Undergraduate Student Research Participants since 2006

Student

Funding

Research Topic

Year

Christina Luis ’07 ACS-PRF; Iona College A Single Microdroplet as a Microchemical Reaction Container 2006-2007
Shelby Erb ’08
(Admiral Farragut Academy, 9-12 Education)
Dreyfus; Iona College Chemical Reactions in a Microdroplet 2006-2008
Kristin Allain ’08
(JD, Stetson University College of Law)
ACS-PRF;
Iona/AMEX Grant
Controlled Crystallization of K3Fe(CN)6  (Honors Thesis 2008) 2006-2008
Aaron Snyder ’08
(MD, The Florida State University College of Medicine)
ACS-PRF;
AMEX Grant
Lysozyme Crystallization (Honors Thesis 2008) 2006-2008
Aileen Hilario ’09
(OD Program, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine)
ACS-PRF; Dreyfus; Iona/AMEX Grant Specific Ion Effects on Cationic Surfactant (Honors Thesis 2009) 2007-2009
Loreta Geneviciute ’10
(DMD Program, New York University College of Dentistry)
ACS-PRF;
Dreyfus; NSF-RUI
Polytype Selectivity for K4Fe(CN)6 2007-2010
Joseph Wiener ’10
(PepsiCo, Research scientist)
ACS-PRF; Dreyfus; NSF-RUI Metal Induced Bilayer Formation 2007-2010
Remon Bebawee ’10
(ACS-PRF-SUMR Scholar 2008, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Researcher)
ACS-PRF; Dreyfus; NSF-RUI Template Effect on K3Fe(CN)6 crystallization 2007-2010
Nick Florio ’11
(MD Program, SUNY Stony Brook, School of Medicine)
Dreyfus; NSF-RUI; PMF Additive Effects on NaCl 2008- 2011
Paul Sanstead ’11
(PhD Program in Chemistry; University of Chicago; Semifinalist for the 2011 National Collegiate Honors Council Portz Scholars)
Dreyfus;
NSF-RUI; PMF
Metastable Zone Width for K2SO4
(Honors Thesis 2011)
2008- 2011
Diana Nunes ’11 (MS Program in Health Science) NSF-RUI; Iona College Visualization of Solubility Phenomena 2010- 2011
Kiersten Giusto ’12 (PhD Program in Pharmaceutical Science, St John's University) NSF-RUI; Iona College Determining solute concentration in microdroplets by refractive index/Crystallization of Inorganics/Organics and Templating Effect 2009- 2012
Ines Silva ’12 (MST Program in Education, Iona College) NSF-RUI; Iona College Learning Modules for Microscopic Visualization Phenomena 2009- 2012
Catherine Morris ’12 (Pharm.D Program, St Joseph's College) NSF-RUI; Iona College Crystallization of Inorganics/Organics and Templating Effect 2009- 2012
Alexander Soderberg, ’12 (MS Program in Chemistry, Northern Arizona Univeristy) Iona College; Bruker Inc. Development and Validation of an FT-NIR Method for Identification of Spectrally Similar Materials using a Hierarchial Approach 2010- 2012
Erin Morgan, ’13 Iona College; PMF; Bruker Inc. Protein and Polymer Stability by FT-NIR and ATR-IR
(Honors Thesis in preparation)
2011-present
Allyson Moffat, ’13 Iona College; Bruker Inc. The Effect of Nature and Ionic Strength on Protein Denaturation by FT-NIR
2011-present
Zuzanna Michalak ’13
ACS WCC and Eli Lilly Award
NSF-RUI; PMF Understanding the Nature of Adhesion at the Droplet Interface Bilayer: Theoretical Approach (Honors Thesis in preparation) 2009- present
Nousin Haque ’13 NSF-RUI; PMF Understanding the Nature of Adhesion at the Droplet Interface Bilayer: Experimental Approach
(Honors Thesis in preparation)
2009- present
Darius Fartash ’13 NSF-RUI; PMF The Study of Osmotic Flux Across a Surfactant Bilayer 2009- present
Daniel Lutolf-Carroll ’13 NSF-RUI; PMF Development of Image Analysis Software 2010-present
Peter Vitale ’14 NSF-RUI; Iona College Polymorphism of Glycine Crystallization
(Honors Thesis in preparation)
2010-present
Courtney Veilleux ’14 NSF-RUI; PMF Biomineralization in a Confined Space
(Honors Thesis in preparation)
2010-present
Jaclyn Robustelli, ’14 Iona College; PMF; NSF-RUI; Bruker Inc. FT-NIR Study for Determination of Refractive Index
(Honors Thesis in preparation)
2011-present
Akshay Koottala, Junior, New Rochelle High School Iona College; NSF-RUI Solvent intercalation at the liquid-liquid interface 2011-present
Omoakhe Tisor, ’15 (Apprentice) CSTEP; NSF-RUI; PMF Honors Program 2011-present
Michelle Muzzio, ’15 (Apprentice) PMF; NSF-RUI Honors Program 2011-present
David Lopez , Freshman, New Rochelle High School (Apprentice) STEP   2011-present
Kevin Towler, ’15 (Apprentice) PMF; NSF-RUI Honors Program 2011-present
Rosario Giacomini, ’15 (Apprentice) Iona College; NSF-RUI   2011-present

Note: ACS-URS: American Chemical Society Undergraduate Research Symposium
ACS-NERM: American Chemical Society Northeast Regional Meeting
ACS-PRF-SUMR: American Chemical Society-Petroleum Research Fund-Supplement for Underrepresented Minor Research
Iona/AMEX Grant: American Express Grant (Iona College Honors Program)
URD: Undergraduate Research Day
NY ACS YCC: New York ACS Young Chemist Committee
ACS WCC: ACS Women Chemists Committee
NSF-RUI: National Science Foundation-Research for Undergraduate Institution
PMF: The Patrick Martin Foundation

If you would like to join Dr. Lee's undergraduate research group, please contact Dr. Lee at SLee@iona.edu