2025 Rogers Tuesday Talks

Schedule of summer science research talks

May 22, 2025
Rogers
Rogers

Students discuss their research projects during a series of talks on Tuesdays in June and July. Each presentation is 15 minutes, plus time for questions. There are generally three talks per session.

Tuesdays 12:00 - 1:15 pm
Olin 204

 

June 3

Responsible Conduct of Research
Todd Watson
Associate Professor of Psychology

Please note that this face-to-face training is a required component of the College’s RCR policy and attendance will be taken.

June 10

Colloquium: Equity in the Sciences
Mary James, PhD
Professor of Physics, Reed College
Former Dean for Institutional Diversity

June 17

Investigating how animals and cells construct their internal compartments
Student presenters: Hazel Gladish, Ian Larkin, Trent Nause, Bryn Romig
Faculty collaborator: Greg Hermann

Urban Insect Ecology: ecological interactions between native and non-native species in urban community gardens
Student presenters: Michelle Jin, Suzie Myles, Julia Thompson
Faculty collaborator: Heidi Liere

Using Machine Learning to Provide Timely Feedback during Hands-on Cybersecurity Exercises
Student presenters: Julia Scott, Ishan Abraham, Max Gorgan
Faculty collaborator: Jens Mache


June 24

Diversity and function of phospholipase D venom toxins in spiders
Student presenter: Finn Watson
Faculty collaborator: Greta Binford

Limiting Behavior of Discrete Stochastic Processes: Random Walk and the Moran Process
Student presenters: Hayley Kreps, Sam Rudderow
Faculty collaborator: Yung-Pin Chen

Lasers and electromagnets for laser cooling of atomic lithium
Student presenters: Morgan Berghof, Emma Falk, Emma Hataway, Kaia O’Neill
Faculty collaborator: Ben Olsen


July 1

Rethinking methods in animal behavior: Introducing Project SQUEAK
Student presenter: Liam Stanley
Faculty collaborators: Tracy Burkhard, Albert Bae, Ben Olsen

Lunar phobia, illuminated: Testing a long-standing assumption through a sensory ecology and evolutionary framework
Student presenters: Angie Cabarle, Jonah Koenig
Faculty collaborator: Tracy Burkhard

Expression and characterization of two GH38 from the bladder bacteria Lactobacillus crispatus & Monitoring the growth of commensal bladder bacteria on host glycoproteins
Student presenters: Elie Al Khoury, Malia Heien
Faculty collaborator: Jean-Philippe Gourdine

Exploring Executive Functioning, Resilience, and Heart-Rate Variability: A “Sidewalk Neuroscience” Study
Student presenters: Abby Liang, Sophie Wong
Faculty collaborator: Todd Watson


July 8

Noble Metal Nanoparticle Shape Control
Student presenters: Hunter Powell, Lindsey Stobbs, Caroline Mpanganeni
Faculty collaborator: Anne Bentley

Urban Oak Woodland Regeneration in the Santa Monica Mountains of Los Angeles, CA
Student presenter: Tova Benson
Faculty collaborator: Alana Rader

Studying mechanisms of neurodegenerative disease in zebrafish
Student presenters: Esraa Alkhateeb, Elsie Chin, Willow Irving, Sadie Meredith-Andrews, Abby Yamashita
Faculty collaborator: Tamily Weissman-Unni


July 15

The dynamics of micro-swimmers: correlating optical force measurements with high-speed video microscopy of swimming algae.
Student presenters: Elan Acevdo, Ryan Jurischk
Faculty collaborator: Albert Bae

Dependable Computing
Student presenters: Felix Gibeault, Wade McDermott, Daniel Neshyba-Rowe, Ellen Whalen
Faculty collaborator: Alain Kägi

Transcriptional regulation of pluripotency in embryonic stem cells
Student presenters: Dean Pham, Srinidhi Sundaresan
Faculty collaborator: Sharon Torigoe

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