Recent student research collaborators.
Students | Projects |
Isabel Ayala, Abby Mark | Genome size estimates for perennial sunflowers. Independent project. |
Kayla Ingvalson, Luke VonEschen, Joel Denny, Max Eness | Multi-drug resistant bacteria in springs and streams in NE Iowa. HHMI funded research. |
Sheri Schwert | Connections between sinkholes and springs in NE Iowa. Funded by the McElroy Foundation and the Iowa Ground Water Association. |
Ellen Behrens | Co-infection of deer ticks (Ixodes scapularis) by three pathogenic parasites: Borrelia burgdorferi, Anaplasma phagocytophyllum, and Babesia microtii. HHMI funded research. |
Kimberly Howell | Diversity of fungal endophytes in Indian Grass Sorghastrum nutans) and effects on growth. Dean’s office collaborative research. |
Anna Gudjonsdottir, Matthew Rosene, Rebekah Schulz | Frequency of multi-drug resistant bacteria in NE Iowa streams. Independent project. |
Molly Tulkki | Research assistant on ‘A multigenerational assessment of the fate and impact of crop gene introgression into wild sunflower’ (Grant from USDA) |
Chelsea Weiss | Multi-drug resistant bacteria and efflux pumps. Independent project. |
Katrina Freund | Isolation and Characterization of Endophytic Fungi from Prairie Plants. Honors project. |
Rachel Albert | Effect of ovulation on female behavior and male perceptions. Honors project. |
Paul Atkins | Effect of chloroplast genotype on hybridization. Dean’s office collaborative research. |
Maria Carr | Evolutionary response of native plants to allelopathic invaders. Honors project. |
Kristin Manges | Epidemiological analysis of medical outcomes related to the historic 2008 flood in Winneshiek County, Iowa. Honors project. |
John Delaney | Chromosome number variation in Iowa grasses. Dean’s office/Grow Iowa Values Fund. |
Adam Ragheb | Evolutionary response of native plants to allelopathic invaders. Iowa Science Foundation. |