2019 Student Summer Scholars
Piper Burghduf
The Synthesis of Novel Diphenyl Ureas
Faculty Mentor: Matthew Hart, Chemistry
Nick Busby (Stiner Scholar)
“What’s Happen’n Brother”: Analysis of Detroit’s Revolutionary Black Auto Workers and the Vietnam War
Faculty Mentor: Louis Moore, History
Evangalene Dreyer
Connecting the Nano and the Macro: A Study of Pore Structure in Carbon Black Nanocomposites
Faculty Mentor: Richard Vallery, Physics
Micah Fernando (Ott-Stiner Scholar)
Structural and functional characterization of new clinically relevant enzymes involved in antibiotic resistance
Faculty Mentor: Brad Wallar, Chemistry
Alex Florian (Stiner Scholar)
Alternative reproductive tactics in invasive round goby (Neogobius melanostomus): How fish increase fitness by doing less
Faculty Mentor: Charlyn Partridge, AWRI
Brady Fritz
Optimal Control applied to Cancer Vaccine Protocols
Faculty Mentor: Norma Ortiz-Robinson, Mathematics
Lauren Gapp
The effect of nocturnal competitors on common marmoset monkey (Callithrix jacchus) feeding behavior
Faculty Mentor: Cynthia Thompson, Biomedical Sciences
Lauren Gerritsen
Determining the mechanism of histamine’s action in the post-mating response of Drosophila females
Faculty Mentor: Martin Burg, Biomedical Sciences
T Hill
L'dor V'dor: Muskegon Jewish History and Culture
Faculty Mentor: Marilyn Preston, Liberal Studies
Julia Jesko
Citizenship through Conversion: Catholic Marriage in Senegal’s Communes, 1870-1897
Faculty Mentor: Dave Eaton, History
Jeannie Kane
Toxicity evaluation of plastics immersed in Muskegon Lake
Faculty Mentor: Babasola Fateye, Biomedical Sciences
Grayson Kosak
Competition-induced changes in diet, behavior, and physiology in Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)
Faculty Mentor: Eric Snyder, Biology
Curtis Mack
Testing the ancestral function of divergent Candida albicans virulence-associated proteins via expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutants
Faculty Mentors: Ian Cleary & Derek Thomas, Biomedical Sciences
Karissa McFarlane
Language regard in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula: Perceptual dialectology through the mental maps of nonlinguists
Faculty Mentor: Wil Rankinen, Communication Sciences & Disorders
Lauren Miling
Progress towards a snake venom Metalloproteinase inhibitor that is bacterially expressed derived from the North American opossum (D. virginiana)
Faculty Mentor: R. Marshall Werner, Chemistry
Tanner Napierala, MS3
Protective role of active ERK1/2 in DUSP6/8 null mice does not involve cell death pathway
Faculty Mentor: Ruijie Liu, Biomedical Sciences
Maxwell Okros, MS3
Cyclic AMP dependent protein kinase regulation of Nato3 induction of dopamine neuron gene expression
Faculty Mentor: Merritt DeLano-Taylor, Biomedical Sciences
Erin Reasoner (Schroeder Fellow)
Investigating the role of dopamine D2 receptor in the aversive effects of methamphetamine
Faculty Mentor: Shkelzen Shabani, Biomedical Sciences
Anna Tarach, Ott-Stiner Scholar
Effect of Bacterium Redox Activity on Current Transients in Single Bacteria–Electrode Collisions
Faculty Mentor: Scott Thorgaard, Chemistry
Jack Tietema, Koeze Fellow
Early Cell-Cell Coupling Impairs Stem Cell Retention when Co-cultured with Hypoxic Cardiomyocytes
Faculty Mentor: David Geenen, Physician Assistant Studies
Maia Wichman
Structures within Networks
Faculty Mentor: Michael Santana, Mathematics
Brynn Wilfong
The Hidden Cost of Gaycations: An Interdisciplinary Investigation of Queer Cross-Class Contact in Rural Resort Towns
Faculty Mentor: Jae Basiliere, Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies
If you'd like to see more about these scholars' projects, then check out the GVSU Summer Scholars Showcase Abstract Book.