Georgetown University, Class of 2027
David Chen Ma '27
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2024
Research Team: Environmental Microbiomes
Major: International Business; Minor: Chemistry
Research Team: Environmental Microbiomes
Major: International Business; Minor: Chemistry
Valeria Echeverria '27
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Spring 2025
Research Team: Environmental Microbiomes
Major: Psychology; Minor: Medical Humanities
Research Team: Environmental Microbiomes
Major: Psychology; Minor: Medical Humanities
Soo Han '27
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2024 - Spring 2025
Research Team: Environmental Microbiomes
Major: Nursing
Research Team: Environmental Microbiomes
Major: Nursing
Jeffrey Liu '27
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2024 - Spring 2025
Research Team: Environmental Microbiomes
Major: Science, Technology, & International Affairs
Research Team: Environmental Microbiomes
Major: Science, Technology, & International Affairs
Vrianelys Mejia '27
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2024
Research Team: Environmental Microbiomes
Major: Environmental Biology
Research Team: Environmental Microbiomes
Major: Environmental Biology
Ruth Morgan '27
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Spring 2024
Research Team: Urban Watershed Microbiomes
Major: Healthcare Management & Policy
Research Team: Urban Watershed Microbiomes
Major: Healthcare Management & Policy
Giovanni Rios '27
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2024 - Spring 2025
Research Team: Environmental Microbiomes
Major: Neurobiology
Research Team: Environmental Microbiomes
Major: Neurobiology
Ashley Rodriguez '27
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2024
Research Team: Environmental Microbiomes
Major: Biology of Global Health; Minor: Spanish
Research Team: Environmental Microbiomes
Major: Biology of Global Health; Minor: Spanish
Georgetown University, Class of 2026
Diana Barnes '26
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Spring 2023 - Spring 2024
Research Teams: Salt Marsh Microbiomes & Urban Watershed Microbiomes
Major: Biochemistry
Research Teams: Salt Marsh Microbiomes & Urban Watershed Microbiomes
Major: Biochemistry
Diane Barnes '26
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Spring 2023 - Spring 2024
Research Teams: Salt Marsh Microbiomes & Urban Watershed Microbiomes
Major: Biochemistry
Research Teams: Salt Marsh Microbiomes & Urban Watershed Microbiomes
Major: Biochemistry
Anastasia Duenas '26
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2024 - Spring 2025
Research Team: Environmental Microbiomes
Major: Biology
Research Team: Environmental Microbiomes
Major: Biology
Andrea Esquivel '26
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2023 - Fall 2024
Research Teams: Urban Watershed Microbiomes
Major: Biology of Global Health; Minor: Public Health
Research Teams: Urban Watershed Microbiomes
Major: Biology of Global Health; Minor: Public Health
Sameel Karzai '26
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Spring 2025
Research Team: Environmental Microbiomes
Major: Biology
Research Team: Environmental Microbiomes
Major: Biology
Sara Melese '26
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2023 - Spring 2025
Research Team: Urban Watershed Microbiomes & Environmental Microbiomes
Major: Human Science
Research Team: Urban Watershed Microbiomes & Environmental Microbiomes
Major: Human Science
Fabien Muhire '26
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2023
Research Team: Urban Watershed Microbiomes
Major: Biology
Research Team: Urban Watershed Microbiomes
Major: Biology
Jocelynn Sengsiry '26
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2023 - Spring 2024
Research Team: Urban Watershed Microbiomes
Major: Economics; Minor: Biology
Research Team: Urban Watershed Microbiomes
Major: Economics; Minor: Biology
Alina Watson '26
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2023 - Spring 2024
Research Team: Urban Watershed Microbiomes
Major: Biology of Global Health; Minor: Statistics
Research Team: Urban Watershed Microbiomes
Major: Biology of Global Health; Minor: Statistics
Georgetown University, Class of 2025
Nouran Alim '25
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Spring 2022 - Fall 2022
Research Team: Salt Marsh Microbiomes
Major: Chemistry; Minor: Environmental Studies
Research Team: Salt Marsh Microbiomes
Major: Chemistry; Minor: Environmental Studies
Jane Lindland '25
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Spring 2025
Research Team: RISE
Major: Biology of Global Health
Thesis: From Tusk to Tail: Gut and Oral Microbiome Signatures in Asian Elephants
Research Team: RISE
Major: Biology of Global Health
Thesis: From Tusk to Tail: Gut and Oral Microbiome Signatures in Asian Elephants
Adriane Longhurst '25
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2024 - Spring 2025
Research Team: RISE
Majors: Environmental Biology & Russian
Thesis: Analysis of the Gut Microbiomes of In- and Ex-situ Black-Footed Ferrets (Mustela nigripes)
Research Team: RISE
Majors: Environmental Biology & Russian
Thesis: Analysis of the Gut Microbiomes of In- and Ex-situ Black-Footed Ferrets (Mustela nigripes)
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
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
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
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
Nick Turzio '25
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Spring 2025
Research Team: Environmental Microbiomes
Major: Biology
Research Team: Environmental Microbiomes
Major: Biology
Georgetown University, Class of 2024
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
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
Ameera Ayaz '24
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2023 - Spring 2024
Research Team: Urban Watershed Microbiomes
Major: Biology of Global Health
Research Team: Urban Watershed Microbiomes
Major: Biology of Global Health
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
Research Teams: Salt Marsh Microbiomes, & RISE (GUMC)
Major: Biology; Minor: Japanese
Thesis: The Role of C-terminal Tau Phosphorylation During Neuronal Hyperexcitation
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)
Research Teams: Salt Marsh Microbiomes, & RISE (GUMC)
Major: Biology; Minor: Psychology
Thesis: Elucidating a role for tau in long-term depression (LTD)
Kevin Moreno '24
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Spring 2022 - Fall 2022
Research Team: Salt Marsh Microbiomes
Major: English; Minor: Biology
Research Team: Salt Marsh Microbiomes
Major: English; Minor: Biology
Georgetown University, Class of 2023
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
Research Team: Independent Research Tutorial
Co-author on a review paper about Felidae characteristics!
Major: Environmental Biology; Minor: Statistics
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
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
Rachel Gaudreau '22
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Spring 2022
Research Team: Mammal Microbiomes
Major: Biology of Global Health & Justice and Peace Studies
Research Team: Mammal Microbiomes
Major: Biology of Global Health & Justice and Peace Studies
Afua Nyantakyi '22
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Spring 2022
Research Team: Mammal Microbiomes
Major: Biology
Research Team: Mammal Microbiomes
Major: Biology