This collection showcases RWU student research presented at conferences and symposiums, where students share their research and scholarship with a broad, interdisciplinary audience across diverse research fields.
Submissions from 2024
Addictive Tendencies in a Mouse Model of Bipolar Disorder, Breanna Roaix, Daniella Hernandez, Samantha Soares, and Victoria R. Heimer-McGinn
An Electrochemical Biosensor to Screen Oysters for Perkinsus marinus, Keeley Flaherty, Collin Phelps, Avelina Espinosa, Jennifer Kreft Pearce, and A. M. Marn
Bacteriophage-host interactions are influenced by genetic variation in genomic islands, Michaela Johnson and Marcia F. Marston
Behavioral Differences in a Mouse Model of Bipolar Disorder, Victoria R. Heimer-McGinn and Daniella Hernandez
Characterizing the Molecular Mechanism of Lifespan Extension in Caenorhabditis elegans via gpa-7 Depletion, Charlotte Beaton and Christopher R. Burtner
Climate Change Alters Thermal Dynamics of Rhode Island Lakes, Elsie Siris, Sean Costello, and Joel Singley
Detection and Quantification of Escherichia coli in Shellfish by Combined MPN-qPCR Method, Marissa Michaud, Abigail Scro, Scott Gallager, and Galit Sharon
Determining the probiotic potential of Pseudoalteromonas rubra against native pathogens, Megan Harrington, Casidhe Hughes, Sam Ruemmler, Alicia Schickle, Maggie Hill, Olalade Gbadebo, Marta Gomez-Chiarri, David Nelson, David Rowley, and Koty H. Sharp
Development of a MATLAB-COMSOL Integrated GUI for Designing Multimode THz Fibers, Ahmet E. Akosman and Eliana Leventhal
Development of Dual-Comb Ultrafast Erbium Fiber Lasers Using Homemade Graphene-Based Saturable Absorbers, Nathan Arduino, Matthew Silvay, and Ahmet E. Akosman
Estuarine Sediment in the Kickemuit River: Analysis of Raw, Decarbonized, Decarbonated, and Acid-Washed Samples Using XRD, XRF, ICP-OES, DRIFTS, and Raman, Brennan Foley, Gabriella Wade, Gabriella Fabrizi, Jamie Wells, and Stephen O'Shea
Evaluating Conditions Contributing to Freshwater and Atmospheric Microplastic Inputs into Narragansett Bay, Ally Fennell, Kate Zmich, Ella Membrino, and Lillian C. Jeznach
Exploring the effects of Gnao1 knockdown on health and longevity of NIH 3T3 cells, Christopher R. Burtner and Olivia tt Karbo
Expression of Alpha 1C Sub-Unit in Circadian Mouse Model for Bipolar, Dennis Arruda and Victoria R. Heimer-McGinn
Hillslope Position Influences Variations in Tree Growth Over Time, Sean Costello, Elsie Siris, and Joel Singley
Investigating the Biosynthetic Potential of Pseudoalteromonas rubra Strain CH007, Emily Derreza, Margaret Hill, David Rowley, Koty H. Sharp, and Casidhe Hughes
Investigating the effect of rapamycin and 2,5 dideoxy adenosine on the lifespan of Brachionus plicatilis, Soraya Bettencourt and Christopher R. Burtner
Maternal mercury transfer from pregnant spiny (Squalus acanthias) and smooth (Mustelus canis) dogfish to their pups through differing reproductive strategies, David L. Taylor, Maxwell Ajemian, and Abrielle Remick
Mercury bioaccumulation in top-level predatory fishes from marine and freshwater environments, David L. Taylor, Jillian Haudenshield, Johnathan Serbst, Jim Lake, and Alan Libby
Mercury content in the baleen plates of rorqual whales, David L. Taylor, Ava Cieplinkski, Max Ajemian, and Matthew Savoca
Molecular Assessment of Green and Brown Algal Diversity of the Punta Burica Peninsula, Pacific Panama, Ariana Medina and Brian Wysor
Molecular Characterization of Bryopsis species richness in the Western North Atlantic, Abigail St. Jean and Brian Wysor
Negative Curvature THz Fiber based Biosensor Design and Fabrication for Analysis of Blood Constituents, Julia Ward, Riley Como, Ethan Neidt, and Ahmet E. Akosman
Nutrient Extraction from Martian Regolith Simulants to Establish Their Suitability as a Substrate for Plant Growth, Jamie Wells, Gabby Fabrizi, Gabriella Wade, Brennan Foley, and Stephen O'Shea
Perchlorate in Portraits: Quantifying the Disappearance of Perchlorate in Washed Martian Regolith Using Spectroscopic Instrumentation, Gabriella Fabrizi, Jamie Wells, Gabriella Wade, Brennan Foley, and Stephen O'Shea
