EIGHTY-SECOND ANNUAL MISSISSIPPI ACADEMY OF SCIENCES MEETING February 22-23, 2018 The University of Southern Mississippi Thad Cochran Center, Hattiesburg, Miss Sponsored by: Annual Meeting Sponsor Mississippi Academy of Sciences Sponsors University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Health Related Professionals The University of Southern Mississippi Millsaps College Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Eighty-Second Annual Meeting Mississippi Academy of Sciences Volume 63 February 2018 Number 1 Table of Contents General Schedule 2 Conference Center Map 5 Academy Officers & Divisional Chairs 2015-16 7 Sustaining Members 8 Exhibitors 8 Life Members 10 Dodgen Lecturer, Plenary Speaker 13 HHMI/Millsaps Undergraduate Symposium 15 Mississippi INBRE Graduate Symposium 16 Divisional Symposia and Workshops 15 Overview of Divisional Programs 29 Agriculture & Plant Science 29 Cellular, Molecular & Developmental Biology 33 Chemistry & Chemical Engineering 41 Ecology & Evolutionary Biology 50 Geology & Geography 52 Health Sciences 56 History & Philosophy of Science 63 Marine & Atmospheric Sciences 65 Mathematics, Computer Science & Statistics 68 Physics & Engineering 70 Psychology & Social Sciences 74 Science Education 76 Zoology & Entomology 79 Editor: Michelle Tucci, University of Mississippi Medical Center Editorial Board: Gregorio Begonia, Jackson State University; Maria Begonia, Jackson State University; Ham Benghuzzi; University of Mississippi Medical Center; Ibrahim O. Farah, Jackson State University, Robin Rockhold, University of Mississippi Medical Center Program Editor: Kenneth Butler, University of Mississippi Medical Center The Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences (ISSN 0076-9436) is pub-lished in January (annual meeting ab-stracts), April, July, and October, by the Mississippi Academy of Sciences. Members of the Academy receive the journal as part of their regular (non-student) membership. Inquiries regarding subscriptions, availability of back issues, and address changes should be addressed to The Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Post Office Box 55709, Jackson, MS 39296-5709, telephone 601-977-0627, or email [email protected]. 001 Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Eighty-Second Annual Meeting General Schedule Thursday, February 22, 2018 Time Event Location 7:30-5:00 p.m. Registration First Floor TCC 8:00-8:00 p.m. Exhibits Second Floor TCC 8:00-3:00 p.m. Divisional Programs See program for details 8:30-12:00 p.m. Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Symposium TCC 226 9:30-12:00 p.m. Population Health Symposium I TCC Ballroom II & III 1:00-3:00 p.m. Bioinformatics Symposium TCC 229 1:00-3:00 p.m. Population Health Symposium II TCC Ballroom II & III 2:00-3:00 p.m. Science Education Workshop: STEMI TCC 210 2:05-3:05 p.m. Chemistry Entrepreneurs Symposium TCC 218 A 3:30-5:30 p.m. Dodgen Lecture TCC Ballroom II/III 5:30-7:30 p.m. Reception/Poster Session Thad Cochran Center Friday, February 23, 2018 Time Event Location 7:15-8:15 a.m. Past Presidents Breakfast Union Hall of Honors 8:00-12:00 p.m. Divisional Programs See program for details 8:00-11:30 a.m. Agriculture Workshop Union C 8:00-4:00 p.m. Science Education, Wolbachia Rodeo Workshop WSB 153 9:30-10:30 a.m. Health Science/Chemistry High School Poster Session TCC Ballroom I 10:00-11:30 a.m. Advanced Teaching Methodologies Workshop TCC 210 10:00-11:55 a.m. Population Health Interactive Workshop TCC Ballroom II 11:00-1:00 p.m. Field Trip to Lake Thoreau Environmental Center Off Campus Plenary Speaker and Lunch (Sponsored by Millsaps/HHMI and 12:00-1:00 p.m. TCC Ballroom II Mississippi INBRE) 1:00-3:00 p.m. Millsaps/HHMI Undergraduate Symposium and Awards TCC Ballroom III 1:00-3:00 p.m. Mississippi INBRE Graduate Symposium TCC Ballroom II 1:00-2:00 p.m. MS College and Career Readiness Workshop TCC 210 002 Agriculture & Plant Cellular, Molecular & Chemistry & Chemical Ecology & Geology & Thursday Sciences Developmental Biology Engineering Evolutionary Biology Geography Health Sciences 7:30 a.m. Registration (Lobby) 8:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. Oral Presentations & Oral Presentations Oral Presentations Ecology & Evolutionary Oral Presentations Business Meeting Population Health (TCC 214) (TCC 218A & 218B) Biology Symposium (Union H) (Union C) Symposium I 10:00 a.m. (TCC 226) 11:00 a.m. (Ballroom II & III) 12:00 p.m. Lunch Oral Presentations Oral Presentations 1:00 p.m. Oral Presentation & Population Health (Union C) Oral Presentations (TCC 218A & 218B) Oral Presentations & Business Meeting Symposium II (TCC 214) Symposium Student Awards 2:00 p.m. (TCC 226) (Ballroom II & III) (TCC 218A) (Union H) 3:00 p.m. 2017 Dodgen Lecture & Presentation of Awards 4:00 p.m. (Thad Cochran Center, Ballroom II & III) 5:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. Reception & Poster Session 7:00 p.m. Friday 8:00 a.m. Oral Presentations Oral Presentations 9:00 a.m. (TCC 218A) (TCC 227, 228 and Oral Presentations & Ballroom II) Oral Presentations & High School Poster Business Meeting Business Meeting Session (TCC Third Floor) 10:00 a.m. 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Agriculture Workshop (TCC 214) Population Health (Union C) (Union H) Oral Presentations & Workshop (Ballroom II) 11:00 a.m. Business Meeting (TCC Lake Thoreau Field Trip 218A) 11 a.m.-1 p.m. 12:00 p.m. Plenary Speaker Sponsored by Millsaps/HHMI and Mississippi INBRE (Ballroom II) 1:00 p.m. Millsaps/HHMI Undergraduate Symposium & 2:00 p.m. Mississippi INBRE Graduate Symposium 3:00 p.m. (Ballroom II) 003 History & Marine & Mathematics, Philosophy of Atmospheric Computer Sciences Physics & Psychology & Science Thursday Science Sciences & Statistics Engineering Social Sciences Education Zoology 7:30 a.m. Registration (Lobby) 8:00 a.m. Oral Presentations Oral Presentations 9:00 a.m. & Business Oral Presentations & Oral Presentations & Business Oral 10:00 a.m. Meeting Business Meeting & Business Meeting Meeting Presentations Panel Discussion (TCC 227) (TCC 229) (Union A) (TCC 210) (TCC 228) 11:00 a.m. (Union D) 12:00 p.m. Lunch 1:00 p.m. Oral Oral 2:00 p.m. Presentations & Oral Presentations Presentations & STEMI Workshop Business (Union A) Business Meeting (TCC 210) Meeting (TCC 227) (TCC 228) 3:00 p.m. 2017 Dodgen Lecture & Presentation of Awards 4:00 p.m. (Thad Cochran Center, Ballroom II & III) 5:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. Reception & Poster Session 7:00 p.m. Friday 8:00 a.m. Oral Presentations Oral Presentations Oral Presentations & (TCC 210) 9:00 a.m. (TCC 226) Divisional Business 10:00 a.m. Meeting Oral Presentations Simulation Based Workshop (TCC 229) (Union A) Education Meeting 11:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Asylum Hill Plenary Speaker Sponsored by Millsaps/HHMI and Mississippi INBRE Research (Ballroom II) 1:00 p.m. Consortium Millsaps/HHMI Undergraduate Symposium & Workshop 2:00 p.m. (Hall of Honors) Mississippi INBRE Graduate Symposium 3:00 p.m. (Ballroom II) 004 Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Eighty-Second Annual Meeting Thad Cochran Center Map 005 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Cook University Union Map 006 Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Eighty-Second Annual Meeting Officers of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences President: Kenneth Butler President-Elect: James Stephens Immediate Past-President: Sukumar Saha Executive Officer: Hamed A. Benghuzzi Journal Editor: Michelle Tucci Directors: Pradip Biswas, Md. Alamgir Hossain, C. LaShan Simpson Executive Assistant: Gerri Wilson Administrative Assistant: Lisa McCammon Division Chairs 2015–2016 Agriculture &Plant Science History & Philosophy of Science Raja Reddy, Chair, Mississippi State University Nick Gilbert, Chair, University of Mississippi Medical Center Katie Alford, Co-Chair, University of Mississippi Medical Center Nacer Bellaloui, Vice-Chair, USDA-ARS Mary Ball Markow, Vice-Chair, University of Mississippi Medical Cellular, Molecular &Develop. Biol. Center James A. Steward, Co-Chair, Mississippi State University Rachel Sharp, Vice-Chair, University of Mississippi Medical Center Donna M. Gordon, Co-Chair, Mississippi State University Marine & Atmospheric Sciences Chemistry & Chemical Engineering Remata Reddy, Chair, Jackson State University Julie, Pigza, Chair, The University of Southern Mississippi Francis Tuluri, Vice-Chair, Jackson State University Hedayo Ogungbe, Vice-Chair, Jackson State University Mathematics, Computer Sci. & Statistics Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Jamil Ibrahim, Chair, University of Mississippi Medical Center A. H. M. Ali Reza, Chair, Delta State University Guillermo A. Riveros, Vice-Chair, US Army Engineer Research Nina Baghai-Riding, Vice-Chair, Delta State University Ping Zhang, Vice-Chair, Alcorn State University Geology & Geography Physics & Engineering R. Tyler Berry, Chair, Mississippi Department of Environmental Shanti Bhushan, Chair, Mississippi State University Quality-Office of Geology Cecille Labuda, Vice-Chair, University of Mississippi Andrew M. O’Reilly, Vice-Chair, University of Mississippi Psychology & Social Science Health Sciences Ray Grill, Chair, University of Mississippi Medical Center Gary Chong, Chair, Tougaloo College Jennifer Harpole Price, Chair Mehrun Laiju, Vice-Chair, Tougaloo College Frank Spradley, Co-Chair, University of Mississippi Medical Center Frederick Hunter, Vice-Chair, Tougaloo College Gouri Mahahan, Co-Chair, University of Mississippi Medical Center Science Education Olga McDaniel, Program Committee, University of Miss. Medical Elizabeth Prewitt, Chair, Blue Moutain College Center Shana Lee, Vice-Chair, Mississippi State University George Moll, Program Committee, University of Miss. Medical Center Zoology & Entomology