Martinson Summer Scholars

Martinson Summer Scholars

Martinson Summer Scholars

The Martinson Summer Scholars Program is a paid, summer research or creative inquiry experience for Rowan undergraduates. Honors students apply for research positions that run for either 5 weeks ($2,000 stipend) or 10 weeks ($4,000 stipend). The cohort meets at the beginning of the summer for a community-building dinner and discussion of their projects and then reconvenes at the end of summer for a night of formal presentations to showcase their work.

The program is designed to help students start or continue their research journey so that they might build on this experience and apply for additional opportunities, such as national fellowships or summer National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs), in the future.

Applications for Summer 2025 are open and close on December 1st. Current Honors students that will graduate December 2025 or after are eligible. No previous research experience required.

Questions?

If you have questions or would like further information, please contact us at honors@rowan.edu 

Past Martinson Summer Scholars

2024
  • Vera Caruso
    • Major - English, College of Humanities & Social Sciences
    • Project - David Copperfield by Charles Dickens, Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
    • Faculty Mentor - Dr. Emily Hyde
  • Maggie Cortes
    • Major - Biochemistry, College of Science & Mathematics
    • Project - Survey of Antimicrobial Properties of Metals
    • Faculty Mentor - Dr. Ben Carone
  • Armaine Dela Cruz
    • Major - Radio, Television, & Film & Writing Arts, Ric Edelman College of Communication & Creative Arts
    • Project - The Enigma of Color: Color Theory & its Elements in Visual Media & Narrative Writing
    • Faculty Mentor - Professor Nancy Sophy
  • Marina Demidova
    • Major - Marketing, William G. Rohrer College of Business
    • Project - Examining Traditional and Non-traditional Student Experiences at Rowan University
    • Faculty Mentor - Dr. Vincent Jeseo
  • Alexander DeStefano
    • Major - Music Education – Instrumental, College of Performing Arts
    • Project - Our Glass: Exploring the Idea of Sustainable Glass through Musical Concepts 
    • Faculty Mentor - Dr. Joe Higgins
  • Michael Greenbaum
    • Major - Computer Science, College of Science & Mathematics
    • Project - Accelerating Maximal Quasi-Clique Mining Using GPUs 
    • Faculty Mentor - Dr. Guimu Guo
  • Preet Jariwala
    • Major - Information System & Analytics, William G. Rohrer College of Business
    • Project - Innovating Yarn Industry Invoices: The Generative AI Revolution 
    • Faculty Mentor - Dr. Tony Lin
  • Glenn Johnson
    • Major - Chemical Engineering, Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering
    • Project - Glass Recycling Initiative 
    • Faculty Mentor - Dr. Jim Newell
  • Jamie Kahle
    • Major - Computer Science, College of Science & Mathematics
    • Project - Bees, Drones, and Vanilla
    • Faculty Mentor - Dr. Hieu Nguyen
  • Scarlett McCourt
    • Geology, School of Earth & Environment, College of Science & Mathematics
    • Project - Exploring the Origins of the Spechty Kopf – Upper Devonian Ice or Not?
    • Faculty Mentors - Dr. Lily Pfeifer & Dr. Aaron Barth
  • Lindsay McLean
    • Law & Justice Studies, College of Humanities & Social Sciences
    • Project - Reconsidering the Constitutionality of the Death Penalty: How the Death Penalty May Violate the 8th and 14th Amendments and Yield Traumatic Effects on Those Impacted
    • Faculty Mentor - Dr. Sandra Joy
  • Juliana Nanni
    • Physics, College of Science & Mathematics
    • Project - A High-Throughput Study of Advanced Catalysts for Oxygen Evolution Reaction: Structural Properties
    • Faculty Mentor - Dr. Sam Lofland
  • Chimnecherem Obiadazie
    • Molecular & Cellular Biology, College of Science & Mathematics
    • Project - Characterization of an Invasive-Independent Metastasis Using a Pre-Clinical Inflammatory Breast Cancer Model
    • Faculty Mentor - Dr. Mary Alpaugh
  • Abigail Popoff
    • Biomedical Engineering, Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering
    • Project - Laser Treatment and Mechanical Testing of Electrospun Polylatic Acid Nanofibers
    • Faculty Mentor - Dr. Vince Beachley
  • Nadia Spearman
    • English Accelerated, College of Humanities & Social Sciences
    • Project - Analyzing Book Banning through the Lens of Queer Young Adult Literature
    • Faculty Mentor - Professor Megan Atwood
  • Sabriye Yilmaz
    • Biomedical Engineering Accelerated, Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering
    • Project - Designing Materials that Guide 3-Dimensional Cell Alignment 
    • Faculty Mentor - Dr. Sebastian Vega
2023
  • Krisha Darji
    • Major - Biomedical Engineering Accelerated, Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering
    • Project - Closed-Loop Wearable Device for Automatic Detection and Treatment of Opioid Overdose (at Purdue with the National Institute on Drug Abuse)
    • Faculty Mentor - Dr. Rachel Riley
  • Adam D'Souza
    • Major - Molecular & Cellular Biology, College of Science & Mathematics
    • Project - An Antiviral Approach to Herpesviruses Infection Inhibition
    • Faculty Mentor - Dr. Claude Krummenacher
  • Ethan Gray
    • Major - Chemical Engineering, Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering
    • Project - Development of Biological Substitutes for Polymer Coating Applications
    • Faculty Mentor - Dr. Emre Kinaci
  • Michael Greenbaum
    • Major - Computer Science, College of Science & Mathematics
    • Project - Accelerating Maximal Gamma Quasi Clique Enumeration Using the GPU 
    • Faculty Mentor - Dr. Guimu Guo
  • Shannon Jordan
    • Major - Biological Sciences, College of Science & Mathematics
    • Project - Bioisosteric Replacement of Amide Linkers with 1,2,3-Triazoles for Improved Pharmacokinetics without Losing Dopamine D4 Receptor Potency or Selectivity
    • Faculty Mentor - Dr. Thomas Keck
  • Amanda McNally
    • Major - Exercise Science, Virtua Health College of Medicine & Life Sciences
    • Project - Assessment of Self-Reported Gastrointestinal Distress as a Function of Running Kinematics in Endurance Runners
    • Faculty Mentor - Dr. Dylan Klein
  • Cindy Nguyen
    • Major - Biochemistry, College of Science & Mathematics
    • Project - ICP-MS Test of Gold Nanoparticles Adsorbed by Cells
    • Faculty Mentors - Dr. Lei Yu & Dr. Xiaoyang Mou
  • Nicolas Samson
    • Major - Biochemistry, College of Science & Mathematics
    • Project - The Rising Resistance: Towards the Vancomycin Linear Heptapeptide
    • Faculty Mentor - Dr. Rashanique Quarels
  • Luke Tonon
    • Major - Computer Science, College of Science & Mathematics
    • Project - Blueberry Drone AI: Smart Farming of Blueberries Using Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Drones
    • Faculty Mentor - Dr. Hieu Nguyen
  • Elliot Ward
    • Major - Physics, College of Science & Mathematics
    • Project - Master Flats for Ground-Based Near Infrared Imaging 
    • Faculty Mentor - Dr. David Klassen
  • Emerson Woody
    • Major - Sociology, College of Humanities & Social Sciences
    • Project - Primary Care Physician Understanding of Transgender Patient Needs: A Preliminary Study
    • Faculty Mentor - Dr. Seran Schug