2021 REU Alumni
CAMI ALBERS, Indiana University Bloomington
"Replay of incidentally encoded episodic memory in rats."
Mentors: Dr. Jonathan Crystal, Dr. Danielle Panoz-Brown
AUSTEN EHRIE, Indiana University Bloomington
"Neurogenomic Mechanisms of Parental Care in a Sex-Role Reversed Species"
Mentors: Dr. Kimberly A. Rosvall Sara E. Lipshutz
VIVIAN HUYNH, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
"Function of chirping during social interactions in Sternarchorhynchus spp."
Mentors: Dr. G. Troy Smith, Megan Freiler
MELISSA JACUINDE, San Joaquin Delta College
"Analyzing the effect of female broadband vocalizations on male mice ultrasonic vocalizations during courtship interactions."
Mentors: Dr. Laura Hurley, Sierra McAlister
GABRIEL JIMENEZ, Ursinus College
"Facing a familiar foe: familiar male odor disrupts male mouse vocal response to female rejection."
Mentors: Dr. Laura Hurley, Lauren Brunner
JASMEEN KAUR, Indiana University Bloomington
"How and why aggression varies within and among contexts in the wild."
Mentors: Dr. Kimberly A. Rosvall and Elizabeth Aguilar
KIRA LANIER, Winston-Salem State University
"Rats’ Reliance on Episodic Memory and Familiarity."
Mentors: Dr. Jonathan Crystal, Dr. Danielle Panoz-Brown
JONATHAN ENRIQUEZ MADRID, Northern New Mexico College
"Circulating hormone concentrations in relation to diet in primates."
Mentors: Dr. Michael Wasserman, Dr. Tessa Steiniche
KAITLYN ROSS, Indiana University Bloomington
"Do higher circulating testosterone levels and higher plasmodium parasite load correlate to shorter sperm telomere length in Indiana-breeding songbirds?"
Mentors: Dr. Ellen Ketterson, Katie Talbott
SILVIA SDARY, Lebanon Valley College
"The effects of 5-HTP on social behavior of isolated mice."
Mentors: Dr. Laura Hurley