Dean's Distinguished Fellowship
The Dean's Distinguished Fellowship program fosters collaborative research between an undergraduate and a faculty mentor. Students from all College of Science and Health academic programs participate in a range of scientific and scholarly experience. This is a premier and highly selective program that has multiple benefits for students, faculty mentors, and has a significant impact on the overall success of the College of Science and Health. Our goal is to increase the number of fellowship opportunities for our students with the support of our generous donors.
Current Students
Reece Banta*krolfhus
Chemistry: Environmental Concentration
Assessment of Mercury Contamination from Legacy Fur Trade Activity in Soils of Grand Portage National Monument, MN
Lauren Carstensen*wschwan
Clinical Laboratory Science
Transcriptional Analysis of Two Staphylococcus aureaus Biofilm-Associated Genes in Regulatory Protein Mtan Strains
Aaron Christensen*nmishra
Geography: Environmental Concentration
Fine-scale Characterization of Spring Phenology in a North American Prairie Using Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Imagery
Kean Fallon*ekim
Mathematics
Analysis of non-Hirsch prismatoids for linear optimization via transportation polytopes
Emma Freeman*Xli
Microbiology
Inactivation of Human Noroviruses Using Heat-Denatured Lysozyme
Alexandra Galbraith*ncarmosini
Chemistry: Environmental Concentration
Determining the Acute Lethal Concentration (LC50) of EarthTec® QZ for Invasive (Bithynia tentaculata) and Native (Physa gyrina) Snail Species from the Upper Mississippi River
Taylor Hackel*nmcgrath
Chemistry
Mechanistic Investigation of Tris (pentafluorophenyl) borane-Silane Catalyzed Reduction of B-Ketoamides
Samuel Haeuser*egansen
Physics: Optics
All-Optical Switching via MQW ZnO Thin Films
Jillian Hebert*bbennie
Statistics and Applied Statistics Dual Degree
Analyzing the Impact of Co-Occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders on Youth’s Criminal Activity
Megan Hein*tking-heiden
Biology: Biomedical Science Concentration
Effects of Chronic Exposure to the Insecticide Thiamethoxam on Zebrafish Behavior
Jaime Kloehn*kgorres
Biochemistry
Protein of Unknown Function from Murine Herpesvirus 68 Contributes to Cancer Growth
Rebekah Peplinski*agalbraith
Biology: Cellular and Molecular Concentration
RT-qPCR Analysis of Genes Involved in the Response to SK-03-92 Treatment in Yeast
Zarif Rahman*slesher
Physics
Investigating the Nuclear Structure of Dysprosium-160
Taylor Repitz*abaines
Microbiology
Local Adaptations of Streptomyces in Myrick Marsh
Alexander Robbins*kgorres
Biochemistry
Structural properties and enzymatic activity of dUTPase from Epstein-Barr Virus
Emily Simmerman*nkil
Dual Degree Therapeutic Recreation
Examining Influences of Forest Bathing on Physiological and Psychological Aspects of Stress
Harold Soeder*ayu
Biochemistry
The Compounding Effect of a High Calorie Diet and Poor Sleep
Michaela Thielen*jmay
Biology: Biomedical Science Concentration
Mechanism of action of potential anti-virulence compounds against Salmonella
Gina Wade*dgrilley
Biochemistry
TPS domain folding causes hemolytic activation of a newly defined functional domain
Dean's Distinguished Fellowship Fund
20 for 20 campaign
Our goal is to establish support for twenty fellowships through donors establishing an endowment fund or a restricted fund to support a student’s opportunity to participate in the Deans Distinguished Fellowship.
