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SUBR LS-LAMP

Trail Blazers in STEM

Justin Boone, Ph.D., Senior Manager, (Florida). Louisiana LSAMP (Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge (SUBR), LA) – Currently - Graduate Advisor (Member), National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), RF Engineering Senior Manager at Lockheed Martin Space in Denver, CO. [ENG]

Accomplishments:  Earned Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Florida International University in 2013, Ford Foundation Fellow, NSF LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate Fellow, NSF Graduate Research Diversity Supplement Fellow, NSF International Research and Education in Engineering Fellow (IREE), Scholar of the Timbuktu Academy, the Louis Stokes Louisiana Alliance for Minority Participation (LS-LAMP), and the DMRS Honors College at SUBR, Recipient of the Northrop Grumman Corporation Performance Recognition Program Award and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Scholarship, International Research Internship Participant at Shanghai Jiatong University in Shanghai, China, Six (6) peer-reviewed articles, including one (1) US Patent, and a book entitled “The Transition: A Guide to Graduate School Success.” 

 

Frank Alexander, Ph.D., Research Scientist, (Florida).  Louisiana LSAMP (Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge (SUBR), LA) – Currently Research Scientist at The Geneva Foundation in Washington, D.C. [ENG]

Accomplishments:  Earned Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of South Florida (USF) in 2014, NSF Bridge to the Doctorate Fellow, GEM Fellow, Whitaker Foundation International Fellow, NSF/ASEE Engineering Innovation Fellow, NSF International Research and Education in Engineering (IREE) in China Fellow, NSF Graduate Research Fellow, Science and Engineering Alliance (SEA) Scholar, Timbuktu Academy and LS-LAMP Scholar at SUBR, 25 scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals.

 

Jeremiah T. Abiade, Ph.D., Associate Professor, (Florida).  Louisiana LSAMP (Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge (SUBR), LA) – Currently Coordinator for the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) LSAMP Program and Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at UIC.

Accomplishments:  Earned Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Florida in 2004, Faculty Director of the UIC President's Award Program for STEM Initiative, Director of the Laboratory for Oxide Research and Education (LORE) at UIC, Faculty and Student Team (FaST) participant-Brookhaven National Laboratory, NSF-Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) Fellow, Carl Storm Underrepresented Minority Award Fellow, Recipient of the Oak Ridge Associated Universities-Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Award, NASA Undergraduate Student Award for research (NASA-USAR), Presidential Award for Leadership -University of Florida, Florida Blue Key Leadership Honorary Inductee, Scholar of the Timbuktu Academy and LS-LAMP, more than 20 peer-reviewed journal publications.

 

Brandon Cassimere, Ph.D., Senior Electrical Engineer, (Indiana), Louisiana LSAMP (Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge (SUBR), LA) – Currently Senior Electrical Engineer for ExxonMobil in Houston, Texas. [ENG]

Accomplishments:  Earned Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Purdue University in 2008, Purdue Doctoral Fellow, Bilsland Dissertation Fellow, Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) Fellow, GEM Fellow, Recipient of the AGEP Faculty Grant Award, ECE Outstanding and Student Achievement Award, ExxonMobil Advanced Skill Milestone Award, Grainger Foundation Energy Sources and Systems Award, Rockwell Collins Merit Award, Black Graduate Association Leadership Award, Scholar of the Timbuktu Academy and LS-LAMP, over 12 publications in renown journals.

 

Russell J. Ledet, Ph.D., Biomedical Scientist, (New York). Louisiana LSAMP (Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge (SUBR), LA) – Currently a Second-year MD-MBA student at Tulane University School of Medicine and A.B. Freeman School of Business, New Orleans, Louisiana. [OTH]

Accomplishments:  Earned Ph.D. in Molecular Oncology and Pharmacology  from the New York University School of Medicine- Sackler Institute in 2018, Recipient of the Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, American Chemical Society Coates Award, ETS Presidential Scholarship for HBCU Students, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Gilliam Fellowship for Advanced Study, United Negro College Fund-Merck Undergraduate Fellow, Thurgood Marshall College Fund Scholarship, Wells Fargo Scholar Award, Co-Founder and Director of the Clear Direction STEM Mentoring Program in New York City, NY, Scholar of the Timbuktu Academy, the Louis Stokes Louisiana Alliance for Minority Participation, and the DMRS Honors College at Southern University and A&M College.

 

Ashley Wallace, Ph.D., Assistant Director of Education and Outreach, (Ohio).  Louisiana LSAMP (Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge (SUBR), LA) – Currently Assistant Director of Education and Outreach for the Laboratory for the Research of the Structure of Matter (LRSM), an NSF-funded Center for Materials Science at the University of Pennsylvania. [MPS] 

Accomplishments:  Earned Ph.D. in Chemistry, in 2017, at The Ohio State University, Scholar of the American Chemical Society (ACS) and the Ronald E. McNair Program, Scholar of the Timbuktu Academy, LS-LAMP, and the DMRS Honors College at SUBR, Community Outreach Chairperson of the Greater Philadelphia Professionals Chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), Co-Chair of the Planning Committee of the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE), Former Diversity and Education Coordinator for the Center for Engineering MechanoBiology (CEMB), an NSF-funded science and technology center, four (4) peer-reviewed journal publications.

 

Divine Kumah, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, (Michigan).  Louisiana LSAMP (Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge (SUBR), LA) – Currently Director of the Kumah Synthesis and Characterization Laboratory and Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at North Carolina (NC) State University. [MPS]

Accomplishments:  Earned, in 2009, Ph.D. in Applied Physics from the University of Michigan, Honored as Chief Student Marshal for earning the highest GPA (3.9/4.0) during the Summer 2004 Commencement Ceremony of SUBR, Christine Mirzayan Science Policy Fellow of The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Center for Research in Interface and Surface Phenomena at Yale University, Established The Kuman Research Group at NC State, Scholar of the Timbuktu Academy, the Louis Stokes Louisiana Alliance for Minority Participation, and the DMRS Honors College at Southern University and A&M College, 96 publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals.

Anthony Duane Stewart, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, (Florida).  Louisiana LSAMP (Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge (SUBR), LA) – Currently Director of the Electro-Chemistry and Energy Research Laboratory (EERL), funded by the Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA), and Assistant Professor of Physics at SUBR. [MPS]

Accomplishments:  Earned Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering (Electronic Materials) from the University of Florida in 2008, Region II College Initiatives Chairperson on the Executive Leadership Board for the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), Faculty Advisor for the Society of Physics Students (SPS) at SUBR, Former Co-Director of the DOE-funded Environmental Justice Institute (EJI) at Allen University in Columbia, SC, Former Director of the Catalysis Laboratory at Allen University (CLAU), Visiting Research Scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Scholar of the Timbuktu Academy, and LS-LAMP at SUBR, eight (8) technical publications in peer-reviewed journals.

Cacey Stevens-Bester, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Physics, (Illinois).  Louisiana LSAMP (Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge (SUBR), LA) – Currently Assistant Professor of Physics at Swarthmore College and a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA. [MPS]

 

Accomplishments:  Earned Ph.D. in Physics, in 2015, from the University of Chicago.  Distinguished as SUBR Spring 2008 Chief Student Marshal, graduated with a perfect 4.0/4.0 GPA (summa cum laude honors), National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellow, American Physical Society (APS) Scholar, Science and Engineering Alliance (SEA) Scholar, Duke University Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Recipient of the University of Chicago MRSEC Director’s Award for Research, Teaching, and Outreach, the University of Chicago Department Chairman’s Award for Distinguished Service, the Southern University and A&M College Chancellor’s Award for Academic Achievement, the National Society of Black Physicists Graduate Scholarship, Scholar of the Timbuktu Academy, the Louis Stokes Louisiana Alliance for Minority Participation, and the DMRS Honors College at Southern University and A&M College, 30 technical publications in the areas of soft matter, fluid dynamics, and education research.

 

Rashanique Quarels, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Associate, (Louisiana).  Louisiana LSAMP (Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge (SUBR), LA) –

Currently an Organic Chemistry Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Jeffrey N. Johnston Laboratory at Vanderbilt University. [MPS]

 

Accomplishments:  Earned Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Louisiana State University in 2017, Recipient of the Vanderbilt Academic Pathways Fellowship, Ronald E. McNair Scholar, American Chemical Society Scholar, and United Negro College Fund-Merck (UNCF/Merck) Undergraduate Fellow.

 

Kinesha Harris, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Chemistry, (Iowa).  Louisiana LSAMP (Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge (SUBR), LA) – Currently Assistant Professor of Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry and Biological Sciences at SUBR. [MPS]

 

Accomplishments:  Earned the Ph.D. in Bio-Inorganic Chemistry, in 2006, from the University of Iowa, Awarded Visiting Professorship/Researcher at Princeton University through the Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network HBCU-UP Leadership Institute, Recipient of the Science and Engineering Alliance (SEA) Award and American Chemical Society Organic Chemistry Award, Southern University NSF HBCU-UP STEM Hall of Fame Inductee, Girl Scout Leader for middle and high school-aged girls, more than six (6) scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals.

 

Conrad Jones, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Chemistry, (Iowa).  Louisiana LSAMP (Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge (SUBR), LA) – Currently Faculty Researcher and Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biological Sciences at SUBR. [MPS]

 

Accomplishments:  Earned Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry in 2004 from the University of Iowa, Scholar of the Timbuktu Academy, and LS-LAMP at SUBR, Recipient of two (2) distinct Faculty Research Fellowships at NASA Glenn Research Center, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Faculty Fellow/Visiting Scientist at Texas Tech University, Visiting Scientist at the China Lake Naval Research Facility, more than seven (7) refereed publications in renown research journals.

Aubry Turner, Ph.D., Faculty Instructor and Student Advisor, (Louisiana).  Louisiana LSAMP (Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge (SUBR), LA) – Currently AcademicAdvisor/Faculty/Manager

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University (FranU). [EDU]

 

Accomplishments: Earned Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Research, in 2018, from Louisiana State University (LSU), Creator of the “Grooving and Learning” YouTube Channel for children and Parents (features effective educational videos for children of all ages), Scholar of the Timbuktu Academy LS-LAMP at SUBR, Recipient of the Student Minority Access to Research and Training (SMART) Scholarship, Educator and Mentor for the Timbuktu Academy and the ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp (EM-BHSSC), elected Staff Council President for two (2) consecutive years at