12th Annual Symposium Award Winners
Congratulations to the following students for the their achievements at the RSC’s 12th Annual Symposium:
*indicates presenting author
Graduate Oral Presentations
1st Place:
Use of DNA technologies in macroinvertebrate bioassessments
Sara Mueller[1]*, Aaron Aunins[2], Timothy King[2], Jay Stauffer Jr.[1]
[1]The Pennsylvania State University, [2]U.S. Geological Survey
2nd Place:
Aquatic species inventories of ten state parks in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Josh Wisor*, Kyle Clark
The Pennsylvania State University
Undergraduate Oral Presentations
1st Place:
Separate vs. combined effects of snails, tadpoles, and caddisflies on detritus decomposition in montane kettle ponds
Liana Leja*
Allegheny College
2nd Place:
The behavior of brine shrimp (Artemia salina) in turbulence
Kato, D.K.*, Wolfe, T.P., Marys, K.a., and Anderson, E.J.
Grove City College
Graduate Poster Presentations
1st Place:
Dysmorphology in the human medial superior olive after environmental exposure to pollution
Kaitlyn Blackburn*, Randy Kulesza, Ph.D.
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
2nd Place:
Active surveillance of human pathogen carrying ticks from Presque Isle State Park (Erie, PA)
Corbyn Minich*, Nancy Carty, Ph.D., Chris Keller, Ph.D.
FNAOME, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Laboratory of Human Pathogens
Undergraduate Poster Presentations
1st Place:
The role of Ent3 in Put4 trafficking from the trans-Golgi network to the plasma membrane
Gabbrielle Acosta*, Robert Ramirez, Quyen Aoh, Ph.D.
Gannon University, Department of Biology
2nd Place:
Assessing red fox (Vulpes vulpes) and coyote (Canis latrans) populations on Presque Isle State Park using remote sensing cameras: year two
Tyler Chrispen*, Mark Mullinger*, Amy Burniston
Murcyhurst University
High School Presentation
Comparison of diatoms found in restored and unrestored sections of Dead Pond, Presque Isle State Park, Erie, PA
Andrew Kubaney[1][2]*, Jeanette Girosky[2][3]
[1]Mercyhurst Preparatory School, [2]Regional Science Consortium, [3]Natural History Museum, Tom Ridge Environmental Center