Graduate College Rebel Research and

Mentorship Program

Congratulations to our incoming cohort

2016-2017

MOINAK BHADURI

Moinak Bhaduri is a fourth year Ph.D. studentin the Department of Mathematical Sciences,working under the supervision of Dr. Chih-Hsiang Ho on novel applications of non-parametric statistical methods to problemsemerging from point processes and repairablesystems. Specific interests includedevelopment of tests to choose simpleparsimonious models to predict rare eventsand an understanding of the interactionbetween two related Poisson-type processes.Potential case studies should examine theevolution of a process over time and couldinclude examples from biology, engineering,weather science, finance, geology, etc.

Alex DeehlAlex Deehl is an alumnus of the University of Nevada, School of Life Sciences. Alex is alongside fourth year Ph.D. student Moinak Bhaduri underneath Dr. ChihHsiang Ho. The two will work in collaboration to further investigate whether mortality rates for leukemia between men and women are related. In the past, Alex has worked on applications of linear statistical models to model mortality rates due to cancer and would like to delve deeper with additional covariates. Alex is very excited not only to apply in-depth statistical analysis to cancer but to also to inspire others from their research.

SANJANA DAS

Sanjana Das is a Ph.D. candidate and Officer atthe Society of Women Engineers, University ofNevada Las Vegas. She is currently workingunder Professor Biswajit Das on an NSF fundedproject for waterless cleaning of solar cellsusing nanotechnology. Prior to joining UNLV,Sanjana successfully completed her Masters inNanotechnology from SUNY Albany. She wasalso an intern with Tokyo Electron AmericaR&D center at Albany for more than a year.Prior to coming to the US, Sanjana worked asan intern at National University of Singapore.

STEPHANIE SILIC

Stephanie Silic is an undergraduatestudent in the Department of Electricaland Computer Engineering. She will begraduating in the spring with a Bachelorof Science in Electrical Engineering. Herfocus and interests are in electronics andIC design, control systems, and solidstate devices and nanotechnology. She isalso currently working with a team on asenior design project in the area ofpower electronics. She will be workingwith graduate student Sanjana Das.

JEFF EGGLESTON

Jeff Eggleston is a first-year Ph.D. student inthe Kinesiology and Nutrition SciencesDepartment, supervised by Dr. Janet Dufek. Hisresearch interests are examining movementcharacteristics in children and adults withchronic disabilities and working with cliniciansto develop more appropriate rehabilitativeinterventions for specific disabilities. Jeff’spurpose in furthering knowledge within thesepopulations is to improve rehabilitationoutcomes and improve individuals’ quality oflife.

LUIS FLORES

Luis Flores is a 4th year undergraduate studentin the Kinesiology and Nutrition SciencesDepartment. He will be working with graduatestudent Jeffrey Eggleston. He has worked inthe motor learning and performancelaboratory under Dr. Gabriele Wulf anddoctoral student, Takehiro Iwatsuki. He hasalso received the IDeA Networks of BiomedicalResearch Excellence (INBRE) scholarship for2015 and 2016 working under Dr. John A.Mercer. He is interested in conducting researchwith clinical populations and obtaining hisDoctor of Physical Therapy from UNLV.

MIEKO MAMAUAG

Mieko Mamauag is an undergraduate studentin the Department of Kinesiology and NutritionSciences, pursuing her professional career as aDoctor of Physical Therapy. Her research is toexamine the influence of backpack weight ontrunk and stride kinematics among childrenwith Autism Spectrum Disorder, under herMentor Jeff Eggleston, and Faculty Mentor Dr.Janet Dufek. The ultimate research goal is toestablish maximum weight guidelines in thispopulation.

JANELLE EVANS

Janelle M. Evans graduated summa cum laudefrom Arizona State University, with a bachelor’sdegree in Creative Writing. She is currently ateaching graduate assistant at the University ofNevada Las Vegas (UNLV) while pursuing herMaster of Fine Arts degree in Writing forDramatic Media. In addition to writing novels,Miss Evans is an avid enthusiast of screenplay,and short story writing. She was thrilled toplace in the top ten percent of last year’sAustin Film Festival.

RYAN FOWLER

Ryan Fowler is a junior in the film department.His passion for all things arts has led him topursue film as a way to express himselfthrough storytelling. He is being mentored byJanelle Evans, and has achieved high honors inhis college career thus far. He hopes to makethe world a better place using film forallegorical tales and documentaries.

YULIA GAVRILOVA

Yulia Gavrilova is a fourth-year ClinicalPsychology Ph.D. student, supervised by Dr.Brad Donohue. She is Program Coordinator atUNLV's Family Research & Services, whichfocuses on the development and evaluationof behavioral interventions to assistperformance optimization.

Yulia’s dissertation research will focus onexamining the efficacy of two interventions toimprove motivation for health behaviors thatare low in motivation, such as exercising,healthy eating, and avoiding smoking oralcohol.

MICHAEL BRICKER

Michael is a senior seeking his B.A. inPsychology. His research interests are in sportpsychology and addiction treatment theories.Michael’s mentor is Yulia Gavrilova, a Ph.D.student that is supervised by Dr. BradDonohue. The topic for RAMP will be“motivation.” Michael hopes that working withYulia and Dr. Donohue he will be betterprepared for graduate school at UNLV.

TIM WATERS

Tim Waters is in his last year of a Ph.D.program in the department of Physics &Astronomy, studying astrophysics under DanielProga. He has a Bachelor’s degree in physicsfrom Occidental College as well as Master’sdegrees in applied mathematics and physics,both from UNLV. His research is focused onunderstanding the environments of luminoussupermassive black holes. This effort typicallyinvolves performing numerical simulations onUNLV’s supercomputers, Eureka and Cherry-Creek.

CODY MCKEON

Computer Science Undergraduateworking under Tim Waters to visualizeastrophysical simulations in 2D and 3Dmodels. To do so effectively asupercomputing platform (Cherry-Creek)is needed to compute the complexcalculations. He will gain anunderstanding of producing 3Dvisualizations of astrophysical fluiddynamics leveraging UNLV’s computingresources and various visualization tools.

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