EDUCATION

• B.A., Biology, Franklin and Marshall College, Department of Biology, Lancaster, PA, May 2017 

• Associate Degree, Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus, College of Natural Science, Miami, FL, Cum Laude, May 2013

PUBLICATIONS IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS

Aleman, Max G.*, Lauren J. Marconi*, Nam H. Nguyen*, Jae M. Park*, Maria M. Patino*, Yuchi Wang*, Celeste S. Watkins, and Chris Shelley. The Influence of Assay Design, Blinding, and Gymnema sylvestre on Sucrose Detection by Humans. Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience, 2016. 

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Aleman, Max G. and Jorge I. Mena-Ali. Inbreeding depression in Solanum dulcamara (Solanaceae). (In prep 2018) 

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Aleman, Max G. and Jorge I. Mena-Ali. Experimental DNA demethylation alters inbreeding depression levels in a family-specific fashion in Solanum dulcamara. (In prep 2018)

HONORS AND AWARDS

• Graduate Research Fellowship,  National Science Foundation (2017-2022)

• Student Travel Award to attend SSE meeting, Austin TX (June 17-June 21, 2016)

• Carl Pike Travel Award for Projects in Plant Biology to attend SSE meeting, Austin TX (June 17-June 21, 2016) 

• Leser Scholars Grants for outstanding projects in natural sciences (2014-2016)

• Posse Scholarship, Posse Foundation, Full Ride Scholarship to Franklin and Marshall College (2014-2017)

RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS

• Society for the Study of Evolution Meeting, Austin, TX – June 17-June 21, 2016 (poster)
  “Experimental DNA demethylation alters inbreeding depression levels in a family-specific fashion in Solanum dulcamara”

• Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA – April 15, 2016 (poster)
  “Role of methylation in inbreeding depression in Solanum dulcamara”