Jess & Mildred Fisher College of Science & Mathematics


UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH GRANTS IN 2010 – 2011

“Identification of Dictyostelium discoideum”
  • Naomi Ampofoh
  • Mentor:  Dr. Michelle Snyder, (Biological Sciences)

“Visual orientation behavior of gypsy moth larvae to emissive colors”
  • Katelyn Bettie
  • Mentor:  Dr. Vonnie Shields, (Biological Sciences)

“Biochemical purification of cytochrome bd oxidases with the small proteins YbgT and YccB”
  • James Burton
  • Robert Hanna
  • Mentor:  Dr. Matthew Hemm, (Biological Sciences)

“Effects of variable stem length on RNA flexibility”
  • Gordon Crews
  • Mentor:  Dr. Ana Maria Soto, (Chemistry)

“Synthesis of Boron Nitride nanotubes via chemical vapor deposition and arc discharge”
  • Michael DeVanzo
  • Gene Shanholz
  • Joshua Tyler
  • Mentor:  Dr. Jeffrey Simpson, (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)

“Inveestigating the impact of caffeine on FOS protein expression in the nucleus accumbens of the rat”
  • Paulomi Dholakia
  • Mentor:  Dr. Elizabeth Duncan-Vaidya, (Biological Sciences)

“Strain relaxation and low field magneto-resistance in ultra thin manganite films”
  • Gilles Dongmo-Momo
  • Cacie Hart
  • Mentor:  Dr. Rajeswari Kolagani, (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)

“Magneto-resistance studies of strained manganese oxide thin films”
  • Gilles Dongmo-Momo
  • Cacie Hart
  • Mentor:  Dr. Rajeswari Kolagani, (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)

“Identifying the bacteria associated with the Dung Beetle, Onthophagus taurus”
  • Karla Feeser
  • Mentor:  Dr. Ann Estes, (Biological Sciences)

“Germination and competitiveness of Oplismenus hirtellus ssp. undulatifolius, new invader in Maryland forests”
  • Megan Ghothane
  • Mentor:  Dr. Vanessa Beauchamp, (Biological Sciences)

“Effects of thermal annealing process on Rare Earth manganese oxide thin films”
  • Tyler Goehringer
  • Mentor:  Dr. Rajeswari Kolagani, (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)

“Investigation into the role of small proteins YbgT and YccB in cytochrome oxidase activity in Escherichia coli”
  • Brittany Haynes
  • Mentor:  Dr. Matthew Hemm, (Biological Sciences)

“Ellicott City Granite: cause of foliation and feldspar lath alignment”
  • Lindsay Keeney
  • Mentor:  Dr. Rachel Burks Rea, (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)

“Short term ingestive feedback mechanisms in gypsy moth larvae”
  • Madiha Khalid
  • Jillian Sanford
  • Mentor:  Dr. Vonnie Shields, (Biological Sciences)

“How do environmental conditions affect animal reproductive strategies? Insight from a study of Tree Swallows breeding under extreme conditions”
  • Dovid Kozlovsky
  • Mentor:  Dr. L. Scott Johnson, (Biological Sciences)

“Effect of mutation in the binding of Kanamycin to Mycobacterium tuberculosis”
  • Ying Li
  • Mentor:  Dr. Ana Maria Soto, (Chemistry)

“Determination of Nitrogen and Phosphorus surface runoff and groundwater leaching of a Tall Fescue lawn with an application of granular 14-2-14 on lawns of varying slope”
  • Gregory Lomb
  • Mentor:  Dr. Jonathan Filer, (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)

“Titanium (II)-catalyzed hydroborations of novel unsaturated heteroatomic substrates”
  • Abdulafeez Oluyadi
  • Mentor:  Dr. Clare Muhoro, (Chemistry)

“Quantifying Bumblebee (Bombus so.) population decline through microsatellite date”
  • Travis Poulsen
  • Mentor:  Dr. David Hearn, (Biological Sciences)

“Strategies for breeding in an unpredicatbel and harsh environment: Do Tree Swallows set up some of their offspring to die?”
  • David Satterfield
  • Mentor:  Dr. L. Scott Johnson, (Biological Sciences)

“Measurement of nano-structured graphitic carbon using micro-Raman spectroscopy”
  • Logan Scheel
  • Mentor:  Dr. Jeffrey Simpson, (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)

“Caffeine-induced reinstatement of sucrose seeking in rats”
  • Catherine Vogel
  • Mentor:  Dr. Elizabeth Duncan-Vaidya, (Biological Sciences)

“Improved synthesis of Penciclovir [PCV; 9-(4-hydroxy-3-hydroxymrthtlbut-1-yl)guanine]”
  • Steven Whitt
  • Mentors:  Dr. Barry Margulies, (Biological Sciences) and Dr. Lev Ryzhkov (Chemistry)


UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH TRAVEL AWARDS in 2010 – 2011

To:  24th Annual Gibbs Conference on Biothermodynamics, Carbondale, Illinois, September 2010
  • Gordon Crews
    • “Effect of helix stability on the conformation of internal bulges”
  • Mentor:  Dr. Ana Maria Soto (Chemistry)

To:  NCTM 2010 Regional Conference & Exposition, Baltimore, Maryland, October, 2010
  • Nicholas Fout
  • Sarah Kutzberger
  • Jennifer Marker
    • “Taxicab travel: A mathematical tour of Baltimore”
  • Mentor:  Dr. Gail Kaplan (Mathematics)

To:  241st American Chemical Society Meeting & Exposition, Anaheim, California, March, 2011
  • Abdulafeez A. Oluyadi
    • “Titanium(II)-catalyzed hydroborations of unsaturated heteroatomic substrates”
  • Mentor:  Dr. Clare Muhoro (Chemistry)

To:  National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) Meeting, Ithaca, New York, April, 2011
  • BriAnne Bentivegna
    • “Studies of the reactivity of Azaferrocene-Borane and synthesis of a Bis(Azaferrocene) Boronium salt”
  • Mentor:  Dr. Timothy Brunker (Chemistry)

  • Samantha E. Wood
    • “Synthesis and studies of Ru(II) complexes of chiral tetradentate amino-sulfoxide ligands”
  • Mentor:  Dr. Timothy Brunker (Chemistry)

To:  111th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, New Orleans, Louisiana, May, 2011
  • Karla Feeser
    • “Borrowed from dung producers or evolutionarily unique?”
  • Mentor:  Dr. Anne Estes (Biological Sciences)

  • Jennifer A. Jones
    • “A retrospective analysis to determine the global disease and economic burden of sexually aquired mycoplasmosis”
  • Mentor:  Dr. Meghan May (Biological Sciences)

To:  Experimental Biology 2011 Meeting, Washington, DC, April, 2011
  • Katelyn F. Beattie
    • “Visual orientation behavior of gypsy moth larvae to emissive colors”
  • Mentor:  Dr. Vonnie Shields (Biological Sciences)

  • Jillian L. Sanford
    • “Gustatory habituation to selected alkaloids by gypsy moth larvae”
  • Mentor:  Dr. Vonnie Shields (Biological Sciences)

To:  Biophysical Society 55th Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, March, 2011
  • Ying Li
    • “Binding of Kanamycin to the A-site of Mycobacterium tuberculosis”
  • Mentor:  Dr. Ana Maria Soto (Chemistry)

To:  Regional Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), Wilmington, Delaware, April, 2011
  • Kristofer Marsh
    • “Kinetics of Zn accumulation in the isopod Porcellio scaber exposed to contaminated diet”
  • Mentor:  Dr. Ryan Casey (Chemistry)

  • Meagan Mazzei
    • “Developing a cooper isotope ratio method for estimating copper availability to Eisenia fetida”
  • Mentor:  Dr. David Ownby (Chemistry)

  • Julie New
    • “Zinc toxicity and transport in barley”
  • Mentor:  Dr. Steven Lev (Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences)


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