Graduate Studies
Summer and Fall 2011 Presidential Research Grant Recipients
Seven students received awards for Spring/Summer 2011 research, all of which were awarded grants near or at the maximum of $1,000.
Four students were awarded grants for the Fall 2011 semester. Those students received awards of $1,000 each.
All award recipients are listed below, along with their graduate research advisors.
Spring/Summer 2011 Graduate Presidential Research Grant Recipients
Foster, Travis (Biology), Luttenton, Mark, Advisor
Title: Effects on Macroinvertebrates from the Zebra Mussel Invasion of the Muskegon River
Amount Awarded: $955.00
Larsen, Angela (Biology), Keenlance, Paul, and Jacquot, Joe, Advisors
Title: Oak Savannah Restoration Effects on Small Mammals, Gypsy Moths, and Their Predator-Prey Interaction
Amount Awarded: $1,000.00
LaRue, Elizabeth (Biology), Thum, Ryan, Advisor
Title: Are Eurasian Watermilfoil Hybrids Less Susceptible to Herbicides than the Eurasian Watermilfoil?
Amount Awarded: $1,000.00
Liebig, Jennifer (Biology), Hollister, Robert, Advisor
Title: Predicting Arctice Vegetation Responses to Warming
Amount Awarded: $994.64
Swanson, Neal (Biology), Luttenton, Mark, Advisor
Title: Temperature Related Impacts on Juvenile Steelhead Survival in the Muskegon River
Amount Awarded: $1,000.00
Taylor, Jacqueline (Biology), Snyder, Eric, Advisor
Title: The Effects of Urbanization, Agriculutre, and Climate Change on Stream Ecosystems
Amount Awarded: $1,000.00
Wieten, Alex (Biology), Ruetz III, Carl, Advisor
Title: Reproductive Success of Lake Sturgeon in the Muskegon River System, Michigan
Amount Awarded: $1,000.00
Fall 2011 Presidential Research Grant Recipients
Baisch, David (Biology), Nikitin, Alex, Advisor
Title: Phylogenetic Analysis of Various Strains of Great Lakes Brown Trout (Salmo Trutta)
Amount Awarded: $1,000.00
Foster, Travis (Biology), Luttenton, Mark, Advisor
Title: Effects on Macroinvertebrates from the Zebra Mussel Invasion of the Muskegon River
Amount Awarded: $995.00
Homola, Jared (Biology), Ruetz, III, Carl, Advisor
Title: Disease ecology of a microsporidian parasite: effects on mottled sculpin population dynamics
Amount Awarded: $1,000.00
Miara, Sheila (Biology), Keenlance, Paul and Jacquot, Joseph, Advisors
Title: Winter habitat characteristics and behavioral ecology of southern flying squirrels in Southwest Michigan
Amount Awarded: $1,000.00
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