First Cohort 2007 - 2009

Anjolii Diaz

Hometown: Ponce, PR/Milford, PA

Undergrad & Major: Penn State University, BS in Psychology with a concentration in Neuroscience and a minor in Biology

Lab Name & Department: Cognitive, Affect & Psychophysiology Lab, Department of Psychology

IMSD Advisor: Dr. Martha Ann Bell

Current Status: Associate Professor & Director of Graduate Studies at Ball State University

Yared Kidane

Hometown: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Undergrad & Major: Addis Ababa University, Statistics

Lab Name & Department: Murali and Lawrence Lab, Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology (GBCB)

IMSD Mentor: Drs. T M Murali and Chris Lawrence

Current Status: Senior Bioinformatics Research Scientist at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children

Albert Kwansa

Hometown: Riverdale, MD

Undergrad & Major: University of Wisconsin-Madison, B.S. in Biomedical Engineering

Lab Name & Department: Musculoskeletal Tissue Regeneration Lab & Mechanics of Soft Biological Systems Lab. Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences

IMSD Advisor: Co-advised by Dr. Joseph Freeman (Rutgers University, Biomedical Engineering) & Dr. Raffaella De Vita (Virginia Tech, Engineering Science & Mechanics)

Current Status: Research Associate at NC State University

Rebecca Ortiz

Hometown: Ponce, PR

Undergrad & Major: Iowa State University, Animal Sciences and minors in Zoology and Animal Ecology

Lab Name & Department: Mastitis and Immunology Lab, Department of Dairy Science

IMSD Advisor: Dr. Isis K. Mullarky

Current Status: Quality Control Manager, External Operations at Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc.