Joshua’s Research Summary Report: Over the course of my summer research, I utilized many skills including presenting, data analysis, and coding, all in efforts to findareas around the Milky Way and its satellite galaxies where Population III stars could be located. Population III stars are stars formed from the primordial matter from the Big Bang… Continue reading Joshua Mizrachi
Archives: People Profiles
Khalid Khider
Khalid’s Research Summary: Having an opportunity to work the DE Space Grant was a blessed experience. I really enjoyed working with a team. They werevery welcoming and kind. I was contributing to a team project where we developed and improved the underwater swimming robotwhich I thought was pretty cool. I discovered my new passion which… Continue reading Khalid Khider
Jada Jackson
I am a rising junior studying Biological Sciences at Delaware State University. I have an interest in health professions and have interests in several specialties. Last summer, I worked on researching techniques in the area of joint kinematics. Jada’s Research Summary: My summer research this summer was centered around the relationship between kidney disease or… Continue reading Jada Jackson
Donovan Haverly
I am a Rising Senior at the University of Delaware majoring in Mechanical Engineering and minoring in Mathematics. I am looking forward to graduating in the upcoming year and joining the Aerospace industry to assist in the design of hydrogen-powered aircraft. Donovan’s Research Summary: First, the design of individual winglets was completed in SolidWorks. The first… Continue reading Donovan Haverly
Andrew Fonseca
My name is Andrew Fonseca, and I am a junior at University of Delaware currently following a physics degree plan with an astrophysics concentration, along with a computer science minor. I am a first-generation college student trying to engage more in research regarding my astrophysics concentration, and hope to learn more about this interesting field.… Continue reading Andrew Fonseca
Rodney Davis
I am Rodney Davis, and I am a senior at Delaware State University studying mathematics education. My future career goals are to become a mathematics educator and pursue a master’s degree in educational leadership to provide a change in young children’s lives. I would like to become an assistant principal and principal. My long-term goal… Continue reading Rodney Davis
Connor Davidson
Connor is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Delaware. He is majoring in Anthropology with a minor in Physics. He is interested in the rapid growth of human cultures through online spaces, and in advocating for people with differing neurology. He hopes to attain a PhD in Anthropology… Continue reading Connor Davidson
Zyairr Bissoon
Zyairr’s Research Summary: My summer research was at Willard Hall Education building at the University of Delaware, where I worked with Jazzlyn Jones on the cloning of the extracellular domain, one of the protein ABCA4. ABCA4 is a part of the ATP binding cassette transporterssubfamily. It is found in the outer segment of the rod… Continue reading Zyairr Bissoon
Anthony McCarthy
Anthony’s Research Summary Report: Dr. Sion initiated the beginning of our research by listing some possible research topics and working with me to choose which one we would investigate. After this, he asked me some background questions and assigned some background reading. After I responded to his questions, we began our research. Dr. Sion presented… Continue reading Anthony McCarthy
Natalie Vazquez Beales
Natalie’s Research Summary: During the summer 2023, under the supervision of Milton Muldrow, we conducted experimentation trying to collect DNA data of the anemone Aiptasia pallida. I was looking for Photosystem 2 relations with sirtuin 1 in zooxanthallae. I also looked 3D images of the protein sirtuin 1 of the anemone.