Lanna Fuselier:  Xavier University, Chemistry major
Mentor: Dr. S. Thayumanavan, Chemistry Department
Project: "Light Emitting Devices through Organic Chemistry"

Joyonna Gamble-George:  Xavier University, Biochemistry major
Mentor: Dr. Karen Watanabe, Environmental Health Science
Project:  "Comparison of the Mechanisms of Xenobiotic Metabolism between Humans and Freshwater Organisms"

Jamaal Granger: Dillard University,  Physics/Engineering  major
Mentor: Dr. Abdalla Darwish, Dillard University
Project: "Optical Wave-Guide Fabrication using PMMA Doped with DCM"

Terrell Green: Tulane University,   Biomedical Engineering major
Mentor:  Dr. Assaf Abdelghani, Environmental Health Science
Project:  "Metabolic Transformation of Monosodium Methanearsonate to Arsenobetaine in Edible Fish Tissues"
 
Brian Hannah: Xavier University,  Biology major
Mentor:  Dr. Yu-Teh Li, Biochemistry Department
Project:  "Isolation of GM2 from Human Tay-Sachs Brain"

Jonathan Hijuelos: Tulane University,  Mechanical Engineering major
Mentor:  Dr. Vijay John, Chemical Engineering Department
Project:  "Material Synthesis through Hydrate Production"

Anthony Hurst:   Southern University at Baton Rouge,  Chemistry major
Mentor:  Dr. Abdalla Darwish, Dillard University
Project: "Optical Wave-Guide Fabrication using PMMA Doped with DCM"

Martin Jiminez:   Tulane University,  Ecology and Evolutionary Biology  major
Mentor: Dr. Duncan Irschick, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department
Project: "The Effects of Surface Diameter on the Acceleration of a Lizard:  Anolis sagrei"

Jevon Johnson:  Xavier University,  Biology major
Mentor:  Dr. Mouhammed Awayda, Physiology Department
Project: "Affects of Doxyrubicin on MCF-7 Cells"

Rocquel Johnson: Southern University at New Orleans,  Chemistry major
Mentor: Dr. Thomas Bianchi, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department
Project: "The Composition of Plant Pigment as Biomarkers as Indicators of Phytoplankton in the Mississippi River Plume"

Kera Lawson: Xavier University, Biochemistry major
Mentor: Dr. Bill Alworth, Chemistry  Department
Project:  "Total Antioxidant Staus Determination of Zearalenone"

Taiesha Lewis (visiting scholar): Spelman College,  Biology  major
Mentor: Dr. Lucy Cardenas-Freytag, Microbiology and Immunology Department
Project: "A Study on the Protection of a LT (R192G) and Heat-Killed C. albicans Vaccine against Vagina Candidiasis"

Ndidi Madu:  Xavier University, Biology major
Mentor:   Dr. Victor Law, Chemical Engineering Department
Project:  "The Regeneration of Deactivated Equilibrium Cat Cracker Catalysts"

Karla Melendez:   Tulane University,  Neuroscience major
Mentor:   Dr. Henry Bart, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department
Project:  "Morphometric Variance in the Species Carpiodes Carpio"

LaKeisha Myles:  Grambling State University,  Chemistry major
Mentor:   Dr. Russell Schmehl, Chemistry  Department
Project:  "Synthesis of Materials for Electroluminescence Applications"

Roopa Nalam:  Tulane University,  Biological Chemistry major
Mentor:   Dr. Harry Ensley, Chemistry  Department
Project:  "Synthesis of 1, 10-Phenanthroline Chelators"

Ihuoma Okezie:  Xavier University,  Biology major
Mentor:   Dr. Steven Darwin, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department
Project:  "Exploration of Seed Rain in a Bottomland Hardwood Forest of Southeastern Louisiana:  Its Affect on Forest Regeneration and Succession"

Amisha Poret-Peterson:  Tulane University,  Ecology and Evolutionary Biology major
Mentor:   Dr. Jay Gulledge, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department
Project:  "Methods in Microbial Biomass Carbon Determination"

Douglas Rudolph:  Xavier University,  Chemistry major
Mentor:   Dr. Victor Law, Chemical Engineering Department
Project:  "The Regeneration of Deactivated Equilibrium Cat Cracker Catalysts"

Apryl Scott:  Tulane University,  Cell and Molecular Biology major
Mentor:   Dr. Glen Boyd, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department
Project:  "Pharmaceutical Contaminants and Treatment Alternatives for the Lower Mississippi River"

David Webb:  Xavier University,  Biology major
Mentor:   Dr.  S. Thayumanavan, Chemistry Department
Project:  "Light Emitting Devices through Organic Chemistry"

Nina Williams:  Xavier University,  Chemistry major
Mentor:   Dr.  Bill Alworth, Chemistry Department
Project:  "Synthesis and Characterization of Potential Inhibitors of Cytochromes P450 1A1 and 1B1"

Demetrius Woods:  Tulane University,  Neuroscience major
Mentor:    Dr. Mouhammed Awayda, Physiology Department
Project:  "MCF-7:  Hormonal Regulation in Epitheial Sodium Channel (EnaC) Activation and Transport"

Jadrien Young:  Tulane University,  Biomedical Engineering major
Mentor:    Dr. Kay C. Dee, Biomedical Engineering Department
Project:  "Strength of Adhesion of Lung Epithlial Cells"