2019 Abstracts
On-Campus
| Project Title | Student(s) | Research Mentor(s) |
| Characterization of Rhabditid Nematodes | Shannon Agler ’20 and Logan Rice ’20 | Danielle Hamill (OWU Department of Zoology) |
| Lifetimes Within the 73Se Nucleus | Dexter Allen ’21 | Robert Haring-Kaye (OWU Department of Physics and Astronomy) |
| Restoration of the Melvin Preserve | Kait Aromy ’20 | Nathan Rowley (OWU Department of Geology-Geography) |
| Paternity and Mating Behaviors in the Sailfin Molly | Jenell Betts ’20 | Shala Hankison (OWU Department of Zoology) |
| Meta-Analysis of Child/Parent Attachment | Karli Bigler ’21 | Leah Manning (OWU Department of Psychology) |
| Evaluating Urban Sustainability Efforts in Columbus, Ohio | Dustin Braden ’21 | Ashley Allen (OWU Department of Geology-Geography) |
| Searching for Components of the Non-Statolith Gravity Sensing System in Plants | Lexie Chafin ’20, Claudia Kelly ’20, and Brayams Ayala Ramos ’20 | Chris Wolverton (OWU Department of Botany-Microbiology) |
| The Anti-Vaccination Movement’s Effect on World Health | Michelle de Oliveira (Wheaton College), Natalie Huebschman ’21, and Reid Matheison (Asbury University) | Pamela Pyzza (OWU Department of Mathematics and Computer Science) |
| Effects of a Storm Drain Net on Water Quality and Macroinvertebrates in the Delaware Run | Brianna Graber ’20 | Shala Hankison (OWU Department of Zoology) |
| Monitoring the Delco Reservoirs for Algal Bloom Susceptibility | Aliyah Hannig ’21 | Nathan Rowley (OWU Department of Geology-Geography) |
| Artificial Intelligence for the Board Game “Eurorails” | Anton Kramskoi ’20 | Sean McCulloch (OWU Department of Mathematics and Computer Science) |
| Studying Cognitive Control and Brain Function in a Video Game | Hien Mai ’22 and Brad Orzolek ’20 | Kira Bailey (OWU Department of Psychology and OWU Neuroscience Program) |
| Stress and Immunity in House Wrens | Moira Meehan ’20 and Abbi Turner ’20 | Dustin Reichard (OWU Department of Zoology) and Elizabeth Schultz (OWU Department of Zoology) |
| Imaging Starspots on LO Pegasi, 2014-2019 | Akul Rishi ’21 and Victoria Boehm (Penn State University) | Robert Harmon (OWU Department of Physics and Astronomy) |
| Is Mate Switching an Adaptive Behavior in House Wrens? | Abbi Turner ’20 | Dustin Reichard (OWU Department of Zoology) and Elizabeth Schultz (OWU Department of Zoology) |
| Redox-Active Ligand Scaffold for the Activation of Oxygen | Kaytlin Ward ’21 | Allen Pistner (OWU Department of Chemistry) and David Lever (OWU Department of Chemistry) |
Off-Campus
| Project Title | Student | Research Mentor(s) |
| Coupled IFNγ and Epigenetic Treatment May Increase K-Ras Mutant NSCKC Patient Sensitivity to Immunotherapy | Benjamin Arnold ’20 | Raphael Nemenoff (University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Department of Medicine) |
| MAPPERing Communities of Interest | Leia Ashikawa ’21 | Courtney Thatcher (University of Puget Sound Department of Mathematics) |
| Assessing Bacterial Endosymbionts in Northern Cascade Salmon Infected With Nanophyetus salmincola Metacercaria | Catie Babbs ’21 | Stephen Greiman (Georgia Southern University Department of Biology) |
| A Mouse Model for Neurodevelopmental Disorders Shows an Increase in Amphetamine-Induced Stereotypical Behaviors | Jenelle Collier ’20 | Nicola Grissom (University of Minnesota Department of Psychology) |
| Characterization of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell (hiPSC) Derived Cardiomyocytes | Landry Cowles ’20 | Tim Nelson (Mayo Clinic) |
| Penguin Keeper Internship | Jennifer Douglas ’21 | Shala Hankison (OWU Department of Zoology) |
| Stress, Locomotion, and Zebrafish Mutant Analysis | Emma Hall ’21 | Karl Clark (Mayo Clinic Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) |
| Effects of Parental and Nestling Stress on Immunocompetency of House Sparrow Nestlings: Ectoparasite Susceptibility and Immune Response | Holly Keating ’21 | Britt Heidinger (North Dakota State University Department of Biological Science) |
| The Effect of Neutrophils on RSV Replication in Human Lung Epithelial Cells | Jack Mauter ’20 | Mitchell Grayson (Nationwide Children’s Hospital Department of Allergy & Immunology) |
| Effect of Commercial Probiotics on C. difficile Sporulation | Sam Miller ’20 | Herbert DuPont (UTHealth School of Public Health Department of Infectious Diseases) |
| Investigation of Synaptic and Circuit Development in Pre-Frontal Cortex of Mouse Brain | Ismail Ozgenc ’20 | Matthew Johnson (Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research Stevens Lab) and Beth Stevens (Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research and Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard University Program in Neuroscience) |
| Ti/Co Early-Late Heterobimetallic Complexes | Josh Queener ’20 | Christine Thomas (The Ohio State University Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry) |
| An Analysis of Neurofibromatosis Type 1 in Children | Kathleen Tuggle ’20 | Jonathon Payne (Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (Australia) Brain and Mind Group) |
REU
| Project Title | Student | Research Mentor |
| AI for the Card Game “Modern Art” | William Elliman (Hobart and William Smith College) | Sean McCulloch (OWU Department of Mathematics and Computer Science) |
| Lifetime Measurements in 74As | Colin Hawes ’20 | Robert Haring-Kaye (OWU Department of Physics and Astronomy) |
| Lifetime Measurements in 73As | Grace Klausen (University of Missouri–Kansas City) | Robert Haring-Kaye (OWU Department of Physics and Astronomy) |
| An Evaluation of a Matrix-Based Feedback Analysis in a Globally Resolved Energy Balance Model | Mathilde Rosi-Marshall (University of Virginia) | Craig Jackson (OWU Department of Mathematics and Computer Science) |
| Approximate Sampling Distribution of Sample Correlation Coefficient Under Type I Censoring | Jacob Tarnowski (St. John Fisher College) | Scott Linder (OWU Department of Mathematics and Computer Science |