#  2021 REU Participant, Mentors and Projects 

 



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##  2021 REU Participants, Mentors and Projects 

Sort   ![Ana Betancourt REU 2021](/sites/g/files/omnuum6871/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/oeb-reu/files/ana_betancourt.png?itok=3GvVrsD0) 

 

### **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 REU 2021](/sites/g/files/omnuum6871/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/oeb-reu/files/nicole_s._lopez_vega.png?itok=Vq5UhxEl) 

 

### **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 REU 2021](/sites/g/files/omnuum6871/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/oeb-reu/files/alison_mangano.png?itok=M_y3R669) 

 

### **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 REU 2021](/sites/g/files/omnuum6871/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/oeb-reu/files/frances_marie_s._panday.png?itok=hK6hVi7G) 

 

### **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 REU 2021](/sites/g/files/omnuum6871/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/oeb-reu/files/desiree_pante.png?itok=RfnFK4c-) 

 

### **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 REU 2021](/sites/g/files/omnuum6871/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/oeb-reu/files/marilena_papavassiliou.png?itok=fkCD-XYy) 

 

### **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  REU 2021](/sites/g/files/omnuum6871/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/oeb-reu/files/makaleh_smith.png?itok=jyoppaBf) 

 

### **Makaleh Smith**   
**The New School**

**Faculty mentor:** Ned Friedman (OEB)  
**Project:** The evolution of hygroscopic movement in a clade of dimorphic ferns