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COLLEGE OF SCIENCE J OINT ANNUAL MEETING
FFRRIIDDAAYY,, MMAAYY 33,, 22001133
Jordan Hall of Science | 1:00 – 5:00 p.m.
ORAL PRESENTATIONS I // 1:00–2:30 p.m.
Biological Sciences | Room 105
Chemistry & Biochemistry | Room 101
Mathematics | Room 310
Physics | Room 322
POSTER PRESENTATIONS & REFRESHMENTS
2:30–3:30 p.m. | Galleria
ORAL PRESENTATIONS II // 3:30–5:00 p.m.
Biological Sciences | Room 105
Chemistry & Biochemistry | Room 101
Mathematics | Room 310
Physics | Room 322
The College of Science Joint Annual Meeting is part of the 6th annual University of
Notre Dame Undergraduate Scholars Conference. The intent of the Undergraduate
Scholars Conference is to highlight the research achievements of all undergraduates
to the Notre Dame community, including students, staff, and faculty.
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE - JOINT ANNUAL MEETING

Schedule and Abstracts
Table of Contents

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Schedule 2

Biological Sciences 2
Chemistry and Biochemistry 7
Mathematics 9
Physics 10

Special Session
Spirit of Science Award Winners 12

Abstracts 13

Index 167
Schedule - Biological Sciences

Oral Presentations I Jordan Room 105
1:00 - 2:30 p.m.

Moderator: Chilinh Nguyen

1:00 Gary Lamberti, Chair, Dept of Biological Sciences - Opening remarks
1:00 Erin Boyle - A Sensitized Screen for Genes that Interact with Bag-of-marbles During
Definitive Hematopoiesis
1:15 Erin Flattery - Oxidative stress and drug resistance in the malaria parasite, Plasmodium
falciparum
1:30 Stephanie Maciuba and Michelle Yanik - The Effects of Hydropropyl-β-Cyclodextrin on
Organ Histology of Niemann-Pick Type C Mice
1:45 Andrew Mancini and Robert Kane - Knocking your SOX9 (and collagen and aggrecan) off:
The Link Between Cortisol Levels and Osteoarthritis
2:00 Patrick O'Hayer - TNFRSFa is required for Müller glial proliferation in the light-damaged
zebrafish (Danio rerio) retina
2:15 Michael Petravick - The Role of Sox2 in the Regenerating Zebrafish Retina

Poster Presentations Jordan Galleria
2:30 - 3:30 p.m.

Nestor Agbayani - Variations in the Erythrocytic Cycle Duration and Synchronicity of
Plasmodium falciparum
Patricia Amorado - The Toxicity of imidazolium ionic liquids on Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
and Escherichia coli
Nicholas Anderson - Predicting the effectiveness of chemical defenses based on the physical
defenses of three gastropods in the presence of two crayfish predators
Nathaniel Balmert - Time-of-day specific changes in metabolic detoxification and insecticide
resistance in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae
Heather Boldt, Carolyn Hutyra, and Julia McGinty - Interactions between macrophages and
exosomes containing mycobacterial components
Elena Brindley - Characterizing the Protein-Protein Interactions of XAB2 and PPIE Both In and
Outside of the Spliceosome
Elena Brindley, Nicholas Deason, Katherine Hayman, Quynh Trang Hoang, and Jefferson Yu -
Effects of Rhodopsin Impairment on Key Mosquito Behaviors
Alexandria Brumfield - STARD9 is a novel transmembrane kinesin implicated in the dynamics
of lysosomal membranes containing NPC1 and cholesterol
Sarah Burbank - Influence of nutrient subsidies by spawning Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus
spp.) on riparian soils in southeast Alaska
Lauren Callahan - Ribosome Exit Tunnel Site-Directed Mutagenesis
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Kaylee Calles, Megan Ellis, Neil Sielski, Patrick Walsh, and John Werner - Regulation of
Anoikis Inhibition in Prostate Cancer
Margaret Davis - Genetic population structure in long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) in
Bali, Indonesia
Martha Dee - Nutrient limitation of riverine biofilms: the role of turbidity and cation-induced
inhibition
Kelly Deweese, Danielle Guilfoyle, and Tylor Gauger - Comparison of parasite infection in two
populations of wild African elephants
Jonathan Dowd and Joshua Junge - Characterization of Lactobacillus rhamnosis bacteriocin(s)
Lauren Drapalik - The design and characterization of the SLS-ErbB2 immunotoxin
Chiamaka Esomonu - Whole Brain-Whole Genome Analysis of the Alzheimer’s Disease
Neuroimaging Initiative
Amy Fernow - Laying the groundwork for association mapping in Black Walnut (Juglans nigra
L.)
Kelsey Flood - Understanding postglacial colonization of American beech through modern
genetic structure
Benjamin Foster - 5 Years of Germination Experiments on Schoenoplectus americanus
Marissa Guo, Mark Brahier and Janel Allison - EPAC1 activation by 8-cpt-2-o-methyl-cAMP
may reduce cholesterol accumulation in IB3-1 cells
Chelsea Gyure - The Effects of Varying Cache Depth and Mammalian Predator Scent on the
Foraging Behavior of the Forest Deer Mouse
Jonathan Hancher - Classification of Periventricular White Matter Disease (WMD) in Clinical
Radiology Reports vs. Direct Film Review in Ischemic Stroke Patients
Jeffrey Hansen - The Effect of Baboon Hybridity on Parasite Resistance Mechanisms
Justin Hansen, John Ning, and Anthony Sanchez - The miR-23a miRNA Cluster Forms a Gene
Regulatory Loop with B cell Transcription Factors in Hematopoietic Cells
Brendan Heiden - Ras activated MAPK signaling mediates metabolic rescue in extracellular
matrix detachment
Joel Hlavaty, Meghan Eastman, Andrew Mancini, Erin Franks, Jeremiah Scott, Joseph Scollan,
and Kevin McAbee - May the force be with you: Dietary Seasonality and Adaptive
Plasticity in Mammals
Gwendolyn Hooley - Characterization of the MMAR_1663/1664 mutation in Mycobacterium
marinum
Liam Jackson - Determining the Role of Ubiquitination in Mycobacterial Component Trafficking
Jonathan Jou, Gary Gerlach, and Robert McKee- Tight junction components are differentially
expressed during zebrafish kidney development
Jonathan Jou, Emma Collis, Daniel Ekeroth, Kyle Kimler, Rachel Miceli and Michael Petravick
- Characterization of Fgf signaling during zebrafish kidney regeneration
Nicholas Kalejs - The Effects of Biotic and Abiotic Factors on Lithobates sylvaticus Tadpole
Body Mass
Michael Kipp - Anisometropia and Amblyopia in Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction
Carson Kirkpatrick, Stephanie Bradburn and Kirk Mecklenburg - Evaluation of Aedes aegypti
Opsin 1 Gene Promoter to Target Expression in Photoreceptor Cells
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Caroline Ko - Retinophilin Control of NINAC Movements in Drosophila Photoreceptor
Julia Kohn - Genetic population structure in long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) across
Singapore
Michael Kraft - Plants and mosquitoes: What do we need to know and why?
John Kwon - Overlapping Roles for p31comet and Dynein in Silencing the Spindle Assembly
Checkpoint
John Lee - Sulfhydration and its Role in the Translocation of Protein Kinase Cε
Samuel Lee - Molecular form- and sex-specific differences in locomotor/flight activity and the
circadian clock of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes
Katherine Lenkiewicz - Temporal patterns of genetic variation at a site of introduction in the
disease vector Aedes japonicus japonicus
Jennifer Lesko and Andrew Marlin - Predicting Tree Mortality in a Northern Hardwood Forest
David Link - Spatial and Temporal Variation in the Composition of Protozoan Parasites in
Singapore Macaques
Benjamin Luft - hsCRP predicts earlier time to mood episode in a Longitudinal Assessment of
Manic Symptoms (LAMS-2) study cohort
Miranda Madrid - Exploring the effects of host plant phenology and climate on the voltinism of
two hybridizing species, Papilio glaucus and Papilio canadensis, using an individual-based
simulation model
Rebecca Marton - Interkinetic Nuclear Migration in the Regenerating Zebrafish Retina
Claire Mattison and William Chronister - Effects of Precipitation on the Prairie-Forest Boundary
in Illinois and Indiana
Frank Mezzacappa - Ecdysone-induced protein 78C function in plasmatocyte survival and
crystal cell fate commitment
Matthew Mikulski, Matthew Schirtzinger, and Mackenzie Snead - A methodological comparison
for stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis and applications to diet reconstruction
Jacklyn Moon - The Effects of Taurine on Rod Photoreceptor Generation During Development
Young Moon - Opsin maturation in Anopheles gambiae photoreceptors
Michael Moore - Starvation and temperature has minimal effects on the isotopic fractionation in
several crayfish tissues
Janet Mostrom - Progress Towards the Development of an Assessment of Cell-Mediated Immune
Response to an Attenuated FHV-1 Vaccine Vector
Michelle Mueller and Zoe Volenec - Forest Composition Shifts in the Chicago Region from the
Early 1800s to Today
Zachary Osterholz - Evaluation of the accuracy of the BLM Alaska Lightning Detection System
Nicholas Pagani - Ras mediated regulation of caspase-3 activity in extracellular matrix
detachment
Kevin Park - Comparison of species distribution modeling to biological factors in grass carp
(Ctenopharyngodon idella)
Riley Parrott - The lower lethal temperature of the eggs of the Karner blue butterfly (Lycaeides
melissa samuelis)
Andjela Pehar - Gene expression changes downstream of APC loss predict tumor phenotype
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Iris Petersen - Infection with a trematode parasite (Microphallus spp.) increases aggression in
native and invasive orconectid crayfish
Jessica Puricelli - Effects of Streptococcus pyogenes Peptide Toxin Streptolysin S (SLS) on
Apoptotic Signaling in Human Epithelial A-431 Cells
Cameron Pywell - Ablation of the Id2 gene results in sex-specific circadian clock and metabolic
phenotypes
Manuel Rocha - Aedes aegypti Larval Photoreceptors Exhibit Patterned Expression of
Rhodopsins
Matthew Sarna - Identification of Surface-dependent Regulators of Swarm Motility in
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Jonathan Savakus - Modulation of STAT3 Inhibitor Cytotoxicity by Multidrug Resistance
Protein Inhibitors in in vitro Glioma Models
Mary Schreck - Phytochemicals as Possible Mosquito Attractants in the Reduction of Mosquito-
Borne Diseases
Dayna Smith - Heavy Metal Contamination in Lake Michigan Wetland Turtles
Michael Spear - Species distribution modeling of Trachemys scripta elegans in the Great Lakes
region under current and future climate scenarios
Suzanne Spitzer - A Hierarchy of Health: Dominance Rank and Parasite Burden in Wild Male
Baboons
Kristin Springer - Delineation of the role for Notch signaling during zebrafish kidney
regeneration
Mark Stechschulte - My, What Big Jaws You Have: Feeding Behavior and Mandibular Function
in Feliformia
Gwyneth Sullivan - Exploiting differences in Culex oviposition behavior for disease
management
Joshua Underhill - Fitness Changes of Daphnia pulex in Response to Thermal Stress
Kaitlin VanderKolk - Characterization of a novel Leishmania aminopeptidase implicated in
parasite virulence
Tracy VandeWater - Exploring the “citizen science landscape” across the United States:
assessing the field-to-date and identifying potential gaps
Valerie Verdun - Analysis of Renal Progenitor Patterning During Zebrafish Kidney
Development
Tyler Wagner - Has an allele putatively involved in adaptation to climate in a butterfly hybrid
zone shifted in response to recent warming?
Ivy Yen - Effects of Daphnia puplex microbiome on stress response and survivorship
Sue Yi - Exploring Biomarkers of Niemann-Pick Type C

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Oral Presentations II Jordan Room 105
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.

Moderator: Erin Boyle

3:30 Marilia Bianco de Moraes Figueiredo - Genetic differences over time can affect predictions
in plant response to increased CO levels.
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3:45 Erin Bouquet - Salt marsh plant exhibits phenotypic differences across space and time
4:00 Courtney Currier - Looking beyond macronutrients: Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) as
potential vectors of micronutrients to stream ecosystems
4:15 Whitney Preisser - The Relationship between Parasitic Nematode Infections and Body
Condition in Wild Savannah Baboons (Papio cynocephalus)
4:30 Emily Spulak - The Influence of Sex and Age on Patterns of Parasitism in Wild Baboons
4:45 Daniel Williams - The Changing Forests of Ohio: Drivers of Composition Shifts Between
the Settlement Era and Today

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Schedule - Chemistry and Biochemistry

Oral Presentations I Jordan Room 101
1:00 - 2:30 p.m.

Moderator: Steven Wietstock

1:00 Michael Benvenuti - Paper Analytical Device lanes depend on multipart reagents and cool,
dry storage for stability
1:15 Michelle Lundholm - Asymmetric Ketone Hydrogenation by Ruthenium Diphosphine
Diamine Catalysts: A Computational Study
1:30 Timothy MacKenzie - Reaction Development: C-H Activation and Reactions of
Cyclopentene Derivatives
1:45 Andrea Palazzolo - BTZ Scaffold Simplification: Combating Resistant Strains of
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
2:00 Ansel Nalin - Synthesis of Diospongins A, B, and C
2:15 Carolyn Keefe - S-block catalysts for copolymerization of CO[~2~] and epoxide

Poster Presentations Jordan Galleria
2:30 - 3:30 p.m.

Megan Fabry and Matthew Messana - Regulation of the oncogene ZNF217 by cellular
localization during breast cancer progression
Tiffany Fan - Synthesis of Sulfonamides and Amidines via Organophosphorus Activation
Nathan Foje and Connor Wathen – In vivo Imaging of Soft Tissue Using Micro-X-Ray
Computed Tomography With Injectable or Ingestible Contrast Agents
Melissa Kander - Time-Resolved Resonance Raman Spectroscopy of Benzoate Adducts: A
Computational Study
Maggie Kerper - The Role of Znf217 in Mammary Gland Development
Daniel Kwasnieski - Toward Single Molecule Combined Raman – Electrochemical Studies
Sean McGee - Green Design of “In the Field” Test for Iodine Deficiency
Patrick McIntyre - Computational Investigation of Pt(557) and Au(557) Surface Restructuring
Matthew Metzinger - Developing a Mouse Model for Epithelial Ovarian Cancer and Obesity
Studies
Kevin Nguyen – U PO and U PO : Chiral Uranium Cage Clusters
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Amanda Randolph - Non-Classical Redox Reactions of Tris(3,5-di-tert-
butylcatecholato)molybdenum(VI)
John Rieth - Synthesis of Zampanolide Analogues
Thaameran Sarveswaran - Quantification of β-lactam antibiotics in paper analytical devices
using ImageJ software analysis
Anna Sliwinski - Synthesis of Alkyl PBDTTT and the Effects of Alkylation on Polymer Solar
Cell Performance
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Lucy Smith and Paul DiGiovanni - ZNF217 interacts with the tumorigenic isoform of pyruvate
kinase PKM2
Tanya Watts - Identifying the Role of ITGA3 in HCT116 Cells Through iTRAQ MS/MS and
Wound Healing Assays

Oral Presentations II Jordan Room 101
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.

Moderator: Steve Wiestock

3:30 Sean Liebscher - Synthesis and Oxidation of BiIII to BiV in Aminetriaryloxide and Saltren
Complexes
3:45 Patrick Kramer - Fluorescent Molecular Shuttles: Squaraine Rotaxanes As Ratiometric
Chloride Sensors
4:00 Javier Pineda - Inhibition of Rogue Enzymes in Cancer: Elucidating the Binding Modes of
Potential Small Molecule Therapeutics
4:15 Rachael Palumbo - Star Polymer as a Theranostic Agent for Cancer
4:30 Christina Mezes - Purification and characterization of ligand binding domains of NMDA
receptor subunits
4:45 Consuelo Garcia - Evolutionary Relationships between CLAMP1 and EB1
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Schedule – Mathematics

Oral Presentations I Jordan 310
1:00 - 2:30 p.m.

Moderator: Sonja Mapes

1:00 Matthew Charnley - Forward and Inverse Problems: An Exploration of Differential
Equations
1:30 Katherine Ritchey - Linear Error Correcting Codes
2:00 Mitchell Faulk - Equal Entries in Totally Positive Matrices

Poster Presentation Jordan Galleria
2:30 - 3:30 p.m.

Matthew Cole - Elliptic Pairs, Lists, and Cycles
Daniel Irvine - ECH Capacities of a Non-Convex Domain
Fernando SanJuan - Clustering Dynamics of the Myxococcus xanthus Bacteria
Michael Vella - The influence of network motifs on network dynamics and bistability

Oral Presentations II Jordan 310
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.

Moderator: Sonja Mapes

3:30 Daniel Irvine - An Introduction to Knot Theory and Knot Invariants
4:00 Murphy Kate Montee - Ubercrossing Knots: Knot Projections with a Single Multi-Crossing

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