Research
- Students have the opportunity to conduct research during the year and also during the summer.
- Many of our students participate at the National Council for Undergraduate Research (NCUR).
- Independent guided research opportunities with Juniata faculty and other faculty members at leading research universities around the country are available to all students.
- Student stipends for research students are provided on a competitive basis from several college endowments and through research grants awarded to individual faculty members.
- Research opportunities are tailored specifically for undergraduate participation. Such research opportunities exist during the academic year through the Biology Research course (BI 489).
- Additionally, students have the opportunity to participate in summer research internships with Juniata alumni for Juniata students. Applications are due in early November, and awardees are selected following interviews with a faculty committee.
- The Hershey Summer Research Scholar position is in the laboratory of Dr. Thomas Terndrup (‘77) and is open exclusively to Juniata sophomores and juniors, with preference to students interested in M.D. or M.D./Ph.D. programs. Application.
- The University of North Texas SMART , McNair, and STARS Programs are open to students across the country, but, due to the fact that the former President of UNT is alumnus Ronald Blanck, D.O. (‘63), some preference is given to Juniata students interested pursuing a graduate degree. So that Juniata faculty can mentor students in submitting a competitive application, students are asked to complete a statement of intent.
For summer 2009:
Recent Student Research
- Joe Daft '07 worked in the University of Toledo Department of Medicinal Chemistry with researcher Marcia McInerney.
- Valerie Bukowski '06 worked at Pfizer pharmaceuticals under the direction of Dr. Tom Owen.
- Amber Helsel '06 interned with Exygen Research in State College, Pennsylvania.
- Desiree Wagoner '06 received a Pfizer Summer Research Fellowship. Her work is a culmination of several years of work with Dr. John Matter in the Biology Department. Their summer research mainly focused on effects of pesticides on development in the Reptilian model. She also presented to the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) in the fall of 2005 in Baltimore, MD.
- Beth Greenberger '05 and Dr. Jay Hosler studied how bees remember certain odors. Beth us currently a field assistant for a Washington State University project studying barn owls in the Central Valley Region of California. Dr.Hosler was awarded the Juniata faculty teaching award in May 2005. He is currently researching, in addition to the bee behavior, how people read comics and how this enhances learning.
- Gene Aarnio '04 and Dr. Douglas Glazier investigated the evolutionary ecology of aquatic and terrestrial sowbugs.
- Robin Koval '04 and Dr.Vince Buonaccorsi studied the population structure of Oregon copper rockfish.
- Deborah Mensch '04 and Dr. John Matter studied how to assess the toxicological effects of contaminants on wildlife.
- Darren Moser '04 participated in an independent research project entitled Yeast Biology. After Juniata he went to UC Davis to complete their Brewmaster program. Darren has recently accepted a Brewer position in Berkeley, California.
- Sarah Radford '01, Meredith Boyle '02, Catherine Sheely '04, Joel Graham '99, and Daniel Haeusser '01, along with Dr. Jill Keeney and Leigh Zimmerman, published "Increase in Ty1 cDNA recombination in yeast sir4 mutant strains at high temperature" in Genetics.
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