Partnerships for Innovation
Recent Graduate Success Stories
Krystina Addorisio
Krystina Addorisio, a participant at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Plum Island Animal Disease Center, focused her studies on foot-and-mouth disease, which could cause disastrous effects if an outbreak were to occur in the U.S.
Adam Bateman
Adam Bateman, doctoral student and fellow in the global Change Education Program, won the 2010 Marvin Wesely Distinguished Graduate Research Environmental Fellowship Award for his studies concerning how aerosols impact air quality and climate change.
Camila Dias Colberg
Camila Dias Colberg is supporting research at the Plum Island Animal Disease Center to find a more effective treatment for foot-and-mouth disease.
Lindsay Gabbert
Lindsay Gabbert performed research at the Plum Island Animal Disease Center, where she is helping to improve the vaccination for foot-and-mouth disease.
Christine Glasheen
Christine Glasheen, a fellow working at the EpiData Center for the Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center, uses her skills as an epidemiologist to unlock clues to public health mysteries and keep the military prepared for the worst.
Edwin Luevanos
Once a member of the DOE Scholars Program, Edwin Luevanos now works full-time as a human capitalist specialist for DOE. In his position he helps find gaps in the department’s recruitment areas, as well as manages DOE programs such as the Energy Student Ambassador Program.
Tyler Pannell
Tyler Pannell, a participant in DOE’s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Program, explored ways to use food waste for energy at ORNL.
Rossybelle Perales
Rossybelle Perales conducted research as part of the Behavioral and Social Health Outcomes Program in Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., to help identify behavioral and social health issues within the U.S. Army.
Colin Smith
A post graduate participant in the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense program, Colin Smith examined changes in specific regions of the brain and heart following exposure to chemical warfare and nerve agents such as Soman.