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12th Annual Symposium Award Winners

Uncategorized  — 08/11/2016

Congratulations to the following students for the their achievements at the RSC’s 12th Annual Symposium:

*indicates presenting author


Graduate Oral Presentations

1st Place:

Use of DNA technologies in macroinvertebrate bioassessments
Sara Mueller[1]*, Aaron Aunins[2], Timothy King[2], Jay Stauffer Jr.[1]
[1]The Pennsylvania State University, [2]U.S. Geological Survey

2nd Place:

Aquatic species inventories of ten state parks in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Josh Wisor*, Kyle Clark
The Pennsylvania State University


Undergraduate Oral Presentations

1st Place:

Separate vs. combined effects of snails, tadpoles, and caddisflies on detritus decomposition in montane kettle ponds
Liana Leja*
Allegheny College

2nd Place:

The behavior of brine shrimp (Artemia salina) in turbulence
Kato, D.K.*, Wolfe, T.P., Marys, K.a., and Anderson, E.J.
Grove City College


Graduate Poster Presentations

1st Place:

Dysmorphology in the human medial superior olive after environmental exposure to pollution
Kaitlyn Blackburn*, Randy Kulesza, Ph.D.
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine

2nd Place:

Active surveillance of human pathogen carrying ticks from Presque Isle State Park (Erie, PA)
Corbyn Minich*, Nancy Carty, Ph.D., Chris Keller, Ph.D.
FNAOME, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Laboratory of Human Pathogens


Undergraduate Poster Presentations

1st Place:

The role of Ent3 in Put4 trafficking from the trans-Golgi network to the plasma membrane
Gabbrielle Acosta*, Robert Ramirez, Quyen Aoh, Ph.D.
Gannon University, Department of Biology

2nd Place:

Assessing red fox (Vulpes vulpes) and coyote (Canis latrans) populations on Presque Isle State Park using remote sensing cameras: year two
Tyler Chrispen*, Mark Mullinger*, Amy Burniston
Murcyhurst University


High School Presentation

Comparison of diatoms found in restored and unrestored sections of Dead Pond, Presque Isle State Park, Erie, PA
Andrew Kubaney[1][2]*, Jeanette Girosky[2][3]
[1]Mercyhurst Preparatory School, [2]Regional Science Consortium, [3]Natural History Museum, Tom Ridge Environmental Center