Office of Research & Sponsored Programs
Ferris Library for Information, Technology and Education (FLITE)
Ferris State University
1010 Campus Drive, FLITE 410 D & F
Big Rapids, MI 49307
(231) 591-2547
[email protected]
2026 Symposium
2026 Fellows
Pressure Effects on Unimolecular Reactions
Student Fellow
Keely Baker, Biology
Faculty Mentor
Dr. Luis Rivera, College of Arts, Sciences, and Education; Physical Sciences
Examining Fragile State Index Dynamics within Regional Contexts
Student Fellow
Dylan Bosch, Actuarial Science, Honors
Faculty Mentor
Dr. Victor Piercey, College of Arts, Sciences, and Education; Mathematics & Honors
Study of Human Service Professionals
Student Fellow
Sara Gordoy Brito, Master of Social Work
Faculty Mentor
Dr. Shelly Tucker, College of Arts, Sciences, and Education; Social Work
The Changed Woman: Reinterpreting Sexual Violence in Classical Myth and Art
Student Fellow
Abigail Burgess, History, Art History
Faculty Mentor
Dr. Rachel Foulk, College of Arts, Sciences, and Education; Humanities
Gamification of Soft Skill Learning
Student Fellow
Cacie Clifford, Master of Career & Technical Education - Postsecondary Administration
Faculty Mentor
Dr. Andrew Peterson, Extended & International Operations (EIO); ELearning
Identifying Rare-Earth Metal Induced Hypoxia Signaling in Hep3B Liver Cells
Student Fellow
Anastasia (Annie) Erno, Forensic Biology & Biotechnology
Faculty Mentors
Dr. Milan Prajapati, College of Pharmacy; Pharmaceutical Sciences
Engineering Starter-Unit Selection for Erythromycin Diversification in Escherichia coli
Student Fellow
Tessa Hendrickson, Pharmacy
Faculty Mentor
Dr. Eric Nybo, College of Pharmacy; Pharmaceutical Sciences
Unveiling the Cosmic Dance of Binary Stars Using Speckle Interferometry
Student Fellow
Michelle Kokic, Biotechnology
Faculty Mentor
Dr. Dinesh Shetty, College of Arts, Sciences, and Education; Physical Sciences
Development of a Stable-Isotope GC-MS Assay to Quantify Mitochondrial One-Carbon Flux in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC)
Student Fellow
Alyssa Menichino, Pre-Medicine
Faculty Mentor
Dr. Md Afjalus Siraj, College of Pharmacy; Pharmaceutical Sciences
Cell Viability and Cytotoxicity Studies of Cisplatin Nanoparticles
Student Fellow
Adbul Mia, Pharmacy
Faculty Mentor
Dr. Namita Giri, College of Pharmacy; Pharmaceutical Sciences
LC-MS Based Method Measuring One-Carbon (1-C) Flux in Mammalian Cell Culture
Student Fellow
Samantha Nowak, Biotechnology
Faculty Mentor
Dr. Sky Pike, College of Arts, Sciences, and Education; Biology
Collaboration Stenght as Rural Housing Capacity: A Practical Framework fo rMSHDA and Regional Housing Partnerships
Student Fellow
Brett Sinclair, Social Work
Faculty Mentor
Dr. Carolyn Sutherby, College of Arts, Sciences, and Education; Social Work
Female Artists and Art Collectors of the Renaissance and Baroque Periods, and Their Shared Impact on Art History
Student Fellow
McKenzy Woodworth, Art History (Academic)
Faculty Mentor
Dr. Anne Norcross, Kendall College of Art & Design; Art History