitat value for migrating and resident birds on the Pacific slope of Monteverde, Costa Rica. |
| Lane Hines | Research: Classification of debris-covered glaciers and rock glaciers in the Andes of Central Chile. |
| Chanda Lowrance | Research: Developing methodology of modeling biochemical processing using computational modeling tools. |
| Ebony Miller | Research: Determining Whether Perinatal Choline Mitigates the Effects of Prenatal Stress via Changes in Brain Nocotinic Acetylcholine Receptors (nAChRs) |
| Alexandra Fontes | Computational Chemistry |
| Cetan Christensen | Research: Determine An Age-Height relationship in Cottonwood Trees. |
| Francisco Tapia | Research: Characterization of hyperthermophilic, heterotrophic, sulfur-reducing, anaerobic, Thermococcus nov. sp. From Axial Seamount hydrothermal vents. |
| Patricia Ramirez | Research: Cube Sat Axes Rotation Simulator |
| Danielle Russell | Research: Cube Sat Axes Rotation Simulator |
| Jacqueline Russell | Research: Microbial Comparison in Wetlands of Varying Health. |
| Delilah DeWilde | Research: Studying the lead to antimony ration in soil samples around a secondary lead smelting site. |
| Abigail Walker | Research: Community based sustainable waste collection procedures. |
| Haley Stinson | Research: The Biomechanics and Kinesiology of the Long-Term Effects and Injuries Related to Running |
| Edgar Casillas | Research: Bio-Diesel Fuel Research |
| Laura Baquero-Galvis | Research: Determination of Secondary and Tertriary Structures in Blackcurrant Reversion Virus RNA 1 Domains Involved in Translation. |
| Cesar Garcia | Research: Effect of Bleach and Bleach Neutralization on the Detection of Blood in Forensic Analysis. |
| Chanda Lowrance | Presented: Colorado Wyoming Academy of Science Annual Meeting |
| Chanda Lowrance | Presented: 249th ACS National Meeting and Exposition and MSU Denver Undergraduate Research Conference |
| Cetan Christensen | Presented: Annual Meeting of Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Division of the American Association of Geographers |
| Jacqueline Russell | Published: Submitting for Publication Spring 2017 Microbial Comparison in Wetlands of Varying Health. |
| Cetan Christensen | Published: Submitting for Publication Total Organic Carbon and Microbial Communities in Wetland Soils |
Spring 2016 Student Accomplishments
| Student | Accomplishments |
|---|---|
| Patricia Ramirez | Attending the satellite conference in Utah |
| Kinda Alquatli | Internship: Anschutz Medical Center Learning to Measure Protein Concentrations and Phage Titer |
| Aimee Leyva | Intership: ARCpoint Labs working as a Lab Assistant sampling drugs, DNA testing, paternity and alcohol testing. |
| Rebekah Smith | Internship: UnCommon Schools |
| Kinda Alquatli | Research: Investigation of Anaerobic Microbial Populations in a Metal Impacted High Altitude Marsh. |
| Kinda Alquatli | Awarded Applied Learning Center Grant |
| Chanda Lowrance | Research: Ferritin in Arthropods. Presenting at the MSU Denver Undergraduate Research Conference. |
| Evan Morrison | Research: Elucidating the structures of biological macromolecules and the mechanisms by which their structures confer function |
| Josh Pedrick | Research: Testing “Frest” Fluminicola Speices Concepts with Mitochondrial DNA |
| Alexandra Fontes | Research: Developing an alternative to routine care of teeth |
| Ricky Martinez | Research: Research Grant The Affect of Habitat Restoration on Avian Populations on Costa Rica’s Pacific Coast And The affect of removing legacy trees on avian species richness and abundance. |
| Ashleigh Nakata | Research: Research Grant The Affect of Habitat Restoration on Avian Populations on Costa Rica’s Pacific Coast And The affect of removing legacy trees on avian species richness and abundance. |
| Delilah DeWilde | Research: Studying the lead to antimony ration in soil samples around a secondary lead smelting site |
| Winta Abraham | Research: Development of Adapted Experiments to Encourage Inclusion of Blind and Low-Vision Students in Science Laboratory Courses. |
| Ebony Miller | Research: Development of Adapted Experiments to Encourage Inclusion of Blind and Low-Vision Students in Science Laboratory Courses. |
| Lane Hines | Research: Classification of debris-covered glaciers and rock glaciers in the Andes of Central Chile |
| Desiree Quintelier | Research: E. coli in storm sewer drains and in goose stools. Will be presenting at the Undergraduate Research Conference and at the American Society of Microbiology Conference. |
Fall 2015 Student Accomplishments
| Student | Accomplishments |
|---|---|
| Francisco Sanchez | Awarded for outstanding graduate for the engineering department |
| Francisco Sanehez | Nominated for Outstanding Student to the Deans Office in the Category of Aerospace and Advanced Manufacturing |
| Francisco Sanchez | Graduated Magna Cum Laude College of Professional Students Mechanical Engineering Technology |
| Francisco Sanchez | Nominated for Best Project at the 2015 Undergraduate Research Conference |
| Francisco Sanchez | Presented: The Solar Furnace to the 4x4 Design Competition in Beijing China (MSU Denver First College in the United States to be Invited. |
| Jessica Olivas | Honor's Club Think Tank Student Organization |
| Jessica Olivas | Working on a Service Project to Promote Daily Exercise and Nutrition for Kids |
| Kinda Alquatli | Internship: Anschutz Learning to Measure Protein Concentrations and Phage Titer |
| Kinder Alquatli | Awarded Applied Learning Center Grant |
| Kinda Alquatli | Research: Investigation of Anaerobic Microbial Populations in a Metal Impacted High Altitude Marsh |
| Evan Morrison | Research: Elucidating the structures of biological macromolecules and the mechanisms by which their structures confer function |
| Winta Abraham | Research: Development of Adapted Experiments to Encourage Inclusion of Blind and Low-Vision Students in Science Laboratory Courses |
| Ebony Miller | Research: Development of Adapted Experiments to Encourage Inclusion of Blind and Low-Vision Students in Science Laboratory Courses |
| Ricky Martinez | Research: The Affect of Habitat Restoration on Avian Populations on Costa Rica’s Pacific Coast And The affect of removing legacy trees on avian species richness and abundance |
| Ashleigh Nakata | Research: The Affect of Habitat Restoration on Avian Populations on Costa Rica’s Pacific Coast And The affect of removing legacy trees on avian species richness and abundance |
| Josh Pedrick | Research: Testing “Frest” Fluminicola Speices Concepts with Mitochondrial DNA |
| Lane Hines | Research: Classification of debris-covered glaciers and rock glaciers in the Andes of Central Chile |
| Alicia Payne | Research: Classifying Physa Natricina Snail through DNA sampling and identifying P. natricina. |
| Winta Abraham | Research: Classifying Physa Natricina Snail through DNA sampling and identifying P. natricina. |
| Francisco Sanchez | Awarded Applied Learning Center Grant |
| Francisco Sanchez | Research: Variable Condition Wind Generation System |
| Chanda Lowrance | Research: Ferritin in Arthropods |
Spring 2015 Student Accomplishments
| Student | Accomplishments |
|---|---|
| Aimee Leyva | Awarded Provost and Dean Booster Scholarship |
| Alicia Payne | Awarded Provost and Dean Booster Scholarship |
| Claudia Delgado | Awarded Provost and Dean Booster Scholarship |
| Edgar Casillas | Awarded Provost and Dean Booster Scholarship |
| Francisco Sanchez | Awarded Provost and Dean Booster Scholarship |
| Gabriel Valdez | Awarded Provost and Dean Booster Scholarship |
| Jessica Leyva | Awarded Provost and Dean Booster Scholarship |
| Josh Pedrick | Awarded Provost and Dean Booster Scholarship |
| Lane Hines | Awarded Provost and Dean Booster Scholarship |
| Oscar Solis | Awarded Provost and Dean Booster Scholarship |
| Ousmane Ndiaye | Awarded Provost and Dean Booster Scholarship |
| Josh Pedrick | Awarded Ching-Chen, Shi-Kuei and Jeff Wu Scholarship |
| Shara Espinoza | Awarded Provost and Dean Booster Scholarship |
| Winta Abraham | Awarded Provost and Dean Booster Scholarship |