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