Fall 2020/Spring 2021 ASSURE Funding Winners
Fall 2020
Mathematics and Natural Sciences
- Characterization and Assessment of Entry-Level Receiver and Amplifier Capabilities for UA Radio Astronomy
- Student: Dylan Meyer
- Major: Music
- Award Amount: $998.10
- Mentor: Adam Hauser
- Department: Physics and Astronomy
- Regulation of endocytosis at the blood-brain barrier in function and dysfunction
- Student: Eric Espinal
- Major: Biological Sciences
- Award Amount: $1,000.00
- Mentor: Brandon Kim
- Department: Biological Sciences
- MicroRNA regulation in the human blood-brain barrier during bacterial meningitis
- Student: Gabriel Humber
- Major: Chemistry
- Award Amount: $1,000.00
- Mentor: Brandon Kim
- Department: Biological Sciences
- Chromium transport by mixed Chromium-and Iron-containing Transferrin
- Student: Michael W. Gannon
- Major: Chemistry
- Award Amount: $1,000.00
- Mentor: John B. Vincent
- Department: Chemistry
- Biodiversity and Phylogeny of Scaphopoda (Mollusca)
- Student: Ryland Beede
- Major: Biological Sciences
- Award Amount: $1,000.00
- Mentor: Kevin Kocot
- Department: Biological Sciences
- Do challenging environments affect the stress response and microbiome of Brazilian frogs?
- Student: William Harrison Cook
- Major: Biological Sciences
- Award Amount: $996.22
- Mentor: C. Guilherme Becker
- Department: Biological Sciences
Social and Behavioral Sciences
- Out of the frying pan and into the fire: measuring the effects of charring on chile pepper (Capsicum spp.) seed morphology
- Student: Emily McKenzie
- Major: Anthropology
- Award Amount: $964.50
- Mentor: Katherine Chiou
- Department: Anthropology
- An examination of morphometric features of the fusiform gyrus as they relate to age and ASD symptomatology
- Student: Lauren Duvall
- Major: Psychology
- Award Amount: $996.99
- Mentor: Rajesh K. Kana
- Department: Psychology
- Investigation of gray matter thickness in certain social brain networks in participants with and without ASD
- Student: McKensie MacGrath
- Major: Psychology
- Award Amount: $986.99
- Mentor: Rajesh K. Kana
- Department: Psychology
- Investigating the impact of disaggregated race and ethnicity data on support of criminal justice policies using a randomized controlled experimental design
- Student: Trinity Donnellan
- Major: Criminology & Criminal Justice
- Award Amount: $350.00
- Mentor: Matthew Dolliver
- Department: Justice
Humanities and Fine Arts
- Out of the frying pan and into the fire: measuring the effects of charring on chile pepper (Capsicum spp.) seed morphology
- Student: Nathaniel Trost
- Major: Music
- Award Amount: $1,000.00
- Mentor: Amir Zaheri
- Department: Music
- An examination of morphometric features of the fusiform gyrus as they relate to age and ASD symptomatology
- Students: Christian Hatcher, Austin Phillips, Annalese Starzec
- Major: Theatre and Dance
- Award Amount: $1,918.00
- Mentor: Stacy Allen
- Department: Theatre and Dance
Spring 2021
Mathematics and Natural Sciences
- The Effects of Ethinylestradiol on Sex Determination in the Mangrove Rivulus Fish
- Student: Anna D. Coleman
- Major: Biological Sciences
- Award Amount: $1,000.00
- Mentor: Ryan Earley
- Department: Biological Science
- The Effects of Ethinylestradiol on Sex Determination in the Mangrove Rivulus Fish
- Student: Bailey Bridges
- Major: Biology and Spanish
- Award Amount: $1,000.00
- Mentor: Brandon Kim
- Department: Biological Sciences
- Analysis of Brain Barriers Virtual Seminar Series Versus In-Person Scientific Conferences Motivated by the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Student: Brianna Holder
- Major: Microbiology
- Award Amount: $1,000.00
- Mentor: Brandon Kim
- Department: Biological Sciences
- Analysis of Brain Barriers Virtual Seminar Series Versus In-Person Scientific Conferences Motivated by the COVID-19 Pandemic.
- Student: Carly Fricken
- Major: Chemistry
- Award Amount: $1,000.00
- Mentor: Silas Blackstock
- Department: Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Using Nuclear Resonant Vibrational Spectroscopy (NRVS) to Investigate Allostery in
Human DNA Primase
- Student: Carson Wessel
- Major: Chemistry and Microbiology
- Award Amount: $1,000.00
- Mentor: Matthew Thompson
- Department: Chemistry and Biochemistry
- The effect of mild traumatic brain injuries on behavioral expression in mangrove rivulus fish
- Student: Grace Bollinger
- Major: Biology
- Award Amount: $950.00
- Mentor: Ryan Earley
- Department: Biological Sciences
- The Evolution and Extinction of the Late Cretaceous Predatory Shark, Squalicorax
- Student: Chase Egli
- Major: Geology
- Award Amount: $1,000.00
- Mentor: Yuehan Lu & Takehito Ikejiri
- Department: Geological Sciences
- Regulation of Nrf2 and NFkB expression by apigenin in a Drosophila model of Parkinson’s Disease
- Student: John Conger
- Major: Biology
- Award Amount: $798.40
- Mentor: Lukasz Ciesla
- Department: Biological Sciences
- Drosophila melanogaster a Human Disease Model to study the Detrimental Effects of Commercially Formulated Spectracide® in the Development of Parkinsonian Symptoms and Altered Circadian Rhythm
- Student: Julia Mamana
- Major: Biology
- Award Amount: $1,000.00
- Mentor: Anathbandhu Chaudhuri
- Department: Biological Sciences
- Biodiversity and Systematics of Atlantic Paramphinome (Annelida, Amphinomidae)
- Student: Madison LeRoy
- Major: Biology
- Award Amount: $1,000.00
- Mentor: Kevin Kocot
- Department: Biological Sciences
- Cell-membrane coated iron oxide nanoparticles for isolation and specific identification of potential anticancer drug leads
- Student: Nicholas Beyer
- Major: Biology
- Award Amount: $908.50
- Mentor: Lukasz Ciesla
- Department: Biological Sciences
- Atrazine, an Active Ingredient of Commercial Spectracide®, Disrupts Circadian Rhythm in Drosophila melanogaster: Is Diurnal Activity Regulated by Dopamine Pathway?
- Student: Sabrina Rodriguez-Ortiz
- Major: Biology
- Award Amount: $1,000.00
- Mentor: Anathbandhu Chaudhuri
- Department: Biological Sciences
- Phylogenetic Analysis of the Viridiscus Tardigrade Genus
- Student: Elise Warren
- Major: Microbiology
- Award Amount: $960.00
- Mentor: Jason Pineaar
- Department: Biological Sciences
Social and Behavioral Sciences
- Recidivism and Reentry: The Effect of Felon Disenfranchisement Laws
- Students: Ava Fisher and Alexander Thrill
- Major: Political Science and Economics (Fisher)/ Aerospace Engineering (Thrill)
- Award Amount: $1,000.00
- Mentor: Richard Fording
- Department: Political Science
- Investigating the impact of disaggregated race and ethnicity data on support of criminal justice policies using a randomized controlled experimental design.
- Student: Trinity Donnellan
- Major: Criminal Justice
- Award Amount: $55.00
- Mentor: Matthew J. Dolliver
- Department: Criminology and Criminal Justice
Humanities and Fine Arts
- Dance Alabama Film Festival 2021 – Experiential Learning in the Arts
- Student: Hannah Hall
- Major: Dance
- Award Amount: $850.00
- Mentor: Rebecca Salzer
- Department: Theatre and Dance
- Transcendence
- Students: Christian Hatcher, Austin Phillips, Annalese Starzec
- Major: Musical Theatre
- Award Amount: $992.00
- Mentor: Stacy Alley
- Department: Theatre and Dance