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RAYANN DORLEANS, University of Florida
Do Parasites Infect Optimally?
Mentors: Dr. Farrah Bashey-Visser and Ashwini Ramesh

BRENDA DZARINGA, Vassar College
Exploring the effects of olfaction on acoustic stimulation using the auditory brainstem response
Mentors: Dr. Laura Hurley, Dr. Kelly Ronald
 
ALEJANDRO (Alex) GONZALEX, University of Notre Dame
Intraspecific Variation in Fitness in a Nematode-Bacteria Symbiosis
Mentor: Dr. Farrah Bashey-Visser
 
CIERRA MCKOY, University of Maryland Baltimore County
Are juvenile songbirds from extra-pair copulations less likely to be infected with avian malaria?
Mentors: Dr. Ellen Ketterson, Katie Talbot, and Daniel Becker
 
JULIENNE NIEMYSKI, Mount Holyoke College
Degeneration of Class IV neurons affects nociceptive behaviors in Drosophila larvae
Mentors: Dr. Dan Tracey and Dr. Stephanie Mauthner
 
SIERRA REESE, Howard College
Do Opposites Attract? Are Female Rainbow (Etheostoma caeruleum) and Fantail Darters (E. Flabellare) Making Mate Choices Using MHC-based Olfactory Signals?
Mentors: Dr. Curt Lively and Dr. Troy Smith, Kara Million and Misty Proffitt
 
LAYNE SERMERSHEIM, Indiana University, Bloomington
Behavioral and developmental responses to heat in tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor)
Mentors: Dr. Kimberly Rosvall and Mary Woodruff
 
CASSANDRA SHERIDAN, University of Iowa
Episodic Memory in Young Humanized ApoE4 Knock-In
Dr. Jonathon Crystal and Danielle Panoz-Brown
 
VANESSA EATON, Spelman College
The Effect of Early-Onset Alzheimer’s on Episodic Memory: A Rat Model
Mentors: Dr. Jonathon Crystal and Danielle Panoz-Brown
 
JACE KUSKE, California State University, San Marcos
The role of testosterone in Tree Swallow territorial aggression
Mentors: Dr. Kimberly Rosvall and Dr. Sara Lipshultz
 
ANDREA VELEZ, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras
Divergence in Timing of Reproduction in Junco Populations: Differentiation in Spring Anticipated Gonadal Recrudescence
Mentors: Dr. Ellen Ketterson and Dr. Devraj Singh