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Papers & Presentations by REU Interns
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Awards
Tegan Jones (‘04). Julia F. Morton Award for the best student poster at the annual Society for Economic Botany meeting, Fort Worth, Texas, June 2005.
Mercedes Stickler (’04). Herskovits Undergraduate Research Award recipient, Northwestern University, 2006.
Mercedes Stickler ('04). Fulbright U.S. Student Scholarship (South Africa).
Brian Hockaday ('06). Thomas J. Watson Fellowship for independent study outside the U.S.
Meridith Bartley ('06), Kentucky Academy of Science, Research in Ecology and Environmental Science, 3rd Prize, 2007.
Caroline Storer ('06). Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Research Award and Scholarship.
Robert Welter ('08), American Society for Microbiology, Outstanding Undergraduate Research Presentation, 2009 Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
Dayani Pieri ('09),Best Poster Presentation, Skyway Conference STEM Poster Contest, Apr 2010.
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2004 Interns
Forsberg,B.*, Jefferson, L., Pennacchio,M., and Havens, K. (2004). Effects of smoke on prairie seed germination. Janet Meakin Poor Research Symposium, Chicago IL, Sept 2004.
Jefferson, L., Pennacchio, M., Havens, K., Forsberg, B.*, Sollenberger, S., and Ault, J. (2006). Ex Situ Germination Responses of Midwestern USA Prairie Species to Plant-derived Smoke. American Midlands Naturalist 159:251-256.
Jones*, T., Morehart, C., and Lentz, D. (2005). In search of ramón: a paleoethnobotanical study of plant remains at Tikal. Society for Economic Botany meeting, Fort Worth Texas, June 2005.
Hamm, K. (2005). Monitoring a Chicago area re-created natural environment. American Public Gardens Association meeting, June 2005.
Kadlec*, C., Sollenberger, D., and Egerton-Warburton, L. (2005). The effect of carbon additions on soil nitrogen and prairie succession. Soil Ecology Society of America, Chicago, IL, May 2005.
Stickler*, M., Theiss,K., and Vitt,P. (2004). Effects of self versus outcross pollination on pollen tube growth in Platanthera leucophaea. Janet Meakin Poor Research Symposium, Chicago IL, Sept 2004.
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2005 Interns
*Andruk, C., J.L. Ison, and K. Havens. 2006. Germination and selfing rates in natural and horticultural Echinacea taxa. Janet Meakin Poor Research Symposium, Glencoe IL, Oct 2006.
Bing*, C., Sollenberger, D., and Egerton-Warburton, L. (2006). Soil feedbacks during prairie ecosystem restoration. Ecological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Memphis TN, Aug 2006
Bing*, C., Sollenberger, D., and Egerton-Warburton, L. (2005). Soil feedbacks during prairie restoration. Univ. of California Undergraduate Research Symposium, Riverside CA, Nov 2005.
Price*, J., Steffen, J., and Dunn, C.P. (2005). Response of ground-dwelling spider populations to oak woodland restoration. Janet Meakin Poor Research Symposium, Chicago IL, Sept 2005.
Price*, J., Steffen, J., and Dunn, C.P. (2006). Response of ground-dwelling spider populations to oak woodland restoration. Lake Forest College Undergraduate Research Symposium, May 2006.
Weathington*, T., and Tankersley, B. (2006). Who dominates gravel hill: Comparison of 1992 and 1995. American Public Gardens Association meeting, June 2006.
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2006 Interns
Cronin, L., A. Tietmeyer Kramer, R. Tonietto, and J. Fant. 2007. Intraspecific color and morphological variation in the floral species, Penstemon pachyphyllus. A Celebration of Scholarship, John Carroll University, Mar 2007.
Hockaday*,B., and Lentz, D. (2007). Constructional woods of Tikal: Forest use and the end of time. Society for Economic Botany meeting, Chicago, IL, June 2007.
Lentz, D.L., and Hockaday*, B. (2009). Tikal timbers and temples: ansient Maya agroforestry and the end of time. Journal of Archaeological Research, in the press.
Misiewicz, T., C. Storer, and N.J.C. Zerega. 2007. Investigating the evolutionary history of the genus Dorstenia (Moraceae). Botany and Plant Biology Joint Congress, Chicago IL, Jul 2007.
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2008 Interns
Ison, J.L., D. Feng, and E. Rosenthal. 2008. Assessing pollen movement in a generalist pollinated prairie perennial using microsatellite markers. The Ecology and Evolution of Plant-Pollinator Interactions Meeting, Milwaukee WI, Aug 2008.
Jilling*, A., Umek, L., and Egerton-Warburton, L. (2008). Divergent soil microbial community responses to different restoration treatmenst following the removal of an invasive species. Ecological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM.
*Dilmukhametova, E., and Egerton-Warburton, L.M.( 2009). The contribution of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to soil carbon pools in restored urban grasslands. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, August 2010.
Welter, R.( 2009). Rock-eating fungi, American Society for Microbiology Annual Meeting Philadelphia PA, May 2009.
Welter, R. (2010). Rock-eating fungi. 24th National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), MT, April 2010.
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2009 Interns
Freidman, J.J., D.F. Reitz, and J.L. Ison. 2010. Population genetic consequences of prairie fragmentation. Yeshiva University Research Symposium, New York NY, Jan 2010.
Gallagher, M. K., M. M. *Jenkins, A. Gallinat, G. Diersen, G. Kiefer, and S. Wagenius. 2010. Interspecific co-flowering prairie plants compete for pollinators. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Pittsburgh PA, Aug 2010.
Larkin, D.J., J.F. Steffen, and R.M. Hesselink. 2010. Effects of Rhamnus cathartica (common buckthorn) invasion and woodland restoration on plant diversity and carbon-storage services. Society for Ecological Restoration-Midwest Great Lakes Annual Meeting, Madison WI, Apr 2010.
Pahomov, E., *Marshall, M., Frederick, M., and Egerton-Warburton, L.M. (2010). Soil legacies differentially influence native grass establishment in an urban prairie restoration Chicago Area Undergraduate Research Symposium, April, 2010.
Pahomov, E., *Marshall, M., Frederick, M., and Egerton-Warburton, L.M. (2010). Soil legacies differentially influence native grass establishment in an urban prairie restoration. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, August 2010.
Pieri, D.S. (2010). The response of European buckthorn, Rhamnus cathartica, to soil amendments in restoration. Skyway Conference STEM Poster Contest, Skokie IL, Apr 2010.
*Pieri, D.S., L.G. Umek, and L. Heneghan.( 2010). The response of European buckthorn, Rhamnus cathartica, to soil amendments in restoration. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, August 2010.
Reitz, D.F., J.J. Friedman, and J.L. Ison. 2009. Pollen donor diversity in a fragmented, prairie perennial population. Carleton College Research Symposium, Northfield MN, 2009.
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