Research & Experiential Learning Student Scholar Showcase Summer 2023: Senior Student Scholars Eliza Brown Algebraic Starscapes Using Complex Eigenvalues of Bohemian Matrices Sajida Bibi Student Intern - Psychiatric Clinic, Drug Addiction Treatment, and Rehabilitation Centre Leah Squadrito Research/Intern - Johns Hopkins Public Health/PEACE Alexandria Szabo The Three-Way Interaction: Investigating Factors Related to Caregiver and Child Engagement During Shared Book Reading Experiences Advisor: Laura Mills-Smith (on Sabbatical F20) Keely Snode PT Observant Internship - Ortho Neuro Alyssa McLeod Marketing & Communications Intern - Heartfelt Dreams Foundation Aja Samuel The Vagina Monologues: Finding the Shortcomings of the Original Piece Advisor: Jennifer Thomas Eva Grover Corruption Campaigning in Central and Eastern Europe Advisor: Mert Kartal Marika Stauring Analysis and Digitization of Ancient Mesopotamian Skeletal Material from Tell Leilan, Syria Advisor: Mindy Pitre Lily Kasperek Visualizing Student Course Evaluation Data Advisor: Matt Higham Leah C. Biwot Synthesis and Study of Acridine Derivatives as Potential Chemotherapeutic agents Vladimir Iglesias Political Analyst Intern - Embassy of El Salvador Edward Habeck Human Oral Microbiome Observed in Bronze Age Skeletal Remains from Tell Leilan, Mesopotamia Advisor: Lorraine Olendzenski Kelley Daphness Intern - North Country Public Radio Jack Benjamin Counter Influence: Equitable Moderation Through Shared Discourse Advisor: Allie Rowland Benjamin Lloyd Intern, The North Country Office - U.S. Senator Kristen Gillibrand Glendalys Medina Intern - KOS Design (Freeman Foundation) Zoie Lehman Statistical Epidemiologist Public Health Intern Jane Krausman Marine Mammal Education & Research Intern - Boston Harbor Cruises & New England Aquariam Sage Lalor Intentional community, non-capitalism, and identity Anna Wilkerson Abroad Experiences Effects on Education Inequality for Pre-Health Students Advisor: Raychon Gillis Aaron Levy Program Development Intern - Racquet Up Detroit Jaron Belmore Intern - Towle Chiropractic Eugenia Fernanda Leon Canseco Social Justice Intern - Center for Studies and Community Strengthening Mano Vuelta A. 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Annabella Kennedy Research Assistant - Paleontological Research Institution (PRI) Fiona Reiner Public Relations./Digital Communications Internship - Fuse William Heston Synthesis and Analysis of new Sustainable Glyoxylate Imine Polymers Martina Velásquez Lemaitre Shadowing at the Saints Pères Paris Institute for the Neurosciences Xi Chen SLU Fellowship Advisor: LeAnn Holland Ayesha Khatun Intern - The Mirror Foundation (Freeman Foundation) Abigail Lateer Campus Community Garden Coordinator - St. Lawrence University Rae Dunbar Internship with ICLEI's Urban Research, Innovation, and Development Team Grace Hodges Poly(glyoxylate imines): Designing a New Class of Degradable Polymer Elena (Ellie) Shaw Political Parties and Organizations through Sticker Propaganda in Contemporary Spain Advisor: Catherine Tedford Caitlin Erb Archeological Curation Intern - Carnegie Museum of Natural History James Lubkowitz Bioinformatics Intern - Vermont Biomedical Research Network (VBRN) Rayna Bidwell Education Intern - Riverside Reptiles Education Center Erika Looman Lakes Region Conservation Corps - Squam Lakes Conservation Society Maria Isabel Diaz (Isa) Data Science Intern - The World Bank Bryana Thieret Reversing the Effects of The Limited Bedding and Nesting Paradigm Through Environmental Enrichment Advisor: Adam Fox John Reece Intern - United States Marshals Service Isaiah Albright Congressional/Intergovernmental Relations Intern - Partnership for Public Service Kam Omari Summer Program Intern - Arvestaran Creative Development Center Alejandra Altamirano Salazar Papermaking Advisor: Melissa Schulenberg Previous Next Summer 2023: Junior Student Scholars Aidan Atwell The Digital World and The Modern Undergraduate Advisor: Dr. Donna Alvah Yuchang (Alice) Zhang Philosophical Approach to Mental Health Advisor: Jeffrey Maynes Carmiña Goya School of Art and Heritage Intern - National University of San Martín Bridget Hastings Health Care/ Head Teen Mentor - Healing H'Arts Equestrian Center, Inc Samartha Basnyat Summer Analyst - Vrock & Company Nach Insaurralde Becoming the Dub Advisor: Adam Harr Meghan Weldon Remembering and Restoring World War II Registrar Helen Whalen’s Legacy at St. Lawrence Mackenzie Marcus Reshaping Social-Emotional Learning for 3rd-4th Graders: The Life Block Bryn Pearson Summer Legislative Intern - Office of U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen Tye Royal Making an Enigma Machine Seth Bailey Summer Intern - McSweeney Orthodontics/Michael Davey Detnal Office Molly Doyle Estimating Basal Conditions of the Laurentide Ice Sheet Through Striation Analyses: Talcville, NY, Western Adirondacks Advisor: Alexander K. Stewart, USA (ret) Drew Horne Intern - Senator Patrick O'Connor (MA State House) Hadley Reinke Research Intern - New York Presbyterian/Columbia Irving Medical Center Kanonkela Kazembe Chibwe Optimizing thin film Metal-Organic frameworks to sequester and degrade azo dyes Advisor: Amanda Oldacre Nadine Manase Poly(Glyoxylates) and Poly(Glyoxylamides) as Selfimmolative Polymers for Plastic Synthesis Marlia Richer Intern - Henry's Fork Foundation Annalise Panici Psychological Portraits of Women: A Short Story Collection Advisor: Paul Graham Nina Spinney Investigator Internship - New Hampshire Public Defender Tenzin Yarphel Expert Network Summer Intern - Ridgetop Research Charlotte Brown Farming Intern - littleGrasse FoodWorks Farm Ellie Stannard Research Assistant - Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center Al Logan Estimating the concentration and characterizing microplastics in freshwater clams’ tissue in St. Lawrence rivers Advisor: Amanda Oldacre Sisco Tellez Intern - Galaxy Kids (Freeman Foundation) Haley Sundstrom Exploring Vietnam War Poetry - Creating a Collection John Capizzi Software Development Intern - Intellegam Colby Lauria Revenue Intern - Interscope Geffen A&M Records George Charalambous Data Science Intern - The World Bank Elizabeth Camp Rehab Aide, PT Shadow, Data Collection & Analysis Assistant - Cioffredi & Associates - Physical Therapy & Wellness Catherine O'Neill Community Agriculture Research Intern - Environmental Studies, St. Lawrence University Previous Next Summer 2023: Sophomore Student Scholars Matthew Shelton Intern - Mahanakorn Partners Group (Freeman Foundation) Mirko Dibra Data Analyst - T'Petritit Alejandra Ruiz-Gómez Correro Sales Associate - Ayling International Property Services Alja Imam Chaudhry Head Coordinator - Kita Ghar Lahore Public Library Navya Aggarwal Beyond Boundaries: Impacting Lives through Social Work & Education Sponsorship at Neema International Muhammed Mahdi Alkhaqani Training Production Line Engineer - Abr Al-Sharq For Petroleum Services LLC Maryam (Sofia) Zareizadeh Do glucocorticoid stress hormone act synergistically with the T3 thyroid hormone in Xenopus laevis metamorphosis? Advisor: Alexander M Schreiber Maryam (Sofia) Zareizadeh Service Research Intern - UNICEF William (Will) de Chabert Conservation Intern at Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo Brandon Reyes Legal Intern - Recycle Track Systems (RTS) Previous Next Summer 2023 - Research Fellowships Summer 2023 - Internships/Fellowships 2022 Summer 2022: Senior Student Scholars Barrett Smith PR/Marketing Intern with Magrino Conor Temple Financial Advisor Intern with Baystate Financial Hannah Rutkowski Editorial Internship with The Adirondack Review Morgan Cleary Research Internship Alexandra Hill Psychological Repression in Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway and Zadie Smith’s NW Advisor: Dr. Sookyoung Lee Mariam Waqar Khattak Research Intern Badi Kawambwa Marketing Communications Internship Andrew Quigley Social Media Intern at Recycle Track Systems (RTS) Frank Wotton Meta-dialectics: The Promise of Francisco Varela’s Biological Phenomenology Tyler Grochot Project Manager Isaiah Albright Ethnic Politicization and Government Development Efforts in Southeast Asia: Measuring the Relationship Advisor: Kristin McKie Alexandra Hill The Interaction Between Mental Health & Positionality in Literature Advisor: Dr. Daniel M Look Talya Scott Testing the Neuroprotective Effects of Mannitol in a C. elegans model of Parkinson’s Disease Abigail Yosef Finance Intern with ZEP-RE Jack Saltus Internship with Bespoke Investment Group Jie He Independent Researcher Jackson Hamilton Political Internship Gavin Prescott Internship at SUNY New Paltz, Bioarcheology Field School Alexander Reyes Internship with US Senator Charles Ellis Schumer Ngoc Tan Recognizing Capabilities in Early Childhood Education and Care Toky Rakotoarisoa Internship at Network 20/20 Nika Husinec Habitat Distribution and Sediment Composition of Jamaican Windward Lagoons Advisor: Antun Husinec Lizzie O'Keeffe Editorial Internship Tess Maxam Research Associate Maria Isabel Diaz (Isa) International Relations Internship May Buckingham Conservation and Land Management Internship Isabelle Dolcino Identifying the Top Predators in Adirondack Fishless Bogs Advisor: Brad Baldwin Abby Bienfang Member of Biological archaeology excavation team Yuchen Liang A Glance of China's "Involuted Generation" Advisor: Wendi Haugh Drew Racioppa Team Leader at Kupu's 2022 HYCC Summer Program Charlotte Powell Teaching Fellow at Breakthrough Collaborative, Manchester, NH Grace Cicchinelli Denoising Protein Images with Deep Learning Advisor: Lisa Torrey Haylei Coolican Business Support Angeles Zuniga Medina Legal & Policy Intern with Human Rights Foundation Grace Brouillette Green Mountain Farm-to-School Internship Iman Maani NCPR Internship Bryan Placide Education Internship Aaron Levy Inspiring the uninspired Advisor: Jeffrey Maynes Skylar Bergeron Editorial Coordinator Internship at Weave News Caroline Starace Detailed Documentation of Compositional, Structural, and Petrologic Heterogeneity Within the Marcy Anorthosite Massif: A Window into the… Rosie Gotsch The Next Frontier Advisor: Jeff Frank Mirabel Pond Philosophical and Chemical Implications of Ontological Reduction Advisor: Laura Rediehs Daniil Kim Executive Intern Cai Lemieux Mack Sensor Data Transplantation for Resilient Drone Operation Advisor: Kevin Angstadt Previous Next Summer 2022: Junior Student Scholars Emma Frances Doherty Internship John (Jack) Roemischer Legal and Development Team Intern with Recycle Track Systems (RTS) Billie McClosky Independent Study Chris Urban Editorial Assistant with Today Media Laura Bolduc Using Deep Learning to Identify Animal Species in Game Camera Images Advisor: Lisa Torrey Sajida Bibi The impact of early life adversity using limited bedding model on social-anxiety-related behavior in Long Evan rats. Advisor: Adam Fox Sydney Peterson Summer Undergraduate Researcher Hope Donoghue What Characterizes a Winning Combination? Network Analysis using Sports Data Advisor: Ivan Ramler Leana Dickhens Developing Chemical Reactions: Intercepting the Wagner-Jauregg Intermediate Advisor: Samuel Tartakoff Ian Clark Internship Alessandro Marangelli Proyecto Fronterizo de Educación Ambiental Jessica Tom Intern with North Country Public Radio Emma Rothe Examining the Wagner-Jauregg Reaction: Providing an Alternative to Morphine Advisor: Samuel Tartakoff Annabella Kennedy Using Tree-Ring Science to Evaluate a Remote-Sensing Landslide Model: Glennallen Region, Alaska Advisor: Alexander K. Stewart, USA (ret) Melinda Barath Investigation into Use of Different Techniques in Copepod Pigment Extraction Advisor: Samuel Tartakoff Valeria Obregon Diaz Summer Internship at the Tijuana River Estuarine Research Reserve Sage Lalor Local Campaign Organizer Kam Omari Social Media and Digital Content Internship Martina Velásquez Lemaitre Student Research Assistant with St. Lawrence University Audrey Bowman GROUND-TRUTHING A REMOTE SENSING LANDSLIDE MODEL USING REACTION WOOD PRESENCE IN TREE RINGS NEAR GLENNALLEN, ALASKA Advisor: Alexander K. Stewart, USA (ret) Leah C. Biwot Synthesis of proflavine derivatives and study of how they bind to DNA as potential chemotherapeutic agents Advisor: Samuel Tartakoff Camila Gonzalez Herrera Outreach Coordinator Internship Grace Bridge "You're a [Data] Wizard, Harry!" Advisor: Ivan Ramler Marika Stauring Visiting Bioarchaeology Fieldwork Student with University of New Brunswick Billie McClosky An Interactive Map of Cultural Jordan Advisor: Gisele El Khoury Previous Next Summer 2022: Sophomore Student Scholars YEYUXI YI Pricing Intern with Recycle Track Systems (RTS) Amanda Thrasher Farm Intern with English Acre Farms Titilayo Aluko Student Internship Nach Insaurralde International Internship - Trans Memory Archive Argentina Brandon Dickson Software engineering (and Data Analytics) Internship Karni Keushgerian School Management and Student Life Intern Previous Next 2021 Summer Research 2021 Alexandra Hill Sentimental Analysis Advisor: Dr. Daniel M Look Karina Bellavia Ethology of Lasiopogon currani (Diptera: Asilidae) in St. Lawrence County, New York Advisor: Karl McKnight Rae Dunbar Exploring the Fundamentals of Plastic Degradation Advisor: Amanda Oldacre Anuva Anannya Detection of Fe/Mg Phyllosilicate-rich Landslides Situated in Impact Craters on Mars Advisor: Alexander K. Stewart, USA (ret) Craig Wilkes The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the American Funeral Industry Advisor: Mindy Pitre Michael Yirenkyi An Architectural Phenomenology Reflection: A Case Study on Japanese Spatiality Advisor: Mark Denaci Alyssa Bigness Using R Studio to Explore 40 Years of Winning Results: The Statistics Behind the New York Lottery Advisor: Dr. Daniel M Look Frank Wotton The Phenomenology of Interpersonal Disagreement Advisor: Dr. Jennifer L Hansen Kayla Edmunds Daily and Seasonal Phenology of the Robber Fly Lasiopogon Currani (Diptera:Asilidae) in St. Lawrence County, New York Advisor: Karl McKnight Dakota Lazore The Influence of Thyroid and Glucocorticoid Hormones in Immune System Development during Metamorphosis of the African Clawed Frog (Xenopus… Advisor: Alexander M Schreiber Brenda Rubio Estrada Seeds for Her Advisor: Dr. Sara Ashpole, Ph. D. Nishal Basnet The Urban Refugee Resettlement Experience in the United States Advisor: Erica Morrell Caroline Bell Can we detect signals from RT-LAMP Bioassays with Multispectral Sensors? Advisor: Munir Pirbhai Diamond McAllister Black Student Social Justice Activism at St. Lawrence University Advisor: Kimberly Flint-Hamilton Haille Perkins Selecting Galaxies Hosting Supernovae for Observations with the Green Bank Telescope Advisor: Aileen O'Donoghue Previous Next 2020 Summer Research 2020: Senior Student Scholars Victoria Oakes Modeling Relationship between Wild Bees and Neonics Advisor: Aswini Pai Yanru Chen Using Deep Learning to Detect Fake Images Advisor: Dr. Ed Harcourt Cole Weigartz Occupancy Modeling for Porcupines (Erethizon dorsatum) using Camera Traps Advisor: Erika Barthelmess Leo Romanetz Kinetic Characterization of Intercalating Chemotherapy Drugs Using Temperature Jump Techniques Advisor: Samantha Glazier Niamh Creedon-Carey A History of Local Reaction and Activism to the Olympic Prison Advisor: Liz Regosin Caroline Krall Music and Emotion in Shiny Advisor: Jessica Chapman Morgan Cappa Statistical Analysis of the Representation of Women in the US Television Show, the Office Advisor: Jessica Chapman Yanfei Mao Associations Between Character Strengths and Positive Outcomes in the Academic Context Advisor: Cheryl Stuntz Lauren Donohue The Role of the Hippocampus in Processing Vertical Space Advisor: Bill DeCoteau Zican Zhou A Literature Review on the Effects of Thyroid Hormone and Cortisol on the Amphibian Immune System Advisor: Alexander M Schreiber Chloe McConnell Gender and Fiction Advisor: Paul Graham Edward Hallahan The Ethics of Commercializing Public Land Advisor: Richard Lauer Grace Vensel Resistance to the 'FrançAfrique' Advisor: Eloise Brezault Arman Tavana GreenCafe Website Advisor: Lisa Torrey Asha Johnson A Legacy of Revolution: Examining the Impact of Slave Revolts Across the Black Diaspora (1730-1841) Advisor: Melissane Schrems Min Wang British Colonial Influence in Hong Kong and Its Aftermath Advisor: Anne Csete Andy Hims Alzheimer's and the Aging Brain Advisor: Ana Y. Estevez Claire Bartlett Analysis of Coarse-Woody Debris in Four Adirondack Mountain Catchments Advisor: Alexander K. Stewart, USA (ret) Grace Harkins Rising Up Against the Norms Advisor: Jeff Frank Krista Walrath How water pH affects shell shape in fresh water bivalves Advisor: Judith Nagel-Myers Sky Ratcliffe Mathematical Art and Artistic Mathematics Advisor: Dr. Daniel M Look Gretchen Wambach Evaluation of Length and Azimuth Measurement Data Using Eight GIS Basemaps Advisor: Alexander K. Stewart, USA (ret) Jayden Ladison Role of the Hippocampus in Temporal Processing Advisor: Bill DeCoteau Noah Neverette Discovering R’s FOXP2 Advisor: Lorraine Olendzenski Yu Song Creating a “Musician” by Deep Learning Advisor: Dr. Ed Harcourt Ramon Veras The Inner Workings of a Science Fiction Revolutionary Novel Advisor: Prof. J. Michael Martinez Bridger Royce Fluorescent Gray Advisor: Paul Graham Allison Krauss Bringing Technology Into the Organic Chemistry Lab Advisor: Stacy Vassar Shiqi Xie Degradation of Azo-dye with Electrochemical Methods Advisor: Amanda Oldacre Carla Martinez-Perez Exposure to Immediate Rewards Increases Impulsive Choice in Humans Advisor: Adam Fox Camden Fort A Classroom Under the Mushroom Cloud: The Educational Setting During the Height of Cold War Tensions Advisor: Dr. Donna Alvah Eloise Bellingham Revealing Trends in Natural and Anthropogenic Processes Using River Discharge Fluctuation Advisor: Jeffrey Chiarenzelli Peiyu Wang Low-Cost Touchscreen Operant Chamber Based on Raspberry Pi Advisor: Adam Fox Annan Yue A Qualitative Exploration of Reachout of St. Lawrence County Advisor: Cathy Crosby Logan Hagerty The Colonial Legacy of Conservation on Pastoralists Advisor: Matthew Carotenuto Makenna Burr Herpetofauna Species Survey in the Forestport Quad in Accordance to the NYS Herp Atlas Advisor: Kristine Hoffmann Jenesha Robert COVID19: Can States Stop the Spread? Advisor: Sun Ki Choi Yidi Zhang Bottle Flowers Advisor: Kasarian Dane Previous Next Summer 2020: Junior Student Scholars Michael Yirenkyi Industrial Design, the Best and Worst of Humanity Advisor: Lucia Pawlowski Brenden Bready Injuries and Playing Surface in the NFL Advisor: Jessica Chapman Yu Wang Detecting Real Disasters through Twitter Advisor: Jessica Chapman Eduardo Puerta Data Visualization for the Admissions Office Advisor: Choong-Soo Lee Aseman Bagheri Sheshdeh Novel Coronavirus Advisor: Samantha Glazier Wanjiru (Shiru) Kimani Food Insecurity: How Severe is it? Advisor: Guanyi Yang Anuva Anannya Clay Minerals in Landslides on Earth and Mars Advisor: Alexander K. Stewart, USA (ret) Jonathan Morrison Discourse Surrounding Public and Private High Schools in the United States Advisor: Jeff Frank Haille Perkins Data Reduction for the Arecibo Pisces-Perseus Supercluster Survey Advisor: Aileen O'Donoghue Mabelin Garcia De La Rosa An Examination of Disparities in Healthcare Advisor: Sun Ki Choi Tina Luchetta Gender and a Beat: Women and Hip Hop in Senegal Advisor: Howard Eissenstat Frank Wotton Models and Modality Advisor: Richard Lauer Derek Sherrange A Decolonial Analysis in the Socio-Legal Dimensions of Food Sovereignty Advisor: John Collins, Ph. D. Siyuan Zhang Investigate the Most Effective Card-Upgrade Strategy in Clash Royale Advisor: Ivan Ramler Iman Maani Navigating Twitter as a Grassroots Organization Advisor: John Collins, Ph. D. Previous Next Summer 2020: Sophomores Student Scholars Chyanne Turner Approaching the Grant Writing Process for Scientific Research Advisor: Amanda Oldacre Autumn Sherman Special Cases of Crossing Numbers Advisor: Natasha Komarov Previous Next