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COSM Summer Research Showcase

The College of Science and Mathematics is hosting its first ever Summer Research Showcase on July 18th, a landmark event that will bring together students and faculty to showcase their innovative research projects. The symposium will feature a diverse array of presentations, highlighting the breadth and depth of scientific inquiry within the college. Attendees will enjoy poster sessions, oral presentations, and interactive demonstrations, facilitating dynamic exchanges of ideas and fostering a collaborative atmosphere. This event will not only celebrate the hard work and dedication of the college’s researchers but also provide a platform for them to gain valuable feedback and build connections with peers and mentors.

Date: July 18, 2024
Time: 1:00-3:00 PM
Location: Statesboro Campus, Nessmith-Lane Ballroom

Below are the department poster presentations for the 2024 COSM Summer Research by students and faculty. *Graduate student, **Undergraduate student. To view full program with abstracts, click here.

Biochemistry, Chemistry and Physics

*Abdullahi Ashimi and Karelle Aiken, Naphthoquinon in Cancer Treatment Funded by the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health

*Adisa Ayobami and Abid Shaikh, (Diethylamino)sulfur Trifluoride (DAST)-Mediated Oxidative Coupling of Thiols to Disulfides Funded by Coastal Georgia Section of the American Chemical Society Scholar

**Alexandra Reece and Karelle Aiken, Approaches Toward Acridine-Amino Acid Assemblies as Potential Anticancer Therapeutics Funded by the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health

**Allison Marks and Brandon Quillian, Preparation and Catalytic Efficiency of Cationic, Octahedral Ruthenium (II) Complexes Funded by the National Science Foundation

*Arijanet Paradise Osuman and Rafael Quirino, Synthesis and Characterization of a Bio-Based Polymeric Material from Pine Rosin and Tung Oil

**Catherine Nguyen (COUR Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Recipient), **Jasmine Gaffney, and Mitch Weiland, Preliminary Characterization of a New PahZ1 from Erythrobacter insulae

*Chantell Coley and Mark dela Cerna, Protein Observed Fluorine NMR to Track GMPK Conformational Changes

**Chase Hickman (COUR Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Recipient) and Jason Liu, Spin Wave Excitation of Magnetic Vortex Gyrotropic Mode

**Ciaja Wallace (COUR Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Recipient) and Michele McGibony, Curcumin: The Future of Iron Chelation Therapy and Cancer Treatments?

**Damien Algernon, Analie Petrissans, Baptiste Colin, Mattieu Petrissans, Ria Aniza, and Rafael Quirino, Effect of KCl, MgCl2, and NaCl on the Torrefaction and Pyrolysis of Wood Funded by the National Science Foundation

*Daniel Ajiola and Rafael Quirino, Characterization of Sand and Tung Oil Composites Used in Binder-Jet 3D Printing Funded by the National Science Foundation

**David Denemark (COUR Research Grant Recipient) and Ji Wu, Membrane Electrodes for High Capacity Lithium/Sodium Ion Batteries

**Davis Rutan and Mark dela Cerna, Initial Work on SLC25A33, a Mitochondrial Transporter

**Daylon Douglas, **Dylan Williams, **William J.A. Russell, Janet Kochera, Rocío Pérez, and Rebecca Kocerha, Cytotoxic Evaluation of NanoGUMBOS through Confocal Imaging

**Dylan Williams (COUR Research Grant Recipient) and Rebecca Kocerha, Anti-Cancer Activity of Acridine Derivatives in Cancer Cell Lines

**Dymuhn Williams and Rebecca Kocerha, Anti-Cancer Activity of Naphthoquinone Derivative in Breast Cancer Cells

**Elizabeth Smith, Analie Petrissans, Baptiste Colin, Mattieu Petrissans, Ria Aniza, and Rafael Quirino, Synergistic and Antagonistic Effect of Catalyst and Carbon-Dioxide on the Torrefaction/Pyrolysis of Ligno-Cellulosic Biomass for Biofuel Production Funded by the National Science Foundation

*Feyisope Oladapo and John DiCesare, Synthesis and Biological Assay of Novel TU100 Analog

*Grace Bennet and Mark dela Cerna, Ligand- and Protein-Observed 19F NMR in PRL3-Targeted Drug Discovery Partially funded by Sigma XI GIAR

**Jada’Marie Samuels and Mark dela Cerna, Super Deino

*Jalen Clark and Maxim Durach, Hard Disk Drives, Ferrofluid, and Magnetic Bacteria on the Nanoscale Limit

*Jalen Clark and Maxim Durach, Nanoscience and Semiconductor Chips

James Carter, The Development of a Novel Antiviral Nanoparticle-Based Drug-Delivery System

**Jessica Schwarz (COUR Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Recipient) and Nathaniel Shank, Assessing PNA Duplex Stability with an Integrated Azobenzene Switch

José Jiménez, Synthesis and characterization of Yb(III) and Mn(II) codoped phosphate glasses for solar spectral conversion

**Joshua Kirk and Rocío Pérez, Extraction of Methylene Blue Using a Natural Nanocomposite Material

**Kaitlyn Van Ostenbridge (COUR Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Recipient) and Mark dela Cerna, Structural Analysis and Drug Discovery Against Human Guanylate Kinase

**Kennedy Gaines and Brandon Quillian, Catalytic Innovation for Sustainable Styrene Production: Green Chemistry Strategies Utilizing Octahedral Ruthenium (II) Complexes Supported by a Single 4,4’-tert-butyl-2,2’bipyridine Ligand Funded by the National Science Foundation

*Kyle Jorgensen and Rocío Pérez, Extraction of Estrogenic Hormones Using Groups of Uniform Materials Based on Organic Salts (GUMBOS)

**Logan Woodward (COUR Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Recipient) and Abid Shaikh, (Diethylamino)sulfur Trifluoride (DAST)-Mediated Synthesis of Bis(indolyl)methanes (BIM) from Benzylalcohols and Amines

*Lucas Zhang, **Annal Feil, **Alicia Brinegar, and Mark dela Cerna, A Human Protein Tyrosine Phosphatome Database to Accelerate PTP Research

**Madison Ullom, **Lafredrick Gilchrist (McNairs Scholar), and Ji Wu, Controlled Drug Delivery Using Porous Nanoparticles

Mark dela Cerna and Janet Kocerha, D2MD: Drug Discovery and Molecular Design Interest Group Funded by the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health

Mark Edwards, Quantum Computing in Atomic Tweezer Arrays Partially funded by the National Science Foundation

Maxim Durach, Novel Electromagnetic Solutions in Isotropy-Broken Metamaterials: Layers, Spheres, Beams

Maxim Durach, Theory of Refraction, Ray-Wave Tilt, and Hidden Momentum in Isotropy-Broken Materials based on Apparent Topological Phases in Moving Media

*Maxwell Wallace and Maxim Durach, Scattering of Electromagnetic Radiation by Bianisotropic Spheres

**Messiah Brown and Karelle Aiken, The Development of Conjugates Between a Natural LAT1 Substrate and Compounds Known to Have Anti-Cancer Properties

**Nicholas Dillon (Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Recipient) and Mark dela Cerna, Chemical Probe Discovery Against PTPN18 Partially funded by an American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) Undergraduate Research Grant

*Olivia Creamer and Mark dela Cerna, Nanobody Discovery Using the NbLib Yeast Diversity Library

**Oscar Sistos-Barron (COUR Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Recipient), **Victoria Zhang, and Mark dela Cerna, Perturbing the Structure, Function, and Stability of a Consensus Homeodomain

*Raymond Osafo and Rebecca Kocerha, Anti-Cancer Activity of Naphthoquinone Derivatives in Human Prostate Cancer Cells (PC3)

*Richard Amesimenu and José Jiménez, Evaluating Yb3+ Concentration Effect on the Structure and Properties of Phosphate Glasses

**Ruby Pitts, **Anna Feil, and Mark dela Cerna, Druggability Analysis of all Human PTPs in Silico

*Taiwo Bakare-Abidola, **William Russell, and Rocío Pérez, Development of Alginate-Chitosan-NADES Beads and Optimization for Efficient Extraction of Methylene Blue Using Surface Response Method

**Victoria Zhang, **Oscar Sistos-Barron, and Mark dela Cerna, Molecular Dynamics Simulations of a Consensus Homeodomain and Variants

**William Russell and Rocío Pérez, Synthesis of GUMBOS and nanoGUMBOS as Potential Selective Chemotherapuetic Agents

**Wintana Bekele (COUR Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Recipient) and Shainaz Landge, Writing Research Article as Proficient Scholars (WRAPS)

*Yetunde Adepoju and Eric Gatto, Assessment of Vitamin C Health Benefit Using Vero Cells

Biology

**Barbara Comer and Heather Joesting, Comparing Reproductive Potential Between the Two Growth Forms of the Salt Marsh Grass Spartina alterniflora

*Bradley Cayson and Austin Francis Jr., Long-Term Effects of Climate Change on Ichthyoplankton Populations of Coastal Georgia

**Derek St. John-Badger (RESCoPE REU Program, Savannah State University), Brigette Brinton, and Anthony Siccardi, Optimization of Fish Biomass in Deep Water Aquaponics: From Fish Waste to Dinner Plates

Ed Mondor, Forensic Ecology: The Role of Invasive Species in Determining “Time of Death”

*Esosa Omoregie and Christopher Cutler, Investigating the Role and Expression of Aquaporin Paralogs AQP10C1 and AQP10C2 in Urea Transport in Squalus acanthias

**Evelyn Page (RESCoPE REU Program, James Madison University) and Scott Harrison, Temporal and Geographic Genetic Variation During the Kudzu Bug (Megacopta cribraria) Occupation of the Southeastern US

*Gillian Johnson and Ed Mondor, Postmortem Analysis of Insect Attraction, Colonization, and VOC Emissions from Concealed Vertebrate Remains

**Hana Sato (RESCoPE REU Program, Oglethorpe University), *Zachary Gordon, *Raymond P. Kidder II, and J. Checo Colon-Gaud, The Effects of Salinity Intrusion on Macroinvertebrate Communities on Sapelo Island, Georgia

*Hannah Kelehear, *Callie Mauersburg, and Robert Mans, Reactive Gliosis in Adult Zebrafish Brain Following Daily Nanoplastic Consumption

Isabella R. E. Mavourneen (RESCoPE REU Program, Texas State University), Shreyas Kanwar (University of Maryland), *Renee Nowicki , *Katie Kalish, and Joshua D. Gibson, The Behavior and Relatedness Between Dorymyrmex smithi Ants

Jacob Singleton and Michelle Cawthorn, Statesboro Living Wall: Community Knowledge and Perspectives

Jade Madrid (RESCoPE REU Program, Northern New Mexico College), *Bridgette Nicolosi, *Molly McKeon, James Roberts, and Stephen Vives, Macroinvertebrates in the Ogeechee River Tributaries Versus the Main Channel

**Kaylee Braddy (COUR Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Recipient) and Lissa Leege, Evaluating Impacts of Foot-Traffic Intensity on Ecosystem Function of Sand Dunes on Tybee Island, Georgia

**Kourtney Beyers (RESCoPE REU Program, Washington and Jefferson University), Charles Pell 2, and Georgianne Moore, Harmonic Analysis of Tide and Transpiration Influence on Groundwater Level on Sapelo Island, Georgia

**Lucila R. Bermudez (RESCoPE REU Program, Florida Southern College), *Alex McFarland, and Stephen E. Greiman, Digenean Parasites of Bats from Panama and Their Associations with Bacterial Endosymbionts in the Genus Neorickettsia

**Ollie Mercer (RESCoPE REU Program, College of Coastal Georgia), Christine Hladik, and Jacque L. Kelly, Quantifying Spartina alterniflora Plant Percent Cover in Dieback Affected Marshes in Georgia

**Reyes Umanzor Jr. (RESCoPE REU Program, University of Connecticut), *Wil Atencio, *Jessie Rivera, *Zach Czoer, and John Carroll, What is the Effect of Boring Sponges on Shell Structure of Eastern Oysters in Relation to Tidal Location?

**Ryan Reid, **Taylor Allen, Tyler Cyronak, and Heather Joesting, The Effect of Olivine on the Growth of the Salt Marsh Grass Spartina alterniflora

*Sarah Childress and Michelle Cawthorn, Avian Biodiversity in Paved Greenways

**Sayumi De Silva (RESCoPE REU Program, Western Carolina University) and Lisa D. Brown, Comparison of Immune Response Between Male and Female Mosquitoes (Aedes albopictus) Against Bacteria

Scott Mateer, Elizabeth Sargent, Geneva DeMars, Jennifer Brofft Bailey, Jennifer Zettler, Marylou Machingura, Sherri Cannon, Sue Ellen Dechenne-Peters, and Traci Ness, Comparison of Student Outcomes in a Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience: Face-to-Face, Hybrid, and Online Delivery of a Biology Laboratory

*Skyler Fox, **Stephen Ehret, and Alan Harvey, Continued Range Expansion of Mulberryweed (Fatoua villosa) in North America

**Victoria Vining (COUR Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Recipient) and Scott Harrison, Mitochondrial Copy Number Dynamics During Development and Temperature Stress in the Brown Widow Spider

Mathematical Sciences

Alex Stokolos, Sharp Weak Type Estimates for Maximal Operators Associated to Rare Bases

*Bruce Rush and Jiehua Zhu, Deep Learning for Automatic Target Recognition

**India Flemming, **Tiffany Flanders, and Heidi Eisenreich, Reflecting on Our Affordable Learning Georgia Grant Experience Funded by an Affordable Learning Georgia Grant

**India Flemming, **Tiffany Flanders, and Heidi Eisenreich, Student Reflections on their Georgia Mathematics Conference Experience Funded by COSM Inclusive Excellence Mini-Grant

Funded by COSM Inclusive Excellence Mini-Grant

Reinhard Piltner, Utilizing Radial Basis Functions with High Continuity in a Galerkin Elasticity Representation for the Simulation of Plane Deformations

Shijun Zheng, Threshold Dynamical Behaviors for Magnetic Bose-Einstein Condensation

*Vince White and Tricia Brown, Enumeration of Lattice Paths with Restrictions

Yan Wu, On the Sylvester-Type of Matrix Difference Systems and the Controllability / Observability of the Time Invariant Systems

School of Earth, Environment, and Sustainability

*Abiodun Tosin-Orimolade and Christine Hladik, Assessment of Tidal Marsh Fragmentation and Multi-Decadal Change along Altamaha River, Georgia Coast

*Alejandra Daniel and Daniel Gleason, Impacts of Tropical Cyclones on Benthic Invertebrate Communities of Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary Funded by Georgia Sea Grant

**Carisa MacPherson and Tyler Cyronak, Back to Grass Roots: Assessing Seagrass Productivity and Induced Seawater Carbonate Chemistry Changes Funded by the Oceankind Foundation

*Emmanuella Obeng and Christine Hladik, Evaluating the Use of Spatiotemporal Variation of Vegetation Indices to Predict Salt Marsh Dieback on the Georgia Coast Partially funded by the National Science Foundation

**Max Eshbaugh and Robert Vance, Investigation of the Sparta Granite as a Potential REE Resource

*Oluwatunmise Akanmu and Jacque Kelly, Identifying Critical Groundwater Discharge Locations in Florida Bay, USA Using a Geochemical Tracer and Interpolation Mapping Approach Funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Rahman Munshi, Abdus Subhan Mollick, Bimal Paul, Milton Halder, Nafeeul Walee, and Tom Crawford, Exploring Impending Effects of Climate Change and Emerging Social–Ecological Crisis of Southwestern Coastal Region of Bangladesh: An Interdisciplinary Approach

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Last updated: 7/11/2024