George H. Cook Honors Projects 2002-2003

Estylan Dan L. Arellano

Regulation of Erythrocytes Glutamate Levels
with Prof. Malcolm Watford (NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES)

Stacy A. Carlucci

Feeding Behavior and Competition between Migratory Shorebirds and Laughing Gulls (Larus atricilla) on Delaware Bay
with Prof. Joanna Burger (ECOLOGY, EVOLUTION & NATURAL RESOURCES)

Aaron J. Corona

Environmental Enrichment for Laboratory Rats
with Prof. Larry S. Katz (ANIMAL SCIENCES)

John R. D'Agostino

Community Planning and the Unintended Consequences of Floodplain Fill on Private Property in Monmouth Beach, New Jersey
with Prof. David Tulloch (LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE)

Melissa A. Dulinski

Metabolic Diversity Patterns of Microbial Populations Based on Soil Structural Affinities
with Prof. Robert L. Tate (ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES)

Cindy Echevarria

Hormonal Regulators of Food Intake in Horses
with Prof. Kenneth H. McKeever (ANIMAL SCIENCES)

Richard J. Giannone

Complete Nucleotide Sequence of Plasmid pKG2 from the Aromatic Hydrocarbon Degrading Bacterium, Sphingomonas yanoikuyae B1
with Prof. Gerben J. Zylstra ( BIOTECHNOLOGY CENTER)

Vanessa L. Grunkemeyer

Spatial Learning and Foraging Competition in Goats
with Prof. Larry S. Katz (ANIMAL SCIENCES)

Amir J. Guri

The Relationship between Popularity and Child Activity Levels
with Prof. John Worobey (NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES)

Winifred Huang

Dependence of Respiratory Upsurge in Plants on Membrane-Lipid Enrichment in Unsaturated Fatty Acids
with Prof. Chaim Frenkel (PLANT BIOLOGY & PATHOLOGY)

Julie K. Jones

Digestibility and Nutritive Value of Alternative Food Waste Diets in Swine Nutrition
with Prof. Michael L. Westendorf (ANIMAL SCIENCES)

Rachel L. Kaletsky

Isolation and Characterization of Novel merB Genes from Microorganisms Enriched on Organomercurials of Varying Chemical Complexity
with Prof. Tamar Barkay (BIOCHEMISTRY & MICROBIOLOGY)

Abigail E. Kochanik

Testing the Validity of an Oral Dextrose Challenge on Young Horses Fed Different Diets
with Prof. Sarah L. Ralston (ANIMAL SCIENCES)

John P. Krasting

A Statistical Analysis of Thermodynamic and Kinematic Variables Prior to Severe Thunderstorm Events in the Northeastern United States
with Prof. Robert Harnack (ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES)

Melissa R. Lee

The Effects of Graduated Exercise on Cholecystokinin in the Regulation of Energy Homeostasis in Horses
with Prof. Kenneth H. McKeever (ANIMAL SCIENCES)

Lora L. Leonardo

The Translational Regulation of Dihydrofolate Reductase
with Dr. Emine Ercikan-Abali, M.D. (CANCER INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY)

Rebecca F. Lyne

Effects of Water Table Levels on Drosera intermedia
with Prof. Joan G. Ehrenfeld (ECOLOGY, EVOLUTION & NATURAL RESOURCES)

Zenithson Y. Ng

Leptin as a Regulator of Energy Balance in the Horse
with Prof. Kenneth H. McKeever (ANIMAL SCIENCES)

Kristin S. Onesios

Investigation of Time-Place Discrimination in the Goat
with Prof. Larry S. Katz (ANIMAL SCIENCES)

Chidubem N. Orazulike

Functional Defect of the TGFBetaRII in Pituitary Tumors
with Prof. Dipak K. Sarkar (ANIMAL SCIENCES)

Michal M. Poplawski

Involvement of Opioids in Chronic Alcohol Inhibition of Natural Killer Cell Function
with Prof. Dipak K. Sarkar (ANIMAL SCIENCES)

Catherine J. Potenski

Expression of Listeria monocytogenes Virulence Genes in Food Matrices and Impact on Infectivity in a Guineau Pig Model
with Prof. Karl Matthews (FOOD SCIENCE)

Evita T. Sadimin

Structure Activity Relationships in the Recognition of Peptides by MHC DR2 Molecules
with Prof. Gary L. Olson ( RUTGERS TECHNOLOGY CENTER)

Payal Shah

The Effect of Di-ethylhexyl Phthalate on the Expression of Fatty Acid Transporters and Metabolizing Enzymes in Rat Placental Cells
with Prof. Thomas J. Cook (PHARMACEUTICS)

Andrea S. Sheremeta

Characterization of the Ovine Small Proline-Rich Protein Gene Family
with Prof. Barry W. Jesse (ANIMAL SCIENCES)

Jocelyn E. Tutak

A Comparative Analysis of Seed Bank Composition in the Kearny Freshwater Marsh
with Prof. Jean Marie Hartman (LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE)

Daniel VanNostrand

The Effects of Dominant Land Cover on the Regeneration of Plant Species within Riparian Zones of Headwater Streams in the Piedmont Region of New Jersey
with Prof. Colleen Hatfield (ECOLOGY, EVOLUTION & NATURAL RESOURCES)

Thomas Ryan Vorrius

Interactions between ATP Sulfurylase and APS Reductase of the Sulfate Assimilation Pathway in Plants Using Reverse and Forward Biological Coupled Assays
with Prof. Thomas Leustek ( BIOTECHNOLOGY CENTER)

Lori Ann Wilkinson

The Conformational States of Beta-lactoglobulin
with Prof. Peter C. Kahn (BIOCHEMISTRY & MICROBIOLOGY)

Laura D. Winters

Bone Quality of Semistarved Lean vs. Obese Rats
with Prof. Sue A. Shapses (NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES)

Jason J. Wu

The Effect of Curcumin on Human Colon Epithelial Cells
with Dr. Steven J. Shiff, M.D. (CANCER INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY )

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