Fall Student Research Symposium Participants
September 10, 2015
University of Puget Sound
Presenter/
Major
Adams, Jonathan
Chemistry
Anthony-Fick, Erin
Biology
Arnett, Linnaea
Biology
Aubertine, Maddy
Molecular & Cell Biology
and Psychology
Bertis, Madison
Chemistry
Buffington, Garrett
Physics & Mathematics
Carley, Courtney
Chemistry
Carpenter, Riley
Biochemistry
Casey, Macaulie
Molecular & Cell Biology
Caulfield, Liam
Geology
Chambers, Kyle
Geology
Chen, Imanuel
Math & Computer Science
Colombo, Lisa
Biochemistry
Dabrowski, Libby
Physics
Dixon, Danielle
Molecular & Cell Biology
Davidson, Peter
Geology
Dolkas, Galen
Biology
Downing, Alex
Chemistry
Echternach, Juliana
Physics
Eklof, Joel
Physics
Evans, John
Natural Science Biology
Fitzpatrick, Reilly
Exercise Science
Fonseca, Jordan
Physics
Gagne, Thomas
Math & Computer Science
Goldberg, Matthew
Biology
Poster Title
Research Mentor/
Department
Insights into faceted ice growth as a stable attractor of a
reaction-diffusion differential equation
Effect of age on cognitive ability and synaptic volume in the
bumblebee (Bombus impatiens)
Examining egg surface morphology and microbial content
of Sceloporus virgatus eggshells
Identifying the contributions of purging to the evolution of
mating system in the common yellow monkeyflower,
Mimulus guttatus
Synthesis of substituted liquid crystal cyclodextrins for
analysis of the relationship between van der Waal forces
and liquid crystal properties
Splashing on wetted granular beds
Steven Neshyba,
Chemistry
Sue Hannaford,
Biology
Stacey Weiss and Mark Martin,
Biology
Vanessa Koelling,
Biology
Developing catalysts for improving direct amide formation
Quantifying the main metabolite of marijuana, THC-COOH,
in Tacoma wastewater
Regulation of the Wnt/β-catenin pathway by steroid
hormones in Danio rerio ovarian tissue
Geochemistry and geochronology of Eocene plutons in
Northeastern Washington: A test of Farallon slab rollback
as a cause of the Challis Event
Reconstructing vegetation changes in the Great Plains
using isotopic analysis of paleosol organic matter
Integral generalized binomial coefficients of multiplicative
functions
Synthesis of ligands and iron precursors to form iron-based
hydrogenation catalysts
The characterization of 15 nearby bright stars
Exploring the effects of phytochrome E and F in tomato
plants
Petrology of Eocene dikes near Lake Chelan, WA:
Evidence of mantle and crustal melting during the Challis
Event
Intra and inter-specific variations in owl feather structure
Design and synthesis of a hydrogelator
Suspended carbon nanotube growth on pn-junction
devices and chip-to-chip transfers
Seed characteristics matter in the dispersal of splash cup
plants
Oncogene characterization and mapping
The role of MMP-2, 9, and 13, in the regulation of skeletal
muscle hypertrophy following functional overload
Validation study of the C++ cloud lofting module for
DIORAMA
Building an algebraic representation of AES in Sage
Determining the relationship between age, activity, and
oxidative stress levels in muscles and brains of foraging
bumblebees
Sandra Ward,
Chemistry
Rachel Pepper,
Physics
Luc Boisvert,
Chemistry
Daniel Burgard,
Chemistry
Alyce DeMarais,
Biology
Jeffrey Tepper,
Geology
Kena Fox-Dobbs,
Geology
Michael Spivey, Mathematics &
Computer Science
Luc Boisvert,
Chemistry
J. R. Lomax,
University of Oklahoma
Andreas Madlung,
Biology
Jeffrey Tepper,
Geology
Peter Wimberger,
Biology
Jo Crane,
Chemistry
Steve Cronin,
University of Southern
California Electrical Engineering
Rachel Pepper,
Biophysics
Leslie Saucedo,
Biology
Jung Kim,
Exercise Science
Andrew Walker, Los Alamos
National Laboratory
Rob Beezer, Mathematics &
Computer Science
Sue Hannaford,
Biology
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Fall 2015 Student Research Symposium Participants
Graves, Bella
Chemistry
Greenwood, Brianna
Molecular & Cell Biology
Hanscam, Becky
Chemistry & Mathematics
Hegedus, Elizabeth
Biochemistry
Irwin, Rosie
Biochemistry with
Neuroscience emphasis
Jennings, Molly
Biology
Johnson, Chili
Computer Science
Kilgore, Mitch
Biochemistry
Kober, Megan
Biochemistry
Lewis, Sunny
Chemistry
Lim, Bianca
Molecular & Cell Biology
Lyon, Nicholas
Biology
Mitchell, Olivia
Biology
Moreno, Matthew
Mathematics &
Biochemistry
Mueller, Sarah
Biology
Nham, Bryston
Molecular & Cell Biology
O’Leary, Janell
Biology with Neuroscience
emphasis
O’Neil, Kieran
Biology
Pang, Michael
Exercise Science
Pankow, Alec
Chemistry
Roberts, Brandon
Computer Science
Schultz, Haila
Biology
Skinner, Dominic
Molecular & Cell Biology
and Economics
Smith, Natalie
Biochemistry
Synthesis of cyclodextrin derivatives and the investigation
of their liquid crystalline properties
Pruning the garden of the nervous system:
Neurodegeneration in Drosophila
Synthesis of pyridine ligands and iron precursors for the
development of iron-based hydrogenation catalysts
Method development for examining of the effect of insulin
on the membrane association islet amyloid polypeptide
Entraining brain oscillations to influence facial perception
Sandra Ward,
Chemistry
Wayne Rickoll,
Biology
Luc Boisvert,
Chemistry
Megan Gessel,
Chemistry
David Andresen,
Neuroscience
Comparative transcriptomic and proteomic analysis of
phytochrome B in Solanum lycopersicum
Hadoop in flight: Migrating live MapReduce jobs
Andreas Madlung,
Biology
David Chiu, Mathematics &
Computer Science
Megan Gessel, Chemistry, and
Nicholas Ieronimakis, Madigan
Army Medical Center
Megan Gessel,
Chemistry
Eric Scharrer,
Chemistry
Magnesium sulfate and betamethasone preserve
hippocampal neurons in a murine model of prenatal
neuroinflammation
Determining islet amyloid polypeptide structure in varying
lipid environments by mass spectrometry
Efforts to lower phase transition temperatures in
asymmetrically substituted oxadiazole containing liquid
crystals
How can convective flow under the microscope be
minimized?
Mussels as samplers of regional microplastic
contamination trends
Evaluating the impact of high and low flow tidal
environments on microplastic ingestion in a marine filter
feeder
Automated extraction of mouse vocalizations from noisy
recordings
Rachel Pepper,
Biophysics
Peter Hodum,
Biology
Peter Hodum,
Biology
Adam A. Smith,
Computer Science
Effect of high water temperature on apoptosis in zebrafish
(Danio rerio) ovarian tissue
Investigation of the response to the “large-cell” phenotype
caused by Rheb, myc, and INR overexpression in
Drosophila melanogaster
Do female Medaka recognize Bisphenol A (BPA) exposed
male conspecifics through visual or chemosensory cues?
Alyce DeMarais,
Biology
Leslie Saucedo,
Biology
Bioaccumulative and toxic hepatic effects of ingested clean
and PBT-saturated microplastics on Oryzias latipes
(Japanese Medaka fish)
The role of MMP9 in satellite cell activation after increased
activity
Sampling of black carbon and other impurities in snow in
the Chilean and Peruvian Andes
A solution for gastroenterology medical billing using iOS
Peter Hodum, Biology, and
Megan Gessel, Chemistry
Offshore food availability and diet composition of
subyearling Chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tsawytscha, in
Puget Sound
Cortisol exposure affects the developing GnRH neural
system in zebrafish
Investigating the impact of early embryonic exposure to
titanium dioxide nanoparticles on the developing GnRH
neural system
Siddharth Ramakrishnan,
Neuroscience
Jung Kim,
Exercise Science
Steven Neshyba,
Chemistry
David Chiu, Mathematics &
Computer Science
David Beauchamp,
University of Washington,
Aquatic & Fisheries Science
Siddharth Ramakrishnan,
Neuroscience
Siddharth Ramakrishnan,
Neuroscience
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Fall 2015 Student Research Symposium Participants
Teesdale, Alex
Biology
Trecker, Jared
Molecular & Cell Biology
Weiler, Kailee
Biology
Welsh, Frances
Molecular & Cell Biology
Westerman, Danielle
Chemistry
Winter, Cassie
Biochemistry
Zerio, Christopher
Biochemistry
Characterization of undocumented distal accessory root
hair structures (DARHS) located on Zostera marina in
Commencement Bay, WA
Purification and characterization of MalA, an α-glucosidase
from Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus
Assessing the role of octopamine in age-dependent
learning and developing methods to quantify the
neurohormone in bumblebees (Bombus impatiens)
Effect of altered cellular redox environment on oncogenic
activity of the Drosophila PRL protein
Quantification of 11-nor-Δ9-carboxy-THC in wastewater to
analyze trends in marijuana consumption
Exploration of methods to isolate bacteriophage in breast
milk
Synthesis of a peptidoglycan derivative as a substrate for
T4 lysozyme
Joel Elliott,
Biology
John Hanson, Chemistry, and
Mark Martin, Biology
Sue Hannaford,
Biology
Leslie Saucedo,
Biology
Daniel Burgard,
Chemistry
Amy Odegard,
Chemistry
John Hanson,
Chemistry
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