Biology

Paige Arnold

2011-'12 Junior at BGSU
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Helen J. Michaels
Grad Mentor: Ryan P. Walsh
Department: Biology
Effects of Pollen Quality and Quantity on
Deceptive Orchid Reproduction

Robby Baroudi

2011-'12 Sophomore at BGSU
Faculty Mentor: Dr.Gabriela Bidart-Bouzat
Department: Biology
Development of Genetic Testing To
Determine Parasitoid Infection Rates In
the Diamondback Moth

Heather Clendenin

2011-'12 Sophomore at OCC
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Karen Root
Grad Mentor: Amanda Kuntz
Department: Biology
Exploring Spatial Relationships Between
Omnivorous Mammals and Native Fruiting
Plants in Three Metroparks

Lizette Cooper

2011-'12 Senior at BGSU
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jill Zeilstra-Ryalls
Department: Biology
Investigation of the Role of the
Rhodobacter sphaeroides hemT Gene

Brad Crim

2011-'12 Senior at BGSU
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Karen Root
Grad Mentor: Jessica Sewald
Department: Biology
Assessing the Impact of Wind Turbines on
Local Bat Populations in Bowling Green, OH

Rebecca Cull

2011-'12 Senior at BGSU
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Vipa Phuntumart
Grad Mentor: Maribeth Spangler
Department: Biology
Nucleic acid extractions on Phytophthora sojae

Lindsey Cunningham

2011-'12 Sophomore at BGSU
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Cordula Mora
Department: Neuroscience
Turning Up the Intensity: Detection of
Magnetic Intensity Contour Lines in a
Virtual Magnetic Map

Hannah Duffy

2011-'12 Sophomore at BGSU
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Weidong Yang
Department: Biology
Single-molecule Imaging of Green
Fluorescent Protein Through the Nuclear
Pore Complex

Andrew Durkee

2011-'12 Junior at BGSU
Faculty Mentors: Dr. R. Michael McKay &
Dr. George Bullerjahn
Grad Mentor: Zhi Zhu
Department: Biology
An Analysis of Diatom Growth in
Hypereutrophic Grand Lake St. Marys

Margaret Elkanick

2011-'12 Junior at BGSU
Faculty Mentors: Dr. John Farver &
Dr. Jeff Miner
Department: Geology & Biology
Bioaccumulation of Metals in the Asiatic
Clam (Corbicula fluminea) from a Thermal
Plume in Lake Erie

Laura Galliger

2011-'12 Sophomore at Owens C.C.
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Zhaohui Xu
Department: Biology
Antimicrobial Properties of Essential Oils

Corey Howe

2011-'12 Sophomore at BGSU
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Paul Morris
Department: Biology
Using Orthologous Genes to Compare
Genetic Diversity of Animals and
Oomycetes

Justine Kaseman

2011-'12 Junior at BGSU
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Karen Root
Grad Mentor: Kat Baczynski
Department: Biology
Using Fluorescent Powder to Track
Anurans Dispersing from Vernal Pools

Jen Kotlarsic

2011-'12 Senior at BGSU
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ray Larsen
Department: Biology
JK5: A new TonB-dependent T1-like
coliphage

Anthony Lawson

2011-'12 Senior at BGSU
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Eileen Underwood
Department: Biology
Odd, a New Recessive Mutation in Corn
Snakes

Daniel Lubin

2011-'12 Senior at BGSU
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Juan Bouzat
Department: Biology
Assessing the Historical Range of the
Greater Prairie Chicken Using Provenance
Data from Bird Species Native to Canada

Stephen Norris

2011-'12 Senior at BGSU
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Zhaohui Xu
Department: Biology
Comparative Assays of Serratia
marcescens Parental Strain D1 and a
Hyper-pigmenting Mutant SN1

Chris Phelps

2011-'12 Junior at BGSU
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jill Zeilstra-Ryalls
Department: Biology
Exploiting a Toxin-antitoxin System for
Plasmid Maintenance in Rhodobacter
sphaeroides

Ben Quaintance

2011-'12 Junior at BGSU
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jill Zeilstra-Ryalls
Department: Biology
Comparative Studies of 5-aminolevulinic
Acid Synthase Production in Escherichia
coli and Rhodobacter sphaeroides

John Russell

2011-'12 Junior at BGSU
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ronny Woodruff
Department: Biology
The Role of Sexual Reproduction and
Recombination In Adaptive Evolution

Ramandeep Singh Bola

2011-'12 Sophomore at Owens C. C.
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Roudabeh Jamasbi
Department: Biology
Determining the Binding Efficiency of
Different Antibodies to Different Human
Esophageal Cancer

Kamela Stamey

2011-'12 Junior at BGSU
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Moira van Staaden &
Dr. Robert Huber
Department: Biology
Aggressive Decisions in African Cichlids:
The Jack Reacher Effect

Andrew Steyer

2011-'12 Junior at BGSU
Faculty Mentors: Dr. John Farver &
Dr. Jeff Miner
Grad Mentor: Jeremiah Davis
Department: Geology & Biology
Differential Growth Rates of Juvenile White
Bass (Morone chrysops) Utilizing Spatially
Distinct Nursery Habitats In Lake Erie

Elise Szuter

2011-'12 Senior at BGSU
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ray Larsen
Department: Biology
Preliminary Characterization of the E. coli
Bacteriophage EMS9 Genome

Porscha Thomas

2011-'12 Senior at BGSU
Faculty Mentor: Dr. George Bullerjahn
Department: Biology
Expression of the PhnD Gene as an Assay
for Phosphonate Ulitization in Gamma
Proteobacteria

Patrick Wolfkiel

2011-'12 Sophomore at BGSU
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Vipa Phuntumart
Grad Mentor: Jennifer Benson
Department: Biology
Effects of DNA Demethylating Agent on
Growth and Zoospores of Phytophthora
sojae

Thomas Corrigan

2011-'12 Senior at BGSU
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ksenija Glusac
Department: Chemistry
Synthesis and Chemical Properties of
Isoquinlinium Salts and Their Derivatives

Nicholas Miller

2011-'12 Junior at BGSU
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ksenija Glusac
Department: Chemistry
Excited State Behavior of Isoquinolinium
Hydroperoxide and Derivatives of
9-Phenyl-10-Methyl Acridine: a
Computational Study

Bart Tanski

2011-'12 Senior at BGSU
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Todd Waggoner
Grad Mentor: Zhao Yang
Department: Engineering Technologies
Redesigning Turbochargers

Matthew Browne

2011-'12 Senior at BGSU
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Todd Waggoner
Grad Mentor: Frank Martinez
Department: Biology &
Engineering Technologies
Vertical Axis Wind Turbines in a Highway
Median Setting

Devin Neal

2011-'12 Senior at BGSU
Faculty Mentors: Dr. Charles Onasch
& Dr. John Farver
Department: Geology
Developing a Model for Finding Epithermal
Disseminated Gold in the South Chocolate
Mountains Using Lab and Satellite Data

Monica Weir

2011-'12 Junior at BGSU
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Margaret M. Yacobucci
Department: Geology
Phylogeography of Modern Nautilus

Merissa Acerbi

2011-'12 Sophomore at BGSU
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Cordula Mora
Department: Neuroscience
The Golden Compass: Detection of
Magnetic Inclination with a Novel
Conditioning Paradigm

Rohan Bhimani

2011-'12 Senior at BGSU
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Sheryl Coombs
Department: Biology
Rheotactic behavior of giant danio persists
in the dark

Dan Powers

2011-'12 Senior at BGSU
Faculty Mentor: Dr. H. Casey Cromwell
Department: Neuroscience
Decisions and Motivation During Choice
Behavior in the Rat

Alexa Johnson

2011-'12 Sophomore at BGSU
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Mikhail Zamkov
Department: Physics
Nanotechnology enabled all-inorganic
solar cells

Scott Lambright

2011-'12 Senior at BGSU
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Mikhail Zamkov
Grad Mentors: Elena Khon & Timothy
O’Connor
Department: Physics
Charge Carrier Dynamics in Hetero-
structured Semiconductor Nanocrystals

Matt Maurer

2011-'12 Senior at BGSU
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Andrew Layden
Department: Astronomy & Physics
LPV’s in Globular Cluster NGC6838

John Waddle

2011-'12 Sophomore at BGSU
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lewis Fulcher
Department: Physics
Two-Mass Model and Phonation Threshold:
Calculations and Measurements