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
Mary Baumgartner*ncarmosini,gsandland
Biology
Assessing the Influence of Water Chemistry on the Toxicity of a Copper Pesticide (EarthTec® QZ) to Native and Invasive Aquatic Snail Species
Anna Bower*ayu
Biology: Biomedical Science
Investigating the Effect of Circadian Rhythm Disruption on Gene Expression involved in Lewy Body Dementia with Advanced Aging
Hunter Charles*xli
Microbiology: Biomedical
Inactivation of Tulane virus, a human norovirus surrogate in water using yeast-coated beads
Paige Dunnum*mmika
Biology: Environmental Science
Investigating Phenology of Insect Prey Abundance and Nesting Stages in Breeding Flammulated Owls
Lee Fuller*ssen
Chemistry
Pulsed plating of copper-tin alloys for the catalytic conversion of carbon dioxide
Trevor Geerdts*egansen
Physics: Optics
Exploring Nonuniformities of Quantum-Dot-Based Photon-Number-Resolving Factors
Sara Gonske*jmay
Biochemistry
Characterizing a DcrB-dependent molecule that may enhance the resistance of Salmonella enterica to copper
Colin Griffin*dgrilley
Biochemistry
The competition between positive charges – how specific cations affect the balance between DNA binding and formation of an alternative DNA structure
Kendra Kreienbrink*thawkins
Physics: Biomedical
MAP65 Protein and Microtubule Mechanics
Kirstyn Loyva*mhoffman
Microbiology
Effect of the ESCRT pathway on HPIV3 budding and release
Drew Lysaker*bklein
Biology: Environmental Science
Tracking a deadly virus in La Crosse: Assessing the presence of La Crosse encephalitis and its mosquito vector
Joseph Miller*nwarnberg
Mathematics
Anti-van der Waerden Numbers of Graph Products
Katherine Schmitz*rmcgaff
Microbiology: Biomedical
A Novel Heterogeneous Catalyst for Green Catalytic Mercaptan Remediation
Cullen Schull*vstepanova
Biochemistry
Preparation of Unnatural Asymmetric Curcuminoids with Highly Turnable Structures
Tessa Slaby*estrauss
Biology: Aquatic Science
Are microplastics accumulating in the fish of the Upper Mississippi River? An assessment of microplastics in the Emerald Shiner (Notropis atherinoides), an abundant and important small fish
McKenna Theine*kgorres
Microbiology
The Use of Environmental DNA as a Tool for Detecting the Presence of Invasive Lionfish Background/Statement of the Problem/Significance
Laura Zinnel*nwarnberg
Mathematics
Anti-Schur Numbers on the Integers
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.
