Thursday, November 30, 2023

The Office of Undergraduate Research has awarded the following students with a Research Supply Grant for Fall 2023.  Grants of up to $1,000 are available for research and creative work expenses including equipment, supplies, software, travel to access facilities not available on campus, travel to access collections or materials not available on campus, interviews (research related), on location filming, etc. 

We are excited to see the research results from the projects these students are working on!

 

 

Morgan Anderson (Biology)
Characterising Endopolyploidy in Molluscs
Mentor(s):      Maurine Neiman, PhD (Biology)

 

Sydney Benton (Environmental Science)
Comparison of Soil Health Parameters of a Newly Restored Prairie and Established Prairies, Ashton Prairie Living Laboratory
Mentor(s):      Benjamin Swanson, PhD (Earth and Environmental Science)
                         Bradley Cramer, PhD (Earth and Environmental Science)

 

Brianna Blaine (Human Physiology, B.S; Chemistry minor)
Investigating neurodegeneration and cell stress in the postpartum brain
Mentor(s):      Mark Santillan, MD/PhD (Obstetrics/Gynecology)
                         Serena Banu Gumusoglu, MSc (Neuroscience)

 

Olivia Clark (Chemical and Biochemical Engineering)
Development of a method to determine regional bacterial eradication of dry powder aerosols.
Mentor(s):      Jennifer Fiegel, PhD (Chemical and Biochemical Engineering)

 

Joy Curry (History)
Understanding Pre-Modern European Women’s History through Material Culture: Critical Making and the Power of Dress
Mentor(s):      Elizabeth Yale, PhD (History)
                         Rosemary Moore, PhD (History)
 

Halle Eisfelder (Environmental Engineering)
Identification of algal strains capable of producing nitrification inhibitors
Mentor(s):      Craig Just, PhD (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
                         Hunter Schroer, PhD (Hydroscience and Engineering)

 

Campbell Mitvalsky (Biology)
Assessing the role of Arhgap29 in cell proliferation for successful palatogenesis during development

Mentor(s):      Martine Dunnwald, MD/PhD (Anatomy and Cell Biology)
 

 

Mizani Roberts (Human Physiology B.S)
Immunochemistry in SSRI and AVP-exposed dams using N=5 SSRI, 5 AVP, 5 Control, and 5 AVP + SSRI
Mentor(s):     Mark Santillan, MD/PhD (Obstetrics/Gynecology)
                        Serena Banu Gumusoglu, MSc

 

Aditi Tripathy (Biomedical Sciences)
Tracing the developmental trajectory of sleep oscillations and neural connectivity in anxious youth
Mentor(s):     Bengi Baran, PhD (Psychological and Brain Sciences)
                        Hazal Arpaci Atmacaoglu (Psychological and Brain Sciences)

 

Rachel Walneceus (Geoscience)
Tracking Changes in Soil Health following Prairie Construction and Development, Ashton Prairie Living Laboratory
Mentor(s):      Benjamin Swanson, PhD (Earth and Environmental Science)
                         Bradley Cramer, PhD (Earth and Environmental Science)