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No. 1 Abstracts Accepted for the Annual Meeting of the Georgia Academy of Science

Program for the Annual Meeting

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Georgia Academy of Science 2023 Annual Meeting Program
Al Mead, Dominic DeSantis, Hasitha Mahabaduge, Samuel Mutiti, Kristine White, and Cason Kelley

Biological Sciences Paper Presentations

 

OEDICEROTIDAE (CRUSTACEA: AMPHIPODA) OF BOCAS DEL TORO, PANAMA
Elizabeth L. Durham* and Kristine N. White

 

AQUATIC INSECT (HEXAPODA) DIVERSITY IN MILLEDGEVILLE GA
Heath M. Ghioto and Kristine N. White

 

OOCYTE AND FOLLICULAR DEVELOPMENT IN IMMATURE EASTERN FENCE LIZARDS
Audrey H.S. Parrott and Matthew R. Milnes

 

MEASURING REPRODUCTIVE OUTPUT OF WILD-CAUGHT DWARF SEAHORSES (HIPPOCAMPUS ZOSTERAE)
Dalila A. Sanchez*, Taylor L. Taylor*, and Emily Rose

 

REGIONAL AQUATIC MACROINVERTEBRATE BIODIVERSITY
Sally J. Sir and Kristine N. White

 

SSSSS-SLIPPERY SYSTEMATICS OF SLITHERING SNAKE WORMS**
Zoe S. Von Holten*, Tyler J. Achatz, and Vasyl V. Tkach

Biological Sciences Posters

 

THE EFFECT OF SALINITY AND PH ON A SPECIES OF SEA URCHIN LARVAE**
Sydney L. Ashcraft*, Emma Hopper*, Elice Ventrieri*, Kacie Miller*, Margaret Smith, and Nancy Dalman

 

DEGRADATION OF MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE BY NEW ISOLATES OF ADHERENT, BIO-FILM FORMING BACTERIA
John D. Butler*, Emma S. Young*, John P. Escate*, Pedro A. Flores*, and William J. Kenyon*

 

WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING FOR MILLIPEDE CHEROKIA GEORGIANA (BOLLMAN 1889)**
Elena Cruz*, Bruce A. Snyder, and Arnab Sengupta

 

HEALTH SCREENING OF AN AQUATIC TURTLE POPULATION IN NORTH GEORGIA, USA**
Amanda L. J. Duffus, Ashley N. Fenner*, E. Jill Pugh*, Michael J. Bender, and Jennifer L. Mook

 

AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO THE BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION OF ODONTOTAENIUS DISJUNCTUS AND O. FLORIDANUS
Katelyn Enderle, Frank Fontanella, Ally Shinall, and Jaylah Adams

 

CAN CINNAMON SUPPLEMENTS LOWER BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS?
Chelsea Frederick* and Helene Peters

 

ROLE OF REGULATORY MRNA STRUCTURES IN THE EXPRESSION OF CANCER-RELATED GENES**
Alexandra Furney*, Brittany Benner*, Jin Yeong Kim*, and Arnab Sengupta*

 

AQUATIC HABITAT RESOURCE USE OF EASTERN BOX TURTLES IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA**
Emily E. Jones*, Amy L. Rodriguez*, Natalie L. Hyslop, and Jennifer Mook

 

AVIAN COMMUNITY OF TUMBLING CREEK WOODS**
Myra A. Kincaid* and Dawn E.W. Drumtra

 

THE APPLICATION OF MULTILOCUS GENOTYPING TO DETECT INVASIVE HYBRIDS IN THE GENUS CYPRINELLA**
Maci S. Miller, Gregory J. Glotzbecker, and Michael J. Blum

 

HOW DOES YOUR CHOICE OF MINNOW TRAP INFLUENCE STREAM CAPTURE SUCCESS**
Stormy Ramey*, C. Walker Peck*, Michael J. Bender, and Mike Saunders

 

IDENTIFICATION OF THE SOURCES OF FECAL CONTAMINATION IN BRUSHY CREEK WATERSHED*
Kathryn Sanders, Isreal Thrape, and Dave Bachoon

Chemistry Paper Presentations

 

DEVELOPMENT OF A PASSIVE MULTIPHASE ACOUSTIC FLOW METER
Liam A. Newsome*, Callie Miller*, Sierra Lutz*, Damian Harris*, Isabella Malloch*, Harrison Smy*, Katelyn Dixon*, Reese Allen*, Ryan Smith*, and Kenneth C. McGill

 

SYNTHESIS OF METALLO-MESO-TETRAPHENYLPORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE USING ZINC (II) METAL
Cole Smith*, Nicole Snyder*, Catrena Higginbotham Lisse, and Peter J. Rosado Flores

 

OPTIMIZATION OF BIOETHANOL PRODUCTION FROM KUDZU, PUERARIA MONTANA**
Jordan T. Pandolph*, Suzanne E. Moore*, Charles D. Swor, and Andrea L. Kwiatkowski

 

BIOFUEL SYNTHESIS FROM WASTE OIL AND GREASE: CHARACTERIZATION, BLEND PERFORMANCE, AND COMBUSTION ANALYSIS
Jasmin Mena*, Corina Paun*, Pedro Rodriguez-Romero*, Tyler Rockey*, Jessica Taza*, Sang H. Park, Neelam Khan, and David P. Pursell

Chemistry Posters

 

CANNABIS CRIME: UNDERGRADUATE INVESTIGATION
Kaitley Congdon*, Liam Newsome*, Emmy Ho*, Peter Rosado-Flores, and Catrena Higginbotham Lisse

 

QUALITATIVE DETECTION OF ILLICIT DRUG USE IN HAIR SAMPLES VIA GC/MS ANALYSIS**
P. Carson Griffeth* and Catrena Higginbotham Lisse

 

PREPARING AND CHARACTERING PT AND PD SINGLE ATOM CATALYSTS ON ZrO2**
Jake McCarthy*, Kailong Ye, Fudong Liu, and Sampyo Hong

 

SYNTHESIS AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF N-SUBSTITUTED-BENZOTHIAZOLIUM SALTS UPON APPLICATION WITH ALS CELLS AND THE EFFECTS OF THE TDP-43 PROTEIN**
Katelynn B. Powell*, Alisha Kennedy*, Destini Thornton*, Harris Carlisle*, Rakaiya Martin*, and Kerri Taylor

Physics, Mathematics, Computer Sciences,Engineering and Technology Paper Presentations

 

MOON PACKING AROUND AN EARTH-MASS PLANET
Billy Quarles, Suman Saytal, and Marialis Rosario-Franco

 

PHOTOMETRY OF TWO TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSES
Richard W. Schmude Jr.

 

DO EXOPLANETS EXIST AROUND HIGH VELOCITY STAR SYSTEMS?
Braven Lyall*, Idan Ginsburg, and Sébastien Lépine

 

APPLICATION OF A DIATOMIC MOLECULE MODEL POTENTIAL TO HOMO- AND HETERODIATOMIC MOLECULES
Dorien E. Carpenter*, Javier E. Hasbun, and L. Ajith DeSilva

 

OPTIMIZATION OF A BALL'S LAUNCH IN SPORTS
Andrew C. Smith* and Javier E. Hasbun

 

IDENTIFYING UFOS IN THE COS FUV SPECTRA OF PDS 456
Kseniya Harrington and Jay P. Dunn

Physics, Mathematics, Computer Sciences, Engineering and Technology Posters

 

FUTURE TRANSITABILITY OF THE CIRCUMBINARY PLANET KEPLER-16-b**
Ralph Avery*, Billy Quarles, and Veselin B. Kostov

Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Posters

 

LATE PLEISTOCENE TURTLES FROM COASTAL GEORGIA
Lucy A. Beck*, Alfred J. Mead, and Josh L. Clark

 

THE EFFECTS OF COMPOSTABLE DISHWARE ON OVERALL COMPOST QUALITY
Shannon E. Northen*, Isabella Banich*, Savannah Kimbrell*, and Allison VandeVoort

 

LATE PLEISTOCENE ECOSYSTEM EVOLUTION IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH AMERICA: A TRANSDISCIPLINARY APPROACH USING FOSSIL AMERICAN ALLIGATOR ENAMEL ISOTOPES**
Atticus Tomcho*, Mary Dickens*, Alfred J. Mead, Heidi F. Mead, Christopher Seminack, and David B. Patterson

 

SOIL AND HEAVY METAL CHARACTERIZATION AT TAILING DUMPS IN ZAMBIA**
Abigail Logan*, Alana Stevens*, Ashley Clark*, Lupupa K. Tembo, Victor Shitumbanuma, Rennie Kaunda, and Samuel Mutiti

 

MOBILIZATION, LEACHING, AND TRANSPORT OF Pb AND Cu IN POLLUTED SOILS **
Wiley Bundy*, Ashley Clark*, and Samuel Mutiti

Biomedical Sciences Paper Presentations

 

POTENTIAL ROLE OF ADENOVIRUS E4 11K PROTEIN IN THE RIG-I-MEDIATED TYPE 1 INTERFERON RESPONSE**
Elizabeth C. Seidita*, Camille Browning*, Jadalynn A. Ginn*, and Kasey Karen

Biomedical Sciences Posters

 

EFFECTS OF TYPE I DIABETES ON THE HEALTH OF ATHLETES’ GUT MICROBIOMES**
Erika M. Williams* and Andrea L. Kwiatkowski

Psychological Sciences Presentation

 

A PILOT STUDY EXPLORING VETERAN IDENTITY USING LYRIC ANALYSIS IN A QUALITATIVE, COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH FRAMEWORK**
Joseph Pabian*, Lauren Ernst-Fortin*, Marley Lentine-Brown*, Shay Silvia*, Laurie Peebles, and Stephanie E. Jett

 

A PILOT STUDY INVESTIGATING VETERAN IDENTITY USING THE PHOTOVOICE TECHNIQUE IN A QUALITATIVE, COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH FRAMEWORK**
Alicia Zarker*, Meredith Robertson*, Trenholm Fahy*, Dawson Robinson*, Laurie Peebles, and Stephanie E. Jett

Psychological Sciences Posters

 

IMPACTS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE ON VOLUNTEERS' MENTAL HEALTH
Annie J. Lin*, Courtney J. Lowe*, Jenny Nguyen*, and Wei-Lun Sun

Philosophy and History of Science Paper Presentations

 

TRANSMITTING SCIENTIFIC AND SCHOLARLY KNOWLEDGE: BOOKS VS. ARTICLES
Ronald E. Mickens and Charmayne E. Patterson

Science Education Paper Presentation

Science Education Posters

 

APPLICATION OF ANALYTICAL METHODS IN MARINE CHEMISTRY – A FIELD STUDY**
Wenlin M. Huang, Xiaoping Li, Hongxia Guan, Ying Guo, Kathryn Zimmermann, and Qing Shao

Anthropology Paper Presentations

 

TESTING THE VALIDITY OF DOWSING FOR APPLICATIONS IN FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY
Ariel Owens*, McKayla McCray*, and Alice Gooding

 

SEXUAL DIMORPHISM OF THE SECOND CERVICAL VERTEBRA IN HUMANS
Morgan Paskins* and Frank L'Engle Williams

 

MILLING AROUND IN SCRIVEN**
M. Jared Wood