Dr. Nellone Reid
Principal Investigator
Dr. Nellone Reid brings exceptional mentorship experience, having guided dozens of undergraduate students through multiple grants and student organizations. As former PI of Hampton University's I-Corps grant, he managed LeanLaunch Pad, training 14 students in technology product development that resulted in 3 venture capitalist investments and 4 consecutive innovation awards at the AMIE design competition.
Leadership Impact
90%
Student Placement in Doctoral Programs
36
Student Cohort Maintained
3
VC Investments
4
Innovation Awards
Currently researching pharmacokinetic studies on non-invasive electromagnetic fields' effects on lipid metabolism via optically observed breast cancer cells on microfluidic devices for drug delivery systems.
Dr. Sagnik Basuray
Co-Principal Investigator
Dr. Sagnik Basuray has mentored over twenty undergraduate students, with thirteen being women and five from African-American and Hispanic backgrounds. His students consistently excel, winning numerous prizes at AIChE, SCiX, American Electrophoresis Society, and ACS conferences. Six students are pursuing doctoral degrees in STEM fields.
Innovation Excellence
20+
Students Mentored
5
Patents
3
Start-ups
$1.1M
ESTCP Grant
NSF Career Award recipient and Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors, specializing in electrochemical platforms for cancer biomarker detection and PFAS sensing.