2025 REU Alumni
AIDEN CLAAR, Washington & Jefferson College
Cortisol-social interaction does not affect communicative behavior in territorial electric fish, Apteronotus albifrons
Mentor: Dr. G. Troy Smith
DAVID DUFFEY, The Ohio State University
Investigating the endocrine basis for paternal care in free-living tree swallows: A whole-organism perspective
Mentors: Josephina Fornara, Dr. Kimberly Rosvall
DINNA FERREIRA, University of Louisville
Effects of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide on social vocalizations in mice
Mentors: Courtney Waters, Dr. Laura Hurley
MARIELY GONZALEZ, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Investigating the role of neuropeptide Pigment Dispersing Factor on entrained sleep rhythms in Drosophila melanogaster
Mentors: Dr. Abhilash Lakshman, Dr. Orie Shafer
MADISON MESCHEN, Indiana University Bloomington
The causes and consequences of variation in physiological heat responses in wild nestlings
Mentors: Atalanta C. Ritter, Dr. Kimberly Rosvall
KATELYN MOORE, Indiana University Bloomington
Dead end? Alternative life strategies for lost symbionts
Mentors: Morgan Familo, Dr. Farrah Bashey-Visser
EVANELLY ROSAS-VICTORIANO, Indiana University Bloomington
Evaluating memory in rats’ caching behavior through a conditioned place preference box
Mentors: Siyan Xiong, Dr. Jonathon Crystal
HALIE SEIFERT, Miami University Oxford
Family matters: Investigating the role of phylogenetic similarity in symbiotic compatibility
Mentors: Morgan Familo, Dr. Farrah Bashey-Visser
JOSIAH SOUTHERN, Willamette University
Investigating the relationship between cognitive and reproductive performance in wild adult tree swallows
Mentors: Sara Isgate, Dr. Kimberly Rosvall
Cortisol-social interaction does not affect communicative behavior in territorial electric fish, Apteronotus albifrons
Mentor: Dr. G. Troy Smith
DAVID DUFFEY, The Ohio State University
Investigating the endocrine basis for paternal care in free-living tree swallows: A whole-organism perspective
Mentors: Josephina Fornara, Dr. Kimberly Rosvall
DINNA FERREIRA, University of Louisville
Effects of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide on social vocalizations in mice
Mentors: Courtney Waters, Dr. Laura Hurley
MARIELY GONZALEZ, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Investigating the role of neuropeptide Pigment Dispersing Factor on entrained sleep rhythms in Drosophila melanogaster
Mentors: Dr. Abhilash Lakshman, Dr. Orie Shafer
MADISON MESCHEN, Indiana University Bloomington
The causes and consequences of variation in physiological heat responses in wild nestlings
Mentors: Atalanta C. Ritter, Dr. Kimberly Rosvall
KATELYN MOORE, Indiana University Bloomington
Dead end? Alternative life strategies for lost symbionts
Mentors: Morgan Familo, Dr. Farrah Bashey-Visser
EVANELLY ROSAS-VICTORIANO, Indiana University Bloomington
Evaluating memory in rats’ caching behavior through a conditioned place preference box
Mentors: Siyan Xiong, Dr. Jonathon Crystal
HALIE SEIFERT, Miami University Oxford
Family matters: Investigating the role of phylogenetic similarity in symbiotic compatibility
Mentors: Morgan Familo, Dr. Farrah Bashey-Visser
JOSIAH SOUTHERN, Willamette University
Investigating the relationship between cognitive and reproductive performance in wild adult tree swallows
Mentors: Sara Isgate, Dr. Kimberly Rosvall
The College of Arts