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Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program

1137 Pearson Hall
505 Morrill Road
Ames, IA 50011

515-294-2059

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Alan Arizmendi Almaraz

Major: Chemical Engineering

Faculty Mentor: Monica Lamm, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering

Research Project: Molecular Dynamics Simulations Offer Insight into Flexivity of Malachite Green Aptamer Structure during Binding

Derrick Garth Jr.

Major: Psychology

Faculty Mentor: Nathaniel Wade, Department of Psychology

Research Project: Relationship Quality: Warmth and Hostility in Black Females: Examining the Role of Parental Communication, Childhood Sexual Abuse, and Other Adverse Childhood Experiences

Taylor Moore

Major: Sociology

Faculty Mentor: Kelly Reddy-Best, Department of Apparel, Events, & Hospitality Management

Research Project: Fashion, Resistance, and Black Liberation: 1970's and Today

Aline Milach Teixeira

Major: Chemical Engineering

Faculty Mentor: Dipali Sashital, Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, & Molecular Biology

Research Project: Investigating Septu Antiphage Defense Systems

Autumn Pauley

Major: Anthropology & International Studies

Faculty Mentor: Andrew Somerville, Department of World Languages and Cultures

Research Project: Studying the Effect of Acid Treatment Time on Stable Isotope of Ratios of Bone

Mia Riddley

Major: Environmental Engineering

Faculty Mentor: Elizabeth Swanner, Department of Geological & Atmospheric Sciences

Research Project: Biological and Geochemical Controls on Iron Deposition in an Intermittent Stream

Malcolm St. Cyr

Major: Agronomy

Faculty Mentor: Marshall McDaniel, Department of Agronomy

Research Project: Soil and Soybean Responses to Planting into Terminated Prairie Strips

Alexis Steinhoff

Major: Biology & Mathematics with Applications

Faculty Mentor: Jonathan Wendel, Department of Ecology, Evolution, & Organismal Biology 

Research Project: Alternative Splicing during Fiber Development in Gossypium hirsutum

 

Lal Thangi

Major: Kinesiology & Health

Faculty Mentor: Thimmasettappa Thippeswamy, Department of Biomedical Sciences

Research Project: INOS Inhibitor, or 1400W, Mitigates Pathological Morphology of Microglia in Nerve Agent (Soman)-induced Rat Model of Epilepsy

Kyra Troendle

Major: Community & Regional Planning

Faculty Mentor: Monica Haddad, Department of Community & Regional Planning

Research Project: Intergrating Nature Education and Park Play in Small Towns

Sarahi Villasenor Hernandez

Major: Psychology

Faculty Mentor: Christian Meissner, Department of Psychology

Research Project: Detection Between a Truth-Teller and Liars by Analyzing Verbal Cues throughout Multiple Sessions