More than 40 undergraduate students have contributed their hard work and enthusiasm for science to my laboratory. Those listed here deserve special recognition for graduating with some form of distinction or by having their work published. Many others not listed here have participated with equal vigor.
Student |
Research Topic |
Honor(s) earned |
Diane C. Belosky 1975/76 |
Acoustic sensitivity of cricket cerci |
Published in Journal of Insect Physiology, 23, 359-365 |
Brian M. Davis 1977/78 |
Vibration sensitivity of cockroach cerci |
Graduation with Distinction |
Alice C. Mills 1983/84 |
The transfer of a learned movement between ganglia in an insect |
Graduation with Distinction |
Michelle A. Cox 1984/85 |
Post-activity inhibition and excitation in the giant fibers of the American Cockroach, Periplaneta americana |
Graduation with Distinction |
Dennis J. Andersen 1984/85 |
The use of trochanteral sensory recordings in interpreting motor activity |
Graduation with High Distinction |
David W. Hall 1989/90 |
Fast axon activity in swimming of Periplaneta americana |
Graduation with Distinction |
Edward H. Kolb 1992/93 |
Up and down walking in cockroaches |
Abstract, The effects of climbing on motor patterns in cockroach legs, 32nd International Union of Physiological Sciences Congress, Glasgow, Scotland, 2-6 August, 1993 |
Tyler K. Stevens 1994/95 |
Motor patterns during turning in cockroaches |
Graduation with Distinction (Physiology)
C. Ladd Prosser Outstanding Achievement Award (Physiology) |
Alex J. Sauper 1998/99 |
The flexibility of stereotyped escape behavior in the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana |
Graduation with High Distinction (Physiology) |
Michelle Cecchini
2002/04 |
Response characteristics of the trochanteral hair plate
in Periplaneta americana |
Graduation with High Distinction (Biology General)
Life Sciences Distinction Award |
Pablo Quintana 2007/09
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The importance of antennae in cockroach Periplaneta americana on adaptability to different terrains.
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Graduation with Distinction |