February 26, 2015
AWARD WINNERS, INDUCTEES, and SCHOLARS of 2014
2014 AWARD RECIPIENTS:
Greater Lakes Chapter of American Society of Pharmaceutical and Experimental Therapeutics (GLC-ASPET)
1st place winner for undergraduate research (poster presentation):
Charles Alvarado ’16, “Unexpected Insights From Yeast into C-Terminal Truncations of Alpha-Synuclein: Relevance to Parkinson’s Disease,” Dr. DebBurman’s Laboratory
Chicago Society for Neuroscience (CSfN)
3rd place for undergraduate research (poster presentation):
Maiwase Tembo, ’15, “The role of endocytosis in Parkinson’s: Insights from a budding yeast model,” Dr. DebBurman’s Laboratory
Daniel D. Dolan Jr. ’80 Family Scholarship
Award recipient: Maiwase Tembo ’15
Krehbiel Presidential Scholarship
Award recipient: Maribel Munoz ’16
Samuel W. Smith Scholarship
Award recipient: Charles Alvarado ’16
G. Dale Smith ’37 and Ruth Peterson Smith Endowed Scholarship for Study-Abroad
Award recipient: Charles Alvarado ’16
Audrey and James Foster ’72 annual scholarship
Award recipient: Yuri Parasiuk ’16
Dr. Debra Bowen ’78 and Michael Ziecheck Annual Scholarship
Award recipient: Sarah Chiren ’16
Depree Family Annual Scholarship
Award recipient: Cecilia Reyes ’15
Bartlet, Faber, Zilversmit Brain, Mind and Behavior Scholarship
Award recipient: Saul Bello Rojas ’16
Connor Memorial Scholarship
Award recipient: Khadijah Hamid ’16
Bartram Scholarship
Award recipient: Kayla Huber ’16
Welton Scholarship
Award recipient: Fatima Hooda ’16
Crawford Scholarship
Award recipient: Jeremy Boeing ’15
Haas Award
Award recipient: Tyler Kaplan ’16
Phi Beta Kappa Senior Thesis Award
Award recipient: Grant Alexander ’14
2014 BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT SENIOR AWARD RECIPIENTS:
Fredricka Stahl Award:
Kaya Cuper ’14
David Towle Award:
Katrina Campbell ’14
2014 INDUCTEES:
Tri Beta:
Victoria Egedus ’14, Charles Alvarado ’16, Megan Crocco ’16, Hannah Fox ’16, Rachel Granberg ’16, Heather Heitkotter ’16, Fatima Hooda ’16, John Lewis ’16, Josephine Masandika ’16, Maribel Munoz ’16,Sally Nahhas ’16, Keke Roberts ’16, Alexandra Roman ’16, Chaya Tabas ’16,Tara Airola ’17, Brittany Avonts ’17, Lauren Dalecky ’17, Fernando Figueroa ’17, Tara Gloystein ’17, Cam Gudmundson ’17, Lindsay Hartup ’17, Ana McCracken ’17, Michael Peters ’17, Kyle Siverhus ’17, Lily Thorsen ’17, Alexandra Wedro ’17, Kaitlyn Woodman ’17
David Towle Award:
Katrina Campbell ’14
David Towle Award:
Katrina Campbell ’14
Nu Rho Psi:
Megan Schulz ’15, Rachel Grandberg ’16, Cassandra McCray ’16, Malia Hansen ’17, Eric Millichamp ’16
Faculty:
Dr. Alexander Shingleton
Alumni:
Dr. Lokesh Kukreja ’08
Dr. Michael Zorniak ’07, Jennifer Riddle ’07
Psi Chi:
Samantha Kaser ’15, Emily Kulas, Lauren Kramer, Belen Martinez-Caro ’16, Wenqian Wang ’16, Chi Nguyen ’15
2014 NEUROSCIENCE DEPARTMENT SENIOR AWARD RECIPIENTS:
Carr Prize:
Amanda Allred ’14
2014 SCIENCE RICHTER SCHOLARS:
Nu Rho Psi Award: Katrina Campbell ’14, Anhar Mohamed ’14
Dr. Kirk’s lab:
Kojo Osafo ’17
Dr. Bonitz’s lab:
Evelyn Bello ’17
CHEMISTRY
Dr. Wiser’s lab:
Charlotte Eaton ’17, Sujan Kim ’17, Samantha Miller ’17
BIOLOGY
Dr. DebBurman’s lab:
Cam Gudmunson ’17, Logan Graham ’17, Ana McCracken ’17, Peyton Schrag ’17
PSYCHOLOGY
Dr. Long’s lab:
Andrea Lorch ’17, Emily Ong ’17
Dr. Cody’s lab:
Lauren Dalecky ’17, Christian Juillerat ’17
Dr. Shingleton’s lab:
James Haney ’17, Lauren Lyon ’17, Lilly Thorsen ’17, Diego Rojas-Toledo ’17
Dr. Wentworth’s lab:
Malia Hansen ’17, Kristina Karapetyan ’17
CONFERENCE ATTENDEES 2014
Chicago Society for Neuroscience (CSfN)
Presenters: Maiwase Tembo ’15 , Katrina Campbell ’14, Saul Belo Rojas ’16, Anhar Mohammed ’14
17th Annual Steven Galovich Memorial Student Symposium
Presenters: Abby Brownell ’15, Elina Shapiro ’15, Luis Beltran ’15, Jessica A. Dudley ’14, Kaya Cuper ’14, Raul Torres ’15, Amanda Allred ’14, Victoria Egedus ’14, Heather Heikotter ’16, Hannah Samberg ’16, Anhar Mohamed ’14, Jillian Pastick ’14, Maiwase Tembo ’15, Jennifer Yost ’14, Charles Alvarado ’16, Sarah Chiren ’16, Jyothis James ’16, Alexan- dra Roman ’16, Jeremy Boeing ’15, Zhiyu Deng ’15
Great Lakes Chapter of American Society of Pharmaceutical and Experimental Therapeutics (GLC-ASPET)
Presenters: Charles Alvarado ’16, Khadijah Hamid ’16, Maiwase Tembo ’15, Alexandra Roman ’16, Saul Bello Rojas ’16, Cam Gudmundson ’17, Logan Graham ’17, Ana McCraken ’17, Peyton Schrag ’17, John Vinkavich ’15
American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)
Presenter: Amanda Allred ’14
Annual Argonne Symposium
Presenters: Luis Beltran ’15, Khadijah Hamid ’16, Zhiyu Deng ’15, Gabriel Trujillo ’15, Shannon Lakemacher ’15, Sally Nahhas ’16, Jeremy Boeing ’15, Yuqing Zhu ’16, Tyler Kaplan ’16
Robert B Glassman Memorial Brain, Mind, and Behavior Symposium
Presenters: Belen Martinez-Caro Aguado ’16, Joseph Bortolotti ’14, Trevor Buhr ’18, Tiffany Davis ’18, Schuyler Ko- gan ’18, Al Tiba ’18, Zachary Weinstein ’18, Marisol Carreon ’18, Madison Copeland ’18, Emma Levine ’18, Junya Li ’18, Agnieska Pastwa ’18, Mohine Verma ’18, Rachel Domijancic ’18, Devon Hawkins ’18, Nicole Hueng ’18, Aasima Tanveer ’18, Rosemary Thomas ’18, Khadijah Hamid ’16, Ana McCracken ’17, Cam Gudmundson ’17, James Haney ’17, Lauren Lyon ’17, Alex Hemmer 16, Kayla Huber ’16, Kristina Karapetyan ’17, Adam Khan ’18, Krista Meuli ’18, Robin Redmond ’18, Lucas Shylanski ’18, Michael Tseitlin ’18, Kristofer Korth ’16, Josephine Masandika ’16, Diego Roas-Toledo ’17, Yuri Parasiuk ’16, Saul Bello Rojas ’16, Logan Graham ’17, Peyton Schrag ’17, Alexandra Roman ’16, Galina Lipkin ’15, Maria G. Ruiz ’16, Cecilia Reyes ’15, Maiwase Tembo ’15, Charles Alvarado ’16, Maribel Munoz ’16 & Jonathan Vinkavich ’15
LAKE FOREST COLLEGE LIFE SCIENCE SEMINARS of 2014 SPRING 2014:
Music and Language: Rhythm Rhyme, and Neuronal Synchrony
January 29th” Seminar Speaker
Dr. Nina Kraus, PhD, Northwestern University
The Remarkable Treatment of Cystic Fibrosis: Salt
February 2nd Seminar Speark
Dr. Hector Rasgado-Flores, Rosalind Franklin University
People, Birds, and Bees: Causes and Consequence of Environmental Heterogene- ity in the City
February 19th Seminar Speaker:
Dr. Emily Minor, University of Illinois in Chicago
Life in the fast Lane: Axonal Transport, Kinases and Neurodegeneration
March 20th Seminar Speaker
Dr. Scott Brady, PhD, University of Illinois in Chicago
Hybrid Incompatibilities and Speciation
March 25th Seminar Speaker
Dr. Carlos Anderson, University of Michigan
In It for the Long Term: What Simple Animals can Teach Us about the Molecular Basis of Memory
April 26th Seminar Speaker:
Dr. Irina Cailin-Jageman, PhD, Dominican University
FALL 2014:
Cryptic, Plastic, or Confused: Species Delineation of Hybrid Botrychium s.s. ferns
September 24th Seminar Speaker
Dr. Evelyn Williams, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison
The Evolution of Genetic Testing in the Prenatal Setting
October 9th Seminar Speaker
Eve Simi, North Shore University Health System
The Neuroscience of Abused Drugs and Decision Making
October 16th Seminar Speaker
Dr. T. Celeste Napier, PhD, Rush University
Can We Become Addicted to Behaviors?
November 10th Brain Awareness Week Speaker:
Dr. Jon Grant, PhD, University of Chicago
Brain, Social Neuroscience, and Loneliness
November 12th Brain Awareness Week Speaker
Dr. John Cacioppo, PhD, University of Chicago