Conference Grants 2009-2010

Aprile, Kayla (Adviser: Christopher Rohlman). "Fluorophore optimization for FRET based ribozyme studies." Presented at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology meeting, April 24-27, 2010, Anaheim, CA.

Arceno, Mark Anthony (Adviser: Kara Morrow). "Traversing time and crossing continents: Connections between ancient Egypt's Isis and Christianity's Mary." Presented at the first annual Medieval and Renaissance Studies Consortium, March 27, 2010, Adrian, MI.

Arceno, Mark Anthony (Adviser: Diana Ariza). "To worship in one voice?: Monolingualism and Catholic South African multiethnolinguistic identity." Presented at the 39th annual conference of the National Association for Ethnic Studies, April 7-10, 2010, Washington, DC.

Bayer, Rebecca (Adviser: Christopher Rohlman). "Synthesis and characterization of Cu2ZnSnS4 and Cu2ZnS3." Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 20-23, 2010, San Francisco, CA.

Bender, Aaron (Adviser: Andrew French). "Synthesis and evaluation of chiral "salen-like" bis aryl iodides as asymmetric catalysts." Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 20-23, 2010, San Francisco, CA.

Bow, Eric (Adviser: Christopher Rohlman). "Annotation and structural modeling of Anabaena Group I ribozyme variants," Presented at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology meeting, April 24-27, 2010. Anaheim, CA.

Cai, Bin (Adviser: Andrew French). "Synthesis and evaluation of chiral 2-(2-iodophenyl) oxazolines as hypervalent iodine catalysts." Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 20-23, 2010, San Francisco, CA.

Carlson, Kelyn (Adviser: Dean McCurdy). "Changes in populations of two tanaid crustaceans, Dicapsuedes surinamensis and Halmyrapsuedes spaansi, living in mudflats on the coast of Suriname, South Africa." Presented at the Beta, Beta, Beta, Northeast District 4 convention, April 16-18, 2010, Hillsdale, MI.

Champagne, Rachel (Advisers: Jacque Carlson and Holger Elischberger). "Predicting attitudes on controversial policies: The role of factual knowledge about human development." Presented at the 22nd annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, May 27-30, 2010, Boston, MA.

Chen, Yang (Adviser: Zhen Li). "2009 financial crisis in Iceland." Presented at the Harvard National Model United Nations 2010 conference, February 11-14, 2010, Boston, MA.

Seth Dawson (Adviser: Vanessa McCaffrey). "Multi-step synthesis of a "green" insect pheromone." Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 20-23, 2010, San Francisco, CA.

Erin Goldman (Adviser: Ola Olapade). "Phylogenetic composition and diversity of epiphytic microbial communities on native and invasive plant species." Presented at the Beta, Beta, Beta, Northeast District 4 convention, April 16-18, 2010, Hillsdale, MI.

Mahwish Hafeez (Adviser: Amy Bethune). "Nickel (II) complexes as functional urease mimics." Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 20-23, 2010, San Francisco, CA.

Nicholas Herrman (Adviser: Vanessa McCaffrey). "Magnetic coupling of substituted bis-phenoxy-bridged dimanganese macrocyclic complexes." Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 20-23, 2010, San Francisco, CA.

Deondra Jacobs (Adviser: Jacque Carlson). "Perception of the future educational success of pregnant teenagers." Presented at the 22nd annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, May 27-30, 2010, Boston, MA

Stephanie Kelly (Adviser: Ian MacInnes). "Religion and writing for women in the Renaissance." Presented at the first annual Medieval and Renaissance Studies Consortium, March 27, 2010, Adrian, MI.

Hannah Koaches (Adviser: Christopher Rohlman). "Annotation and structural modeling of Anabaena Group I ribozyme variants." Presented at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology meeting, April 24-27, 2010. Anaheim, CA.

Kyle Kondrat (Adviser: Cliff Harris). "Potassium permanganate oxidation of trialkylboranes: Does oxygen affect the product ratio?" Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 20-23, 2010, San Francisco, CA.

Rachel Leads (Adviser: Roger Albertson). "Behavioral variation in Drosophila due to Wolbachia localization in specific adult brain regions." Presented at the 6th International Wolbachia conference, June 9-14, 2010, Asilomar, CA.

Kathryn Levasseur (Adviser: Barbara Keyes). "Predictors of outcome in partial hospitalization: Positive and negative life stressors, chronicity, severity of symptoms, and treatment length." Presented at the 22nd annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, May 27-30, 2010, Boston, MA

Matthew Logan (Adviser: Andrew French). "Synthesis and evaluation of chiral "salen-like" bis aryl iodides as asymmetric catalysts." Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 20-23, 2010, San Francisco, CA.

Anthony McCoy (Adviser: Mareike Wieth). "Sudodu: Memory for digits and irrelevant information." Presented at the 22nd annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, May 27-30, 2010, Boston, MA.

Brittany Myers (Adviser: Christopher Van de Ven). "Chemical analysis and comparison of aridisols based on vegetation and rock type in the White Mountains of eastern California." Presented at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America, October 18-21, 2009, Portland, OR.

Chris Omerza (Adviser: Vanessa McCaffrey). "Formulation of substituted phenols using microwave irradiation." Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 20-23, 2010, San Francisco, CA.

Elizabeth Perkins (Cliff Harris). "Poly-N-acetylglucoseamine nanofibers from a marine diatom promote wound healing and defensin expression in an AKT1-dependent manner." Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 20-23, 2010, San Francisco, CA.

Kayleigh Pung (Adviser: Ola Olapade). "Phylogenetic composition and diversity of epiphytic microbial communities on native and invasive plant species." Presented at the Beta, Beta, Beta, Northeast District 4 convention, April 16-18, 2010, Hillsdale, MI.

Becca Putans (Adviser: Kevin Metz). "Fabrication and characterization of supported metallic nanoscale catalysts: Towards ex situ remediation technology." Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 20-23, 2010, San Francisco, CA.

Jacqueline Rollin (Adviser: Mareike Wieth). "Influences of incentive framing and motivational orientation of proofreading." Presented at the 22nd annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, May 27-30, 2010, Boston, MA.

Kara Sherman (Adviser: Cliff Harris). "Degradation of ionic liquids based on 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium salts: Generaltiy and evalution of aqueous extracts." Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 20-23, 2010, San Francisco, CA.

Timothy Stevens (Adviser: Christopher Rohlman). "Fluorescent based assay for Group I ribozymes using an ABI 310 genetic analyzer." Presented at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology meeting, April 24-27, 2010, Anaheim, CA.

Ryan Stowe (Adviser: Gene Cline). "Fighting the good fight: Altering America's perception of evolution." Presented at the NSTA Philadelphia national conference on science education, March 18-21, 2010, Philadelphia, PA.

Ryan Stowe (Adviser: Andrew French). "Structure-activity relationships for a small molecule inhibitor of AIF-DNA binding." Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 20-23, 2010, San Francisco, CA.

Erica Tauzer (Adviser: Sheila Lyons-Sobaski). "The insular biogeography of vacant lots in southwestern Baltimore." Presented at the annual meeting of the Baltimore Ecosystem Study 2009, October 21-22, 2009, Baltimore, MD.

Sandra Turay (Adviser: Diana Ariza). "Arab-American experiences: Long live the Cedars of Lebanon. Presented at the 39th annual conference of the National Association for Ethnic Studies, April 7-10, 2010, Washington, DC.

Kristina Weage (Adviser: Kevin Metz). "Electroless plating as a route to creating uniform palladium nanoparticles on functionalized glassy carbon." Presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 20-23, 2010, San Francisco, CA.

Matthew Zaborowicz (Adviser: Christopher Rohlman). "Fluorophore optimization for FRET based ribozyme studies." Presented at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology meeting, April 24-27, 2010, Anaheim, CA.