The 2002 Summer Session

• Schedule of Events - '02
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Virtual Symposium & Poster Session - join us on-line Thursday, 1 August 2002, to view research poster presentations by the '02 RTP participants. You are HERE. To continue select the next option.

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Produced by the Smithsonian Office of Fellowships, "Smithsonian Opportunities for Research and Study" is a guide to research and study programs at the Smithsonian, plus a complete listing of scientific staff and their research specialties. The site address is: http://www.si.edu/ofg/sorsnmnh.htm

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Select a Poster to View

Welcome to the Research Training Program Virtual Poster Session! Posters were available for viewing beginning Thursday, 25 July 2002. A message board was active but has now closed.

Browse through the descriptives at your leisure by clicking on the poster thumbnails. To learn more about the students, select the "summary" option. To review a general audience abstract of the research project and view a photo of the research team, select the "abstract" option. To learn more about the Research Training Program and the Class or '02, visit some of our other web sites.

Research Presentations from Systematic Biology

BOTANY David Cameron "A New Species of Cyanotis (Commelinaceae) from Africa" Abstract / Summary	BOTANY Leonardo Versieux "A Study of Genetic Variation in Musella (Musaceae): an endemic monotypic genus from Southwestern China" Abstract / Summary
ENTOMOLOGY Sarah Garrett "An Inventory of Leafroller Species of Moths of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park" Abstract / Summary	ENTOMOLOGY Kathie John "An Inventory of Leafroller Species of Moths of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park" Abstract / Summary
VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY - FISHES Murilo Carvalho "Revision of Hypostomus species of the streams in the upper Rio Parana basin on the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" Abstract / Summary	VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY - FISHES Alla Mauke "How Many Species is Ophioblennius atlanticus?" Abstract / Summary
VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY - FISHES Amie Hankins "How many blennies is the redlip blenny" Abstract / Summary	VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY - FISHES David Ramjohn "Zoogeographical Analysis of the Coastal Marine Fishes of Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies" Abstract / Summary
VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY - MAMMALS John Hammond "Speciation (?) among the tricolored squirrels of Southeast Asia" Abstract / Summary	VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY - MAMMALS Michelle Knapp "Testing the taxonomic significance of buccal structures in phyllostomid bats" Abstract / Summary
VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY - MAMMALS Amanda Newsom "Changes in Cetacean Specimen Collection at the Smithsonian Institution Since 1900" Abstract / Summary	VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY - MAMMALS Angela Skeeles "Character DIsplacement in Neotropical Cats" Abstract / Summary
VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY - AMPHIBIANS Diego Cisneros-Heredia "The Glass Frogs (Centrolenidae) from the "Río Palenque" Science Center Ecuador; with the Description of a New Species" Abstract / Summary	VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY - BIRDS Anthony Umelo "A survey of the variation in microscopic feather characters of North American Gulls (Laridae) that are involved in birdstrikes" Abstract / Summary

Research Presentations from Paleobiology

PALEOBIOLOGY Navarro Bharat "Phylogeny and depth ecology of the Late Cretaceous planktonic foraminifer species of Globigerinelloides" Abstract / Summary	PALEOBIOLOGY Heather McCarren "Phylogeny and depth ecology of the Late Cretaceous planktonic foraminifer species of Globigerinelloides" Abstract / Summary
PALEOBIOLOGY Michael Nowak "he Effect of Depositional Environment and Preservation on the Composition of Paleogene Pollen Assemblages" Abstract / Summary	PALEOBIOLOGY Megan Paustian "A characterization of the Permian-age Lueders Formation" Abstract / Summary

Research Presentations from Geology & Mineral Science

MINERAL SCIENCE & GEOLOGY Erin Doak "The picritic dikes of Northwest Trotternish, Isle of Skye, Scotland" Abstract / Summary	MINERAL SCIENCE & GEOLOGY Douglas Edmonds "Mexican Volcanic Chains" Abstract / Summary
MINERAL SCIENCES & GEOLOGY Rebecca Gentry "Paragenesis of minerals from NYF pegmatites" Abstract / Summary	MINERAL SCIENCE & GEOLOGY Kristen Iriarte "Analyzing the Fatal Pyroclastic Flow of Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica" Abstract / Summary

Research Presentations from Anthroplogy

ANTHROPOLOGY Adam Freeburg "Experimental Carbonization of Helianthus annus" Abstract / Summary	ANTHROPOLOGY Jamie Hodgkins "The Antiquity and Paleoepidemiology of the Infections Disease Brucellosis" Abstract / Summary
ANTHROPOLOGY Andrea Runyan "Dental Disease: the root of all evil?" Abstract / Summary	ANTHROPOLOGY Jessica Seebauer "Redefining mongoloid: can inter landmark distances be used to discriminate between Native Americans and East Asiatic individuals?" Abstract / Summary
ANTHROPOLOGY Donna Stewart "Repatriation Research" Abstract / Summary	RTP Class of '02

• We have an active photo gallery on the web and have been posting images throughout our summer. For a peek, visit: http://www.nmnh.si.edu/rtp/students/2002/gallery02.html
• Our web site also includes a page of information about our program plus personal summaries about us and the research we're conducting. Visit: http://www.nmnh.si.edu/rtp/students/2002/accept02.html
• We also have an on-line schedule of events if you'd like to see what we've been up to other than our research projects. Visit: http://www.nmnh.si.edu/rtp/students/2002/schedule02.htm

The '02 session of the Research Training Program was supported by grants from the National Science Foundation Research Expereinces for Undergraduates Program (Award: DBI-9820303), the Smithsonian Women's Committee, the Alice Eve Kennington Endowment, the Bill and Jean Lane Endowment, and the National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Teachers (Award: EEC-973148, Supplement #11).

We gratefully acknowledge their on-going support in providing opportunities for undergraduate students and teachers to engage in research activities with Smithsonian scientists.