{"id":131,"date":"2017-10-06T15:26:51","date_gmt":"2017-10-06T15:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/sigma-xi\/?page_id=131"},"modified":"2025-09-15T15:01:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T15:01:09","slug":"research-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/sigma-xi\/research-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Sigma Xi Research Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

2025\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Elayna<\/span>\u00a0Beutel (Biology)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Title of Project:<\/b> Caught in the web: Investigating the molecular relationship of HAPLN1 and aggrecan in perineuronal nets (PNNs)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Research Mentor:<\/b> Kristin Giamanco \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Steven Pancurak (Biology)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Title of Project:<\/b> Influence of warming on gill structure of Fundulus heteroclitus\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Research Mentor:<\/b> Michelle Monette\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sara V. Azzi (Psychology)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Title of Project:<\/b> Elements of student engagement: online vs in person learning\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Research Mentor:<\/b> Dr. Bernie Gee\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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2024\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Sandra Zapata-Ramirez (Biology)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Title of Project:<\/b> Using tick gardens to cultivate understanding of blacklegged tick behavior at the forest-lawn interface\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Research Mentor:<\/b> Neeta Connally \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Jocelyn Villacreses\u00a0(Biology)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Title of Project:<\/b> The Role of Osmotic Stress Transcription Factor in the Seawater Acclimation of Atlantic Salmon\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Research Mentor:<\/b> Michelle Monette\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Jade e. Carriero (Psychology)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Title of Project: <\/b>Mental rotation learning with task-specific interventions <\/span><\/p>\n

Research Mentor:<\/b> Dr. Bernie Gee\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

2023<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Hannah Daly (Biology)<\/span><\/p>\n

Title of Project<\/strong>: Spatial Diversity of Barnacles on nesting turtles on Casey Key, Florida<\/span><\/p>\n

Research Mentor<\/strong>: Dr. Theodora Pinou<\/span><\/p>\n

John Michael Arnett (Biology)<\/span><\/p>\n

Title of Project<\/strong>:The effects of Urbanized Roadways on Northern Diamondback Terrapins<\/span><\/p>\n

Research Mentor<\/strong>: Dr. Theodora Pinou<\/span><\/p>\n

Skylar Bartush (Psychology)<\/span><\/p>\n

Title of Project<\/strong>: The role of effective lecture note-taking in facilitating academic performance.<\/span><\/p>\n

Research Mentor<\/strong>: Dr. Bernard Gee<\/span><\/p>\n

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2022<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Juliet Barbieri (Biology)<\/span><\/p>\n

Title of Project<\/strong>: Building the Perineuronal Net: Assessing the Role of Aggrecan in Molecular Assembly<\/span><\/p>\n

Research Mentor<\/strong>: Dr. Kristin Giamanco<\/span><\/p>\n

Sophia Chiaia (Biology)<\/span><\/p>\n

Title of Project<\/strong>: Putting the Puzzle Pieces Together: Assessing Risk of Human Exposure to Blacklegged Ticks (Ixodes Scapularis)<\/span><\/p>\n

Research Mentor<\/strong>: Dr. Neeta Connally<\/span><\/p>\n

Brielle Skrutskie (Chemistry)<\/span><\/p>\n

Title of Project<\/strong>: Study of Glutathione Reductase using Mass Spectrometry<\/span><\/p>\n

Research Mentor<\/strong>: Dr. Helena Prieto<\/span><\/p>\n

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2021<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Jacob Bethin (Biology)<\/span><\/p>\n

Title of Project<\/strong>: An Exploration of Invertebrate Diversity with Podostemaceae<\/span><\/p>\n

Research Mentor<\/strong>: Dr. Rayda Krell<\/span><\/p>\n

Ashley Green (Psychology)<\/span><\/p>\n

Title of Project<\/strong>: Comparing Different Online Lecture Presentation Styles<\/span><\/p>\n

Research Mentor<\/strong>: Dr. Bernard Gee<\/span><\/p>\n

Emily Hoegler (Biology)<\/span><\/p>\n

Title of Project<\/strong>: The Effect of Food Quality and Exercise on High Fat Food Intake<\/span><\/p>\n

Research Mentor<\/strong>: Joshua Cordeira<\/span><\/p>\n

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2019<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Kayla Deguzman (Biology)<\/span><\/p>\n

Title of Project<\/strong>: Satellite Tracking of Juvenile Green, Loggerhead, and Kemp’s Ridley Turtles from Rehabilitation Centers in Southern New England and Long Island, USA<\/span><\/p>\n

Research Mentor<\/strong>: Dr. Theodora Pinou<\/span><\/p>\n

Madisyn Mazik (Psychology)<\/span><\/p>\n

Title of Project<\/strong>: Enhanced Whiteboard-Style Lecture Beats Powerpoint\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Research Mentor<\/strong>: Dr. Bernard Gee<\/span><\/p>\n

Jessica Plouffe (Psychology)<\/span><\/p>\n

Title of Project<\/strong>: Mental Rotation Performance without Eye Movements\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Research Mentor<\/strong>: Dr. Bernard Gee<\/span><\/p>\n

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2018<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Shannon McFarland (Biology)<\/span><\/p>\n

Title of Project<\/strong>: Expression and Regulation of the Na-Cl Cotransporter (NCC) in Ion Regulatory Tissues of Threespine Stickleback<\/span><\/p>\n

Research Mentor<\/strong>: Dr. Michelle Monette<\/span><\/p>\n

Daniel Monahan (Biology)<\/span><\/p>\n

Title of Project<\/strong>: Thirty Minutes per Day Keeps the Calories Away: The Benefits of Wheel Running on Food Intake and Body Weight in Mice\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Research Mentor<\/strong>: Dr. Joshua Cordeira<\/span><\/p>\n

Brittany Schappach and Sandra Zapata-Ramirez (Biology)<\/span><\/p>\n

Title of Project<\/strong>: A Comparison of Household Dryer-Induced Mortality on Laboratory Reared and Field-Collected Ixodes Scapularis Ticks\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Research Mentor<\/strong>: Drs. Neeta Connally and Rayda Krell<\/span><\/p>\n

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2017<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Volha (Olga) Alizarchyk (Mathematics)<\/span><\/p>\n

Title of Project<\/strong>: Shock Wave Calculations in Diverse Applications: NEW Trigonometric Essentially Non-Oscillatory (ENO) Interpolation for Solving Non-linear Hyperbolic PDEs, Theory and Computations<\/span><\/p>\n

Research Mentor<\/strong>: Dr. Stavros Christofi<\/span><\/p>\n

Alexander Bieber (Chemistry)<\/span><\/p>\n

Title of Project<\/strong>:\u00a0Exploring Solid Phase Analytical Derivatization (SPAD) as a Sample Preparation Method for Quantitative Analysis by GC-MS<\/span><\/p>\n

Research Mentor<\/strong>: Dr. Yuan Mei-Ratliff<\/span><\/p>\n

Brittney Romagna (Psychology)<\/span><\/p>\n

Title of Project<\/strong>:\u00a0The Effects of Psychological and Physiological Stress on Spatial Reasoning Skills<\/span><\/p>\n

Research Mentor<\/strong>: Dr. Bernard Gee<\/span><\/p>\n

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2016\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Kaitlyn McNally (Biochemistry)<\/span><\/p>\n

Title of Project<\/strong>: Characterization of M. tuberculosis HAD Phosphatase Rv3376<\/span><\/p>\n

Research Mentor<\/strong>: Dr. Anne Roberts<\/span><\/p>\n

Alex Potocki and\u00a0Adebowale Shoroye\u00a0(Mathematics)<\/span><\/p>\n

Title of Project<\/strong>:\u00a0Shock Wave Calculations? No Problem!\u00a0Essentially Non Oscillatory (ENO) Stencil Selection Procedures: Using Excel VBA to Study & Compare ENO, Built With Various Basis Functions<\/span><\/p>\n

Research Mentor<\/strong>: Dr. Stavros Christofi<\/span><\/p>\n

Tyler Ryan (Chemistry)<\/span><\/p>\n

Title of Project<\/strong>: Method Development of 1,3-Oxathiolane & 1,4-Oxathiane Synthesis<\/span><\/p>\n

Research Mentor<\/strong>: Dr. Forest Robertson<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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