Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program
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Funded Projects: 2009
| Student | Project Title | Faculty Sponsor |
| Sarah Bertrand | Evaluation of genetic diversity in selected Uniola paniculata lines using Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP) | Dr. Carrie Knott (School of Plant, Environmental, and Soil Sciences, LSU) |
| James Halk | Biodiversity of tropical sea stars: improving the taxonomy of asterinids and related species with molecular phylogenetics | Dr. David Foltz (Dept. of Biologicval Sciences, LSU) |
| Dwayne Joseph (Grambling State University) | Effects of Hurricane Wrack on Coastal Slash Pine Savannas at the Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Mississippi | Dr. William Platt (Dept. of Biologicval Sciences, LSU) |
| Jace Landry Charles Smith |
Toxicity and bioaccumulation of silver nanomaterials in crawfish (Procambarus clarkii and Procambarus zonangulus) | Drs. Dan Hayes, Ron Sheffield, Steven Hall, and Claudia Leonardi (Dept. of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, LSU) |
| Vicki Ly | Carbonic Anhydrase Activity in the Epidennis of the Fiddler crab, Uca pugilator, during the Molting Cycle | Dr. Enmin Zou (Dept. of Biological Sciences, Nicholls State University) |
| Kristina Regmi | The Effects of Extracellular Polymeric Substance (EPS) of Navicula, Nitzschia, Pleurosigma, Entomoneis, and Achnanthes on Sediment Stabilization in Uncontrolled Environments and a Diatom Species Inventory of Southwest Louisiana. | Drs. Melba Horton and Liang Yin (Dept. of Biological and Environmental Sciences, McNeese State University) |
| Bandana Shrestha | Determination of the effect of mercury as a contaminant on the quantity and quality of the polysaccharide secretion by Achnanthes longipes and the subsequent effect on sediment stabilization. | Dr. Melba Horton (Dept. of Biological and Environmental Sciences, McNeese State University) |
| Ereene Tan | High-Efficiency Determination of Sperm Concentration in Small-bodied Fishes by Use of a Micro-spectrophotometer | Drs. Terrence Tiersch and Huiping Yang (School of Renewable Natural Resources, LSU) |