Senior Honors Theses and Projects from 2025
Supplemental feeding alters foraging behaviors of tarantulas in their natural habitat (Aphonopelma Hentzi), Annalyse Leach Brogan
Use of coculture and carbon source manipulation to stimulate antibiotic production in soil-dwelling microbes, April R. Dembinski
Assessing relatedness of Copperbelly water snakes in a captive breeding program, Dehlia DeRiemaker
Senior Honors Theses and Projects from 2024
The effect of body size on mate choice by Ambystoma laterale breeding with unisexual salamanders, Cole Christian DuVall
Empowering communities through education creating the School of Green, Kyle Martin
Senior Honors Theses and Projects from 2023
Microbial communities improve growth of slow-growing, uncommon legumes in a restored prairie, Alex Chumney
Impacts of viral infection by Ma-LMM01 on microcystin production by Microcystis aeruginosa, Amber Elizabeth Haley
Sexism and racism in STEM: A bleak history and a bright future, Abigail Hoskins
Investigating the role of LIM kinase in embryonic development, Nehul Dharmesh Tanna
Senior Honors Theses and Projects from 2022
Methane fluxes from the Peninsular Dam impoundment in Ypsilanti, MI, Jacob Fagerstrom
Vocal analysis of the newly described Atlantic coast leopard frog, Carrie J. Kosiba
Decomposition of organic matter above and below dams, Olivia Muntz
Impact of co-culturing bacteria upon antibiotic production, Zora Westwalewicz
Senior Honors Theses and Projects from 2021
The membrane as an RC circuit: A teaching method for undergraduate neuroscience students, Harlie Ann McKelvey
Senior Honors Theses and Projects from 2020
Developing and testing a cognitive field test for lead-exposed wild songbirds, Samantha Glowacki
Genetic analysis of tarantulas in the genus Brachypelma using Inter Simple Sequence Repeats (ISSR), Sarah Holtzen
Rad51 knockout does not increase the frequency of DNA repair via mmBIR, Aubrey B. Martin
Mutation in SGS1 does not increase the prevalence of mmBIR but causes a reduction in the proportion of gene conversions, Joseph Oberlitner
Examination of the relationship between BIOT 303 students’ achievement goals and metacognitive reflective writing, Anna Pathammavong
Impacts of variation in food availability on spatial habitat use of breeding and non-breeding red crossbills (Loxia curvirostra), Liam Pendleton
Characterization of cofilin function in Xenopus laevis, Verginio Persicone
FZR-1 knockdown in C. elegans to test the role of APC/CCdh1 in the abbreviated cell cycle, Cassandra Rigor
An analysis of restoration practices: A look into the future, Brynn Ritchey
Painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) home range and habitat use in a dam impoundment, Bria Spalding