Achievements by Our Underrepresented Students
We proudly share the achievements of our students from underrepresented groups. Within ACID’s mission of amplifying the voices and achievements of BIPOC and people with disabilities, we lift up and congratulate these students!
- Joy Orume received an XSEDE EMPOWER fellowship
- Jordan Sinclair, a Black inorganic chemist, published his first first-author scientific paper
- Ophelia Ukaegbu, a Nigerian-American chemist, published her first first-author scientific paper, and presented in the Chemistry Biology Interface advanced student seminar series.
- Ashley Brown published her first first-author scientific paper.
- Geneva Crump published her first first-author scientific paper.
- Fabio Gonzalez Arias, a Black Latino biophysical chemist, published his first scientific paper.
- Elorm Awuyah, a Black organic chemist, was awarded a UD Graduate Scholars fellowship.
- Carolina Perez Segura, a Latina biophysical chemist, published her first scientific paper and was featured in UDaily News.
- Olivia Shaw, a chemist who is blind, received an XSEDE EMPOWER fellowship, published her first scientific paper, and was featured in UDaily News.
Inclusive Diversity Efforts by Our Faculty
- Assistant Professor Lauren Genova was selected to serve as a mentor for GradMAP Philippines (Graduate Mentorship and Assistance Program), which aims to encourage and support young Filipino scientists to explore graduate opportunities abroad.
- Assistant Professors Jodi Hadden-Perilla and Juan Perilla emphasized the importance of diversifying the STEM workforce and introduced their highly diverse research team in an article published in Delaware Journal of Public Health.
- Professor Karl Booksh was interviewed by UDaily News on the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act to discuss progress and challenges faced by the disabled community.
- Since 2014, Professors Karl Booksh and Sharon Rozovsky have overseen an NSF-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates program for students with disabilities.
