Macalester-HHMI Data Scientists
Overview – The Data Scientist awards seek to broaden the range of opportunities for science students to access research experiences that involve data sets of increasing complexity and size.
NOTE: This program is no longer funded through HHMI. For information about other funded research opportunities, please see The Hub website or search for positions on Handshake.
In collaboration with the staff of the Macalester Olin-Rice Science Center Hub, we developed and maintain a number of opportunities for students that fall into the categories listed below.
- On-campus Data Scientist awards seek to broaden the range of opportunities for advanced science students, both international and domestic, to access research experiences that involve data sets of increasing complexity and size. Students majoring in biology, chemistry, geology, geography, math, statistics, and computer science, environmental studies, physics, Neuroscience Studies, and psychology are encouraged to apply. Up to 4 students will be selected to work with Macalester faculty as Data Scientists. The application requires a letter from the Macalester faculty member endorsing your application to work with them during the summer of 2017.
- Off-campus Data Scientist awards seek to broaden the range of opportunities for Macalester students, both international and domestic, to access research experiences and data sets at institutions other than Macalester. Students majoring in biology, chemistry, geology, geography, math, statistics, and computer science, environmental studies, physics, and psychology are encouraged to identify opportunities at other institutions early, as a letter of support from a hosting scientist forms an key component of the application. Up to 4 students will be selected for this program and be eligible for up to $1,500 housing allowance.
- Macalester-HHMI Data Scientist- IVPU at the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH). These awards provide students with the opportunity to work closely with epidemiologists and public health professionals at the MDH. Participants receive mentoring and training to analyze public health data to aid in policy development. Up to 2 students will be selected for the 2017 program.
2017 participants
2016 participants
Cesar Davila (’19) worked with Dr. John Cannon (Physics and Astronomy)
Poster title: GMRT HI Imaging of Selected LARS+eLARS Galaxies and A High Angular Resolution View of the Neutral Hydrogen Gas in the Tol 1924-416 Interacting System
Clara Drew (’17) worked with Dr. Vittorio Addona (Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science) and Dr. Lisa Mueller (Political Science)
Poster title: The Halo Effect in Politics: Looks and Leadership Success After a Coup d’Etat
Brian Eisner (’18) worked with Dr. John Cannon (Physics and Astronomy)
Poster title: VLA HI Observations of 32 LARS/eLARS Galaxies
Kimber Meyer (’17) worked with Dr. Devavani Chatterjea (Biology)
Poster title: Establishing and Characterizing a Model of MC-Driven Ongoing Airway Inflammation in Outbred Mice
Hanna Mengistu (’17) worked with Dr. Devavani Chatterjea (Biology)
Poster title: Long Term Exposure to a Common Cosmetic Preservative Methylisothiazolinone (MI) Provokes Allergy-Driven Sensitivity to Touch in a Mouse Model of Vulvodynia
Katherine Lane (’17) worked with Dr. Shannon Bennett (Institute for Biodiversity Science and Sustainability, California Academy of Sciences)
Poster title: The 2013 Chikungunya Viral Outbreak in Grenada: A Phylogenetic Analysis of Introduction and Spread
Caleb Easterly (’17) worked with Dr. Shalini Kulasingam (Division of Epidemiology and Community Health at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health)
Poster title: Sex Partner Choice and Age Mixing Bias in Mathematical Models of Human Papillomavirus
Brett Hahn (’17) worked with Dr. Martin J. Blaser (New York University Langone Medical Center)
Poster title: Relationship Between Serum Amyloid A & Host Microbiome
2015 participants
Andre Archer (’17) worked with Dr. Andrew Beveridge and Dr. David Shuman (Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science)
Poster title: Graph Reduction Methods for Multiscale Dictionary Design
Paul Chery (’18) Worked with Dr. James Doyle (Physics and Astronomy)
Poster title: Computer Simulation of Protein Adsorption on Biomaterials
Jyothi Dhanwada (’15) worked with Dr. Devavani Chatterjea (Biology)
Kathleen Fitzgibbon (’17) worked with Dr. John Cannon (Physics and Astronomy)
Poster title: High-Resolution HI Imaging of LARS Galaxies
Yan Jin (’16) worked with Dr. Andrew Beveridge and Dr. David Shuman (Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science)
Poster title: Graph Reduction Methods for Multiscale Dictionary Design
Hanna Mengistu (’16) worked with Dr. Devavani Chatterjea (Biology)
Poster title: The Ubiquitous Cosmetic Preservative Methylisothiazolinone (MI) Provokes Allergy-Driven Sensitivity to Touch in a Mouse Model of Vulvodynia
Monica Nguyen Ngo (’17) worked with Dr. Susan Bush (Biology)
Poster title: Effects of Aluminium Stress on Differential Gene Expression in Tomato Species
Gretchen Greene (’17) worked with Dr. Robert Thorne (University of Wisconsin at Madison)
Poster title: Mapping FcRn and Fc gamma Rllb in the Rat Brain through Immunohistochemistry: Endogenous Receptors for Antibodies Circulating in the Central Nervous System are Located at Key Boundary Zones
Katherine Lane (’17) worked with Dr. Philipp Engel ( Univeristy of Lausanne, Switzerland)
Ian Lock (’17) worked with Dr. Logan Spector (University of Minnesota)
Poster title: De Novo and Transmitted Germline TP53 Variation in Pediatric Osteosarcoma
Puleng Moshele (’16) worked with Dr Erica Anderson-Nissen (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center)
Poster title: Immunogenicity of BCG Revaccination, H4:IC31, and H56:IC31 in Healthy, HIV-1-Uninfected Adolescent Participants
Melissa Usavage (’16) worked with Dr.Peter Dagzak (EcoHealth Alliance)
Poster title: Conservation and Public Health Projects at EcoHealth Alliance
Akanksha, Dua (’16) worked with Jon Roesler (Minnesota Department of Health)
Poster title: Epidemiological Investigation of Health Trends in Minnesota: A Statewide Analysis of Weather-Related Mortalities and Firework-Related Injuries Among Others
2014 participants
Jyothi Dhanwada (’15) worked with Dr. Devavani Chatterjea (Biology)
Linnea Swanson (’14) worked with Dr. Devavani Chatterjea (Biology)
Benjamin Mathers (’17) worked with Dr. Shilad Sen (Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science)
Anya Phillips (’15) worked with Dr. Shilad Sen (Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science)
Akanksha Dua (’16) worked with Dr. Paul Overvoorde (Biology)
Yuqi Ren (’15) worked with Dr. Paul Overvoorde (Biology)
Cory Stern (’16) worked with Dr. Paul Overvoorde (Biology)
Kwangu Paul Yeo (’15) worked with Dr. Paul Overvoorde (Biology)
Keo Corak (’15) worked with Dr. Susan Bush (University of California, Davis)
Annie Drabot (’15) worked with Dr. Betsy Wattenberg (University of Minnesota)
Asad Zaidi (’15) worked with Dr. Betsy Wattenberg (University of Minnesota)
Eli Liebman (’15) worked with Dr. Chris Gough (Virginia Commonwealth University)
Wojciech Michno (’15) worked with Marcela Pekna (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)
Huyung Dong (’15) worked with Mowei Shen (Zhejiang University, China)
Kevin Dowlling (’15) worked with Donald Goff, (New York University)
Alese Halvorson (’15) worked with Jon Roesler (Minnesota Department of Health)
Wei Peng (’16) worked with Jon Roesler (Minnesota Department of Health)
2013 participants
Oliva Warner (’14) and Christa Nilsen (’14) worked on-campus with Dr. Chad Higdon-Topaz (Math, Statistics, and Computer Science). Their work led to the the publication of Social Aggregation in Pea Aphids: Experiment and Random Walk Modeling in PLOS One.
Linnea Swanson (’14) worked with Dr. Devavani Chatterjea (Biology).
Nolan Kriegel (’14) completed work in collaboration with Dr. Mark Davis (Biology), Dr. Jerald Dosch (Biology), and Dr. Mike Anderson (Biology).
Jeff Kaplan (’14) worked with Dr. Daniel Trudeau (Geography).
Emma van Emmerick (’14) worked with Dr. Amika Singh (VU Medical Center, Amsterdam).
Elizabeth Kwak (’14) participated in research in the lab of Dr. Edward Smith (Children’s Hospital Boston)
Margaret Nemetz (’15) worked with Dr. John G Younger, MD (Biointerfaces Institute, University of Michigan)
Margot White (’14) collaborated with Dr. C. Sarah Cohen (Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies, San Fransisco State University)