2015 Math and Science Research Participants
Archaeology
Anna Arnn ’17
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Anthropology Nathan Goodale
A Study of the Faunal Assemblage of the Slocan Narrows Archaeological Project
Lindsay Buff ’17
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Anthropology Nathan Goodale
Geochemical source variation of fine grain volcanics in the Pacific Northwest
Emily Rubinstein ’16
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Anthropology Nathan Goodale
Geochemical Characterization of Housepit Floor Sediments, Slocan, BC
Biology
Abbas Ahmed ’18
Advisor: Professor of Biology Herman Lehman
TbhR Regulation of Metabolism
Emma Anderson ’17
Advisor: David Gapp, the Silas D. Childs Professor of Biology
The Effects of Herbal Remedies on Smooth Muscle Contractions & the Effects of the Western Diet on Normal and Diabetic Mice
John Bianco ’17
Advisor: Professor of Biology Herman Lehman
TbhR Regulation of Metabolism
Thomas Blanchard ’17
Advisor: Associate Professor of Biology Michael McCormick
Green Lake project
Jonah Boucher ’17
Advisor: Associate Professor of Biology Michael McCormick
Recovery of sub-chemocline biofilm samples from meromictic Green Lake
Jennifer Crawford ’17
Advisor: Associate Professor of Biology Michael McCormick
Green Lakes Project
Marian Eckermann ’16
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Biology Andrea Townsend
Crow Population Density
Eric Nieminen ’16
Advisor: Associate Professor of Biology Michael McCormick
Green Lake water column analysis
Emily Foley ’16
Advisor: Associate Professor of Biology Wei-Jen Chang
Bioinformactics: Ich parasite
Blaire Frett ’16
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Biology Andrea Townsend
Urbanization of the American Crow
Marc Horschman ’16
Advisor: Associate Professor of Biology William Pfitsch
Invasive Plant Ecology
Alex Jones ’16
Advisor: Professor of Biology Herman Lehman
Neuronal Regulation of Early Embryonic Metabolism
Bridget Lewis ’16
Advisor: David Gapp, the Silas D. Childs Professor of Biology
The Effects of Herbal Remedies on Smooth Muscle Contractions & the Effects of the Western Diet on Normal and Diabetic Mice
Samantha Mengual ’16
Advisor: Associate Professor of Biology William Pfitsch
Black-legged ticks and honeysuckle: a population density analysis
Osaruese Odeh ’16
Advisor: Professor of Biology Herman Lehman
Vitamin C Regulation of Metabolism
Daniel O’Shea ’17
Advisor: Associate Professor of Biology William Pfitsch
Invasive Plant Ecology
Alycia Racicot ’16
Advisor: Associate Professor of Biology Wei-Jen Chang
Phylogenomic analyses on Cryptocaryon
Kevin Roback ’17
Advisor: David Gapp, the Silas D. Childs Professor of Biology
The Effects of Herbal Remedies on Smooth Muscle Contractions & the Effects of the Western Diet on Normal and Diabetic Mice
James Robbins ’16
Advisor: Professor of Biology Herman Lehman
Examining the Efficacy of Community Water Fluoridation for Improved Public Health
Raymond Schulmeyer ’17
Advisor: Professor of Biology Herman Lehman
TbhR Regulation of Metabolism
Zoe Singer ’18
Advisor: Professor of Biology Herman Lehman
Neurotrasmitter in Metabolism of Maduca Sexta
Jessica Sofen ’16
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Biology Andrea Townsend
Urban Crow Population
Zoe Tessler ’16
Advisor: Associate Professor of Biology William Pfitsch
Invasive Plants
Chemistry
Marta Antoniv ’17
Advisor: Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry Daniel Griffith
Development of Cascade Reactions Inspired by the Daphnicyclidin Alkaloids
John Bennett ’16
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Chemistry Max Majireck
Intramolecular cyclizations of alcohols with rhodium(II) azavinyl carbenoids generated in situ from N-sulfonyl-1,2,3-triazole intermediates
Alexandra Betrus ’18
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Chemistry Max Majireck
Synthesis of izidine alkaloids via transannular hydroamination
Zachary Blumenkehl ’17
Advisor: Robin Kinnel, Professor of Chemistry Emeritus
Synthesis of Peptidomimetics Related to Alphafetoprotein
Brett Bracco ’17
Advisor: Robin Kinnel, Professor of Chemistry Emeritus
Synthesis of Bioactive Congeners of Cryptomaldamide
David Dacres ’18
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Chemistry Adam Van Wynsberghe
Investigation of Oseltamivir association kinetics to viral neuraminidase.
Giovanny Dominguez ’18
Advisor: Professor of Chemistry Karen Brewer
Preparation and Fluorescence Studies of Chelated Rare Earth Ions Incorporated into Silica Sol-Gel Glass
Austin Durham ’16
Advisor: Robin Kinnel, Professor of Chemistry Emeritus
Alpha-fetoprotein Project
Michael Dyer ’16
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Chemistry Max Majireck
Transannular Hydroamination as a General Strategy for Izidine Synthesis
Jack Goodman ’18
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Chemistry Max Majireck
Professor Majireck's Research
James Hamill ’17
Advisor: Professor of Chemistry Karen Brewer
Preparation and Fluorescence Studies of Chelated Rare Earth Ions Incorporated into Silica Sol-Gel Glass
Kathleen Kelly ’17
Advisor: Professor of Chemistry Karen Brewer
Preparation and Fluorescence Studies of Chelated Rare Earth Ions Incorporated into Silica Sol-Gel Glass
Priti Kharel ’18
Advisor: Professor of Chemistry Karen Brewer
Fluorescence Studies of Rare Earth Ions in Nanomaterials
Erin Lewis ’18
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Chemistry Adam Van Wynsberghe
Investigation of Oseltamivir association kinetics to viral neuraminidase
Catherine Lyndaker ’18
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Chemistry Adam Van Wynsberghe
Development of BPS and PFOA detection methodology
Patrick Marris ’16
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Chemistry Adam Van Wynsberghe
Investigating oseltamivir binding pathways to H274Y neuraminidase
Vi Pham ’18
Advisor: Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry Daniel Griffith
Development of Cascade Reactions Inspired by the Daphnicyclidin Alkaloids
Travis Roeder ’18
Advisor: Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry Daniel Griffith
Development of Cascade Reactions Inspired by the Daphnicyclidin Alkaloids
Binh Nguyen ’16
Advisor: Associate Professor of Chemistry Myriam Cotten
Determination of Piscidin-3's Binding Constant via Molecular Dynamics
Benjamin Schafer ’17
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Chemistry Max Majireck
Synthesis of Substrates for Transannular Hydroamination
Jonathan Shapiro ’17
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Chemistry Max Majireck
Investigating New Reactions of Alpha-iminorhodium carbenoids
Sharif Shrestha ’17
Advisor: Associate Professor of Economics Julio Videras
Teaching science funding in the classroom - development of a fundraising project for biomedical research
Justin Sonberg ’18
Advisor: Robin Kinnel, Professor of Chemistry Emeritus
Synthesis of Bioactive ConGEners of Cryptomaldamide
Abigail Tulchinsky ’18
Advisor: Robin Kinnel, Professor of Chemistry Emeritus
Synthesis of Bioactive Congeners of Cryptomaldamide
Leah Weaver ’18
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Chemistry Adam Van Wynsberghe
Detection of Environmental Toxins in Consumer Products
Benjamin Wesley ’16
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Chemistry Max Majireck
A 5 step synthesis of Pyrrolizidines and Indolizidines
Chris Williams ’17
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Chemistry Max Majireck
Investigation of New Synthetic Pathways to Cycloazaoctenes
Computer Science
Eric Collins ’17
Advisor: Associate Professor of Computer Science Alistair Campbell
Developing a compiler for the CSPy programming language
Alex Dennis ’18
Advisor: Associate Professor of Computer Science Alistair Campbell
Developing a compiler for the CSPy programming language
Jason Fortunato ’17
Advisor: Stuart Hirshfield, the Stephen Harper Kirner Chair of Computer Science
Wireless Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS)
Katharine Fuzesi ’17
Advisor: Professor of Computer Science Mark Bailey
Python IDE
Russell Glick ’17
Advisor: Stuart Hirshfield, the Stephen Harper Kirner Chair of Computer Science
Using Python/Machine Learning Coding to Measure Trust During Computer Interactions
Emmerson Zhaime ’17
Advisor: Stuart Hirshfield, the Stephen Harper Kirner Chair of Computer Science
Wireless Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS)
Ryan Koven ’16
Advisor: Stuart Hirshfield, the Stephen Harper Kirner Chair of Computer Science
Wireless Measurement of Brain Activity
Linnea Sahlberg ’17
Advisor: Stuart Hirshfield, the Stephen Harper Kirner Chair of Computer Science
Wireless Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS)
Emily Sears ’17
Advisor: Professor of Computer Science Mark Bailey
Python IDE
Benjamin Sklar ’18
Advisor: Stuart Hirshfield, the Stephen Harper Kirner Chair of Computer Science
Using Python/Machine Learning Coding to Measure Trust During Computer Interactions
Geosciences
Mary Margaret Allen ’17
Advisor: Todd Rayne, the J. W. Johnson Family Professor of Environmental Studies
Water quality
Julianna Horgan ’17
Advisor: Todd Rayne, the J. W. Johnson Family Professor of Environmental Studies
Water Sampling
Alec Melone ’16
Advisor: Professor of Geosciences David Bailey
Epidote geobarometry
Devin O’Sullivan ’17
Advisor: Professor of Geosciences David Bailey
Zircon Dating at Swans Island
Ousseynou Tall ’17
Advisor: Professor of Geosciences David Bailey
Zircon Geochronology of Swans Island
Neuroscience
Glen Donovan ’16
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Psychology Alexandra List
Cognitive Neuroscience of Attention
Emma Feitelson ’17
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Psychology Alexandra List
Cognitive Neuroscience of Attention
Hayley Goodrich ’17
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Psychology Alexandra List
Psychology Cognitive Neuroscience of Attention
Audrey Love ’17
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Psychology Alexandra List
Cognitive Neuroscience of Attention
Marina Palumbo ’17
Advisor: Douglas Weldon, the Stone Professor of Psychology
Calcium-binding protein expression after long-term potentiation in the rat brain
Physics
Steven Cunden ’18
Advisor: Associate Professor of Physics Brian Collett
Research for the Implementation of Physics 245, a class on Electronics & Computers
Olivia Gozdz ’16
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Physics Kate Jones-Smith
Thomas Hoffman ’16
Advisor: Director of Laboratories/Head Technician, Adam Lark
Adding Discovery-Based Elements to Introductory Physics Labs
Leo Kell ’17
Advisor: Associate Professor of Physics Brian Collett
The aCORN experiment
Ahtesham Ullah Khan ’17
Advisor: Associate Professor of Physics Brian Collett
The aCORN experiment
Alexander Laing ’16
Advisor: Director of Laboratories/Head Technician, Adam Lark
Adding Discovery-Based Elements to Introductory Physics Labs
Isabella Schoning ’16
Advisor: Associate Professor of Physics Brian Collett
Updating the Ebert Spectroscope
Eli Ward ’17
Advisor: Associate Professor of Physics Brian Collett
The aCORN experiment
Psychology
Rohan Arcot ’16
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Psychology Ravi Thiruchselvam
Cognitive reappraisal and beliefs about the self
Corinne Smith ’17
Advisor: Director of Counseling and Psychological Services and Lecturer in Psychology David Walden
Sexual Assault in Our Community: A Custom Approach to Prevention and Awareness
Amelia Denney ’17
Advisor: Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology Azriel Grysman
Gender and Autobiographical Memory
Sarah Dimakis ’17
Advisor: Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology Azriel Grysman
Gender and Autobiographical Memory
Rachael Feuerstein ’16
Advisor: Professor of Religious Studies Heidi Ravven
The Psychology of Evil and Perpetration: A Psychological Analysis of Why and How the Holocaust Happened
Sarah Goldman ’16
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Psychology Ravi Thiruchselvam
Cognitive reappraisal and beliefs about the self
Abigail Homer ’16
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Psychology Ravi Thiruchselvam
Cognitive reappraisal and beliefs about the self
Emily Hull ’18
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Psychology Ravi Thiruchselvam
Cognitive reappraisal and beliefs about the self
Benjamin Mittman ’18
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Psychology Ravi Thiruchselvam
Changing the Self-Belief: Implications for Mental Health
Nathaniel Somes ’16
Advisor: Assistant Professor of Psychology Ravi Thiruchselvam
Cognitive reappraisal and beliefs about the self
