2012 Student Summer Scholars
Danielle Bradke
Den Site Characteristics and Kit Survival of American Marten in West Michigan
Faculty Mentors: Paul Keenlance, Biology & Joseph Jacquot, Biology
Tami Brown
Using DNA Barcoding for Plant Identification in a Long-term Prairie Restoration Study
Faculty Mentor: Neil MacDonald, Biology
Brittany Cooke
Generation of Diffraction Gratings Using Photographic Film
Faculty Mentor: Richard Vallery, Physics
Brianne Docter
Probing the Binding Site in the Antibiotic Resistance Enzyme, AmpC β-lactamase
Faculty Mentor: Brad Wallar, Chemistry
Samantha Ellis
Macromolecular Assemblies for Gas Storage from Dynamic Bonds
Faculty Mentor: Andrew Korich, Chemistry
Jessica Franks
Comparison of Constructed vs. Natural Wetlands
Faculty Mentor: Eric Snyder, Biology
Danielle Grimm
Using Artificial Breeding of Eurasian and Northern Watermilfoils to Study the Evolutionary Ecology of Herbicide Resistance
Faculty Mentor: Ryan Thum, Annis Water Resources Institute
Anthony Hage
Detection of 6xHis Labeled HDC Protein in Drosophila melanogaster
Faculty Mentors: Martin Burg, Biomedical Sciences & Debra Burg, Biomedical Sciences
José Jiménez
The Young Lords in Lincoln Park
Faculty Mentor: Melanie Shell-Weiss, Liberal Studies
Kip-Chumba Kaitany
Biochemical Investigations of a High-Threat Family of β-lactamases
Faculty Mentor: Dave Leonard, Chemistry
Joshua Lee
Discovering New Genes that Regulate Neural Stem Cell Proliferation and Maintenance
Faculty Mentor: Merritt Taylor, Biomedical Sciences
Jackie Main
Exploring the Effects of Self-affirmation
Faculty Mentor: Amanda Dillard, Psychology
Danielle Maryanski
Novel MADS-box genes isolated from the gymnosperm cones of Ephedra and Juniper
Faculty Mentor: Jennifer Winther, Biology
Xinyi Ou
Review of Recent Research into Kushan Civilization
Faculty Mentor: Craig Benjamin, History
Michael Peruzzi
Synthesis of Tripodal CMPO Compounds for Heavy Metal Chelation
Faculty Mentor: Shannon Biros, Chemistry
Jeremy Peshl
Explorations in Sonoluminescence
Faculty Mentor: Karen Gipson, Physics
Kira Smith-Butland
Untitled Michigan Horror Script
Faculty Mentor: Austin Bunn, Writing
Christopher Stretton
The Testing of GV Derivatives for Antibacterial Activity in the Presence of Human Serum Protein
Faculty Mentor: Roderick Morgan, Biology
Jessica Thoe
Characterizing Protein-Protein Interactions for Accurate Cell Division in Fission Yeast
Faculty Mentor: Dawn Clifford Hart, Cell and Molecular Biology
Angela Tramontelli
Putting Michiganese on the Map: A Study in Perceptual Dialectology
Faculty Mentor: Kathryn Remlinger, English
Sarah VanOeveren
Germline Clonal Analysis of the delorean Mutation in Drosophilia melanogaster
Faculty Mentor: Georgette Sass, Biology
William Waalkes
Pollutant Effects on Neurophysiological Recordings from Sensory And Motor Neurons Of The Crayfish
Faculty Mentor: Daniel Bergman, Biology
If you'd like to see more about these scholars' projects, then check out the Student Summer Scholars Summer Showcase Abstract Book.