Student Research Presentations

Fall 2020 Student Research Virtual Symposium

On November 13th and 14th, 2020 the Wyoming Research Scholars Program held it's first ever Virtual Symposium. For this online conference, WRSP undergraduate fellows uploaded their presentations on their current STEM research and research interests in advance and then answered questions from conference attendees via zoom. The event provided an opportunity for Research Scholars to share their work in a safe, convenient, and engaging setting.

Fall 2020 Student Research Virtual Symposium - 10 Minute Talks

Mercedes Bartels

Understanding the cellular basis of microcephaly

Emma Dixon

Exploring Human elephant conflict in Southern India

Eloise Fadial

Fabrication of Cell Response Microfluidic Chambers with Optimized Fluid Exchange

Colin Finlay

Sequence-based investigation of soil antibiotic resistance in the wake of a wildfire

Kaatje Fisk

Understanding the Role of IL-12 in Acute Toxoplasma gondii Infection

Natasha Heins

Harvard Forest and insect damage

Sophia Helmkamp

Hydrogen Pyrolysis: Determining the Black Carbon Content of Biomass

Caleb Hoopes

Photochemical Modification of Tryptophan in Biological Systems

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Sai Kit Ng

Importance of Qa-1b for the generation of adaptive immunity during T. gondii infection

Brock Parker

Confirming exoplanets from NASA's transiting exoplanet survey satellite

Aeriana Roth & Andrea Schmitt

Fabrication of Microfluidic Devices to Optimize Experiment Environments

Ethan Rowe

Behavioral predictors and effects of parasites on colony initiation in bumble bees

Alicia Thoney

SARS-CoV-2 Testing Forms

Tanner Warder

Migratory learning

Fall 2020 Student Research Virtual Symposium - 3 Minute Lightning Talks

Brandon Bryngleson

Gender differences in STEM: Why female-oriented students decline pursuing STEM related higher education

Wren Buchenroth

Wastewater remediation using algae and stimulating bacteria

Kellyn Chandler

Nutrition and How it Affects Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep Pneumonia Survivability

Hanna Crockett

Research Interests - Kinesiology

Andromeda Erikson

Fish Stomach Content Analysis and Implications for Evolutionary Change in the Wind River Range

Silas Goetz

Background on the Pumpkin Hollow Deposit in the Yerington District, NV

Ema Kurbos-Cooper

Research Interests Concerning Humans and the Environment

Hannah Linde

Variation in phenotypic plasticity patterns of a native snail when exposed to a novel predator chemical cue

Ian Lovell

Impact of packaging and light conditions on shelf life ground beef

Isabella Mijares

Early literacy skills in dual-language children

Molly Murnane

The Effect of Optimizing Drought Tolerance and Invasion Resistance on Water Uptake and Nutrient Cycling

Kianna Olson

Reverberation Mapping NGC 2617

Benjamin Romanjenko

Chloroplast gene levels: response to drought

Lauren Sauley

Geology and astrobiology

Austin Stephen

Characterizing Algorithm Features in Automated Algorithm Selection

Hunter Swilling

Exploring Circuit Mechanisms of Neurodegenerative Diseases Using Miniature Fluorescence Microscopy