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Poster Number<\/th>Presenter Name<\/strong><\/th>Major<\/strong><\/th>Poster Title<\/strong><\/th>Mentor(s)<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
1<\/td>Aden Almeida<\/td>Biotechnology & Microbiology<\/td>Genetically enhancing eastern oysters through selective breeding to combat disease<\/td>Dr. Proestou<\/td><\/tr>
2<\/td>Rachel Arabian<\/td>Wildlife and Conservation Biology, Environmental Science and Management<\/td>Water foraging preferences of the European honey bee (Apis mellifera<\/em>)<\/td>Dr. Steven Alm<\/td><\/tr>
3<\/td>Haylee Balme<\/td>Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems, and Animal Science & Technology<\/td>Restoring the American Chestnut Tree in Rhode Island: Developing Blight-Resistant Hybrids for Forest Resilience<\/td>Dr. Laura Meyerson<\/td><\/tr>
4<\/td>Nolan Banever<\/td>Plant Sciences<\/td>Testing the heat tolerance of Broccoli varieties in Rhode Island<\/td>Dr. Rebecca Brown<\/td><\/tr>
5<\/td>Madison Boucher<\/td>Marine Biology<\/td>Evaluating genetic factors in oyster disease resistance: A study of Dermo and MSX Infections<\/td>Dr. Dina Proestou<\/td><\/tr>
6<\/td>Lou Cabrera<\/td>Environmental Science & Management<\/td>Plant diagnostics: Developing protocols for sampling and diagnosis of prevalent tree pathogens in RI<\/td>Dr. Keiddy Urrea-Morawicki<\/td><\/tr>
7<\/td>Celeste Calderon Vargas<\/td>Biotechnology<\/td>Assessing Abundance and Gender Distribution of Invasive European Green Crabs (Carcinus maenas)<\/em> Compared to Native Crustaceans on Block Island<\/td>Erin Mullen<\/td><\/tr>
8<\/td>Kendra Carlisle<\/td>Marine Biology, Wildlife and Conservation Biology<\/td>Silver Lake Watershed Assessment<\/td>Elizabeth Herron<\/td><\/tr>
9<\/td>Andrew Casale<\/td>Cell and Molecular Biology<\/td>Determining the Effectiveness of Frozen Water Samples for Bacteria Testing<\/td>Elizabeth Herron<\/td><\/tr>
10<\/td>Caleb Collins<\/td>Environmental Science & Management<\/td>Storm Chasing: An analysis on how weather patterns affect beach cleanup effectiveness in Rhode Island<\/td>Dr. Graham Forrester<\/td><\/tr>
11<\/td>Fiona Dell’Antonio<\/td>Plant Sciences, Wildlife and Conservation Biology<\/td>Searching for Pollen Specialist Bees in Rhode Island<\/td>Dr. Steven Alm<\/td><\/tr>
12<\/td>Julia Dever<\/td>Landscape Architecture<\/td>The Flower District<\/td>Dr. Jane Buxton<\/td><\/tr>
13<\/td>Astou Dieng<\/td>Landscape Architecture<\/td>Flood Simulation Modeling of the Pawtuxet River in Cranston, RI Using HEC-RAS<\/td>Dr. Soni M Pradhanang, Andreas Karma<\/td><\/tr>
14<\/td>Molly Donnellan<\/td>Biological Sciences<\/td>Evaluating the Performance of Short-Read Data in Resolving Deep Metazoan Divergences<\/td>Dr. Rachel Schwartz<\/td><\/tr>
15<\/td>Daniel Flores<\/td>Cell and Molecular Biology<\/td>The Beneficial Effects of Physical Activity on Academic Outcomes: Considerations for ADHD<\/td>Dr. Nicole Logan<\/td><\/tr>
16<\/td>Kristen Goodrich<\/td>Wildlife and Conservation Biology, Animal Science and Technology<\/td>Biocontrol of the invasive spotted wing drosophila using the parasitoid Ganaspis kimorum<\/em><\/td>Dr. Lisa Tewksbury, Lexi Johnson<\/td><\/tr>
17<\/td>Elliott Haber<\/td>Wildlife and Conservation Biology<\/td>Biosurveillance of invasive Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus<\/em> planipennis<\/em>) with Cerceris<\/em> fumipennis<\/em> wasps<\/td>Dr. Lisa Tewksbury, Lexi Johnson<\/td><\/tr>
18<\/td>Brandon Howard<\/td>Landscape Architecture<\/td>URI Regnerative Community Design Lab – Charlestown Town Hall<\/td>Dr. Jane Buxton, Stephanie Nordhoff<\/td><\/tr>
19<\/td>Avery Hurwitz<\/td>Environmental Science & Management, Geology & Geological Oceanography (Water and Climate science)<\/td>Pinpointing flood-prone areas in Providence, RI, using GIS<\/td>Dr. Soni M Pradhanang, Pratik Singh Thakuri<\/td><\/tr>
20<\/td>Meghan Jeffrey<\/td>Biotechnology<\/td>Digitization and Preservation of a Decades-Old Parasitology Slide Collection<\/td>Dr. Niels-Viggo Hobbs<\/td><\/tr>
21<\/td>Mia Jenkins<\/td>Landscape Architecture<\/td>URI Regnerative Community Design Lab – Cumberland, Elm Street<\/td>Dr. Jane Buxton, Stephanie Nordhoff<\/td><\/tr>
22<\/td>Luke Johnson<\/td>Marine Biology<\/td>Diving behavior and vertical habitat use of smooth hammerhead sharks off Long Island<\/td>Dr. Brad Wetherbee<\/td><\/tr>
23<\/td>Sharday Johnson<\/td>Plant Sciences<\/td>Tastes of Home: Evaluating African Vegetables for RI<\/td>Dr. Rebecca Brown<\/td><\/tr>
24<\/td>Sophie Kassini<\/td>Marine Biology; Marine Affairs<\/td>United States ocean capacity: changes to environmental justice and education<\/td>Dr. Yoshitaka Ota, Anna Zivian<\/td><\/tr>
25<\/td>Ari Locklear<\/td>Wildlife and Conservation Biology<\/td>Biological control of invasive swallow-worts with Hypena opulenta<\/em><\/td>Dr. Lisa Tewksury, Lexi Johnson<\/td><\/tr>
26<\/td>Elena Lund<\/td>Marine Biology<\/td>Ocean equity through journalism: the MONA Fellowship project<\/td>Erin Edmonds<\/td><\/tr>
27<\/td>Aidan McCrillis<\/td>Cell and Molecular Biology, Data Science, Chemistry<\/td>Improving PDG-Finder, a computational pipeline to identify plastic degrading genes<\/td>Dr. Ying Zhang<\/td><\/tr>
28<\/td>Meredith Melanson<\/td>Wildlife and Conservation Biology<\/td>Anthropogenic Noise affects the Feeding of Juvenile Eastern Oysters<\/td>Dr. Jonathan Puritz, Olivia Nieves, Dr. Coline Caillon, Cassandra Cerasia<\/td><\/tr>
29<\/td>Audrey Michener<\/td>Wildlife and Conservation Biology<\/td>Methane emissions in salt marshes: investigating the impacts of vegetation on greenhouse gas and nutrient cycling<\/td>Michael Norton, Serena Moseman-Valtierra<\/td><\/tr>
30<\/td>Richard Okelola<\/td>Wildlife and Conservation Biology<\/td>Ocean Knowledge and Goverance Capacity Loss<\/td>Dr. Yoshitaka Ota, Anna Zivian<\/td><\/tr>
31<\/td>Jose Andre Orozco Ortiz<\/td>Landscape Architecture<\/td>The Flower District<\/td>Dr. Jane Buxton<\/td><\/tr>
32<\/td>Mason Palmer<\/td>Wildlife and Conservation Biology<\/td>Tracking Rapid Expansion of the Invasive Longhorned Tick (Haemaphysalis longicornis) in Rhode Island<\/td>Dr. Thomas Mather<\/td><\/tr>
33<\/td>Alexia Powell<\/td>Wildlife and Conservation Biology<\/td>Evaluating ecological impacts of post-emergent herbicides used to manage wetland invasive plants<\/td>Julia Fry Landstreet<\/td><\/tr>
34<\/td>Kirsten Quay<\/td>Cell and Molecular Biology, Mathematics<\/td>Characterizing Probiotics and Pathogens in Bivalve Larvae<\/td>Dr. Marta Gomez-Chiarri, Jaypee Samson<\/td><\/tr>
35<\/td>Camila Quiroga<\/td>Neuroscience, Cell and Molecular Biology<\/td>Mapping the Corticospinal Tract in Neonatal Rabbit Model Using Pyramidal Tracer Injections to Better Understand Cerebral Palsy \u200b<\/td>Dr. Marin Manuel, Dr. Katharina Quinlan<\/td><\/tr>
36<\/td>Olivia Reiber<\/td>Marine Biology<\/td>URI Watershed Watch<\/td>Elizabeth Herron<\/td><\/tr>
37<\/td>Hadassah Rigby<\/td>Marine Biology, Professional & Public Writing<\/td>The Effect of Marine Heatwaves on Eastern Oysters<\/td>Dr. Jonathan Puritz, Olivia Nieves, Dr. Coline Caillon, Cassandra Cerasia<\/td><\/tr>
38<\/td>Joshua Rodriguez<\/td>Marine Biology, Marine Affairs<\/td>Shifting Habitats: Survival Rates of the Three-Spotted Damselfish<\/td>Dr. Graham Forrester<\/td><\/tr>
39<\/td>Carli Romano<\/td>Marine Affairs & Poltical Science<\/td>Accessing The Coast: Addressing the Sufficiency of RI’s New Shoreline Access Law<\/td>Jesse Reiblich, Melva Trevino Pina<\/td><\/tr>
40<\/td>Jonathan Salimeno<\/td>Biotechnology<\/td>The impact of feeding and feeding delay among larval eastern oysters<\/td>Andrew Griffith, Dina Proestou<\/td><\/tr>
41<\/td>Faye Santaniello<\/td>Wildlife Conservation Biology, Marine Biology<\/td>Insect pollinator diversity of great rhododendron (Rhododendron maximum)<\/em><\/td>Dr. Evan Preisser<\/td><\/tr>
42<\/td>Margarita Savage<\/td>Biotechnology, Cell and Molecular Biology<\/td>Tracking genetic diversity trends of the New England cottontail (Sylvilagus transitionalis<\/em>) across six years (2019-2024)<\/td>Dr. T.J. McGreevy, Dr. Diana Beltr\u00e1n<\/td><\/tr>
43<\/td>Carissa Sherman<\/td>Cell and Molecular Biology<\/td>Potter Hill Dam Removal, Westerly RI<\/td>Dr. Soni Pradhanang<\/td><\/tr>
44<\/td>Liliana Torres<\/td>Animal Science and Technologies, Wildlife and Conservation Biology<\/td>Exotic Animal Endocrinology: Can we detect pregnancy in New England Cottontail (Sylvilagus trasitionalis<\/em>) using hormones?<\/td>Dr. Justin Richard<\/td><\/tr>
45<\/td>Paloma Torres<\/td>Animal Science and Technologies<\/td>Basement Biology Slides: Assessing Preservation and Quality<\/td>Dr. Niels-Vigo Hobbs<\/td><\/tr>
46<\/td>Jason Veresko<\/td>Environmental Science & Management<\/td>Chlorophyll and current speeds as potential food sources for mesophotic and deep-sea corals<\/td>Dr. Andrew Davies, Philip Yang<\/td><\/tr>
47<\/td>Emma Vollucci<\/td>Biology, Anthropology<\/td>The Effect of Lyme spirochetes (Borrelia burgdorferi<\/em>) in blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis<\/em>) molting from the Larval to the Nymphal Stage<\/td>Dr. Jannelle Couret<\/td><\/tr>
48<\/td>Lizzie Welch<\/td>Marine Biology<\/td>Marine invertebrates, water quality and greenhouse gasses: Salt marsh biochemistry<\/td>Dr. Serena Moseman-Valtierra, Micheal Norton<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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