Nine Biological Sciences students are among 21 students receiving Ohio University Student Enhancement Award funding for their original research, scholarship and creative work this spring.
The Student Enhancement Awards are funded by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Creative Activity and administered by the Council for Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity, which is appointed by Faculty Senate.
The program received 44 proposals with a total funding request of $239,990. Students may request up to $6,000 per proposal.
For more information about the program, visit www.ohio.edu/research/funding.
Graduate Student Winners
Ryan Brown
Ryan Brown (graduate student, Biological Sciences), “Assessing the Impacts of Water Quality on Recruitment of Eastern Hellbenders (Cryptobranchus a. alleganiensis),” $5,993; Mentor: Viorel Popescu
Tyler Goerge
Tyler Goerge (graduate student, Biological Sciences), “Spatial Learning in a Warming World: The thermal sensitivity of cognition in tree lizards, Urosaurus ornatus,” $6,000; Mentor: Donald Miles
Donald Morgan
Donald Morgan (graduate student, Biomedical Sciences), “Back to the Sea: Evolutionary convergence and constraint in the vasculature, brain and nasal cavity in extinct secondarily aquatic sauropsids, $5,874; Mentor: Lawrence Witmer
Mahima Sanyal
Mahima Sanyal (graduate student, Biological Sciences and Molecular and Cellular Biology Program), “Analysis of Differences in Mutational Patterns of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Different Environmental Settings,” $6,000; Mentor: Tomohiko Sugiyama
Courtney Silver-Peavey
Courtney Silver-Peavey (graduate student, Biological Sciences), “Bioaccumulation of Imidacloprid in Hemlock Leaf Litter in the Hocking Hills and its Effects on Wood Frog Larvae,” $5,930; Mentor: Popescu
Emily Watts
Emily Watts (graduate student, Biological Sciences), “Range Limit Evolution in the Cumberland Plateau Salamander,” $5,700; Mentor: Shawn Kuchta
Shiyu Yuan
Shiyu Yuan (graduate student, Biological Sciences and Molecular and Cellular Biology Program), “Investigate the Role of Bone Morphogenetic Protein (BMP-2) in Osteoblastic Bone Metastasis Induced by Canine Prostate Cancer Cells,” $5,954; Mentor: Thomas Rosol
Undergraduate Student Winners
Nicole Hess
Nicole Hess (undergraduate student, Honors Tutorial College, Biological Sciences), “Genetic Characterization of Protein Complex Involved in Hearing Loss in Mice,” $6,000; Mentor: Soichi Tanda
Jackson Krejsa
Jackson Krejsa (undergraduate student, Biological Sciences), “The Effects of Weight Cycling on the Intestinal Microbiome,” $6,000; Mentor: Ed List
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