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Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History
Research Training Program

Virtual Poster Session

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On behalf of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History Research Training Program Class of '06: You're invited to join the fourth annual Virtual Poster Session by visiting this web site. Session opens: * * * Thursday* * * 3 August 2006

Welcome to the Research Training Program Virtual Poster Session! All posters will be available for viewing on Thursday, 3 August 2006.

Browse through the descriptives at your leisure by clicking on the poster thumbnails. We also have poster presentations from some of our other Smithsonian interns posted here.

• To learn more about the students, select the "Student Background" option.

• To review a general audience abstract about the research project and view a photo of the research team, select the "Project Summary" option.

• To learn more about the Research Training Program and the Class or '06, visit some of our other web sites. The main information source and web links about the RTP Class of '06 can be found on our "index" page at: http://www.nmnh.si.edu/rtp/students/2006/06index.html

View previous year posters
2002   |   2003   |   2004

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Biology
Research Presentations from Biology

BOTANY Maya Strahl "Evolution of the Lost World Mutisieae" Student Background Research Abstract Project Summary Letter of Gratitude Summer Notes	ENTOMOLOGY Kim Vann "Inventory of the Butterflies (Hexapoda: Lepidoptera: Papilionidae, Pieridae, Lycaenidae, Nymphalidae, Hesperiidae) of Plummers Island, Maryland" Student Background Research Abstract Project Summary Letter of Gratitude Summer Notes
INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY Emily Armgardt "Ontogenetic Changes in Shell Microstructure of Freshwater Gastropods from Lake Tanganyika (Cerithioidea, Paludomidae)" Student Background Research Abstract Project Summary Letter of Gratitude Summer Notes
VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY MAMMALS Juan Andres Martinez "Geographic Variation in“Grey Four-eyed Pouched Opossums” genus Philander (Didelphiomorphia, Didelphidae)" Student Background Research Abstract Project Summary Letter of Gratitude Summer Notes	VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY MAMMALS Nick Rasmussen "A Study of Flying Squirrels of Southeast Asia (Sciuridae: Hylopetes)" Student Background Research Abstract Project Summary Letter of Gratitude Summer Notes
VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY BIRDS Katie Faust "Morphological and genetic variation in Amazonian antwrens" Student Background Research Abstract Project Summary Letter of Gratitude Summer Notes	VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY AMBHIBIANS & REPTILES Caleb McMahan "Geographic Variation in the Morphology of Hemidactylus bowringii (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) in Myanmar and Yunnan, China" Student Background Research Abstract Project Summary Letter of Gratitude Summer Notes

Paleobiology
Research Presentations from Paleobiology

PALEOBIOLOGY Jorge Alvarez "Reconstructing a Permian Tropical Forest: Vegetational Compositions and Patterns of Herbivory " Student Background Research Abstract Project Summary Letter of Gratitude Summer Notes	PALEOBIOLOGY Julia Brown "Body size evolution in deep-sea ostracodes" Student Background Research Abstract Project Summary Letter of Gratitude Summer Notes
PALEOBIOLOGY Matthew Oreska "An Analysis of the Cloverly Formation (Lower Cretaceous) Microvertebrate Fauna from the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming" Student Background Research Abstract Project Summary Letter of Gratitude Summer Notes	PALEOBIOLOGY Erin Saupe "Is Heterohelix rajagopalani the Ancestor of Gublerina cuvillieri? A Phylogenic and Taxonomic Study" Student Background Research Abstract Project Summary Letter of Gratitude Summer Notes

Mineral Sciences
Research Presentations from Geology & Mineral Science

MINERAL SCIENCE & GEOLOGY Madison Barkley "F-OH- Substitution and Thermal Effects on the Crystal Structure of Pegmatitic Topaz" Student Background Research Abstract Project Summary Letter of Gratitude Summer Notes	MINERAL SCIENCE & GEOLOGY Megan Ennis "Hydrovolcanics on Mars: Comparison of Home Plate and Zuni Salt Lake, New Mexico" Student Background Research Abstract Project Summary Letter of Gratitude Summer Notes
MINERAL SCIENCE & GEOLOGY Bryan Cockrell "The Origins of Layered Carbonates in Peridotite Xenoliths" Student Background Research Abstract Project Summary Letter of Gratitude Summer Notes	MINERAL SCIENCE & GEOLOGY Sylvia Moses "Characterizing the Chemical Biosignature of the Gunflint Chert" Student Background Research Abstract Project Summary Letter of Gratitude Summer Notes

Anthropology
Research Presentations from Anthroplogy

ANTHROPOLOGY Jayme Job "Pipestone Provenance: Sourcing Prehistoric Pipestone Artifacts Within Museum Collections Using Reflectance Spectroscopy" Student Background Research Abstract Project Summary Letter of Gratitude Summer Notes	ANTHROPOLOGY Sara Marsteller "Evidence of scurvy in North American archaeological skeletal remains" Student Background Research Abstract Project Summary Letter of Gratitude Summer Notes
ANTHROPOLOGY Paige Hamilton Notre Dame Internship Program in Anthropology "The White Plague: Skeletal Evidence of Tuberculosis" Student Background Research Abstract Project Summary Letter of Gratitude Summer Notes	ANTHROPOLOGY Sheena Ketchum Notre Dame Internship Program in Anthropology "Analysis of Ceramic Collections from Morona-Santiago, Southeast Ecuador" Student Background Research Abstract Project Summary Letter of Gratitude Summer Notes
ANTHROPOLOGY Alisa O'Connor Notre Dame Internship Program in Anthropology "Carving Culture:Stylistic Analysis of Catlinite Forms Through Time" Student Background Research Abstract Project Summary Letter of Gratitude Summer Notes

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Meanwhile, at the Museum . . .

The on-site poster session is being held in the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, Third Floor Rotunda (balcony above the elephant). The viewing for staff will be Thursday, 3 August 2006 from 8:30 - 10:30 a.m. followed by a reception for invited guests.

For a live view from the rotunda, click HERE.

The virtual posters provide a glimpse into the research activities of the students conducting research behind-the-scenes at Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. To learn more about the Research Training Program, and especially the RTP Class of '06, visit some of our other web sites:

• 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/2006/gallery06.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/2006/accept06.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/2006/schedule06.htm

Index

Photo Gallery

Schedule of Events

Virtual Posters

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Poster Presentations from NMNH Interns

In 2006 a total of 148 internship appointments have been recorded at Natural History, including 92 intern in-residence this summer. Here are poster presentations from some of our other academic appointments. For a current and complete listing of interns at the Museum, visit our web posting at: http://www.nmnh.si.edu/rtp/other_opps/intern/interns06.html

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Poster Presentations from
Natural History Internship Program

ANTHROPOLOGY Jacquelyn Graham "Excavations at Hornslandsudde, Sweden"	ENTOMOLOGY Student "Title"
VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY BIRDS Student ""Title"	INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY Student "Title"