2017 Student Summer Scholars
Ellen Audia
Using Principal Components Analysis to identify changes in phosphorus, nitrate/nitrite and chlorophyll-a in seven lake basins of Leelanau County from 1990-2015
Faculty Mentor: Megan Woller-Skar, Biology
Brian Basinski (Ott-Stiner Scholar)
Structure-based inhibitor discovery for a key clinical target in antibiotic resistance
Faculty Mentor: Rachel Powers, Chemistry
Morgan Carpenter, MS3 (Schroeder Fellow)
Expanding the Role of C-N Coupling Reactions: Targeted Synthesis of Novel Antibiotics
Faculty Mentor: Matthew Hart, Chemistry
Jessica Crawford (Stiner Scholar)
Analyzing survival, growth, and environmental effects of willow biomass energy crops at GVSU
Faculty Mentor: Erik Nordman, Biology
Elizabeth Croff
Generation of pHdc-containing transgenic flies to study Hdc promoter function
Faculty Mentor: Martin Burg, Biomedical Sciences
Christiana D’Annibale
Analysis of the induction, activation, and stability of DUSP8 protein
Faculty Mentor: Ruijie Liu, Biomedical Sciences
Morgan Doherty
The Effects of Leptin Induced Obesity on Fertility Parameters in Male Mice
Faculty Mentor: Christopher Pearl, Biomedical Sciences
Claire Efting
The Parent Behind the Potential Farmer
Faculty Mentor: Brandon Youker, School of Social Work
Francesca Golus (Ott-Stiner Scholar)
Assessing Enrichment Protocols for Carnivores at the John Ball Zoo
Faculty Mentor: Jodee Hunt, Biology
Megan Goy
Identification and Expression Analysis of Phenylalanine Ammonia-Lyase in Echinacea purpurea
Faculty Mentor: Sheila Blackman, Cell and Molecular Biology
Ashleigh Harrah, MS3
miRNA-34b/c as disease progression biomarkers for Parkinson’s Disease
Faculty Mentor: Sok Kean Khoo, Cell and Molecular Biology
Victoria Irwin
Analyzing the Role of a Subset of Degraded Proteins in the Ability of Candida albicans to Cause Disease
Faculty Mentor: Derek Thomas, Biomedical Sciences
Lauren King, MS3
Understanding the Application of Polarity Thinking by Nurses in the Clinical Setting
Faculty Mentor: Evelyn Clingerman, Nursing
Casey Koch-LaRue
Geometries for the Finite Cyclic Groups
Faculty Mentor: Steven Schlicker, Mathematics
Andrew LaDuca, MS3 (Schreoder Fellow)
Incorporating Soft Electron Donors in Nuclear Waste Extraction Methods to Boost Selectivity
Faculty Mentor: Shannon Biros, Chemistry
Halle Nienhaus (Koeze Fellow)
Preliminary Analysis of Grand River and Nearby Groundwater: The feasibility of a Large-Scale Biosand Well
Faculty Mentor: Roderick Morgan, Biology
Grace Peterson
Characterization of a drug for Alzheimer’s in the retina using a confocal microscope: Applications to glaucoma
Faculty Mentor: David Linn, Biomedical Sciences
Uyen Pham, MS3
Structural and Functional Characterization of Fragment-based Inhibitors for OXA-24, an Antibiotic Resistance Enzyme
Faculty Mentor: Rachel Powers, Chemistry
Sarah Robertson, MS3
AIM2 (Absent in Melanoma 2) gene as diagnostic biomarker for typhoid fever
Faculty Mentor: Sok Kean Khoo, Cell and Molecular Biology
Cole Robinson
The Overlooked Builders of Nations: Middling Carolinian Elites and the Construction of Sovereignty in the Atlantic World, 1772-1776
Faculty Mentor: Michael Huner, History
Morgan Sundblad
Omega 3 fish oils protect endothelial cells from damage
Faculty Mentor: David Kurjiaka, Biomedical Sciences
Emily Uhl
An Investigation of the Awareness of Desirable Difficulties in University Chemistry Courses
Faculty Mentor: Thomas Pentecost, Chemistry
Zachariah Vander Tuin (Ott-Stiner Scholar)
Electrochemical Investigations of Facilitated Lanthanide Ion Transfer at Micro-Liquid/Liquid Interfaces
Faculty Mentor: Scott Thorgaard, Chemistry
Tyler Wheeler
Study of Polymer Network Phase Transitions
Faculty Mentor: Richard Vallery, Physics
If you'd like to see more about these scholars' projects, then check out the GVSU Summer Scholars Showcase Abstract Book.