Current Undergraduate Research Ambassadors

Carolann Espy

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President - Undergraduate Research Ambassadors

Major: Biochemistry | Research Option
Research Area: Structure elucidation of active Photosystems II through single-particle cryo-EM
Research Mentor: Dr. Ingeborg Schmidt-Krey
Email: cespy7@gatech.edu

 

Hannah Shin

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Executive Vice President - Undergraduate Research Ambassadors

Major: Biology | Minor in Health, Medicine, and Society | Research Option
Research Area: Measuring organization of biological knowledge around experimental design utilizing a card sorting task
Research Mentor: Dr. Colin Harrison
Email: hshin315@gatech.edu

Kaavya Gudapati

Vice President of Campus Relations - Undergraduate Research Ambassadors

Major: Neuroscience | Health and Medical Sciences Concentration | Minor in Spansih
Research Area: Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering
Research Mentor: Dr. Machelle Pardue
Email: kgudapati3@gatech.edu

Xufei Liu

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Vice President of Internal Affairs - Undergraduate Research Ambassadors

Major: Industrial Engineering | Advanced Operations Research and Statistics Concentration
Research Area: Exploration and Optimization of Bartholdi’s Bucket Brigade Conjecture
Research Mentor: Dr. Robert Foley
Email: Xliu725@gatech.edu

Prahathishree (Premi) Mohanavelu

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Vice President of Events - Undergraduate Research Ambassadors

Major: Computer Science | Pre-Health Concentration
Research Area: Informatics-based Literature Mapping to Personalize Therapy for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
Research Mentor: Dr. Cassie Mitchell
Email: pmohanavelu3@gatech.edu

Charlie Wood

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Vice President of Advertising - Undergraduate Research Ambassadors

Major: Chemistry | Pre-Health Concentration | Minor in Psychology
Research Area: Optimization of rocket fuel synthesis from epichlorohydrin
Research Mentor: Dr. Pamela Pollet
Email: cwood45@gatech.edu

Kevin Tao

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Vice President of Outreach - Undergraduate Research Ambassadors

Major: Biomedical Engineering | Pre-Health Concentration
Research Area: DNA technologies and immunoengineering
Research Mentor: Dr. Gabriel Kwong
Email: ktao30@gatech.edu

Annabelle Lint

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Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Major: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | Biotechnology Concentration
Research Area: Computational modeling of self-assembling peptides
Research Mentor: Dr. Anant Paravastu
Email: alint3@gatech.edu

Annamarie Eustice

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Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Major: Environmental Engineering | Minor in Spanish | International Plan | Research Option
Research Area: Evaluating Ion Storage Mechanisms in Capacitive Deionization for Electrochemical Desalination
Research Mentor: Dr. Marta Hatzell
Email: aeustice3@gatech.edu

Matias Teixeira Prates

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Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Major: Biomedical Engineering | Minor in Physiology
Research Area: Wearable Robotics
Research Mentor: Dr. Aaron Young
Email: mprates3@gatech.edu

Manav Jain

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Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Major: Biomedical Engineering | Minor in Materials Science and Engineering

Research Area: Developing functionalized systems for improved expansion of CAR-T Cell therapies.

Research Mentor: Dr. Krish Roy

Email: manavj@gatech.edu

Haewon Lee

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Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Major: Material Science Engineering | Polymer & Fiber Concentration
Research Area: Li-ion Batteries
Research Mentor: Dr. Gleb Yushin
Email: matildahlee00@gatech.edu

Melissa Ozbeyler

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Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Major: Mechanical Engineering
Research Area: Stem cell based therapies, characterizing heterogeneity in mesenchymal stem cells by spatial transcriptomic profiling in single cells
Research Mentor: Dr. Ahmet Coskun
Email: mozbeyler3@gatech.edu

Aarnav Saxena

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Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Major: Biomedical Engineering
Research Area: Janus microparticle functionalization and its optimization for protein secretion
Research Mentor: Dr. Katily Ramirez
Email: asaxena90@gatech.edu

Yassin Watson

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Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Major: Double Major in Biology & Industrial Engineering | Concentration in Supply Chain Engineering | Minors in Social Justice, Anatomy, & Physiology
Research Area: Neurocognitive Medicine (Alzheimer's Disease); Experimental Design in Biology Education
Research Mentor: Dr. Cassie Mitchell (Alzheimer's Disease, BME); Dr. Colin Harrison (Biology Education, School of Biological Sciences)
Email: ywatson1337@gmail.com

Soham Kulkarni

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Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Major: Biochemistry | Pre-Health Concentration | Minors in Health & Medical Sciences and Data Analysis
Research Area: Classifying and Verifying Ranked Repurposed Drugs for SARS Coronavirus Treatment Utilizing Text-Mining Techniques
Research Mentor: Dr. Cassie Mitchell
Email: skulkarni302@gatech.edu

Keyana Komilian

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Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Major: Biomedical Engineering | Minor in Computer Science
Research Area: Biology
Research Mentor: Dr. David Hu
Email: keyana5@gatech.edu

Ana Cristian

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Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Major: Biomedical Engineering | Minor in Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research Area: High-throughput lipid nanoparticle delivery of gene therapies
Research Mentor: Dr. James Dahlman
Email: acristian3@gatech.edu

Andy Chea

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Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Major: Biology | Minors in French and Computation Data Analysis
Research Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Mentor: Dr. Herron / Dr. Rosenzweig
Email: andychea2000@gatech.edu

Ashi Awasthi

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Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Major: Biomedical Engineering | Research Option
Research Area: Enhancing the In-Vitro Blood-Brain Barrier Model to Improve Drug Delivery to the Brain
Research Mentor: Dr. YongTae Kim
Email: aawasthi30@gatech.edu

Carys Thompson

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Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Major: Biology | Pre-Health Concentration | Minor in Spanish
Research Area: Modeling effects of particulate matter exposure on C. elegans
Research Mentor: Dr. Hang Lu
Email: carysthompson@gatech.edu

Deborah Lobaccaro

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Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Major: Biomedical Engineering
Research Area: Measuring the impact of ligand presentation on cellular contractility forces
Research Mentor: Dr. Andres Garcia
Email: dlobaccaro3@gatech.edu

Jordan Guistwhite

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Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Major: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | Biotechnology Concentration | Minor in Biology
Research Area: Chromosome Engineering
Research Mentor: Dr. Lily Cheung
Email: jguistwhite@gatech.edu

Kento Yamamato

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Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Major: Biomedical Engineering | Pre-Health Concentration | Minor in Robotics
Research Area: Developing hardware and software phantom models for neurosurgical robot testing and training, endoscopic surgical tool design
Research Mentor: Dr. Jaydev P. Desai
Email: kyamamoto31@gatech.edu

Lily Torp

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Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Major: Biology
Research Area: Discovering novel ligands for G-protein coupled receptors, combining experimental and computational biochemistry
Research Mentor: Dr. Pamela Peralta-Yahya
Email: ltorp3@gatech.edu

Owen Hale

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Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Major: Biology | Research Option
Research Area: Understanding the role heme in mycobacterial pathogenesis
Research Mentor: Dr. Amit Reddi
Email: ohale@gatech.edu

Sophia Wiesenfeld

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Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Major: Biology | Minor in Physics
Research Area: Mechanisms of interbacterial antagonism and defense
Research Mentor: Dr. Brian Hammer
Email: swiesenfeld0@gatech.edu

William York

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Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Major: Biomedical Engineering | Pre-Health Concentration | Research Option
Research Area: Using Biomaterials to Immunomodulate Muscular Defects for Tissue Regeneration
Research Mentor: Dr. Edward Botchwey
Email: wyork8@gatech.edu

Henry Rose

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Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Major: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Research Area: Developing low cost, ultra safe, high energy batteries
Research Mentor: Dr. Nian Liu
Email: hrose8@gatech.edu

Evelyn Chen

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Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Major: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | Energy Systems Concentration
Research Area: Using electrodialysis for recovery of key organic molecules from hypersaline environments
Research Mentor: Dr. Ellery Ingall
Email: echen78@gatech.edu

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