Initial Publication Date: November 22, 2006
Carleton Summer 2006 Research
In summer 2006, fifty students (including one high school student) did research with Carleton faculty in six science and math departments. Our HHMI grant supported eighteen (18) of these students who were mentored by 13 Carleton faculty. Another 32 students were supported by Carleton College and external sources (private foundations and government agencies including NSF and NIH). Photos of Carleton faculty engaged in summer 2006 undergraduate research are shown below.
Research Funded by HHMI (18 students)
- Biology: Prof. Mark McKone , Vegetation Change in a Restored Tallgrass Prairie (1 student)
- Chemistry/Biochemistry: Prof. Joe Chihade , Molecular Interactions of Human Mitochondrial Alanyl-tRNA Synthetase with tRNA Substrates (2 students)
- Chemistry: Prof. Daniela Kohen , Behavior of Carbon Dioxide and Other Gases Within Silica Zeolites (2 students)
- Psychology: Prof. Julie Neiworth , Monkey Model of the Perceptual Deficits of Autism (1 student)
- Psychology: Prof. Kathie Galotti , Adolesence Goal Setting & Decision-Making in At-Risk Youth (2 students)
- Psychology: Prof. Larry Wichlinski , Effects of Supplemental Codeine on Anesthesia Induced by Chloral Hydrate and Pentobarbital in Rats (2 students)
- Julie Neiworth
Arjendu Pattnayak
Cam Davidson
Geology: Prof. Bereket Haileab , Tracing Nitrate from a Drainage Tile Through Surface Waters of the Cannon River Watershed (1 student)Larry Wichlinski
- Geology: Prof. Cam Davidson , North America Wandering Too Fast for Tectonics? Paleomagnetism of the Cretaceous Seaway (1 student)
- Physics/Astronomy: Prof. Melissa Eblen-Zayas, Development of a Cryogenic System for Measurements on Colossal Magnetoresistance Materials (1 student)
- Physics/Astronomy: Prof. Arjendu Pattanayak, Chaos and Entanglement in Coupled Sub-Systems (1 student)
- Physics/Astronomy: Prof. Cindy Blaha, Multi-Emission-Line Study of M33: Census of a Galactic Neighborhood (1 student)
- Computer Science: Prof. David Liben-Nowell , Routing in Social Networks (2 students)
- Amy Csizmar Dalal
Cindy Blaha
Kathie Galotti
Melissa Eblen-Zayas
Computer Science: Prof. Amy Csizmar Dalal , Real-Time Prediction of Multimedia Stream Quality (1 student)David Liben-Nowell
Research Funded by Other Sources (32 students)
- Math/Computer Science: Profs. David Liben-Nowell (1 student), Amy Csizmar Dalal (1 student), & David Musicant (4 students)
- Biology: Profs. Susan Singer (2 students, includes 1 high school student), Phil Camill (1 student), Mark McKone (1 student) & Stephan Zweifel (1 student)
- Chemistry: Profs. Steve Drew (2 students), Gretchen Hofmeister
(2 students), & Dave Alberg (3 students) - Physics/Astronomy: Profs. Cindy Blaha (2 students), Melissa Eblen-Zayas
(1 student), Joel Weisberg (2 students), and Arjendu Pattanayak (1 student)
- Psychology: Profs. Neil Lutsky (1 student) and Julie Neiworth (6 students)
- Geology: Prof. Bereket Haileab (1 student)