Faculty Student Summer Research Program
2016 Research Projects

For summer 2016, there are 99 students and 39 faculty members working on 57 different projects.

Projects

• Assessment: Learning, Strengthening and Connecting OP Scholars:
  Strengthening Connections, Effective Networks Between Scholars
  Bernard Rios, anthropology, with Aldin Medunjanin '16, Royce Paris '17
  
  
• Consumption Photographic Series
  Sarah Sweeney, art, with Paris Baillie ’17, Piers Boyce ’16, Erin Barry ’16, Matt Fenster ’16
  
  
• Swans at the Lake: Updating a History of Buddhism in America
  Benjamin Bogin, Asian studies, with Emily Cheung ’17
  
  
• Effect of Alcohol and Cannibinoids on Nervous System Development
  Jennifer Bonner, biology and neuroscience, with Aggie Brojakowska ’17, Sylvana
  Finn ’18, Timothy Lehmberg ’16
  
  
• Characterization of the structural components of the cell wall and the
  polar expansion mechanisms of Penium margaritaceum: the role of cellulose
  David Domozych, biology, with Alan Xaio ’19, Kalika Likhi ’19, Wenhui
  Zhao ’18, Berke Tinaz ’16, Emily Singer ’16
  
  
• Invasion of land: Using the model Charophyte Penium margaritaceum to
  elucidate subcellular responses to stress that were key in the evolution
  of land plants
  David Domozych, biology, with Kurt Hanebrink '18, Eleanore Ritter '18
  
  
• Young Cell Biology Scholars Institute Camp Counselors
  David Domozych, biology, with Gabrielle Mascarin '18, Jonathan Stricker '17
  
  
• Bacterial Copper and Silver Resistance
  Sylvia McDevitt, biology, with Cheyanne Slocum ’17, Lena Khudoynazarova ’17,
  Gabrielle Mascarin ’18, Bryan Zepeda-Carranza ’17
  
  
• Simultaneous effects of lithium chloride and ethanol on fruit
  fly circadian rhythms: A model for drug interactions in the
  treatment of bipolar disorder
  Bernie Possidente, biology, with Lisa Leung ’17
  
  
• Masking effects of light on circadian activity rhythms in a transgenic fruit
  fly model of Alzheimer’s Disease
  Bernie Possidente, biology, with Alexandra Fall ’18
  
  
• Social Wasps as Biocontrol Agents
  Monica Raveret Richter, biology, with Bruce Martin ’18
  
  
• Social Media, Local Engagement, and Personal Relationships: The Case of
  Large and Small Restaurants
  Ela Lepowska-White, management and business, with Sarah Rinaolo ’17
  
  
• Developing Portable Testing Devices Using Open-Source Hardware
  Kim Frederick, chemistry, with Martin Bedulskij ’18
  
  
• Development of a Plastic Microfluidic Device for Malaraia Diagnosis
  Kim Frederick, chemistry, with Emily O’Connor ’19 (Schupf Scholar)
  
  
• Development of a Paper-Based Diagnostic for Malaraia
  Kim Frederick, chemistry, with Laura Swenson ’19 (Schupf Scholar)
  
  
• TIMDA and [3+4] Allyl Cation
  Ray Giguere, chemistry, with Matthew Leuckheide ’17, Matthew Mailloux ’18, Killian
  Grider ’18
  
  
• Statistical Analysis of Molecular Dynamics Simulations
  William Kennerly, chemistry, with Charles Clayton ’18
  
  
• Quantam Mechanics of Tryptophan Fluorescence
  William Kennerly, chemistry, with Justin Gerard ’17, Alexandra Cassell ’19 (Schupf
  Scholar), Charles Clayton ’18
  
  
• Practical Isotopic Labelling via H-D Exchange (PILE)
  Jessada Mahatthananchai, chemistry, with Robyn Stix ’18, Matthew Lueckheide ’17,
  Miary Rasoanaivo ’18
  
  
• Cloning of the regulatory system pcoRS from Enterobacter cloacae ATCC13047
  Sylvia McDevitt, chemistry, with Sthorme Pyrame ’18
  
  
• Study of the Oxidation of Chemisorbed Organic Compounds by Nonthermal Plasma
  Juan Navea, chemistry, with Claudia Bennett-Caso ‘19
  
  
• Photochemistry of Semivolatile Organic Compounds Chemisorbed on Titanium Dioxide
  Juan Navea, chemistry, with Erin Mah ’19
  
  
• Computational Methods in Heterogeneous Atmospheric Chemistry
  Juan Navea, chemistry, with Christopher Ostaszewski '18

• Investigating Nanoparticles’ Surface Molecules during the Preparation of Colored Polymers
  Maryuri Roca, chemistry, with Hannah Skipper ’17
  
  
• Dual Routes for Asparaginyl-tRNA Formation in Bacilli, and Genetic Code Expansion with
  Pyroglutamate
  Kelly Sheppard, chemistry, with Karli Rasmussen ’18, Caitlin Schroder ’18, David
  Sweezy ’17, Meggie Danielson ’17, Hannah Schapiro ’17, Emily Williams ’18, Lindsay Ophel ’17
  
  
• Nanotechnology: Innovation and Industry Booms in Developing Countries
  Monica Das, economics, with Lucas Raynaud ’17
  
  
• Strategizing Community Outreach in a Documentary Film: Memories of a Penitent Heart
  Cecilia Aldarondo, English, with Molly Fulton ‘17
  
  
• Broad and Microscale Controls on Plant Litter Decomposition across Climatic and
  Plant Community Gradients
  Kurt Smemo, environmental studies, with Jen Christiano ’18, Daniel Casarella ’18
  
  
• Flipping the COIN: Analysis of Human Rights Abuses by the Indian Armed Forces in Kashmir
  Yelena Biberman-Ocakli, political science, with Trevor Cloen ’18
  
  
• Using Geospatial Information to Study Election Reforms
  Christopher Mann, political science, with Henry Jaffe ’18
  
  
• Understanding the Effects of Election Official Discretion
  Christopher Mann, political science, with Chloe Singer ’18
  
  
• Effects of a Combined Protein and Antioxidant Supplement (PRO+AO) on Muscle
  Recovery in College-Aged Males
  Stephen Ives, health and exercise sciences, with Alex Matias ’18, Noelle Morrow ’19, Samuel
  Bloom ’17
  
  
• Elliptic Curves over Finite Fields
  Mark Huibregtse, mathematics, with Chen Lin ’18
  
  
• Moneyball for Softball
  Michael Lopez, mathematics, with Jillian Strileckis ’18
  
  
• S3M Sophomore Transitional Program
  Becky Trousil, mathematics, with Diana Alonzo '19, Tiffany Henao '19, Roxanna Martinez '19,
  Veronica Mierzejewski '19, Celeste Munoz Perez '19, Brittany Newsome '19
  
  
• Remapping History in Bennington’s Park-McCullough Estate Using Locative Sound
  Design for Mobile Devices
  Adam Tinkle, media and film studies/MDOCS, with Emily Rizzo ’18
  
  
• Analysis of Succinic Acid Treatment on Mice Models of Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 1
  Sara Lagalwar, neuroscience, with Donna Nguyen ’18, Eliza Burr ’17
  
  
• Optogenetic Assessment of the Roles of Neuropeptide Neurons in Regulating Sleep
  Christopher Vecsey, neuroscience, with Brianne Cook ’18, Ben Juneau ’18
  
  
• Changes in Sleep and Biological Rhythms in Fruit Flies Due to Exposure to Parasitic Wasps
  Christopher Vecsey, neuroscience, with Sara Fontana ’18
  
  
• The Effect of Supplementary Aids on Solution Methods to Kinematics Problems
  Evan Halstead, physics, with Erin Maloney ’18 (Schupf Scholar)
  
  
• Constraining Nonstandard Inflationary Models
  Evan Halstead, physics, with Akaylia Morgan ’18, Dante Tobar ’18
  
  
• Cool Gas Accretion from the Cosmic Web
  Mary Crone Odekon, physics, with An Phi ’18, Erin Maloney ’18, Henry Thoreen ’18
  
  
• Cold Gas Accretion from the Cosmic Web
  Mary Crone Odekon, physics, with Kelly Cantwell '18, Thomas Cane '19, Christian Todd Jensen '16
  
  
• The Development of Parafoveal Processing in English Readers
  Rebecca Johnson, psychology, with Libby Oehrlein ’17
  
  
• Developing a Method to Assess Sociosexual Motivation in Rodents
  Hassan Lopez, psychology, with Morgan Lavoie ’17
  
  
• Evaluation of a Gratitude Group Intervention for College Students
  Mark Rye, psychology, Kristen Schiavo ’17
  
  
• Assessing an Intervention Targeting Knowledge and Stigma about Social Anxiety Disorder
  Casey Schofield, psychology, with Gabby Ponzini ’18
  
  
• Appearance and Function’s Role in Distinguishing Animate and Inanimate Objects
  Jessica Sullivan, psychology, with Julia Iannucci ’17
  
  
• Early Pragmatic Inferences: Two- and Three-Year-Olds’ Ability to Make Pragmatic Inferences
  Jessica Sullivan, psychology, with Katherine Williams ’17
  
  
• Restorative Justice in Universities: What Works
  David Karp, sociology, with Megan Schacter ’17

STUDENT RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS THROUGH THE NEW YORK 6 UPSTATE-GLOBAL COLLECTIVE PROGRAM

• Indigenous Ethnic Group Identification and Cultural Beliefs about Land and Resources ("Indigeneity, Sustainability, and Human Rights" project)
  Brien Ashdown, Psychology Department, Hobart and William Smith College, with Genesis Moran Guerrero ’18
  
  
• Non-Native Species Control in Upstate New York ("Indigeneity, Sustainability and Human Rights" project)
  Meghan Brown, Biology Department, Hobart and William Smith College, with Jamila Roth ’17
  
  
• Riparian Invasions in the Context of Landscape Change ("Upstate and Global Impacts of Invasive Species" project)
  Joshua Ness, Environmental Studies and Sciences, Skidmore College, with Rafaela Iturralde ’18
  
  
• 2016 Summer Research Fellow in Cay Anderson-Hanley's Healthy Aging & Neuropsychology Lab ("Care and Support in Aging Communities" project)
  Cay Anderson-Hanley, Psychology Department, Union, with Zachariah Arnold ’18
  
  
• Mapping Delhi ("Marginalized Communities and Urban Centers" project)
  Vikash Yadav, Political Science Department, Hobart and William Smith College, with Yidi Wu ’17
  
  
• Can Immigrants and Refugees Save Dying Cities? ("Marginalized Communities and Urban Centers" project)
  Navine Murshid, Political Science Department, Colgate University, Sarah Coker ’19  and Rula Issa ’17
  
  
• Cities as Sites of Creative Protest ("Marginalized Communities and Urban Centers" project)
  Nimanthi Rajasingham, English Department, Colgate, with Andrea Sumrall ’19