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...
ARCS MWC 2024-25 Co-President Patty Sparrell was featured in the May ARCS National newsletter! The article highlights her commitment to science through her involvement in major volunteer roles – with the ARCS Foundation National, the ARCS Metro Washington Chapter, and as a trustee at Russell Sage College. Read the full article here.
Prachi Shah - MWC Chapter Scholar 1st Year Scholar, PhD candidate
Biology Georgetown University
Research:
Memory and forgetting are highly regulated biological processes fundamental for animal survival in an ever-changing environment. This project aims to understand the neurobiological basis of retrograde amnesia induced by different insults. This research requires the...
DaVonne Henry – Hesse Endowment Scholar 1st Year Scholar, PhD candidate
Physics Georgetown University
Research:
Combining single-molecule magnets (SMMs) with graphene nanodevices can lead to high-density data storage or quantum computing applications. Using nanofabrication techniques, I create highly responsive devices that can be used to perform measurements on SMMs. Electrical...
Patrick Banner – MWC 55th Anniversary Scholar 1st Year Scholar, PhD candidate
Physics University of Maryland
Research:
This research spans atomic, optical, and detector physics. The primary research uses strongly interacting atoms to make light and matter interact in ways that can be used for both studies of fundamental few-body...
Emily Cheung – MWC Endowment Scholar 1st Year Scholar, PhD candidate
Biomedical Engineering George Washington University
Research:
To develop a novel therapy that provides targeted activation of specific neuron populations in the brain to mitigate progression of cardiovascular diseases that have higher prevalence in women. I use high-speed optical mapping techniques...
