Michael Alber

Autumn Flowering Wingstem’s Seed Set, Floral Display Size and Flowering Time as an Indicator of Climate Change

Name: Michael David Alber Major: Biology Advisors: Dr. Jennifer Ison and Dr. Stephenie Strand Climate change has led to shifts in the phenology of […]

Exploring the Impact of the Microbiome on Sleep Homeostasis in Drosophila melanogaster

Name: Joshua Gluck Major: Biology Advisors: Dr. Stephanie Strand, Dr. Sharon Lynn (second reader) The study of the Brain-Gut-Microbiome axis is an exciting avenue […]

Lauryn Hill

Male fitness of perennial plant Echinacea angustifolia is not significantly influenced through visitation by specific bee taxa

Name: Lauryn Hill Major: Biology Advisor: Jennifer Ison Habitat fragmentation is the disruption of continuous blocks of land that reduce the size and increases […]

Jena Copley

Pocket Prairies Support Bee Diversity in Cleveland, Ohio

Name: Jena Copley Major: Biology Minor: Environmental Studies Advisors: Dr. Jennifer Ison and Dr. Kayla Perry, Dr. Rick Lehtinen (second reader) Urbanization reduces the […]

Julia Ajello

No Evidence of Sexual Selection in Brassica rapa, a Hermaphroditic Plant

Name: Julia Ajello Major: Biology Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Ison The presence of sexual selection has been identified in animals since Darwin first wrote On […]

Brittany Leyda

The Bees’ Needs: Dietary Additives as a Method to Reduce Pesticide Toxicity in Honey Bees

Student Name: Brittany Leyda Major: Biology Minor: Spanish Advisors: Dr. Laura Sirot, Dr. Reed Johnson, Dr. Stephen Ferguson Dr. Melissa M. Schultz Sustainability and […]

Bright Moon in Mountain Wind

Student Name: Yuqi (Amanda) Han Majors: Chinese Studies, Biology Advisor: Ziying You & Mark Graham Best Creative Exploration Award The danmei, called tanbi in […]

Maya Rodemer

Stressed Is Just Desserts Spelled Backwards: An Investigation Into the Influences on Stressed Eating Behaviors in Undergraduate Students

Student Name: Maya Rodemer Major(s): Food and Nutrition Science (student-designed) Advisor(s): Dr. Sharon Lynn, Dr. Tom Tierney This study aimed to explore the relationship […]

Kelsey Stone

Implications of Buddhist Monk’s and Olympic Pentathlete’s Diet on Performance in their Respective Fields

Name: Kelsey Stone Majors: Biology, Religious Studies Advisors: Dr. Nicholas Brandley, Dr. Mark Graham, Dr. Bhakti Mamtora, Dr. Rebecca Williams Olympic Pentathletes and Buddhist […]

Oria Daugherty

If a tree falls in a forest: the impacts of coarse woody debris on biodiversity and species abundance in areas of ongoing reforestation

Name: Oria Daugherty Major: Biology Minors: Environmental Studies, Spanish Advisors: Dr. Rick Lehtinen (Advisor), Dr. Nick Brandley (Second Reader) Reforestation is a necessary and […]

Lydia Bruno

Experimental Evolution in Daphnia magna: An Investigation into the Effects of Ammonium Nitrate Exposure

Student Name: Lydia Bruno Major(s): Biology Minor(s): Environmental Studies Advisor: Dr. Hilary Edgington & Second Reader: Dr. Dean Fraga Water pollution is a major […]

Developmental Fluoxetine Exposure Affects Offspring Anxiety-Like Behavior and Hormonal Response to an Acute Stressor

Student Name: Bryce Knopp Major(s): Biology Advisor(s): Dr. Lynn Most Creative Slideshow Award (Honorable Mention) A large number of women who suffer from depression […]

Erica Berent

The Infection Dynamics of a Fungal Pathogen in Stream-Dwelling Northern Two-Lined Salamanders in Wooster, Ohio

Student Name: Erica Berent Major(s): Biology Minor(s): Chemistry Advisor(s): Dr. Richard Lehtinen How familiar are you with salamanders? You probably know that they live […]

Vedica Jha '18 at the Kauke Arch in 2019

Biology and math alumna co-founds startup

Vedica Jha ’18 credits Wooster’s support system for preparing her to create talent-finding platform, ProMytheUs

Wooster Science Café

Wooster Science Café resumes this spring beginning Feb. 24

Discussions and insights on current science topics open to the community via Zoom

Pictured left to right: Chris Gumpper ’18 , Amberleigh Ray ’18 , Sarah Comstock ’18, Rick Lehtinen, professor of biology, Laura Sirot, associate professor of biology, and Mackenzie Kellar ’18. completed research at Bijagual Ecological Reserve in Costa Rica in 2017 that resulted in a study published in a scholarly journal. Photo: Paul Foster.

Rick Lehtinen coauthors publication on second-growth rainforests with Wooster graduates

Study results from five years of expeditions and Independent Study projects

In February, Chelsea Barnes '07 lobbied the Virginia Legislature for a grant to develop renewable energy on former coal-mined land.

Biology alumna honored for clean energy work

Chelsea Barnes ’07 strikes the balance between working with her community to promote solar energy and creating environmental policy

Alex DeLong

APEX Fellowship | Alex DeLong

Major: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Class Year: 2022 Faculty Mentor: Tim Freeze At the Center for AIDS Research in Providence, Rhode Island, I wrote […]

Macy Bischoff

APEX Fellowship | Macy Bischoff

Major: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Class Year: 2022 Faculty Mentor: David McConnell With aspirations in medicine, I read recommended “pre-med” literature and began MCAT […]

Indiana Amish Farm Buggy

David McConnell and Lyn Loveless collaborate on book about the Amish relationship to the environment

The scholars bring together their fields of anthropology and biology