2016 – 2017 OVPR Fellows

Graduate students had three minutes to explain their research and scholarly projects for the Vice President for Research Fellowship Challenge Competition.

Twelve students were chosen and invited to become the inaugural VPR Fellowship Program cohort. Fellows will receive up to $4,000 in scholarship and travel support as well as opportunities to participate in professional development workshops, mentorship, leadership and engagement opportunities over the 2016-17 academic year.

Alexandra Blevins

Alexandra Blevins, College of Agricultural Sciences

3 Minute Presentation: The Mysterious Life inside a Cow Pie: Can Dung Beetles Affect Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions from Cattle Dung?

Hailey Conover

Hailey Conover, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and the Cell and Molecular Biology Program

3 Minute Presentation: Missing 50%: Copy Number Variation in Human Disease

Kristen Davenport

Kristen Davenport, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

3 Minute Presentation: The Case of Misbehaving Proteins

Stacy Endriss

Stacy Endriss, College of Agricultural Sciences and the Graduate Degree Program in Ecology

3 Minute Presentation: Plants and Insects: A Toxic Relationship

Robert Griffin-Nolan

Robert Griffin-Nolan, College of Natural Sciences and the Graduate Degree Program in Ecology

3 Minute Presentation: When Grasses Succumb to Drought: A Plant Physiological Approach to Understanding Grassland Carbon Uptake During Drought

Ava Hoffman

Ava Hoffman, College of Natural Sciences and the Graduate Degree Program in Ecology

3 Minute Presentation: Breaking Down the Drought Portfolio in Grasslands

Nabila Huq

Nabila Huq, College of Engineering

3 Minute Presentation: Shedding Light on Lower Back Pain

Maggie Jones

Maggie Jones, College of Liberal Arts

3 Minute Presentation: A Decade of Dysfunction: Mismanagement of Sacred Spaces at Effigy Mounds National Monument

Dustin Lee

Dustin Lee, College of Health and Human Sciences

3 Minute Presentation: Let Food be Your Medicine: Fuzhuan Tea and Heart Disease

Mei-heng Lin

Mei-heng Lin, College of Health and Human Sciences

3 Minute Presentation: Modeling the Neural and Behavioral Inter-relationship of Error Monitoring

Hannah Love

Hannah Love, College of Liberal Arts

3 Minute Presentation: Formula for Long-Term Learning

Lauren Radakovich

Lauren Radakovich, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

3 Minute Presentation: Elucidating the Role of Iron Dysregulation in the Development of Knee Arthritis in Obesity