2023-2024 ASSURE Fellows
Monica Allen
Psychology and Native American Studies
Mentor: Leola Paquin, PhD
Project: Safeguarding the Wellness and the Journey to Heal Native America
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Logan Ballou
Linguistics
Mentor: Rosa Vallejos, Ph.D.
Project: Attention in the Amazon: Secoya
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Bianca Camacho
Geography & Environmental Studies and Psychology
Mentor: Marygold Walsh-Dilley, Ph.D.
Project: Quantifying and categorizing insects, spiders, and other arthropods in the Lobo Gardens
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Cameron Mroz
Biology and Chemistry
Mentor: William Garver, PhD
Project: Genotype phenotype analysis of CRISPR Cas-9 modified human haploid fibroblasts for LDL-derived lipids
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Valeria Cortes-Mora
Geography & Environmental Studies
Mentor: Liping Yang, Ph.D.
Project: Spatial-temporal analysis for rainforests driven by big earth observation data: An ArcGIS story map of the Amazon area in Colombia
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Celina Eberle
Biology
Mentor: Lisa Barrow, Ph.D.
Project: Invasion genomics of introduced bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana) of New Mexico
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Braeden Fields
Physics & Astronomy
Mentor: Ylva Pihlstrom, Ph.D.
Project: Modeling of SiO maser excitation conditions
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Shaleena Flores
International Studies & Economics
Mentor: Matias Fontenla
Project: Nonprofit & NGO Experience with University and 3rd-Party Research Partnerships
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Elizabeth Galles
Psychology and Philosophy
Mentor: Eric Ruthruff, Ph.D.
Project: The Logic of Confabulation
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Fernando Garcia Cortez
Physics & Astronomy and Mathematics & Statistics
Mentor: Francis-Yan Cyr-Racine, Ph.D.
Project: Particle models of non-standard neutrino interactions
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Andrew Gibson
Physics & Astronomy
Mentor: Dinesh Loomba, Ph.D.
Project: Gas Mixture and Energy Resolution Analysis in Time Projection Chambers
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Sa'angna Mi'ila Gollette
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Mentor: Keith Prufer, Ph.D.
Project: Reconstructing Late Holocene Climate in Central America Using Oxygen Isotopes of Speleothems
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Trinity Griffus
Biology
Mentor: David Hanson, Ph.D.
Project: From Red Dust to Green Oasis: The Cultivation Plants and Mycorrhizae Fungi in Martian Regolith for Sustainable Space Exploration
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Murphy John
Mathematics & Statistics
Mentor: Yan Lin, Ph.D.
Project: Spotted Fever Rickettsiosis Dynamics in the United States
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Cole Kochan
Economics and Mathematics & Statistics
Mentor: Manuel Montoya, Ph.D.
Project: Parallel Economic Systems and the “Obligation to Incorporate”: A Loss Valuation Review
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Linguistics
Mentor: Joshua Birchall, Ph.D.
Project: Developing Culturally Appropriate Materials for Future Research in Pueblo Communities
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Cheyenne Levy
Speech Language Pathology
Mentor: Phyllis Palmer, Ph.D.
Project: Continuation of Pediatric Swallow Normative project
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Francine Lopez
Sociology
Mentor: Noah Painter-Davis, Ph.D.
Project: Bridging Political Divides: Communication in Criminal Justice Reform
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My Linh Lucero
Anthropology and Psychology
Mentor: Ian Wallace, Ph.D.
Project: Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain among Non-Industrial Societies
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Ian Malone
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Mentor: Adrian Brearley, Ph.D.
Project: Carbonaceous Chondrites: Liquid Water On Earth
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Janna Martinez
Geography & Environmental Studies
Mentor: Becky Bixby, Ph.D.
Project: Effects of groundwater levels on the abundance and diversity of terrestrial arthropods in the San Antonio Oxbow region of the Rio Grande
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Rhoan McMaster
Economics
Mentor: Yuting Yang, Ph.D.
Project: Solar PV Energy Inequity Research
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Aldo Morelli
Mathematics, concentration in pure math
Mentor: Maxim Zinchenko, PhD
Project: Utilizing Analytic Function Theory to Analyze Operator Eigenvalues
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Ashley Olson
Biology
Mentor: Mubarak Hussain Syed, PhD
Project: Effect of post mitotic knockdown of E93 on neuron morphology in Drosophila
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Physics & Astronomy
Mentor: Mousumi Roy, Ph.D.
Project: Using Clustering to Analyze Geochemical Data Sets
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Jennifer Patterson
Environmental Science
Mentor: Adrian Brearley, PhD
Project: Legacy Uranium Contamination from the Jackpile Mine at The Pueblo of Laguna
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Mikayla Ranspot
Earth and Planetary Sciences
Mentor: Seth Newsome, PhD
Project: Using carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis of baleen to examine nutritional stress in gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) in the northeast Pacific Ocean.
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Benjamin Rodriguez
Earth and Planetary Sciences
Mentor: Karl Karlstrom, PhD
Project: 40Ar/39Ar detrital sanidine geochronology and bedrock incision investigation of paleo-river terraces on the Jemez River at Soda Dam
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Simon Ruybalid
History and Anthropology
Mentor: Kimberly Gauderman, Ph.D.
Project: Song of the Colibrí: Legal Chisme in Colonial Latin American
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John San Nicolas
Religious Studies and Philosophy
Mentor: Richard Wood, PhD and Frank Yates, PhD
Project: On Earth as it is in Heaven: Current Trends and Challenges in Political Theology
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Jason Sanchez Hernandez
Economics
Mentor: Melissa Binder, Ph.D.
Project: Effectiveness of College-Readiness and College Support Programs
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Madison Shindler
Earth and Planetary Sciences
Mentor: Adrian Brearley, PhD
Project: Uranium & Heavy Metal Content at Red Water Pond Road Community
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Renae Simonson
Biology
Mentor: Mubarak Syed, Ph.D.
Project: Determining how type II lineages in the eye and central complex communicate with each other during development
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Serena Smith
Anthropology and Psychology
Mentor: Benjamin Clark, Ph.D.
Project: Neural Oscillation Disruption in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
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Jordyn Suber
International Studies
Mentor: David Prior, Ph.D.
Project: Charles Sumner's Reconstructions
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Ariadna Torres
Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology
Mentor: Lisa Barrow, PhD
Project: Dynamics of Amphibian Pathogen Detection Using Museum Specimens
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Amber Wood
Biology
Mentor: Joe Cook, Ph.D.
Project: Unconvering Crptotis Shrew Diversity in South America for Conservation
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