Meet our 2024-2025 Peer Mentors!

Shania Grant

College & Major College of Arts and Letters, B.A. in Political Science with a minor in Spanish, M.S. in Criminal Justice and Criminology
Research Interest(s) Racial Attitudes and their effects on support for reentry, How families are affected by incarceration, general support for reentry
Hobbies/Fun Facts & Awards I love reading, baking, and shopping. I also have been volunteering as a vocal mentor for 6 years. Awards: OURI Undergraduate Research Grant (Spring 2024), 2nd place oral/performing arts winner in research category "Behavioral, Educational, & Social Sciences" at the OURI symposium (2024), Palm Beach County Criminal Justice Commission appointed student member (May 2024)
Email shaniagrant2020@fau.edu

Kayla Ahlness

College & Major College of Science; PhD in Integrative Biology
Research Interest(s) Animal conservation, behavioral ecology, data science, citizen science, and biological education
Hobbies & Awards/Scholarly Programs I love playing the drums and learning new songs. I’ve also played competitive roller derby for 10 years. When I have free time, I play board games with my family and friends. Awards: Conference of Florifa Graduate Schools 3MT People's Choice Winner 2024; FAU 3MT Chamption 2024; FAU Graduate Dean's Fellowship 2022-2023, Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Studies Scholarship Awardee, Spring 2022
Email kahlness2020@fau.edu

Abel Abraham

College & Major College of Medicine; M.D. Program
Research Interest(s) Biomedical Engineering, Neuroscience Carbon Capture and Storage
Hobbies/Awards I enjoy spending my free time racing simulators and attending car shows. Awards: Co-author: "Towards Green Carbon Capture and Storage Using Waste Concrete Based Seawater: A Microfluidic Analysis"( https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4460141); Co-author: "Investigation of Heat Transfer Near a Growing Bubble During Nucleate Boiling Using Dual-Tracer Laser-Induced Fluorescemce Thermometry"(http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4564002)
Email abelabraham2018@health.fau.edu 

Alex Altiere

College & Major College of Engineering and Computer Science; Data Science and Analytics-Engineering Track
Research Interest(s) Deep learning and Machine Learning; Applying computational modeling in Geosciences
Hobbies I enjoy spending my free time outside, often exploring hikes/runs in new places during my travels. 
Email   aaltiere2023@fau.edu 

Hannah Kravec

College & Major College of Science; Psychology
Research Interest(s) Evolutionary developmental psychology, social psychology; Current projects: Effects of group-identification and ostracism on response to stereotype threat of women in STEM, and evolutionary developmental implications on formal education models/structures of modern childhoods
Fun FactI love creative writing
Email hkravec2023@fau.edu 

Numana Luqman

College & Major College of Science; Cellular Neuroscience
Research Interest(s) Cellular and Behavioral Neuroscience and Cell Biology
Hobbies Listening to music, swimming, and reading
Email nluqman2019@fau.edu

Abby Sinu

College & Major College of Science; Medical Biology
Research Interest(s) Behavioral Neuroscience; studying effects of visual perception on bi-manual coordination patterns, Anthropology; studying antibiotic prescription practices in the dental field
Hobbies/Fun Facts I enjoy painting and playing violin. I am a startup founder of a biomedical diagnostic technology! My career goal is to be an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon. 
Email asinu2021@fau.edu

Pranav Jambulingam

College & Major College of Science; Biological Sciences
Research Interest(s) Neuroscience, molecular biology, data analysis, healthcare
Fun Facts & Awards/Scholarly Programs I love doing puzzles and going for walks with my dog. Awards: 1st Place Oral Presentation for Cross-disciplinary 2024 Undergraduate Research Symposium; OURI Undergraduate Research Grant, Spring 2023; NIH U-Rise Research Program
Email pjambulingam2022@fau.edu

Abigail Shepard

College & Major Honors College; Neuroscience and Interdisciplinary Math, BS/MD track
Research Interest(s) Computational neuroscience; Behavioral neuroscience
Fun Facts & Awards/Scholarly Programs I love playing games, listening to music, reading, and crocheting. Awards: OURI Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship 2024, Max Planck Honors Program
Email ashepard2023@fau.edu 

Priscilla Xu

College & Major College of Engineering and Computer Science; Biomedical Engineering
Research Interest(s) Biorobotics and Biomaterials
Fun Fact I am Canadian-American
Email  pxu2022@fau.edu 

Colette Content

College & Major College of Social Work and Criminal Justice; Criminal Justice
Research Interest(s) Policing, trauma, violent crime, victim services, law, sexual assault
Hobbies/Fun Facts/Awards I enjoy traveling, reading, and shopping. I've worked as a lifeguard for nearly 3 years now. Awards: Undergraduate Researcher of the Year (2023-24), Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (2024); I have two manuscripts in the process being published to journals in the criminology field. 
Email  ccontent2022@fau.edu 

Laura Vanderschuur

College & Major College of Nursing; BSN
Research Interest(s) Horizontal Violence in Nursing, improvement of professional healthcare environments
Hobbies/Fun Facts/Awards I enjoy going to the beach and listening to music. After being invited to the Honors program during my junior year, I began working as a research assistant for Dr. Colvin and Dr. Groton, assisting in the study of effects of housing stability on antiretroviral treatment adherence and viral suppression for HIV/AIDS. I now study under the mentorship of Dr. Joy Longo and have presented at Sigma Day and similar research events. 
Email lvanderschuu2021@health.fau.edu