Research and Training for Undergraduates
in Biological and Mathematical Sciences

Summer 2006 participants

Talitha Anderson and John Nguyen
Molecular mechanism of photosynthesis.
Mentors: Mark Schumaker, Mathematics and David Kramer, Institute of Biological Chemistry.
Chris Deutsch and Kelley Stratton
Computational geometry and protein structure.
Mentor: Bala Krishnamoorthy, Mathematics.
Alex Dornburg
Evolution of form and function in labrid fish skulls.
Mentor: Michael Alfaro, Biological Sciences.
Devin Rider
Dynamics of reservoir sedimentation management.
Mentor: Ray Huffaker, Economic Sciences.

Summer 2007 participants

Natalie Baerlocher
Habitat reserve management for territorial dispersers.
Mentor:Bala Krishnamoorthy and David Allen, Mathematics.
Cory Cole and Alison Macleod
Numerical and analytical models of transdermal drug delivery.
Mentor:VS Manoranjan, Mathematics.
Katherine Delaney
Function-valued approach to the evolutionary development of frogs.
Mentors:Patrick Carter, Biological Sciences and Richard Gomulkiewicz, Biological Sciences and Mathematics.
Chris Deutsch
Mutagenesis and Stability of Proteins.
Mentors:Margaret Black, Pharmacy and Bala Krishnamoorthy, Mathematics.
Alex Dornburg
Testing macroevolutionary hypotheses using triggerfish as a model.
Mentor:Michael Alfaro, Biological Sciences.
Katherine Grogan
Mathematical modeling of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels in prostate cancer patients.
Mentor:Robert Dillon, Mathematics.
Suman Jandhyala
.Modeling the effects of nest parasitism.
Mentors: Michael Webster, Biological Sciences and Richard Gomulkiewicz, Biological Sciences and Mathematics.
Konstantin Stakhovich
Geometry of human neck muscles.
Mentors: Anita Vasavada, VCAPP and Bala Krishnamoorthy, Mathematics.
Darrin Trask
Kinematics of neck perturbation.
Mentor: Anita Vasavada, VCAPP.
Bryan Wilson
Phylogenetics and phylogeography of capuchin monkeys.
Mentor: Jessica Alfaro, Anthropology.
Contact: Charlotte Omoto, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99164-4236 USA.