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Summer Internship Program 2010

2010 Interns
The 2010 National Science Foundation's Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program accepted 14 interns into the program. Below you will find information about the interns, learn about their research projects, and access their weekly blogs.

Meet the Interns

Chelsea EdgmontChelsea Edgmont
Bio: Junior, chemical engineering major, Oregon State University
Project Title: The identification and importance of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) in the coastal Oregon hypoxic zone
Project Description (.doc)
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Sheedra FutrellSheedra Futrell
Bio:Senior, biology major, Oglethorpe University, Georgia
Project Title: Development of Myrionecta rubra blooms in Ilwaco habor: growth rates, genetic diversity of free-living cryptophyte population and bloom-forming M. rubra variant prey-specificity
Project Description (doc)
Blog


Matthew Geniza
Bio: Senior, biology major, Oregon State University
Project Title: Development of full rDNA sequence of Katablepharis sp. in the Columbia River estuary
Project Description (doc)
Blog


Vena HaynesVena Haynes
Bio: Senior, biology major, Pacific University, Oregon
Project Title: Assay development for SLA sensor array format for rapid detection of microorganisms in environmental water samples
Project Description (doc)
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Melanie KadakeMelanie Kadake
Bio: Freshman, construction management major, University of Alaska.
Project Title: Investigations of a natural cold iron and manganese depositing seep
Project Description (doc)
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Lacey Kloster
Bio: Sophomore, chemical engineering major, Oregon State University
Project Title: Regulation of Mn oxidation in Pseudomonas putida GB-1
Project Description (doc)
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Timothy LauTimothy Lau
Bio: Sophomore, biomedical engineering major, Washington University, Missouri
Project Title: Joint Availability Interface for SATURN Observation Data
Project Description (doc)
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Paul "Tae Won" LimPaul "Tae Won" Lim
Bio: Junior, Chemistry major, Cornell University, New York
Project Title: Atomic Force Microscopy of microbe-mineral interactions
Project Description (doc)
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Eduan Martinez-SoloEduan Martinez-Soto
Bio: Sophomore, biomathematics major, Universidad Metropolitana, Puerto Rico
Project Title: QA/QC data analysis and procedure development
Project Description (doc)
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Jared MaybeeJared Maybee
Bio: Senior, biochemistry/molecular biology major, Brown University
Project Title: Investigations of natural substrates for deep-sea biofilm formation.
Project Description (doc)
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Danielle MilesDanielle Miles
Bio: Senior, chemistry major, Willamette University, Oregon
Project Title: Persulfate for Disinfection of Ballast Water
Project Description (doc)
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Ezra-Mel Pasikatan
Bio: Junior, chemical engineering major, Oregon State University
Project Title: Development of data analysis tools for autonomous instrumentation on the CMOP SATURN collaboratory
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Troy ReardonTroy Reardon
Bio: Clatsop Community College, Oregon
Project Title: Coastal Ocean Observatories: practical operation & implementation of remote data collection assets
Project Description (doc)
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Jade Taylor
Bio: Junior, community health major, Portland State University, Oregon
Project Title: Assessing the impact of algal toxins on patterns of shellfish consumption among members of the Quinault Indian Nation
Project Description (doc)
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