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Camp Summer Student Projects 2018

Investigating the Role of Reward Subcircuits in Methamphetamine Addiction Vulnerability

Student
Jacqueline Beltran
Biopsychology

Mentor(s):
Chelsea Brown

Faculty Sponsor(s)
Karen Szumlinski

Department(s):
Psychological and Brain Sciences
Determining the Role of Insects in the Spread and Maintenance of the Amphibian-Killing Fungus

Student
Alyssa Byer
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Mentor(s):
Tatum Katz
Grace DiRenzo
Renwei Chen

Faculty Sponsor(s)
Cherie Briggs

Department(s):
Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology
Characterizing the Sequence and Function of Vargula tsujii soroluciferase to Understand Bioluminescence Evolution

Student
María del P. González García
Biology, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez

Mentor(s):
Nicholai M. Hensley

Faculty Sponsor(s)
Todd Oakley

Department(s):
Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology
Strategies for Improving Triplet-Triplet Annihilation Upconversion in Organic Semiconductors

Student
Carolina Espinoza
Chemical Engineering

Mentor(s):
Brett A.Yurash

Faculty Sponsor(s)
Thuc-Quyen Nguyen

Department(s):
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Divergent Synthesis of ABn Block Copolymers via Functional Sugar Cores

Student
Allison Koopman
CCS Chemistry

Mentor(s):
Morgan Schulze

Faculty Sponsor(s)
Christopher Bates

Department(s):
Materials