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Cross-Disciplinary Research at the Intersection of Biotechnology and the Environment

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RISE-UP Students can select one of these exciting projects!!

Research Projects:

Evolution of Streams through Urban and Rural Landscapes (Field Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Toxicology)

Researchers in this team are Investigating stream evolution through changing landscapes by assessing stream hydrology, ecology, geochemical cycling and biotic interactions.

If you work on this project you will ????

    Dr. Gregory Phillips Team Leader

         Faculty Members

Jennifer Bouldin

Al Christian

Carolyn Dowling

Steve Green

Nate Young

Students

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Molecular Diagnostics and high-Throughput Technologies (Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Toxicology)

Researchers in this team are working to develop real-world rapid, sensitive and inexpensive molecular detection platforms for detection of food pathogens and applying molecular forensics to the environment.

If you work on this project you will ????

    Dr. Carole Cramer Team Leader

         Faculty Members

Soo Ahn

Al Christian

Maureen Dolan

Argelia Lorence

 

Students

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Nanotoxicology (Physiology, Neurobiology, Analytical Chemistry, Environmental Toxicology)

Researchers in this team are investigating the health effects of nanoparticles in animals and the environment.

If you work on this project you will learn to use confocal and fluorescence microscopy, how to measure heavy metals in tissue and water samples using world class analytical instruments like inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy, HPLC, and animal exposure and dissection techniques.

    Dr. Roger Buchanan Team Leader

         Faculty Members

Jennifer Bouldin

Fabricio Medina-Bolivar

Argelia Lorence

Robyn Hannigan

Grad Students

Taylor Ingle

David Clarke

Bryanna Broadaway

Leonette Cox

Undergraduate Students

Kelly Nicholson

Brielan Smeichowski

Nick Reed

Sonali Gera

Allison Tate

High School Students

KC Blackwood

Kiandra Trammell

Preston Scrape

Metabolite Identification (Biochemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Botany, Molecular Biology)

Researchers in this team are working on chemical profiling of medicinal plant and effects of stress on plant physiology.

If you work on this project you will ???

    Dr. Robyn Hannigan Team Leader

         Faculty Members

Jennifer Bouldin

Fabricio Medina-Bolivar

Argelia Lorence

Grad Students

Undergraduate Students

High School Students

 

 

 

 

 

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