Bee-INSPIRED Summer Program 2018

Winston Hessler

Chemistry, Georgia State University
Mentor: Todd Sulchek
Research Poster Title: Development of a Non-Toxic Physical Control to
Varroa destructor mites in Honey Bee Colonies

Oliver Howington

Biology, University of North Georgia
Mentor: David Hu
Research Poster Title: Apis mellifera pollen collection and storage

Rogelio Ibarra Rivera

Chemistry, Georgia State University
Mentor: Carson Meredith
Research Poster Title: Production of Homogenized Suspensions of Chitin Nano-Fibers

Juanita Pardo

Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology
Mentor: Joseph Mendelson
Research Poster Title: Investigating the Quantitative and Numerical Discrimination Cognitive Abilities of Eastern Box Turtles

Jonathan Pennie

Neuroscience, Georgia State University
Mentor: Joe Brown
Research Poster Title: Environmental Enteric Dysfunction and Concentration by Age and Gender

Ruby Rizvi​

Microbiology, Georgia State University
Mentor: William Ratcliff
Research Poster Title: Examination of the effects of bioelectricity on the evolution 
of multicellularity in snowflake yeast

Bethany Terpin

Environmental Science, Berry College
Mentor: John Pierson
Research Poster Title: Effects of oxalic acid on honey bee larval survival 

Derek Whaler

Cell and Molecular Biology, Northeastern State University of Oklahoma
Mentor: Joe Brown
Research Poster Title:The Importance of Sanitation and Data Collection: The Maputo Sanitation Project viewed as an integral study for usage in the Global Goals given predicted climate change