#  2023 REU Participant, Mentors and Projects 

 



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##  2023 REU Participants, Mentors and Projects 

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### **Isabel Carino-Bazan**  
**Lehigh University**

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



   ![Teo Cooper](/sites/g/files/omnuum6871/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/oeb-reu/files/teo_cooper_square.jpg?itok=s5xdl_WA) 

 

### **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](/sites/g/files/omnuum6871/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/oeb-reu/files/martin_fernandez_square.png?itok=kPeF89DD) 

 

### **Martin Fernandez**  
**Syracuse University**

**Faculty mentor:** Javier Ortega-Hernandez (OEB)  
**Project:** Hydrodynamics of Radiocont Carapaces



   ![Mataeus Funderburk](/sites/g/files/omnuum6871/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/oeb-reu/files/mataeus_funderburk_square.jpg?itok=5C7X0WIx) 

 

### **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](/sites/g/files/omnuum6871/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/oeb-reu/files/dakota_law_square.jpg?itok=I1d2binc) 

 

### **Dakota Law**  
**Smith College**

**Faculty mentor:** George Lauder (OEB)  
**Project:** Hydrodynamic Function of Shark Skin Scales



   ![Traysea Nycole Malama-Auger](/sites/g/files/omnuum6871/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/oeb-reu/files/traysea_malama-auger_square.jpg?itok=74SNQIN5) 

 

### **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](/sites/g/files/omnuum6871/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/oeb-reu/files/ivanellys_medina-tirado_square.jpeg?itok=oJU59SS-) 

 

### **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](/sites/g/files/omnuum6871/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/oeb-reu/files/lauren_merrill_square.jpeg?itok=YOo0_Sc-) 

 

### **Lauren Merrill**  
**Belmont University**

**Faculty mentor:** James Mallet (OEB)  
**Project:** Moth Madness: Monitoring Biodiversity in Urban Habitat Fragments



   ![Jonathan Sarasa](/sites/g/files/omnuum6871/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/oeb-reu/files/jonathan_sarasa_square.jpg?itok=Hcbde5qW) 

 

### **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](/sites/g/files/omnuum6871/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/oeb-reu/files/grant_wass_square.jpeg?itok=V5DXXKVp) 

 

### **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)