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Meet our 2006 Summer Undergraduate Research Students

Left to right, top row: Troy Ruskamp, Elise Traversa, Gabe Krigsfeld, Drew Kozlowski
Bottom Row: Andrea Illausky (Prog. Coordinator), Jessica Jannette, Alexandra Salter, Vanessa Rodriguez, Erin Vaughan


Click on the name of a student below to read more about their research project.

Jessica Jannette, Northern Michigan University
Project: Testing Monochromator Resolution using Iron Oxides Hematite and Goethite

Drew Kozlowski, St. Lawrence University (NY)
Project: Characterization of Carbonate Environments in Carbonate Apatite

Gabe Krigsfeld, Pace University (NY)
Project: Understanding Novel Metal-Organic Framework Compounds

Vanessa Rodríguez-Rivera, Interamerican University of Puerto Rico
Project: Effect of commingling metal sulfides on their oxidation rate

Troy Ruskamp, Benedictine College (KS)
Project: The Structural Transformation of g-Alumina During the Aging Process

Alexandra Salter, George Fox University (OR)
Project: Sequestration and Remediation of Uranium by Electrospun Silica-Based Materials

Elise Traversa, The University of the South (TN)
Project: X-Ray and MAS NMR Studies of the formation of Lepidocrocite from Green Rust and Synthetic Alunites

Erin Vaughan, University of Vermount
Project: Potential Toxicity of Hg, Pb, Cr (III) and Cd to Digestive Enzymes in Estuarine Deposit Feeding Polychaetes


2006 Photo Gallery


Left to right: Vanessa Rodriguez, Aimee Pak, Andrea Illausky (REU coordinator), Andrew Kozlowski, Jessica Jannette, Erin Vaughan, Alexandra Salter, Elise Traversa, Troy Ruskamp, Mirza Beg (CEMS Educ. Specialist) not in picture-Gabriel Krigsfeld


Please send correspondance and questions to:
Andrea Illausky, Administrative Assistant
Center for Environmental Molecular Science
ESS 255
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY 11794-2100
TEL: (631) 632-1924
FAX: (631) 632-1937
aillausky@notes.cc.sunysb.edu


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