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Science Division
Summer Research
Poster Fair
Friday, October 21, 2016
12:30 pm—3:30 pm
DeVries Hall Atrium
2016 Student Research Conducted in Calvin Science Division Departments Biology
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Computer Science
Engineering
Geology, Geography & Environmental Studies
Mathematics & Statistics
Nursing
Physics & Astronomy
88 students funded (40 women and 48 men) working with
41 Calvin professors on
55 different projects
40% were externally funded by grants from outside of Calvin College
35% were funded by private donors
Refreshments served on Level 3
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2016 Science Division Summer Research Program Funding
The Andrew Family Foundation
The Michael and Cheryl Brandsen Student Research Fellowship
The DeKock Chemistry Summer Research Fellowship
The Thedford P. Dirkse Summer Research Fellowship
The William H. and Celia I. Dornbush DeVries Family Student Research Fellowship
The Rollin M. Gerstacker Foundation Student Research Fellowship
The Jansma Family Research Fund in the Sciences and Business
The Kanis Summer Research Fellowship
The Jack and Lois Kuipers Applied Mathematics Endowment
The Fritz and Carol Rottman Student Research Fellowship
The Luke and Pauline Schaap Summer Research Fellowship
The Clarence (Bud) Star and Arlene Talen Star Student Research Fellowship
The John Van Zytveld Summer Student Research Fellowship
The Hubert A. Vander Plas Memorial Student Research Fellowship
The Dr. Daniel J. Visser Student Research Fellowship in the Medical Sciences
The Ken and Marcia Wierda Summer Research Fellowship
The Enno Wolthuis Summer Student Research Fellowship
The Davis Young Research Fellowship in Geology
Calvin College Biology Department
Brummel Chair
Calvin College Alumni Association
Calvin College Clean Water Institute
Chemistry Pfizer Fellowship
McGregor Summer Research Fellowships in Humanities and Social Sciences
Plaster Creek Stewards
Program for Sustainability Engineering; gift from Joel and Linda Zylstra
Calvin College Science Division
Calvin College Sustainability Initiative
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Scholars Program
The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
Christian Schools International
The Dragt Family
Gladys and Ruth Wierenga
Hanes Foundation
Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital
Mackinac Technologies
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
Michigan Space Grant Consortium (MSGC)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Toyota Technical Center
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Urban Waters Division
U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Van Raalte Institute, Holland, Michigan
2016 Student Research Conducted Off-Campus East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
Health Intervention Services, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan
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Science Division Students Presenting Posters and their Locations
Numbering system:
1-12 indicates Level 1, poster 12; 2-3 indicates Level 2, poster 3, etc. S1 refers to the stairwell between
Levels 0 and 1, S2 to the stairwell between Levels 1 and 2, and S3 to the stairwell between Levels 2 and 3
Student
Number and
Location Student
Number and
Location
Aardema, Megan 3-13 Maitra, Shurjo 1-3
Abma, Aaron 2-16 McCormick, Kelly S1-3
Abma, Lydia 0-6 McKay, Elizabeth 0-7
Auyeung, Shamuel 2-7 Michmerhuizen, Anna 2-3
Baas, Leah 0-18 Naghtin, Benjamin 0-3
Barnes, Camille S3-1 Nederhood, Terryce 3-5
Blakemore, Daniel 2-10 Nykamp , Heidi 2-4
Boelens, Matthew 1-6 Oesman, Kimberly 2-8
Bogner, Alexandra 3-8 Ogunnoiki, Temitope 1-4
Bos, Nathaniel 2-10 Park, JuHye (Joyce) 2-6
Bosch, Timothy 1-5 Pèrez, Marianna 1-9
Bruce, Zachary 2-12 Raybaud, Matthew 2-9
Bruinius, Jacob 3-16 Rietberg, Cambrynne 3-6
Busscher, Brianna 2-2 Roloff, Emily S3-2
Cook, Evan 2-13 Romero, Evan 3-11
Crevier, Janaya 1-11 Rylaarsdam, Andrew 3-14
DeJong, Alicia 1-11 Sager, Jonathan 1-1
DeYoung, Maxwell 0-3 Schepers, Matthew S1-2
Dilley, Chris 1-7 Seper, Brian 2-15, 16
Ervin, Harry 0-5 Simonton, Philip S1-1
Ezenwelu, Chinelo 1-4 Stearns, Abigail 0-15
Folkerts, Andrew 2-15 Stockdale, Alan 0-6
Frndak, Abigail 3-10 Strikwerda, Sarah 2-6
Geels, Mackenzie 0-14 Strohbehn, Lauren 2-1
Granner, Josie 1-10 Swartz, Mason 3-3
Greene, Kenton 2-14 Tilma, Luke 0-5
Greidanus, Tom 0-19 Toering, Ryan 0-15
Hartman, Jacob 2-11 Tubergen, Philip 3-3
Hilbrands, Adam 3-4 Van Donselaar, Jenna 0-3
Hohlman, Robert 3-17 VanLaar, Lucas 3-12
House, Rachel 0-10 Veurink, Elise 1-8
Hughes, Sarah 0-17 Voogt, Rebecca 0-16
Ismond, Jonathan 0-8 Walters, Elianna 0-11
Jang, Byoungchan (Chris) 2-13 Warners, Micah 0-4
Jansen, Nathan 0-1 Warners, Rachel 0-17
Jonker, Patrick 0-2 Wassink, Lea 3-1
Kamp, Derrick 0-13 Wharton, Daniel 1-1
Kazmierczak, Nathanael 3-15 Wodarek, Jeremy 3-7
Kim, Bo Ram 0-12 Yoo, Joy 2-5
Kong, Jooyoung 2-4 Zerull, Emily 3-9
Kuipers, Alexandra S1-4 Zhang, Sherrice 3-2
Leerar, John 0-9 Zylstra, Isaac 2-8
Lew, Leira 0-4 Zylstra, Nate 1-2
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Calvin College Science Division
Summer Research Poster Fair
October 21, 2016
12:30 – 3:30 p.m.
De Vries Hall Atrium
(Level Zero)
0-1. Author: Nathan Jansen
Title: Phenology and Floral Inventory of Flat Iron Lake Preserve
Advisor : Professor Dave Warners, Biology
Support: The Fritz and Carol Rottman Student Research Fellowship
0-2. Author: Patrick Jonker
Title: Curb-Cut Rain Garden Research
Advisor: Professor Dave Warners, Biology
Support: Calvin College Biology Department Student Research Fund
0-3. Authors: Max DeYoung, Ben Naghtin, Jenna Van Donselaar
Title: Ecological Restoration of the Plaster Creek Watershed
Advisors: Professor Dave Warners, Biology and Deanna Geelhoed, Plaster Creek Stewards
Support: Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, The Michael and Cheryl Brandsen
Student Research Fellowship, and Calvin College Science Division
0-4. Authors: Leira Lew, Micah Warners
Title: The Green Team and the Restoration of Plaster Creek
Advisors: Professor Dave Warners, Biology and Professor Gail Heffner, Director of Community
Engagement
Support: USEPA Urban Waters Division and Plaster Creek Stewards
0-5. Authors: Harry Ervin, Luke Tilma
Title: Geographic and Taxonomic Sources of Fecal Microbes in the Plaster Creek Watershed
Advisor: Professor Randall DeJong, Biology
Support: The Jansma Family Research Fund in the Sciences and Business and Michigan
Department of Environmental Quality
0-6. Authors: Lydia Abma, Alan Stockdale
Title: 115 Years Later: Reassessing Grand Rapids' Flora
Advisors: Professor Dave Warners and Dr. Garrett Crow, Biology
Support: Hanes Trust and Calvin College Alumni Association
0-7. Author: Elizabeth McKay
Title: Origin of organic carbon as a driver of variability of carbon decomposition and
storage in lakes
Advisors: Dr. Grace Wilkinson, Cal Buelo, Jason Kurtzweil, Dr. Michael Cramer, Dr. Gary
Belovsky
Location: University of Notre Dame Environmental Research Center (UNDERC-East Program),
University of Notre Dame, Indiana
Support: Bernard J. Hank Family Endowment
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0-8. Author: Jonathan Ismond
Title: Damaging Effects of Oxidative Stress, and Hyperlipidemia on Retinal Structure in
Animal Models of Diabetic Retinopathy
Advisors: Arul J. Duraisamy, Dr. Renu A. Kowluru
Location: Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Support: National Eye Institute, Kresge Eye Institute, and The Thomas Foundation
0-9. Author: John Leerar
Title: The Effect of K+ on Caspase Activity of Corneal Epithelial Cells Exposed to UVB
Advisor: Professor John Ubels, Biology
Support: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
0-10. Author: Rachel House
Title: Chemical and mechanical isolation of mouse RPE
Advisor: Ning Wu, Ph.D.
Location: Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Support: Meijer Foundation
0-11. Author: Elianna Walters
Title: Effect of calcineurin inhibition on V2O5-induced pulmonary inflammation and fibrosis
in C57BL/6J mice
Advisor: Professor Dianne M. Walters, PhD.
Location: Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
Support: East Carolina University
0-12. Authors: Bo Ram Kim, Derrick Kamp, Mackenzie Geels
Title: Lymphatic Endothelial Cells promote HIV infection of resting and memory CD4+ T
cells.
Advisor: Professor Anding Shen, Biology
Support: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
0-13. Authors: Derrick Kamp, Mackenzie Geels, Bo Ram Kim
Title: IL6 secreted by EC increases HIV infection in resting CD4+ T cells without activation
Advisor: Professor Anding Shen, Biology
Support: Clarence (Bud) Star and Arlene Talen Star Student Research Fellowship
0-14. Authors: Mackenzie Geels, Derrick Kamp, Bo Ram Kim
Title: Higher IL-6 Concentration Correlates with Higher HIV-1 Infection Rate in Resting
CD4+ T Cells
Advisor: Professor Anding Shen, Biology
Support: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
0-15. Authors: Abigail Stearns, Ryan Toering
Title: CancerEd: Investigating the Need for Cancer Curricula
Advisor: Professor Amy Wilstermann, Biology
Support: Ruth and Gladys Wierenga, Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital and the Calvin College
Alumni Association
0-16. Author: Rebecca Voogt
Title: Unlocking the secrets of urine: assaying urinary extracellular mRNA in healthy volunte
Advisor: J. Brian Byrd, MD, MS
Location: Byrd Lab, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Support: National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Esperance Family Foundation
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0-17. Authors: Rachel Warners, Sarah Hughes
Title: Great Lakes Restoration Initiative: Reassessment of Wildlife Reproduction and Health
Impairments in the Saginaw Bay and River Raisin Areas of Concern and Grand
Traverse Bay
Advisor: Professor Keith Grasman, Biology
Support: The William H. and Celia I. Dornbush DeVries Family Student Research Fellowship
and U. S. Fish & Wildlife
0-18. Author: Leah Baas
Title: Developing Investigative Labs for Biology 230
Advisors: Professors David Koetje, David Dornbos, Richard Nyhof, Biology
Support: Calvin College Biology Department
0-19. Author: Tom Greidanus
Title: Saving Avulsed Teeth for Reimplantation: Storage Solution Analysis
Advisor: Dr. Daniel Armstrong
Location: Health Intervention Services, Grand Rapids, Michigan
(Stairwell Landing between Levels Zero and One)
S1-1. Author: Philip Simonton
Title: Physiological Function of Two Invasive Buckthorn Species Site Various Habitats
Advisor: Professor David Dornbos, Biology
Support: Calvin College Science Division
S1-2. Author: Matthew Schepers
Title: Metabolic Congruence or Divergence in Ant Gut Bacteria?
Advisors: Professor John T. Wertz, Biology
Support: National Science Foundation (NSF)
S1-3. Author: Kelly McCormick
Title: Developing Bulk Wounding Methods to Study Plasma Membrane Repair in Skeletal
Muscle Fibers
Advisor: Dr. Daniel Michele
Location: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Support: Calvin College Biology Department
S1-4. Author: Alexandra Kuipers
Title: Hind Limb Form and Function in Terrestrial and Semi-aquatic Mammals: Insights into
Locomotor Evolution in Early Cetaceans
Advisor: Professor Ryan Bebej, Biology
Support: The Jansma Family Research Fund in the Sciences and Business
(Level One)
1-1. Authors: Daniel Wharton, Jonathan Sager
Title: Window Efficiency Research Project
Advisors: Professors Richard De Jong and Renard Tubergen, Engineering
Support: Mackinac Technologies
1-2. Author: Nate Zylstra
Title: Vehicle Wind Noise Reduction
Advisor: Professor Richard De Jong, Engineering
Support: Toyota Technical Center
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1-3. Author: Shurjo Maitra
Title: Design of Solar Power System Demonstration Unit
Advisor: Professor Yoon Kim, Engineering
Support: Calvin College Sustainability Initiative
1-4. Authors: Temitope Ogunnoiki, Chinelo Ezenwelu
Title: Applications of Piezoelectric Technology for Renewable Energy
Advisor: Professor Aubrey Sykes, Engineering
Support: Program for Sustainability Engineering
1-5. Author: Timothy Bosch
Title: Design of a water supply for Calvin Gardens
Advisor: Professor Aubrey Sykes, Engineering
Support: Program for Sustainability Engineering
1-6. Author: Matthew Boelens
Title: Pressure Drop Through Tube Bundles
Advisor: Professor Aubrey Sykes, Engineering
Support: Calvin College Science Division
1-7. Author: Chris Dilley
Title: TSGL: A Thread-Safe Graphics Library for teaching students about parallel computing
Advisor: Professor Joel Adams, Computer Science
Support: The Kanis Summer Research Fellowship
1-8. Author: Elise Veurink
Title: Pregnancy suspicion and women's perceptions of being at risk of pregnancy
Advisor: Professor Adejoke Ayoola, Nursing
Support: Calvin College Science Division and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
1-9. Author: Mariana Pèrez
Title: A Review of Factors Contributing to High Attrition Rates in Home Visit Interventions
Advisor: Professor Adejoke Ayoola, Nursing
Support: Calvin College Science Division
1-10. Author: Josie Granner
Title: A review of reasons for women’s contraceptive switching and discontinuation
Advisor: Professor Adejoke Ayoola, Nursing
Support: Calvin College Science Division
1-11 Authors: Janaya Crevier, Alicia DeJong
Title: Recycling Industrial Land in Michigan
Advisor: Professor Mark Bjelland, Geology, Geography & Environmental Studies
Support: Calvin College Science Division, McGregor Summer Research Fellowships in
Humanities and Social Sciences
(Level Two)
2-1. Author: Lauren Strohbehn
Title: Exploring the Membrane Lipid Environment for Glucose Transporter 1
Advisors: Professors Larry Louters and Brendan Looyenga, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Support: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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2-2. Author: Brianna Busscher
Title: Exploring the inhibition of GLUT1 by caffeine and determining the mechanism of
GLUT1 activation by glucose deprivation
Advisor: Professor Larry Louters, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Support: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
2-3. Author: Anna Michmerhuizen
Title: Characterization of the Histoplasma Capsulatum Glycans
Advisors: Dr. H. Robert Bergen III, Dr. Nancy L. Wengenack
Location: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Support: Beatrice and Reymont Paul Foundation and the Department of Laboratory Medicine
and Pathology at the Mayo Graduate School
2-4. Authors: Jooyoung Kong, Heidi Nykamp
Title: Research-based teaching at Kathmandu University
Advisor: Professor Herb Fynewever, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Support: The William H. and Celia I. Dornbush DeVries Family Student Research Fellowship
and The Thedford P. Dirkse Summer Research Fellowship
2-5. Author: Joy Yoo
Title: Fluorescence of Scopoletin and Other Related Coumarins
Advisor: Professor Mark Muyskens, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Support: The Rollin M. Gerstacker Foundation Student Research Fellowship
2-6. Authors: Joyce Park, Sarah Strikwerda
Title: Pre-service Teachers’ Perspectives on Their Opportunities to Learn about Algebra
Advisor: Professor Hyunyi Jung, Mathematics & Statistics
Support: The Jansma Family Research Fund in the Sciences and Business and The Jack and Lois
Kuipers Applied Mathematics Endowment
2-7. Author: Shamuel Auyeung
Title: Homogeneous Sub-Finsler 3-Manifolds and their Geodesics
Advisor: Professor Christopher Moseley, Mathematics & Statistics
Support: The Jack and Lois Kuipers Applied Mathematics Endowment
2-8. Authors: Kimberly Oesman, Isaac Zylstra
Title: Moreno-Socías Conjecture in Three Variables
Advisor: Professor James Turner, Mathematics & Statistics
Support: The Jack and Lois Kuipers Applied Mathematics Endowment and National Science
Foundation (NSF)
2-9. Author: Matthew Raybaud
Title: The Development of CRC Schools in North America
Advisor: Professor Henk Aay, Geology, Geography & Environmental Studies
Support: Van Raalte Institute, Christian Schools International and Calvin College Science
Division
2-10. Authors: Daniel Blakemore, Nathaniel Bos
Title: Concentrations of Pb, Zn, and Ag Associated with Native Copper Deposition,
Keweenaw MI
Advisor: Professor Renee Sparks, Geology, Geography & Environmental Studies
Support: The Davis Young Research Fellowship in Geology
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2-11. Author: Jacob Hartman
Title: Optical measurements of polariton strong coupling in semiconductor microcavities
Advisor: Professor Ryan Balili, Physics & Astronomy
Support: The Jansma Family Research Fund in the Sciences and Business
2-12. Author: Zachary Bruce
Title: Distinguishing Multiple Stellar Populations of Glubular Clusters M56 and M13
Advisor: Professor Jason Smolinski, Physics & Astronomy
Support: The Hubert A. Vander Plas Memorial Student Research Fellowship
2-13. Authors: Evan Cook, Byoungchan Jang
Title: Recent Developments on the Mergeburst Prediction
Advisor: Professor Larry Molnar, Physics & Astronomy
Support: The Dragt Family and The John Van Zytveld Summer Student Research Fellowship
2-14. Author: Kenton Greene
Title: Dynamics of the Algol Triple Star System
Advisor: Professor Larry Molnar, Physics & Astronomy
Support: Michigan Space Grant Consortium (MSGC), The Andrews Family Foundation and
Calvin College Science Division
2-15. Authors: Andrew Folkerts, Aaron Abma, Brian Seper
Title: Structural and kinetic studies of the cubic and hexagonal phases of MNd
Advisor: Professor Paul Harper, Physics & Astronomy
Support: Michigan Space Grant Consortium (MSGC) and Calvin College Science Division
2-16. Authors: Aaron Abma, Andrew Folkerts, Brian Seper
Title: Methylene Volume and Phase Transition Kinetics in Medium Chain Monoglycerides
and Alkanes
Advisor: Professor Paul Harper, Physics & Astronomy
Support: The Jack and Lois Kuipers Applied Mathematics Endowment
(Stairwell Landing between Levels Two and Three)
S3-1. Author: Camille Barnes
Title: The Roles of E-Cadherin and MET in Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma
Advisor: Professor Brendan Looyenga, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Support: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
S3-2. Author: Emily Roloff
Title: The Effects of Kifunensine on Renal Cell Lines
Advisors: Professors Brendan Looyenga and Larry Louters, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Support: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
(Level Three)
3-1. Author: Lea Wassink
Title: Synthesis of Novel Antibacterial Agents Targeting Bacterial Topoisomerases: 8-Methyl
& 8-Desmethyl Fluoroquinolones
Advisor: Professor Michael Barbachyn, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Support: Brummel Chair
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3-2. Author: Sherrice Zhang
Title: Efforts Aimed at Potentiating the Gram-negative Activity of Fluoroquinolone
Antibacterial Agents: 1,8-Naphthyridones
Advisor: Professor Michael Barbachyn, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Support: Brummel Chair
3-3. Authors: Philip Tubergen, Mason Swartz
Title: Metal Ion Chelation and Oxidation Kinetics involving Synthetic Peptides
Advisor: Professor Chad Tatko, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Support: The Enno Wolthuis Summer Student Research Fellowship and Chemistry Pfizer
Fellowship
3-4. Author: Adam Hilbrands
Title: Quantitative Detection of Cysteine-Tyrosine Crosslinks
Advisor: Professor David Benson, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Support: The Luke and Pauline Schaap Summer Research Fellowship
3-5. Author: Terryce Nederhood
Title: X-Ray Diffraction Evidence for Cysteine-Tyrosine Crosslinks
Advisor: Professor David Benson, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Support: The DeKock Chemistry Summer Research Fellowship
3-6. Author: Cambrynne Rietberg
Title: Isoform-Specific Regulation of Ras by Monoubiquitination
Advisor: Professor Rachael Baker, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Support: The Dr. Daniel J. Visser Student Research Fellowship in the Medical Sciences
3-7. Author: Jeremy Wodarek
Title: Developing a New Biosensor for Ras Activation
Advisor: Professor Rachael Baker, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Support: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
3-8. Author: Alexandra Bogner
Title: The Role of Ubiquitination in Ras Signaling
Advisor: Professor Rachael Baker, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Support: The Ken and Marcia Wierda Summer Research Fellowship
3-9. Author: Emily Zerull
Title: Synthesis of Substituted Indolizine Structures via Au(I) and Pt(II) Catalysis
Advisor: Professor Carolyn Anderson, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Support: National Science Foundation (NSF)
3-10. Author: Abigail Frndak
Title: Synthesis of N-Alkenylated 2-Pyridone Containing Isoquinoline Alkaloids
Advisor: Professor Carolyn Anderson, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Support: National Science Foundation (NSF)
3-11. Author: Evan Romero
Title: Synthesis of N-Alkenyl 2-Pyridonyl Ethers via a Au(I)-Catalyzed Rearrangement of 2-
Propargyloxypyridines
Advisor: Professor Carolyn Anderson, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Support: National Science Foundation (NSF)
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3-12. Author: Lucas VanLaar
Title: Atomic Screening Constants and Effective Nuclear Charge
Advisor: Professor Roger DeKock, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Support: The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
3-13. Author: Megan Aardema
Title: Assembly Process of the Supramolecular Nanojar
Advisor: Professor Douglas A. Vander Griend, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Support: National Science Foundation (NSF)
3-14. Author: Andrew Rylaarsdam
Title: Aromatic Interactions and Metal Binding in β-hairpin Peptides
Advisor: Professor Douglas A. Vander Griend, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Support: National Science Foundation (NSF)
3-15. Author: Nathanael Kazmierczak
Title: Modeling Error in Equilibrium Restricted Factor Analysis
Advisor: Professor Douglas A. Vander Griend, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Support: Arnold and Mabel Beckman Scholars Program
3-16. Author: Jacob Bruinius
Title: Synthesis of Novel Antibacterial Agents Targeting Bacterial Topoisomerases: 8-
Methoxy & 8-Chloro Fluoroquinolones
Advisor: Professor Michael Barbachyn, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Support: Brummel Chair
3-17. Author: Robert Hohlman
Title: Synthesis of Novel Antibacterial Agents Targeting Bacterial Topoisomerases: 6,8-
Difluoro Fluoroquinolones
Advisors: Professors Michael Barbachyn and Ronald Blankespoor, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Support: Brummel Chair
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