Summer Internship Program - 2009

The 2009 National Science Foundation's Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program accepted 18 interns into the program. They conducted research in a "graduate school" setting and received hands-on experience working in research labs with world-renowned faculty. Below you will find information about the interns, learn about their research projects, and access their weekly blogs.

MEET THE INTERNS

Tyler Bradstreet
Sophomore, Microbiology, Oregon State University
Project Title: Isolation of total RNA for microarray analysis of gene expression in microbial assemblages of the Columbia River Ecosystem
Project Description (doc)
Blog


Mayen Dada
Junior, Molecular Biology, Concordia University
Project Title: Anaerobic gene regulation in Bacillus subtilis
Project Description (doc)
Blog


Chelsea DeSouza
Junior, Mathematics, Mills College
Project Title: Sediment Modeling and Observation
Project Description (doc)
Blog


Ruby Disko
Junior, Chemistry, Oregon State University
Project Title: Peptidylglycine α-Hydroxylating Monooxygenase (PHM) Purification and Reconstitution
Project Description (doc)
Blog


Chelsea Edgmont
Freshman, Chemical Engineering, Oregon State University
Project Title: Identification of microbial populations active in the biogeochemical cycling of carbon in the Columbia River Plume through stable isotope probing
Project Description (doc)
Blog


Trinidad Estrada
Junior, Computer Science, Heritage University
Project Title: Presenting CMOP Data with Google Ocean
Project Description (doc)
Blog


Evan Jackson
Junior, Chemistry, Willamette University
Project Title: Sensors for Real-Time Speciation of Metals in Water
Project Description (doc)
Blog


Peter Landgren
Freshman (incoming), Engineering, Whitworth College
Project Title: Sensors for Real-Time Speciation of Metals in Water
Project Description (doc)
Blog


Lindsey Longway
Sophomore, Biology, Bard College at Simon’s Rock
Project Title: Coastal Ocean Observatories: practical operation & implementation of remote data collection assets
Project Description (doc)
Blog


Jessica Masterman
Senior, Chemistry and Geology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Project Title:  Role of Dissolved Organic Carbon in Fluorescence-based Chemical Assays of Ammonium and Zinc
Project Description (doc)
Blog


Jared Maybee
Sophomore, Biochemistry/Molecular Biology, Brown University
Project Title: Regulation of Mn oxidation in Pseudomonas putida GB-1
Project Description (doc)
Blog


Jordan Nakayama
Junior, Environmental Science/Biology, Pacific University
Project Title: Investigation of microbial nitrification along the Columbia River coastal margin using DNA microarray data
Project Description (doc)
Blog


William Odette
Freshman, Chemistry, The University of North Carolina
Project Title: Anaerobic gene regulation in Bacillus subtilis
Project Description (doc)
Blog


Shannon Parker
Sophomore, Computer Science, Clark Atlanta University
Project Title: Improved QA/QC for real time biogeochemical SATURN observations
Project Description (doc)
Blog


Alexandra Rios
Sophomore, Kinesiology, University of Southern California
Project Title: Isolation and characterization of bacteria of the phylum Bacteroidetes from the Columbia River Estuary
Project Description (doc)
Blog


Donna Turquoise
Junior, Anthropology, Portland State University
Project Title:  CMOP Tribal Portal Database
Project Description (doc)
Blog


Isaac Velando
Junior, Applied Mathematics, Texas A&M University
Project Title: Physiological ecology of cryptophyte algae
Project Description (doc)
Blog


Rachel Warnick
Junior, Biology and Spanish, Willamette University
Project Title: The red tide Myrionecta rubra ecological impact and dynamic in the Columbia river estuary
Project Description (doc)
Blog