#  2022 REU Participant, Mentors and Projects 

 



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##  2022 REU Participants, Mentors and Projects 

Sort   ![Michael Cheng](/sites/g/files/omnuum6871/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/oeb-reu/files/michael_cheng.jpeg?itok=gD74Hm-v) 

 

### **Michael Cheng**  
**University of Massachusetts, Amherst**

**Faculty mentor:** George Lauder (OEB)  
**Project:** Upregulated WNT signaling changes zebrafish facial morphology



   ![Lena Heinrich](/sites/g/files/omnuum6871/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/oeb-reu/files/lena_heinrich.jpg?itok=jOeOqL9n) 

 

### **Lena Heinrich**  
**University of Vermont**

**Faculty mentor:** Elena Kramer (OEB)  
**Project:** Nectary development across columbine (*Aquilegia*) species with different pollinators



   ![Autumn Hildebrand](/sites/g/files/omnuum6871/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/oeb-reu/files/autumn_hildebrand.jpeg?itok=7EF2JraG) 

 

### **Autumn Hildebrand**  
**Rice University** 

**Faculty mentor:** Benjamin de Bivort (OEB)  
**Project:** Sleep deprivation and its impact on circadian rhythm in *Drosophila melanogaster*



   ![Karl Hill](/sites/g/files/omnuum6871/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/oeb-reu/files/karl_hill.jpeg?itok=XSiYeE8E) 

 

### **Karl Hill**  
**North Carolina State University**

**Faculty mentor:** Mansi Srivastava (OEB)  
**Project:** Imaging and quantification of brain regeneration in the three-banded panther worm (*Hofstenia miamia*)



   ![Jared Jaroszewski](/sites/g/files/omnuum6871/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/oeb-reu/files/jared_jaroszewski-crop.jpg?itok=hF2V3eku) 

 

### **Jared Jaroszewski**  
**St. Mary's University, San Antonio, TX**

**Faculty mentor:** Erin Hecht (HEB)  
**Project:** Influence of genetic and social factors on dog-human communication



   ![Abby Ross](/sites/g/files/omnuum6871/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/oeb-reu/files/abby_ross.jpeg?itok=7hGOeImZ) 

 

### **Abby Ross**  
**Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute**

**Faculty mentor:** Peter Girguis (OEB)  
**Project:** Eastern oyster physiological tolerance to ocean acidification