2008 Bowdoin Research Fellows


Beckman
Fellow Research Project Faculty Mentor
Samuel Minot '08  
 Molecular genetics of the human follicle mite Mike Palopoli     
                            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


 James Stacy Coles Undergraduate Research Fellowship
    Fellow     Research Project Faculty Mentor
Nicholas Selden '09     
 Enzymatic synthesis of a committed, unnatural pseudaminic acid substrate Danielle Dube        


Martha Reed Coles Undergraduate Research Fellowship
           Fellow             
                        Research Project                       
  Faculty Mentor 
Maud Taber-Thomas '09
 The Art and Philosophy of Ruskin and the Pre- Raphaelites
 James Mullen


            Henry L. and Grace Doherty Charitable Foundation Coastal                  Studies Research Fellowship
      Fellow    
 Research Project FacultyMentor 
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


 Faculty Research Grant Fellowship
     Fellow
  Research Project FacultyMentor 
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
 N/A Laura Toma
Christopher 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             


                             Freedman Summer Research Fellowship                                     in Computer Science
 Fellow   Research Project  FacultyMentor
Jeremy Fishman '09      
 Cognitive Robotics                               
 Eric Chown       


                                   Freedman Summer Research Fellowship                                     in Coastal/Environmental Studies
 Fellow  Research Project  FacultyMentor
Mark Newman '09  
 The Influence of Chemical Structure on Contaminant Retention in Soils Dharni Vasudevan


 Gibbons Summer Research Internship
  Fellow   Research Project   FacultyMentor
Angela Fabunan '11       
 N/A
 Chuck Dorn
Hillary Hooke '09
 N/A                                             Genevieve LeMoine & Susan Kaplan
Jacob Christopher '09
 N/A
 Brad Burnham & Dale Syphers
Benjamin Lovell '10
 N/A
 Patrick Rael 
Duncan Masland '11
 N/A
 Matt Klingle
Christopher Necchi '10
 N/A Peter Lea & Janet Martin           


                               Peter J. Grua and Mary G. O'Connell                                         Faculty/Student Research Fellowship
   Fellow    Research Project    FacultyMentor
Norah Maki '09 The Isolated Nature of Incidence
 Anna Hepler


Howard Hughes Medical Institute Summer Fellowship
 Fellow Research Project  FacultyMentor
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
 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
 William Jackman      


                            Hughes Family Summer Research Fellowship                                 in Environmental Studies
  Fellow   Research Project   FacultyMentor
Ross Cowman '10        
 Aquatic Plant (Vallisneria americana) colonization and transplantation in Merrymeeting Bay
 John Lichter  


                            Idea Network of Biomedical Research Excellence                             (INBRE) Summer Fellowship
  Fellow   Research Project   FacultyMentor
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 developmen
 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


                     Idea Network of Biomedical Research Excellence                          (INBRE) Pre-Doctoral Fellowship
  Fellow   Research Project   FacultyMentor
James Harris '08        
 The Role of a Pushover Homologue in Compensatory Dendritic Regeneration in Gryllus bimaculatus
 Hadley Horch       
Louis David Lord '08             
 Rapid Steroidal Influences on Visually Guided Social Behavior in Male Goldfish
 Rick Thompson


 Kent Island Summer Fellowship
  Fellow   Research Project   FacultyMentor
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
Meredith Steck '09
 Bowdoin Scientific Station
 Robert Mauck
Allison Weide '08
 Bowdoin Scientific Station
 Robert Mauck


 Kibbe Science Fellowship
  Fellow   Research Project   FacultyMentor
Elise Krob '10
 Automatic Color Calibration in Robotics
 Eric Chown


 Edward E. Langbein Sr. Summer Research Award
  Fellow   Research Project   FacultyMentor
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                       


 Latin American Studies Research Grant
  Fellow   Research Project   FacultyMentor
Michelle Argueta '09
                                                   
 Allen Wells
Julia Seltzer '09
  
 Enrique Yepes


 Littlefield Summer Fellowship
  Fellow   Research Project   FacultyMentor
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


 Maine Space Grant Consortium Fellowship
  Fellow   Research Project   FacultyMentor
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
 Mathematical Modeling of the Neurologic Feedback Loop in the Cardiac Ganglion of the Lobste
 Patsy Dickinson                       


 Mellon Global Environmental Studies Student Fellowship
  Fellow   Research Project   FacultyMentor
Emily Guerin '09
 Indigenous Rights and Natural Resource Exploitation
 Allen Wells


 Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship
  Fellow   Research Project   FacultyMentor
Rory Brinkman '10
  
 Liz Muther       
Jasmine Graham '10
  
 Liz Muther
Christine Kue '09
  
 Liz Muther
Fatoumatta Kunjo '10
  
 Liz Muther
Lynzie McGregor '09
 University of Chicgo Summer Research Training Program
 Liz Muther
Ahmad Hassan Muhammad '10
  
 Liz Muther
Tony Perry Jr. '09                  
 University of Chicgo Summer Research Training Program
 Liz Muther
Rebecca Shouvieller
  
 Liz Muther
Jessica Walker '09
   Liz Muther


 Nyhus Travel Grant
  Fellow   Research Project   FacultyMentor
David Thomson '08 Honors Project Funding
 Dallas Denery


 Paller Research Fellowship
  Fellow   Research Project   FacultyMentor
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                                       


 RoboCup Fellowship
  Fellow   Research Project   FacultyMentor
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


 Rusack Coastal Studies Fellowship
  Fellow   Research Project   FacultyMentor
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


 Surdna Foundation Undergraduate Research Fellowship
  Fellow   Research Project   FacultyMentor
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 III '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


 Nellie C. Watterson Fellowship in the Creative and Performing Arts
  Fellow   Research Project   FacultyMentor
Katharine Sherman '09
 Playwriting: Intensive Work in Collaborative Environment
 Davis Robinson


 Wolstencroft Summer Research Fellowship
  Fellow   Research Project   FacultyMentor
David Falkof '09
 Health Care Access and Morbidity in Urban China
 Rachel Connelly