Published Students – 2012
The following is a list of recognized accomplishments by Boston University undergraduates for 2012.
Publications
Bhumica Amin (Professor Joyce Wong, ENG – Biomedical Engineering)
Y Park, AC Luce, RD Whitaker, B Amin, M Cabodi, R Nap, I Szleifer, RO Cleveland, JO Nagy & JY Wong. 2012. Tunable polymerized shell microbubbles as molecular imaging ultrasound contrast agents. Langmuir 28: 3766-3772.
Asma Bhindarwala, Theadora Swenson (Professor Hyeouk Chris Hahm – School of Social Work)
HC Hahm, ED Kolaczyk, J Jang, T Swenson, & AM Bhindarwala. 2012. Binge drinking trajectories from adolescence to young adulthood: the effects of peer social network. Substance Use and Misuse 47: 745-756.
Kyle Brogle (Professor Sharon Goldberg, CAS – Computer Science)
K Brogle, S Goldberg & L Reyzin. 2012. Sequential aggregate signatures with lazy verification from trapdoor permutations. ePrint Technical Report, in press.
Eunsun Cho (Professor Pinghua Liu – CAS Chemistry) K Daughtry, Y Xiao, D Stoner-Ma, E Cho, AM Orvill, P Liu & KN Allen. 2012. Quaternary ammonium oxidative demethylation: X-ray crystallographic and on-beam Raman and UV-visible spectroscopic characterization of a Rieske-type demethylase. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 134: 2823–2834.
Evan Conway, Arlene Reyna (Professor Cynthia Bradham, CAS – Biology)
AB Core, AE Reyna, EA Conway & CA Bradham. 2012. Pantropic retroviruses as a transduction tool for sea urchin embryos. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 109: 5334-5339.
Eric Dahl (Professor Linda Doerrer, CAS – Chemistry)
EW Dahl, FG Baddour, WA Hoffert, SR Fiedler, MP Shores, GT Yee, JP Djukic, JW Bacon, AL Rheingold & LH Doerrer. 2012. Antiferromagnetic coupling across a tetrametallic unit through noncovalent interactions. Chemical Sciences 3: 602-609.
Chantal deBakker (Professor Elise Morgan, ENG – Mechanical Engineering) LNM Hayward, CMJ deBakker, H Lusic, LC Gerstenfeld, MW Grinstaff & EF Morgan. 2012. Contrast-enhanced computed tomographic imaging of soft callus formation in fracture healing. Microscopy Research and Technique, 75: 7-14.
Peter Finkbeiner (Professor Corey Stephenson – CAS Chemistry)
C-J Wallentin, JD Nguyen, P Finkbeiner & CRJ Stephenson. 2012. Highly efficient fluorous tagging mediated by visible light phooredox catalysis. Journal of the American Chemical Society, submitted. (DAAD-supported undergraduate from Germany)
John-Nicholas Furst (Professor Ayse Coskun, ENG – Electrical and Computer Engineering)
A Bartolini, M Sadri, JN Furst, AK Coskun & L Benini. 2012. Quantifying the impact of frequency scaling on the energy efficiency of the single-chip cloud computer. In Design, Automation, and Test in Europe, in press.
Trevor Grant, Sarah Woodson (Professor Ulla Hansen, CAS – Biology)
John Kavouris (Professor Scott Schaus, CAS – Chemistry)
TJ Grant, JA Bishop, LM Christadore, G Barot, HG Chin, S Woodson, J Kavouris, A Siddiq, R Gredler, XN Shen, J Sherman, T Meehan, K Fitzgerald, S Pradhan, LA Briggs, WH Andrews, D Sarkar, SE Schaus, & U Hansen. 2012. Antiproliferative small molecule inhibitors of the transcription factor LSF reveal oncogene addiction in hepatocellular carcinoma. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 109: 4503-4508.
H-R Hsu, George Levine (Professor Sean Elliott, CAS – Chemistry)
Pulcu GS, KE Frato, R Gupta, H-R Hsu, GA Levine, MP Hendrich & SJ Elliott. 2012. The diheme cytochrome c peroxidase from Shewanella oneidensis requires reductive activation. Biochemistry 51: 974-985.
Alex Leung (Professor Joe Tien, ENG – Biomedical Engineering)
AD Leung, KHK Wong & J Tien. 2012. Plasma expanders stabilize human microvessels in microfluidic scaffolds. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, Part A, 100A (7): 1815-1822.
N Johnson, BC Gillis (Professor James Traniello, CAS – Biology)
ML Muscedere, N Johnson, JF Kamhi, BC Gillis & JFA Traniello. 2012. Serotonin modulates worker responsiveness to trail pheromone in the ant Pheidole dentata. Journal of Comparative Physiology 198: 219-227.
Jennifer Jorgensen (Rebecca Perkins, BMC) RB Perkins, JR Jorgensen, ME McCoy, SM Bak, TA Battaglia, KM Freund. Adherence to Conservative Management Recommendations for Abnormal Pap Tests in Adolescents. Obstetrics and Gynecology. Accepted for oral presentation annual meeting American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 119 (6): 1157-1163. (Funding: American Cancer Society)
Vincent Lim, Diana Aksyonova (Professor Barbara Shinn-Cunningham, ENG – Biomedical Engineering)
S Bressler, V Lim, D Aksyonova & BG Shinn-Cunningham. 2012. Cortical and brainstem differentiation of neural responses to hits versus misses. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 131: 3388.
Chad Madsen (Professor Tereasa Brainerd, CAS – Astronomy)
TG Brainerd, I Agustsson, CA Madsen & JA Edmonds. 2012. Large-scale intrinsic alignments of galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal, in press.
Vidhya Mathiyazhagan (Professor Joyce Wong, ENG – Biomedical Engineering)
Y Park, RD Whitaker, R Nap, J Paulsen, V Mathiyazhagan, LH Doerrer, Y-Q Song, M Hürlimann, I Szleifer & JY Wong. 2012. Stability of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles at different pH values: experimental and theoretical analysis. Langmuir 28:l 6246-6255.
Jianghong Min (Professor Kathleen Morgan, SAR – Health Sciences)
J Min, M Reznichenko, M, RH Poythress, CM Gallant, S Vetterkind, Y Li & KG Morgan.2012. Src modulates contractile vascular smooth muscle function via regulation of focal adhesions. Journal of Cell Physiology, in press.
Rebecca Mountain (Professor Ksenia Borojevic, CAS – Archaeology)
K Borojevic & R Mountain. 2012. The ropes of Pharaohs: the source of cordage from “Rope Cave” at Mersa/Wadi Gawasis, revisited. Journal of Archaeological Research in Egypt 47: in press.
K Borojevic & R Mountain. 2012. Microscopic identification and sourcing of ancient Egyptian plant fibers using longitudinal thin sectioning. Archaeometry, in press.
Archana Narain (Professor Simone Gill, SAR – Occupational Therapy)
SV Gill & A Narain. 2012. Quantifying the effects of body mass index on safety: reliability of a video coding procedure and utility of a rhythmic walking task. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 93: 728-730.
Lisa Ng (Professor Hyeouk Chris Hahm, SSW)
HC Hahm, E Kolaczyk, Y Lee, J Jang & L Ng. 2012. Do Asian-American women who were maltreated as children have a higher likelihood for HIV risk behaviors and adverse mental health outcomes? Women’s Health Issues 22: e35-e43.
Angie Nicolás (Professor Karen Warkentin, CAS – Biology)
MC Hughey, A Nicolás, JR Vonesh & KM Warkentin. 2012. Wasp predation drives the assembly of fungal and fly communities on frog egg masses. Oecologia 168: 1057-1068.
Janna Olmos (Professor John Snyder, CAS – Chemistry)
Benson SC, L Lee, W Wei, F Ni, JD Janna Olmos, K Strom, AB Beeler, JK Snyder, CC Cheng, J Inglese, J Yuan, X-z Su, S Kota, V Takahashi, AD Strosberg, JH Connor & GG Bushkin. 2012.Truncated aspidosperma alkaloid-like scaffolds: unique structures for the discovery of new, bioactive compounds. Heterocycles 84: 135-155.
B Poole (Professor Tim Gardner – CAS Biology)
B Poole, J Markowitz & T Gardner. 2012. The song must go on: resilience of the songbird vocal motor pathway. PLoS ONE, submitted.
Katheryn Rothenberg (Professor Michael Smith, ENG – Biomedical Engineering)
PR Polio, KE Rothenberg, D Stamenović & ML Smith. 2012. A micropatterning and image processing approach to simplify measurement of cellular traction forces. Acta Biomaterialia 8: 82-88.
Kathryn Rough (Professor Hyeouk Chris Hahm, SSW)
HC Hahm, J Lee, K Rough, & SA Strathdee. 2012. Gender power control, sexual experiences, safer sex practices, and potential HIV risk behaviors among young Asian-American women. AIDS and Behavior 16: 179-188.
Andrew Schiller (Professor Pamela Templer, CAS – Biology) PH Templer, AF Schiller, NW Fuller, AM Socci, JL Campbell, JE Drake & TH Kunz. 2012. Impact of a reduced winter snowpack on litter arthropod abundance and diversity in a northern hardwood forest ecosystem. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 48: 413-424.
Ashley Sharpe (Professor William Saturno, CAS – Archaeology)
A Sharpe, K Emery & WA Saturno. 2012. Shifting patterns of Maya social complexity through time: preliminary zooarchaeological results from San Bartolo, Guatemala. In Animals and Inequality, SA McCarty & BS Arbuckle, eds. Boulder: University Press of Colorado, in press.
Marianna Staroselsky (Professor Catherine Caldwell-Harris, CAS – Psychology)
CL Caldwell-Harris, M Staroselsky, S Smashnaya & N Vasilyeva. 2012. Emotional resonances of bilinguals’ two languages vary with age of arrival: The Russian-English bilingual experience in the U.S. In P. Wilson (Ed.), Perspectives on Emotion [Łódź Studies in Language 20] Frankfurt am Main: Pete
Anna Ward (Professor Hyeouk Chris Hahm – School of Social Work)
HC Hahm, L Lundgren, C Lee, J Choi & A Ward. 2012. Sexual attitudes, reasons for forgoing condom use, and the influence of gender power among Asian-American women: a qualitative study. AIDS & Clinical Research S1: 004.
Lauren Wizon (Assistant Professor Mark Kramer, CAS – Mathematics & Statistics)
C Chu-Shore, MA Kramer, J Pathmanathan, M Bianchi, M Westover, L Wizon & S Cash. 2012. Emergence of stable functional networks in long-term human EEG. Journal of Neuroscience 31: 15757-15767.
Angela Xie (Professor Joyce Wong, ENG – Biomedical Engineering)
C Williams, A Xie, S Emani, M Yamato, T Okano, SM Emani & JY Wong. 2012. A comparison of human smooth muscle and mesenchymal stem cells as potential cell sources for tissue engineered vascular patches. Tissue Engineering 18: 986-998.
Alan Yeo (Professor Thomas Gilmore, CAS – Biology)
A Yeo, JA Porco Jr & TD Gilmore. 2012. Bcl-XL, but not Bcl-2, can protect human B-lymphoma cell lines from parthenolide-induced apoptosis. Cancer Letters 318: 53-60.
Meeting Presentations & Abstracts
Evgeni Aizenberg (Professor Irving Bigio, ENG – Biomedical Engineering)
E Aizenberg, IJ Bigio, & E Rodriguez-Diaz. 2012. Image recognition using the multi-valued neuron and rotation-invariant 2D Fourier spectrum. Proceedings of the SPIE Conference on Electronic Imaging. Abstract
Stacy Arnold, Curran Uppaluri, Arianna Medina (Professor Peter Buston, CAS – Biology)
S Arnold, C Uppulani, A Medina, M Wong & P Buston . 2012. Behavioral consistency and personality variation in the clownfish, Amphiprion percula. Western Allian to Expand Student Opportunities Student Research Conference. February 14, 2012. Tempe, AZ. Poster presentation.
Michael Burke (Professor Leslie Brody, CAS – Psychology)
SK Dale, M Franklin, G Kelso, R Cruise, M Burke, K Weber, M Cohen & L Brody. 2012. Childhood sexual abuse, traditional gender roles, and coronary heart disease risk among women with HIV. 2nd International Workshop on HIV & Women. Bethesda, Maryland. Poster presentation.
Adrian Cann (Professor Rhoda Au, MED – Neurology)
Cann A, Appleman E, Stavitsky K, Au R. The effects of health comorbidities on sleep duration in school-aged children. National Sleep Foundation’s Sleep Health and Safety 2012 Meeting. March 2-3rd, Washington DC. Poster presentation
George Chapman (Professor Angela Jefferson, MED – Neurology)
AL Jefferson, J Sparling, GW Chapman, D Seichepine, KA Gifford, N Cantwell, B Martin, V Dobrmyslin & D Salat. 2012. A semi-automated method for quantifying infarcts in older adults with and without dementia. 40th Annual Meeting International Neuropsychological Society. February, 2012. Montreal, Canada. Poster presentation.
Chantal De Bakker (Professor Elise Morgan, ENG – Mechanical Engineering)
Hayward, LNM, CMJ de Bakker, LC Gerstenfeld, MW Grinstaff & EF Morgan. 2012. Validation of contrast-enhanced computed tomography for imaging of cartilage in fracture healing. 58th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society. Poster presentation.
Keita Decalrlo (Professor Nima Sshokri, CAS – Earth Sciences)
K DeCarlo & N Shokri. 2012. Substrate effects on crack dynamics and patterns in desiccating clay. 4th International Conference on Porous Media & Annual Meeting of the International Society for Porous Media, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA, Poster presentation.
Tom Ennis (Professor Thomas Gilmore, CAS – Biology)
S Cote, M Herscotvitch, R Prenovitz, T Ennis, TD Gilmore & A Whitty. 2012. Role of cysteine residues in NEMO structure and activity. Keystone Symposium on NF-kB Signaling and Biology: From Bench to Bedside. March 18-23, 2012. Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. Poster presentation.
Christine Marie Gamble (Professor David Somers, CAS – Psychology)
CM Gamble & DC Somers. 2012. An emergent hemifield asymmetry for visual short-term memory capacity. Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting. Poster presentation.
Elisa M. Gill (Professor Catherine Connell, CAS – Sociology)
What Makes an Online Community “Good”?: Queer Communities and Autostraddle.com <http://Autostraddle.com/> . 2012. Eastern Sociological Association Meetings. Poster presentation.
Daniel Grasso (Professor Mark Grinstaff, ENG – Biomedical Engineering)
BA Lakin, DJ Grasso, RC Stewart, BD Snyder & MW Grinstaff. 2012. Cationic contrast enhanced CT imaging can predict the GAG distribution of bovine meniscus. 2012 Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, in review.
Jacob Herrmann (Professor Joyce Wong, ENG – Biomedical Engineering)
BC Isenberg, OV Sazonova, J Herrmann, KL Lee, CD Hartman, AD Valentine, JY Wong & MA Nugent. 2012. Extracellular matrix presentation modulates vascular smooth muscle cell mechanotransduction. Biophysical Society 56th Annual Meeting, February 2012, San Diego, CA. Poster presentation.
Chelsey Jenney (Professor Karen Warkentin, CAS – Biology)
CR Jenney, SS Bouchard & KM Warkentin. 2012. Carryover effects of larval digestive plasticity in postmetamorphic red-eyed treefrogs, Agalychis callidryas. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Meetings, January 2012, Charleston, SC. Abstract and poster presentation.
Ning Jiang (Professor Thomas Gilmore, CAS – Biology)
F Wolenski, D Stefanik, T Lubinski, N Jiang, JR Finnerty & TD Gilmore. 2012. Evolutionary origins of NF-kB signaling. Keystone Symposium on NF-kB Signaling and Biology: From Bench to Bedside. March 18-23, 2012. Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. Poster and oral presentation.
Randall Jimenez, Shane Abinette (Professor Karen Warkentin, CAS – Biology)
RR Jimenez, SH Abinette, JC Touchon, JR Vonesh & KM Warkentin. 2012. Ontogeny of risk across the aquatic-terrestrial interface: how changing behavior and morphology affect predation through anuran metamorphosis. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Meetings, January 2012, Charleston, SC. Abstract and poster presentation.
Anna Kim, Trang Trinh (Professor Hyeouk Chris Hahm –School of Social Work)
Y Yang, HC Hahm, A Kim, & T Trinh. 2012. Recruiting Asian American women: tailoring non-traditional strategies to recruit Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese women into a health survey study. Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, DC. Oral presentation.
Sangah Kim (Professor Rhoda Au, MED – Neurology)
S Kim, E Appleman, K Stavitsky & R Au. The impact of Parenting Styles on Children’s Sleep Duration . Presented at National Sleep Foundation’s Sleep Health and Safety 2012 Meeting. March 2-3rd, Washington DC.
Adam Klein, Elaine Welch (Professor Kim McCall, CAS – Biology)
JI Etchegaray, AK Timmons, TL Pritchett, E Welch, AP Klein & KM McCall. 2012. JNK and Drapger regulate the engulfment of nurse cells by follicle cells during starvation induced mid-oogenesis cell death in the Drosophila ovary. 53rd Annual Drosophila Research Conference. March, 2012. Chicago, IL. Poster presentation.
Robert Marchwinski (Professor Dan Clemens, CAS – Astronomy)
R Marchwinski, MD Pavel & DP Clemens. 2012, Magnetic fields in star forming regions: a GPIPS Study. BAAS, 219, 341.02
Zachary Monge (Professor Rhoda Au, MED – Neurology)
Z Monge, E Appleman, K Stavitsky & R Au. 2012. The effects of caffeine on sleep duration in young children and adolescents. National Sleep Foundation Conference, Washington D.C., March 2012. Poster presentation.
Lisa Ng (Professor Hyeouk Chris Hahm – School of Social Work)
HC Hahm, E Kolaczyk, Y Lee, J Jang, & L Ng. 2012. Are Asian-American women who were maltreated as children at higher likelihood for HIV risk behaviors and adverse mental health outcomes? Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Work and Research, January, 2012. Washington, DC. Oral presentation.
Julian Lugo Pico, Bhaven Mehta (Professor Thomas Gilmore, CAS – Biology)
L Haery, J Lugo Pico, B Mehta & TD Gilmore. 2012. Expression of truncated p300 co-activators in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) cell lines. Keystone Symposium on Epigenomics. January 17-22, 2012. Keystone, Colorado. Poster and oral presentation.
Samantha Rick (Professor Catherine Connell, CAS – Sociology)
S Rick. 2012. The development of taste identity in America. Eastern Sociological Association Meetings. Poster presentation.
Shoshana Rosenthal (Professor Sibaji Sarkar, MED – Cancer Research Center)
S Rosenthal, G Housman, S Kokolus, M Longacre, K Lapinska, S Heerboth, M Mataga & S Sarkar. 2012. Mechanism of DNMT1 down-regulation in the demthylation and re-expression of tumor suppressor genes. Genomics Research Conference: Epigenetics Section. April 19-20, 2012. Boston, MA. Poster presentation (Best Poster Award)
María Salica (Professor Karen Warkentin, CAS – Biology)
MJ Salica, JR Vonesh & KM Warkentin. 2012. Egg clutch dehydration induces early hatching in red-eyed treefrogs. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Meetings, January 2012, Charleston, SC. Abstract and poster presentation.
Parissa Salimian, John Bark (Professor Leslie Brody, CAS – Psychology)
P Salimian, J Bark, M Cohen & LR Brody. 2012. How do coping strategies affect HIV disclosure? American Public Health Association Conference. Poster presentation.
Theadora Swenson, Asma Bhindarwala (Professor Hyeouk Chris Hahm – School of Social Work)
HC Hahm, E Kolaczyk, J Jang, T Swenson & AM Bhindarwala. 2012. Binge drinking trajectories from adolescence to young adulthood: the effects of peer social networks. Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Work and Research, January, 2012. Washington, D.C. Poster presentation.
Lindsay Wargelin (Professor Karen Warkentin, CAS – Biology)
LJ Wargelin, SS Bouchard & KM Warkentin. 2012. Metabolic carryover effects in postmetamorphic red-eyed treefrogs. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Meetings, January 2012, Charleston, SC. Poster presentation.
Stefan Wheat, Emily Cayron (Professor Karen Warkentin, CAS – Biology)
SK Wheat, E Cayron, JR Vonesh & KM Warkentin. 2012. How do tadpoles use chemical cues to assess risk? Cue concentration versus pulse frequency. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Meetings, January 2012, Charleston, SC. Poster presentation.
Andrew Whiteman (Professor Chantal Stern, CAS – Psychology)
AS Whiteman, DE Young, ET Pravetz, RC Wagenaar, CE Stern & K Schon. 2012. Enhanced hippocampal memory is associated with greater aerobic capacity in healthy young adults. Nineteenth Annual Cognitive Neuroscience Society Meeting, Chicago, IL, 2012. Poster presentation.
Beatriz Willink, Clay Noss, Robin Greene (Professor Karen Warkentin, CAS – Biology)
T Landberg, B Willink, CF Noss, RS Greene, JR Vonesh & KM Warkentin. 2012. Development of climbing performance and behavior during red-eyed treefrog metamorphosis: the effects of larval competition. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Meetings, January 2012, Charleston, SC. Abstract and PowerPoint presentation.