Smithsonian
Institution
National Museum of Natural History
Research
Training Program
Educational
Outreach Fund
1990
In
1990, the Educational Outreach Fund supported
the research of 20 interns, including
12 women and 1 international student.
Garrett
John Alberico. 1990.
University of North Dakota. Botanical Art Collection.
Alice Tangerini, Botany. Educational
Outreach Intern. Employed by Interpretive
Gardens (1995).
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Mark
G. Carter. 1990.
Tufts University (Biology/Environmental Studies,
1991). Cuticle Studies from Angiosperm Fossils/Paleobotanical
Studies in Wyoming. Dr. Scott Wing, Paleobiology.
Educational Outreach
Intern. Ph.D. 2000. John Hopkins
University. Human Genetics.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Jessica
A. Downs. 1990.
University of Wisconsin - Madison. Effects of
Nutrient and Light Levels on Lobophora variegata.
Dr. Mark Littler, Botany. Educational
Outreach Intern.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Suzanne
Folke. 1990.
Butler University. Catalogue of American Amphibians
& Reptiles. Dr. Roy McDiarmid, Vertebrate
Zoology - Reptiles and Amphibians. Educational
Outreach Intern. MS. 1994. Indiana
University, Bloomington. Reproductive ecology
of Silene noctiflora. Employed by Westseed,
a native seed company, owner of the company.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Karen
R. Glantz. 1990.
Cornell University (Plant Science, 1993). Medicinal
Plants of the Guianas. Dr. Robert DeFilipps,
Botany. Educational
Outreach Intern. MS. 1996. Wheelock
College. Education. Employed by the Museum of
Science in Boston as a Science Demonstrator.
Employed by Brookline Public Schools as a second
grade teacher (1995 - current).
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Laura
Michelle Hardy. 1990.
Louisiana State University - Shreveport. Frog
Call Analysis of the genus Eleutherodactylus
sp. Dr. W. Ronald Heyer, Vertebrate Zoology
- Reptiles and Amphibians. Educational
Outreach Intern. MS. Louisiana State
University. Crystalline protein in salamander
eggs.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Donna
Lynn Jacob. 1990.
Beloit College. X-Ray Analysis of Lauraceae
Leaves/Paleobotanical Studies in Wyoming. Dr.
Scott Wing, Paleobiology. Educational
Outreach Intern. MS. Washington University
in St. Louis.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Teresa
McLain. 1990.
Metropolitan State College at Denver (Biology,
1991). Paleobotanical Studies in Wyoming. Dr.
Scott Wing, Paleobiology. Educational
Outreach Intern. Employed as a science
writer in Tanzania.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Molly
McMullen. 1990.
Western Michigan University. Lichen Curation
of D.C. and Vicinity Collection. Dr. Mason Hale
and Sherry Pittam, Botany. Educational
Outreach Intern. Employed by Duke
University - Curatorial Associate, Cryptogamic
Herbarium.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Melissa
Ruth McQuoid. 1990.
Witman College (Biology, 1991). Photographic
Catalogue of Leaf Fossils/Paleobotanical Studies
in Wyoming. Dr. Scott Wing, Paleobiology. Educational
Outreach Intern. Ph.D. 1995. University
of Victoria (Canada). Seasonal and interannual
cycles of diatoms in relation to environmental
factors.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
George
S. Midla. 1990.
University of Southern Maine. Marine Algae Studies
of the Genus Liagora. Dr. Jim Norris,
Botany. Educational
Outreach Intern.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Camille
Mojica. 1990.
University of Texas - Austin (Biology, 1990).
Systematic Review of the Fish Genus Dermogenys.
Dr. Bruce Collette, Vertebrate Zoology - Fishes.
Educational Outreach
Intern. Ph.D. 1996. University of
California at Berkeley. Integrative Biology
- Fishes. NMNH Short Term Visitor, Dept. of
VZ - Fishes (1993). Smithsonian Graduate Fellow
(STRI) (1994.)
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Rodolfo
Gerardo Quiros. 1990.
Iowa State University. (Costa Rica). Flora of
St. John's Island. Dr. Pedro Acevedo, Botany.
Educational Outreach
Intern. Employed by Neotropica Foundation,
Director of environmental education. Employed
by National Biodiversity Institute (INBio),
Costa Rica (1995). NMNH Short Term Visitor.
1996.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Richard
A. Schneider. 1990.
Hampshire College. Comparative Postnatal Skull
Ontogenies of Ground Dwelling Sciurids. Dr.
Richard Thorington, Vertebrate Zoology - Mammals.
Educational Outreach
Intern. MS. Duke University. Zoology.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Ruth
A. Siaca-Colon. 1990.
University of Puerto Rico (Biology, 1990). Growth
Patterns of Giant Tortoises on Pinzon Island,
Galapagos. Dr. Thomas Fritts, Vertebrate Zoology
- Reptiles and Amphibians. Educational
Outreach Intern. MS. George Mason
University. Patterns of growth and maturation
in giant tortoises from Pinzon and Espariola
Islands, Galapagos, Ecuador. Ph.D. George Mason
University. Married Dr. Pedro Acevedo, NMNH
Botany Curator. NMNH Contractor/ Department
of Interior Biological Technician (1991-present).
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Michael
Edward Sisson. 1990.
George Mason University. Marquesan Archipelago
Scaevola and other Pacific Projects. Dr. Warren
Wagner, Botany. Educational
Outreach Intern. NMNH Research Assistant,
Dept. of Botany (1990-1992).
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Michael
Allen Spencer. 1990.
University of Central Florida. Bromeliad Floristics;
a taxonomic investigation of the genus Guzmania.
Dr. Lyman Smith, Botany. Educational
Outreach Intern. NMNH Research Collaborator
(1990-1994). MS. George Washington University.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Kerry
Lee Thomson. 1990.
University of Montana. Agoutis of the Bocas
Islands. Dr. Charles Handley, Vertebrate Zoology
- Mammals. Educational
Outreach Intern. Ph.D. 1996. University
of California, Berkeley. Research on an agouti
from Isla Colon, Panama.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Tasha
Monique Tisdale. 1990.
Spelman College. Isozyme Electrophoresis of
Heliconias. Dr. W. John Kress, Botany. Educational
Outreach Intern.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
I
Gusti Raka Panji Tisna. 1990.
Colorado College (Biology, 1990). Plant Anatomy
of Stanfieldiella and Polyspatha
in the Commelinaceae. Dr. Robert Faden, Botany.
Educational Outreach
Intern. Employed by a tourist agency
(Bali), environmental tour leader. MS. 1998.
Griffith University in Australia, Environmenal
Education. AUSAID (Australian Agency for International
Development) full scholarship for masters education.
Employed as a Cross-Cultural and Environmental
Education Consultant.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
1989
In
1989 the Educational Outreach Fund supported
the research of 24 interns, including
15 women.
Heather
Yasmin Briggs. 1989.
George Washington University. Systematics of
Porcupine Rats. Dr. Charley Handley, Vertebrate
Zoology - Mammals. Educational
Outreach Intern.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Mariel
Lee Campbell (Brunt). 1989.
University of New Mexico. Catalogue of American
Amphibians and Reptiles. Dr. Roy McDiarmid,
Vertebrate Zoology - Reptiles and Amphibians.
Educational Outreach
Intern. MS. 1995. University of California,
Davis. "Systematics/biogeography of South
American marsupials." Employed by University
of New Mexico as a professor of biology.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Eileen
Pat Collins (Lopez). 1989.
Louisiana Tech University (Zoology, 1990). Age
& Size Relationships in an Arboreal Snake.
Dr. Thomas Fritts, Vertebrate Zoology - Reptiles
and Amphibians. Educational
Outreach Intern. Student Assistant
1990. MS. 1992. University of Arizona. Skeletochronology
of the brown tree snake. Peace Corps volunteer
- Malauir Africa (Biology teacher). NMNH Museum
Technician, Dept of VZ, Herps 1990. Employed
by the Arizona Game and Fish Department, Wildlife
Specialist (1995- present).
- - RTP
Project Summary.
David
Ernstes. 1989.
Texas A & M University (Wildlife and Fisheries
Sciences, 1993). Tree Voucher Collections by
Dr. Elbert Little. George Russell, Botany. Educational
Outreach Intern. MS. 1995. Texas
A&M University. "An analysis of the
economic incentives for increased trade in milk
and milk products between the US and Mexico."
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Carolyn
Sue Ferrell. 1989.
University of Minnesota. Mammalian Species Account.
Dr. Don Wilson, Vertebrate Zoology - Mammals.
Educational Outreach
Intern.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Suzanne
Mary Furesz. 1989.
St. Mary's University. Paleobotanical Studies
in Wyoming. Dr, Scott Wing, Paleobiology. Educational
Outreach Intern.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Gary
B. Gillis. 1989.
Pacific Lutheran University (Biology, 1990).
Fish Projects. Dr. G. David Johnson and Bruce
Collette, Vertebrate Zoology - Fishes. Educational
Outreach Intern. Ph.D. 1997. University
of California, Irvine. Effects of an aquatic
to terrestrial transition on axial muscle function
in lower invertebrates.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Jason
Randall Grant. 1989.
University of Alaska. Bromeliads of the Guianas.
Dr. W. John Kress, Botany. MS. University of
Maryland. Botany. Educational
Outreach Intern. Ph.D. 2001. Universite
de Neuchatel, Switzerland. "Molecular systematics
of Neotropical gentianaceae." NMNH Collaborator
1990 - 1992. Previously employed by the University
of Alaska, Fairbanks.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Jennifer
A. Gray. 1989.
Rhodes College. Fossil Birds. Dr. Storrs Olson,
Vertebrate Zoology - Birds. Educational
Outreach Intern. Ph.D. 1996. Brown
University. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.
Excellence in Teaching Award (1996).
- - RTP
Project Summary.
William
Vincent Haigler. 1989.
University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point. Chromosome
Studies of Eragrostoid Grasses. Dr. Paul Peterson,
Botany. Educational
Outreach Intern. Employed as a farmer
in Wisconsin.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Bruce
Hoffmann. 1989.
Humboldt State University. Checklist of Medicinal
Plants of the Guianas. Dr. Robert DeFilipps,
Botany. Educational
Outreach Intern. NMNH Field Collector,
stationed in Guyana (1992 - 1994). MS. 1997.
Florida International University. Systematic
Botany (Araceae). Ph.D. Yale University. 1999.
Botany - Systematics of the genus Clusia.
Currently employed to prepare a field guide
of the vines of Surinam.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Miranda
Cybelle Kahn. 1989.
Oberlin College. Epidermal Studies of Commelinaceae
Leaves. Dr. Robert Faden, Botany. Educational
Outreach Intern. Ph.D. Cornell University.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Lawrence
Michael Kelly. 1989.
California Polytechnic State University. Compositae
of the Guianas. Dr. Vicki Funk, Botany. Educational
Outreach Intern. Ph.D. 1998. Cornell
University. Taxonomic Botany. NMNH Short Term
Visitor (1994). Received The George R. Cooley
Award (1996). This award is given annually by
the American Society of Plant Taxonomists for
the best contributed paper in plant systematics
presented at the annual meeting of the Botanical
Society of America. Employed by Universidad
Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (Mexico City, Mexico)
a Professor of Botanist.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Laurie
Ellen Klingensmith. 1989.
New Mexico State University. Botanical Illustration.
Alice Tangerini, Botany. Educational
Outreach Intern. Employed by the
Missouri Botanical Garden as the Botanical Illustrator
for the Flora of North America.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Sandra
Kim Meadow. 1989.
University of Georgia. Mammalian Species Account.
Brian Robbins, Vertebrate Zoology - Mammals.
Educational Outreach
Intern.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Carol
Annette Mears. 1989.
Youngstown State University (Biology, 1990).
Marine Algae Curation/Studies. Dr. Jim Norris,
Botany. Educational
Outreach Intern. NMNH Contractor
(1990-1991). MS. 1990. Youngstown State University.
Biology. Ph.D. 1996. University of Alabama.
Nitrogen fixation in an Alabama wetland ecosystem.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
James
C. Nieh. 1989.
Harvard University (Biology, 1991). Allometry
in Squirrels. Dr. Richard Thorington, Vertebrate
Zoology - Mammals. Educational
Outreach Intern. Ph.D. 1997. Cornell
University. Stingless bee communication. Smithsonian
Graduate Fellow (STRI) (1992). National Science
Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship.
Fulbright Scholarship. Harvard Society Junior
Post-doctoral Fellowship (1998-2001).
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Andrea
Cosette Nix. 1989.
Duke University. Type Register Projects. George
Russell, Botany. Educational
Outreach Intern. No longer employed
in the sciences.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Sue
Anne Oesterreich. 1989.
University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point. Pollen
Ultrastructure/Gesneriaceae Projects. Dr. W.
John Kress, Botany. Educational
Outreach Intern.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Monika
Jacate Palunas. 1989.
Wittenberg University. Paleobotanical Studies
in Wyoming. Dr. Scott Wing, Paleobiology. Educational
Outreach Intern. MS. 1993. University
of Akron. Micropaleontology. Previously employed
at a nature center in Maryland (1995). Ph.D.
1998. Kent State University. Early childhood
development. Previously employed by Kent State
University, College of Education as a graduate
assistant. Employed as a Head Start teacher.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Jennifer
Phipps (Phipps-Roberts). 1989.
Muskingum College. Gesneriaceae Projects. Dr.
Laurence Skog, Botany. Educational
Outreach Intern. Employed by The
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Employed
by The National Audubon Society, Alamo, TX.
Employed by The Olympic National Park Fisheries.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Christine
E. Skelly. 1989.
University of Pittsburgh. Patterns of Bird Variation.
Dr. Richard Banks, Vertebrate Zoology - Birds.
Educational Outreach
Intern.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Alton
T. Straub. 1989.
Harvard University. Fish Projects. Dr. G. David
Johnson and Bruce Collette, Vertebrate Zoology
- Fishes. Educational
Outreach Intern. Employed by the
National Marine Fisheries Service in the Observer
Program.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Suroojnauth
Tiwari. 1989.
University of Georgetown - Guyana. Flora of
the Guianas Processing. Dr. Vicki Funk, Botany.
Educational Outreach
Intern. NMNH Contractor, (1990).
MS. New York University.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Cory
Miles
Educational Outreach Intern
1988
In
1988 the Educational Outreach Fund supported
the research of 1 intern, a woman.
Corinne
Miles. 1988.
University of Oregon. Floyd A. McClure Bamboo
Collection/Exchange. George Russell, Botany.
Educational Outreach
Intern. 1989. Paleobotanical Studies
in Wyoming. Dr. Scott Wing, Paleobiology. MS.
University of Edinburgh. Landscape Ecology.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
