Ngoc Khahn Lai head shot

Effect of Adipokinetic Hormone on Blood-feeding Behavior and Digestion of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes

Name: Ngoc Khanh Lai Major: Biology Advisor:  Dr. Laura Sirot; Dr. Sharon Lynn (second reader) The Aedes aegypti mosquito is one of the main vectors that […]

Testing the effect of Intermittent fasting on anxiety and inflammation in rats with altered gut microbiota

Name: Nivedita Rathaur Majors: Biology, Economics Advisors: Dr. Sharon Lynn and Dr. Huiting Tian The impact of intermittent fasting (IF) on stress was determined by considering anxiety-levels […]

Students participate in B-wiser Science Camp in 2019.

B-WISER Summer Science Camp runs June 12-17

The Buckeye Women in Science, Engineering, and Research (B-WISER), an educational partnership of The College of Wooster and the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation, will […]

Professor James West

Professor West publishes scientific research with eight Wooster students

James West, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, biology, and chemistry at The College of Wooster, worked with eight Wooster students to publish an […]

Grant Sprague

APEX Fellowship | Grant Sprague

Major: Biology Class Year: 2022 Pronouns: He/Him/His Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Ison As an ecology intern for The Wilderness Center, a conservation organization based […]

Students pose for Community water project at The College of Wooster

AMRE | Community Water

Chamari Abercrombie ’24 | Neuroscience & Spanish Layali Banna ’22 | Geology Mazvita Chikomo ’22 | Environmental Geoscience Grace Hodges ’23 | Biology & […]

group migration workshop

Uniting Different Worlds Through Dance and Independent Study

Every August, students come to The College of Wooster from various locations – down the street, out of state, or even overseas – to […]

Grant Sprague ’22

Biology major puts techniques into practice at Wilderness Center

Grant Sprague ’22, a biology major and environmental studies minor, who is also on the cross country and track & field teams interned at […]

Kelsey Stone

Intersecting interests in biology and religious studies inspire examination of how consumption affects success

Combining biology and religious studies, two fields that would seem to be at odds with each other, into one Independent Study project as a […]

Virginia Roberts

Resource-driven control of cavity-nesting wasp densities

Name: Virginia E. Roberts Major: Biology Minor: Environmental Studies Advisors: Dr. Carlo Moreno, Dr. Jennifer Ison (second reader) Cavity nesting wasps are contributors to […]

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 […]