Biology

In its Honors Program the Biology Department awards one level of Honors to student research projects. The projects listed below have been defended successfully, and a copy of the thesis deposited in Swem Library.

Key:

Student, "Thesis" (Honors level)
Committee Chair + Other Committee Members

2024-2025

Haytham Alsayed, (Honors)
Lizabeth Allison + Kurt Williamson, Ashleigh Queen
Alexa Rose Busby, (Honors)
Matthias Leu + Randy Chambers, Sapana Lohani, James Skelton
Olivia Marie Cunningham, (Honors)
Joshua Puzey + Harmony Dalgleish, Erin Weber
Mitchell Kyler Doherty. (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Matthew Wawersik, Helen Murphy, Sarah Day
Rosie Lee George-Ambrocio, (Honors)
James Skelton + Harmony Dalgleish, Helen Murphy, Rowan Lockwood
Cara Jane Hall, (Honors)
John Swaddle + Michelle Moyer, Melvin Ely
Ian Patrick Kenny, (Honors)
James Skelton + Mark Brush, Randolph Chambers
Emma Catherine Lankford, (Honors)
Matthias Leu + Randolph Chambers, Sapana Lohani
Krithika Layagala, (Honors)
James Skelton + Robert Rose, Michael Studivan, Robert Isdell
Rachel L. McCarley, (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Diane Shakes, Chris Abelt
Colin James Murphy, (Honors)
Randolph Chambers + Jon Allen, Rowan Lockwood, Shweta Bansal
Sarah Katherine Patterson, (Honors)
Mark Forsyth + Robert Isdell, John Bedford, Mayank Chugh
Matthew I. Rosenthal, (Honors)
Lizabeth Allison + Mark Forsyth, Alexander Prokhorov
Yigit K. Simsek, (Honors)
Lizabeth Allison + Shantá Hinton, Chris Abelt, Oliver Kerscher
Amelia Marisita Slater, (Honors)
Randy Chambers + Emily Rivest , James Skelton, Jessica Small
Guodan Zhong, (Honors)
Helen Murphy + Josh Puzey, Margaret Saha, Leah Shaw

2023-2024

Cypress Marie Ambrose, (Honors)
Randolph Chambers + Mathias Leu, Robert Hicks
Madeleine Rose Assaad, (Honor)
Kurt Williamson + Mark Forsyth, Bjorg Larson
Miranda Yasmin Bate, (Honors)

Mark Forsyth + Matthew Wawersik, Randolph Coleman
Katelyn Elizabeth Beasley, " (Honors)
Lizabeth Allison + Shanta D. Hinton, Beverly Sher
Luisa Castro-Meirelles, (Honors)
Randolph Chambers + Jonathan Allen, Eric Hochberg
Olivia Jean Cohn, (Honors)
Randolph Chambers + Roger Mann, Matthias Leu
Caroline Loren Danielski, (Honors)
Lizabeth Allison + Lawrence Evans, Beverly Sher, Mark Forsyth
Abigail Rose DeCesare, (Honors)
Douglas DeBerry + Randolph Chambers, James Kaste
Anu Hansa Desai, (Honors)
Eric Hilton + James Skelton, Daniel Cristol, Rowan Lockwood, Casey Dillman
Julia Louise Drennan, (Honors)
James Tumulty + John Swaddle, Helen Murphy, Rowan Lockwood
Lin Fang, (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Sarah Day, Mark Forsyth, GuanNan Wang
Alexander Mkhaya Ferentinos, (Honors)
Matthias Lau + Randolph Chambers, Robert Rose, James Tumulty
Cassidy Alexandra Gersten, (Honor)
Chris Patrick & Randolph Chambers + Doug DeBerry, Harmony Dalgleish, Alyson Hall
Jessica Lynn Horner, (Honors)
Mark H. Forsyth + Shantá D. Hinton, Lisa M. Landino
Mia Rose Houdek, (Honors)
Mark Forsyth + Isabelle Taylor, Gamze Bulut
Jack Esselstyn Howell, (Honors)
Diane C. Shakes + Shantá D. Hinton, Deborah Bebout
Celeste Muriel Phillips, (Honors)

Mark Forsyth + Kurt Williamson, Bjorg Larson
Jacob Lawrence Augustus Rodrigues, (Honors)
Mark Forsyth + Daniel Cristol, Lizabeth Allison, Robin Looft-Wilson
Caitlin Elizabeth Sughrue, (Honors)
Randolph Chambers + Christopher Patrick, James Skelton, Doug DeBerry
Corinne Susan Vanella, (Honors)
Diane C. Shakes + Oliver Kerscher, Giulia Pacini
William Connor Vroom, (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Jennifer Bestman, Jonathan Scheerer, Matthew Wawersik
Cheng Yang, (Honors)
Matthew Wawersik + Oliver Kerscher, Margaret Saha, Mainak Patel

2022-2023

Beteel Abu-Ageel, "" (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Mark Forsyth, Michael Gaynes
Hayden Barlow Acors, "" (Honors)
Randolph Chambers + Chris Patrick, James Skelton, Linda Morse
Avery Claire Bradley, "" (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Mark Forsyth, Dana Willner, Sarah Day
Pinar Banu Caglayan, "" (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Lizabeth Allison, Lisa Landino, Bev Sher
Duncan Timothy Campbell, "" (Honors)
Michael (Drew) LaMar + Kevin Weng, Jeffrey Shields, Laurie Sanderson
Carlee Scout Dunn, "" (Honors)
Randolph Chambers + Matt Ferner, Matthias Leu, Fernando Galeana Rodriguez
Riya Garg, "" (Honors)
Daniel Cristol + Patty Zwollo, Randy Coleman, Greg Hundley
Michael Anthony Gibson, "" (Honors)
Randolph Chambers + Chris Hein, Debbie Steinberg, Orissa Moulton
Min Guo, "" (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Junping Shi, Greg Hunt, Mark Forsyth
Helen Camille Heaton, "" (Honors)
Lizabeth Allison + Shantá Hinton, Michael Leruth
Zoe Grace Hutcheson, "" (Honors)
James Skelton + Randolph Chambers, James Kaste
Giuliana Siloé Lopez, "" (Honors)
Lizabeth Allison + Helen Murphy, Bjorg Larson
Cole R. Miller, "" (Honors)
Randy Chambers + Rom Lipcius, Doug DeBerry
Alexandria Karen Quihuis-Pomroy, "" (Honors)
Randolph Chambers + Jeffrey Shields, Jennifer Rahn
Quinton Hawkins Reed, "" (Honors)
Shanta Hinton + Mark Forsyth, Kristin Wustholz, Lizabeth Allison
Anne Nicole Roman, "" (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Kur Williamson, Shantá Hinton, Dana Lashley
Gwen Noelle Wagner, "" (Honors)
Shanta Hinton + Mark Forsyth, Dan Cristol, Lawrence (Larry) Leemis
Olivia Anne White, "" (Honors)
Lizabeth Allison + Shantá Hinton, Douglas Young
Michelle Yue, "" (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Dan Cristol, Shantá Hinton, Noah Lemos

2021-2022

Alessandra DiPietro, "" (Honors)
Kurt Williamson + Shanta D Hinton, Iyabo Obasanjo
Alexis Reece, "" (Honors)
Jonathan Allen + Michael Drew LaMar, Robert Pike, Phoebe Williams
Augustin Kalytiak-Davis, "" (Honors)
Jonathan Allen + Matthias Leu, Adam Potkay
Benjamin Epley, "" (Honors)
Helen Murphy + M. Drew LaMar, Beverly Sher
Elias Nafziger, "" (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Lizabeth Allison, Lisa Landino, Mark Forsyth
Elise Zimmerman, "" (Honors)
Mark Forsyth + Margaret Saha, JC Poutsma
Erin-Darby McClain, "" (Honors)
Jonathan Allen + Randolph Chambers, Chad Vance
Elizabeth Davies, "" ( Honors)
Joshua Puzey + Lizabeth Allison, Leah Shaw
Heather Natterer, "" (Honors)
Kurt Williamson + Harmony Dalgleish, Victoria Castillo
Jordan Gooding, "" (Honors)
Lizabeth Allison + Diane Shakes, Sara Menefee, Jennifer Rahn
Joyner Miller, "" (Honors)
Matthias Leu + Orissa Mouton, Tyler Davis
Logan Rakes, "" (Honors)
Matthias Leu + Orissa Moulton, Beverly Sher
Luke Denoncourt, "Climate Change and Conservation of Milkweed: Evidence of Extensive Admixture Between Common Milkweed and Poke Milkweed" (Honors)
Joshua Puzey + Will Soto, Ronald Smith, Dana Willner
Luke Ekdahl, "”" (Honors)
Helen Murphy + Patty Zwollo, Saskia Mordijck
Margaret Donnan, "" (Honors)
Harmony Dalgleish + Joshua Puzey, Dorothy Ibes
Meghan Adams, "" (Honors)
Matthias Leu + Oliver Kerscher, Ashleigh Everhardt Queen
Natalie Luffman, "" (Honors)
Matthew Wawersik + Oliver Kerscher, Randolph Coleman, Diane Shakes
Patrick Hardner, "" (Honors)
Matthias Leu + Jonathan Allen, Nicholas Balascio
Paula Petersen, "" (Honors)
Eric Bradley + Diane Shakes, Dana Lashley, Margaret Saha
Pedro Massa, "" (Honors)
Matthew Wawersik + Lizabeth Allison, Dana Lashley, Jennifer Bestman
Sophia Chirico, "" (Honors)
Mark Brush + James Skelton, Jessica Jenkins
Taiana James, "" (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Mark Forsyth, Randolph Coleman, Shantá D Hinton, Matthew Wawersik
Thomas Hess, "" (Honors)
Lizabeth Allison + Michael Drew LaMar, Daniel Vasiliu
Zeyanna Dhalla, "" (Honors)
Brennan Harris + Paul Heideman, Ashleigh Queen

2020-2021

Natalie Caputo, "" (Honors)
Eric Bradley + Margaret Saha, Kaitlyn Harrigan, Matthew Wawersik
Stephanie Do, "" (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Kurt Williamson, Hannes Schniepp, Mark Forsyth
Emma Gergel, "" (Honors)
Shanta D. Hinton + Kurt Williamson, Mattias Leu, Ryan Vinroot
Melaina Jacoby, "" (Honors)
Kurt Williamson + Lizabeth Allison, Mark Forsyth, Douglas Young
Tatiana Prioleau, "" (Honors)
Shanta D Hinton + Deborah C. Bebout, Mark H. Forsyth
Yi Qi, "" (Honors)
Shanta D. Hinton + M. Drew LaMar, Daniel Vasiliu
Khalil Russell, "" (Honors)
Eric Hinton + Dan Cristol, S. Laurie Sanderson, M. Lee Alexander
Maya Watson, "" (Honors)
Eric Bradley + Margaret Saha, Ashleigh Queen
Minhang Xu, "" (Honors)
Lizabeth A. Allison + Leah B. Shaw, Mark Forsyth, Margaret Saha
Amanda Yeo, "" (Honors)
Jonathan Allen + Amber Hardison, Randolph Chambers

2019-2020

Danielle Barnes, "" (Honors)
Jonathan Allen + Orissa Moulton, Rowan Lockwood
Catherine Burgess, "" (Honors)
Mark Forsyth + Shanta Hinton, Kurt Williamson
Nakul Dar, "" (Honors)
Kurt Williamson + Shanta Hinton, Henry Hart
Matthew Dungan, "" (Honors)
Helen Murphy + Kurt Williamson, Mark Forsyth
Evan Lawrence, "" (Honors)
Iris Anderson + Rachel O'Brien, Doug DeBerry
Carolina Lopez-Silva, "" (Honors)
Lizabeth Allison + Laurie Sanderson, Diane Shakes
Jerry O'Dwyer, "" (Honors)
Lizabeth Allison + Shanta Hinton, Diane Shakes
Olivia Spencer, "" (Honors)
Matthias Leu + Oliver Kerscher, Brent Kaup
Ian Wilenzik, "" (Honors)
Laurie Sanderson + Rowan Lockwood, John Swaddle
Emily Xu, "" (Honors)
Diane Shakes + Shanta Hinton, Matt Wawersik

2018-19

Maliha Ahmad, ""
Helen Murphy + Joshua Puzey, Gregory Hunt
Nana Amoh, ""
Margaret Saha + Shanta Hinton, Jennifer Bestman, Mark Forsyth, Jorge Terukina
Emma Arents, ""
Paul Heideman + S. Laurie Sanderson, Diane Shakes, Meredith Kier
Jill Ashey, ""
Emily Rivest + Paul Heideman, Jonathan Allen, Rowan Lockwood
Matthew Baker, "" (Honors)
Jonathan Allen, Randolph Chambers, Mark Brush
Sabrina Bracero, ""
Margaret Saha + Robin Looft-Wilson, Jennifer Bestman, Paul Heideman
Courtney Check, "" (Honors)
Matthias Leu + Randolph Chambers, Linda Morse
Zeyi Han, ""
Jelena Patel + Leah Shaw, Randolph Chambers
June Kim, ""
Mark Forsyth + Shanta Hinton, Diane Shakes, Ryan Fletcher
Emma Lather, "" (Honors)
Matthias Leu + Robert Rose, Daniel Cristol
Sri Harshini Malapati, ""
Lizabeth Allison + Patty Zwollo, Kurt Williamson, Jordan Walk
Alexandra Payne, "" (Honors)
Kurt Williamson + Mark Forsyth, Douglas Young
Xiaopeng Sun, ""
Lizabeth Allison + Michael LaMar, Mainak Patel, Shanta Hinton
Elizabeth Trampenau, "" (Honors)
Lizabeth Allison + Diane Shakes, Patty Zwollo, Randolph Coleman
Olivia Windorf, ""
Matthias Leu + Randolph Chambers, Robert Rose
Rui Yin, ""
Oliver Kerscher + Diane Shakes, Pheobe Williams, Douglas Young

2017-18

Hannah Bruzzio, "Particle Interactions with the Gill Rakers in the Filter-Feeding American Shad (Alosa sapidissima)" (Honors)
Laurie Sanderson + Jonathan Allen, Eric Hilton, William Soto
Anna Chahuneau, "Pursuing the Monarchs" (Honors)
Harmony Dalgleish + Joshua Puzey, Tanya Stadelmann
Jiajia Chen, "" (Honors)
Mark Forsyth + Matthias Leu, Paul Heideman, Shuyin Jiao
Ronald Cutler, "" (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Joshua Puzey, Alban Guillaumet, Peter Kemper
Chen Dong, "" (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Diane Shakes, Mark Forsyth, Jonathan Scheerer
Kexin Fan, "" (Honors)
Mark Forsyth + Beverly Sher, Helen Murphy, Aiko Kitamura
Danting Jiang, "" (Honors)
Helen Murphy + Mark Forsyth, Ross Iaci, Joshua Puzey
Devin Jones, " (Honors)
William Soto + Helen Murphy, Mark Forsyth, Peter Vishton
Likhitha Kolla, "" (Honors)
Lizabeth Allison + William Buchser, Paul Heideman, Oliver Kerscher, Leah Shaw
Adam Lenhart, "" (Honors)
Helen Murphy + Simon Joyce, Oliver Kerscher, William Soto
Sri Harshavardhan Malapati, "" (Honors)
John Swaddle + Josh Puzey, Robert Hinkle
Zachary Oppler, "" (Honors)
Helen Murphy + Joshua Puzey, Jelena Pantel, Leah Shaw
Sophia Terese Palia, "" (Honors)
John Swaddle + Matthias Leu, Brent Owens
Elena Parcell, "" (Honors)
Diane Shakes + Matthew Wawersik, Oliver Kerscher, Robert Scholnick
Kristin Passero, "" (Honors)
Lizabeth Allison + Shantá Hinton, John Lee, Nicole Santiago, Diane Shakes
Jennifer Peek, "" (Honors)
Oliver Kerscher + Lizabeth Allison, Mark Forsyth, Lisa Landino
Mark Pownall, "" (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Randolph Coleman, Shantá Hinton, Joshua Puzey
Elizabeth Ransone, "" (Honors)
John Swaddle + Helen Murphy, Rowan Lockwood
Isabel Ritrovato, "" (Honors)
John Swaddle + Matthias Leu, Randolph Chambers
Michael Salomon, "" (Honors)
Lizabeth Allison + Kurt Williamson, Lisa Landino, Shantá Hinton

2016-17

Amanda Back, "" (Honors)
Lizabeth Allison + Matthew Wawersik, William Buchser, Jennifer Stevens
Michelle Barbeau, "" (Honors)
Lizabeth Allison + Margaret Saha, Harmony Dalgleish, Tyler Meldrum
Lyuba Bolkhovitinov, "" (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Randolph Coleman, Mark Forsyth, Oliver Kerscher
Jacob Brammer, "" (Honors)
Joshua Puzey + Harmony Dalgleish, John Poutsma
Yuming Cao, "The Effects of Pseudophosphatase MK-SYTX on Histone Deacetylase 6" (Honors)
Shanta Hinton + Lizabeth Allison, Patty Zwollo, Dana Lashley
Patrick Christian, "" (Honors)
Shanta Hinton + Lizabeth Allison, Diane Shakes, Lisa Landino
Arya Dahal, "" (Honors)
Shanta Hinton + William Buchser, Robert Scholnick, Matthew Wawersik
Bernadette Deschaine, "" (Honors)
Helen Murphy + Mark Forsyth, Beverly Sher, Camilla Buchanan
Kaitlyn Dorst, "" (Honors)
Christopher Del Negro + Margaret Saha, Eric Bradley, Diane Shakes
Logan George, "" (Honors)
Josh Puzey + Helen Murphy, Matthias Leu, Jordan Walk
Stephen Gurley, "" (Honors)
Diane Shakes + Lizabeth Allison, Shanta Hinton, Robert Scholnick
Erin Hennessey, " ..."
Patty Zwollo + Lizabeth Allison, Drew Lamar, Thomas Marshall
Danielle Horridge, "" (Honors)
Mark Forsyth + Oliver Kerscher, Lisa Landino, Kurt Williamson
Xiaoxue Lin, "" (Honors)
Diane Shakes + Patty Zwollo, Matthew Wawersik, Dana Lashley
Caroline Martin, "Unraveling the Cellular Origins of Breathing: Dbx1-derived Neurons and Glia in the preBotzinger Complex of Neonatal Mice" (Honors)
Lizabeth Allison + Christopher Del Negro, Joshua Puzey, Margaret Saha
Daniel Rosenberg, "" (Honors)
Lizabeth Allison + Lisa Landino, Helen Murphy
Kharis Schrage, "" (Honors)
Jonathan Allen + Doug DeBerry, Matthias Leu, Debbie Steinberg

2015-16

Eileen Ablondi, "" (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Peter Kemper, Diane Shakes, Gregory Smith
Catherine Acio, "" (Honors)
Mark Forsyth + Kurt Williamson, Shanta Hinton, Lisa Landino
Cyril Anyetei-Anum, "" (Honors)
Lizabeth Allison + Shanta Hinton, Peter Vishton, Matthew Wawersik
Aaron Bland, "" (Honors)
Harmony Dalgleish + Randolph Chambers, Doug DeBerry, Gul Ozyegin
Hannah Brooks, "" (Honors)
S. Laurie Sanderson + Paul Heideman, William Buchser, James Perry
Kristin Edwards, "" (Honors)
S. Laurie Sanderson + Paul Heideman, John Graves, Randolph Chambers
Emily Harmon, "" (Honors)
Jonathan Allen + Randolph Chambers, Helen Murphy, Rochelle Seitz
Waverly McClusky, "" (Honors)
John Swaddle + Dana Moseley, Joanna Schug, Daniel Cristol
Emma McGregor, "" (Honors)
Lizabeth Allison + Mark Forsyth, Shanta Hinton, Julie Galambush
Veronica Nagle, "" (Honors)
Shanta Hinton + David Aday, Lizabeth Allison
Erin Roberts, "" (Honors)
S. Laurie Sanderson + Paul Heideman, William Buchser, Eric Hilton
Morgan Thompson, "" (Honors)
Matthias Leu + Joshua Puzey, Brad Lamphere, Leah Shaw
Stacy Trackenberg, "" (Honors)
Jonathan Allen + Randolph Chambers, Mark Forsyth, Elizabeth Canuel
Olivia Trani, "" (Honors)
Harmony Dalgleish + Randolph Chambers, Doug DeBerry, Andrew Fisher
Cheyenne Williams, "" (Honors)
Lizabeth Allison + Mark Forsyth, Patty Zwollo, Dana Lashley
Sivan Yair, "" (Honors)
Drew LaMar + Harmony Dalgleish, Joshua Puzey, Leah Shaw

2014-15

Salma Abdel-Raheem, (Honors)
Jonathan Allen + Randy Chambers, Shanta Hinton and John Brubaker
Vollter Anastas, (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Shanta Hinton, Oli Kerscher and Lisa Landino
Dallas Banks, (Honors)
Shanta Hinton + Beverly Sher and Randy Coleman
Lauren Canestrini, (Honors)
Paul Heideman + Dan Cristol, Beverly Sher and Randy Coleman
Akshay Deverakonda, "Determining Space Use of Breeding Wood Thrush (Hylocichla musteline) Pairs in Southeastern Virginia" (Honors)
Matthias Leu + Rowan Lockwood, John Swaddle
Melissa Hey, (Honors)
Harmony Dalgleish + Randy Chambers, Oli Kerscher and Jonathan Scheerer
Tyler Jones, (Honors)
Matthew Wawersik + Margaret Saha, Paul Heideman and Carey Bagdassarian
Scott Nordstrom, (Honors)
Drew LaMar + Dan Cristol, John Swaddle and Leah Shaw
Jackson Peterson, (Honors)
Diane Shakes + Shanta Hinton, Liz Allison and Douglas Young
Payton Phillips, (Honors)
John Swaddle + Matthias Leu and Brent Kaup
Yusheng Qin,
Mark Forsyth + Oli Kersher, Kathy Miller and Randy Coleman
Katherine Shipman, (Honors)
Drew LaMar + Jon Allen, Harmony Dalgeish and Sarah Day
Monika Stanciauskas, (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Dan Cristol, John Griffin and Randy Coleman
Mary Stern, (Honors)
Liz Allison + Shanta Hinton, Diane Shakes and Randy Coleman
Molly Teague, (Honors)
Matthias Leu + Oli Kerscher and Brent Kaup

2013-14

Elise Elwood, (Honors)
Harmony Dalgleish + Matthias Leu, Guilia Pacini, Drew LaMar
Ashley Fidler, (Honors)
Matthew Wawersik + Mark Forsyth, Shanta Hinton, Douglas Young
Sarah Gilliand, (Honors)
M. Drew LaMar + Randolph M. Chambers, Harmony J. Dalgleish, Rex K. Kincaid
Hwa In Han
Wendy Herbst, "The Role of Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels and Spontaneous Calcium Activity in the Developing Nervous System" (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Lizabeth Allison, Christopher Del Negro, Seth Weinberg
Kathrynlynn Jenkins, (Honors)
Emmett Duffy + Jonathan Allen, Matthias Leu, Harmony Dalgleish
Alexander McFarland, (Honors)
Shanta Hinton + Lizabeth A. Allison, Randolph Coleman, Oliver Kerscher
Christina Moore, (Honors)
Eric Bradley + Margaret Saha, Daniel Cristol, Elizabeth Harbron
Kelly O'Toole, (Honors)
John Swaddle + Matthias Leu, Dan Cristol, Jennifer Kahn
Mohima Sanyal, (Honors)
Matthew Wawersik + Daniel Cristol, Mark Forsyth, Elizabeth Harbron
Ethan S. Winter, (Honors)
Diane Shakes + Jonathan Scheerer, Shanta Hinton, Oliver Kerscher

2012-13

Sarah Bornbusch, (Honors)
J. Emmett Duffy + Jonathan Allen, Randolph Chambers, Matthias Leu
Aidan Sena, (Honors)
Matthias Leu + Gary Rice, Randolph Chambers, Douglas DeBerry
Brittany Flowers, "The Pseudophosphatase MK-STYX Induces Neuronal Differentiation in PC12 Cells" (Honors)
Shanta Hinton + Lizabeth Allison, Mark Forsyth, Randolph Coleman
Katherine Hoptay, (Honors)
Lizabeth Allison + Shanta Hinton, Chelsey Johnson, Kurt Williamson
Angela Ives, (Honors)
Paul Heideman + Margaret Saha, Diane Shakes, Randolph Coleman
Jessica Murray, "Embryological Staging of the Zebra Finch, Taeniopygia guttata, and the Effect of Methylmercury on the Expression of Song-Learning Genes, FoxP2 and CNTNAP2, during Zebra Finch Development and the Song Learning Period" (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Dan Cristol, Mark Forsyth, Lisa Landino
Hallie Nelson, (Honors)
Lizabeth Allison + Mark Forsyth, Shanta Hinton, Dennis Taylor
Katherine Nolan, (Honors)
S. Laurie Sanderson + Paul Heideman, Matthias Leu, Eric J. Hilton
Brian Rabe, "The Effect of Calcium Activity Perturbation on Gene Expression in the Developing Nervous System of Xenopus laevis" (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Deborah Bebout, Mak Forsyth, Oliver Kerscher
Lindsay Schleifer, "How Neural Cells Acquire an Identity: the Role of Calcium Activity and Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels in Neurotransmitter Phenotype Specification in Xenopus laevis" (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Gregory Smith, Eric Bradley, Randolph Coleman, Joshua Burk
Eva Szymanski, "A Tale of Two Proteins: The Budding Yeast STUbL Subunit Slx5 Functionally Interacts with the SUMO Ligase Siz1" (Honors)
Oliver Kerscher + Mark Forsyth, Diane Shakes, Robert Hinkle
Seth Theuerkauf, (Honors)
Matthias Leu + Romuald Lipcius, Jonathan Allen, Sarah Glaser
Kelly Watson, (Honors)
Matthias Leu + Dan Cristol, Harmony Dalgleish, Rowan Lockwood
Joanna Weeks, (Honors)
Matthias Leu + Oliver Kerscher, John Swaddle, David Aday

2011-12

Matthew Badgett, (Honors)
Matthew Wawersik + Katherine Guthrie, Oliver Kerscher, Diane Shakes
Justinn Barr, "The Role of MK-STYX in Stress Granule Assembly/Disassembly" (Honors)
Shanta Hinton + Lizabeth Allison, Mark Forsyth, Amy Oakes
Simone Giovanetti, (Honors)
Helen Murphy + Oliver Kerscher, Jonathan Scheerer, Kurt Williamson
Samuel Harvey, (Honors)
Mark Forsyth + Randolph Coleman, Oliver Kerscher, Kurt Williamson
Kaitlin Helsley, (Honors)
Kurt Williamson + Lizabeth Allison, Mark Forsyth, Bevery Peterson
Molly McDonough, "The Role of Notch Signaling in Neurotransmitter Phenotype Specification and Secondary Neurogenesis in X. laevis" (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Lizabeth Allison, Eric Bradley, Randolph Coleman, Mark Forsyth
Albert Ng-Sui-Hing, "Analysis of Calcium Activity and Neurotransmitter Phenotype of Developing Retinal Neurons of Xenopus laevis Embryos" (Honors)
Eric Bradley + John Griffin, Margaret Saha, Gregory Smith
Luke Reding, (Honors)
Matthias Leu, Rowan Lockwood, Helen Murphy, John Swaddle
Kathryn Rehain, (Honors)
Diane Shakes + Jonathan Allen, Oliver Kerscher, Rowan Lockwood
Daniel Schwab, (Honors)
Jonathan Allen + Randolph Chambers, Rowan Lockwood, Helen Murphy
Kathryn Swanson, (Honors)
Paul Heideman + John Griffin, Margaret Saha, Jianjun Tian
Anikó Tóth, (Honors)
Matthias Leu + Carey Bagdassarian, Randy Chambers, Paul Heideman
Chris Tyson, (Honors)
Matthias Leu + Martha Case, Randolph Chambers, Stuart Hamilton

2010-11

Anne Armstrong, (Honors)
Jonathan Allen + Margaret Saha, Laurie Sanderson, Debbie Steinberg
Carolyn Ayers, (Honors)
Randy Chambers + Matthias Leu, Jianjun Paul Tian
Amber Bruce, (Honors)
Patty Zwollo + Lizabeth Allison, Eric Bradley, Tun-Jen Cheng
Alexander Chalphin, "Functional Characterization of GAD67 Transcriptional Regulation in Xenopus Laevis" (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Lizabeth Allison, Kurt Williamson, Christopher Abelt
Nicole Forrester, " (Honors)
Martha Case + Norman Fashing, Barbara King, Matthias Leu
Dolores Huberts, (Honors)
Lizbeth Allison + Matthew Wawersik, Drew LaMar, Beverly Sher

2009-10

Caitlin Bovery, " (Honors)
John Swaddle + Rochelle Seitz, Randy Chambers, Jonathan Allen
Stephen Chi, (Honors) Diane Shakes + Mark Forsyth, Matthew Wawersik, Robert Orwoll
Cecilia Esteban, (Honors) Oliver Kerscher + Lizabeth Allison, Lisa Landino, Matthew Wawersik
John Giddens, (Honors) Lizabeth Allison + Oliver Kerscher, Eric Engstrom, Lisa Landino
Christopher Givens, (Honors) Eric Engstrom + Lizabeth Allison, Oliver Kerscher, Carey Bagdassarian
Dustin Glasner, (Honors) Kurt Williamson + Mark Forsyth, Robert Hinkle, Oliver Kerscher
Miram Gleiber, (Honors) Randolph Chambers + Deborah Steinberg, Jonathan Allen
Erica Hart, (Honors) Kurt Williamson + Randy Chambers, Mark Forsyth, Rowan Lockwood, Jorge Terukina
Charlotte Ivey, "Genetic variation of GnRH mRNA in a population of white-footed mice" (Honors) Margaret Saha + Paul Heideman, Eric Bradley, Randolph Coleman
Gwendolyn Kaeser, (Honors) Margaret Saha + Eric Bradley, Randolph Coleman, John Griffin
Lauren Miller, "Calcium Channel Alpha1 Subunits and Neurotransmitter Phenotype Specification" (Honors) Margaret Saha + Eric Bradley, Joshua Burk, Paul Heideman
Andrew Morris, (Honors) Randy Chambers + Eric Engstrom, Jonathan Micancin, John McGlennon
Katrina Mott, (Honors) Patty Zwollo + Matthew Wawersik, Mark Forsyth, Louis Rossiter
Laura Odorizzi, "The Influence of Calcium Activity on Neurotransmitter Phenotype Specification" (Honors) Margaret Saha + Eric Bradley, Christopher Del Negro, John Griffin
Laura Parente, (Honors) Lizabeth Allison + Patty Zwollo, Diane Shakes, Rowan Lockwood
Marc Presler, (Honors) Diane Shakes + Lizabeth Allison, Oliver Kerscher, Monica Potkay

2008-09

Meghan Cavanaugh, (Honors)
Lizabeth Allison + Mark Forsyth, Matt Wawersik, Joanne Bowen
Rachel Fovargue, "The Integration of Metapopulation Dynamics into Habitat Equivalency Analysis" (Honors)
Daniel Cristol + Kerri Duerr, John Swaddle, Rob Hicks
Kelly Hallinger, (Honors)
Daniel Cristol + Kerri Duerr, John Swaddle, J.C. Poutsma
Rebecca Lowdon
Margaret Saha + Liz Allison, Paul Heideman, Christopher Del Negro
Timothy Storm, (Honors)
Laurie Sanderson + Greg Capelli, Paul Heideman, Jim Perry

2007-08

Abigail Brunner, (Honors)
Lizabeth Allison + Oliver Kerscher, Eric Engstrom, Lisa Landino
Amy Dapper, "The Effects of Selection for Thermotolerance on the Cost of Mating in Drosphilia melanogaster" (Honors)
George Gilchrist + Chris Funk, Matt Wawersik, Randy Coleman
Connie Gibbons, (Honors)
Paul Heideman + Eric Bradley, Lizabeth Allison, Randy Coleman
Andrew Hughes, "The role of Ca2+ activity in neurotransmitter phenotype determination" (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Eric Bradley, Christopher Del Negro, Dennis Manos
Morgan Johnson, "The Role of Calcium Channels in Neurotransmitter Phenotype Specification" (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Lizabeth Allison, Paul Heideman, Christopher Abelt
Kristin Mahalak, (Honors)
Paul Heideman + Randy Chambers, Rom Lipcius, Rochelle Slitz
Tara Mahoney, " (Honors)
Paul Heideman (Spring-Fall 2008)
Sajithya Perera, (Honors)
John Swaddle + Dan Cristol, Randy Chambers, Marlene Davis
Stephen Schworer, (Honors)
Eric Bradley + Margaret Saha, Patty Zwallo, Lisa Landino
Andrew Speidell, (Honors)
John Griffin + Ashley Haines, Paul Heideman, Carey Bagdassarian
Daniel Teasley, "Transcription factor coexpression with GABAergic and glycinergic terminal differentiation genes" (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Oliver Kerscher, Lizabeth Allison, Robert Hinkle
Benjamin Winer, "Development of Time of Flight Second Ion Mass Spectroscopy as a Technique to Investigate Biological Tissue Samples" (Honors)
Matt Wawersik + Paul Heideman, Oliver Kerscher, Bill Cooke

2006-07

Stephanie Byers, "Characterization of selected genes and neurotransmitters of the developing central nervous system in the Xenopus laevis emryo" (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Mark Forsyth, Matthew Wawersik, Elizabeth Harbron
Kenneth DeFontes, "Effects of Slip-Strand Mutations in the Histidine Kinase arsS of Heliobacter pylori" (Honors)
Mark Forsyth + Diane Shakes, Beverly Sher, Lisa Landino
Alicia Frame, "The Effects of Feather Pigmentation on Bacterial Degradation Rates" (Honors)
John Swaddle + Mark Forsyth, Dan Cristol, Greg Smith
Stefanie Gera, "Animal size and radula morphetric characters of the carnivorous gastropod Rapana venose (Murcidae) from the Chesapeake Bay" (Honors)
Julianna Harding + Randy Chambers, Greg Capelli, Roger Mann
Natalia Golub, "Specification of Neurotransmitter Phenotypes in Xenopus laevis" (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Mark Forsyth, Patty Zwollo, David Armstrong
John Seeley, "Analysis of the Tyrosine Hydroxylase Gene and one of its Primary Transcription Factors, Nurr1, in Xenopus laevis" (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Lizabeth Allison, John Griffin, Rob Hinkle
Christopher Seibert, "A shRNA, Dual Flurorescent Protein Strategy to Determine Hormone Receptor Nuclear Import Mechanisms" (Honors)
Lizabeth Allison + Diane Shakes, Oliver Kerscher, John Swaddle, M. Melfi
Alexandra Sledd, "Genetic Variation within the ArsRS Two-Component Signal Transduction System of Heliobacter pylori Relative to Disease Outcome and Geographic Origin" (Honors)
Mark Forsyth + Diane Shakes, Paul Heideman, Ismail Abdalla
Jamie Underdown, "Molecular charcterization of a fungus infecting the hydrothermal vent mussel Bathymodiolus brevior" (Honors)
Ryan Carnegie + Cindy Van Dover, Lizabeth Allison, Patty Zwollo

2005-06

Mark Astoria, "Caenorhabditis elegans cell division mutant 1115" (Honors)
Diane Shakes + Joe Scott, Matt Wawersik, Lisa Landino
Benjamin Atkins, "Segregation Defects in APC/C Mutant Caenorhabditis elegans Spermatogenesis" (Honors)
Diane Shakes + Margaret Saha, Mark Forsyth, Robin Looft-Wilson
Jeffrey Burket, "Phase variation in cgtA (HP0217) of Heliobacter pylori and Lewis-antigen expression in lipopolysaccharide"
Mark Forsyth + John Swaddle, Beverly Sher, Sherree Davis
Nicole Cameron, "Nuclear Export of the Thyroid Hormone Receptor" (Honors)
Lizabeth Allison + Patty Zwollo, Margaret Saha, Clay Clemens
Jennifer DeCuir, "Identification of Autoinducer-2 Regulated Genes in Helocobacter pylori" (Honors)
Mark Forsyth + Misty McPhee, Beverly Sher, Michael Leruth
Ryan Fame, "Role of BMP-4, FGF-8b, and Retinoic Acid in the Specifications and Differentiation of GABAergic and Glutamatergic Neural Phenotypes" (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Paul Heideman, Mark Forsyth, Debbie Bebout
Katherine Fisher, "An Analysis of the Early Stages of Neurotransmitter Phenotype Specifications" (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Lizabeth Allison, Paul Heideman, Sebastian Schreiber
Christopher Ford, "Investigating the Role of TCST system jhp0151-0150 in Heliobacter pylori adhesion" (Honors)
Mark Forsyth + Joe Scott, Matt Wawersik, Lisa Landino
Carol Logan, "Comparative Ultrastructure of the Digestive Diverticula in Bathymodiolin Mussels from Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent and Seep Sites" (Honors)
Cindy Van Dover + Joe Scott, Diane Shakes, Ryan Carnegie
Christopher Muir, "Ecological Speciation in Drosophila" (Honors)
George Gilchrist + John Swaddle, Donna Folk, Sebastian Schreiber
Laura Page, "The Effect of Ambient White Noise on Female Zebra Finch Preference for Extra-Pair Mates" (Honors)
John Swaddle + Stan Hoegerman, George Gilchrist, Sebastian Schreiber
Lamia Wahba, "Cell Cycle Modeling and Chromosome Segregation Defects in Caenorhabditis elegans" (Honors)
Diane Shakes + Patty Zwollo, George Gilchrist, Sebastian Schreiber
Matthew Wester, "The Effects of Early Cell Cycle Cessation on Neurotransmitter Specifications in Xenopus laevis" (Honors)
Margaret Saha + Matt Wawersik, Diane Shakes, David Armstrong
Heather Wiseman, "The Abundance of Cyanolichens in the College Woods, Williamsburg, Virginia" (Honors)
Martha Case + Stewart Ware, Mark Forsyth, Junping Shi

2004-05

Krishna Dondeti
Mark Forsyth + Margaret Saha, George Gilchrist, Sebastian Schreiber
Megan Evans
Cindy Van Dover + Joseph Scott, Mark Forsyth, Ryan Carnegie
Marion Harris
Margaret Saha + Paul Heideman, Diane Shakes, Elizabeth Harbron
Brendan Hodkinson
Martha Case + Joseph Scott, Stewart Ware, Brent Owens
Lisa McGinnis
Mark Forsyth + Patty Zwollo, Beverly Sher, Lisa Landino
Katie Provost
George Gilchrist + John Swaddle, Paul Heideman, Sebastian Schreiber
William Tarantino
Stewart Ware + Margaret Saha, Randy Chambers, Anne Reilly
Michael Weston
Eric Bradley + Margaret Saha, Laurie Sanderson, Lisa Landino

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