2012

The following students received grants or fellowships to conduct research, community-based research or internships, or environmental internships this year.

Afuye ’14, Olalekan: Two-Photon Imaging in Scattering Biological Tissue (Michael Durst, Physics; Pribram-Ruff Research Fund in Physics)

Ailes ’14, Kathryn: Children’s Department Assistant and Summer Reading Program Coordinator, Lewiston Public Library, Lewiston, ME (Harward Center for Community Partnerships Summer Community Work-Study Fellowship)

Akinruntan ’13, Akinyele: Black Speculative Fiction (Therí Pickens, English; Summer Research Apprenticeship)

Ansari ’14, Saad: Modeling Photonic Crystals (Hong Lin, Physics; Mount David Research Fellowship)

Baker-White ’13, Matthew: Ranger, Climbing Information Center, Mount Rainier National Park (Stefan Logfren, Mount Rainier National Park; Feldman Environmental Internship)

Barbato ’15, Jacob: Inmate Reflections on Sentencing, Saratoga Town Court, Schuylerville, NY (Harward Center for Community Partnerships Summer Student Fellowship)

Barry ’13, Eric: Fish Barrier Assessment and Water Chemistry of the Pleasant River Watershed, West Bethel, Maine (Androscoggin River Watershed Council, Summer Intern)

Bennett ’13, Alison: Intern for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Susan Russo, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Otis Environmental Internship)

Bergeron ’14, Jennifer: Molluscan Neuropeptides in the Regulation of Feeding-Related Behaviors (Nancy Kleckner, Biology; Maine INBRE Fellowship)

Black-Ingersoll ’13, Myles: Polarization Dynamics in a Multimode Vertical-cavity Surface-emitting
Laser (VCSEL) Subject to Both Optical Feedback and Current Modulation (Hong Lin, Physics, faculty grant, National Science Foundation)

Bolden ’15, Alexander: Tree Street Youth Program Coordinator, Tree Street Youth, Lewiston, ME (Harward Center for Community Partnerships Summer Community Work-Study Fellowship)

Bou ’14, Erik:  Tree Street Youth Program Coordinator, Tree Street Youth, Lewiston, ME (Harward Center for Community Partnerships Summer Community Work-Study Fellowship)

Boyce ’13, Eve: Androscoggin Land Trust Intern (Jonathan LaBonte, Androscoggin Land Trust; Feldman Environmental Internship)

Breger ’14, Benjamin: Intern for the Amherst (MA) Conservation Department (David Ziomek, Amherst Conservation Department; Otis Environmental Internship)

Brown ’13, Jennifer: Mechanistic Studies of the Radical Scavenging Activity of Phenylpropoanoid Glycosides (Jennifer Koviach-Côté, Chemistry; Maine INBRE Fellowship)

Burt ’13, Juan: Exploring Corruption through Experimental Economics (Michael Murray, Economics; Bates Summer Research Fellowship)

Carrillo ’13, Bryan: The Riemann Zeta Function and Prime Numbers (Dawn Nelson, Mathematics; Rawlings Fellowship for Research in Mathematics)

Chelangat ’13, Winnie: Exploring the Structure and Mechanism of Alkane Monooxygenase (Rachel Austin, Chemistry; Maine INBRE Fellowship)

Chiao ’13, Chester: The Biogeochemical Cycling of Nitrogen and the Importance of Marine-Derived Nutrient Delivery to Nequasset Lake, Woolwich, ME (Beverly Johnson, Geology, faculty grant, EPSCoR)

Cohen ’13, Lianna: Application of Protein Transfections toward Evaluating EMCV 3C Protease Toxicity (T. Glen Lawson, Chemistry; Maine INBRE Fellowship)

Collins ’13, Larisa: Exercise, Executive Function, and Excellence: A Brain-Based Applied Curriculum (Nancy Koven, Psychology; Hoffman Fellowship)

Countey ’14, Jedd: Program Assistant, Maine People’s Resource Center, Lewiston, ME (Harward Center for Community Partnerships Summer Student Fellowship)

Cravero ’13, Anne: Arsenic and Environmental Plasticity in Killifish (Bruce Stanton, Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory; Maine INBRE Fellowship)

DeAngelis ’13, Kate: Does Chronic Developmental Hyperoxia Alter Ventilatory Responses to Carbon Dioxide? (Ryan Bavis, Biology; Maine INBRE Fellowship)

Dolcen ’13, Deniz: Research Internship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NY  (Stephanie Richard, Biology; Scher Fellowship)

Ellis ’14, Rachel: Evaluating the Risk of Snares to Chimpanzees in Kibale National Park, Uganda (Sonya Kahlenberg, Biology; A. V. Davis Fellowship in Biology)

Favaloro ’14, Sonja: Collective Farming and Living at Red Earth Farms, MO (Red Earth Farms; Otis Fellowship)

Fetrow ’13, Kate: Overcoming Machismo Culture: Understanding the Struggle for Women’s Rights in Ecuador (Clarisa Pérez-Armendáriz, Politics; Phillips Fellowship)

Fitzgerald ’14, Colleen: Argentina’s Contested Narratives around the Tango (Elizabeth Eames, Anthropology; Hamill Fund for Research in Anthropology)

Forrest ’13, Samantha: Opiate Kappa Receptor Antagonist nor-BNI May Reduce the Aversive Consequences of Opiate Withdrawal (John Kelsey, Psychology; Mount David Research Fellowship)

Gawarkiewicz ’13, Ellen: Spatial and Temporal Variability in the Abundance of Gloeotrichia echinulata in Lake Sunapee, NH (Holly Ewing, Environmental Studies, faculty grant, National Science Foundation)

Geng ’13, Tianhen: Internship at Squam Lakes Natural Science Center (Amanda Gillen, Squam Lakes Natural Science Center; Otis Environmental Internship)

Gleaton ’13, Astrid: Pb(II) Binding to Metallothionein-3 (Rachel Austin, Chemistry; faculty grant, National Science Foundation)

Goldstein ’13, Alyson: The Dynamic Interaction between Eyewitnesses and Investigators (Amy Douglass, Psychology; faculty grant, National Science Foundation)

Gough ’13, Jayme: Developing Catalysts for the Hydrodeoxygenation of Biofuels (Rachel Austin, Chemistry; faculty grant, U.S. Department of Energy)

Hakusui ’15, Alexandra: Dynamics of a current-modulated vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser subject to optical feedback (Hong Lin, Physics; Early Career Summer Research Opportunity in Science and Math)

Harning ’13, David: Late Holocene Climate Change in New Zealand: A Geochemical and Sedimentological Investigation of Lake Sediment Cores (Beverly Johnson, Geology; Hoffman Fellowship)

Hartt ’14, Angeleque: Synthesis of Ashitabaol (Jennifer Koviach- Côté, Chemistry; Early Career Summer Research Opportunity in Science and Math)

Huang ’14, Nicole: Disability Services in Cochabamba, Bolivia (Francisca López, Spanish; Phillips Fellowship)

Ilyas ’13, Amna: Sacred Musical Tradition of Hamd and Naat in Pakistan (Gina Fatone, Music; Ruggles Fellowship and Hoffman Research Support Grant)

Jones ’13, Travis: Experiencing Circus Performance and the Circus Performer Experience (Martin Andrucki, Theater; Hoffman Fellowship and Seeling Design Fellowship)

Jones ’13, Travis: Constructing Art in a Public Space: Studying the New York City High Line (Erica Rand, Art and Visual Culture and Women and Gender Studies; Hoffman Fellowship)

Kassa ’13, Lundat: Program Coordinator, Ethiopian Community Center Summer Program, Washington, D.C. (Harward Center for Community Partnerships Summer Student Fellowship)

Kenlock ’14, Kathilee: Photothermal Imaging of Nanoparticles and Mitochondria (Michael Durst, Physics; Mount David Research Fellowship)

Kennedy ’14, Brian: Unpeeling the Banana Coast of Greenland (Otis Fellowship)

Kowlessar ’12, Douglas: Chinese Business Practices (Xing Fan, Asian Studies, Tanaka Fellowship for Research in Asia)

Kwon ’13, Su Hyun: Technos International Week Fellow (Tanaka Foundation/Technos Week)

Landino ’13, Samantha: Incubation of Nicotine-Induced Locomotion Sensitization: A Model for Drug Relapse (John Kelsey, Psychology; Summer Research Apprenticeship)

Landry ’14, Madeline: Leader, Downtown Summer Gardens, Lots to Gardens, Lewiston, ME (Harward Center for Community Partnerships Summer Student Fellowship)

Lei ’14, Lei: An Audit Study of Hiring Practices in Chinese Firms (Margaret Maurer-Fazio, Economics; Summer Research Apprenticeship)

Levine ’15, Rachel: Technos International Week Fellow (Tanaka Foundation/Technos Week)

Lewis ’13, Mary: Developing Catalysts for the Hydrodeoxygenation of Biofuels (Rachel Austin, Chemistry; Mount David Research Fellowship)

Longdon ’14, David: Funding Low-Income Farmers in Ghana: The Eden Tree Limited Initiative (Alejandro Dellachiesa, Economics; Stangle Fellowship for Economics and Law and Hoffman Research Support Grant)

MacDonald ’13, Ryan: Geographic Variation of Growth Rates in Adult Soft-shelled Clams, Mya arenaria, along the Maine Coast (William Ambrose, Biology; A. V. Davis Fellowship in Biology)

Maginn ’13, Conor: Holocene Variations in Hypoxia and Paleoproductivity along the Oregon Margin (REU, Oregon State University)

Manahova ’14, Mariya: Decoding Cortical Maps in High Temporal Resolution Using Magnetoencephalography (Thomas Carlson, University of Maryland at College Park, Hoffman Fellowship)

Mapfuwa ’15, Edwin: Exploring the Structure and Mechanism of Alkane Monooxygenase (Rachel Austin, Chemistry; Early Career Summer Research Opportunity in Science and Math)

March ’13, Ryan: Does Chronic Developmental Hyperoxia Alter Ventilatory Responses to Carbon Dioxide? (Ryan Bavis, Biology; Maine INBRE Fellowship)

Mauck ’13, Henry: Geographic Variation of Growth Rates in Adult Soft-shelled Clams, Mya arenaria, along the Maine Coast (William Ambrose, Biology; A. V. Davis Fellowship in Biology)

Max ’13, Laura: The Effect of Novel Drug Rasagiline on Cognitive Deficits of Parkinson’s Disease (Nancy Koven, Psychology; Mount David Research Fellowship)

Min ’12, Sophy: Defining Promise: A Comparative Study of Optional Standardized Testing Policies in American College and University Admission Offices (William Hiss, Advancement and Asian Studies; Seedlings Foundation Grant)

Morris ’13, Danielle: Intern for The Refugee Response (Sean Belt, The Refugee Response; Feldman Environmental Internship)

Mushi ’13, Desmond: Assessing the Impact of Microfinance on Poverty Reduction in Rural Households (Alejandro Dellachiesa, Economics; Hoffman Fellowship)

Myint ’14, Aung: Foreign Policy in Myanmar and U.S. Foreign Policy in Southeast Asia (James Richter, Politics; Stangle Fellowship for Economics and Law and Hoffman Research Support Grant)

Myint ’14, Aung: Growth, Trade and the Environment: Water Pollution from Industrial Sources (Alejandro Dellachiesa, Economics; Summer Research Apprenticeship)

Namdol ’15, Tenzin: Technos International Week Fellow (Tanaka Foundation/Technos Week)

Navarrete ’13, Nathalie: Statelessness and Human Rights: A Case Study of Dominico-Haitians (Senem Aslan, Politics, and Mary Rice-DeFosse, French and Francophone Studies; Ruggles Fellowship)

Obi ’15, Akachukwu: Variation in the Abundance of Gloeotrichia echinulata in Local Maine Lakes (Holly Ewing, Environmental Studies, faculty grant, National Science Foundation)

Ogilvie ’14, Margaret: Case Management Intern, District Court, Lewiston, ME (Harward Center for Community Partnerships Summer Student Fellowship)

O’Leary ’13, Colin: Isolation and Characterization of Neuropeptides Involved in Feeding Modulation in the Central Nervous System of the Pond Snail, Helisoma trivolvis (Nancy Kleckner, Biology; A. V. Davis Fellowship in Biology)

Ordemann ’15, Jacqueline: Exploring the Structure and Mechanism of Alkane Monooxygenase (Rachel Austin, Chemistry; Maine INBRE Fellowship)

Paladin ’15, Kate: Intern for Green Action (Bradley Angel, Green Action; Otis-Feldman Environmental Internship)

Pickoff ’13, Margaret: An Analysis of Blue Carbon Stocks in Maine Salt Marshes (Beverly Johnson, Geology; Harward Center for Community Partnerships, Sarah Trafton Memorial Endowment)

Poneman ’15, Edward: Advancing Ceramic Technique and Gaining Inspiration through Studio Immersion (Tyler Gulden, Art and Visual Culture; Hoffman Fellowship)

Qambi ’15, Naima: Summer Program Coordinator, Hillview Family Development, Lewiston Housing Authority, Lewiston, ME (Harward Center for Community Partnerships Summer Community Work-Study Fellowship)

Reedich ’13, Lisa: Biochemical Indices in Detecting Spatial and Temporal Variation in the Growth of Soft-shelled Clams along the Coast of Maine (William Ambrose, Biology; Maine INBRE Fellowship)

Regan ’13, Kevin: What’s Next? How Americans Make Sense of Transitions in Life (Francesco Duina, Sociology; Summer Research Apprenticeship)

Shah ’15, Adnan Shami: Lead Interactions with Metallothionein-3 (Rachel Austin, Chemistry, faculty grant, National Science Foundation)

Smith ’14, Conor: Improving Conservation Education around Kibale National Park, Uganda (Sonya Kahlenberg, Biology; Phillips Fellowship)

Sturtevant ’14, Joshua: Unpeeling the Banana Coast of Greenland (Otis Fellowship)

Sullivan ’13, Kimberly: College Application and Financial Aid Support Program Coordinator, Tree Street Youth, Lewiston, ME (Harward Center for Community Partnerships Summer Student Fellowship)

Sun ’14, Bojian: An Audit Study of Hiring Practices in Chinese Firms (Margaret Maurer-Fazio, Economics; Hoffman Fellowship)

Thompson ’13, Natalie: What Jane Austen Read: How Both Popular and Classic Literature Influenced Austen’s Novels (Lillian Nayder, English; Bates Summer Research Fellowship)

Tilchin ’13, Carla: Lyme Borreliosis Screening for Borrelia DNA in Avian Reservoir Hosts (Donald Dearborn, Biology; Maine INBRE Fellowship)

Toohey ’13, Margaret: Volunteer Lawyers Project Intern, Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Portland, ME (Harward Center for Community Partnerships Summer Student Fellowship)

Valles ’13, Matthew: Optimal parameters for chaos synchronization of two multimode vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (Hong Lin, Physics, faculty grant, National Science Foundation)

Wallace ’13, Josefine: Does Shipping Late-Gestation, Pregnant Rats Alter the Respiratory Control of Their Offspring? (Ryan Bavis, Biology; A. V. Davis Fellowship in Biology and Mount David Research Fellowship)

Watson ’13, Caroline: Contribution of Large Precipitation Events to Sediment Loading in Lake Sunapee, NH (Holly Ewing, Environmental Studies, faculty grant, National Science Foundation)

Wescott ’13, Amanda: Dynamics of barrier beach and pocket beach systems, Phippsburg, Maine (Michael Retelle, Geology, faculty grant, Small Point Operating Corp.)

White ’13, Elisabeth: Geographic Variation of Growth Rates in Adult Soft-shelled Clams, Mya arenaria, along the Maine Coast (William Ambrose, Biology; A. V. Davis Fellowship in Biology)

Yin ’15, Hang: NGO Status and Censorship in Guangdong (James Richter, Politics; Bates Summer Research Fellowship)