Smithsonian
Institution
National Museum of Natural History
Research
Training Program
National
Science Foundation
Research Experiences for Undergraduates
The
National Science Foundation has been supporting
the research of the Research Training Program
student participants since 1992. A total of
183 students have been supported through 5 separate
REU awards, including 107 women and 39 minorities:
12 African Americans, 19 Hispanic Americans,
6 Native Americans, and 2 Native Hawaiians.
A
total of 176 scientific works have resulted
from student collaborations including 118 publications,
53 presentations, and 5 papers are in preparation.
At least 88 students have gone on to graduate
school including 26 Masters Degree and 62 Ph.D.
Grants
Grant
DBI-0243512
Grant
DBI-0243512 (two year probationary award,
2003 and 2004) supported 21 students
from 2003 to 2004, including 15 women
and 12 minorities: 7 Latin Americans,
1 Native American, 3 African
Americans, and 1 Native Hawaiian.
2004
In
2004 the National Science Foundation supported
the research of 11 interns, including
6 women and 6 minorities.
Anthony
Alvarez.
2004.
University of California,
Santa Barbara. GIS Prediction of the outcrop
area of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum.
- - Virtual
Poster. Scott Wing,
Paleobiology. NSF
REU Intern (Award:
DBI-0243512). - -
RTP
Project Summary.
Arden
Ashley.
2004.
Macalester College.
Evolution in action?: analysis of presumed
hybrids and parent stocks of the US east coast
sand dollar genera Encope and Mellita.
- - Virtual
Poster. Dave Pawson,
Invertebrate Zoology. NSF
REU Intern (Award:
DBI-0243512). - -
RTP
Project Summary.
Megan
Brown.
2004.
Arizona State University.
Why is 433 Eros depleted in sulfur?: using
meteorites to test competing ideas. - -
Virtual
Poster. Tim McCoy,
Mineral Sciences. NSF
REU Intern (Award:
DBI-0243512). - -
RTP
Project Summary.
Jonathan
Chen.
2004.
Oberlin College. Cladistic
analysis of the genus Cyphomyrmex and
the origin of yeast cultivation in fungus-growing
ants. - - Virtual
Poster. Ted Shultz,
Entomology. NSF
REU Intern (Award:
DBI-0243512). - -
RTP
Project Summary.
Lynn
Copes.
2004.
Columbia University.
Investigating the relationship between existing
paleoenvironmental and paleoanthropological
data: is there a good fit? - - Virtual
Poster. Rick Potts,
Anthropology. NSF
REU Intern (Award:
DBI-0243512). - -
RTP
Project Summary.
Amie
Garcia.
2004.
South Dakota School
of Mines and Technology. Cathodoluminescence
of Amazonite in the Morefield pegmatite. -
- Virtual
Poster. Mike Wise,
Mineral Sciences. NSF
REU Intern (Award:
DBI-0243512). - - RTP
Project Summary.
Emily
Moran.
2004.
University of Michigan.
A morphological characterization of the genera
of the plant tribe Liabeae (Compositae). -
- Virtual
Poster. Vicki Funk,
Botany. NSF
REU Intern (Award:
DBI-0243512). - -
RTP
Project Summary.
James
Morgan.
2004.
Fort Valley State University.
Skeletal morphology of mammals, Sorcid feet
in relation to phylogeny. - - Virtual
Poster. Neal Woodman,
Vertebrate Zoology - Mammals.
NSF
REU Intern (Award:
DBI-0243512). - -
RTP
Project Summary.
Adrienne
Sussman.
2004.
Simon's Rock College
of Bard. Speciation among the tri-colored
squirrels of South East Asia. - - Virtual
Poster. Richard
Thorington, Vertebrate Zoology - Mammals.
NSF
REU Intern (Award:
DBI-0243512). - - RTP
Project Summary.
Jorge
Velez.
2004.
University of Puerto
Rico. Paleontological investigation of microvertebrate
sites. - - Virtual
Poster. Matthew
Carrano, Paleobiology. NSF
REU Intern (Award:
DBI-0243512). - -
RTP
Project Summary.
Lee
Zelewicz.
2004.
Lycoming College. Analysis
of sandstone from seven Bayon sculptures (Khmer
Culture) of Angkor Wat, Cambodia. - - Virtual
Poster. Sorena Sorenson,
Mineral Sciences. NSF
REU Intern (Award:
DBI-0243512). - - RTP
Project Summary.
2003
In
2003 the National Science Foundation supported
the research of 10 interns, including
9 women and 6 minorities.
Amanda
Cass.
2003.
Mt. Holyoke College. The
Phylogeny of Pleuronectiformes: A Reanalysis
of Existing Hypotheses in Light of New Osteological
Observations. - - Virtual
Poster. Lynne Parenti
and Dave Johnson, Vertebrate Zoology - Fishes.
NSF
REU Intern (Award:
DBI-0243512). - -
RTP
Project Summary.
Skye
Chang.
2003.
University of Hawaii,
Manoa. 1862 Cast Iron Burial. - - Virtual
Poster. Douglas Owsley,
Anthropology. NSF
REU Intern (Award:
DBI-0243512). - -
RTP
Project Summary.
Raul
Diaz.
2003.
University of California,
Berkeley. Phylogenetic relationships among corytophanine
iguanid lizards inferred from morphological
characters. - - Virtual
Poster. Kevin de Queiroz,
Vertebrate Zoology - Amphibians and Reptiles.
NSF
REU Intern (Award:
DBI-0243512). - - RTP
Project Summary.
Stephanie
Johnson.
2003.
Cornell University (Entomology
and Biology, 2004). Investigating the evolutionary
relationships between Attine fungus-growing
ant species in the Cyphomyrmex longiscapus
group. - - Virtual
Poster. Ted R. Schultz,
Entomology. NSF
REU Intern (Award:
DBI-0243512). Organization of Tropical Studies
Undergraduate Study Abroad Program, South Africa
(2004). Ph.D. 2009. University of Maryland.
Awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate
Research Fellowship (2004). Ford Foundation
Fellowship honorable mention. - - RTP
Project Summary.
Jennifer
Maloney.
2003.
West Virginia University.
Mountain Pegmatite. - - Virtual
Poster. Mike Wise,
Mineral Sciences. NSF
REU Intern (Award:
DBI-0243512). - - RTP
Project Summary.
Brittany
Meagher.
2003.
University of California,
Riverside. Volatiles in Sea-Floor Volcanic Glasses
South of Iceland. - - Virtual
Poster. James F. Luhr,
Mineral Sciences. NSF
REU Intern (Award:
DBI-0243512). - -
RTP
Project Summary.
Abigail
Moore.
2003.
University of Utah (Biology,
2004). The differentiation of Viguiera pazensis
and V. procumbens (Asteraceae). - -
Virtual
Poster. Harold Robinson,
Botany. NSF
REU Intern (Award:
DBI-0243512). Young Botanist Award, Botanical
Society of America. College of Science Research
Scholar Award, University of Utah. Ph.D. University
of California, Berkeley. - - RTP
Project Summary.
Dalia
Palchik.
2003.
Tufts University. A Visual
Ethnography of the Republic of Mali's Female
Participants in the 37th Annual Smithsonian
Folklife Festival. - - Virtual
Poster. Mary Jo Arnoldi,
Anthropology. NSF
REU Intern (Award:
DBI-0243512). - - RTP
Project Summary.
Nancy
Price.
2003.
Richard Stockton College
of New Jersey. Planktonic foraminiferal turnover
and paleoceanographic change across the aptian-albian
boundary in the subtropical north Atlantic.
- - Virtual
Poster. Brian Huber,
Paleobiology. NSF
REU Intern (Award:
DBI-0243512). - - RTP
Project Summary.
Toccara
Thomas.
2003.
Smith College. Musicianship
in Modern Mali: social and political influences.
- - Virtual
Poster. Mary
Jo Arnoldi, Anthropology.
NSF
REU Intern (Award:
DBI-0243512). - - RTP
Project Summary.
Grant
DBI-9820303
Grant
DBI-9820303 (four year award 1999, 2000, 2001
and 2002) supported 51 students from
1999 to 2002, including 36 women and
10 minorities: 4 Latin Americans,
3 Native Americans, 2 African
Americans, and 1 Native Hawaiian.
2002
In
2002 the National Science Foundation supported
the research of 13 interns, including
11 women and 1 minority.
David
Michael Cameron.
2002.
Pepperdine University.
A New Species of African Cyanotis (Commelinaceae).
- - Virtual
Poster. Robert Faden,
Botany. NSF
REU Intern (Award:
DBI-9531331). - -
RTP
Project Summary.
Erin Doak.
2002.
Appalachian State University.
The picritic dikes of Northwest Trotternish,
Isle of Skye, Scotland. - - Virtual
Poster. Thomas Simkin,
Mineral Sciences. NSF
REU Intern (Award:
DBI-9531331). - - RTP
Project Summary.
Douglas
Arthur Edmonds. 2002.
St. Louis University. Mexican Volcanic Chains.
- - Virtual
Poster. James Luhr, Mineral Sciences. NSF
REU Intern (Award: DBI-9820303).
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Sarah Ellen Garrett. 2002.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University.
An Inventory of Leafroller Species of Moths
of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
- - Virtual
Poster. John Brown, Entomology. NSF
REU Intern (Award: DBI-9820303).
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Amie Hankins. 2002.
Southeastern Oklahoma State University. How
many blennies is the redlip blenny? - - Virtual
Poster. Carole Baldwin, Vertebrate Zoology
- Fishes. NSF REU Intern
(Award: DBI-9820303).
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Jamie
Hodgkins. 2002.
University of Colorado. The Antiquity and Paleoepidemiology
of the Infectious Disease Brucellosis. - - Virtual
Poster. Donald Ortner, Anthropology. NSF
REU Intern (Award: DBI-9820303).
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Kristen
Elizabeth Iriarte. 2002.
College of William and Mary. Analyzing the Fatal
Pyroclastic Flow of Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica.
- - Virtual
Poster. William Melson, Mineral Sciences.
NSF REU Intern
(Award: DBI-9820303).
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Michelle
Christine Knapp. 2002.
Harvard College (Biology, 2004). Testing the
taxonomic significance of buccal structures
in phyllostomid bats. - - Virtual
Poster. Alfred Gardner, Vertebrate Zoology
- Mammals. NSF REU
Intern (Award: DBI-9820303). Ph.D.
Texas Tech. Working with Robert Baker on molecular
systematics of mammals.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Heather
Kristen McCarren. 2002.
Ohio State University (Geological Sciences 2003).
Phylogeny and depth ecology of the Late Cretaceous
planktonic foraminifer species of Globigerinelloides.
- - Virtual
Poster. Brian Huber, Paleobiology. NSF
REU Intern (Award: DBI-9820303).
Ph.D. 2009. University of California, Santa
Cruz. Earth Sciences.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Amanda Joy Newsom.
2002.
Hamline University. Changes in Cetacean Specimen
Collection at the Smithsonian Institution Since
1900. - - Virtual
Poster. James Mead, Vertebrate Zoology -
Mammals. NSF REU Intern
(Award: DBI-9820303).
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Megan
Elisabeth Paustian. 2002.
Bryn Mawr College. A characterization of the
Permian-age Lueders Formation. - - Virtual
Poster. Bill DiMichele, Paleobiology. NSF
REU Intern (Award: DBI-9820303).
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Andrea
Michelle Runyan.
2002.
University of North Texas.
Dental Disease: the root of all evil? - - Virtual
Poster. David Hunt,
Anthropology. NSF
REU Intern (Award:
DBI-9531331). REU - Rocky Mountain Biological
Station. - - RTP
Project Summary.
Angela
Dawn Skeeles. 2002.
Texas A&M University. Character DIsplacement
in Neotropical Cats. - - Virtual
Poster. Don Wilson, Vertebrate Zoology -
Mammals. NSF REU Intern
(Award: DBI-9820303).
- - RTP
Project Summary.
2001
In
2001 the National Science Foundation supported
the research of 12 interns, including
8 women and 3 minorities.
Yolanda
Jesusita Chacon. 2001.
New Mexico State University (Biology). Analysis
of feather characters of cranes, rails, and
allies (order Gruiformes). Dr. Carla Dove, Vertebrate
Zoology - Birds. NSF
REU Intern (Award: DBI-9820303).
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Erin
Nicole DiMaggio. 2001.
University of Michigan (Geology). Evidence for
Feldspar Replacement in Altered Metamorphic
Tuffs in the Duck Lake Volcanic Suite. Dr. Sorena
Sorensen, Mineral Sciences. NSF
REU Intern (Award: DBI-9820303).
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Matthew
Scott Friedman. 2001.
University of Rochester (Biology and Geology).
Study of a putative lampridiform fish from the
Oligocene of Peru. Dr. James C. Tyler and Dr.
G. David Johnson, Vertebrate Zoology - Fishes.
NSF REU Intern
(Award: DBI-9820303).
Ph.D. 2007. University
of Chicago. NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
including a MPhil at Cambridge working in the
Department of Zoology with Jenny Clack on a
growth series of Acanthostega, a transitional
form between fish and amphibians- - RTP
Project Summary.
Michael
Charles Holcomb. 2001.
University of Idaho (Geology and Chemistry).
Use of X-radiographs for coral identification.
Dr. Ian MacIntyre and Dr. John Pandolfi, Paleobiology.
NSF REU Intern
(Award: DBI-9820303).
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Abigail Jean Knee. 2001.
University of Rhode Island (Marine Biology).
A cladistic analysis of the polychaete genus
Halosydna. Dr. Kristian Fauchald, Invertebrate
Zoology. NSF REU Intern
(Award: DBI-9820303).
Ph.D. Biological Oceanography. Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution. Summer Graduate Research Fellowhip.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Trevor
James Krabbenhoft. 2001.
North Dakota State University (Zoology). A New
Cynoglossid Flatfish (Symphurus: Cynoglossidae:
Pleuronectiformes) from Deep-waters of the Philippine
Archipelago. Dr. Thomas Munroe, Vertebrate Zoology
- Fishes. NSF REU Intern
(Award: DBI-9820303).
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Courtney
Ann Porreca. 2001.
University of New Mexico (Anthropology, 2003).
Paste Composition and Vessel Function: A Case
Study of Caribbean Ceramics. Dr. Daniel Rogers,
Anthropology. NSF REU
Intern (Award: DBI-9820303).
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Anastasia
Lee Poulos. 2001.
University of Maryland (Anthropology and Art
History). The Hunting of Gazella subgutturosa
by Early Domesticators in the Fertile Crescent-
A Comparison of Wild and Domestic Animal Remains
in the Archaeological Record. Dr. Melinda Zeder,
Anthropology. NSF REU
Intern (Award: DBI-9820303). NMNH
Research Intern (2001).
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Yana
Rae Reid. 2001.
Haskell Indian Nations University (Biology).
Analysis of advertisement calls in the genetically
diverse frog taxon currently known as Leptodactylus
fuscus. Dr. Ronald Heyer, Vertebrate Zoology
- Reptiles and Amphibians. NSF
REU Intern (Award: DBI-9820303).
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Shannon
Scott Schwaller. 2001.
St. Cloud State University (Anthropology). A
Morphometric Analysis of Hand Anatomy in Five
Genera of New World Monkeys. Dr. Richard Thorington,
Vertebrate Zoology - Mammals. NSF
REU Intern (Award: DBI-9820303).
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Ainsley
Ellen Seago. 2001.
Cornell University (Entomology). A New Species
of Crepidodera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae).
Dr. Steven Lingafelter, Entomology. NSF
REU Intern (Award: DBI-9820303).
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Dawn
Michele Stodden. 2001.
University of Montana, Western (Geology). The
Assembly of North America: Using Garnet Zoning
to Decipher the Geologic History of the Potomac
Terrane. Dr. William Melson, Mineral Sciences.
NSF REU Intern
(Award: DBI-9820303).
- - RTP
Project Summary.
2000
In
2000 the National Science Foundation supported
the research of 13 interns, including
7 women and 2 minorities
Amanda
Albright. 2000.
Juniata College. Origin of epidote in granitic
pegmatites of the Ricon pegmatite district of
southern California. Dr. Michael Wise, Mineral
Sciences. NSF REU Intern
(Award: DBI-9820303). NMNH short-term visitor
(2001).
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Sudha
Arunachalam. 2000.
University of Southern California. Phonological
variation in Menominee. Dr. Ives Goddard. Anthropology.
NSF REU Intern
(Award: DBI-9820303).
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania.
Awarded National
Science Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship (2001).
-
- RTP
Project Summary.
Andrea
Berger. 2000.
Wesleyan University. The utilization of postcranial
discriminate functions for NAGRPA compliance.
Dr. Steve Ousley. Anthropology. NSF
REU Intern (Award: DBI-9820303).
- - RTP
Project Summary
Matthew
Brandley. 2000.
University of Oklahoma. The phylogenetic relationships
of the Anolis cristatellus species group
based on external and skeletal characters. Dr.
Kevin de Queiroz, Vertebrate Zoology - Amphibians
and Reptiles. NSF REU
Intern (Award: DBI-9820303). M.S.
(2005). San Diego State University. Herpetology.
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley. NMNH
Short Term Visitor (2001).
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Kristofer
Helgen. 2000.
Harvard University. Taxonomic status of insular
raccoons. Dr. Don Wilson, Vertebrate Zoology
- Mammals. NSF REU
Intern (Award: DBI-9820303). NMNH
Short-term Visitor (2001, 2002).
Ph.D. 2005. University
of Adelaide, South Australia. Environmental
Biology. Received J. WIlliam Fulbright Scholarship.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Tabitha
Hensley. 2000.
University of New Orleans (Geology 2001). Geochemical
variations in the Central American volcanic
Arc. Dr. James Luhr, Mineral Sciences. NSF
REU Intern (Award: DBI-9820303).
Ph.D. 2006. Scripps Institution
of Oceanography. Earth Sciences. - -
RTP
Project Summary.
Matthew
Jackson. 2000.
Brown University (Biology, 2003). Comparative
leaf anatomy of the genera of the subtribe Coleotrypinae
(Commelinaceae). Dr. Robert Faden, Botany. NSF
REU Intern (Award: DBI-9820303).
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Elisa
Maldonado. 2000.
University of California, Los Angeles. Sea lilies
and feather stars from the Bahama Islands. Dr.
David Pawson, Invertebrate Zoology. NSF
REU Intern (Award: DBI-9820303).
Ph.D. 2009. Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
NMNH Short Term Visitor (2001).
Awarded National
Science Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship (2002).-
- RTP
Project Summary.
Melanie
Mann. 2000.
University of Hawai'i at Manoa. Utilization
of non-traditional craniometrics to distinguish
among 19th century museum populations. Dr. Steve
Ousley, Anthropology. NSF
REU Intern (Award: DBI-9820303).
NMNH Short Term Visitor (2001).
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Erik
Martin. 2000.
Los Angeles Valley College. Changes in variation
and character correlation of Neuropteris
ovata through existence in fossil record.
Dr. William DiMichele, Paleobiology. NSF
REU Intern (Award: DBI-9820303).
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Jarod
Raithel. 2000.
Texas A&M University. An osteometric analysis
of sexual dimorphism in the Moa-nalos flightless
Hawaiian waterfowl. Dr. Helen James, Vertebrate
Zoology - Birds. NSF
REU Intern (Award: DBI-9820303).
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Chad
Schennum. 2000.
Virginia Tech. Ecomorph analysis of the Brontothere
Protitan. Dr. Robert Emry, Paleobiology.
NSF REU Intern
(Award: DBI-9820303). Employed by the NMNH as
a Research Assistant to Dr. Richard Thorington,
VZ - Mammals.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Stephanie
Schroeder.
2000.
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee (2002).
Systematics and biogeography of the subgenus
Sinistrofulgur (Gastropoda: Melongenidae)
in Eastern North America. Dr. M. Gerry Harasewych,
Invertebrate Zoology. NSF
REU Intern (Award: DBI-9820303).
Summer Fellowship, University of Washington.
Research Assistant University of California
- Davis.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
1999
In
1999 the National Science Foundation supported
the research of 13 interns, including
10 women and 4 minorities.
Sydella
Blatch. 1999.
University of Maryland, College Park. Systematic
analysis of MesoAmerican Meromacrus flower flies
(Diptera: Syrphidae) with a description of a
new species. Dr. F. Christian Thompson, Entomology.
NSF REU Intern
(Award: DBI-9820303).
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Min-Yuen Cynthia Cheung.
1999.
University of Oklahoma. Phylogenetic relationships
of Brittanichthys, a South American Characid
fish (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae)
Dr. Stanley Weitzman, Vertebrate Zoology - Fishes.
NSF REU Intern
(Award: DBI-9820303). Ph.D. Baylor College of
Medicine. 2006. Awarded a Goldwater Scholarship
(2000).
Awarded National
Science Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship (2002).
-
- RTP
Project Summary.
Sarah Corbett.
1999.
Valdosta State University (Paleobotany). Comparative
spathe anatomy and morphology of Commelina
(Commelinaceae). Dr. Robert Faden, Botany. NSF
REU Intern (Award: DBI-9820303).
Internship,
University of Pennsylvania. Ph.D. University
of Florida. 2004.
National
Science Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship honorable
mention (2002 and 2001).
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Brian
Nicholas Garland.
1999.
University of Kentucky.
A qualitative and quantitative analysis of insect
herbivory on a lower Permian flora
from North-central Texas. Dr. Conrad Labandeira,
Paleobiology. NSF REU
Intern (Award: DBI-9820303).
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Aspen
Garry. 1999.
University of Arizona. Choosing to live in the
low-rent district: habitat selection by fish
in Antarctic deep-sea environments. Dr. Michael
Vecchione, Vertebrate Zoology - Fishes. NSF
REU Intern (Award: DBI-9820303).
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Ryan
Hurtado. 1999.
Colorado State University. Commingled conjunctions:
a biometric approach. Dr. David Hunt, Anthropology.
NSF REU Intern
(Award: DBI-9820303).
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Melissa
Jensen. 1999.
Cornell University. A decline in the species
richness of Oecophorid moths (Insects: Lepidoptera:
Oecophoridae) of Plummers Island, Maryland:
consequences of old-field abandonment and implications
for management. Dr. John Brown, Entomology.
NSF REU Intern
(Award: DBI-9820303). NMNH contractor (1999).
Presented research as SACNAS conference in Atlanta,
GA (2000).
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Christina
Lynn Lopano. 1999.
Virginia Tech (Geological Sciences, 2001). The
crystallization history of the Morefield pegmatite,
Amelia, Virginia. Dr. Michael Wise, Mineral
Sciences. NSF REU Intern
(Award: DBI-9820303). MS. 2003. Pennsylvania
State University. NMNH Graduate Student Fellowship
(2002)
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Jennifer
Quincey. 1999.
Northern Illinois University. Chronology, epistemology,
and culture contact. Dr. William Fitzhugh, Anthropology.
NSF REU Intern
(Award: DBI-9820303). Ph.D. Washington University,
St. Louis. Anthropology. National Science Foundation
Graduate Research Fellowship (2002).-
- RTP
Project Summary.
Tawny
Seaton. 1999.
California Lutheran University (Geology, minor
in Biology, 2001). Morphometric analysis of
the vertebral column of the beaked whale Mesoplodon
europaeus. Dr. James Mead, Vertebrate Zoology
- Mammals. NSF REU
Intern (Award: DBI-9820303).
Ph.D. University of Michigan.
2006.- - RTP
Project Summary.
Anne
E. Senters. 1999.
Washington State University. A morphological
cladistic analysis of the neotropical genus
Gasteranthus in the plant family Gesneriaceae.
Dr. Laurence Skog, Botany. NSF
REU Intern (Award: DBI-9820303).
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Jocelyn Sessa.
1999.
State University of New York at Geneseo. Middle
Cretaceous paleoclimatic variation during the
evolution of the planktic foraminifer species,
Costellagerina libyca. Dr. Brian Huber,
Paleobiology. NSF REU
Intern (Award: DBI-9820303).
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Johnas
Wright. 1999.
George Mason University. Morphological description
of tentacular development in paralarval Ctenopteryx
sicula. Dr. Michael Vecchione, Invertebrate
Zoology. NSF REU Intern
(Award: DBI-9820303). Starred in NMNH video
for the public about research activities behind-the-scenes
at NMNH (2000).
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Grant
DBI-9531331
Grant
DBI-9531331 (three year award, 1996, 1997,
and 1998) supported 49 students from
1996 to 1998, including 25 women and
7 minorities: 2 Latin Americans,
1 Native American, and 4 African
Americans.
In
1998, the RTP also receieved Grant
EAR-9732416 for Mineral Sciences and
Paleobiology Interns. This grant supported
5 interns including 3 women.
1998
In
1998 the National Science Foundation supported
the research of 18 interns, including
10 women and 2 minorities.
Christopher
Lang Claflin. 1998.
George Washington University (Geology, 1999).
Geochemistry of amphiboles in niobium-yttrium-fluorine
enriched pegmatites. Dr. Michael Wise, Mineral
Sciences. NSF REU Intern
(Award: EAR-9732416).
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Ashley
Cramer. 1998.
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (Biology,
1999). Three new species from the southwestern
United States and Mexico related to Argyrotaenia
ponera (Walsingham). Dr. John W. Brown,
USDA. NSF REU Intern
(Award: DBI-9531331). MS. 2005.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Jennifer
Leigh Fairchild. 1998.
University of Washington, Seattle (Anthropology
and Zoology, 1999). Taxonomy and distribution
of paralarval Ommastrephidae from the northern
Gulf of Mexico. Dr. Michael Vecchione, Invertebrate
Zoology. NOAA. NSF
REU Intern (Award: DBI-9531331).
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Sara
Christine James. 1998.
The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg,
Virginia (Geology, 1999). Analysis of eruption
trends at Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica. Dr. William
Melson, Mineral Sciences. NSF
REU Intern (Award: EAR-9732416).
Guest speaker at RTP/AMP 1999 Winter Workshop.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Tristan
Seth Kimbrell. 1998.
Kansas State University, Manhattan (Biology,
1999). Age-related changes in the cross-sectional
histomorphology of warbler long bones. Dr. Gary
Graves, Vertebrate Zoology; Dr. Donald Ortner,
Anthropology. NSF REU
Intern (Award: DBI-9531331). Ph.D.
2004. University of Kansas. Evolutionary Ecology.
Awarded National
Science Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship (1999).
-
- RTP
Project Summary.
Molly
Jeanette Markey. 1998.
Bowling Green State University, Ohio (Paleobiology
and Russian, 2000). Planktonic foraminiferal
assemblage and stable isotopic changes across
the Aptian/Albian boundary oceanic anoxic event.
Dr. Brian Huber, Paleobiology. NSF
REU Intern (Award: EAR-9732416).
Employed by Bowling Green State University.
Toledo Gem and Rockhound Club Scholarship (1999).
Ph.D. Harvard University Museum of Comparative
Zoology.
2006. National
Science Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship honorable
mention (2002 and 2001). -
- RTP
Project Summary.
Colleen
Megan McLinn. 1998.
Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida (Biology,
1999). Use of the astragalus bone for sex and
species identification in ancient goat populations:
Implications for the study of animal domestication.
Dr. Melinda Zeder, Anthropology. NSF
REU Intern (Award: DBI-9531331).
MS. 2002. University of Minnesota. Ecology,
evolution, and behavior of birds (blue jays).
National
Science Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship honorable
mention (2000).
-
- RTP
Project Summary.
Sean
Brendan Menke. 1998.
University of Minnesota, Morris (Biology, 1999).
Evaluation of the taxonomy and nomenclature
of Soleichthys (Soleidae: Pleuronectiformes)
from Australian waters. Dr. Thomas Munroe, National
Marine Fisheries Service, Vertebrate Zoology
- Fishes. NSF REU Intern
(Award: DBI-9531331). MS. 2002. University of
Oklahoma. Zoology.
National
Science Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship honorable
mention (2000).
-
- RTP
Project Summary.
Michelle Karen Nestlerode.
1998.
University of North Carolina at Wilmington (Marine
Biology, 2000). The collection of sponges (Porifera)
from the south Atlantic coast of the United
States, Part II: Distribution. Dr. Klaus Ruetzler.
NSF REU Intern
(Award: DBI-9531331). Employed by NMNH as a
research assistant (2000 - present). NMNH contractor
(1999).
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Matthew
Broadbent Palmer. 1998.
Brigham Young University (Zoology, 1999). Insect
herbivory on an Eocene flora from Republic,
Washington. Dr. Conrad Labandeira, Paleobiology.
NSF REU Intern
(Award: EAR-9732416).
Ph.D. 2002. University of Illinois. National
Science Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship honorable
mention (1998).
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Ellen
Beth Rosenshein. 1998.
Binghamton University, New York (Geology, 1999).
A minerological study of aubritic meteorites:
Evidence for partial melting. Dr. Timothy McCoy,
Mineral Sciences. NSF
REU Intern (Award: EAR-9732416).
NMNH Short Term Visitor (2000).
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Rudyard
Willis Sadleir. 1998.
University of Illinois, Chicago (Geology, 1999).
Taphonomic alteration of reef corals from Madang
Lagoon, Papua New Guinea. Dr. John Pandolfi,
Paleobiology. NSF REU
Intern (Award: DBI-9531331). Employed
by University of Chicago as a Lab Technician.
NMNH contractor (1999). Ph.D. University of
Oxford. Received The
Rhodes Scholarship (2001).
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Sandra
V. Saluke. 1998.
Cornell University (Biology, 1999). Resolving
the Elaphria festivoides (Guenee) species
complex (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Dr. Michael
Pogue, Entomology. NSF
REU Intern (Award: DBI-9531331).
MS. 2000. George Washington University. Museum
Education.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
James
Andrew Skoy. 1998.
Brigham Young University (Conservation Biology
and Systematics, 1999). A study of the distribution,
biogeography, and evolution of the porcupine
rats (Hoplomys gymnurus) in the islands
of Bocas Del Toro, Panama. Dr. Charles O. Handley,
Vertebrate Zoology - Mammals. NSF
REU Intern (Award: DBI-9531331).
MD Ph.D. 2005. Brigham Young University.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Shannon
Alexis Stackhouse. 1998.
Harvard University (Biology, 2000). The effects
of socio-economic status on dietary patterns
in the emergent urban society of Tell Leilan.
Dr. Melinda Zeder, Anthropology. NSF
REU Intern (Award: DBI-9531331).
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Charles
Tristan Stayton. 1998.
Purdue University (Solid Earth Sciences, 2000).
Taphonomy and paleoecology of avifaunal remains
from Amboseli Park, Kenya. Dr. Anna K. Behrensmeyer,
Paleobiology. NSF REU
Intern (Award: DBI-9531331).
- - RTP
Project Summary.
David
Clinton Taylor. 1998.
Sam Houston State University, Texas (Biological
Science, 1999). Restriction of Pepinia
(Bromeliaceae: Pitcairniodeae) and taxonomic
revisions. Dr. Harold Robinson, Botany. NSF
REU Intern (Award: DBI-9531331).
Employed by TransAmerica.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Allison
Nicole Wack. 1998.
Randolph-Macon Women's College, Lynchburg, Virginia
(Biology, 1999). A century of change in the
flora and vegetation of an urban area -- Arlington
County, Virginia. Dr. Stanwyn Shetler, Botany.
NSF REU Intern
(Award: DBI-9531331). Employed by H.M. Jackson
Foundation as a Research Technician in HIV vaccine
development.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
1997
In
1997 the National Science Foundation supported
the research of 15 interns, including
8 women and 3 minorities.
Katherine
Elaine Bash. 1997.
University of Texas (Biology, 1997). Geometridae
(Lepidoptera) of a coastal scrub ecosystem in
Southern California. Dr. John Brown, Entomology.
NSF REU Intern
(Award: DBI-9531331). Fulbright Scholarship
to conduct biodiversity studies in Ecuador.
NMNH collaborations conducting field research
in Brazil with SI Research Associate.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Jessica
Danielle Cafarella. 1997.
Duke University (Biological Anthropology and
Anatomy, 1998). Scurvy in archeological human
remains from the American Southwest. Dr. Donald
J. Ortner, Anthropology. NSF
REU Intern (Award: DBI-9531331).
Employed by an HMO translating scientific articles.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Joshua
W. Campbell. 1997.
Auburn University (Zoology, 1998). Evaluation
of the genus Pecopteris foliage of Pennsylvanian
and Permian age. Dr. William A. DiMichele, Paleobiology.
NSF REU Intern
(Award: DBI-9531331). Ph.D. University of Chicago.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Kerri
Michelle Carlson. 1997.
Miami University (Anthropology, 1998). Determining
the biological affiliation of human remains:
an assessment of available techniques. Dr. Thomas
W. Killion and Dr. Paula Molloy, Anthropology.
NSF REU Intern
(Award: DBI-9531331). Ph.D. 2004. Duke University.
Genetics.
- - RTP
Project Summary.
Joshua
Andrew Chamot.
1997.
The College of William and Mary (Geology, 1998).
The effects of morphological variation upon
the stable carbon isotope ratios of Eocene plant
material. Dr. Scott L. Wing, Paleobiology. NSF
REU Intern (Award: DBI-9531331).
MS. 2000. University of Tennessee at Knoxville.
Geology. Previously employed by University of
Tennessee as a lab Teaching Assistant. Freelance
science journalism. Employed by the NMNH Office
of Public Affairs (2001).
- - RTP
Project Summary
Noah
Robert Feinstein. 1997.
Harvard University (Biology, 1998). Learning
from the collector: a survey of azooxanthellate
corals affixed by Xenophore (Mollusca: Gastropoda)
together with an analysis of attachment patterns
and a discussion of the hypothetical functions
of attachment behavior. Dr. Stephen Cairns,
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