Norfolk/Virginia Beach, Va. – Ten Virginia Wesleyan College students presented three oral presentations and five posters at the College’s Fall Undergraduate Research Symposium on Monday, Dec. 7. The event was hosted by the Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics.
Oral presentations:
Ashley Wright ’10 from Norfolk, Va. – “Effects of Diet on Morphology of Gizzard Shad (Dorosoma cepedianum).” Faculty Advisor: Dr. Maynard Schaus, Batten Professor of Biology
Cathryn Wilson ’10 from Mechanicsville, Va. – “Comparative Anatomy of the Reproductive Structures of Central American Harvestmen.” Faculty Advisor: Dr. Vic Townsend, Batten Associate Professor of Biology
Dayna Cook ’10 from Virginia Beach, Va. – “Comparing Male Reproductive Anatomy of Harvestmen Spiders of the Caribbean Islands.” Faculty Advisor: Dr. Vic Townsend
Posters:
Shannon Cassatt ’10 from Eldersburg, Md. – “Effect of Turtles on Macroinvertebrates in Tank Mesocosms.” Faculty Advisor: Dr. Maynard Schaus
Ashley Wright, Honors project for CHEM 311: Organic Chemistry. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Joyce Easter, Professor of Chemistry
Mark Childress ’10 from Sandston, Va.; Jerilyn Idler ’11 from Bridgeville, Del.; John Maravich’11 from Virginia Beach, Va.; Heaven Meinnert ’11 from Chesapeake, Va.; Scott Tetzner ’10 from Dover, Del.; and Lan Tran ’10 from Chesapeake, Va.
Mercury in green roof runoff, project for CHEM/EES 270: Environmental Chemistry. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Malcolm, Assistant Professor of Ocean & Atmospheric Studies
Lan Tran – “Effect of Acidification on Zooplankton and productivity in a small lake,” an honors project for BIO 316: Ecology. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Maynard Schaus
“I was excited to see so many outstanding undergraduate research presentations in the sciences,” said Dr. Maynard Schaus, coordinator of undergraduate research at the College. “I look forward to having several of these students present their work at regional conferences and a few students are aiming to have their work published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal.”
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