SURF Program Alumni

2022 SURF Class

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Pilar Maestre Fernandez-Florez

Catholic University of Valencia
Valencia, Spain

Major: Biotechnology

Mentor: Lee Sweeney, PhD

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Murtuza Khan

University of Texas at San Antonio 
San Antonio, TX

Major: Public Health

Mentor: Dan Wesson, PhD


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Duy Pham

University of North Carolina 
Chapel Hill, NC

Major: Biology

Mentor: Jeffery Martens, PhD

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Jade Nguyen

Knox College                                      Galesburg, IL

Major: Biochemistry and Data Science

Mentor: Brian Law, PhD


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Roman Slowinski

Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg, VA

Major: Biochemistry

Mentor: Gemma Casadesus, PhD

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Maureen Tanner

Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, FL

Major: Biochemistry

Mentor: Gemma Casadesus, PhD

 

2021 SURF Class

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Kimberly Correia

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Major: Psychology & Health Science in Communication Sciences and Disorders

Mentor: Gemma Casadesus, PhD

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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

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Carla Reyes

University of Central Florida

Major: Biomedical Science

Mentor: Jonathan Bird, PhD


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Lylybell Zhou

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Major: Anthropology

Mentor: Daniel Kopinke, PhD

 

 

2020 SURF Class

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the 2020 SURF Program was cancelled.

 

2019 SURF Class

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Sebastian Maletz

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Mentor: Dr. Erica Levitt

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Mikayla Quigley

University of Miami
Miami, FL

Mentor: Dr. Daniel Kopinke


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Kiana Rahimi

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Mentor: Dr. Nikhil Urs

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Devon Stuart

Amherst College
Amherst, MA

Mentor: Dr. Jeff Harrison


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Christina Taragjini

New York University
New York City, NY

Mentor: Dr. Olga Guryanova

   

2018 SURF Class

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John-Paul Aris

Ave Maria University
Ave Maria, FL

Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey Martens

 

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Ketty Bai

Duke University
Durham, NC

Mentor: Dr. Jonathon Bird


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Anjeli Nandwani

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Mentor: Dr. Nikhil Urs

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Ijeoma Okoje

Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, NY

Mentor: Dr. Gonzalo Torres


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Esmeka Parkes

University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR

Mentor: Dr. Steve Munger

   

 

 

2017 SURF Class

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

   

 

2016 SURF Class

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


 

SURF ALUMNI: The states/territories marked orange represent the home of a SURF alumni’s university.