Award Abstract #0552608
REU Site: Research Internships in Science of the Environment (RISE)

NSF Org:	MCB Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences
Initial Amendment Date:	March 27, 2006
Latest Amendment Date:	May 15, 2008
Award Number:	0552608
Award Instrument:	Continuing grant
Program Manager:	David A. Rockcliffe MCB Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences BIO Directorate for Biological Sciences
Start Date:	April 1, 2006
Expires:	March 31, 2009 (Estimated)
Awarded Amount to Date:	$300077
Investigator(s):	Carolyn Dowling cdowling@astate.edu (Principal Investigator) Robyn Hannigan (Former Principal Investigator) Carolyn Dowling (Former Co-Principal Investigator)
Sponsor:	Arkansas State University Main Campus 504 University Loop East Jonesboro, AR 72401 501/972-2100
NSF Program(s):	EXP PROG TO STIM COMP RES, HUMAN RESOURCES, UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS IN CHEM, CROSS-DIRECTORATE ACTIV PROGR, RSCH EXPER FOR UNDERGRAD SITES
Field Application(s):
Program Reference Code(s):	SMET, 9261, 9250, 9232, 9178, 9177, 9150
Program Element Code(s):	9150, 7226, 1986, 1397, 1139

ABSTRACT

Research Internships in Science of the Environment (RISE) Program at Arkansas State University provides students a unique cross-disciplinary research experience under the broad disciplinary umbrella of Environmental Science. The research program is unified through a common research field site, a common set of research objectives, and the inclusion of REU participants in a collaborative research team comprised of two REU participants and two faculty mentors. Research efforts center on the relation between agricultural land-use and impact on the environment including environmental chemistry, contaminant fate and transport, habitat quality, and biodiversity. Research at a centralized field area, the Judd Hill Plantation, and collaborative research training in the field and laboratory provides students with hands-on training in state-of-the-art analytical technologies while providing training in a number of environmental disciplines ranging from chemistry to ecology to geology to social sciences. RISE is specifically designed to provide integrated research and training opportunities to under-represented minority students. RISE particularly encourages the participation of rising sophomore and junior students in biology, chemistry and/or social sciences interested in research. Included in RISE is an ethics component comprised of seminars on topics such as environmental justice, the social dimensions of science and technology, and ethics in science. The program features seminars that include guest lectures from minority scientists in academia, government, and the private sector. RISE students present their research at a national scientific meeting and are provided mentorship by the program after the summer has ended. The goal is to provide young scholars the opportunity to be immersed in the "doing" of science providing the touchstone experience they need to thrive and excel at the undergraduate and graduate level. More information and application materials can be found at http://www.cas.astate.edu/rise or by contacting Dr. Robyn Hannigan (hannigan@astate.edu; 870-680-4360 or 870-972-3269).

PUBLICATIONS PRODUCED AS A RESULT OF THIS RESEARCH

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Brett Williams, Trevor Wisdom, Matt Horton, Robyn Hannigan, Malathi Srivatsan.  "MALATHION LEVELS IN WATER RESOURCES AND ITS EFFECT ON THE BRAIN CHOLINESTERASE OF YOUNG,"  21st National Conference for Undergraduate Research,  2007, 

David M. Krauth, Jennifer L. Bouldin, V. S. Green, William H. Baker, P. S. Wren.  "FIELD USAGE OF A POLYACRYLAMIDE SOIL ADDITIVE TO REDUCE AGRICULTURAL-ASSOCIATED,"  21st National Conference for Undergraduate Research,  2007, 

Eric D. Freeburg, Luis Nopo-Olaz, Robyn Hannigan, Fabricio Medina-Bolivar.  "PHYTOCHEMICAL PROFILING AND CHEMICAL MARKER DEVELOPMENT OF BLACK COHOSH (ACTAEA,"  21st National Conference for Undergraduate Research,  2007, 

HECTOR L. ESTRADA, JANE O. ANFINSON, JAMES C. BEDNARZ.  "IS BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS A FACTOR INFLUENCING ABNORMAL BALDING IN PASSERINE BIRDS IN,"  21st National Conference for Undergraduate Research,  2007, 

J Uwase, G Wilson, J Martonez-Quintana, S Simeon, S Hill, S Vanderpool, and A Lorence.  "VITAMIN C BIOSYNTHESIS IN MUSTARD SPECIES,"  21st National Conference for Undergraduate Research,  2007, 

Keith Trammel, Nick Reed, Taylor Ingle, Jessica Stirrat, Robyn Hannigan and Roger Buchanan.  "EFFECTS OF EXPOSURE TO FLUORESCENT SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS ON THE AQUATIC,"  21st National Conference for Undergraduate Research,  2007, 

Kelsey Brown, Luis Nopo-Olazabal, Jose Condori, and Fabricio Medina-Bolivar (Fabricio Medina-Bolivar and Robyn Hannigan),.  "ANALYSIS OF INDUCIBLE METABOLTES IN POTATO HAIRY ROOTS,"  21st National Conference for Undergraduate Research,  2007, 

Marc Hosken, Robyn Hannigan, Lynn Heard.  "DEVELOPMENT OF A RAPID GC-MS DETECTION METHOD FOR PHENCYCLIDINE (PCP),"  21st National Conference for Undergraduate Research,  2007, 

Nick Reed, Keith Trammell, Jessica Stirrat, Robyn Hannogan and Roger Buchanan.  "FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY OF HAIRY ROOTS THAT WERE EXPOSED TO SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS,"  21st National Conference for Undergraduate Research,  2007, 

Sarah Spulecki, Jose Condori, Kristen Shelton, Luis Nopo-Olazabal (Fabricio Medina-Bolivar and Anne Grippo).  "RESVERATROL AND RESVERATROL DERIVATIVES PRODUCED FROM PEANUT HAIRY ROOTS,"  21st National Conference for Undergraduate Research,  2007, 


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