Thesis Research

Edmund Beacham

Advisor: Garrett

Geoffrey Bisset

Advisor: Gapp

Dereck Brand

Uptake of leucine by Bap2 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: An introduction

Advisor: Morgan

Christina Calarco

Effects of phytochemicals from four species of Asters (Asteraceae) on the feeding of Phyciodes tharos (Nymphalidae) larvae

Advisor: Miller

Melissa Capalbo

Advisor: Pfitsch

Victoria Capota

Advisor: Miller

Jocelyn Cipolaro

Advisor: Gapp

Sarah Cook

Phosphorus-use efficiency and growth of invasive Lythrum salicaria and native Typha latifolia

Advisor: Williams

Paul Damaske

What patterns of cell proliferation exist in the early chick embryo mesoderm and what might they suggest about concurrent morphogenesis?

Advisor: Pfitsch

Jeff Evans

Analysis of crypsis in moths

Advisor: Pfitsch

John Fantauzzi

Where did they go? Factors that influence the movement of Pearl Crescent Butterfly (P. tharos) larvae on various species of Aster

Advisor: Morgan

Allison Fox

Advisor: Williams

Sarah Hastings

A three-year survey of imposex in Nucella lapillus and Littorina littorea at Stonington and Bluff Points, CT

Advisor: Miller

Maria Hillis

The impact of allelochemicals in Aster plants on land snail herbivory

Advisor: Reynolds

Ian Hughes

Root acid phosphatase activity in Zea mays and Zea mays var. rugosa under various phosphorus concentrations

Advisor: Garrett

Sheri Jakubowski

Creation of mutants in the carboxy terminal of the TAT2 gene and their effects on Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Advisor: Gapp

Sarah Johnstone

The regulation of intestinal smooth muscle by peptides, neurotransmitters and hormones in the painted turtle, Chrysemys picta

Advisor: Pfitsch

Jen Lentek

The Goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis), an archetype for examination of ectothermic survival through cold winter weather

Advisor: Williams

Shannon Leonard

Sex in Manduca sexta I: Nightlife of the moth

Advisor: Morgan

Kerry Maxwell

Hormone regulation of American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) digestive metabolism

Advisor: Reynolds

Matt McKenna

Sex in Manduca sexta III: Just say NO

Advisor: Lehman

Jennifer Moran

The regulation of intestinal smooth muscle by peptides, neurotransmitters and hormones in the painted turtle, Chrysemys picta

Advisor: Williams

Anthony Murphy

Advisor: Garrett

Scott Olejniczak

Proliferation patterns in 8.5-day murine splanchnopleure mesoderm and their morphological implications

Advisor: Lehman

Geoffrey Sanford

Advisor: Miller

Jason Saul

The role of protein tyrosine kinase in endotoxin induced inhibition of vascular reactivity

Advisor: Lehman

Jason Smith

Advisor: Miller

Tod Thiele

Limulus: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

Advisor: Gapp

Molly Timmers

Grazing herbivore selectivity on three habitat- differentiated species of Aster: Aster novae-angliae, A. prenanthoides, and A. divericatus

Advisor: Reynolds

Melissa Vetter

Phylogenetic analysis of the Class Scaphopoda using molecular techniques

Advisor: Miller

Chris Vogth-Eriksen

Sex in Manduca sexta II: How to turn a bug on

Advisor: Reynolds

Allison Warner

Hormone regulation of American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) digestive metabolism

Advisor: Garrett

Justin Widner

Giants and their parasites: A study of parsite induced gigantism

Advisor: Morgan

Tara Woolford

A survey of the macroinvertebrate infauna of Andvord Bay, Antarctica

Advisor: Pfitsch

Claire Gallagher

Advisor: Morgan

Matthew Hadjuk

Advisor: Morgan

Christopher Hamblett

Advisor: Morgan

Chris Holm

An investigation of the pathways regulating pseudohyphal growth in the yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Advisor: Morgan

Andrew The

Sex in Manduca sexta IV: Unzipping the genes

Advisor: Morgan