Faculty Student Summer Research Program
2015 Research Projects
For summer 2015, there are 88 students and 41 faculty members working on 67 different projects.
![Biology major Robert Kahn '14 in the lab](/dof-vpaa/summer-research/collaborative-2013.jpg)
Projects
- Synthetic investigation and application of a substituted 4,6-dimethyl-3-cyclohexene
compound, 10-week, Weg
Nicholas Friedman '17
Kara Cetto Bales, Senior Teaching Associate, Chemistry
- Synthetic investigation of Diels-Alder reactions with a-B unsaturated ketones, 10-week,
Weg
Justin O'Sullivan '17
Kara Cetto Bales, Senior Teaching Associate, Chemistry
- Synthetic investigation of Diels-Alder reactions with a-B unsaturated ketones, 5-week-1,
Weg
Lauren Soong '16
Kara Cetto Bales, Senior Teaching Associate, Chemistry
- Using zebrafish to study nervous system defects in fetal alcohol spectrum disorder,
10-week, Philip P. Markowitz
Agnieszka Brojakowska '17
Jennifer Bonner, Associate Professor, Biology and Neuroscience
- Using zebrafish to study nervous system defects in fetal alcohol spectrum disorder,
10-week, HEOP
Delon Campbell '16
Jennifer Bonner, Associate Professor, Biology and Neuroscience
- Role of nano-economics in economic growth and development , 5-week-2, undesignated
Lukas Raynaud '17
Monica Das, Associate Professor, Economics
- Functional role of auxin hormones in charophytes: an evolutionary perspective, 10-week,
Weg
Anna Lietz '17
David Domozych, Professor, Biology
- Charophyte cell wall proteomics: In search of the super polymer domain, 10-week, Weg
Molly Patten '17
David Domozych, Professor, Biology
- Who let the wolves in? Geometric morphometric analysis of morphological variation
during domestication, 5-week-2, Weg
Jessica Street '16
Abby Grace Drake, Teaching Professor, Biology
- Assessing water quality in Kayaderosseras Creek, 5-week-1, Axelrod
Lauren Sidor '17
Anne Ernst, ES Program Coordiator, Environmental Studies
- Assessing water quality in Kayaderosseras Creek, 10-week, Margaret Williams Page
Nate Van Meter '17
Anne Ernst, ES Program Coordiator, Environmental Studies
- Measuring hydrothermal plume particles with optical backscattering sensors: preliminary
tests of a new method, 10-week, Samuel Croll
Emma McCully '16
Margaret Estapa, Visiting Assistant Professor, Geosciences
- Development of a lab-on-a-CD player analysis platform, 5-week-2, Weg
Julie Bryant '16
Kimberley Frederick, Professor, Chemistry
- Construction of a lab-on-a-CD player analysis platform, Schupf (10-week)
Kelly Cantwell '18
Kimberley Frederick, Professor, Chemistry
- Development of a remote analysis device for monitoring water contamination near fracking
sites, Schupf (10-week)
Jillian Greenspan '17
Kimberley Frederick, Professor, Chemistry
- Development of a urine-based diagnostic for malaria, 10-week, Reiderer Family
Nathanael Rehmeyer '18
Kimberley Frederick, Professor, Chemistry
- Development of a paper-based test for malaria, 5-week-2, HEOP
Sibin Wang '16
Kimberley Frederick, Professor, Chemistry
- Synthetic investigations of tandem intramolecular diels-alder reactions, 5-week-1,
D & J Richards Fund
Jood Ani '16
Ray Giguere, Professor, Chemistry
- Inflation in 2+1 dimensions, 8-week, undesignated
Guram Vardiashvili '16
Evan Halstead, Visiting Assistant Professor, Physics
- Physicochemical determinants of alcohol modulation in a model ligand-gated ion channel
binding site, 5-week-1, Riederer Family
Alex Mola '16
Rebecca Howard, Assistant Professor, Chemistry
- Physicochemical determinants of alcohol modulation in a model ligand-gated ion channel
binding site, 5-week-1, Axelrod
Travers Ruel '16
Rebecca Howard, Assistant Professor, Chemistry
- Strangite Mormon narratives of religious freedom and religious persecution in New
York and beyond, 8-week, undesignated
Alina Williams '16
David Howlett, Visiting Assistant Professor linked with Eliza Kent, Professor Philosophy & Religion
- The effects of aging, a high fat diet, and long term succinic acid treatment on vascular
health and mitochondrial function in mice, 10-week, Richard A. Mellon
Cassandra Eddy '17
Stephen Ives, Assistant Professor, Health and Exercise Sciences
- The effects of aging, a high fat diet, and long term succinic acid treatment on vascular
health and mitochondrial function in mice, 10-week, Christy Johnson
Gabe O'Brien '16
Stephen Ives, Assistant Professor, Health and Exercise Sciences
- The processing of blend words in visual word recognition, 10-week, Harman Cain Family
Sarah Rose Slate '16
Rebecca Johnson, Associate Professor, Psychology
- The effect of emotion-laden words on processing during reading, 5-week-2, Harman Cain
Family
Emma Starr '16
Rebecca Johnson, Associate Professor, Psychology
- The future of restorative justice, 10-week, undesignated
Olivia Frank '16
David Karp, Campus Life
- The power of the Chittenden Falls dam, 5-week-1, Marlene Oberkotter Fowler
Caroline Hobbs '16
Karen Kellogg, Associate Professor, Environmental Studies
- Computational photochemistry of organic fluorescent molecules, 10-week, Shehan Dissanayake
Elijah Kofke '16
William Kennerly, Visiting Assistant Professor, Chemistry
- Meta proactive interference, 8-week, Harman Cain Family
Juliana Boucher '16
H. Faye Knickerbocker, Visiting Assistant Professor, Psychology
- Modeling spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 in mice and cells, 5-week-2, Rafael Nasser
Spencer Lowry '18
Sara Lagalwar, Assistant Professor, Neuroscience
- Modeling spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 in mice and cells, 5-week-2, Rafael Nasser
Donna Nguyen '18
Sara Lagalwar, Assistant Professor, Neuroscience
- Modeling spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 in mice and cells, 5-week-2, Rafael Nasser
Eliza Burr '17
Sara Lagalwar, Assistant Professor, internNeuroscience
- Creative Web Design: Application of cognitive map theory in the context of online
restaurant marketing, 10-week, Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Woodcock
Sarah Rinaolo '17
Ela Lepkowska-White, Associate Professor, Management and Business and International Affairs
- Education systems in the international context, 5-week-1, Jim Lippman and Linda Friedman
Lippman
Kendall Gross '16
Soyong Lee, Associate Professor, Education Studies
- Dacryoconarid biostratigraphy of the middle devonian bakoven shale of Eastern NYS,
5-week-1, undesignated
Matthew Kilgore '16
Richard Lindemann, Associate Professor, Geosciences
- How does cannabidiol reduce seizure activity?, 5-week-1, Weg
Kathleen Schoolcraft ’16
Hassan Lopez, Associate Professor, Psychology and Neuroscience
- Relative age effect on college admission and enrollment, 10-week, Jim Lippman and
Linda Friedman Lippman
Mackenzie Furman '16
Michael Lopez, Assistant Professor, Mathematics
- Relative age effect on college admission and enrollment, 10-week, undesignated
Sarah Markiewicz '16
Michael Lopez, Assistant Professor, Mathematics
- Survival under copper shock - testing the importance of a proposed copper resistance
island, 5-week-1, Weg
Ana Sofia Rivera '16
Sylvia McDevitt, Associate Professor, Biology
- Copper-Silver cross resistance-testing the potential of homolog proteins of CopA from
Escherichia coli, 5-week-1, Richard A. Mellon
Bryan Zepeda-Carranza '17
Sylvia McDevitt, Associate Professor, Biology
- Surveillance studies in the 21st century: A study of GIS and surveillance technologies
for classroom use and museum exhibition, 5-week-1, Marlene Oberkotter Fowler
Makeda Diggs '17
Scott Mulligan, Visiting Assistant Professor, Management and Business and International Affairs
- Reel sport and Hollywood, 5-week-1, Marlene Oberkotter Fowler
Nevon Kipperman '16
Daniel Nathan, Professor, American Studies
- Environmental effect of humic acids on aqueous iron, 10-week, Weg
Jaya Borgatta '16
Juan Navea, Assistant Professor, Chemistry
- Atmospheric aerosol dissolution, Schupf (10-week)
Deborah Kim, '18
Juan Navea, Assistant Professor, Chemistry
- Water adsorption on tropospheric aerosols, Schupf (10-week)
Katherine Shi '18
Juan Navea, Assistant Professor, Chemistry
- Heterogeneous chemistry and photochemistry, Schupf (10-week)
Talia Stortini '18
Juan Navea, Assistant Professor, Chemistry
- Paths to Power: An Examination of the Career Trajectories of Turkish Political Elites,
5-week-1, undesignated
Ovgu Bozgeyik '16
Feryaz Ocakli, Assistant Professor, Government
- Paths to Power: An Examination of the Career Trajectories of Turkish Political Elites,
5-week-1, undesignated
Oyku Bozgeyik '16
Feryaz Ocakli, Assistant Professor, Government
- Are galaxies pre-processed in filaments? 5-week-1, undesignated
Graeme Gengras '17
Mary Crone Odekon, Professor, Physics
- Are galaxies pre-processed in filaments? 5-week-1, undesignated
Mario Hyman '16
Mary Crone Odekon, Professor, Physics
- Geometric morphemetric analysis of the effects of lead on Drosophila wing shape and
body size, 5-week-2, HEOP
Randy Cuevas '16
Bernard Possidente, Professor, Biology
- Succinic acid as a potential treatment for age-related metabolic dysfunction, 5-week-2,
HEOP
Daniela Escudero '16
T.H. Reynolds, Associate Professor, Health and Exercise Sciences
- Succinic acid as a potential treatment for age-related metabolic dysfunction, 5-week-1,
Christy Johnson
Lauren Gorstein '17
T.H. Reynolds, Associate Professor, Health and Exercise Sciences
- Tunability of nanoparticle's color in polymer preparation, 5-week-1, Michael Rose
Hannah Skipper '17
Maryuri Roca, Visiting Assistant Professor, Chemistry
- Impacts of participation in environmental voluntourism programs on participant Commitment
to Volunteerism, Pro-Environmental Attitudes and Behaviors, and Involvement in Envrionmental
Issues, 5-week-2, undesignated
Sarah Coburn '16
Andrew J. Schneller, Teaching Professor, Environmental Studies
- Evaluating the impact of shame on treatment-seeking for anxiety, 5-week-1, Harman
Cain Family
Elizabeth Aaron '16
Casey Schofield, Assistant Professor, Psychology
- Asparaginyl-tRNA formation in Bacilli, 10-week, Riederer Family
Ruth Allard '16
Kelly Sheppard, Assistant Professor, Chemistry
- Asparaginyl-tRNA formation in Bacilli, Schupf (10-week)
Meggie Danielson '17
Kelly Sheppard, Assistant Professor, Chemistry
- Expanding the genetic code of E.coli with Pyroglutamate, Schupf (10-week)
Hannah Schapiro '17
Kelly Sheppard, Assistant Professor, Chemistry
- Strange bedfellows of state immigration politics, 10-week, Marlene Oberkotter Fowler
Elena Veatch '16
Robert Turner, Associate Professor, Government
We would like to thank the following donors and funding agencies for their support
of our collaborative research efforts and the Faculty Student Summer Research Program:
Alumni, Family, and Friends
Harman Cain Family, Class of 2012
Samuel Croll '73
Marlene Oberkotter Fowler '61
Christiana Johnson '90, given in honor of Tom Lewis
Jim Lippman and Linda Friedman Lippman '82
Philip P. Markowitz '13
Richard A. Mellon '87
Rafael Nasser
Margaret Williams Page '43
Reiderer Family
Michael Rose '90
Shehan Dissanayake
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Woodcock, Parents 1996
Axelrod-Porges Scholars
Established in 2006 by Felicia Axelrod '62 and Robert Porges to support faculty-student
teams in the area of the sciences.
Schupf Scholars
Established in 2008 by Sara Lubin Schupf '62 to support summer faculty-student research
with a preference given to students pursuing projects in the STEM disciplines. Schupf
Scholars are selected beginning the summer after their freshman or sophomore year.
Schupf Scholars may access additional funding for travel to meetings and conferences
as well as for research supplies and expenses during their continuing research with
faculty during their academic career at Skidmore.
Weg Scholars
Established in 2010 by Carol Little Weg '64 and Ken Weg and awarded with a preference
for students pursuing projects in the sciences and social sciences.
Foundation/Grant
D & J Richards Fund
Higher Education Opportunities Program (HEOP)
Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research: NSF
W.M. Keck Foundation
The National Science Foundation
Rathmann Family Foundation
S3M Transitional Program
New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
The Charles Slaughter Foundation