AY 2007-2008 and Summer 2008 Bowdoin Research Fellows
| Beckman |
| Fellow |
Research Project |
Faculty Mentor |
| Samuel Minot '08 |
Molecular genetics of the human follicle mite |
Mike Palopoli |
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| James Stacy Coles Summer Research Fellowship in Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| Fellow |
Research Project |
Faculty Mentor |
| Michael Ardolino '08 |
Cationic Cobalt Catalysis: Improving upon alpha-olefin dimerization |
Rick Broene |
| Sarah Dale '11 |
Oxidation of monolayers at the air/water interface |
Laura Voss |
| Michael Farthing '10 |
Iridium Catalyzed Hydrosilyation polymerization |
Rick Broene |
| Sarah Luppino '10 |
Purification and Optical Spectroscopy of Long, Synthetic Polyenes |
Ron Christensen |
| Joshua Magno '11 |
Aerosol generation |
Laura Voss |
| Ta-Hsuan '10 |
Thermal Conversion of Woody Biomass to Fuels: The Analysis of Pyrolysis Oils |
Beth Stemmler |
| Yasmine White '11 |
Raman spectroscopy of optically trapped particles |
Laura Voss |
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| Henry L. and Grace Doherty Charitable Foundation Coastal Studies Research Fellowship |
| Fellow |
Research Project |
Faculty Mentor |
| James Anderson '10 |
A survey of aquatic invertebrates in Merrymeeting Bay and their relationship to submerged aquatic vegetation |
John Lichter |
| Elizabeth Barton '09 |
The Characterization of Truncated and Modified Orcokinin Neuropeptides in the tissues from the American Lobster, Homarus americanus |
Beth Stemmler |
| Nicholas Crawford '09 |
Exploring Androscoggin Lake's Outlet Delta System |
Peter Lea |
| Rachel Dicker '09 |
Egg capsule distribution in Nucella lapillus as a strategic maternal investment |
Jon Allen |
| Isaac Irby '09 |
The extent of marine sedimentation on North America |
Ed Laine |
| Drew Trafton '10 |
Trophic Web Structure and Anadromous Fish Distributions in Merrymeeting Bay |
John Lichter |
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| Faculty Research Grant Fellowship |
| Fellow |
Research Project |
Faculty Mentor |
| Bryan Amagai '08 |
Purification and Optical Spectroscopy of Long, Synthetic Polyenes |
Ron Christensen |
| Katharina Bilotti '10 |
Purification and Optical Spectroscopy of Long, Synthetic Polyenes |
Ron Christensen |
| Eli Bossin '09 |
Inglefield Land Archaeology Project in Northern Greenland |
Genevieve LeMoine |
| Elita DeFeo '09 |
The Role of the Extracellular Domain in the Wall Associated Kinase (WAK) |
Bruce Kohorn |
| Luke Fairbanks '09 |
Collaborative Research: Direct and Indirect Coupling of Fisheries Through Economic, Regulatory, Environmental, and Ecological Linkages |
Ta Herrera |
| Samuel Hankinson '10 |
Phyto Plankton Census |
Ed Laine |
| Matthew Kwan '10 |
Thermal Conversion of Woody Biomass to Fuels |
Beth Stemmler |
| Morgan MacLeod '09 |
Numerical Simulations of Neutron Stars, Black Holes, and Gravitational Radiations |
Thomas Baumgarte |
| Rhysly Martinez '09 |
Investigation of Wall-Associated Kinases (WAKs) and Mechanisms of Post-transcriptional Control using Microarrays |
Bruce Kohorn |
| Carl Morissey '09 |
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Laura Toma |
| Chris O'Donnell '10 |
Scalable Algorithms for Realistic Terrain Processing in GIS |
Laura Toma |
| William Richard '11 |
Scalable Algorithms for Realistic Terrain Processing in GIS |
Laura Toma |
| Kristina Sorg '09 |
Collaborative Firn Project in Greenland |
Mark Battle |
| Leah Wolberg '10 |
Visualizing Circulation in the gulf of Maine |
Ed Laine |
| Michael Wolovick '09 |
Influence of Circulation on Phyto Plankton |
Ed Laine |
| Erin York '09 |
Landscape-level controls on terrestrial, aquatic, and wetland responses to climate change in the southern Canadian Arctic |
Phil Camill |
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| Gibbons Summer Research Internship |
| Fellow |
Research Project |
Faculty Mentor |
| Angela Fabunan '11 |
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Chuck Dorn |
| Hillary Hooke '09 |
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Genevieve LeMoine and Susan Kaplan |
| Jacob Christopher '09 |
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Brad Burnham and Dale Syphers |
| Benjamin Lovell '10 |
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Patrick Rael |
| Duncan Masland '11 |
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Matt Klingle |
| Christopher Necchi '10 |
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Peter Lea and Janet Martin |
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| Howard Hughes Medical Institute Summer Fellowship |
| Fellow |
Research Project |
Faculty Mentor |
| Rachel Ackerman '09 |
Identification and localization of a new myosuppressin analog in the Maine lobster, Homarus americanus |
Beth Stemmler |
| Chaiyaboot Ariyachet '10 |
Exploring the function of hydrophobic residues in the arginine-glycine-rich (RG) domain of the RNA-binding Np13 |
Anne McBride |
Tamlyn Frederick '09
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The Role of Trehalose in Bioremediation |
Peter Woodruff |
| Han Guo '09 |
Synthesis and analysis of unnatural azidosugars in Helicobacter pylori pseudaminic acid biosynthetic pathway |
Danielle Dube |
| Khristianna Jones '10 |
Testing Episodic-like Memory in Rats by Acquiring a Taste Aversion |
Seth Ramus |
| Adam Kaplan '09 |
Examination of cilia diversity between C. elgans populations |
Mike Palopoli |
| Alex Keeney '09 |
Isotocin and its Effect on Social Approach Behavior in Goldfish |
Rick Thompson |
| Maria Koenigs '09 |
A New Glow: Using azidosugar metabolism in conjunction with the Staudinger ligation to selectively image H.pylori |
Danielle Dube |
| Claire Lewkowicz '09 |
The Role of Trehalose in the Mycobacterial Cell Wall |
Peter Woodruff |
| Pablo Obregon '09 |
The Role of WAKs in Cell Expansion |
Bruce Kohorn |
| Terrence Pleasant Jr. '09 |
The role of the hippocampus in the expression of episodic-like memories in rats |
Seth Ramus |
| Nicholas Sanchez '09 |
Evolutionary origins of demodex peromysci taken from nine subspecies of mice from the genus peromyscus |
Jeff Nagle |
| Pawat Seritrakul '11 |
Functional analysis of retinoic acid signaling in zebrafish tooth development |
Bruce Kohorn |
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| Idea Network of Biomedical Research Excellence Summer Fellowship |
| Fellow |
Research Project |
Faculty Mentor |
| Julie Endrizzi '09 |
Demodex: a Species Comparison using Genetic Methods |
Mike Palopoli |
| Emily Gabranski '09 |
Neuromodulatory Effects of SIFamide on Motor Patterns of the Stomatogastric Ganglion in C. irroratus |
Patsy Dickinson |
| Molly Kwiatkowski '11 |
Hormonal control in the American lobster by midgut-dervied peptides |
Patsy Dickinson |
| Haley McHugh '09 |
The Candida albicans Protein IPF12319 and its Relationship with Fluconazole Resistance |
Anne McBride |
| Matthew Shew '09 |
Identifying the substrates of ppGalNAcT-2 using the novel Golgi two-hybrid assay |
Danielle Dube |
| Caitlin Stauder '10 |
Functional analysis of the role of BMP signaling in zebrafish tooth development |
William Jackman |
| Claire Williams '10 |
Characterization of Serine Peptidase in Cricket Neuronal Regeneration |
Hadley Horch |
| Teerawat Wiwatpanit '11 |
Effects of neuropeptide GAHKNYLRFamide on American lobster Homarus americanus Cardiac Ganglion |
Patsy Dickinson |
| James Yoo '09 |
Analysis of Hedgehog Function in Zebrafish Tooth Development |
William Jackman |
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| Kent Island Summer Fellowship |
| Fellow |
Research Project |
Faculty Mentor |
| Nathan Elliott '09 |
Bowdoin Scientific Station |
Robert Mauck |
| Nathan Johnson '09 |
Bowdoin Scientific Station |
Robert Mauck |
| Mary Miller '09 |
Bowdoin Scientific Station |
Robert Mauck |
| Kathryn Nichols '09 |
Bowdoin Scientific Station |
Robert Mauck |
| Allison Weide '08 |
Bowdoin Scientific Station |
Robert Mauck |
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| Kibbe Science Fellowship |
| Fellow |
Research Project |
Faculty Mentor |
| Elise Krob '10 |
Automatic Color Calibration in Robotics |
Eric Chown |
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| Edward E. Langbein Sr. Summer Research Award |
| Fellow |
Research Project |
Faculty Mentor |
| Leah Stecher '10 |
A Study of the Prodigious in Seventeeth Century France |
Katherine Dauge-Roth |
| Janice Tong '08 |
Blackface and Passing Revisited: Spectatorship and Liminality of Racial Identity Inversion in Black Theatre |
Elizabeth Muther |
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| Littlefield Summer Fellowship |
| Fellow |
Research Project |
Faculty Mentor |
| Zoe Anaman '10 |
Purification and Optical Spectroscopy of Long, Synthetic Polyenes |
Ron Christinson |
| Oronde Cruger '11 |
Cp*Quinoline Cobalt complexes |
Rick Broene |
| Maria Nicolais '10 |
Oxidation and Uptake of Gaseous Species |
Laura Voss |
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| Maine Space Grant Consortium Fellowship |
| Fellow |
Research Project |
Faculty Mentor |
| Alison Chase '09 |
Groundtruthing Buoy Fluorometer with Multiple Color Parameters |
Ed Laine |
| Jaclyn Davis '10 |
Understanding recovery capabilities of the cricket auditory system |
Hadley Horch |
| Susanna Kimport '09 |
Thompson's Group and Public Key Crytography |
Jennifer Taback |
| Morgan MacLeod '09 |
Neutron Star Seismology: Analyzing the Neutrino Signal from newly Formed Neutron Stars |
Thomas Baumgarte |
| Daniel No '09 |
Variation in Vasotocin Receptor Genes of Goldfish and its Implications for Variation in Receptor Expression and Basic Social Behavior |
Rick Thompson |
| Erin Taylor '09 |
VMathematical Modeling of the Neurologic Feedback Loop in the Cardiac Ganglion of the Lobster |
Patsy Dickinson |
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| Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship |
| Fellow |
Research Project |
Faculty Mentor |
| Rory Brinkman '10 |
An Alternative to Masculine Domination: An Act of Faith |
David Collings |
| Jasmine Graham '10 |
Negotiation of Internal Orientalism in Urban China: An Analysis of KTV Hostesses’ Performances |
Nancy Riley |
| Christine Kue '09 |
CIEE program in Cambodia |
Henry Lawrence |
| Fatoumatta Kunjo '10 |
A Modern Jali in a Traditional Context: Jaliba Kuyateh’s Songs |
David Gordon |
| Lynzie McGregor '09 |
University of Chicgo Summer Research Training Program |
Scott Sehon |
| Ahmad Muhammad '10 |
Making Space for Creativity in Jazz Education |
Dino Anderson |
| Tony Perry Jr. '09 |
University of Chicgo Summer Research Training Program |
Liz Muther and Anthony Walton |
| Rebecca Schouvieller '10 |
The Uncommon Palatine-Mohawk Relationship |
Birgit Tautz |
| Jessica Walker '09 |
University of Chicago Summer Research Training Program |
Krista van Vleet |
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| Nyhus Travel Grant |
| Fellow |
Research Project |
Faculty Mentor |
| David Thomson '08 |
Honors Project Funding |
Dallas Denery |
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| Paller Research Fellowship |
| Fellow |
Research Project |
Faculty Mentor |
| Julia Bond '09 |
The Relationships between Female Pheromones and Testosterone in Eliciting an Approach Response in Male Goldfish |
Richmond Thompson |
| Emily Gabranski '09 |
Neuromodulatory Effects of SIFamides on Motor Patterns of the Stomatogastric Ganglion in the crab |
Patsy Dickinson |
| Matthew Ginther '09 |
The Hippocampus and the Memory for Sequence of Events |
Seth Ramus |
| Nicholas Simon '09 |
Temporal Dynamics of Association Cortex-Parahippocampal Interactions in a Delayed Nonmatched to Sample Memory Task in Rats |
Seth Ramus |
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| RoboCup Fellowship |
| Fellow |
Research Project |
Faculty Mentor |
| Nicholas Dunn '09 |
Machine calibration of robotic vision |
Eric Chown |
| Tucker Hermans '09 |
RoboCup |
Eric Chown |
| Andrew Lawrence '10 |
RoboCup |
Eric Chown |
| George Slavov '09 |
RoboCup |
Eric Chown |
| Johannes Strom '09 |
RoboCup |
Eric Chown |
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| Rusack Coastal Studies Fellowship |
| Fellow |
Research Project |
Faculty Mentor |
| Alexandra Bassett '09 |
The Coastal Resource: A Scientifically Oriented Visual Study |
James Mullen |
| Annie Hancock '10 |
Squirrel Point Light: the Restoration of Maine's Built Environment |
Wiebke Theodore |
| Alexa Kaubris '09 |
From Hills to Coast: Our Androscoggin |
Dewitt John |
| Wallace McFarlane '09 |
In the Shadow of the Clean Water Act: Environmental Regulation and Local Knowledge in the Androscoggin River and Merrymeeting Bay |
Matt Klingle |
| Jessica McGreehan '08 |
On a Boat that is Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place: An Exploration of Women's Experiences in the Maritime Industry |
Nancy Riley |
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| Surdna Foundation Undergraduate Research Fellowship |
| Fellow |
Research Project |
Faculty Mentor |
| Julia Bond '09 |
The Relationships between Female Pheromones and Testosterone in Eliciting an Approach Response in Male Goldfish |
Rick Thompson |
| Christopher Carlin '09 |
Examining the effects of over-expression of an arginine methyltransferase on filamentation in the pathogenic yeast Candida albicans |
Anne McBride |
| Robert Halliday '09 |
Squaring the War Triangle: The Road to the Golan Runs Through Beirut |
Shelley Deane |
| Daniel Hetherman '09 |
Further Characterization of the role of Synapotbrevin in Cricket Auditory System |
Hadley Horch |
| William Oppenheim '09 |
Educational NGO's and Religious Minorities in Contemporary India |
Sara Dickey |
| William Pope '09 |
Charting the Logical Geography of Darwinian Metaethics |
Scott Sehon |
| Liza Shoenfeld '09 |
Hormonal stress responses and social behavior in the goldfish, Carassius auratus |
Rick Thompson |
| Tanya Todorova '09 |
OG induced, WAK2 dependent mechanism of ROS burst response in Arabidopsis thaliana |
Bruce Kohorn |
| Samuel Tung '09 |
Mythologies and their Meanings in a Contemporary Graphic Novel |
Anthony Walton |
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Award Recipients
Summer Research
Langbein fellow, Aleph Cervo '14, composes a piano quintet. Click here for a video.
Curiosity Peaked: Grua/O'Connell fellow, Danica Loucks '13, hikes the Appalachian trail.
Student poet, Katie Kinkel '13, explores many poetic voices thanks to the Surdna Foundation.
Coastal Studies Summer Fellows present summer reserach projects.
Psi Upsilon fellow, Rachel Courtault '13, seals career goals during internship with Maine Conservation Voters.
Surdna Foundation fellow, Jae Bradley '13, contributes research to boost global food production.
Funded by the Gibbons Summer Research Internship, Rachel Pollinger '15 fuses mathematics and storytelling.
Langbein fellow, Tariq Haq '12, creates 'Elemental' beauty at local school.
Surdna foundation fellow, Kristen Stogsdill '13, teams up with a Bowdoin alumna to research public health and young mothers.
Martha Reed Coles fellow, Max Brandstadt '13, explores Buddhism's subversive edge.
There's a Bowdoin App for that: Rob Visentin '14 uses funds from the Gibbons Summer Research Internship to create build new campus guide.
Jessica Laplante '12 helps heal migrant farm workers with help from the Preston Public Interest Career Fund.
