132nd Annual Academy Meeting J.W. Marriott Hotel, Indianapolis, Indiana Saturday, March 25th, 2017
A Glimpse at the 2017 Program Book… (The Schedule of Events, Research, Hot Topics, Workshops, Exhibits) TODAY:
OPENING: ‘LET’S TALK SCIENCE…’ Darrin Rubino (Indiana Academy of Science President) will welcome you this morning at the 8:30 a.m. Opening to the 132nd Annual Academy Meeting. Darrin Rubino will present the Morning Plenary entitled ‘Dendroarchaeology: Using building timbers and tree rings to explore the past’.
SECTION MEETINGS: (Everyone) 9:20 a.m. Please join your primary Section of interest following the Opening this morning. Meet and talk with others in your specialty area and name your next Section Vice Chair. Learn more about your membership in the Indiana Academy of Science.
SCIENCE RESEARCH : 9:45 a.m. – 12:00 noon and 2:10 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Nearly 250 Oral Research Papers and Posters are being presented today. Explore your interests! Areas of science being discussed today include Anthropology, Botany, Cell Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, Ecology, Entomology, Environmental Quality, Micro and Molecular Biology, Physics and Astronomy, Plant Systematics and Biodiversity, Psychology, Science Education, and Zoology.
Posters will be on display for your viewing all day. Poster presenters will be at their posters to discuss their research beginning at 4:15 p.m. to 5:55 p.m. (From 4:15 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. assigned odd numbered poster presenters to be present at their poster. From 5:05 p.m. to 5:55 p.m. assigned even numbered poster)
WORKSHOPS Workshops: Becoming a Professional Scientist: How to Get Started Workshop is offered by Jessique Ghezzi , James Marrs, Roger Kult, and Dave Isenhour 2:15p.m.-4:14p.m. Room 201 Cool Tools and Hot Science –An Early Exposure to Advanced Chemical Concepts Workshop is offered by Mahamud Subir , Sundeep Rayat, Robert Sammelson, and Tykhon Zubkov. 10:30 a.m. – 12noon Room 203 Public Education and Outreach Opportunities for the August 21st North American Eclipse Workshop is offered by Patrick Motl 2:15p.m.- 3:00p.m. Room 203
‘HOT TOPICS’ ‘Hot Topics’: Humanitarian Science in the Texas Borderlands: Scaling the Wall of Misinformation by Forensic Scientist Krista Latham 3:00p.m. - 4:00p.m. Room 204 How CRISPR can be applied as a genome editing tool in fungal pathogens and other organisms by Douglas Bernstein, Assistant Prof., Ball State 2:15p.m.-3:15pm. Room 101 Spectroscopy and Photochemistry of Nitriles Relevant to Titan’s Atmosphere by Timothy Zwier, Department of Chemistry Head, Purdue University 3:30p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Room 102
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Getting to know your Microbiome by Jenny Fisher, Assistant Prof. Dept. of Biology, IU Northwest 9:45a.m.-10:15a.m. Room 103 The Hot Zone: Newly Emerging Infectious Diseases by State Public Health Veterinarian Jen Brown 3:30-4:15p.m. Room 203 Rantings of a Mad Botanist by Botanist and author Bill McKnight 3:00p.m.-3:30p.m. Room 203 Flatland: The Emerging Science and Technology of Two-Dimensional Crystals by Eric Stinoff, Assoc. Prof, Dept. of Physics/Astronomy, Ohio University. 9:45a.m.-10:45a.m. Room 106 Introducing Flora of the Chicago Region by Senior Scientist Gerould Wilhelm and Wildlife Biologist and Natural Historian Laura Rericha, Chicago IL. 11:30am.-12noon Room 205 Exploring Flowers and Their Pollinators by Donald G. Ruch, Prof. Dept. of Biology, Ball State 2:15p.m.-2:55p.m. Room 205 Pollination Biology: The Problems Insect Pollinators Face by State Chemist & Seed Commissioner Robert Waltz 2:55p.m.- 3:45p.m. Room 205 What We Can Do to Help Pollinators by Senior Entomologist Regional Mgr. for Environmental Solutions & Innovations Robert Jean and Stephanie Schuck, Outdoor Education and Restoration Coordinator for the Nina Mason Pulliam EcoLab, Marian University 3:45p.m.-4:15p.m. Room 205 Are the Earth-size planets around Trappist-1 habitable? by Guillermo Gonzalez, Assist. Prof. of Astronomy, Ball State, and Sr.Fellow Discovery Inst. Ctr. for Science/Culture 11.00 a.m. Room 104
Symposium: On Friday, March 24, at 1:00-5:30 pm, the Indiana Academy of Science hosted a special Biodiversity Symposium with the theme “Fire and the Forest-Prairie Boundary.” The 12 presentations covered the diversity of organisms we Midwesterners know and love, they provide insight into how our natural history collections are maintained, and they demonstrate how large databases and the internet are making this information widely available. See the list of presenters who joined us for this special Biodiversity and Natural Areas Symposium, highlighted following the abstract title section in this Program Book. Dr. Eric Knox-Director, Indiana University Herbarium, Biodiversity Symposium Facilitator.
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Bill McKnight will be introducing his new book, and presenting a Hot Topic discussion from 3:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (Room 203)
Rantings of a Mad Botanist: A Comprehensive Guide to Gardening and Land use Practices Emphasizing Central Indiana (2016) "Why didn't you write this book 30 years ago when I REALLY needed it? Think how much time and money I could have saved. It should be at every nursery & garden center in the central Midwest." - Dr. Terri Park
"Great book. I found it entertaining and informative. Not only could my mom read and get something out of it, but so could a horticulture student at Purdue." - Ryan Volz, Rosie's (Garden Center), IN.
The author is a former museum curator and biology teacher with over 50 years gardening experience. He lives on a three-acre property in Indianapolis where he deals with the usual issues of an urban landscape, especially exotic invasives. www.themadbotanist.com to order on line
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Introducing Flora of the Chicago Region: A Floristic and Ecological Synthesis (2017) published by the Indiana Academy of Science, 1372 p.
Gerould Wilhelm and Laura Rericha will be presenting a ‘Hot Topic’ discussion from 11:30 a.m. to 12 noon (Room 205), and signing their new book this afternoon.
‘This will be considered the most complete flora ever written for any place in the U.S. They have meticulously and accurately brought the status of vascular plants in the Chicago region up-to-date, while painstakingly recording an incredible array of interactions between the flora and other organisms, especially insects. The intricate pollination of some plants, many of these associations not previously known or recorded, is almost beyond belief."- Robert H. Mohlenbrock, Distinguished professor emeritus, SIU Carbondale.
"The scholarship is off the scale!" - Bill N. McKnight. This tome substantially supercedes the 4th edition of the now out-of-print Plants of the Chicago Region (Swink & Wilhelm, 1994).
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Tears of Re: Beekeeping in Ancient Egypt
Gene Kritsky will be signing his most recent book all day today.
"This is beyond doubt the most comprehensive study of honey bees and beekeeping in this most ancient civilization." --Bee Culture
"Readable in a few hours, the book is the sort of unexpected delight one hopes to find in an old hotel, and it deserves to do well. Let's hope the ... buzz spreads." --The Independent.
"Kritsky has created a book that is an enjoyable, engaging read and also contributes meaningfully to our understanding of the cultural significance of the bee and apiculture in Egypt. ... Kritsky's work is an essential starting point for understanding beekeeping and discussions of bees throughout the Mediterranean world, in art, and in history." --Bryn Mawr Classical Review.
Available from http://www.indianaacademyofscience.org. $30 for non-members and $24 for Indiana Academy of Science members.
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3 132nd ANNUAL ACADEMY MEETING LUNCHEON: 12:00 noon
Academy President Darrin Rubino will host the 132nd Annual Academy Meeting Luncheon. He will introduce your newly elected Academy officers, committee members, and Section leadership. He will officially pass the gavel to incoming president Dr. Horia Petrache today.
The Academy wishes to thank those Academy members who ran for an office or Committee position this time; and thank all of those who will be ending their terms this year. The 2017 Academy President and newly elected officials and committee members will begin their responsibility June 1, 2017.
Special Awards: The Academy is very proud to bestow upon Gene Kritsky, Ph.D. the Academy’s Distinguished Scholar Award, and to bestow upon Tina Gilliand the Academy’s Distinguished Service Award.
The Academy Fellow Award: The Fellow is the Academy’s highest honor. The first Academy member was conferred the Fellow honor in 1938. Today, Jeffrey D. Holland, Ph.D., Jennifer A. Metzler, Ph.D., Sarah Mordan-McCombs, Ph.D., Scott Namestnik, and Vanessa S. Quinn, Ph.D. will be added to the ranks of those who hold this prestigious recognition.
132nd Annual Academy Meeting Luncheon Speaker: As the Indianapolis Zoo’s Executive Vice President and Zoo Director, Rob Shumaker has exceptional credentials, including 20 years’ experience at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Zoo (where he first encountered orangutans on a one-to-one basis) and later as Director of Orangutan Research at the Great Ape Trust in Des Moines, Iowa. He is recognized as one of the world’s foremost experts in primate behavior, including the cognitive abilities of the highly intelligent orangutan, and is a highly regarded lecturer. Dr. Shumaker has written a number of scientific articles and scholarly books on primate behavior and cognition. He is currently on the faculty at Indiana University-Bloomington and is an affiliate of the Krasnow Institute at George Mason University. His newest book, Animal Tool Behavior, was published in 2011 and is considered the definitive work on the use and manufacture of tools by animals. As the 132nd Annual Academy Meeting Luncheon Speaker, Dr. Robert Shumaker will present ‘Studies of Orangutan Mental Abilities Promote Conservation, Advance Science, and Increase Wellness.’
Member Summit: Election Results, Passing of the Gavel, Academy business ------EXHIBITS: On display from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Indiana Academy of Science Books and Special Publications Young Innovators Quest, Indianapolis John Shepherd Wright Memorial Library Friesner Herbarium of Butler University INPAWS, Indiana Native Plant and Wildflower Society Indiana Forest Alliance Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites Ball State University, College of Sciences and Humanities Indiana Academy of Science Purdue University, Department of Biological Sciences Bloomington Urban Woodland Group Indiana University, Department of Environmental Health 4 132nd Annual Academy Meeting AGENDA SATURDAY, March 25, 2017 (JW Marriott Hotel, Indianapolis) 7:30 a.m. (Foyer, Level 2) REGISTRATION Poster set-up; Oral presenters load their presentations; Exhibitor set-up. CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST (Level 1 Foyer) New Academy Member Meet & Greet Breakfast (w/Academy President, Past Presidents, and Section Leadership) Room 104
8:30 a.m. (White River Ballroom –Level 1) WELCOME Dr. Darrin Rubino President, Indiana Academy of Science
MORNING PLENARY LET’S TALK SCIENCE… Darrrin Rubino, Ph.D. ‘Dendroarchaeology: Using building timbers and tree rings to explore the past’
9:20 a.m. (See Section Rm # page) SECTION MEETINGS (All Academy members join their primary Section)
9:45 a.m. (See Presentation Rm #‘s) SCIENCE PRESENTATIONS Research Papers, ‘Hot Topics’, Workshops
12:00 p.m. (White River Ballroom-Level 1) 132nd ANNUAL ACADEMY MEETING LUNCHEON Academy President Darrin Rubino
Awards: Distinguished Scholar, Distinguished Service, Academy Fellows Induction.
GUEST SPEAKER: Rob Shumaker, Ph.D. ’Studies of Orangutan Mental Abilities Promote Conservation, Advance Science, and Increase Wellness’
Membership Summit: Election Results, Passing of the Gavel…
2:10 p.m. (See Presentation Rm #‘s) SCIENCE PRESENTATIONS Research Papers, ‘Hot Topics’, Workshops
4:15 p.m. – 5:55 p.m. (Griffin Hall, Level 2) POSTER PRESENTATIONS w/ concurrent NETWORKING RECEPTION (4:15 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. odd numbered poster presentations; 5:05 p.m. to 5:55 p.m. even.)
6:00 p.m. ADJOURN
Exhibits and Posters will be available for viewing all day, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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FRIDAY, March 24, 2017 (JW Marriott Hotel, Indianapolis)
1:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Biodiversity Symposium White River Ballroom B,C,D
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Academy Council Meeting Room 204 (Members are always welcome)
6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Academy Council Reception/Dinner (Invitational) Room 201-203
7:30 p.m.-10:00 p.m. Biodiversity/Nat. Areas Com. Meeting Room 103-104
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3:00-4:00 PM Krista Latham, University of Humanitarian Science in the Texas Borderlands: 204 Indianapolis Scaling the Wall of Misinformation. HOT TOPIC 2:15-3:15 PM Douglas Bernstein, Ball State How CRISPR can be applied as a genome editing tool 101 University in fungal pathogens and other organisms. HOT TOPIC 11:00 AM Guillermo Gonzalez, Ball Are the Earth-size planets around Trappist-1 104 State University and Senior habitable? Fellow Discovery Institute’s HOT TOPIC Center for Science and Culture 3:30-4:15 PM Timothy Zwier, Purdue Spectroscopy and Photochemistry of Nitriles Relevant 102 University to Titan’s Atmosphere HOT TOPIC Jenny C. Fisher, Indiana Getting to Know Your Microbiome 103 9:45-10:15 AM University Northwest HOT TOPIC Eric Stinaff, Ohio University Flatland: The Emerging Science and Technology of 106 9:45-10:45 AM Two-Dimensional Crystals HOT TOPIC 11:30 AM-12Noon Gerould Wilhelm, senior Flora of the Chicago Region: A Floristic and 205 scientist at the Conservation Ecological Synthesis. Research Institute and principal HOT TOPIC botanist/ecologist and co-owner of the Conservation Design Forum and Laura Rericha, wildlife biologist and natural historian, Forest Preserve District of Cook County; and research associate, Conservation Research Institute 2:15-2:55 PM Donald G. Ruch, Ball State Exploring Flowers and Their Pollinators 205 University HOT TOPIC 2:55-3:45 PM Robert Waltz, Office of Indiana Pollination Biology: The Problems Insect Pollinators 205 State Chemist & Seed Face Commissioner HOT TOPIC 3:45-4:15 PM Robert P. Jean, Environmental What We Can Do to Help Pollinators 205 Solutions & Innovations, Inc. HOT TOPIC Stephanie Schuck, Marian University 3:00-3:30PM Bill McKnight Rantings of a Mad Botanist 203 HOT TOPIC 3:30-4:15PM Jen Brown, Indiana State THE HOT ZONE: Newly Emerging Infectious 203 Department of Health Diseases HOT TOPIC
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10:30 AM-Noon Sundeep Rayat, Robert Cool Tools & Hot Science – An Early Exposure to 203 Sammelson, Mahamud Subir, Advanced Chemical Concepts and Tykhon Zubkov WORKSHOP 2:15 -3:00 PM Patrick M Motl, Indiana Public Education and Outreach Opportunities for the 203 Univeristy Kokomo August 21st North American Eclipse WORKSHOP 2:15 PM- Jessi Ghezzi, Ball State Becoming a Professional Scientist: How to Get 201 4:14 PM University, James Marrs, Started! Indiana University-Purdue WORKSHOP University Indianapolis Roger Kult, Natural Resources Conservation Service Dave Isenhour, Advanced Agrilytics/Ag Ingenuity LLC
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10:00 AM Susan Spencer Helfrich, An Examination of Midwestern American Indian Female Crania in 204 University of Southern Indiana, FORDISC 3.0 with Regard to an Isolated Calotte Found in Indiana and Della Collins Cook, Indiana University 10:30 AM Paige Wojcik, Indiana University Can dental metrics be used to distinguish between European and 204 Native American individuals?
11:15 AM Justin R. Maiers, Krista E. Elliptical Fourier Analysis of the Human Nasal Aperture 204 Latham, Stephen P. Nawrocki, Jessica Byram, University of Indianapolis 2:15 PM Krystiana Krupa, Indiana How long has tuberculosis (TB) infected humans? 204 University 2:30 PM Sarah Fann & Christopher Mastodon Extinction in the Context of Dental Microwear Texture: 204 Schmidt, University of Preliminary Findings Indianapolis 3:00 PM Krista Latham, University of Humanitarian Science in the Texas Borderlands: Scaling the wall of 204 Indianapolis misinformation. HOT TOPIC 9:45 AM Aaron J. Rudolph, Vamsi J. Asimina triloba patch density and reproduction in four urban forest 202 Nalam, and Jordan M. Marshall, fragments Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne 10:00 AM John R. Schutt, James A. Crown geometry of plantation-grown American Sycamore (platanus 202 Rhodes State College, Lima, OH occidentalis) and its simulation 2: trunk primary growth.
10:15 AM Victor Manzanilla, Holly Howell, Screening for genes important to cold acclimatization in Neurospora 202 Alexander Mehreteab, Eric Rose, crassa Nichole Walters, Nicholas Seitz, Jacob Nava and Michael Watters
10:30 AM Taylor Davis and Darrin L. Using tree-ring growth patterns to date the construction of the 202 Rubino, Hanover College, and Reverend Frederick and Sophia Wyneken house in Adams County, Chris Baas, Ball State University Indiana
11:00 AM Zhaowen Wu1, 2,William Oki Leaves and fruits of Pteroceltis (Cannabaceae) from the Miocene 202 Wong1, 3, 4,and David L. Shanwang Formation of Shandong Province, eastern China Dilcher4, 1State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing,China, 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing,3State Key Laboratory of Paleobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China, 4Indiana University
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11:15 AM Xiao TAN1, 2, David L Dilcher1, New material of Ginkgoales from the Middle Jurassic of 202 2, 3, ChunLin Sun1, 2, Qi Wang4, Daohugou, Inner Mongolia, and its implication on paleo-CO2 1 Jilin University, Changchun, reconstruction China; 2 Key Laboratory for Evolution of Past Life and Environment in Northeast Asia, Ministry of Education, Changchun, China; 3 Indiana University 4 State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS), Beijing, China.
10:15 AM Adib Behrouzi, Jennifer Investigation of the Cold-Regulated promoter RD29A 101 Robison, Stephen Randall, in Arabidopsis thaliana and Glycine max. Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis 10:30 AM Zach Deitch and S. Randall, Cold Response Biomarker Identification in Diploid Strawberry 101 Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, N. Osuagwu and R. Wilson, Hedmark University College, Hamar, Norway, I. Fattash,American University of Madaba, Madaba, Jordan, and M. Alsheikh, Graminor Breeding Ltd., Ridabu, Norway, and Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway 11:00 AM Katie Beverley 1,2, Brianna Use of Aperio whole slide digital imaging for quantitation of PD-1, 101 Bangert3, and George PD-L1, and CD8 in Triple Negative Breast Cancer Sandusky1, 1Indiana University School of Medicine, 2University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, 3Park Tudor School 11:15 AM Yongsheng Bai, Indiana State Visualizing miRNA and mRNA Interactions for Next-Gen 101 University Sequencing Tumor and Normal Datasets using MMiRNA-Viewer2.
11:30 AM Aaron Hudnall and Jonathan W. Identifying gene expression changes that reduce age-related bone 101 Lowery, Marian University loss
2:15 PM Douglas Bernstein, Ball State How CRISPR can be applied as a genome editing tool in fungal 101 University pathogens and other organisms. HOT TOPIC
3:15 PM Victoria Kreyden, Kristen M. Investigation of the neuronal functions of the SUMO enzyme UBC- 101 Rush, Morgan K Harrison, 9 in C. elegans Jennifer R. Kowalski, Butler University 3:30 PM Lauryn R. Campagnoli, Daniel The investigation of SYD-2 as a potential substrate of the 101 K. Lester, and Jennifer R. Anaphase Promoting Complex in promoting GABA release at the Kowalski C. elegans neuromuscular junction.
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3:45 PM Christopher J. Indovina, Sarah Identifying the Genes Required for the Degradation of Translocon- 101 M. Engle, Sheldon G. Watts, and Associated Proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Eric M. Rubenstein, Ball State University 4:00 PM Sarah Labra, Anne Rodgers, Antioxidant Protein Expression in Glutathione- 101 Allison Hendershot, Nichole Deficient Saccharomyces cerevisiae is Altered by Cysteamine Thompson-Van Hook, Thaddeus Treatment Harmon, Corey Mills, Sarah Mordan-McCombs, Franklin College 9:45 AM Jessica Caldwell and James The Differential Impact of Chitin and Chitosan on Heavy Metal 102 Mendez Pollution in Water Samples 10:00 AM Jerry Sheu and Sundeep Rayat, Towards the synthesis of aryl tetrazolethiones: Successes and 102 Ball State University Challenges 10:15 AM Karen Smiar, James Mendez Using 3D Printing and Magnets to Model Chemical Reactions 102
10:30 AM Sundeep Rayat, Robert Cool Tools & Hot Science – An Early Exposure to Advanced Chemical 203 Sammelson, Mahamud Subir, Concepts and Tykhon Zubkov WORKSHOP 2:15 PM Angelia C. Jeka, Alexandra D. Photodynamic Evaluation of Chlorophyll-Rexinoid Derivatives in Triple 102 Mee and Meden F. Isaac-Lam, Negative Breast Cancer Cell Line Purdue University Northwest 2:30 PM Courtney L. Jenkins, Clayton Repurposing Sulfur into Functional Polymers 102 Westerman, Ball State University 2:45 PM Joseph L. Kirsch Jr, Daniel Infrared Spectroscopic studies of C60 AND C70 nanoparticle 102 Schemenauer, and Austin Engle, interactions with 2-pyrrolidone Butler University 3:00 PM Ryan Young, Dan Headley, Orientation Analysis of p-nitrophenolate at Air-Aqueous Interface 102 Maggie Schmits, Milina Quiroz, and Mahamud Subir, Ball State University 3:15 PM Todd Hopkins, Butler University Chiral Luminescent Materials: Using Lanthanides and Ionic Liquids 102
3:30 PM Timothy Zwier, Purdue University Spectroscopy and Photochemistry of Nitriles Relevant to Titan’s 102 Atmosphere HOT TOPIC 9:45 AM K. Solomon Isiorho, Indiana Winter Snow and Dunes from the 2014 Midwest Winter 105 University-Purdue University Ft Wayne 10:00 AM John E. Frederick, University of Solar radiation observed at the South Pole: Variations in atmospheric 105 Chicago transmission over a quarter-century 10:15 AM Harlie Summers and K. Solomon Paying Tributary: A Study of Water Quality in Huntington’s Little River 105 Isiorho, Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne 10:30 AM J.O. Farlow, C. Harter and B. Manus-Only Sauropod Dinosaur Trackways from the Glen Rose 105 Dattilo, Indiana-Purdue University Formation (Lower Cretaceous, Kendall County, Texas) Fort Wayne, R.T. Bakker and D. Temple, Houston Museum of Natural Science, E.E. Deschner, R. Solis and W. Ward [deceased] , Heritage Museum of the Texas Hill Country, P.L. Falkingham, Liverpool John Moores University 11:00 AM Anthony H. Fleming, and Nancy Tunnel Channel Networks in the Interlobate Region of Northeastern 105 R. Hasenmueller, Indiana Indiana: Implications for the Timing, Lobation, and Thermal Regime of Geological Survey the Laurentide Ice Sheet
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9:45 AM Andrew Schnabel, Indiana A tale of two African Hibiscus - differences in floral attraction, 107 University South Bend, Juan pollination, and autonomous delayed selfing between the Carlos Ruiz Guajardo, University sympatric Hibiscus aponeurus and H. flavifolius of California at Davis, Britnie McCallum, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, Adriana Otero Arnaiz, Office of Agricultural Affairs, USDA, Mexico City, Katherine C. R. Baldock, University of Bristol, Graham N. Stone, University of Edinburgh
10:00 AM David C. LeBlanc, Ball State Growth-climate relationships of tuliptree (Liriodendron tulipifera) in 107 University, Justin Maxwell, Eastern North America Indiana University 10:15 AM Emma Oschrin and H.L. Co-occurring invasive plant species: how multiple invasions affect 107 Reynolds, Indiana University plant community dynamics
10:30 AM Ryan Schroeder and Darrell Utilizing GIS to Locate Endangered Gravel Hill Prairies of the Wabash 107 Schulze, Purdue University, Derek River Valley Luchik, The Nature Conservancy, Bob Easter, Gus Nyberg, and Brad Weigel, NICHES Land Trust 11:00 AM Jade R. Bilyeu, Indiana Effects of Emerald Ash Borer on Ash Tree Health and Economic Loss 107 University Southeast Due to Ash Tree Removal on the Indiana University Southeast Campus in New Albany, Indiana 11:15 AM Megan Doucette and Deborah Effect of Galerucella beetles on controlling Lythrum salicaria in a newly 107 Marr, Indiana University South established wetland Bend 11:30 AM Andrea L Myers, Jordan M Influence of Forest Fragment Compositional and Structural 107 Marshall, Indiana University- Heterogeneity on Ground-Dwelling Arthropod Communities Purdue University Fort Wayne 2:15 PM Sara Tabner, Deborah Marr, and Urban Pollinator Diversity and Pollinator Movement Between Wetlands 107 Andrew Schnabel, Indiana on the IU South Bend Campus University South Bend 2:30 PM Brodrick Deno & Marshall Eighteen new spider distribution records in Indiana 107 Sparenberg
2:45 PM Belkasim Khameiss, Richard Recent Fossils Of Non-Marine Mollusks (Gastropoda) From, Orhaniye- 107 Fluegeman, Eric Lange and Guvence Basin and The Tarakli Basin, central Anatolia, Turkey Randall Bernot, Ball State University, K. Christopher Beard, University of Kansas 3:00 PM Veronica Yager and Rod Comparison of the Prey Base for Eastern Hellbenders between Three 107 Williams, Purude Universtiy Streams
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3:15 PM Ashley L. Kissick, Jeffrey D. Using predator vision to link trophic levels 107 Holland, John B. Dunning, Jr., Patrice Baumhardt, and Esteban Fernández-Juricic, Purdue University
3:30 PM Clayton D. Delancey, Garrett Tracking Movements of Cerulean Warblers (Setophaga cerulea) in 107 MacDonald, Claire Nemes, and Southern Indiana Kamal Islam, Ball State University 3:45 PM Scott Haulton, Indiana Autumn Bat Activity in Selection Harvests and Intact Forest Stands 107 Department of Natural Resources, Located Near Hibernacula Division of Forestry 4:00 PM Jacob L. Berl, Elizabeth A. Interspecific Comparison of Hantavirus Prevalence 107 Flaherty, and Robert K. Swihart, in Peromyscus from a Fragmented Agro-ecosystem in Indiana Purdue University, Amy J. Kuenzi, Montana Tech, Butte, Montana
10:00 AM Kevin Goodman, University of Indium as a Surfactant for Molecular Beam Epitaxial Growth of GaN 201 Southern Indiana, Kasra Pourang, Nanowires University of Notre Dame, Vladimir Protasenko, Cornell University
10:20AM Irene M.B. Reizman, Alexander Strategies for understanding and adapting to heterogeneity in large- 201 Armstrong, Jonathan K. Lee, and scale bioprocesses Jessica R. Ames Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
10:40 AM Farid Breidi and Keith Pate, Design of 3-D Printed Hydraulic/Pneumatic Excavator Arm 201 University of Southern Indiana
11:00 AM Victoria Leffel and Terry West Combined Sewer Overflow Abatement, Lafayette and West 201 Lafayette, Indiana, A continuing Story 11:20 AM Terry West and Robert Jacko, Reuse Designs for the Tippecanoe County Superfund Sanitary 201 Purdue University Landfill Site
2:15 PM Jeffrey W. Frey, U.S Geological An approach to optimize water quality and streamflow monitoring 105 Survey and Jeremy Webber, within Indiana Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis
2:30 PM Dawn R. McCausland and Continuous Water Quality Monitoring in the School Branch 105 Aubrey R. Bunch, U.S. Geological Watershed Survey
2:45 PM Aubrey R. Bunch, U.S. Fish Community Assessment of Marion County Streams 105 Geological Survey
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9:45 AM Jenny C. Fisher, Indiana Getting to Know Your Microbiome 103 University Northwest HOT TOPIC
10:30 AM Patrick R Selig and Vamsi Impact of Soybean aphid feeding on a host defense regulatory 103 Nalam, Indiana University-Purdue gene PHYTOALEXIN DEFICIENT 4 (PAD4) and its splice variants in University Fort Wayne Soybean (Glycine max)
11:00 AM Hisako Masuda and Peter Tupa, Diversification and Copy Number Variation of Alkane Monooxygenase 103 Indiana University Kokomo Genes in Bacterial Genomes
11:15 AM Belinda Petri, John Klem and Investigation of Novel Interactions of PDX 1.2 and PDX2, components 103 Elizabeth E. Rueschhoff, Indiana of the Pyridoxal 5’-Phosphate Synthase Complex in Arabidopsis University Southeast thaliana
11:30 AM John Klem and Elizabeth Investigation of Short Root Phenotype of sos4 and pdx1.3 Mutants by 103 Rueschhoff, Indiana University Grafting in Arabidopsis thaliana Southeast
2:15 PM Douglas Bernstein, Ball State How CRISPR can be applied as a genome editing tool in fungal 101 University pathogens and other organisms. HOT TOPIC
9:45 AM Eric Stinaff, Ohio University Flatland: The Emerging Science and Technology of Two-Dimensional 106 Crystals HOT TOPIC 10:45 AM Brendan Ferris and Antonio Investigating the Electronic and Structural Properties of Stanene 106 Cancio, Ball State University 11:00 AM Ryan Z. Lybarger, Bruce D. Ray, Electrostatic charging of membranes by adenosine triphosphate 106 and Horia I. Petrache, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis 11:00 AM Guillermo Gonzalez, Ball State Are the Earth-size planets around Trappist-1 habitable? 104 University and Senior Fellow HOT TOPIC Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture 11:15 AM Jacob J. Kinnun, Xiaoling Leng, PUFA: A Raft-Domain Driving Force 106 Andrew Meador and Stephen R. Wassall, Indiana University– Purdue University Indianapolis, Dylan Johnson, Edward Ross Pennington, Saame Raza Shaikh, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 11:30 AM Antonio C. Cancio, Ball State Can we predict electronic structure without electronic orbitals? -- 106 University and Jeremy J. Redd, Lessons from visualization Utah Valley University 2:15 PM Patrick M Motl, Indiana Public Education and Outreach Opportunities for the August 21st 203 Univeristy Kokomo North American Eclipse WORKSHOP 2:30 PM Dylan Griffith and Guillermo Stellar Variability Near the Galactic Mid-Plane 106 Gonzalez, Ball State University
2:45 PM Eric Hedin and Yong Joe, Ball Transmission and Circular Currents in a Hex-Quantum Dot Ring 106 State University
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3:00 PM Albert DiBenedetto, Mahfuza Electronic Properties of Hexagonal Boron Nitride and Graphene 106 Khatun, Antonio Cancio Nanoribbons 3:15 PM Samuel Teye, and Mohammed Experimental Studies of 65Cu (α, p) 68Zn reaction for Nuclear 106 Islam, Ball State University, Astrophysics Richard J. Deboer and Wanpeng Tan, University of Notre Dame 3:30 PM Robert C. Berrington, Thomas The Ball State University Short-Period Variable Star Program 106 Jordan, Alan Gavel, Michael Holcomb, Jon Van de Water, Erin Tuhey, Ball State University 3:45 PM Alan A. Gavel II and Robert C. Modeling of W Ursae Majoris Stars 106 Berrington, Ball State University 4:00 PM Patrick M Motl, Indiana Flow Patterns in Simulated Contact Binaries 106 University Kokomo 9:45 AM Ahmed Hubini, Donald Ruch, Comparison of the Structure and Composition of the Woodlands at 205 Megan Crecelius, John Taylor Skinner Woods and Cooper Woods, Delaware County, Indiana and Kemuel Badger, Ball State University 10:00 AM Eric B. Knox, Indiana University- An Inversion Hot Spot in Lobeliaceae Plastid Genomes 205 Bloomington 10:15 AM Scott A. Namestnik, Orbis Fore!!! Vascular Plant County Records and Species of Conservation 205 Environmental Consulting Concern at Elbel Park, St. Joseph County, Indiana 10:30 AM Walter Fertig, Indiana University Gap Analysis: A method to Identify Conservation Priorities in Indiana 205
11:00 AM Sierra Ash, Indiana University Invasive threat of Pyrus calleryana (Rosaceae) pear trees in Floyd 205 Southeast County Indiana, USA 11:15 AM Michael A. Homoya, Indiana Observations of Thismia rodwayi (Thismiaceae) in situ: Clues for 205 DNR Division of Nature Locating Thismia americana? Preserves, Mark Wapstra, Environmental Consulting Options Tasmania, Wesley Homoya, Tropical Birding, and Barbara Homoya, Veterans Health Administration HSR&D, R. L. Roudebush VA Medical Center. 11:30 AM Gerould Wilhelm, senior scientist Flora of the Chicago Region: A Floristic and Ecological Synthesis. 205 at the Conservation Research HOT TOPIC Institute and principal botanist/ecologist and co-owner of the Conservation Design Forum and Laura Rericha, wildlife biologist and natural historian, Forest Preserve District of Cook County; and research associate, Conservation Research Institute 2:15 PM Donald G. Ruch, Ball State Exploring Flowers and Their Pollinators 205 University HOT TOPIC 2:55 PM Robert Waltz, Office of Indiana Pollination Biology: The Problems Insect Pollinators Face 205 State Chemist & Seed HOT TOPIC Commissioner 3:45 PM Robert P. Jean, Environmental What We Can Do to Help Pollinators 205 Solutions & Innovations, Inc. HOT TOPIC Stephanie Schuck, Marian University
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9:45 AM Jeffrey D. Holland, and Todd R. Integrated STEM Education: A TRAILS Approach 203 Kelley, Purdue University
10:00 AM Ryan Jeske, Ball State University "Active Learning in the Organic Chemistry Classroom" 203
10:15 AM Kristi Bugajski, Mike Watters, Mindy EPIC: Establishing Practices Integrating Commuter Students 203 Capaldi, Karl Schmitt, Jon Schoer, Bonnie Dahlke
10:30 AM Sundeep Rayat, Robert Sammelson, Cool Tools & Hot Science – An Early Exposure to Advanced 203 Mahamud Subir, and Tykhon Chemical Concepts Zubkov, Ball State University WORKSHOP
2:15 PM- Jessi Ghezzi, Ball State University Becoming a Professional Scientist: How to Get Started! 201 4:14 PM James Marrs, Indiana University- WORKSHOP Purdue University Indianapolis Roger Kult, Natural Resources Conservation Service Dave Isenhour, Advanced Agrilytics/Ag Ingenuity LLC
2:15 PM Patrick M Motl, Indiana Univeristy Public Education and Outreach Opportunities for the August 21st 203 Kokomo North American Eclipse WORKSHOP 3:00 PM Bill McKnight Rantings of a Mad Botanist 203 HOT TOPIC 3:30 PM Jen Brown, Indiana State Department THE HOT ZONE: Newly Emerging Infectious Diseases 203 of Health HOT TOPIC
9:45 AM Ahmed Mustafa, Alycia Herndon, Stress: A Major Problem in Aquaculture 109 Ashley Baum, and Kenneth Saillant
10:00 AM Shelby L. Hart, Mackenzie S. Spicer, The Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana) as a Possible 109 and Brian G. Gall, Hanover College Predator of Terrestrial and Aquatic Salamander Species
10:15 AM Mackenzie M. Spicer, Shelby L. Hart, Clutch-level variation in predator avoidance behavior in wood 109 Brian G. Gall frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) tadpoles 10:30 AM Rex Meade Strange and Alanna Phylogeographic evidence for post-Pleistocene dispersal of the 109 Noland, University of Southern Indiana least brook lamprey (Lampetra aepyptera) in the Ohio River system 11:00 AM Kent Edmonds, Indiana University Is the Marsh Rice Rat (Oryzomys palustris) a Potential Animal 109 Southeast Model to Study the Effects of Alcohol Administration on Reproduction? 11:15 AM Marianna Zamlauski-Tucker, Ashley Age-Related Changes in Nuclear Reduced Glutathione Levels in 109 Emmons and Bingwei Ye the Rat Kidney
11:30 AM Chris R. Smith, Earlham College The evolution of novelty in insects: the developmental origin of 109 metamorphosis and sociality from a gene family perspective.
2:15 PM Michael L. Draney, University of A newly discovered horned spider in the 109 Wisconsin-Green Bay, Marc A. Milne, genus Epiceraticelus (Araneae: Linyphiidae) University of Indianapolis, Michael Ulyshen, Southern Research Station, U.S. Forest Service, Gabrielle Madriz, University of Indianapolis
2:30 PM Marc Milne, Brodrick Deno, and Five recently found undescribed spiders and their mates from 109 Marshall Sparenberg. University of Indiana forests Indianapolis
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2:45 PM Janelle Bouman, Kelly Braun, Diurnal Oviposition of Blow Flies and DNA Identification of Early 109 Moriah Carmel, Valparaiso Arrivers University, Raenah Bailey, Kristi Bugajski, Beth Scaglione-Sewell 3:00 PM Gene Kritsky, Mount St. Joseph Bees and Peas: How Apiology Shaped Gregor Mendel’s Thinking 109 University, Cincinnati, OH
3:15 PM Glené Mynhardt, Hanover College From Ecoblitz to Identification Blitz: Report on the Beetle (Insecta: 109 Coleoptera) Diversity in Morgan-Monroe and Yellowwood State Forests
3:30 PM Luke M. Jacobus, Indiana Univ. Research resources from the Purdue Entomological Research 109 Purdue Univ. Columbus and G. Collection Nearns, and J. Zaspel, Purdue University 3:45 PM Garrett Y. Price, Brittany F. Biogeochemical Interactions Between an Invasive Scarab (Popillia 109 Peterson, Michael E. Scharf, japonica Newman) and its Subterranean Environment Matthew D. Ginzel, and Douglas S. Richmond, Purdue University 4:00 PM Kumud Joshi, Indiana University Characterization of the nature of Rag5 mediated resistance to 109 Purdue University Fort Wayne soybean aphids
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