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Undergraduate Research Award Recipients 2007-2008

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Summer 2008 UROP Award Recipients

  • Achorn, Catherine
    The resilience of the coral Pocillopora damicornis when damaged by lesioning and when exposed to an acidified environment
    Professor: Kaufman, Les
  • Amin, Bakr
    Role of E-cadherin N-linked glycosylation in cellular dishohesion in oral cancer
    Professor: Kukuruzinska, Maria
  • Anderson, Bryan
    Synthesis and Fluorescence measurement of platinum and gold double salt "nanowires"
    Professor: Doerrer, Linda
  • Avery, Deborah
    Construction and Operation of a Dark Matter Detector
    Professor: Doerrer, Linda
  • Beauharnais, Catherine
    Memory Processing in REM and NREM dreams
    Professor: McNamara, Patrick
  • Bellin, Daniel
    Evaluating and Utilizing Computerized Tomography for Improved Measurement of Bone Properties
    Professor: Morgan, Elise
  • Bentson, Sam
    Influence of Bipolaron Formation on Polaron Movement in Conducting Polymers
    Professor: Lin, Xi
  • Borogovac, Azra
    RNA visualization by Protein Complementation Assay in Live Yeast Cells
    Professor: Broude, Natalia
  • Caldwell, Colleen
    Development of a Multimedia Database at Boston University's International History Institute
    Professor: Nolan, Cathal
  • Carleton, Matthew
    Unveiling of the Large Hadron Collider - Implementation of data analysis software and other time-sensitive tasks
    Professor: Sulak, Lawrence
  • Carruthers, Emily
    Redefining the model of barrier island formation on a paraglacial coast: Plum Island, MA
    Professor: Fitzgerald, Duncan
  • Casey, Caitlin
    Consequences of Reproductive Mode Plasticity in a Neotropical Treefrog: How Does Egg Mortality Vary with Oviposition Site
    Professor: Warkentin, Karen
  • Chen, Xi
    Regulation of NRF1 Expression in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells by Estrogen Receptors
    Professor: Hansen, Ulla
  • Connor, Caitlin
    Automated Initialization of HCl and Automated Recovery from Breakdwn of HCI Features of Camera Mouse for Users with Severe Disabilities
    Professor: Betke, Margrit
  • Coyne, Francis
    Elucidating NFAT's Role in the Induction of Immediate Early Genes in Quiescent Cells by Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3 Inhibition       
    Professor: Cooper, Geoffrey
  • Davidoff, Katie
    Mapping Angiotensin II Response Elements in the myomaxin Promoter
    Professor: Naya, Francisco
  • De Groot, Jack
    Benchmarking Procedures and Optimization of the DNA Microarray Fabricator
    Professor: Unlu, Selim
  • Deane, Christopher
    Active 3-D Vision in a Humanoid Robot
    Professor: Rucci, Michele
  • Derricks, Kelsey
    Mechanical and Biochemical Properties of Artificial Gelfoam Lung Constructs
    Professor: Nugent, Matthew
  • Desai, Hetal
    Rhodium Cataltzed Intramolecular [2+2+2] Cyclizations of Dialkynylenones and the Application to the Synthesis of the Pseudopterozazole Natural Products
    Professor: Snyder, John
  • Dietrich, Scott
    Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of High Temperature Superconductors
    Professor: Zimmerman, George
  • Eriksen, Ryan
    Gas Diffusion Coefficient Measuring for Optimal use in Hydrogen Generation
    Professor: Gopalan, Srikanth
  • Exner, Natalie
    The NEO PI-R Personality Inventory in a Barbadian Cohort: Assessing the Effects of Early Malnutrition on Personality Development
    Professor: Galler, Janina
  • Farquhar, Laura
    Vietnam Era Twin Study of Aging
    Professor: Lyons, Michael
  • Fennimore, Raphael
    Understanding the Spatial Ecology of Adult Ammodytes dubius and their Relationship with select Zooplankton
    Professor: Kaufman, Les
  • Fraine, Andrew
    Precise characterization of chromatic dispersion (CD) and polarization mode dispersion (PMD) using broadband frequency-entangled states of light
    Professor: Sergienko, Alexander
  • Garcia, Carolyn
    The role of the hippocampus in the acquistion of an object-context association across learning
    Professor: Eichenbaum, Howard
  • Gibbons, Rachel
    Investigating the Mutations for Hereditary Fructose Intolerance in Non-European Ethnic Groups
    Professor: Tolan, Dean
  • Gill, Natasha
    Creation of Expression Vectors to Aid in the Structural Determination of NEMO Protein-An Essential Component of the NF-kB Signal Transduction Pathway
    Professor: Gilmore, Thomas
  • Godfrey, Karen
    Compositional Dependence of Seismic Wave Velocities in Obducted Slices of the Earth's Upper Mantle
    Professor: Raul, Ulrich
  • Golden, Rachel
    Effects of Environmental Stressors on the Regeneration of Pocilopora damicornis
    Professor: Kaufman, Les
  • Grunenfelder, Denise
    Studies Toward the copper-mediated asymmetric synthesis of usnic acid
    Professor: Porco, John
  • Haley, Bethany
    Preliminary Assessment of Carbon Sequestration in Northeastern United States Forests
    Professor: Finzi, Adrien
  • Horton, Brendan
    Development of a Model system for the Study of B-cell Lymphoma
    Professor: Gilmore, Thomas
  • House, David
    Image Analysis of Microogranisms: Developing a System for the Detection, Segmentation, and Tracking of Cells and Cell Populations
    Professor: Betke, Margrit
  • January, Kathleen
    Characterization of Unique and Overlapping Functions of Three Estrogen Receptor Genes During Early Development Using Morpholino Knock-down Strategies in Zebrafish (Danio rerio)
    Professor: Callard, Gloria
  • Jezmir, Julia
    The role of inflammasome hyper-activation in Type 2 Diabetes
    Professor: Nikolajczyk, Barbara
  • Kang, Catherine
    Physiological Aspects of White NoseSyndrome in New England Bats: Body Condition and Fat
    Professor: Kunz, Thomas
  • Kosar, Cyrus
    Interrupted Time Series Analysis of Desegregation and Resegregation
    Professor: Rossell, Christine
  • Kumar, Ramya
    Understanding the role of SMAD 1/5/8 in Sea Urchin Neurogenesis
    Professor: Bradham, Cynthia
  • Laskorski, Paul
    Toward Operational Global Monitoring of Landcover Change
    Professor: Woodcock, Curtis
  • Lee, Kathleen
    Synthesis of analogs of the human PDE5 inhibitor Slidenafil to develop structure-activity relationships against trypanosomal PDEB1 and PDEB2
    Professor: Pollastri, Mike
  • Lee, Kent
    Biosynthesis of isotopically labeled IspG& IspH substrate analogs using the prokaryotic isoprenoid pathway
    Professor: Liu, Pinghua
  • Leung, Aileen
    Analysis of Mid-oogenesis Cell Death Effectors in Drosophila melanogaster
    Professor: McCall, Kim
  • Lewis, Andrew
    Investigation into the Structure and Mechanism of a Series of Binuclear Noheme Iron Model Catalysts
    Professor: Caradonna, John
  • Lewis, Jehnna
    Analysis and Translation of the First German Psychiatric Periodical, "Allgemeine Zeitschrift fur Psychiatrie und physisch-gerichtliche Medizin" Regarding the Possible Cultural Causation of Fuctional Mental Illness
    Professor: Greenfeld, Liah
  • Lomask, Laurie
    An Edition of the Letters of Benito Perez Galdos
    Professor: Smith, Alan
  • Long, Adra
    Study of Proto-Oncogene Expression in Testosterone-treated Endometrium
    Professor: Kuohung, Wendy
  • Lorenzi, Magen
    Drug Self-Administration in Rats: Evaluating Possible Treatments for Cocaine Dependence
    Professor: Widmaier, Eric
  • Lykken, Christine
    The role of NMDA receptor hypofunction in schizophrenia
    Professor: Eichenbaum, Howard
  • Maingot, Dominique
    Coral Reef Monitoring and Conservation in Indonesia's Sulawesi Region
    Professor: Busher, Peter
  • Matsuura, Bryan
    Total Synthesis of miRNA repressor Kallopterolide
    Professor: Stephenson, Corey
  • McDougal, Erin
    Effect of shell disease on mate selection in the American lobster, Homarus americanus
    Professor: Atema, Jelle
  • Miranda, Maria
    Towards High Oxidation State Nickel Alkoxide Complexes
    Professor: Doerrer, Linda
  • Ontaneda, Jennifer
    Children's understanding of pictures as categorical and symbolic representations (part of Early Development of Pictoral Competence Project)
    Professor: Banea, Patricia
  • Pham, Hannah
    "Metal-Breathing" in Biology: Understanding the Electron Transfer Proceses of Shewanella oneidensis
    Professor: Elliott, Sean
  • Pilon, Daniel
    Metamaterial Micro-Electrical Mechanic Systems (MEMS) Components for Spectroscopic Detection and Identification Using Terahertz Radiation
    Professor: Averitt, Richard
  • Portalatin, Manuel
    Identification of 5-HT2C receptors on GABA-expressing neurons in Xenopus brain
    Professor: Yamaguchi, Ayako
  • Rabbani, Ayesha
    Identification of Cognin and associated proteins in Embryonic Chick Glial Cells
    Professor: Hausman, Robert
  • Rago, Florencia
    Kinetic Studies of Aldolase A Substrate Specificity via Fluorescence Spectrophotometry Visualization of Movement
    Professor: Tolan, Dean
  • Riley, Danielle
    Effect of Visual Factors on a Pleasurable Activity of Daily Living - Playing Bingo
    Professor: Cronin-Golomb, Alice
  • Salimi, Qasim
    What is the role of 5'adenylylsulfate kinase in primary Sulfur metabolism and how does this contribute to glucosinolate biosynthesis?
    Professor: Celenza, John
  • Sarraju, Ashish
    Construction of Mutant Double-Lanthanide Binding Tags for impoved Crystallization
    Professor: Allen, Karen
  • Sassani, Jessica
    Racial Disparities in HIV Testing Behaviors among Sexually Experienced Young Women: Associations with Routine Medical/Gynecological Care
    Professor: Hahm, Hyeouk Chris
  • Sibley, Adam
    Designing and Implementing a Strategy for Validating Global Land Cover Data Sets Derived from Remote Sensing
    Professor: Friedl, Mark
  • Smartt, Caroline
    Past and Present Landscape Change and the Intensification of Disease: A Comparative Analysis of Three Agro-Ecological Disease Environments in Sub-Saharan Africa
    Professor: McCann, James
  • Smetana, Corey
    Family Interaction and the Course and Treatment of Depression in Youth
    Professor: Tompson, Martha
  • Stucker, William
    Using FPGAs to Accelerate Applications in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
    Professor: Herbordt, Martin
  • Sullivan, Caroline
    Phonemic Restorative Mechanisms and Magnetoencephalography Imaging Analysis
    Professor: Liederman, Jacqueline
  • Tsui, Rachel
    Investigating the Mechanistic and Structural Properties of PKU-Inducing Mutants of Phenylalanine Hydroxylase through Enzymatic and Crystallographic Methods
    Professor: Caradonna, John
  • Wincott, Charlotte
    Differential contributions of hippocampal subregions to sequential memory
    Professor: Eichenbaum, Howard
  • Xiong, Michael
    IL-16 induced T regulatory cell recruitment to the lungs
    Professor: Cruikshank, William
  • Yuan, Menglu
    The effect of GluR1 inhibition on inducing cocaine relapse
    Professor: Pierce, R. Christopher
  • Zahedi, Bita
    Effects of mercury contamination on the immune function and stress physiology of Eptesicus fuscus and Myotis lucifugus
    Professor: Kunz, Thomas
  • Zimmerman, Jonah
    The Response of Acoustically Driven Oscillating Bubbles Suspended in Xanthan Gel
    Professor: Porter, Tyrone


Spring 2008 UROP Award Recipients

  • Averill, Colin
    Organic Nitrogen Uptake On an Elevational Gradient in a Cold Northeastern Temperature Forest: Using 15N Isotope Anaysis and Ectomycorrhizal Abundance in Search of a Correlation.
    Professor: Finzi, Adrien
  • Avery, Deborah
    A Search for Dark Matter
    Professor: Ahlen, Steve
  • Banigan, Meredith
    Synthesis of Isotopically Labeled IspG, IspH Substrates and Substrate Analogs in the Prokaryotic Isoprenoid Biosynthetic Pathway
    Professor: Lui, Pinghua
  • Bastian, Daniel
    Determination of CLN3 Promoter Activity in Primary Neurons
    Professor: Tullis, Gregory
  • Beck, Morgen
    Gender Roles and Technological Progress
    Professor: Olivetti, Claudia
  • Buttlar, Magdalena
    Can Anti-Predator Odor Signals from Other Fish Species Enhance the Brain Development of Young Nicaraguan Cichlids?
    Professor: Abate, Maria
  • Chappell, Scott
    Evaluation of the Interactive Role of Matrix Microenvironments and Muscle Growth Factors in Muscle Stem Cell Growth, Differation and Pattern Formation In Vitro
    Professor: Montano, Monty
  • Chau, Jimmy
    Pervasive Ecological Monitorin Using Wireless Video Sensor Networks
    Professor: Little, Thomas
  • Colgan, Amy
    Development of a Low Frequency Sonar Transducer
    Professor: Nagem, Raymond
  • Correia, Kevin
    DNA Sensing via Nanoelectronic Devices
    Professor: Mohanty, Pritiraj
  • Cotter, Hayley
    The Politics of Reform: Devising a Politically Feasible Strategy to Change the U.S. Healthcare System
    Professor: Davidson, Stephen
  • Curtis, Caitlin
    Stobi Archaeological Archives Project
    Professor: Wiseman, James
  • De Groot, Jack
    Benchmarking and Optimization Procedures of the DNA Microarray Fabricator
    Professor: Unlu, Selem

  • Dolby, Greer
    Mid-Pleistocene Transition: Investigating the Regolith Hypothesis
    Professor: Raymo, Maureen

  • Donaghey, Julie
    Dissecting the Myospryn and Dystrophin Interaction         
    Professor: Naya, Francisco
  • Donahou, Tanya         
    Olfactory Bulb Imaging in Awake Behaving Head-Fixed Mice
    Professor: Wachowiak, Matt

  • Dresselhaus, Erica
    Conservation of the NF-kB Signal Transduction Pathway in the Sea Anemone Nematostella Vectensis
    Professor: Gilmore, Thomas

  • Edquist, Sara
    Function of NF-kB Allele in Oxidative Stress Response of Starlet Sea Anemones, Nematostella Vectensis
    Professor: Finnerty, John
  • Ennis, Thomas
    Evaluating a Role for NF-kB Essential Modulator (NEMO) Oxidative Stress
    Professor: Gilmore, Thomas

  • Exner, Natalie
    NEO PI-R Personality Inventory in a Barbadian Cohort: Assessing Cross-Cultural Applicability and the Effects of Malnutrition on Personality
    Professor: Galler, Janina
  • Garton, Sarah
    Perspectives on an Egalitarian Work Environment: An Ethnography of South End Press, a Collectively Run Book Publisher
    Professor: Lindholm, Charles
  • Gaumond, Jillian
    Factors Associated with HIV Testing Among Women of Color
    Professor: Hahm, Hyeouk Chris

  • Gordon, Justin
    Optimizatin of DNA Structure Determination on a Capillary Electrophoresis Instrument
    Professor: Tullius, Thomas
  • Hashimoto, Daniel
    Response Properties of of Mechanorecepors and Chemoreceptor Cells Involved in Odor-Plume Tracking Behavior in the American Lobster
    Professor: Atema, Julie

  • Hazra, Aniruddha
    A Model Cell System for Characterizing the Role of the REL Transcription Factor in Human B-Cell Lymphoma
    Professor: Gilmore, Thomas
  • Henning, Brian
    Data Aquisition by a Custom Ethernet Interface Circuit
    Professor: Kearns, Ed

  • Ho, Karen
    Charaterization of Expression Patterns of Estrogen Receptors, Estrogen Responsive Genes, and Neural Phenotypes Using Knock-Down (Morpholino) Strategies in Living Zebrafish Embryos
    Professor: Callard, Gloria
  • Hong, Sam
    Copper Mediated Suzuki-like Cross Coupling of Functionalized Triazines Followed by Inverse Electron Demand Deils-Alder Cycloadditions
    Professor: Snyder, Tom

  • Hubbard, William
    Conductivity and Raman Spectra of Graphene Under Extreme Physical Conditions
    Professor: Goldberg, Bennett

  • Hunter, Ryan
    Novel User Interfaces to Multi-Robot Control
    Professor: Baillieul, John
  • Imes, Catherine
    Changes in Protein Localization and Concentration in Diabetic Retinopathy
    Professor: Eldred, William

  • Ivzan, Nadav
    Optical Fiber Based Retinal Innervating Device
    Professor: Passaglia, Christopher

  • Jareczek, Fancis
    Effects of Monolith and Sample Compositions on Pressure Gradients in Point-of-Care Diagnostic Services
    Professor: Klapperich, Catherine

  • Jiang, Zhixing
    Threshold Mating Hippocampal and Amygdalar MAPK Activation in Female Rats
    Professor: Erskine, Mary
  • Johnson, Natalie
    Serotonin in the Pheidole Dentata Minor Worker Ant: the Relationship Between Age and Task Performance
    Professor: Traniello, James
  • Kay, Janet
    Paleoethnobotanical Analysis of Samples from Vinca, Serbia
    Professor: Borojevic, Ksenija

  • Krause, Alexander
    A Scientific Research Collection Omnibus
    Professor: Swan, Anna
  • Laskorski, Paul
    Toward Operational Global Monitoring of Landcover Change
    Professor: Woodcock, Curtis
  • Lattizori, David
    REBUILD: Designing, Implementing, and Financing Green Energy Solutions
    Professor: Kulatilaka, Nalin
  • Li, Hsi Hua
    Is There a Role for Gluathione-S-Transferases in the Synthesis of Glucosinolates in Arabidopsis?
    Professor: Celenza, John
  • Lorenzi, Magen
    Effect of Dietary Restriction of Mice
    Professor: Widmaier, Eric
  • Maloney, Meghan
    Fumagillol Based Small Molecule Library Synthesis
    Professor: Snyder, John
  • McAdams, Matthew
    Phonemic Restorative Mechanisms and Magnetoenccphalography Imaging Analysis
    Professor: Liederman, Jacqueline
  • Miranda, Maria
    Towards High Oxidation State Nickel Complexes
    Professor: Doerrer, Linda
  • Moore, Katherine
    Neural Basis of Opiate Reward
    Professor: Kaplan, Gary
  • Mohommad,
    Activity of Postsubicular Head Direction Cells During Rapid Eye Movement Sleep
    Professor: Hasselmo, Michael
  • Nguyen, Nam Quoc
    Plasmon Coupling Based Single Prion Protein Detectors
    Professor: Reinhard, Bjorn
  • Notini, Jillian
    How do Biogenic Amines Influence Social Behavior in Ants?
    Professor: Traniello, James

  • Orrey, Danielle
    The Civil War Economy of Mogadishu: Modern Day Development Implications of Historical Phenomenon
    Professor: Manfredi, Victor
  • Philip, Cynthia
    Neural Basis for Opiate Reward
    Professor: Kaplan, Gary
  • Pilon, Daniel
    Mathematical Microelectrical Mechanic Systems Components for Spectroscopic Detection and Identification Using Terahertz Radiation
    Professor: Averitt, Richard
  • Pujol, John
    Cambridge Housing Authority Green Energy Proposal
    Professor: Kulatilaka, Nalin
  • Rios, Aydan
    Genetic Identification of Cryptic Species Among Regional Color Morphs in the Indonesian-West Pacific
    Professor: Barber, Paul
  • Rozenberg, David
    Application of SRIB Biosensor for Medical Diagnostics of Rabbit Hepatits B Virus
    Professor: Unlu, Selem
  • Russo, Brian
    Retinal-Cognin Interacts with Integri-B3 to Mediate Cell Adhesion
    Professor: Hausman, Robert
  • Sanan, Akshay
    Role of the redox regulation of beta arrestin
    Professor: Pimental, David
  • Sarraju, Ashish
    Crystal Studies of Mutant Double Lanthanide Binding Tags Designed to Enhance MRI Contrast
    Professor: Allen, Karen
  • Sassani, Jessica
    Comparing HIV STD Testing Behaviors of Asian American and Pacific Islander Adolescents to those of Three Other Ethnic Groups
    Professor: Hahm, Hyeouk (Chris)
  • Schell, Adam
    Studies Towards the Synthesis of the Epithiadiketopiperazine Natural Product Vertihemiptellide A
    Professor: Porco, John
  • Small, Jessica
    Purification of the Outer Membrane Protein from the Non-Pathogenic Bacterium Neisseria Lactamica, and Characterizations of its TLR-Mediated Activity
    Professor: Massari, Paolo
  • Smetana, Corey
    The Influence of Family on Preadolescent Depression
    Professor: Tompson, Martha
  • Sous, Natalie
    Evaluation of a Clinical Intervention for Women with Postpartum Mood Disorders and Their Infants
    Professor: Paris, Ruth
  • Stephens, Ashley
    Violence Against Women Screening at Boston Medical Center: A Critical Review
    Mentor: Stevens, Lynne
  • Teng, Hsiaoching
    An Experimental Test of a Prediction of Enhanced Foam Drainage via Shear Vibration
    Professor: Holt, Glynn
  • Todorova, Lela
    Physical State of Polymer Nanometer Films Above the Glass Temperature of the Polymer in Bulk
    Professor: Tsui, Ophelia
  • Tsang, Kelly
    Effect of Kuwanons and their Synthetic Mimics on Gastric-Releasing Peptide Receptors Mediated Pancreatic Cancer Cell Prolifieration
    Professor: Weber, Christian
  • Vazques, Allen
    The Supply Chain of Clean Energies: Who is Financially Benefitting?
    Professor: Joglekar, Nitin
  • Vedula, Rahul
    Detection of Antigen Binding to Antibody Microarray Surface Using Label-Free Imaging
    Professor: Unlu, Selem
  • Wang, Joyce
    The Role of SIRT1 in Esophageal Cancer Cell Growth and Survival
    Professor: Dai, Yan
  • Werden, Leland
    Linking Nitrogen Cycling to Long Term Carbon Uptake in a Mid-Latitude Hardwood-Conifer Forest
    Professor: Finzi, Adrien

  • Wheatley, Susan
    Effects of Forest Clear Cuts on Nitrogen Isotope Ratios in Tree Rings
    Professor: Templer, Pamela
  • Wojnarowicz, Mark
    Saturated Fat Absorption Efficiency in Mice
    Professor: Widmaier, Eric
  • Wolfe, Benjamin
    Human Perimetry Systems - Systems for Evaluating Attentional Neglect in Human Patients and Animal Models
    Professor: Valero-Cabre, Antoni
  • Zimmerman, Jonah
    The Response of Acoustically Driven Oscillating Bubbles Suspended in Xanthan Gel
    Professor: Porter, Tyrone

Fall 2007 UROP Award Recipients

  • Abdu, Robert William
    Cichlid’s Parent Offspring Conflict: Can the Young Influence the Period of Parental Care
    Professor: Abate, Maria
  • Avery, Deborah
    The Search for Dark Matter
    Professor: Ahlen, Steve
  • Averill, Colin
    Organic nitrogen uptake on an elevation gradient in northern hardwood-boreal conifer forests: The development use of 15N isotope analysis and ectomycorrhizal abndance in search of correlation
    Professor: Finzi, Adrian
  • Bhavsar, Nadav
    Development of Basement Membrane Thickening of Retinal and Glomerular Capillaries in an Animal Model of Type 2 Diabetes
    Professor: Roy, Sayon
  • Cannon, Rachel
    Determining the localization of cell death proteins in the Drosophilia ovary via fusion of GFP and MYC epitope tags
    Professor: McCall, Kim
  • Carey, Matthew
    Transdermal Injection of Nanoparticles via Electrospray and Pulsed-Field Assist
    Professor: Horenstein, Mark
  • Chen, Xi
    Regulation of NRF1 Expression in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells by Estrogen Receptors
    Professor: Hansen, Ulla
  • Colgan, Amy
    Development of a Lowe Frequency Solar Transducer
    Professor: Nagem, Raymond
  • DeGroot, Jack
    Modification of the Programming and Procedures of the DNA Microarray Fabricator
    Professor: Unlu, Selem
  • Dolby, Greer
    Mid-Pleistocene Transition: Investigating the Regolith Hypothesis
    Professor: Raymo, Maureen
  • Donahou, Tanya
    Olfactory Bulb Imaging in Awake Behaving Head-Fixed Mice
    Professor: Wachowiak, Matt
  • Dresselhaus, Erica
    Conservation of the NF-kB Signal Transduction Pathway in the Sea Anemone Nematostella Vectensis
    Professor: Gilmore, Thomas
  • Eckman, Robert
    Influence of the Built Environment on Personal Travel and Activity: A Study of BU Students
    Professor: Walker, Joan
  • Ennis, Thomas
    Evaluating a Role for NF-kB Essential Modulator (NEMO) Oxidative Stress
    Professor: Gilmore, Thomas
  • Fitzsimmons, Jessica
    Tracing Biogeochemical Calcium Cycling in the Luquillo Experimental Forest Ecosystem using Calcium Isotope Analyses
    Professor: Kurtz, Andrew
  • Frederiksen, Brittni
    Understanding the Mentoring Process: a Longitudinal Sudy of Mentoring Relationships between Adolescents and Adults
    Professor: Spencer, Renee
  • Gaumond, Jillian
    HIV/STD Risk Behaviors, Testing Behaviors, and Sexual Networking of Asian American Women
    Professor: Hahm, Hyeouk Chris
  • Godfrey, Mark
    Electronic Characterizatin of the Tri-Heme Cytochrome C Peroxiase in Escherichia Coli
    Professor: Elliot, Sean
  • Hashimoto, Daniel
    Response Properties of of Mechanorecepors and Chemoreceptor Cells Involved in Odor-Plume Tracking Behavior in the American Lobster
    Professor: Atema, Julie
  • Henning, Brian
    Data Aquisition by a Custom Ethernet Interface Circuit
    Professor: Kearns, Ed
  • Hong, Sam
    Copper Mediated Suzuki-like Cross Coupling of Functionalized Triazines Followed by Inverse Electron Demand Deils-Alder Cycloadditions
    Professor: Snyder, Tom
  • Hubbard, William
    Conductivity and Raman Spectra of Graphene Under Extreme Physical Conditions
    Professor: Goldberg, Bennett
  • Imes, Catherine
    Changes in Localization and Concentration of Proteins in the Nitric Oxide Signalling Pathway in Mouse Retina due to Diabetic Retinopathy
    Professor: Eldred, William
  • Ivzan, Nadav
    Optical Fiber Based Retinal Innervating Device
    Professor: Passaglia, Christopher
  • Jarezek, Francis
    Effects of Monolith and Sample Compositions on Pressure Gradients in Point-of-Care Diagnostic Services
    Professor: Klapperich, Catherine
  • Jennaton, Morgan
    The Expression of Past Tense in American Sign Language: The Role of Lexical Items and non-Manual Expressions
    Professor: Neidle, Carol
  • Johnson, Marc
    Sniffing Behavior of Mice During a Go/No-Go Olfactory Discrimination
    Professor: Wachowiak, Matt
  • Kay, Janet
    Identification and Analysis of Archaeobotanical Macro-Remains of Egyptian and Southeastern European Sites
    Professor: Borojevic, Ksenija
  • Kraus, Kathleen
    Consequences of Early Experience for Language Acquisition: Evidence from Adopted Children
    Professor: Singh, Leher
  • Krause, Alexander
    Investigating the Use of Plasmon Resonances of Metallic Nanoparticles for Practical Applications
    Professor: Swan, Anna
  • Langlois, Christine
    Role and Function of Tryptophan Synthase Beta Subunits from Arabidopsis Thaliana
    Professor: Celenza, John
  • Lorenzi, Magen
    The Effects of Saturated and Unsaturated Fats on Mice
    Professor: Widmaier, Eric
  • Macdonald, Mary
    A Study of Old Open Star Clusters
    Professor: Janes, Kenneth
  • Maloney, Megan
    Fumagillol Based Small Molecule Library Synthesis
    Professor: Snyder, John
  • Mankus, Annette
    Families' and Children's Adjustment Study
    Professor: Tompson, Martha
  • Meyer, Justin
    The Effect of Neuroactive Steroids on Cue-Induced Reinstatement of Cocaine in Rats as Models
    Professor: Ratner, Marcia
  • Notini, Jillian
    How do Biogenic Amines Influence Social Behavior in Ants?
    Professor: Traniello, James
  • Orrey, Danielle
    Urban Historical Demography: The Arabic Diaspora in Mogadishu
    Professor: Manfredi, Victor
  • Pepe, Lauren
    Drug Self-Administration in Rats: Evaluating Possible Treatments for Cocaine Dependence
    Professor: Caine, Barak
  • Pereda, Katherine
    Determining Expression Triggers for GABA-BR1 and GABA-BR1b
    Professor: Farb, David
  • Rolph, Michele
    The Impact of Adelges Tsugae Annad on Within-Stream Nutrients and Riparian Zone Nutrient Retention in Northeastern United States Upland Forests
    Professor: Templer, Pamela
  • Sarraju, Ashish
    Synthesis of Mutant Double-Lanthanide Binding Tags to Enhance MRI Contrast
    Professor: Allen, Karen
  • Sous, Natalie
    Evaluation of a Clinical Intervention for Women with Postpartum Mood Disorders and Their Infants
    Professor: Paris, Ruth
  • Stevens, Luke
    Genetic Structure of the Bigeye Trevally Caranx Sexfasciatus in the Indonesian-West Pacific
    Professor: Barber, Paul
  • Stinson, Harry
    Constructing a Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscope for the Characterization of Aperiodic Photonic Quasicystals
    Professor: Goldberg, Bennett
  • Sullivan, Molly
    The Effects of Urbanization on Habitat/Resource Use and Reproductive Success on the Common Raccoon (Procyon lotor)
    Professor: Busher, Peter
  • Teng, Hsiaoching
    An Experimental Test of a Prediction of Enhanced Foam Drainage via Shear Vibration
    Professor: Holt, Glynn
  • Todorova, Lela
    Physical State of Polymer Nanometer Films Above the Glass Temperature of the Polymer in Bulk
    Professor: Tsui, Ophelia
  • Tsang, Kelly
    Effect of Kuwanons and their Synthetic Mimics on Gastric-Releasing Peptide Receptors Mediated Pancreatic Cancer Cell Prolifieration
    Professor: Weber, Christian
  • Tsui, Rachel
    Investigating the Mechanical and Structural Properties of PKU-Inducing Mutants of Phenylanine Hydroxylase Through Enzymatic and Crystallographic Methods
    Professor: Caradonna, John
  • Vazquez, Allen
    The Supply Chain of Clean Energies: Who is Financially Benefitting?
    Professor: Joglekar, Nitin
  • Walker, Richard
    Robotics Navigation with Potential Fields
    Professor: Andersson, Sean
  • Werden, Leland
    Linking Nitrogen Cycling to Long Term Carbon Uptake in a Mid-Latitude Hardwood-Conifer Forest
    Professor: Finzi, Adrien
  • Wheatley, Susan
    The Effect of Forest Clear Cuts on Nitrogen Isotope Ratios in Tree Rings
    Professor: Templer, Pamela
  • Williams, Jamie
    Finding the Right Balance: Freedom, Autonomy, and Accountability in Education
    Professor: Glenn, Charles
  • Wolfe, Benjamin
    Human Perimetry Systems - Systems for Evaluating Attentional Neglect in Human Patients and Animal Models
    Professor: Valero-Cabre, Antoni
  • Wu, Connie
    Functional Characterization of SAL1, a Gene Involved in Metabolism of the Plant Growth Regulator Auxin
    Professor: Celenza, John
  • Xiong, Michael
    IL-16 Induced T Regulatory Cell Recruitment to the Lungs
    Professor: Crukshank, William
  • Zaza, Kiersten
    An Analysis of Political Identity in Turkey from the End of the Ottoman Empire to the Modern Day
    Professor: Chehabi, Houchang

 


Boston University Beckman Scholars

Boston University has been awarded one of sixteen nationwide Beckman Scholars Program Awards in the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation Beckman Scholars Program Competition. The University's Beckman Scholars are:

2005-2007
  • Roy Arjoon (Professor Joyce Wong, ENG-Biomedical Engineering)
  • Dan Bruggemeyer (Professor John Porco, CAS-Chemistry)
  • Beth Cimini (Professor William Eldred, CAS-Biology)

2006-2008

  • James Flannery (Professor William Eldred, CAS-Biology)
  • Melissa Chin (Thomas Gilmore, CAS-Biology)
  • Michael Coyle (Dean Tolan, CAS-Biology)

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