SURF Program Alumni

Pilar Maestre Fernandez-Florez

Catholic University of Valencia
Valencia, Spain

Major: Biotechnology

Mentor: Lee Sweeney, PhD

Murtuza Khan

University of Texas at San Antonio 
San Antonio, TX

Major: Public Health

Mentor: Dan Wesson, PhD

Duy Pham

University of North Carolina 
Chapel Hill, NC

Major: Biology

Mentor: Jeffery Martens, PhD

Jade Nguyen

Knox College                                      Galesburg, IL

Major: Biochemistry and Data Science

Mentor: Brian Law, PhD

Roman Slowinski

Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg, VA

Major: Biochemistry

Mentor: Gemma Casadesus, PhD

Maureen Tanner

Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, FL

Major: Biochemistry

Mentor: Gemma Casadesus, PhD

Kimberly Correia

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Major: Psychology & Health Science in Communication Sciences and Disorders

Mentor: Gemma Casadesus, PhD

Anthony Luis

Chapman University 
Orange, CA

Major: Biochemistry

Mentor: Lee Sweeney, PhD & David Hammers, PhD

Madison Purkerson

University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL

Major: Biochemistry

Mentor: Nikhil Urs, PhD

Carla Reyes

University of Central Florida

Major: Biomedical Science

Mentor: Jonathan Bird, PhD

Lylybell Zhou

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Major: Anthropology

Mentor: Daniel Kopinke, PhD

Sebastian Maletz

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Mentor: Dr. Erica Levitt

Mikayla Quigley

University of Miami
Miami, FL

Mentor: Dr. Daniel Kopinke

Kiana Rahimi

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Mentor: Dr. Nikhil Urs

Devon Stuart

Amherst College
Amherst, MA

Mentor: Dr. Jeff Harrison

Christina Taragjini

New York University
New York City, NY

Mentor: Dr. Olga Guryanova

John-Paul Aris

Ave Maria University
Ave Maria, FL

Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey Martens

Ketty Bai

Duke University
Durham, NC

Mentor: Dr. Jonathon Bird

Anjeli Nandwani

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Mentor: Dr. Nikhil Urs

Ijeoma Okoje

Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, NY

Mentor: Dr. Gonzalo Torres

Esmeka Parkes

University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR

Mentor: Dr. Steve Munger

Samantha Arbour

Stetson University
DeLand, FL

Mentor: Dr. Nikhil Urs

Mitchel Bufalini

University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA

Mentor: Dr. Gonzalo Torres

Julia Buddendorff

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Mentor: Dr. Gonzalo Torres

Greg Chen

Cornell University
Ithica, NY

Mentor: Dr. Lee Sweeney

Christian Krieger

Ave Maria University
Ave Maria, FL

Mentor: Dr. Jeff Harrison

James McNichols

Stetson University
DeLand, FL

Mentor: Dr. Brian Law

Charles “Kofi” Ofosu

Macalester College
St. Paul, MN

Mentor: Dr. Roger Papke

Erick Salas

University of Puerto Rico
San Juan, PR

Mentor: Dr. Edgardo Rodriguez

Dana Shively

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey Martens

Alexandra Choate

University of Texas
Austin, TX

Mentor: Dr. Lee Sweeney

Adithya Gopinath

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Mentor: Dr. Gonzalo Torres

Jordan Moretta

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey Martens

Ciara Sanon

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Mentor: Dr. Roger Papke

Harsh Shah

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Mentor: Dr. Jae-Sung Kim

Sebastian Velasquez

University of Puerto Rico
San Juan, PR

Mentor: Dr. Edgardo Rodriguez