ALEXANDRA DECANDIA
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Georgetown University, Class of 2027


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David Chen Ma '27

​Undergraduate Research Assistant​, Fall 2024
​Research Team: Environmental Microbiomes
​Major: International Business; Minor: Chemistry 

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Valeria Echeverria '27

Undergraduate Research Assistant​, Spring 2025
​Research Team: Environmental Microbiomes
Major: Psychology; Minor: Medical Humanities

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Soo Han '27

​Undergraduate Research Assistant​, Fall 2024 - Spring 2025
Research Team: Environmental Microbiomes
Major: Nursing

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Jeffrey Liu '27

Undergraduate Research Assistant​, Fall 2024 - Spring 2025
Research Team: Environmental Microbiomes
Major: Science, Technology, & International Affairs

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Vrianelys Mejia '27

​Undergraduate Research Assistant​, Fall 2024
Research Team: Environmental Microbiomes
Major: Environmental Biology

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Ruth Morgan '27

Undergraduate Research Assistant​, Spring 2024
​Research Team: Urban Watershed Microbiomes
Major: Healthcare Management & Policy

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Giovanni Rios '27

Undergraduate Research Assistant​, Fall 2024 - Spring 2025
​Research Team: Environmental Microbiomes
Major: Neurobiology

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Ashley Rodriguez '27

Undergraduate Research Assistant​, Fall 2024
​Research Team: Environmental Microbiomes
Major: Biology of Global Health; Minor: Spanish

Georgetown University, Class of 2026


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Diana Barnes '26

​Undergraduate Research Assistant​, Spring 2023 - Spring 2024
Research Teams: Salt Marsh Microbiomes & Urban Watershed Microbiomes
Major: Biochemistry

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Diane Barnes '26

​Undergraduate Research Assistant​, Spring 2023 - Spring 2024
Research Teams: Salt Marsh Microbiomes & Urban Watershed Microbiomes
Major: Biochemistry

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Anastasia Duenas '26

​Undergraduate Research Assistant​, Fall 2024 - Spring 2025
Research Team: Environmental Microbiomes
Major: Biology

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Andrea Esquivel '26

​Undergraduate Research Assistant​, Fall 2023 - Fall 2024
​Research Teams: Urban Watershed Microbiomes
Major: Biology of Global Health; Minor: Public Health

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Sameel Karzai '26

Undergraduate Research Assistant​, Spring 2025
​Research Team: Environmental Microbiomes
Major: Biology

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Sara Melese '26

Undergraduate Research Assistant​, Fall 2023 - Spring 2025
​Research Team: Urban Watershed Microbiomes & Environmental Microbiomes
Major: Human Science

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Fabien Muhire '26

Undergraduate Research Assistant​, Fall 2023
​Research Team: Urban Watershed Microbiomes
Major: Biology

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Jocelynn Sengsiry '26

Undergraduate Research Assistant​, Fall 2023 - Spring 2024
​Research Team: Urban Watershed Microbiomes
Major: Economics; Minor: Biology

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Alina Watson '26

Undergraduate Research Assistant​, Fall 2023 - Spring 2024
​Research Team: Urban Watershed Microbiomes
Major: Biology of Global Health; Minor: Statistics

Georgetown University, Class of 2025


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​Nouran Alim '25

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Spring 2022 - Fall 2022
​Research Team: Salt Marsh Microbiomes
Major: Chemistry; Minor: Environmental Studies

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Jane Lindland '25

Undergraduate Research Assistant​, Spring 2025
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​Research Team: RISE
Major: Biology of Global Health​
Thesis: ​From Tusk to Tail: Gut and Oral Microbiome Signatures in Asian Elephants

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Adriane Longhurst '25

Undergraduate Research Assistant​, Fall 2024 - Spring 2025
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​Research Team: RISE
Majors: Environmental Biology & Russian
Thesis: 
Analysis of the Gut Microbiomes of In- and Ex-situ Black-Footed Ferrets (Mustela nigripes)

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Mary Nguyen '25

Undergraduate Research Assistant​, Spring 2022-Fall 2022; Fall 2024-Spring 2025
​Research Teams: Salt Marsh Microbiomes & RISE
Major: Environmental Biology; Minor: Religion, Ethics, and World Affairs
Thesis: 
Enhancing Urban Garden Capacity by Linking Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function

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Carly Rauh '25

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Spring 2022-Fall 2023, Fall 2024-Spring 2024
Research Teams: Salt Marsh Microbiomes, Urban Watershed Microbiomes, & RISE
​Major: Environmental Biology; Minor: Science, Technology, and International Affairs
Thesis: 
Evaluating the Microbial Diversity of Four Mile Run

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Nick Turzio '25

Undergraduate Research Assistant​, Spring 2025
​Research Team: Environmental Microbiomes
Major: Biology

Georgetown University, Class of 2024


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Urooj Ahmed '24

Undergraduate Research Assistant​, Spring 2022 - Spring 2024
​Research Teams: Mammal Microbiomes, Salt Marsh ​Microbiomes, & RISE
Major: Biology of Global Health; Minor: Medical Humanities
Thesis: 
Cultivating Sustainability: A Metagenomic Analysis of the Hoya Harvest Garden Soil Microbiome 

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Ameera Ayaz '24

​Undergraduate Research Assistant​, Fall 2023 - Spring 2024
​Research Team: Urban Watershed Microbiomes
Major: Biology of Global Health

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Dawson Hillyer '24

Undergraduate Research Assistant​, Spring 2022 - Spring 2024
​Research Teams: Salt Marsh ​Microbiomes, & RISE (GUMC)
Major: Biology; Minor: Japanese
Thesis: 
The Role of C-terminal Tau Phosphorylation During Neuronal Hyperexcitation

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Tyller Mensa '24

Undergraduate Research Assistant​, Fall 2022 - Spring 2024
​Research Teams: Salt Marsh ​Microbiomes, & RISE (GUMC)
Major: Biology; Minor: Psychology
Thesis: 
Elucidating a role for tau in long-term depression (LTD)

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Kevin Moreno '24

Undergraduate Research Assistant​, Spring 2022 - Fall 2022
​Research Team: Salt Marsh Microbiomes
Major: English; Minor: Biology

Georgetown University, Class of 2023


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Laura Adeduro '23

Undergraduate Research Assistant​, Spring 2022 - Spring 2023
​Research Teams: Mammal Microbiomes & RISE
Co-author on black-footed ferret gut microbiome paper!

Major: Biology; Minor: Disability Studies
Thesis: 
Linking the gut microbiome to health and reproduction in the
​endangered black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes)


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Alexandra Bamford '23

Undergraduate Research Assistant​, Spring 2022 - Spring 2023
​Research Teams: Mammal Microbiomes & RISE
Co-author on black-footed ferret reproductive microbiome paper!

​Major: Environmental Biology; Minor: French
Thesis: 
Captivity Impacts Beta Diversity and Composition of the Reproductive
​Microbiome in the Endangered Black-Footed Ferret (Mustela nigripes)


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Dilara Kamrava '23

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Spring 2023
Research Team: Independent Research Tutorial

Co-author on a review paper about Felidae characteristics!
Major: Environmental Biology; Minor: Statistics

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Samantha Pasciullo Boychuck '23

Undergraduate Research Assistant​, Spring 2022 - Spring 2023
​Research Teams: Mammal Microbiomes & RISE
Co-author on Channel Island fox and island spotted skunk microbiome paper!

​Major: Environmental Biology
Thesis: 
Channel Island foxes and island spotted skunks across two islands
harbor distinct gut microbiomes based upon niche differentiation


Georgetown University, Class of 2022


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Rachel Gaudreau '22

​Undergraduate Research Assistant​, Spring 2022
​Research Team: Mammal Microbiomes
​Major: Biology of Global Health & Justice and Peace Studies

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Afua Nyantakyi '22

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Spring 2022
Research Team: Mammal Microbiomes
​Major: Biology

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