College of Science

2007 Houston-Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Scholars Participants

Six students in the Houston-Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Scholars Program in the College of Science have been selected as 2007 participants in summer REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) programs across the country.

Rice University REU Program
Michelle Jackson (major-biology) will work in research concerning heart valves, valve cells, and heart valve disease with Dr. Jerome Salterelli, Department of Bioengineering.

James May (major-biology) will continue his research work begun during his summer 2006 REU at Rice on protein fragment complementation assays with Dr. Joff Silberg, Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology.

Cindy Obioha (major-biochemistry) will work in biochemistry research and cell biology with Dr. Mary Ellen Lane, Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology.

Texas Tech University REU Program
Francisco Sanchez (major-mathematics) will work in research concerning the computation and control of biological and biologically inspired systems with Dr. Padmanabhan Seshaiyer, Department of Mathematics.

University of Arizona REU Program
Kristen Gould (major-chemistry) will work in structural chemistry research with Dr. Richard S. Glass, Department of Chemistry.

University of Cincinnati REU Program
Shola Obafemi (major-chemistry) will work in chemistry research with Dr. Pearl Tsang, Department of Chemistry.