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Congratulations, Gabby, on successfully defending her Master’s thesis!

Sunghee Lee, Ph.D. • Sep 02, 2020

Gabby Di Domizio (‘18 BS Chemistry-ACS Certified), our former Project Symphony member, successfully defended her Master’s Thesis dissertation on “Understanding Competing Reaction Pathways in Nanoparticle Cation Exchange Processes Using the Tyndall Effect” under the guidance of Professor Raymond Schaak, and earned her Master’s degree in Chemistry at the Penn State University. Gabby graduated with an honor of Iona College Class Valedictorian.

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The Project Symphony team publishes another research paper in peer-reviewed journal, Journal of Physical Chemistry B The article titled “Differential Effects of Soy Isoflavones on the Biophysical Properties of Model Membranes” is published in Journal of Physical Chemistry B, an American Chemical Society publication. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c08390 This paper is coauthored by nine undergraduates, Jamie Gudyka ('24 Biochemistry), Jasmin Ceja-Vega ('23 Biochemistry), Katherine Ivanchenko (’23 Chemistry), Wilber Perla (’25 Chemistry), Christopher Poust (’25 Chemistry), Alondra Gamez Hernandez ('23 Biochemistry), Colleen Clarke (’23 Chemistry), Shakinah Silverberg (’24 Biology/Chemistry), Escarlin Perez ('22 Biochemistry) with Dr. Sunghee Lee. Congratulations to the Project Symphony!
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The diligent work of Project Research team has culminated in a peer-reviewed research publication. This is the proud result of 10 undergraduate coauthors over the span of 3 years. The title of the article is “Aspirin Interacts with Cholesterol-Containing Membranes in a pH-Dependent Manner”, and appears in Langmuir, an American Chemical Society publication. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c02242 This paper is coauthored by ten undergraduates, Michael Krmic (’22 Biochemistry), Escarlin Perez ('22 Biochemistry), Patrick Scollan (’21 Chemistry), Katherine Ivanchenko (’23 Chemistry), Alondra Gamez Hernandez ('23 Biochemistry), Joseph Giancaspro (’21 Biochemistry), Juan Rosario (’21 Biochemistry), Jasmin Ceja-Vega ('23 Biochemistry), Jamie Gudyka ('24 Biochemistry), Riley Porteus ('24 ACS Chemistry), with Dr. Sunghee Lee. Congratulations to the project team!
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This summer, Caroline Scott (Class of 2025, ACS Chemistry) joined a globally renowed scientific team in Tokyo to perform research in the field of Biophysical Chemistry. This opportunity was enabled by the NSF Award to Dr. Sunghee Lee for international research collaboration with Professor Shoji Takeuchi of the University of Tokyo. In the past, five students from Dr. Lee’s research group have traveled to Japan for a month-long research project: Peter J. Milianta (Class of 2016, Biochemistry), Michael McGlone (Class of 2017, Physics), Jacqueline Denver (Class of 2017, Biochemistry), Alessandra Armetta (Class of 2018), and Joseph Giancaspro (Class of 2020). Dr. Lee noted, “This is a tremendous opportunity for our students to experience a true intellectual collaboration. Our research partners in Japan are very impressed by our students’ dedication and contribution. After three years of interruption, I am very happy to be able to send an Iona student to Japan again this summer. Caroline has been working diligently on the investigation of electrical property of model cell membranes and her summer experience provided an even greater level of confidence and strength towards her goal in advancing to a PhD program upon graduation from Iona.” Caroline added “This summer I had the amazing opportunity to travel to Tokyo, Japan for 5 weeks to conduct electrophysiological measurement of a model cell membrane. This experience was incredible. Not only did I learn an immense amount of important research skills, but I also got to explore the country of Japan and learn about its culture and history. On the weekends, I even got to hike to the top of Mount Fuji! The most valuable part of my experience in Japan was how much science I learned including how to analyze data and display results in a way that can help organize ideas and discover problems that will lead the research in the right direction. I am extremely thankful to Dr. Osaki and Prof. Takeuchi for welcoming me and guiding me with every step, and Dr. Lee for giving this opportunity and for her continuous support. I will now get to put these skills to use for the rest of my own scientific career, as I aspire to advance to PhD program after Iona.”
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