{"id":33,"date":"2026-08-05T19:18:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T19:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reu.ches.ua.edu\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2026-08-11T17:10:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T17:10:40","slug":"alumni-and-achievements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reu.ches.ua.edu\/?page_id=33","title":{"rendered":"Alumni and Achievements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

2026 Fellows<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Name<\/th>University<\/th>Major<\/th>Mentor<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Micaela Burnett<\/td>Mississippi State University<\/td>Nutrition Sciences<\/td>Dr. Knol & Dr. Jung<\/td><\/tr>
Vibha Chandra<\/td>The University of Alabama at Birmingham<\/td>Neuroscience<\/td>Dr. Kong & Dr. Tan<\/td><\/tr>
Melanie Delfossee<\/td>Cornell University<\/td>Nutrition Sciences<\/td>Dr. Knol & Dr. Jung<\/td><\/tr>
Caroline Oldham<\/td>Samford University<\/td>Nutrition Sciences<\/td>Dr. Knol & Dr. Jung<\/td><\/tr>
Aiden Shin<\/td>The University of Notre Dame<\/td>Neuroscience & Behavior<\/td>Dr. Knol & Dr. Kong<\/td><\/tr>
Alyssa Walker-Porter<\/td>George Washington University<\/td>Biology & Nutrition<\/td>Dr. Kong & Dr. Tan<\/td><\/tr>
Yaxuan (Elaine) Wang<\/td>Purdue University<\/td>Nutrition Sciences<\/td>Dr. Kong & Dr. Tan<\/td><\/tr>
Sara Kate Watson<\/td>The University of Alabama<\/td>Neuroscience<\/td>Dr. Kong & Dr. Tan<\/td><\/tr>
Brian Watts<\/td>The University of Alabama<\/td>Biology<\/td>Dr. Kong & Dr. Tan<\/td><\/tr>
Olivia Werries<\/td>Lee University<\/td>Health Studies<\/td>Dr. Knol & Dr. Jung<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Tea Time with Barista Kong<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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2026 REU Fellows, GAs, & Mentors<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Poster Competition Award Winners<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

First Place: Vibha Chandra<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second Place: Alyssa Walker-Porter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2025 Fellows<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Name<\/th>University<\/th>Major<\/th>Mentor<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Emma Douglas<\/td>Tennessee State University<\/td>Food Sciences<\/td>Dr. Kong & Dr. Tan<\/td><\/tr>
Katie Fisher<\/td>Brigham Young University<\/td>Food Sciences<\/td>Dr. Kong & Dr. Tan<\/td><\/tr>
Nya Fowler<\/td>Stillman College<\/td>Biology<\/td>Dr. Knol & Dr. Douglas<\/td><\/tr>
Bridget Goins<\/td>The University of Alabama at Birmingham<\/td>Nutrition Sciences<\/td>Dr. Knol & Dr. Douglas<\/td><\/tr>
Laira Gomer<\/td>Florida State University<\/td>Dietetics<\/td>Dr. Knol & Dr. Douglas<\/td><\/tr>
Daniel Le<\/td>The University of Alabama<\/td>Chemistry<\/td>Dr. Park<\/td><\/tr>
Melodie Loya<\/td>SUNY University at Buffalo<\/td>Psychology<\/td>Dr. Knol & Dr. Douglas<\/td><\/tr>
Rouya Mirzaei<\/td>Milwaukee School of Engineering<\/td>Chemical Engineering<\/td>Dr. Kong & Dr. Tan<\/td><\/tr>
Temitope Olafuyi<\/td>Tuskegee University<\/td>Food Science<\/td>Dr. Kong & Dr. Tan<\/td><\/tr>
Emily Wolff<\/td>Purdue University<\/td>Nutrition<\/td>Dr. Knol & Dr. Douglas<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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2025 REU Group Photo<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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2025 REU Community Group<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Poster Competition Award Winners<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

First Place: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second Place: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2026 Fellows Name University Major Mentor Micaela Burnett Mississippi State University Nutrition Sciences Dr. Knol & Dr. Jung Vibha Chandra The University of Alabama at Birmingham Neuroscience Dr. Kong & Dr. Tan Melanie Delfossee Cornell University Nutrition Sciences Dr. Knol & Dr. Jung Caroline Oldham Samford University Nutrition Sciences Dr. Knol & Dr. Jung Aiden […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":7,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"hero_blocks":"","sidebar_menu":"","sidebar":false,"hero":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-33","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reu.ches.ua.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reu.ches.ua.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reu.ches.ua.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reu.ches.ua.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reu.ches.ua.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/reu.ches.ua.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":154,"href":"https:\/\/reu.ches.ua.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33\/revisions\/154"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reu.ches.ua.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reu.ches.ua.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}