Research in Sciences and Mathematics
From mathematics to biology and chemistry, Mount students present their original research at regional and national conferences. Here are just a few recent examples:
2019 Student Research and Service Symposium: Works and Participants
Eudel Nina Bagtas ’19 — “Alternative Transition Metals to Ruthenium in Modern Day Solar Cells”
Emily Sherlock ’19 — “Concussion Education: An Analysis of the Importance in Yearly Physicals”
Shayan Porooshasp ’19 and Dr. Ana Ribeiro — “Correlations Between Peripheral Autonomic Sympathetic Arousals and Cortical EEG Arousals in Humans”
Kaylin Dominguez ’19, Isabel Soriano ’19, Dr. Amir Niknejad, and Dr. Ioanna Visviki — “Education and Longevity in 19th Century Cohorts”
Nelida Carlucci ’19, Harmandip Parmar ’19, and Dr. Robert Suriano — “The Effect of Alcohol on MCF-7 and HMEC-1 Cell Proliferation: Implications for Breast Cancer Angiogenesis”
Danielle Carlin ’19 — “The Effects of Advocating for Pediatric Patients to Prevent Medication Errors”
LauraMae Cocchi ’19 — “How Does a Holistic Approach to Disease Management for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Affect Outcome of Care Compared to Those Who Do Not from Initial to Follow Up Care”
Jose Mendoza ’19 — “Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for Photodynamic Therapy”
Amanda Laudani ’19 — “The Need for Nursing Schools to Educate Their Students to Holistically and Therapeutically Care for Members of the LGBTQ+ Community in a Healthcare Setting”
Nicole DeSouza ’19, Justin Pangilinan ’19, Danielle Quaranto ’20, Crystal Torres ’19, Skyler Zenie ’20, and Dr. Janet Rollins — “Small Ubiquitin-like Modifer (SUMO) Posttranslational Modifications Play Critical Roles in Sperm Development and Transfer to Seminal Vesicles During Drosophila Spermatogenesis”
Eudel Nina Bagtas ’19, Kaitlyn Le ’19, Jose Mendoza ’19, Krystal Ortiz ’19, Danielle Quaranto ’20, Crystal Torres ’19, and Dr. Janet Rollins — “Whole Fly SUMO Analysis in Biochemistry II Laboratory”
2018 Student Research and Service Symposium: Works and Participants
Natalie Cruz ’18 (Yonkers, N.Y.) — “A Consequence of Femininity: The Role of Estrogen in Breast Cancer Progression”
Natalie Cruz ’18 (Yonkers, N.Y.) — “Alcohol Modulates Estrogen Responsive Breast Cancer Neovascularization”
Lissette Rivera ’18 (Bronx, N.Y.) — “Analyzing Representations of Mental Illness in Popular Culture”
Sarah Trosa ’18 (Bronx, N.Y.) — “A Study of Placenta Previa and the Possible Causes”
Shimron Brown ’18 (Bronx, N.Y.) and Nicole DeSouza ’18 (New Hyde Park, N.Y.) — “Developing a Patient Centered EoE Educational Curriculum: Mount Sinai Center for Eosinophilic Disorders”
Ginger Fitchett ’18 (Pomona, N.Y.) — “Nurse Drama: Role versus Reality”
Erin Dailey ’18 (East Windsor, N.J.), Justin Pronovost ’18 (Terryville, Conn.), Victoria Siracusa ’18 (Bronx, N.Y.), and Simon Innabi ’18 (Yonkers, N.Y.) — “Phenocopying the Spermatid Individualization Defect of Mulet Using Germlinespecific RNAi”
Savannah George ’18 (Bronx, N.Y.) — “Phosphofructokinase-1 Deficiency Leads to Tarui’s Disease”
Keith Carreon ’18 (Sparkill, N.Y.) — “Relationship Between Sleep Deprivation and Cardiovascular Disease”
Florin Gjergjaj ’18 (Bronx, N.Y.), Patrick Polintan ’18 (Hartsdale, N.Y.), and Laurén Tate ’18 (Toms River, N.J.) — “Synthesis and Characterization of Metallated Porphyrin Complexes”
Kelly Gibison ’18 (Waterford Works, N.J.) — “The Effects of Hormones on Academic and Athletic Performance of the Female Student Athlete During the Menstrual Phase, with Comparison to Preovulatory, Ovulatory, and Postovulatory Phases”
Laurén Tate ’18 (Toms River, N.J.) — “To Bond or Not to Bond? A Look into the noble Gas-metal Fluoride Structure”
2017 Student Research and Service Symposium: Works and Participants
Mackenzie Heizer ’17 (Vacaville, Calif.) — “The State of the Literature on Return to Play (RTP) for High School Athletes After Concussions/TBI”
Natalie Cruz ’18 (Yonkers, N.Y.) — “TG1-1 Mammary Carcinoma Cell Secreted Factors Modulate Tubulogenesis”
Peter Nunez ’17 (Brewster, N.Y.) — “Synthesis and Characterization of Rhodium (III) Complexes Using Polypyridyl Ligand”
Jameel Batarseh ’17 (Yonkers, N.Y.), Rita Guglielmo ’18 (Howard Beach, N.Y.), Shadi Khayyo ’17 (Yonkers, N.Y.), Valerie Khayyo ’15 (Yonkers, N.Y.), Steven Maio ’16 (Valhalla, N.Y.), and Arian Novaj ’17 (Bronx, N.Y.) — “Incorporation of Nonpolar Porphyrin Molecules in Liposomes” and “Calculation of Extinction Coefficients for Meso-Substituted Porphyrins in Different Solvents”
Elisa Ferrara ’17 (Bronx, N.Y.) , Savannah George ’18 (Bronx, N.Y.), Simon Innabi ’18 (Yonkers, N.Y.), Shadi Khayyo ’17 (Yonkers, N.Y.), Weily Lang ’19 (Queens, N.Y.), Arian Novaj ’17 (Bronx, N.Y.), Jesus Reyes ’18 (Bronx, N.Y.), Jade Suleiman ’17 (Yonkers, N.Y.), and Odile Umwamikazi ’17 (Queens, N.Y.) — research on the role of SUMO and SUMOylated proteins in sperm development of Drosophila melanogaster
Elisa Ferrara ’17 (Bronx, N.Y.), Gabriela Mendoza ’17 (Yonkers, N.Y.), Stephanie Rodway ’17 (Bridgewater, Mass.), Matthew Vicioso ’17 (Bronx, N.Y.) and Marielle Villanobos ’17 (Monroe Township, N.J.) — “Characterization and rescue of mulet, a mutation that disrupts spermatid individualization in Drosophila melanogaster”
Jameel Batarseh ’17 (Yonkers, N.Y.), Rita Guglielmo ’18 (Howard Beach, N.Y.), Shadi Khayyo ’17 (Yonkers, N.Y.), Valerie Khayyo ’15 (Yonkers, N.Y.), Steven Maio ’16 (Valhalla, N.Y.), Arian Novaj ’17 (Bronx, N.Y.) — “Calculation of Extinction Coefficients for Meso-Substituted Porphyrin in Different Solvents”
Elise Ferrara ’17 (Bronx, N.Y.) — “The Detrimental Effects of Zinc and Cadmium in Flora: A Consequence of Pollution”
Katelyn Haggerty ’17 (North Babylon, N.Y.) — “A Case Study on Linear Regression Techniques: Least Squares and Beyond”
Gabriela Mendoza ’17 (Yonkers, N.Y.) — “Forms of Scrapie Propagation”
Shadi Khayyo ’17 (Yonkers, N.Y.) — “The Analysis of Porphyrin Molecules for Photodynamic Research”
Stephanie Rodway ’17 (Bridgewater, Mass.) — “Restoration of Function in Cases of Paralysis through the Application of Brain Machine Interfaces”
Marielle Villanobos ’17 (Monroe Township, N.J.) — “Vertebrate Limb Development: Specifying the Anterior-Posterior Axis”
2016 Student Research and Service Symposium: Works and Participants
Melinda Myrie ’16 (Brooklyn, N.Y.) — “Calculating the vector family branch uv and algebraic properties of the vector family us of general solutions and visualizing asymptotic waves”
Alexa Harris ’16 (Bronx, N.Y.) — “Computation of the vector family branch uw and differential properties of the fundamental and general solutions to the homogeneous Helmholtz and harmonicity PDEs”
Danica Luc ’16 (Springfield Gardens, N.Y.) — “Initiating Apoptosis as a Means to Control Unrepressed Cellular Division”
Ashley Canastra ’16 (Yonkers, N.Y.) — “Muscle Regeneration: The Role of Exercise and Transcriptional Regulators”
Dorina Ismailgeci ’16 (Bronx, N.Y.), Shadi Khayyo ’17 (Yonkers, N.Y.), Valerie Khayyo ’15 (Yonkers, N.Y.) — “Oxidation of Meso-Substituted Tri-and Tetra Porphyrins”
Dorina Ismailgeci ’16 (Bronx, N.Y.), Shadi Khayyo ’17 (Yonkers, N.Y.), Steven Maio ’16 (Valhalla, N.Y.), Arian Novaj ’17 (Bronx, N.Y.) — “Preparation of Porphyrin Embedded Liposomes for in vitro Cellular Studies”
Alexa Harris ’16 (Bronx, N.Y.) — “Propagation and Interaction of Pulsatory Waves of the Korteweg-de Vries Equation”
Rachel Daniel ’16 (Yonkers, N.Y.), Elissa Innabi ’16 (Yonkers, N.Y.), Iryna Koziy ’16(Yonkers, N.Y.), Vincent Lombardo ’16 (East Meadow, N.Y.) — “Rescuing late sperm development using the GAL4/UAS system”
Peter Nunez ’17 (Brewster, N.Y.) — “Synthesis and Characterization of [RhIII(NNN)(NN)L]n+”
Sarah DiNome ’16 (Hawthorne, N.Y.) — “The family branch uu, differential completeness of the vector family us of general solutions to the homogeneous Helmholtz problem, and slanted waves”
Dorina Ismailgeci ’16 (Bronx, N.Y.), Shadi Khayyo ’17 (Yonkers, N.Y.), Valerie Khayyo ’15 (Yonkers, N.Y.), Arian Novaj ’17 (Bronx, N.Y.) — “The Purification and Analysis of Distinct Porphyrin Molecules”
Hala Innabi ’16 (Yonkers, N.Y.) — “Use of Stem Cells in the Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 and 2”
2015 Student Research and Service Symposium: Works and Participants
Tanina Accardo ’15 (Brooklyn, N.Y.) — “Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in the Veteran Population”
William Aqeel ’15 (Yonkers, N.Y.), Jhané Figueroa ’15 (Bronx, N.Y.) Bernardo Garcia ’15 (Jersey City, N.J.), Colby Landeen ’15 (Glenwood Plantation, Maine), and Alejandro Moreno ’15 (Bronx, N.Y.) — “Evaluation of the Watch-PAT Apparatus as a Reliable Sleep-Staging Tool” Science
Kavita Bharrat ’15 (Bronx, N.Y.), Rachel Daniel ’16 (Yonkers, N.Y.) Iryna Koziy ’16 (Yonkers, N.Y.), Vincent Lombardo ’16 (East Meadow, N.Y.), and Dwaine Pryce ’15 (Brooklyn, N.Y.) will present their research titled, “Rescuing the Individualization Defect of Mulet Using the UAS/GAL4 System: A Work in Progress”
Shiela Buenaseda ’15 (Woodside, N.Y.) — “Culturally Competent Approach to Women’s Health Issues” Science
Sheree Brown-Carter ’15 (Jamaica, N.Y.) — “21st Century Medical Education: Integrated Education in Health Care Professions”
Alessandra Bruzzese ’15 (Massapequa Park, N.Y.) — “Integrating Primary Health for Baby Boomers”
Karen Cantor ’15 (Elmhurst, N.Y.) — “A Cultural Comparison Between Vietnam and the U.S.: The Influence of Opium as Therapeutic Intervention for Terminally Ill Patients”
Casey Cuccio ’16 (Medford, N.Y.), Rachel Gabriel ’16 (Yonkers, N.Y.), Bernardo Garcia ’15(Jersey City, N.J.), Colby Landeen ’15 (Glenwood Plantation, Maine), Alejandro Moreno ’15(Bronx, N.Y.), and Daniel Nogara ’15 (Glen Rock, N.J.) — “Correlations Between Peripheral Autonomic Sympathetic Arousals and Cortical EEG Arousals in Humans”
Celine Florentino ’15 (South River, N.J.) — “The Effects of Exercise on Health and the Aging Human Body” Science
Bernardo Garcia ’15 (Jersey City, N.J.) — “Complications in the Female Pelvis as a Result of Bipedalism”
Valerie Khayyo ’15 (Yonkers, N.Y.) — “Photodynamic Therapy of Cancer Cells Utilizing Newly Synthesized Meso Porphyrins”
Valerie Khayyo ’15 (Yonkers, N.Y.) Shadi Khayyo ’17 (Yonkers, N.Y.), and Dorina Ismailgeci ’16 (Yonkers, N.Y.) — “Synthesis and Characterization of Tri- and Tetra-Substituted Porphyrins for their Photochemical Applications”
Shyan Lovell ’15 (Brooklyn, N.Y.) Giovanni Russo ’17 (Eastchester, N.Y.), Xavier Salce ’15 (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Chare Sanders ’15 (Bronx, N.Y.), Jade Suleiman ’17 (Yonkers, N.Y.), and Alek Torres ’16 (Bronx, N.Y.) — “Using Drosophila melanogaster as a Model Organism to Study Reproductive Toxicants”
Sugeidy Paulino ’15 (Brooklyn, N.Y.) — “Natural and Anthropogenic Effects on the Health of Coral Reefs”
Dwaine Pryce ’15 (Brooklyn, N.Y.) — “Cellular Mechanism of Arsenic Resistance in Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes”
Alexis Rosa ’15 (Bronx, N.Y.) — “The Biology and Epidemiology of the Five Neglected Parasitic Infections in the United States as Reported By the Centers for Disease Control”
Marisa Rosario ’15 (White Plains, N.Y.) — “The Correlation of Decreased Physical Education and Increased Obesity in Children and Youth”
2014 Student Research and Service Symposium: Works and Participants
Rosanna Lopez Alayon ’14 (Bronx, N.Y.) and Kimberly Ortega ’14 (Brooklyn, N.Y.) — “Demographic Profile of the Sisters of Charity of New York: Preliminary Data,” initially presented at the TriBeta NE-1 District Convention
Kavita Bharrat ’15 (Bronx, N.Y.), Sean Remy ’14 (Bronx, N.Y.), Vrutant Patel ’14 (Bronx, N.Y.), Dwaine Pryce ’15 (Brooklyn, NY), and Shivannie Goberdan ’14 (Mount Vernon, N.Y.) — “Immunolocalization of Tubulin-binding cofactor E (TBCE)-like, the product of the mulet (mlt) gene, during spermatogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster.” This research poster won third place in the John S. Johnson Poster Awards for the NE-1 District Convention of Beta Beta Beta, the Biological Honor Society
Katrina Collazo ’14 (Bronx, N.Y.) — “Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP); History and Significance to Computer Science,” initially presented at Hudson River Undergraduate Math Conference at Marist College. She also presented her honors thesis research, “Experimental computing of a series solution of the Newtonian equation in an invariant sine structure”
Alexa K. Harris ’16 (Bronx, N.Y.) — “Computation of experimental solutions of a nonlinear wave equation for propagation of pulsatory waves in an invariant cosine structure,” initially presented at the Hudson River Undergraduate Mathematics Conference (HRUMC XXI) and the Spuyten Duyvil Undergraduate Mathematics Conference (SDUMC IX)
Katiuska Hernandez ’15 (Bronx, N.Y.), Indira Cepin ’15 (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Rodcliffe Wint ’15 (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Shyan Lovell ’15 (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Akime Nicholas ‘15 (Mount Vernon, N.Y.), and Christian Juarez ’15 (Yonkers, N.Y.) — “Using Drosophila melanogaster as a Model Organism to Study Reproductive Toxicants,” initially presented at the TriBeta Regional Research Conference
Colby Landeen ’15 (Glenwood Plantation, Maine) and Bernardo Garcia ’15 (Jersey City, N.J.) — “Evaluation of the Watch-PAT home sleep study apparatus as an alternative sleep staging tool,” initially presented at the Northeastern Regional Tri-Beta Meeting
Steven J. Lonecke ’14 (Richmond, N.Y.) — “Propagation of pulsatory waves of the Korteweg – de Vries equation in elliptic functions,” initially presented at a joint meeting of the Hudson River Undergraduate Mathematics Conference (HRUMC XXI) and the Spuyten Duyvil Undergraduate Mathematics Conference (SDUMC IX)
Kristine Nepomuceno ’14 (Yonkers, N.Y.) — “Genetically Modified Foods and Cancer”