NREM Presenters - OSU Undergraduate Research Symposium 2022
Thursday, April 28, 2022
The Undergraduate Research Symposium on April 19, 2022 featured 10 students either as NREM students or under the direction of Natural Resource Ecology and Management faculty. Their photos and poster titles are shown below. Congratulations to the students and their mentors!
Braden Coats
ENVR Student
Research Collaborators: Elizabeth Haymaker, Eric B. Duell
Presentation Title: Assessing Below Ground Plant Traits to Assess Drought Resistance in Hard Red Winter Wheat (Triticum aestivum)
Faculty Research Mentor: Gail Wilson, NREM
Chaille Driggers
NREM Student
Research Collaborators: Lindsey Buehler, Andrew Jolin, Zoe Protzman, Lydia Laughlin
Presentation Title: Mesocarnivore Responses to Prairie Dogs Across a Range of Latitudes
Faculty Research Mentor: Courtney Duchardt, NREM
Jaime Eastep
NREM Student
Research Collaborators: Lindsey Bruckerhoff
Presentation Title: Diet Variability in Green Sunfish Across a Gradient of Body Size and Stream Sizes in the Kansas River Basin
Faculty Research Mentor: Lindsey Bruckerhoff, Oklahoma Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit (OKCFWRU) and NREM
Jaime Eastep presenting his poster to Dr. Kenneth Sewell, Vice President for Research at OSU.
Skyla Johnston
NREM Student
Research Collaborators: Sue Fairbanks, Mason Reichard, Vanessa Wong, Tiana Sanders
Presentation Title: Trichinella Species Infection in Bobcats (Lynx rufus) in Oklahoma
Faculty Research Mentor: Sue Fairbanks, NREM
Andrew Jolin
NREM Student
Research Collaborators: Lindsey Buehler, Chaille Driggers, Zoe Protzman, Lydia Laughlin
Presentation Title: Ecological Effects of the Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs at Kaw Lake Colony
Faculty Research Mentor: Courtney Duchardt, NREM
Andrew Jolin presenting his poster.
Lydia Laughlin
NREM Student
Research Collaborators: Courtney Duchardt, Hailey Freeman
Presentation Title: Efficacy of Cellular Transmission in Camera Traps
Faculty Research Mentor: Colter Chitwood, NREM
Lydia Laughlin presenting her poster.
Ronie Loffelmacher
NREM Student
Research Collaborators: Sue Fairbanks, Courtney Dotterweich, Jake Humm
Presentation Title: Effects of Den Type and Reproductive Status on Temperature Profiles of Black Bear (Ursus americanus) Hibernacula
Faculty Research Mentor: Sue Fairbanks, NREM
Dana Miller
NREM Student
Research Collaborators: Yevgeniya Malyutina, Gail Wilson
Presentation Title: What Do Earthworms Eat? Carbon Isotope Signatures Determine Root and Fungal Consumption by Native and Non-Native Earthworms
Faculty Research Mentor: Gail Wilson, NREM
Sara Warren
NREM Student
Research Collaborators: Eric LoPresti
Presentation Title: The Effects of Temperature on Mucilage Stickiness
Faculty Research Mentor: Eric LoPresti, Plant Biology, Ecology, and Evolution
Hailey Freeman
NREM Student
Research Collaborators: Jennifer Grindstaff
Presentation Title: The Effects of Early Life Adversity and Multiple Stressors on Zebra Finch Stress Resilience
Faculty Research Mentor: Jennifer Grindstaff, Integrative Biology
