Conference Grants 2008-2009

William Andert (Adviser: Andrew French). "Synthesis and evaluation of a salen-derived hypervalent iodine reagent." Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 21-24, 2009, Salt Lake City, UT.

Meagan Bosket (Adviser: Thomas Wilch). "Explosively erupted hydrovolcanic deposits at Minna Saddle, Antarctica: Evidence for limited ice-magma interaction." Presented at the joint meeting of the Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agromony, Crop Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM, October 5-9, 2008, Houston, TX.

Stacy Capehart (Adviser: Andrew French). "Synthesis of gold-core/quantum dot-shell nanoparticles." Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 21-24, 2009, Salt Lake City, UT.

Kelyn Carlson (Adviser: Dean McCurdy). "Parasitism and stress levels in populations of green frog, Rana clamitans, in Western Michigan USA." Presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Zoologists, May 12-16, 2009, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada.

Yang Chen (Adviser: Zhen Li). "Factors ofChina's rapid national savings growth." Presented at the 2009 National conference on undergraduate research, April 16-18, 2009, La Crosse, WI.

Amanda Engelhard (Adviser: E. Dale Kennedy). "Spying"" on incubating House Wrens reveals new information on their behavior in nest boxes." Presented at the joint annual meeting of Wilson Ornithological Society and Association of Field Ornithologists, April 9-12, 2009, Pittsburgh, PA.

Casey Dexter (Adviser: Mary Jenson). "African Americans' and Caucasian Americans' lay-representations of coronary heart disease and diabetes." Presented at the 21st annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, May 22-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA.

Thomas Freeman (Adviser: Christopher Rohlman). "Synthesis and characterization of fluorescently labeled ribozyme substrates." Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 21-24, 2009, Salt Lake City, UT.

Mahwish Hafeez (Adviser: Amy Bethune). "Nickel (II) complexes as functional urease mimics." Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 21-24, 2009, Salt Lake City, UT.

Bryan Hornacek (Adviser: Roger Albertson). "The impact of pathogenic Wolbachia bacteria on the development of the Drosophila nervous system." Presented at the 50th annual Drosophila research conference, March 4-8, 2009, Chicago, IL.

Matthew Logan (Adviser: Andrew French). "Synthesis and PET reactions of multi-funtionalized o-alkyl oximes." Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 21-24, 2009, Salt Lake City, UT.

Sumedha Makker (Adviser: Vicki Sweitzer). "Where are they now? : Revisiting Breneman's (1990) Study of Libral Arts Colleges." Presented at the American Educational Research Association conference, April 13-17, 2009, San Diego, CA.

Eric Mittelstaedt (Adviser: Amy Bethune). "Nickel (II) complexes as functional urease mimics." Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 21-24, 2009, Salt Lake City, UT.

Laura Pollum (Adviser: Lisa Lewis). "Molecular dynamics simulations of methane motion in clathrate hydrate cages." Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 21-24, 2009, Salt Lake City, UT.

Kaycee Rashid (Adviser: Holger Elischberger). "Directed forgetting for real-life events in young adults." Presented at the 21st annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, May 22-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA.

Culver Redd (Adviser: Nicolle Zellner). "Calibration and use of the 11-inch Celestron telescope for observing and CCD imaging." Presented at the 2009 National conference on undergraduate research, April 16-18, 2009, La Crosse, WI.

Elizabeth Reznikov (Adviser: Vanessa McCaffrey). "Chromium-tetrone complexes as novel magnetic materials." Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 21-24, 2009, Salt Lake City, UT.

Linette Rousseau (Adviser: Tammy Jechura). "Sleep deprivation in college students and the general population: mechanisms and effects." Presented at the 21st annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, May 22-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA.

Shuboni, Dorela (Adviser: Tammy Jechura). "The effect of incremental changes in light onset on the reentrainment rate of Octodon degus following a 12-hour phase advance." Presented at the Society for Neuroscience meeting, November 15-19, 2008, Washington, DC.

Ruth Spalding (Adviser: Jeffrey W. Wilson). "D-Cycloserine fails to facilitate extinction of an appetitive task in rats." Presented at the Society for Neuroscience meeting, November 15-19, 2008, Washington, DC.

Kristin Sparschu (Adviser: Mary Jenson). "African Americans' and Caucasian Americans' lay-representations of coronary heart disease and diabetes." Presented at the 21st annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, May 22-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA.

Kristin Sparschu (Adviser: Mary Jenson). "Using gender differences in lay-representations of coronary heart disease and diabetes to predict health behaviors." Presented at the 21st annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, May 22-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA.

Ryan Stowe (Adviser: Andrew French). "Synthesis and evaluation of a salen-derived hypervalent iodine reagent." Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 21-24, 2009, Salt Lake City, UT.

Brittnay Williams (Adviser: Mary Jenson). "Using gender differences in lay-representations of coronary heart disease and diabetes to predict health behaviors." Presented at the 21st annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, May 22-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA.

Monica Yalamanchili (Adviser: Dean McCurdy). "Parasitism and stress levels in populations of green frog, Rana clamitans, in Western Michigan USA." Presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Zoologists, May 12-16, 2009, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada.

Keith Zabel (Adviser: Andrew Christopher). "Conservative ideology and well-being: the mediating role of the proactive personality." Presented at the 21st annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, May 22-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA.

Keith Zabel (Adviser: Andrew Christopher). "Conscientiousness and subjective overachievement: A facet-level analysis." Presented at the 21st annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, May 22-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA.

Kevin Zabel (Adviser: Andrew Christopher). "Age and risk: Mediating and moderating roles of sensation seeking and materialism." Presented at the 21st annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, May 22-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA.

Kevin Zabel (Adviser: Andrew Christopher). "Conscientiousness and subjective overachievement: A facet-level analysis." Presented at the 21st annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, May 22-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA.