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2009 REU/REV Program
NIMBioS' 2009 Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program and a Research Experience for Veterinary Students (REV) program was held for eight weeks, from June 1‐July 24, 2009. Four veterinary students, 10 undergraduate majors in math, biology, and related fields and two high school teachers worked in teams with professors from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, to conduct research at the interface between math and biology. Participants were paid a stipend, and a housing and travel allowance was provided. They worked in the lab and in the field and learned how to write computer programs to model their research findings mathematically.
2009 REU/REV Organizers: Sarah Duncan (NIMBioS); Mike Gilchrist (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Univ. of Tennessee); Kimberly Gwinn (Entomology and Plant Pathology, Univ. of Tennessee); Graham Hickling (NIMBioS; Center for Wildlife Health, Univ. of Tennessee); Suzanne Lenhart (NIMBioS; Mathematics, Univ. of Tennessee); Agricola Odoi (NIMBioS; College of Veterinary Medicine, Univ. of Tennessee)
2009 REU/REV Participants: Taylor Atchley (Biology, Univ. of Tennessee); Cameron Auker (Mathematics, Hampden-Sydney College); Laura Bahorich (Veterinary Medicine, Univ. of Pennsylvania); Twyla Benally (Veterinary Medicine, Washington State Univ.); Crystal Bennett (Mathematics, North Carolina A&T State Univ.); Kimberly Briggs-Dunn ( Clinton High School); Julie Paige Brown (Veterinary Medicine, Univ. of Tennessee); Kerri Coon (Biology, Univ. of Virginia); Crystal DeGroot (Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State Univ.); Steven Fassino (Mathematical Biology, Univ. of Tennessee); Revorn Ferguson (Pharmacology, North Carolina A&T State Univ.); Wen Huang (Mathematics, Queens College); Vishnupriya Khatri (Biology, Chemistry, Duke Univ.); James Nance (Mathematics, Emory Univ.); Katherine Schiermeyer (Mathematics, East Tennessee State Univ.); Ginger Sills (Clinton High School); Steven Wise (Mathematics, Univ. of Tennessee)
As one participant put it, "I learned about mathematical/spatial modeling using computer software that I hadn't used before, and also learned a lot more about the process of investigating data associations in a mathematically rigorous way. It was a great learning experience!"
REU/REV Profiles
Click on the names below for comments from some of the REU/REV participants.
Cameron Auker
Major(s): Applied Mathematics and Mathematics
School: Hampden-Sydney College, Virginia
Hometown: Ephrata, PA
REU/REV Research Project: Modeling predictors of geographic distribution of Campylobacter infections in East Tennessee
Twyla "Zoey" Benally
Degrees: BS Environmental Health, Colorado State University;
MPH, University of New Mexico;
DVM, Washington State University.
Hometown: Shiprock, NM and Pullman, WA
REU/REV Research Project: Modeling an Amblyomma americanum (Lone Star Tick) population for effective disease management
Kimberly Dunn
Degrees: BS Biology/Secondary Education, East Tennessee State University
Current Position: Teaching biology, Ecology, and AP Biology to grades 9-12 at Clinton High School, Clinton, TN
Hometown: Andersonville, TN
REU/REV Research Project: Modeling trends in plant data to find a safer way to treat fungus on food crops using biological means.
Revorn Ferguson
Major(s): Mathematics and Biology
School: North Carolina AT&T State University
Hometown: Freeport, Bahamas
REU/REV Research Project: Codon Usage Bias
Vishnupriya Khatri
Major(s): Biology
School: Duke University
Hometown: Durham, NC
REU/REV Research Project: Codon Usage Bias
Related Links
Main NIMBioS Summer Research Experiences page
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