Thursday, April 30, 2020
8:30 am - 9:30 am
Faculty Moderator: Dr. Daniel Kelly
Ashlynn Morin— Determining Armillaria species across Mount Baldy (Faculty Sponsor, Dr. Peter Avis)
Samuel Ziants - The overall effects of implementing jigsaw learning in a General Chemistry course (Faculty Sponsor, Dr. Daniel Kelly)
Ethan Paul Aubuchon, Ian S. Taschner, Briana Shrage, Christopher J. Ziegler - Synthesis and Cu(I/II) chelation of aza-thia[14]-ane containing N-substituted pendant amino phosphonic acid arms (Faculty Sponsor, Dr. Harold Olivey)
9:45 am - 10:45 am
Faculty Moderator: Dr. Ming Gao
Samantha Nowakowski - ADHD and the Glucose Metabolism (Faculty Sponsor, Dr. Ming Gao)
Donnai Casillas - Obstructive Sleep Apnea in the Setting of Comorbidities (Faculty Sponsor, Dr. Ming Gao)
Kyle Burch - Cancer Immunotherapy (Faculty Sponsor, Dr. Harold Olivey)
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Faculty Moderator: Dr. Gianluca Dimuzio
Niko Pina - Existentialism: The Development and Psychological Benefit (Faculty Sponsor, Dr. Gianluca Dimuzio)
Karley Spriggs - Contemporary Views on the Theory Evolution (Faculty Sponsor, Dr. Stephen Zolvinski)
Ariana Villarreal - Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Invisible Disease (Faculty Sponsor, Dr. Stephen Zolvinski)
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Faculty Moderator: Professor Jennifer Greenburg
Kayleigh Margis - Oppression and Obeah: Misnaming and Un-naming to Shift Power Dynamics in Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea (Faculty
Sponsor, Dr. Cara Lewis)
Heather Edmonds - The Implications of ZIKV in Lain America on Impoverished Women’s Equality (Faculty Sponsor, Dr. Margaret Pollak)
Christopher Hartz - I Made This (Faculty Sponsor, Professor Jennifer Greenburg)
2:15 pm – 3:35 pm
Faculty Moderator: Dr. Spencer Cortwright
Erin Cassidy - Dungeons and Dragons: The Gendered Allure of Fantasy (Faculty Sponsor, Dr. Stephen Zolvinski)
Heather Harwood - Tattoos of Us (Faculty Sponsor, Dr. Stephen Zolvinski)
Mariah Allen - Species Richness and Evenness and Their Influence on Ecosystem Diversity (Faculty Sponsor, Dr. Spencer Cortwright)
Benjamin Macuga - Spread of Invasive Species via Deer (Faculty Sponsor, Dr. Spencer Cortwright)
Friday, May 1, 2020
8:30 am - 9:30 am
Faculty Moderator: Dr. Jen Fisher
Angad Sidhu - Investigating Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase Genes on Escherichia coli Plasmids from NWI Waterways (Faculty Sponsor, Dr. Jen Fisher)
John Campbell - Lipid 2: A target for Antibiotics (Faculty Sponsor, Dr. Jen Fisher)
George Beshara, Mahmoud Ahmed, Bryan Ubanwa, Taeok Bae - Screening transposon mutant library of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus for mutants with altered sensitivity toward four antimicrobial agents (Faculty Sponsor, Dr. Jen Fisher)
9:45 am - 10:45 am
Faculty Moderators: Dr. Maureen Rutherford
Rama Alsakaji, Adeel Shafiq, Emma M. DiPasquo, Jessica A. Lara, and Maureen L. Petrunich-Rutherford - Effects of Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) on Anxiety-like Behavior and Whole-body Cortisol Levels in Adult Zebrafish Exposed to Chronic Crowding Stress (Faculty Sponsor, Dr. Maureen Rutherford)
Niko Pina - Anxiolytic Effects of Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) in Socially Isolated Zebrafish (Danio rerio) (Faculty Sponsor, Dr. Maureen Rutherford)
Julian Kettaneh - Epigenetics of Addiction (Faculty Sponsor, Dr. Jen Fisher)
11:00 am -12:00 pm
Faculty Moderator: Dr. Michael LaPointe
Jerome Wyrobek - Multiple Sclerosis and the path to a cure (Faculty Sponsor, Dr. Michael LaPointe)
Zulema Martinez - Neutrophil Role in Periodontal Disease (Faculty Sponsor, Dr. Michael LaPointe)
Mariam Silman - Factors Influencing Dental Osseointegration (Faculty Sponsor, Dr. Harold Olivey)
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Faculty Moderator: Dr. Jen Fisher
Mark Mason - Septic system-associated Fecal Contamination in Lake Michigan Tributaries (Faculty Sponsor, Dr. Jen Fisher)
Palak Patel - Utilizing Wastewater as a Screening Method for Emerging Colistin Resistance in Northwest Indiana (Faculty Sponsor, Dr. Jen Fisher)
Avi Sahi - The Role of Muscle Mass and Body Composition on Diabetes (Faculty Sponsor, Dr. Michael LaPointe)
2:15 pm - 3:35 pm
Faculty Moderator: Dr. Peter Avis
Raskirth Singh - Biomarkers in Alzheimer's Disease (Faculty Sponsor, Dr. Peter Avis)
Brittany Armstrong - Using a Microcomputer to Manage an Indoor Garden (Faculty Sponsor, Dr. Tia Walker)
Laila Nawab - Quantification of Nepetalactone in Nepeta cataria Grown Hydroponically (Faculty Sponsor, Dr. Ian Taschner)
Jeffrey Dykstra - Hydroponic Growth and Examination of Catnip and Catmint Species (Faculty Sponsor, Dr. Ian Taschner)