Undergraduate Research Students

Click here to see the current Morgan research group, including postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, and undergraduates.

Spring 2007

Ashley N. Aylesworth , USC student, Junior, 1/07-present.
Ashley L. Bagwell, USC student, Senior, 1/07-present.
Henry M. Hall, USC student, Senior, 1/07-present.
Rachael E. Hipp , USC student, Senior, "Chemical analysis of fingerprints," 5/05-present.
Amanda C. Kesler, USC student, Junior, "Forensic analyis of dyed fibers," 7/06-present.
Bryan K. Oliver, USC student, Senior, "Pyrolysis GC/MS of polymers," 8/06-present.
Kimberly Painter , USC student, Senior, "Forensic analyis of dyed fibers, " 8/06-present.
Heather M. Taylor, USC student, Senior, "IR analysis of bloodstains, UV/visible spectrophotometry of fibers," 5/05-present.

Fall 2006

Natalya O. Hall, USC student, senior, USC Magellan Scholar, "Discrimination of ball-point pen inks by microspectrophotometry," 8/06-12/06.
Rachael E. Hipp , USC student, Beckman Scholars Program awardee, Junior, "Chemical analysis of fingerprints," 5/05-present.
Amanda C. Kesler, USC student, Junior, "Forensic analytical chemistry," 7/06-present.
Jeanette K. Nangreave, USC student, Senior, "Forensic analytical chemistry," 7/06-present.
Bryan K. Oliver, USC student, Senior, "Forensic analytical chemistry," 8/06-present.
Kimberly Painter , USC student, Senior, "Forensic analytical chemistry, " 5/05-present.
Heather M. Taylor, USC student, Junior, "Forensic analytical chemistry," 5/05-present.

Summer 2006

Jeanette K. Chartier, USC student, Senior, "Forensic analytical chemistry," 7/06-8/06.
Natalya O. Hall, USC student, senior, USC Magellan Scholar, "Discrimination of ball-point pen inks by microspectrophotometry," 51/06-8/06.
Rachael E. Hipp , USC student, Beckman Scholars Program awardee, Junior, "Forensic analysis of dyed fibers: extraction of vat dyes from cotton," 5/05-8/06.
Amanda C. Kesler, USC student, Junior, "Forensic analytical chemistry," 7/06-8/06.
Allyson A. Wells, USC Student, Junior, SC Honors College Research Fellow, "Forensic analytical chemistry," 8/04-8/06.
Jennifer Yiu, USC student, Senior, "Forensic analytical chemistry," 5/05-8/06.
Heather M. Taylor, USC student, Junior, "Forensic analytical chemistry," 5/05-8/06.

Spring 2006

Natalya O. Hall, USC student, senior, USC Magellan Scholar, "Discrimination of ball-point pen inks by microspectrophotometry," 1/06-5/06.
Rachael E. Hipp , USC student, Beckman Scholars Program awardee, Junior, "Forensic analysis of dyed fibers: extraction of vat dyes from cotton," 5/05-5/06.
Christina Lockhart, USC student, Senior, "Forensic analytical chemistry," 8/05-5/06.
Lavetta M. Milton, USC student, senior, "Analysis of blood and semen by FT-IR," 1/06-5/06.
Perry McGriff, USC student, Senior, "Forensic analytical chemistry," 8/05-5/06.
Tuong-Vy Nguyen, USC student, senior, "Forensic analytical chemistry," 1/06-5/06.
Heather M. Taylor, USC student, Junior, "Forensic analytical chemistry," 5/05-5/06.
Allyson A. Wells, USC Student, Junior, SC Honors College Research Fellow, "Forensic analytical chemistry," 8/04-5/06.
Jennifer Yiu, USC student, Senior, USC Magellan Scholar, "Forensic analytical chemistry," 5/05-5/06.

Fall 2005

Alison M. Bush, USC student, Senior, "Forensic UV/vis and FT-IR microspectroscopy for fiber analysis," 5/04-12/05.
Allyson A. Wells, USC Student, Junior, SC Honors College Research Fellow, "Forensic analytical chemistry," 8/04-12/05.
Drew T. Krena, USC student, Howard Hughes Research Fellow, Sophomore, "Forensic fingerprints for dyed fibers: extraction of vat dyes from cotton," 9/04-12/05.
Jacob T. Minskey,, USC student, Junior-Senor, "Forensic analytical chemistry," 1/05-12/05.
Rachael E. Hipp , USC student, Beckman Scholars Program awardee, Junior, "Forensic analysis of dyed fibers: extraction of vat dyes from cotton," 5/05-12/05.
Jennifer Yiu, USC student, Senior, "Forensic analytical chemistry," 5/05-12/05.
Heather M. Taylor, USC student, Junior, "Forensic analytical chemistry," 5/05-12/05.
Christina Lockhart, USC student, Senior, "Forensic analytical chemistry," 8/05-12/05.
Krissy Schleibaum, USC student, Junior, "Forensic analytical chemistry," 8/05-12/05.

Summer 2005

Alison M. Bush, USC student, Senior, "Forensic UV/vis and FT-IR microspectroscopy for fiber analysis," 5/04-8/05.
Allyson A. Wells, USC Student, Junior, SC Honors College Research Fellow, "Forensic analytical chemistry," 8/04-8/05.
Drew T. Krena, USC student, Howard Hughes Research Fellow, Sophomore, "Forensic fingerprints for dyed fibers: extraction of vat dyes from cotton," 9/04-8/05.
Jacob T. Minskey,, USC student, Junior-Senor, "Forensic analytical chemistry," 1/05-8/05.
Rachael E. Hipp , USC student, Beckman Scholars Program awardee, Junior, "Forensic analysis of dyed fibers: extraction of vat dyes from cotton," 5/05-8/05.
Jennifer Yiu, USC student, Senior, "Forensic analytical chemistry," 5/05-8/05.
Heather M. Taylor, USC student, Junior, "Forensic analytical chemistry," 5/05-present.
Caryn Marmillion, Clemson student, Senior, "Forensic analytical chemistry," 5/05-8/05.
Reem Sadik, Sewanee student, Freshman, "Forensic analytical chemistry," 1/05-8/05.

Spring 2005

Samantha N. Roberson, Junior-Senior, "Extraction of fiber dyes for trace evidence analysis," 1/04-5/05.
Alison M. Bush, USC student, Junior-Senior, "Forensic UV/vis and FT-IR microspectroscopy for fiber analysis," 5/04-present.
Allyson A. Wells, USC Student, Junior, SC Honors College Research Fellow, "Forensic analytical chemistry," 8/04-present.
Anand S. Patel, USC student, Junior-Senor, “High performance liquid chromatography for dye characterization, 8/04-present.”
Drew T. Krena, USC student, Howard Hughes Research Fellow, Sophomore, "Forensic fingerprints for dyed fibers: extraction of vat dyes from cotton," 9/04-present.
Sally C. Stephens, USC student, Senior, "Forensic analytical chemistry," 10/04-present.
Jacob T. Minskey, USC student, Senior, "Forensic analytical chemistry," 01/05-present.

Bryan, Liz, and Allison, Summer 2004

2004

Samantha Roberson, Junior-Senior, "Extraction of fiber dyes for trace evidence analysis," 1/04-present.
Allison Bush, USC student, Junior-Senior, "Forensic UV/vis and FT-IR microspectroscopy for fiber analysis," 5/04-present.
Drew Krena, USC student, Howard Hughes Reserch Fellow, Sophomore, "Forensic fingerprints for dyed fibers: extraction of vat dyes from cotton," 9/04-present.
Sally Stephens, USC student, Senior, "Forensic analytical chemistry," 10/04-present.
Andy Patel, USC student, Junior-Senor, “High performance liquid chromatography for dye characterization.”
Alyson Wells, USC Student, Junior, SC College Research Fellow, "Forensic analytical chemistry," 9/04-present.
Jennifer L. Kennedy, USC Honors College Research Awardee, "Discrimination of Nylon Subclasses Using FT-IR Microscopy and Multivariate Statistical Techniques," 9/02-5/04, senior, Honors thesis.
Elizabeth M. Enlow, USC student, "Forensic UV/vis and FT-IR microspectroscopy for fiber analysis," 1/03 to 5/04, senior, Honors thesis.
Brian J. Vasser, USC Honors College Research Awardee, "UV/vis microspectroscopy for forensic fiber analysis," 5/03 to present, sophomore-junior.
Demetria Ileana Strauch, USC student, 8/03-5/04, “UV/vis fluorescence microspectroscopy of fiber dyes,” junior.
April Temples, 1/04-present, senior.
Kate Dooley, Summer REU student, 6/04-8/04, "Fiber characterization by SEM."

2003

Shanna Burnette, "Discrimination of Nylon Subclasses Using FT-IR Microscopy and Multivariate Statistical Techniques," 1/03 to 5/03, senior.
Elizabeth Enlow, "Forensic UV/vis and FT-IR microspectroscopy for fiber analysis," 1/03 to 12/03, senior, honors thesis.
Jennifer Kennedy, "Discrimination of Nylon Subclasses Using FT-IR Microscopy and Multivariate Statistical Techniques," 9/02-12/02, senior, honors thesis.
Kristen Kirkland, "Fiebr analysis by spectrophotometry," 8/03-present, senior.
Demetria Ileana Strauch, "Fluoresence microspectrophotmetry," 8/03-present, junior.
Brian Vasser, "Forensic UV/vis microspectroscopy for fiber analysis," 5/03 to 12/03, sophomore-junior.
Katherine Robinson, "Forensic UV/vis microspectroscopy for fiber analysis," junior from Duke, 5/03 to 7/03, junior.
Michelle Baron,"Characterization of Organic Ligand Coated Nanorods by FT-IR and Analytical Pyrolysis GC/MS," undergraduate from King's College, PA, participating in the Department of chemistry & Biochemistry Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, 6/02-8/02, sophomore-junior.

2002

Jennifer Kennedy, 9/02-12/02, junior.
Sara E. McFadden, "Fiber analysis by FT-IR spectrometry," 8/01 to 12/02, senior, honors thesis.
Martha E. Miller, "Fiber analysis by FT-IR spectrometry," 8/01 to 5/02, senior.
Angela C. Powell, 8/01 to 5/02, senior.
Christopher D. Barker, "HPLC of inks", Summer 2002, senior.
Brigette Robinson, "Pyrolysis GC/MS for polymer characterization," undergraduate from University of Evansville, IL, participating in the Department of chemistry & Biochemistry Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, 6/02-8/02, sophomore-junior.