Jason Campbell
Major: Chemistry
Home: Bossier City, LA
Undergrad: B.S. Chemistry, LSU-Shreveport (1999)
Years at LSU: 3+
CMC-IGERT Rank: Apprentice
Faculty Team: Spivak, Russo Off-campus: Pat Cotts, Dupont
Project: Molecular recognition
Apprenticeship Project: Scattering from influenza (completed)
Minithesis completed? No.
Current career objective: Industry
Hobbies: Sports and Gaming
Rhonda Nichols
Major: Human Ecology
Home: Baton Rouge, LA
Undergrad: B.S, Textile Science, LSU (1996)
Years at LSU: 4+
CMC-IGERT Rank: Apprentice
Faculty Team: Negulescu, Kuttruff Off-campus: Billie Collier
Project: Textile End-Use Applications of Recycled Commercial Polymer Materials
and Textiles
Apprenticeship Project: Evaluation of Effect of Color Component in
Naturally Colored Cotton
Minithesis completed? No.
Current career objective: ???
Hobbies:
Internet
Crafts - Painting, sewing, needlework etc.
Nadia J. Edwin
Major: Chemistry
Home: St.Croix, USVI
Undergrad: B.S. Chemistry, UVI-St.Thomas (2000)
Years at LSU: 2+
CMC-IGERT Rank: Apprentice
Faculty Team: Dr.Paul Russo, Dr. Robin McCarley
Off-campus: Dr.Andrea Liu, UCLA
Project: Inhibiting Alzheimer’s Research
Apprenticeship Project: Light Scattering Characterization of Dow Particles
(completed)
Minithesis completed? YES
Current career objective: MD/PhD Academic Professor
Hobbies: Traveling, Reading, Writing, Being A Mom!
Kanika Vessel
Major: Mechanical Engineering (M.E.)
Home: Detroit, MI
Undergrad: B.S. M.E., Southern University-Baton Rouge (SUBR) (1999)
Years at LSU: 3
CMC-IGERT Rank: Apprentice
Faculty Team: Pang, Negelescu Off-campus: Michael Stubblefield-SUBR
Project: Biodegradable Polymers and Vehicle Dynamics
Apprenticeship Project: Parametric and Sensitivity Analysis of a Vibratory
Automobile Model.
Minithesis completed? Yes.
Current career objective: Working in the automotive or aerospace industry, and
eventually teaching vibration/dynamics at a University.
Hobbies: Reading, Bowling and Skating.
Mariah McMasters
Major: Chemistry
Home: Paragould, Arkansas
Undergrad: Chemistry and Mathematics, B.S., Arkansas State University (1999)
Years at LSU: 2
CMC-IGERT Rank: Apprentice
Faculty Team: Robin McCarley
Project: Inhibiting Alzheimer’s Disease
Apprenticeship Project: Surface-Induced Aggregation of Beta Amyloid Peptide
Minithesis completed: Yes
Current Career Objective: ?
Hobbies: Reading, Cooking
Allison M. Joubert
Major: Biochemistry
Home: Opelousas, LA
Undergrad: B.S. Biological Sciences, LSU-BR (2001)
Years at LSU: 5+
CMC-IGERT Rank: Apprentice
Faculty Team: Vince J. LiCata and Jackie Stephens
Off-campus: Iris Torriani (LNLS) or John Pople (SSRL)-Tentative
Student Team Member: Greg Thompson
Project: Stucture-Function of Steroid Nuclear Receptor Proteins
Apprenticeship Project: Hydrodynamic and X-ray Scattering Properties of Type I
DNA Polymerases from E. coli and T. aquaticus (completed)
Minithesis completed? Yes
Current career objective: Pharmaceutical Research
Hobbies: Watching Movies and Hanging out with friends
Greg Thompson
Major: Biochemistry
Home: Slidell, LA
Undergrad: B.S. Biology Millsaps College. Jackson, MS
Years at LSU: <1
CMC-IGERT Rank: Apprentice
Faculty Team: LiCata, Stephens
Student Team Member: Allison Joubert
Project: Protein: Structure Function
Apprenticeship Project: DNA Type I Polymerases
Minithesis completed? No.
Current career objective: Undecided
Hobbies: Watching football, playing golf.
Thomas Morgan
Major: Chemistry
Home: Louisiana
Undergrad: U. Louisiana—Lafayette
Years at LSU: 3
CMC-IGERT Rank: Apprentice
Faculty Team: Spivak-Thomas
Off-campus: TBA
Project: Synthesis & Analysis of Novel Lipid Superstructures
Apprenticeship Project: SAXS
Minithesis completed? N
Current career objective: ?????
Hobbies: Games, movies
Matthew Balhoff
Major: Chemistry
Home: Baton Rouge
Undergrad: LSU Chemical Engineering
Years at LSU: 3
CMC-IGERT Rank: Artisan
Faculty Team: Daly-Thompson
Project: Composite Structures and Flow
Apprenticeship Project: Schlumberger
Minithesis completed? Yes
Current career objective: ?????
Hobbies:
John K. Whitehead
Major: Chemistry
Home: Texas
Undergrad: Texas A&M branch campus
Years at LSU: 2
CMC-IGERT Rank: Apprentice
Faculty Team: Hammer-Newcomer
Project: Peptide design characterization
Apprenticeship Project: N
Minithesis completed? N
Current career objective: ?????
Hobbies:
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Christopher Sparrow
Major: Chemistry
Home: Louisiana
Undergrad: ??
Years at LSU: 2
CMC-IGERT Rank: Apprentice
Faculty Team: Maverick-Cleij
Project: Inorganic functional polymers
Apprenticeship Project: N
Minithesis completed? N
Current career objective: ?????
Hobbies:
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Major: Analytical Chemistry
Home: Grambling, LA
Undergrad: Grambling State University; Grambling, LA (May 2000)
Years at LSU: 2+
CMC-IGERT Rank: Apprentice
Faculty Team: Isiah Warner, Steven Soper
Project: Surface Modification of Microfluidic Devices
Apprenticeship Project: Surface Modification of Microchips Using a
Zwitterionic Polymer
Minithesis completed: No
Current career objective: ????????????????????????
Hobbies: eating, shopping, SLEEPING
Jason Campbell
Major: Chemistry
Home: Shreveport, LA
Undergrad: B.S. Chemistry, LSU-Shreveport (1999)
Years at LSU: 2+
CMC-IGERT Rank: Apprentice
Faculty Team: Spivak, Russo Off-campus: Pat Cotts, Dupont
Project: Molecular recognition
Apprenticeship Project: Scattering from influenza (completed)
Minithesis completed? No.
Current career objective: ?????
Hobbies:
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Jason Campbell
Major: Chemistry
Home: Shreveport, LA
Undergrad: B.S. Chemistry, LSU-Shreveport (1999)
Years at LSU: 2+
CMC-IGERT Rank: Apprentice
Faculty Team: Spivak, Russo Off-campus: Pat Cotts, Dupont
Project: Molecular recognition
Apprenticeship Project: Scattering from influenza (completed)
Minithesis completed? No.
Current career objective: ?????
Hobbies:
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