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Kosenkov<\/p>\n<p><em>Second Place<\/em>: Kevin Dillon<\/p>\n<p>Project title: <strong>Characterization of a Bacterium Isolated from Barnegat Bay, NJ that can Degrade 1, 3, 7-<em>trimethylxanthine<\/em> (caffeine)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Faculty Mentor: Dr. Karen Pesce<\/p>\n<h2>INTEGRATIVE RESEARCH:<\/h2>\n<p><em>First Place<\/em>: Jake Vernon, Matthew Marino, Nicholas Helstetter, David Aviles<\/p>\n<p>Project title: <strong>C.R.S.- Course Registration System<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Faculty Mentor: Dr. Danilea Rosca<\/p>\n<p><em>Second Place<\/em>: Jessica Cobb, Thomas Darlington, Taylor Krenzke, Krista Varanyak<\/p>\n<p>Project title: <strong>Analysis of Animal Trauma Triage, Mortality Rates, and Hospital Visit Costs across Different Pet Names:\u00a0 How &#8220;lucky&#8221; is Lucky?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Faculty Mentor: Dr. Richard Bastian<\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 280px;\" title=\"Empirical Research Winners\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/401\/2018\/05\/Web20Empirical20Research20winners20with20Dr.20Lamberto20and20Dean20Palladino.jpg\" alt=\"Empirical Research Winners\" width=\"490\" height=\"274\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Massimiliano Lamberto, Gary Prato, Samantha Silvent, Sammy Saka,<\/p>\n<p>Dean Michael A Palladino and Kevin Dillon<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Integrative Research Winners\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/401\/2018\/05\/web20Integrative20Research20winners20with20Dean20Palladino.jpg\" alt=\"Integrative Research Winners\" width=\"499\" height=\"273\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Matthew Marino, Nicholas Helmstetter, David Aviles, Jake Vernon, Dean Palladino,<\/p>\n<p>Jessica Cobb, Thomas Darlington<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EMPIRICAL RESEARCH<br \/>\n First Place: Sammy Saka, Gary Prato, Samantha Silvent<br \/>\n Project title: Computational Examination of G-Quadruplex Thermodynamic Stabilization through Ligand Binding<br \/>\n Faculty mentors:\u00a0 Dr. Massimiliano Lamberto, Dr. Dmytro v. 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