2019 Student Research Conference
Dean’s Award of Excellence in Biology (Tie)
Presented to: Michael R. Mazzucco, Flobater I. Gawargi, Koushik Muralidharan, Ryan N. Fink, Sawyer M. Hicks, Kevin Gallagher and Sarah Falotico
Project Title: THERAPY RNA INTERACTION WITH HNRNPS AND EGFR/VEGFR2 MRNA TO INDUCE ALTERNATIVE SPLICING IN GBM
Faculty Mentor: Martin Hicks
Presented to: Marta Telatin
Project Title: GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR EXPRESSION IN MEMBRANE RAFT FRACTIONS FROM ADOLESCENT BRAIN: INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL AND STIMULANTS
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Dennis E. Rhoads
Dean’s Award of Excellence in Marine and Environmental Biology and Policy:
Presented To: Erin Conlon, Hunter Hostage and James Murphy
Project Title: DETERMINING MANGROVE PROPAGULE DISPERSAL DISTANCE IN PAGE CREEK, ELEUTHERA, THE BAHAMAS
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Pedram Daneshgar
Dean’s Award of Excellence in Chemistry and Physics
Presented to: Olenka Mallqui
Project Title: IMPACT OF MICROPLASTICS ON THE MOBILITY, SPECIATION, AND TOXICITY OF HEAVY METAL(LOIDS) IN THE AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Tsanangurayi Tongesayi
Dean’s Award of Excellence in Computer Science and Software Engineering
Presented to: John Neppel and Thomas McHugh
Project Title: CORRELATING TWEETS WITH THE METOO HASHTAG TO GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Raman Lakshmanan
Dean’s Award of Excellence in Math
Presented to: Samantha Cavalli and Kristen Marzano
Project Title: STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT AND CCL TEARS IN CANINES
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Richard Bastian