“I’m the first in my entire family to even think about a master’s or Ph.D. And, for me to go to Johns Hopkins? This is a Portuguese kid from Bristol, Rhode Island!” Josh Leitao Senior B.S., biology; B.A. chemistry Minor, public health; certificate, biotechnology Roger Williams University 2013 RI EPSCoR SURF; 2014 RI INBRE SURF […]
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Undergrad charts own path in scientific quest
Beatrice Steinert Senior, Brown University Dual major in biology, science and society SURF student, 2014 For her honors thesis project, Beatrice Steinert set out to recreate a 19th century experiment by the embryologist Edwin Grant Conklin, to collect, study and sketch the embryonic developmental stages of Crepidula fornicata, commonly known as the slipper snail. Beachgoers typically spot […]
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Joselynn Wallace University of Rhode Island Ph.D. candidate; biological and environmental sciences RI EPSCoR graduate fellow & summer support On track to graduate with her Ph.D. in May 2017, former RI NSF EPSCoR graduate fellow Joselynn Wallace isn’t exactly sure where her journey will lead after immersing herself in the study of diatoms, the single-celled, […]
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“This was far more in depth than I had ever gotten. It was a lot of trial and error. I hadn’t expected to be so much on my own, so it took me a while to get used to that, to make the responsibilities my own. It was challenging, but exciting at the same time.” […]
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Continue reading "Symposium agenda, abstracts, and information"Providence College grad earns prestigious NSF award
‘My research experience was something I would not trade for anything else in the world.’ — Jennifer Lynn Cyr The National Science Foundation received nearly 17,000 applications for the 2016 Graduate Research Fellowship Program. When the 5 a.m. email recently landed in her inbox, announcing the 2,000 successful candidates, Jennifer Lynn Cyr, a 2015 Providence College graduate, […]
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“That first summer with SURF gave me the opportunity to see what doing research was really like. Eight hours a day, five days a week. It almost felt like I wasn’t doing research before that point.” Megan Sylvia Senior; biology Salve Regina University SURF student; 2014, 2015 Megan Sylvia, who will graduate from Salve Regina […]
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Avelina Espinosa Roger Williams University Associate professor, biology SURF program mentor Avelina Espinosa’s research takes her deep inside the gut, looking at a parasite ingested by people through either water or food. The question, she says, is how would this parasite — Entamoeba — respond to climate change? From her biomedical research with the human pathogen, Espinosa […]
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“We have an incredibly rich resource to study and to provide us with a natural laboratory that exists nowhere else in the world. We can be a leading source of information and a leader of excellence.” Collaborative Research Grants RI Science and Technology Advisory Council (STAC) Recognizing the value of the federal Experimental Program to […]
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Thomas Meedel Rhode Island College Professor; biology SURF program mentor Throughout much of the Rhode Island EPSCoR grant, Thomas Meedel’s key involvement has been as a mentor for the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program. A 2015 RI Science and Technology Advisory Council (STAC) collaborative grant with lead researcher Steve Irvine and Niall Howlett, both […]
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