Julia Davis – McNichols Foundation Scholar 1st Year Scholar, PhD candidate
Civil & Environmental Engineering University of Virginia
Research:
As climate change causes flooding to become more frequent and intense, communities across the U.S. are facing difficult and complex decisions about whether and when to relocate. My current research investigates how people make these...
Emily Ariail – McNichols Foundation Scholar 1st Year Scholar, PhD candidate
Biomedical Engineering Johns Hopkins University
Research:
My research utilizes cutting-edge technology at the interface of molecular engineering and immunology to engineer novel cytokine/antibody fusion proteins that aim to improve and expand the accessibility of cell-based cancer immunotherapies.
Katelyn Dial – Joan Jordano Scholar 1st Year Scholar, PhD candidate
Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology Georgetown University
Research:
My research investigates how psychedelics work at a specific brain receptor called the serotonin 2A receptor to rapidly reverse the symptoms of depression. I focus on how activating this receptor changes...
Rose Gebhardt – Virginia Wright Memorial Scholar 1st Year Scholar, PhD candidate
Aerospace Engineering University of Maryland
Research:
My research models the fluid dynamics of robotic fish swimming in close proximity to other agents and to apply feedback control to harness hydrodynamic benefits and perform bio-inspired behaviors. By strategically adjusting the...
Nicholas Arnaud – Mars Foundation Scholar 1st Year Scholar, PhD candidate
Electrical Engineering University of Virginia
Research:
My research involves designing, testing, and integrating a low noise on-chip circuit for use in detecting extremely faint optical signals. In essence, my circuit converts a weak laser signal into a tangible voltage signal...
Kathryn E. Kingsbury – Endowment Scholar 1st Year Scholar, PhD candidateChemistryJohns Hopkins University
Research:
In my research, I design new mixed-valent materials where Fe²⁺ and Fe³⁺ ions are connected by bridging atoms or molecules, and study how electrons move between the ions using techniques like Mössbauer spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, UV-Vis spectroscopy...
Kieran Barvenik – Endowment Scholar 1st Year Scholar, PhD candidateMechanical Engineering University of Maryland
Research:
My research seeks to explore the development of novel soft robots, which utilize a flexible hemispherical shell coupled with pneumatic or hydraulic actuation to produce a complex “Pac-Man” grasping shape. Because soft robots tend to deform...
Sumner Gubisch – Willard & Marilynn Sweetser Scholar 1st Year Scholar, PhD candidateMechanical & Aerospace Engineering George Washington University
Research:
I'm exploring ways to improve materials that can convert heat directly into electricity. This involves carefully controlling the structure of these materials on very small scales, even down to the level...
Alexander Lekan – Forster Family Foundation Scholar 2nd Year Scholar, MD/PhD candidateTumor Biology Georgetown University
Research: Identifying treatment strategies to increase immune cell accumulation in pancreatic cancer in order to improve patient responses to immunotherapy. Specifically, utilizing high-throughput single-cell proteomic analysis technologies to identify immune cell populations that promote anti-tumor...
ARCS MWC Scholar Alum John Hickey, who is now an assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Duke University, received an Early Career Research Grant from the Human Frontier Science Program. John and his collaborators aim to understand how cytokines, growth factors and other small, soluble molecules, can direct cell behavior...
