Summer 2017

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Participants

Gabriel Anyanwu
Gabriel AnyanwuApplied Physics, Clark Atlanta University
Mentor: David Hu
Research Poster Title: Honey Bee Pollen Baskets

 

 

 

Hannah DallasHannah Dallas
Environmental Science & Management and Wildlife & Conservation Biology, University of Rhode Island
Mentor: Joe Mendelson
Research Poster Title: Association of prior feeding success with the use of specific ambush sites in sidewinder rattlesnakes (Crotalus cerastes)

 

 

Geena Darnell
Geena DarnellEcology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Purdue University
Mentor: Emily Weigel
Research Poster Title: Patterns in Sexual Dimorphism and Mate Choice of Anoles and Geckos: The Exceptions

 

 

 

Daniel Dominguez
Daniel DominguezBiology, Columbus State University
Mentor: Emily Weigel
Research Poster Title: Database on the Sexual Characteristics of Turtles

 

 

 

Haley LewisHaley Lewis
Chemical Engineering, University of Florida
Mentor: Joe Brown
Research Poster Title: Environmental Enteric Dysfunction and Improved Sanitation in Maputo, Mozambique

 

 

 

Jenia MolotkovaJenia Molotkova
Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology
Mentor: Joe Brown
Research Poster Title: Environmental Enteric Dysfunction and Improved Sanitation in Maputo, Mozambique

 

 

 

Alex MuñozAlex Muñoz
Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Mentor: Meisha Shofner
Research Poster Title: Effects of Mechanical Stretching on Cellulose Nanocrystal Polymer Composites

 

 

 

Deja PerkinsDeja Perkins
Environmental Science, Natural Resources, and Plant Sciences: Wildlife Concentration, Tuskegee University
Mentor: Terry Snell
Research Poster Title: Effects of oxalic acid on honey bee larval development

 

 

 

Heather StrathearnHeather Strathearn
Environmental and Ecological Engineering, Purdue University
Mentor: Bistra Dilkina and Jenny McGuire
Research Poster Title: Dispersal rates: species abilities to track viable habitats
given predicted climate change

 

 

Thank you to our program partners:

Aluma Farm
City of Atlanta Bee City USA
CEISMC - GE Girls, PUSH, Horizons and G.I.R.L.S. camps
Fulton County Cub Scouts
Greening Youth Foundation
Piedmont Park Conservancy
Ponce City Farmers Market
Truly Living Well 
West End Community Garden 
Zoo Atlanta

Our funding sponsor:

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Our service coordinators Kymberly Helwig and Kwabena Nkromo of Atlanta Food and Farm PBC

and our amazing service program assistant Hannah Greene!

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