Smithsonian
Institution
National Museum of Natural History
Research
Training Program
LSAMP
Louis
Stokes
Alliances
For Minority Participation
2000
In
2000, LSAMP supported the research of 2
interns.
Diana
Chapa. 2000.
University of Texas at Brownsville. Digital
catalog of Maastrichtian through aptain foraminifera.
Dr. Brian Huber, Paleobiology. LSAMP
Intern.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Raissa
Menendez-Delmestre. 2000.
University of Puerto Rico, at San Juan. Revision
of the freshwater needlefish genus Xenentodon.
Dr. Bruce Collette. Vertebrate Zoology, Mammals.
LSAMP Intern.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
1999
In
1999 LSAMP supported the research of 4
interns.
Nicole
Campos. 1999.
California State University, Sacramento. Identifying
Etowah site funerary objects based on material
criteria. Dr. Paula Molloy, Anthropology, Repatriation.
LSAMP Intern.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Sulema
Castro. 1999.
University of Texas at Brownsville. Morphology
of Bermuda Killifishes (Fundulus). Dr. Bruce
Collette. Vertebrate Zoology, Fishes. LSAMP
Intern.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Carolina
Laughlin. 1999.
University of Texas at Brownsville. Differentiating
characters and geographic distribution of Bulia
deducta and Bulia similaris (Lepidoptera:
Noctuidae). Dr. Michael Pogue. Entomology. LSAMP
Intern.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Rut
Rivera. 1999.
University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras. Field
guide and key to the bats of Puerto Rico. Dr.
Charles Handley. Vertebrate Zoology, Mammals.
LSAMP Intern.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
1998
In
1998 LSAMP supported the research of 3
interns, including 2 women.
Wanda
Kay Lewis. 1998.
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces (Chemistry
and Biology, 1998). Morphometric comparison
of human crania with photographs. Ralph Chapman,
Automatic Data Processing; Dr. Douglas Owsley,
Anthropology. LSAMP
Intern. Employed as a chemist in
Chicago.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Reyna
Marie Romero. 1998.
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces (Biology,
2000). The collection of sponges (Porifera)
from the south Atlantic coast of the United
States, Part I: Composition. Dr. Klaus Ruetzler,
Invertebrate Zoology. LSAMP
Intern.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Kevin
Douglas Stewart. 1998.
Howard University, Washington, D.C. (Biology,
2000). Pest control data management in entomological
collections. Dr. David Furth, Entomology. LSAMP
Intern. Employed by the NMNH Department
of Entomology (1999 - present).
- - RTP
Project Summary.
