Faculty Student Summer Research Program
2016 Research Projects
For summer 2016, there are 99 students and 39 faculty members working on 57 different projects.
Projects
- Assessment: Learning, Strengthening and Connecting OP Scholars:
Strengthening Connections, Effective Networks Between Scholars
Bernard Rios, anthropology, with Aldin Medunjanin '16, Royce Paris '17 - Consumption Photographic Series
Sarah Sweeney, art, with Paris Baillie ’17, Piers Boyce ’16, Erin Barry ’16, Matt Fenster ’16 - Swans at the Lake: Updating a History of Buddhism in America
Benjamin Bogin, Asian studies, with Emily Cheung ’17 - Effect of Alcohol and Cannibinoids on Nervous System Development
Jennifer Bonner, biology and neuroscience, with Aggie Brojakowska ’17, Sylvana
Finn ’18, Timothy Lehmberg ’16 - Characterization of the structural components of the cell wall and the
polar expansion mechanisms of Penium margaritaceum: the role of cellulose
David Domozych, biology, with Alan Xaio ’19, Kalika Likhi ’19, Wenhui
Zhao ’18, Berke Tinaz ’16, Emily Singer ’16 - Invasion of land: Using the model Charophyte Penium margaritaceum to
elucidate subcellular responses to stress that were key in the evolution
of land plants
David Domozych, biology, with Kurt Hanebrink '18, Eleanore Ritter '18 - Young Cell Biology Scholars Institute Camp Counselors
David Domozych, biology, with Gabrielle Mascarin '18, Jonathan Stricker '17 - Bacterial Copper and Silver Resistance
Sylvia McDevitt, biology, with Cheyanne Slocum ’17, Lena Khudoynazarova ’17,
Gabrielle Mascarin ’18, Bryan Zepeda-Carranza ’17 - Simultaneous effects of lithium chloride and ethanol on fruit
fly circadian rhythms: A model for drug interactions in the
treatment of bipolar disorder
Bernie Possidente, biology, with Lisa Leung ’17 - Masking effects of light on circadian activity rhythms in a transgenic fruit
fly model of Alzheimer’s Disease
Bernie Possidente, biology, with Alexandra Fall ’18 - Social Wasps as Biocontrol Agents
Monica Raveret Richter, biology, with Bruce Martin ’18 - Social Media, Local Engagement, and Personal Relationships: The Case of
Large and Small Restaurants
Ela Lepowska-White, management and business, with Sarah Rinaolo ’17 - Developing Portable Testing Devices Using Open-Source Hardware
Kim Frederick, chemistry, with Martin Bedulskij ’18 - Development of a Plastic Microfluidic Device for Malaraia Diagnosis
Kim Frederick, chemistry, with Emily O’Connor ’19 (Schupf Scholar) - Development of a Paper-Based Diagnostic for Malaraia
Kim Frederick, chemistry, with Laura Swenson ’19 (Schupf Scholar) - TIMDA and [3+4] Allyl Cation
Ray Giguere, chemistry, with Matthew Leuckheide ’17, Matthew Mailloux ’18, Killian
Grider ’18 - Statistical Analysis of Molecular Dynamics Simulations
William Kennerly, chemistry, with Charles Clayton ’18 - Quantam Mechanics of Tryptophan Fluorescence
William Kennerly, chemistry, with Justin Gerard ’17, Alexandra Cassell ’19 (Schupf
Scholar), Charles Clayton ’18 - Practical Isotopic Labelling via H-D Exchange (PILE)
Jessada Mahatthananchai, chemistry, with Robyn Stix ’18, Matthew Lueckheide ’17,
Miary Rasoanaivo ’18 - Cloning of the regulatory system pcoRS from Enterobacter cloacae ATCC13047
Sylvia McDevitt, chemistry, with Sthorme Pyrame ’18 - Study of the Oxidation of Chemisorbed Organic Compounds by Nonthermal Plasma
Juan Navea, chemistry, with Claudia Bennett-Caso ‘19 - Photochemistry of Semivolatile Organic Compounds Chemisorbed on Titanium Dioxide
Juan Navea, chemistry, with Erin Mah ’19 - Computational Methods in Heterogeneous Atmospheric Chemistry
Juan Navea, chemistry, with Christopher Ostaszewski '18
- Investigating Nanoparticles’ Surface Molecules during the Preparation of Colored Polymers
Maryuri Roca, chemistry, with Hannah Skipper ’17 - Dual Routes for Asparaginyl-tRNA Formation in Bacilli, and Genetic Code Expansion
with
Pyroglutamate
Kelly Sheppard, chemistry, with Karli Rasmussen ’18, Caitlin Schroder ’18, David
Sweezy ’17, Meggie Danielson ’17, Hannah Schapiro ’17, Emily Williams ’18, Lindsay Ophel ’17 - Nanotechnology: Innovation and Industry Booms in Developing Countries
Monica Das, economics, with Lucas Raynaud ’17 - Strategizing Community Outreach in a Documentary Film: Memories of a Penitent Heart
Cecilia Aldarondo, English, with Molly Fulton ‘17 - Broad and Microscale Controls on Plant Litter Decomposition across Climatic and
Plant Community Gradients
Kurt Smemo, environmental studies, with Jen Christiano ’18, Daniel Casarella ’18 - Flipping the COIN: Analysis of Human Rights Abuses by the Indian Armed Forces in Kashmir
Yelena Biberman-Ocakli, political science, with Trevor Cloen ’18 - Using Geospatial Information to Study Election Reforms
Christopher Mann, political science, with Henry Jaffe ’18 - Understanding the Effects of Election Official Discretion
Christopher Mann, political science, with Chloe Singer ’18 - Effects of a Combined Protein and Antioxidant Supplement (PRO+AO) on Muscle
Recovery in College-Aged Males
Stephen Ives, health and exercise sciences, with Alex Matias ’18, Noelle Morrow ’19, Samuel
Bloom ’17 - Elliptic Curves over Finite Fields
Mark Huibregtse, mathematics, with Chen Lin ’18 - Moneyball for Softball
Michael Lopez, mathematics, with Jillian Strileckis ’18 - S3M Sophomore Transitional Program
Becky Trousil, mathematics, with Diana Alonzo '19, Tiffany Henao '19, Roxanna Martinez '19,
Veronica Mierzejewski '19, Celeste Munoz Perez '19, Brittany Newsome '19 - Remapping History in Bennington’s Park-McCullough Estate Using Locative Sound
Design for Mobile Devices
Adam Tinkle, media and film studies/MDOCS, with Emily Rizzo ’18 - Analysis of Succinic Acid Treatment on Mice Models of Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type
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Sara Lagalwar, neuroscience, with Donna Nguyen ’18, Eliza Burr ’17 - Optogenetic Assessment of the Roles of Neuropeptide Neurons in Regulating Sleep
Christopher Vecsey, neuroscience, with Brianne Cook ’18, Ben Juneau ’18 - Changes in Sleep and Biological Rhythms in Fruit Flies Due to Exposure to Parasitic
Wasps
Christopher Vecsey, neuroscience, with Sara Fontana ’18 - The Effect of Supplementary Aids on Solution Methods to Kinematics Problems
Evan Halstead, physics, with Erin Maloney ’18 (Schupf Scholar) - Constraining Nonstandard Inflationary Models
Evan Halstead, physics, with Akaylia Morgan ’18, Dante Tobar ’18 - Cool Gas Accretion from the Cosmic Web
Mary Crone Odekon, physics, with An Phi ’18, Erin Maloney ’18, Henry Thoreen ’18 - Cold Gas Accretion from the Cosmic Web
Mary Crone Odekon, physics, with Kelly Cantwell '18, Thomas Cane '19, Christian Todd Jensen '16 - The Development of Parafoveal Processing in English Readers
Rebecca Johnson, psychology, with Libby Oehrlein ’17 - Developing a Method to Assess Sociosexual Motivation in Rodents
Hassan Lopez, psychology, with Morgan Lavoie ’17 - Evaluation of a Gratitude Group Intervention for College Students
Mark Rye, psychology, Kristen Schiavo ’17 - Assessing an Intervention Targeting Knowledge and Stigma about Social Anxiety Disorder
Casey Schofield, psychology, with Gabby Ponzini ’18 - Appearance and Function’s Role in Distinguishing Animate and Inanimate Objects
Jessica Sullivan, psychology, with Julia Iannucci ’17 - Early Pragmatic Inferences: Two- and Three-Year-Olds’ Ability to Make Pragmatic Inferences
Jessica Sullivan, psychology, with Katherine Williams ’17 - Restorative Justice in Universities: What Works
David Karp, sociology, with Megan Schacter ’17
STUDENT RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS THROUGH THE NEW YORK 6 UPSTATE-GLOBAL COLLECTIVE PROGRAM
- Indigenous Ethnic Group Identification and Cultural Beliefs about Land and Resources ("Indigeneity, Sustainability, and Human Rights" project)
Brien Ashdown, Psychology Department, Hobart and William Smith College, with Genesis Moran Guerrero ’18 - Non-Native Species Control in Upstate New York ("Indigeneity, Sustainability and Human Rights" project)
Meghan Brown, Biology Department, Hobart and William Smith College, with Jamila Roth ’17 - Riparian Invasions in the Context of Landscape Change ("Upstate and Global Impacts of Invasive Species" project)
Joshua Ness, Environmental Studies and Sciences, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê, with Rafaela Iturralde ’18 - 2016 Summer Research Fellow in Cay Anderson-Hanley's Healthy Aging & Neuropsychology
Lab ("Care and Support in Aging Communities" project)
Cay Anderson-Hanley, Psychology Department, Union, with Zachariah Arnold ’18 - Mapping Delhi ("Marginalized Communities and Urban Centers" project)
Vikash Yadav, Political Science Department, Hobart and William Smith College, with Yidi Wu ’17 - Can Immigrants and Refugees Save Dying Cities? ("Marginalized Communities and Urban Centers" project)
Navine Murshid, Political Science Department, Colgate University, Sarah Coker ’19 and Rula Issa ’17 - Cities as Sites of Creative Protest ("Marginalized Communities and Urban Centers" project)
Nimanthi Rajasingham, English Department, Colgate, with Andrea Sumrall ’19
We would like to thank the following donors and funding agencies for their support
of our collaborative research efforts and the Faculty Student Summer Research Program:
Alumni, Family, and Friends
Harman Cain Family, Class of 2012
Samuel Croll '73
Marlene Oberkotter Fowler '61
Christiana Johnson '90, given in honor of Tom Lewis
Jim Lippman and Linda Friedman Lippman '82
Philip P. Markowitz '13
Richard A. Mellon '87
Rafael Nasser
Margaret Williams Page '43
Reiderer Family
Michael Rose '90
Shehan Dissanayake
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Woodcock, Parents 1996
Axelrod-Porges Scholars
Established in 2006 by Felicia Axelrod '62 and Robert Porges to support faculty-student
teams in the area of the sciences.
Schupf Scholars
Established in 2008 by Sara Lubin Schupf '62 to support summer faculty-student research
with a preference given to students pursuing projects in the STEM disciplines. Schupf
Scholars are selected beginning the summer after their freshman or sophomore year.
Schupf Scholars may access additional funding for travel to meetings and conferences
as well as for research supplies and expenses during their continuing research with
faculty during their academic career at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê.
Weg Scholars
Established in 2010 by Carol Little Weg '64 and Ken Weg and awarded with a preference
for students pursuing projects in the sciences and social sciences.
Foundation/Grant
D & J Richards Fund
Higher Education Opportunities Program (HEOP)
Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research: NSF
W.M. Keck Foundation
The National Science Foundation
Rathmann Family Foundation
S3M Transitional Program
New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
The Charles Slaughter Foundation