Hill Fellowship Past Recipients - College of Science

College of Science

Kally Arnzen, for the project "Slime microbiome community assembly dynamics in Gal谩pagos land snails" (Dr. Christine Parent, mentor)
Jeff Badigian, for the project "The discovery of double stranded RNA mycoviruses in Candida glabrata" (Dr. Paul Rowley, mentor)
Emilia Carrillo, for the project "Magnetic bistability in dynamic molecular crystals" (Dr. Sebastian Stoian, mentor)
Andy Johnson, for the project "Solving fluid flow problems using complex analysis" (Dr. Somantika Datta, mentor)
Mete Yuksel, for the project "Epidemiological dynamics of pathogen diversity in the wake of gene drive releases" (Dr. Christopher Remien, mentor)

Kate Brooks, for the project “ Determining probable cause of death and chance of bone disease in a Jeffersonian Mammoth specimen from southeast 幸运快三” (Dr. Renee Love, mentor)
Abigail Childress, for the project “Functional testing of Stat3 role in neural development and plasticity” (Dr. Peter Fuerst, mentor)
Jeremy Ellis, for the project “The Development of protocols for the injection of yeasts into Galleria mellonella to study fungal virulence and animal immunity” (Dr. Paul Rowley, mentor)
Tanner Hahn, for the project “ Synthesis of carbon-linked glycopeptides and incorporation into a salivary protein (Mucin 7) polypeptide subunit as glycosylation-based antigens” (Dr. Kris Waynant, mentor)
McKenna Hull, for the project “To fuse or not to fuse: how mutations in the F protein effect fusion phenotype of respiratory syncytial virus” (Dr. Tanya Miura, mentor)
Jordan Pentzer, for the project “Using scaled laboratory experiments to quantify dynamics of the Earth’s deep mantle” (Dr. Eric Mittlestaedt, mentor)
Nicole Recla, for the project “Investigating natural selection from visual predators on Galápagos endemic land snails” (Dr. Christine Parent, mentor)
Zoe Wilson, for the project “Phage engineering to understand virus host range” (Dr. JT Van Leuven, Dr. Holly Wichman, and Dr. Craig Miller, mentors)

Madison Bergeman, for the project “Effects of sequential co-infection of viruses in Drosophila adult flies” (working with Professor Christine Parent)
Kirk Bonney, for the project “Computation of Fourier coefficients for twists of Siegel paramodular forms” (working with Professor Jennifer Johnson-Leung)
Alyssa Doloughan, for the project “The use of visible near infrared spectroscopy and X-ray fluorescence to quantify water-lava interactions on the columbia river flood basalts; application to Mars” (working with Professor Erika Rader)
Kristen Frafjord, for the project “Exploring the relationship between glycogen and α-amylase in the human vagina” (working with Professor Larry Forney)
Trevor Griffin, for the project “Finding Euler factors for L-functions of paramodular forms” (working with Professor Jennifer Johnson-Leung)
Jordan Hawley, for the project “The investigation of the antifungal activities of killer toxin-like genes identified within filamentous fungi” (working with Professor Paul Rowley)
Austin Kindall, for the project “Cellular Signaling using Down Syndrome cell adhesion molecule” (working with Professor Peter Fuerst)
Samuel Myers, for the project “Using spin-orbit misalignment to constrain theories of planetary formation” (working with Professor Jason Barnes)

Archana Dahal, for the project “Studying Structures in Innermost Region (D-Ring) of Saturn’s Ring System” (working with Professor Matt Hedman)
Courtney Kennedy, for the project “Determining Antifungal Resistance Mechanisms in Yeast Using High Throughput Robotics” (working with Professor Paul Rowley)
David Richards, for the project “Effect of Donor-Recipient Ratio on Horizontal Viral Transmission Rates in Drosophila melanogaster (working with Professor Christine Parent)
Megan Schlussler, for the project “Investigating the Genetic Causes of Autism Spectrum Disorder” (working with Professor Peter Fuerst)
Frankie Scholz, for the project “Antibody Escape Mutations in Respiratory Syncytial Virus” (working with Professor Tanya Miura)
Carly Scott, for the project “Applying New Hydrographic Data to Ocean Systems: Creating a High-Resolution, Continuous Profile of the Greenland Boundary Current” (working with Professor Tim Bartholomaus)
Eli Smith, for the project “Multistability Analysis of Sound Effects on Binocular Vision” (working with Professor Linh Nguyen)
Tristie Stucker, for the project “Spectral Theory of Orthogonal Matrices Over F2” (working with Professor Stefan Tohaneanu)

Courtney Kennedy, for the project “Determining Antifungal Resistance Mechanisms in Yeast Using High Throughput Robotics” (working with Professor Paul Rowley)
David Richards, for the project “Effect of Donor-Recipient Ratio on Horizontal Viral Transmission Rates in Drosophila melanogaster (working with Professor Christine Parent)
Frankie Scholz, for the project “Antibody Escape Mutations in Respiratory Syncytial Virus” (working with Professor Tanya Miura)
Tristie Stucker, for the project “Spectral Theory of Orthogonal Matrices Over F2” (working with Professor Stefan Tohaneanu)