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Early Research Experience in Science Student Outcomes for 2005

Arzu Arat
Colan Baldyga
Allison Boyd
Erin Colbert-White
Ryan Gingo
Olivia Hernandez
Tarika Mansukhani
Punya Navaratnarajah
Matthew Perkett
Marina Sodagar
Jennifer Swank
Jenna Walters

Arzu Arat
ERES Year:  2005
Advisor:  J. Thompson, Biology
Graduated Denison:  2008
Post Denison:
Transferred back to Istanbul, Turkey to finish undergraduate study
Presentation:
Thompson J.S., Bostelman L.J., Keller A.M., and Arat, A. 2006.“Histone H3 plays diverse roles in post-replication repair and nucleotide excision repair of UV-damaged DNA (poster).”  Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology Meeting.
Publication:
Bostelman L.J., Keller A.M., Albrecht A.M., Arat A., and Thompson J.S.2007.“Methylation of histone H3 lysine-79 by Dot1p plays multiple roles in the response to UV damage in Saccharomycescerevisiae.” DNA Repair. 6, 383-395.
Colan Baldyga
ERES Year:  2005
Advisor:  E. Liebl, Biology
Graduated Denison:  2006 BA; Biology
Post Denison:
Database has no information re post-Denison work or school.
Presentation:
LieblE.C., Baldyga, C.L., Bickle, L.L., Bishop, A., Dean, K.E., Kopeke, M., Manohar, R.R., McCall, J.R., McCroskey, J., Smith, J.A., and Seeger M.A. 2007.“A screen for dominant enhancers of a trio mutant phenotype.” Given at the 48th Annual Drosophila Research Conference.”Philadelphia, PA.
Allison Boyd
ERES Year:  2005
Advisor:  G. Smith, Biology
Graduated Denison:  2006 BS; Biology
Post Denison:
Present:Working as an Emergency Medical Technician
September 07’:Applying to Nursing and PA schools
Publication:
Boyd, A., Ogle, M.E., Smith, G.R., Lemos-Espinal, J.A., and Dibble,C.J.2007. “Anolis nebulosus.” Diet. Herpetol. Rev. 38: 75.
Dibble,C.J, Boyd, A., Lemos-Espinal, J.A., Smith, G.R., and Ogle, M.E. 2007. “Callisaurus draconoides. Diet and clutch size.” Herpetol. Rev. 38: 75-76.
Dibble,C.J., Boyd, A., Ogle, M.E., Smith, G.R., Lemos-Espinal, J.A. 2007. Phyllodactylus tuberculosus. Diet. Herpetol. Rev. 38: 81.
Smith, G.R., Dibble,C.J., Boyd, A., Ogle, M.E., Terlecky, A.J., and Dayer, C.B. “MS. Bufo americanus. Hindlimb deformities.” Herpetol. Rev.in press.
Winter, K.E., Smith, G.R., Lemos-Espinal, J.A., Ogle, M.E., and Boyd, A. “MS. Leptodactylus melanotus.” Diet. Herpetol. Rev. in press.
Smith, G.R., Lemos-Espinal, J.A., and Dibble,C.J., Ogle, M.E., Schulte, J.J., Terlecky, A.J., and Boyd, A. “MS. Observations on the diets of an anuran and eight lizard taxa from Sonora, Chihuahua, and Coahuila, Mexico, with some notes on clutch sizes.” Bull. Maryland Herpetol. Soc. in press.
Erin Colbert-White
ERES Year:  2005
Advisor:  C. Brooks, Psychology
Graduated Denison:  2007 BS; Psychology
Post Denison:
Fall 07’ – Present:PhD in Animal Cognition, Univ. Georgia
Publication:
Brooks, D.C., Rojewski, A.M., and Colbert-White, E.N. "Restraint stress reduces Pavlovian spontaneous recovery in rats: Implications for frustration and context theories.” Learning & Behavior. In Prep.
Ryan Gingo
ERES Year:  2005
Advisor:  M. Fuson, Chemistry
Graduated Denison:  2008
Presentation:
2006.“An investigation of the motions of enkephalins using NMR spin relaxation.”232nd American Chemical Society Meeting and Exposition. San Francisco, CA.
Olivia Hernandez
ERES Year:  2005
Advisor:  S. Chin-Parker, Psychology
Graduated Denison:  2007 BA; English
Post Denison:
Fall 07’ – Present: MS in Industrial Systems Engineering
Presentation:
Chin-Parker, S., Hernandez, O., and Matens, M. 2006. “Explanation in Category Learning. in R. Sun & N. Miyake (Eds.)”Proceedings of the 28th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Mahwah, NJ.
Chin-Parker, S., Hernandez, O., and Matens, M. 2006. “Explanation as Category Learning.” Poster presented at the 47thAnnual Meeting of the Psychonomics Society. Houston, TX.
Tarika Mansukhani
ERES Year:  2005
Advisor:  M. Neal, Math
Graduated Denison:  2007 BA; Economics and Math
Post Denison:
Database has no further information.
Presentation:
2005.“Linear Coding with m-uniform n-k frames and erasures" Ohio Regional MAA Conference. University of Dayton.
Punya Navaratnarajah
ERES Year:  2005
Advisor:  P. Kuhlman, Chemistry
Graduated Denison:  2007 BS; Chemistry
Post Denison:
Fall 07’ – Present:PhD Biophysics, Univ. North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Presentation:
Navaratnarajah, P., McKay, S.L., and Kuhlman, P. 2006.“Isolation and characterization of rpoA genes encoding the rapidly evolving alpha subunits of the plastid encoded RNA polymerases in Pelargonium.” Poster presentation American Chemical Society Fall 2006.
Matthew Perkett
ERES Year:  2005
Advisor:  S. Doty, Physics
Graduated Denison:
2008
Presentation:
Doty, S.D., Everett, S.E., Perkett, M., Shirley, Y.L., Evans II, N.J., and Palotti, M.L. 2005.“Inferring the structure and local conditions of starless cores:3D models meet observations.” Contributed to Protostars and Planets V.Waikaloa, HI.
Marina Sodagar
ERES Year:  2005
Advisor:  K. Mead, Biology
Graduated Denison:
2008
Presentation:
Sodagar, M. and Mead, K. 2006. “Does antennule morphology vary between two populations of the crayfish Cambarus cavatus?” The Ohio Journal of Science April Program Abstracts 106: A34
Jennifer Swank
ERES Year:  2005
Advisor:  K. Hutson. Math
Graduated Denison:  2007 BA; Economics and Math
Post Denison:
Fall 07’:Started LawSchool
Jenna Walters
ERES Year:  2005
Advisor:  L. Romano, Biology
Graduated Denison:  2007 BS; Biology and Chemistry
Post Denison:
Fall 07’ – Present: Dental School The Ohio State Univ.
Presentation:
Walters, J.L., Binkley, E.M., Thaman, K., and Romano, L.A. 2006.“Evolutionary analysis of the cis-regulatory region of SM50, a gene that is essential for skeletogenesis in the sea urchin.” Developmental Biology of the Sea Urchin Meeting.Woods Hole, MA.
Walters, J.L., Binkley, E.M., Haygood, R., and Romano, L.A. 2006.“Evolutionary analysis of the cis-regulatory region of SM50, a gene that is essential for skeletogenesis in the sea urchin.” Society for Developmental Biology Meeting.Ann Arbor, MI.
Publication:
Walters, J.L., Binkley, E.M., Haygood, R. and Romano, L.A.2007.“Evolutionary analysis of the cis-regulatory region of SM50 in S. purpuratus and several closely related species of sea urchins.” Submitted.