2021 REU Participant, Mentors and Projects | Department of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology

2021 REU Participants, Mentors and Projects

Ana Betancourt University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras Faculty mentor: Robin Hopkins (OEB) Project: Does pollination mode predict floral traits in North American Silene species?	Nicole S. López Vega University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras Faculty mentor: Robin Hopkins (OEB) Project: Evolution of floral traits within the Phlox genus in relation to pollinator identity.
Alison Mangano De Anza College Faculty mentors: Daniel J. Jacob and Loretta J. Mickley (SEAS) Project: The potential sources and sinks sesponsible for the 2020 increase in methane concentration.	Frances Marie S. Panday University of Maryland, College Park Faculty mentor: Daniel J. Jacob and Loretta J. Mickley (SEAS) Project: U.S. trends in wildfire smoke derived from satellite and airport data from 2010-2020.
Desiree Pante Hunter College Faculty mentor: Scott Edwards (OEB) Project: Comparative mass spectrometry-based proteomics reveals proteins in blood plasma associated with age-related phenotypes and social reproductive behavior in Jays.	Marilena Papavassiliou University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Faculty mentor: Cassandra Extavour (OEB) Project: Using bioinformatics analyses to reveal association between piRNAs and long-term memory in adult crickets.
Makaleh Smith The New School Faculty mentor: Ned Friedman (OEB) Project: The evolution of hygroscopic movement in a clade of dimorphic ferns