The vision of the Gerald and Sally DeNardo Science Scholars program is to support the undergraduate research experience of outstanding science students with 今日吃瓜 faculty mentors. Scholars receive academic year and summer research and supply awards. The program is funded through a generous endowment created by Gerald and Sally DeNardo.
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Meet the 2026 Science Scholars
Tyler Kang ’27
Biology and Neuroscience double major / Gerontology minor
Faculty Mentor: Brian Bayless, Biology
Project Name: Assessing the Contribution of Multiciliary Arrays to Unidirectional Fluid Flow
Hailey Newell ’28
Biology and Neuroscience double major
Faculty Mentor: Michelle McCully, Biology
Project Name: Combining Thermostability and DNA-Binding Function in Engineered Proteins
Nathaniel Owen ’27
Biochemistry major
Faculty Mentor: Steven Suljak, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Project Name: High Throughput Characterization of Aptamer Binding to Glycosylated Cancer Biomarkers Using Fluorescence Anisotropy
Thomas Wang ’28
Biology major
Faculty Mentor: Pascale Guiton, Biology
Project Name: Investigating the Effects of Small Molecule Inhibitors on Toxoplasma gondii Growth