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Undergraduate Students

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

The importance of antennae in cockroach Periplaneta americana on adaptability to different terrains.

Graduation with Distinction

Graduate Students

A number of graduate students have also worked with me. They are listed here.

Name

Thesis or Master's Report Title

Barbara J. Mendius
M.Sc. 1977

Responses to sound in primary and central auditory neurons of Acheta domesticus

Darryl L. Daley
Ph.D. 1978

The giant interneurons of the American cockroach: morphology and physiology during walking

Yang Wen Chen
M.Sc. 1992

The effects of trochanteral campaniform sensilla on the motor pattern of cockroach walking behavior

Manoj J. Paul
M.Sc. 1994

Turning behavior in the cockroach, Periplaneta americana

Robert Prock
M.Sc. 1995

Effects of turning radius on walking movements in the cockroach, Periplaneta americana

John Zukowski
M.Sc. Entomology. 2009

Insight into the neural basis of locomotion in the cockroach, Periplaneta americana.

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Hexapod Group Photo Photo of students Photo of Jan Cocatre-Zilgien Student Photo Delcomyn Lab group, Jan. 2001 Delcomyn Lab Group, 2003 The Delcomyn lab April 2008
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