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2010-2011 Officers

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  Mary F. Engel, Ph.D.
Faculty Advisor
engelm1@scranton.edu

Mike Le
President
lem2@scranton.edu

Hometown: South Abington Twp.
Major: Biology and Philosophy
Research: Spent a summer studying the effects of fermentative byproducts on normal and cancerous colon cells with Dr. Lazarova at the Commonwealth Medical College.
Volunteer: St. Clare's Food Pantry, EFFORT Food Recovery Program, Camp Spifida
Class: 2012

  Alex Zygmunt
Co-Vice President of Presentations
zygmunta2@scranton.edu

Hometown: Moscow, PA
Major: Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology / Philosophy
Research: I am in the Microbiology research lab with Dr. Sulzinski and Kathleen Lavelle. We are working on a PCR assay for B gladioli.
Volunteer: I volunteer as the leader of the Science Games (which is an organization that brings science to kids in a fun interactive way), pick up donations for EFFORT and work in the Leahy Food Pantry.
Class: 2012

  Kathleen Lavelle
Co-Vice President of Presentations
lavellek3@scranton.edu

Hometown: Avoca, PA
Major: Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology / Hispanic Studies
Minor: Philosophy
Research: I work in Dr. Sulzinski's lab with Alex Zygmunt studying pediatric pulmonary cystic fibrosis infections and the Burkholderia species.
Volunteer: I volunteer and translate for the Spanish speaking patients at the Leahy Clinic for the Uninsured. I am the chair of the Excess Food for Others Recovery Team (EFFORT). I also help out with the science games project that Alex Zyg started.
Class: 2012

Paulina Maida
Vice President of Service
maidap3@scranton.edu

Hometown: Hallstead, PA
Major: Biology, Hispanic Studies
Volunteer: Leahy Clinic and Food Pantry, CMC ER, Great Bend-Hallstead Ambulance
Research: Cranberry antioxidant content of hamster organs, and relative fitness of grey catbirds vs. arrival time at the breeding grounds
Class: 2012

Shrut Patel
Vice President of Service
patels20@scranton.edu

Hometown: Scott Township, PA
Major: Biology and Philosophy
Volunteer: St. Clare's Food Pantry, EFFORT, Mercy Hospital Transportation
Class: 2012

  Shivani Vekaria
Secretary
vekarias4@scranton.edu

Hometown: Clarks Summit, PA
Major: Biology and Philosophy
Volunteer: Camp Spifida
Class: 2012

  Kelly Zaccheo
Treasurer
zaccheok2@scranton.edu

Major: Biomathematics/Philosophy
Volunteer: Science games
Hobby: Sports
Class: 2012

Joseph Seemiller
Webmaster
seemillerj2@scranton.edu

Hometown: Palmerton, PA
Major: Neuroscience
Minor: Computer Science, Biochemistry
Research: Computational Chemistry with Dr Foley, and I spent a summer researching molecular dynamics at the University of Pittsburgh.
Volunteer: Community Medical Center's Emergency Room, and The Knights of Columbus
Class: 2013

Abbe Clark
Research Chairperson
clarka5@scranton.edu

Hometown: Southold, NY
Major: Biochemistry, Cell, and Molecular Biology
Research: I work in Dr. Foley's lab researching the biochemical properties of proteins that are particularly susceptible to oxidative stress. I also completed two Summer Undergraduate Research Programs at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Rockefeller University.
Class: 2012

  Martin Berger
Chair for Dentistry
bergerm3@scranton.edu

  Gary Arvay
Chair for Veterinary
arvayg2@scranton.edu

Jon Schall
Junior Liaison
schallj2@scranton.edu

Hometown: Wyoming, PA
Majors: Biology
Minors: Biochemistry, English, and Philosophy
Research: I'm working in Dr. Gomez's lab studying embryonic chick retinal neurons.
Volunteer: University Ministries and the Knights of Columbus
Class: 2013






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