2023 REU Participant, Mentors and Projects

Isabel Carino-Bazan

Isabel Carino-Bazan
Lehigh University

Faculty mentor: Hopi Hoekstra, OEB
Project: Exploring the Genetic Basis of Tan Streak Mutation in Deer Mice

Teo Cooper

Teo Cooper
Pitzer College

Faculty mentor: Elena Kramer, OEB
Project: Behind the Curve: An Evolutionary and Genetic Analysis of Spur Shape in Aquilegia

 

Martin Fernandez

Martin Fernandez
Syracuse University

Faculty mentor: Javier Ortega-Hernandez, OEB
Project: Hydrodynamics of Radiocont Carapaces

Mataeus Funderburk

Mataeus Funderburk
North Carolina State University, Raleigh

Faculty mentor: Naomi Pierce, OEB
Project: The Tracks of My Research: Biodiversity of Early Tetrapods in the Carboniferous Upland

Dakota Law

Dakota Law
Smith College

Faculty mentor: George Lauder, OEB
Project: Hydrodynamic Function of Shark Skin Scales

Traysea Nycole Malama-Auger

Traysea Nycole Malama-Auger
Florida State University

Faculty mentor: Scott Edwards, OEB
Project: Eye Spy: INvestigating the Evolutionary Drivers of Iris Coloration in Manakins (Pipridae)

Ivanellys Medina Tirado

Ivanellys Medina Tirado
University of Puerto Rico, Humacao

Faculty mentor: Charles Davis, OEB
Project: Investigating the Microbial Diversity Within the Tropical Plant Family Malpighiaceae

Lauren Merrill

Lauren Merrill
Belmont University

Faculty mentor: James Mallet, OEB
Project: Moth Madness: Monitoring Biodiversity in Urban Habitat Fragments

Jonathan Sarasa

Jonathan Sarasa
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Faculty mentor: Terry Capellini, HEB
Project: Lions & Sea Lions & Bears, Oh My: Utilizing Museum Specimens to Study Ossification Sequence of Carnivoran Taxa

Grant Wass

Grant Wass
Palomar College

Faculty mentor: Gonzalo Giribet, OEB
Project: Thinking of Thrasychirus: Evolutionary and Phylogenetic Analysis of South American Long-Legged Harvesters (Ararhnida, Opiliones, Neopilionidae)