Student Scholars & Faculty Mentors
Projects funded by our internal grants program. Search the table to find students or faculty mentors that share in your interests, and could help you achieve your goals in research, creative activity, or service.
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Student Name | Advisor | Department | Grant Title | |
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Traverse, | John Wallace | BIOL | Precipitation Impact on the Concentration of Microplastics in Urban, Forest and Agricultural Stream Systems | View Grant Info |
Ferguson, | Robert Vaillancourt | BIOL | Upwelling-Enhanced Phytoplankton Production at the New England Shelf Break Front: Observations Using the Coastal Pioneer Array’s Submarine Gliders | View Grant Info |
Ou, | Steven Kennedy | CHEM | Studies Toward 3,4-Dihydro-2(H)-Quinolinone Derivatives | View Grant Info |
Fisher, | Melissa Mullen Davis | CHEM | The Binding Characteristics of IclR Transcription Factor | View Grant Info |
Sterner, | Judy Cebra-Thomas | BIOL | Investigation of the Potential Reprogramming of Turtle Neural Crest Cells | View Grant Info |
Strempel, | Steven Bonser | CHEM | The Synthesis and Study of Aurones: A Class of Compounds with Emerging Biological Potential | View Grant Info |
Caceci, | Steven Bonser | CHEM | The Synthesis and Physical Organic Study of Thioaurones | View Grant Info |
Harkins, | Ryan Wagner | BIOL | MARINE BOTANY - SESSION 2 CONSERVATION BIOLOGY - SESSION 3 MARINE INVERTABRATES - SESSION 4 | View Grant Info |
Bowers, | Dominique Didier | BIOL | Biological Oceanography Marine Ichthyology Conservation Biology | View Grant Info |
Trunall, | Jeri Robinson | ART | Alternative Pattern and Textile Design | View Grant Info |
Traut, | Jill Craven | ENGL | ALCOA Foundation of American Indians Research Trip | View Grant Info |
Smith, | Isaac Ligocki | BIOL | Endocrine Disruption in Mosquitofish Social Networking | View Grant Info |
Noel, | Kathryn Allen | CHEM | Synthesizing a Covalent Organic Framework with Thiophene-Pyrene Linkages | View Grant Info |
Hoefner, | Melissa Mullen Davis | CHEM | Piloting Instrinsic Fluorescence Studies of IcIR-Effector Interations | View Grant Info |
Ferrari, | Nancy Mata | ELCM | Branding & Disruptive Package Design | View Grant Info |
Coutts, | Melissa Mullen Davis | CHEM | Regulation of the Glyoxylate Pathway by ICIR | View Grant Info |
Zimmerman, | Kathryn Allen | CHEM | Creating a Thiophene-Pyrene Covalent Organic Framework | View Grant Info |
Snavely, | Laura Ramos-Sepulveda | BIOL | Pioneering the Hemp Microbiome; Implication in Potential Crop Rotations in Pennsylvania | View Grant Info |
Ritter, | Aaron Haines | BIOL | Quantifying the Impacts of Invasive Species on Imperiled U.S. Taxa | View Grant Info |
Pelcin, | John Haughery | AEST | Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) for a Facility-Wide Network Architecture to Augment Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) | View Grant Info |
Papavasilis, | Dominique Didier | BIOL | Survey and Analysis of Biodiversity at Lake Allure, Lancaster County, PA | View Grant Info |
McKee, | Kathryn Allen | CHEM | Thiophenes Incorporated into Covalent Organic Frameworks | View Grant Info |
Leicht, | Shauna Frischkorn | ART | "I've Accidentally Tattooed My Fingers!" And Other Anecdotes | View Grant Info |
Kurtz, | Kathryn Allen | CHEM | Creating Covalent Organic Compounds using Thiophenes for Stability | View Grant Info |
Horst, | Mehmet Goksu | PHYS | Photovoltaic Cell Simulation with Matlab and Simulink | View Grant Info |
Gonteski, | Richard Clark | ESCI | Millersville University Piedmont-area Arctic System Tracking--Post-frontal Environment (MU-PAST-PostfE) | View Grant Info |
Gant, | Richard Clark | ESCI | Pre-frontal Environment (PrefE) | View Grant Info |
Fleming, | Richard Clark | ESCI | Millersville University Piedmont-area Arctic System Tracking - Cross-frontal Environment (MU-PAST-CfE) | View Grant Info |
Farmer, | Maja Klosinska | BIOL | Exploring species adaptation through genetic comparison of Arabidopsis lyrata populations growing on granitic and serpentine soils | View Grant Info |
Dalessandro, | Jonathan Stolzfus | BIOL | Differential gene expression between Strongyloides stercoralis post-parasitic and post-free-living first stage larvae | View Grant Info |
Coggins, | Brent Horton | BIOL | The Effects of Hypoglycemic Events on Cognitive Function in Mice | View Grant Info |
Sprague, | Ajoy Kumar | ESCI | Field Methods in Oceanography | View Grant Info |
Zimmerman, | Kathryn Allen | CHEM | Creating a Thiophene-Pyrene Covalent Organic Framework | View Grant Info |
McKee, | Kathryn Allen | CHEM | Thiophenes Incorporated into Covalent Organic Frameworks | View Grant Info |
Kurtz, | Kathryn Allen | CHEM | Creating Covalent Organic Compounds using Thiophenes for Stability | View Grant Info |
Harrison, | Kathryn Allen | CHEM | Synthesizing a Covalent Organic Framework with Thiophene-Pyrene Linkages | View Grant Info |
Papavasilis, | Dominique Didier | BIOL | Survey and analysis of Biodiversity at Lake Allure, Lancaster County, PA | View Grant Info |
Coggins, | Maja Klosinska | BIOL | Exploring species adaptation through genetic comparison of Arabidopsis lyrata populations | View Grant Info |
Gumbravich, | Jonathan Strayer | ENGL | Performance Poetry Production | View Grant Info |
Klansek, | Sharon Brusic | AEST | This proposal seeks support for funding to travel to the National Association of SchoolPsychologists’ (NASP) Annual Convention, February 2022, in Boston, MA, to co-present asymposium session titled,Adaptingthe Classroom Check-Up: Novel Approaches to TeacherSupport. | View Grant Info |
Wentland, | Lauren Kaiser | PSYCH | Adapting the Classroom Check-Up: Novel Approaches to Teacher Support | View Grant Info |
Kiesel, | John Haughery | AEST | Augmenting Automated Manufacturing Systems via Human-Machine Interfaces | View Grant Info |
Crushong, | Elizabeth Thyrum | PSYCH | When Home is the Only Environment: Perceptions of Home Environment, Physical and Mental Health Outcomes for Emerging Adults after COVID-19 Lockdown | View Grant Info |
Eshika, | Wagner, Ryan | BIOL | Comparison of 2 Primer Sets for a qPCR Assay for Powassan Virus | View Grant Info |
Kurtz, | Kathryn Allen | CHEM | Thiophene-Based Covalent Organic Frameworks with Carbon Chains for Improved Crystallinity | View Grant Info |
Schoener, | Lauren Kaiser | PSYCH | Adapting the Classroom Check-Up: Novel Approaches to Teacher Support | View Grant Info |
Traut, | Amber Pfannenstiel | ENGL | Native Representation in North American Museums: Subverting Relative Invisibility in Exhibits Through the Use of Visual Artifacts | View Grant Info |
Gonzalez Torres, | Melissa Mullen Davis | CHEM | Incorporation of Alanine in place of Glutamic Acid 121 in E.Coli | View Grant Info |
Noel, | Kathryn Allen | CHEM | Synthesizing a Covalent Organic Framework with Thiophene-Pyrene Linkages | View Grant Info |
Blaine, | Nancy Mata | ART | Hamilton Letterpress Museum and Workshop | View Grant Info |
Bershtein, | Melissa Mullen Davis | CHEM | HPLC Study of ICLR Protein Multimerization | View Grant Info |
Taylor, | Lauren Kaiser | PSYCH | Virtual Application of the Classroom Check-Up During the Pandemic | View Grant Info |
Conan, | Maria Schiza | CHEM | Microwave Synthesis of Zinc Nanoplates and Nanorods and their Characterization Using UV-Vis Spectroscopy, Optical Microscopy, and Scanning Electron Microscopy | View Grant Info |
Lefever, | John Haughery | AEST | Impacts of Automation: Manufacturing Jobs in the United States | View Grant Info |
Campbell, | Heather Lehman | BIOL | Oral Healthcare and Awareness at Nehemiah Center | View Grant Info |
Powley, | Lauren Kaiser | PSYCH | Consultation in the Real World, Before, During, After COVID-19 | View Grant Info |
Erkalo, | Melissa Mullen Davis | CHEM | Monitoring Transcription Factor IClR | View Grant Info |
Brogan, | Lauren Kaiser | PSYCH | Survey of School Psychology Graduate Program Consultation Training Practices | View Grant Info |
Reineberg, | Judy Cebra-Thomas | BIOL | Molecular Cloning of Trachemys scripta Sox8 | View Grant Info |
Munar, | Victor Capecce | AEST | Entrepreneurship Capstone | View Grant Info |
McKee, | Kathryn Allen | CHEM | Thiophenes Incorporated into Covalent Organic Frameworks | View Grant Info |
Johnson, | NURS | View Grant Info | ||
Wentland, | Lauren Kaiser | PSYCH | Active participation in conferences, symposia, and other meetings | View Grant Info |
Traut, | Amber Pfannenstiel | ENGL | Indigenous Studies Conference Presentation Registration and Research Materials | View Grant Info |
Taylor, | Lauren Kaiser | PSYCH | Consultation in the Real World,Before,During,After COVID-19 | View Grant Info |
Powley, | Lauren Kaiser | PSYCH | Consultation in the Real World,Before,During,After COVID-19 | View Grant Info |
Lynn, | Christopher Hardy | BIOL | Active participation in conferences, symposia, and other meetings | View Grant Info |
Lefever, | John Haughery | AEST | Impacts of Automation: Manufacturing Jobs in the United States | View Grant Info |
Drager, | Steven Kennedy | CHEM | Synthetic Studies Toward 3,4-Dihydro-2(1H)-Quinolinone Derivatives | View Grant Info |
Corkery, | ENGL | Field trips to museums, galleries, theatres, and other cultural settings | View Grant Info | |
Drager, | Steven Kennedy | CHEM | Synthetic Studies Toward 3,4-Dihydro-2(1H)-Quinolinone Derivatives | View Grant Info |
Gatacos, | Beth Powers | EMEE | Culturally Relevant Classroom Management: Theory, Research, and Practice | View Grant Info |
Dalessandro, | Jonathan Stolzfus | BIOL | Identification of signaling pathway components in parasitic and free-living nematodes. | View Grant Info |
Esperanza, | Kelly Banna | PSYCH | A Refinement of “Evaluation of a Repeated Rapid Reacquisition and Extinction Model ofReinstatement to Sucrose Seeking in Rats” by Chamberlain (2020) | View Grant Info |
Lynn, | Christopher Hardy | BIOL | Economic Botany Research: Colocasia-Xanthosoma species identification in market tubers. | View Grant Info |
Judy, | Maria Schiza | CHEM | Microwave Synthesis of Zinc Nanoplates and Nanorods and their Characterization Using UV-Vis Spectroscopy, Optical Microscopy, and Scanning Electron Microscopy | View Grant Info |
Arpan, | Judy Cebra-Thomas | BIOL | Migration Patterns Trachemys Scripta Neural Crest Cells During Embryonic Development | View Grant Info |
Snavely, | Laura Ramos-Sepulveda | BIOL | Exploring the impact of crop rotation on the microbiome of industrial hemp | View Grant Info |
Edwards, | Jessica Fellmeth | BIOL | Gene expression in canine mast cell tumors and relationship to kidneydisease | View Grant Info |
Burke, | Isaac Ligocki | BIOL | The Multi-generational Effects of Predation Risk on G. holbrooki | View Grant Info |
Holmes, | Jessica Fellmeth | BIOL | Identifying the Unknown Function of CAL1 during CENP-C CentromereLoading | View Grant Info |
Martin, | John Wallace | BIOL | The influence of research-mediated insect bycatch of non-target species ondeclining insect biomass | View Grant Info |
Wood, | Laura Weise-Cross | BIOL | Effects of Vaping on Vascular Cells | View Grant Info |
Lynn, | Christopher Hardy | BIOL | Economic Botany Research: Colocasia-Xanthosoma species identificationin market tubers | View Grant Info |
Mancini, | Ryan Wagner | BIOL | Analysis of Carbonic Anhydrase Gene Overexpression on TransgenicArabidopsis thaliana Plant Growth and Development | View Grant Info |
Reineberg, | Judy Cebra-Thomas | BIOL | Transcriptomics of T. scripta Neural Crest Precursor Cells | View Grant Info |
Snavely, | Laura Ramos-Sepulveda | BIOL | Exploring the impact of crop rotation on the bacterial microbiome ofindustrial hemp | View Grant Info |
Traut, | Amber Nicole Pfannestiel | ENGL | On the World Stage: How Indigenous Stories Survive Through Music around the Globe | View Grant Info |
Barnett, | Amber Nicole Pfannestiel | ENGL | Gane Design and Development | View Grant Info |
O'Loughlin, | Shawn Cook | PSYCH | The Relationship Between the Number of Concussions and Cognitive Decline | View Grant Info |
Wentland, | Lauren Kaiser | PSYCH | Adapting the Classroom Check-Up: Novel Approaches to Teacher Support | View Grant Info |
Taylor, | Lauren Kaiser | PSYCH | Adapting the Classroom Check-Up: Novel Approaches to Teacher Support | View Grant Info |