132nd Annual Academy Meeting
J.W. Marriott Hotel, Indianapolis, Indiana
Saturday, March 25th, 2017
A Glimpse at the 2017 Program Book…
(The Schedule of Events, Research, Hot Topics,
Workshops, Exhibits)
TODAY:
OPENING: ‘LET’S TALK SCIENCE…’
Darrin Rubino (Indiana Academy of Science
President) will welcome you this morning at the 8:30 a.m. Opening to the 132nd Annual Academy
Meeting. Darrin Rubino will present the Morning Plenary entitled ‘Dendroarchaeology: Using
building timbers and tree rings to explore the past’.
SECTION MEETINGS:
(Everyone) 9:20 a.m. Please join your primary Section of interest
following the Opening this morning. Meet and talk with others in your specialty area and name your
next Section Vice Chair. Learn more about your membership in the Indiana Academy of Science.
SCIENCE RESEARCH :
9:45 a.m. – 12:00 noon and 2:10 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Nearly 250 Oral Research Papers and Posters are being presented today. Explore your interests!
Areas of science being discussed today include Anthropology, Botany, Cell Biology, Chemistry, Earth
Science, Ecology, Entomology, Environmental Quality, Micro and Molecular Biology, Physics and
Astronomy, Plant Systematics and Biodiversity, Psychology, Science Education, and Zoology.
Posters will be on display for your viewing all day.
Poster presenters will be at their posters to discuss their research beginning at 4:15 p.m. to 5:55 p.m.
(From 4:15 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. assigned odd numbered poster presenters to be present at their poster. From 5:05
p.m. to 5:55 p.m. assigned even numbered poster)
WORKSHOPS
Workshops:
 Becoming a Professional Scientist: How to Get Started Workshop is offered by Jessique
Ghezzi , James Marrs, Roger Kult, and Dave Isenhour 2:15p.m.-4:14p.m. Room 201
 Cool Tools and Hot Science –An Early Exposure to Advanced Chemical Concepts Workshop
is offered by Mahamud Subir , Sundeep Rayat, Robert Sammelson, and Tykhon Zubkov.
10:30 a.m. – 12noon Room 203
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Public Education and Outreach Opportunities for the August 21st North American Eclipse
Workshop is offered by Patrick Motl 2:15p.m.- 3:00p.m. Room 203
‘HOT TOPICS’
‘Hot Topics’:
 Humanitarian Science in the Texas Borderlands: Scaling the Wall of Misinformation by Forensic
Scientist Krista Latham 3:00p.m. - 4:00p.m. Room 204
 How CRISPR can be applied as a genome editing tool in fungal pathogens and other
organisms by Douglas Bernstein, Assistant Prof., Ball State 2:15p.m.-3:15pm. Room 101
 Spectroscopy and Photochemistry of Nitriles Relevant to Titan’s Atmosphere by Timothy Zwier,
Department of Chemistry Head, Purdue University 3:30p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Room 102
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Getting to know your Microbiome by Jenny Fisher, Assistant Prof. Dept. of Biology, IU
Northwest 9:45a.m.-10:15a.m. Room 103
The Hot Zone: Newly Emerging Infectious Diseases by State Public Health Veterinarian Jen
Brown 3:30-4:15p.m. Room 203
Rantings of a Mad Botanist by Botanist and author Bill McKnight 3:00p.m.-3:30p.m. Room 203
Flatland: The Emerging Science and Technology of Two-Dimensional Crystals by Eric Stinoff,
Assoc. Prof, Dept. of Physics/Astronomy, Ohio University. 9:45a.m.-10:45a.m. Room 106
Introducing Flora of the Chicago Region by Senior Scientist Gerould Wilhelm and Wildlife
Biologist and Natural Historian Laura Rericha, Chicago IL. 11:30am.-12noon Room 205
Exploring Flowers and Their Pollinators by Donald G. Ruch, Prof. Dept. of Biology, Ball State
2:15p.m.-2:55p.m. Room 205
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Pollination Biology: The Problems Insect Pollinators Face by State Chemist & Seed
Commissioner Robert Waltz 2:55p.m.- 3:45p.m. Room 205
What We Can Do to Help Pollinators by Senior Entomologist Regional Mgr. for Environmental
Solutions & Innovations Robert Jean and Stephanie Schuck, Outdoor Education and
Restoration Coordinator for the Nina Mason Pulliam EcoLab, Marian University 3:45p.m.-4:15p.m.
Room 205
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Are the Earth-size planets around Trappist-1 habitable? by Guillermo Gonzalez, Assist. Prof. of
Astronomy, Ball State, and Sr.Fellow Discovery Inst. Ctr. for Science/Culture 11.00 a.m. Room 104
Symposium:
On Friday, March 24, at 1:00-5:30 pm, the Indiana Academy of Science hosted a special Biodiversity
Symposium with the theme “Fire and the Forest-Prairie Boundary.” The 12 presentations covered the
diversity of organisms we Midwesterners know and love, they provide insight into how our natural history
collections are maintained, and they demonstrate how large databases and the internet are making this
information widely available. See the list of presenters who joined us for this special Biodiversity and
Natural Areas Symposium, highlighted following the abstract title section in this Program Book. Dr. Eric
Knox-Director, Indiana University Herbarium, Biodiversity Symposium Facilitator.
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BOOK SIGNINGS:
Bill McKnight will be introducing his new book, and presenting a Hot Topic
discussion from 3:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (Room 203)
Rantings of a Mad Botanist: A Comprehensive Guide to
Gardening and Land use Practices Emphasizing Central
Indiana (2016)
"Why didn't you write this book 30 years ago when I REALLY needed it? Think how
much time and money I could have saved. It should be at every nursery & garden
center in the central Midwest." - Dr. Terri Park
"Great book. I found it entertaining and informative. Not only could my mom read and get something out of it, but
so could a horticulture student at Purdue." - Ryan Volz, Rosie's (Garden Center), IN.
The author is a former museum curator and biology teacher with over 50 years gardening experience. He lives
on a three-acre property in Indianapolis where he deals with the usual issues of an urban landscape, especially
exotic invasives.
www.themadbotanist.com to order on line
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BOOK SIGNINGS continued:
Introducing Flora of the Chicago Region: A Floristic and
Ecological Synthesis (2017) published by the Indiana Academy of
Science, 1372 p.
Gerould Wilhelm and Laura Rericha will be presenting a ‘Hot Topic’
discussion from 11:30 a.m. to 12 noon (Room 205), and signing their new
book this afternoon.
‘This will be considered the most complete flora ever written for any place in the
U.S. They have meticulously and accurately brought the status of vascular plants in
the Chicago region up-to-date, while painstakingly recording an incredible array of
interactions between the flora and other organisms, especially insects. The intricate pollination of some plants,
many of these associations not previously known or recorded, is almost beyond belief."- Robert H. Mohlenbrock,
Distinguished professor emeritus, SIU Carbondale.
"The scholarship is off the scale!" - Bill N. McKnight. This tome substantially supercedes the 4th edition of the
now out-of-print Plants of the Chicago Region (Swink & Wilhelm, 1994).
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Tears of Re: Beekeeping in Ancient Egypt
Gene Kritsky will be signing his most recent book all day today.
"This is beyond doubt the most comprehensive study of honey bees and beekeeping in
this most ancient civilization." --Bee Culture
"Readable in a few hours, the book is the sort of unexpected delight one hopes to find
in an old hotel, and it deserves to do well. Let's hope the ... buzz spreads." --The
Independent.
"Kritsky has created a book that is an enjoyable, engaging read and also contributes
meaningfully to our understanding of the cultural significance of the bee and apiculture
in Egypt. ... Kritsky's work is an essential starting point for understanding beekeeping and discussions of bees
throughout the Mediterranean world, in art, and in history." --Bryn Mawr Classical Review.
Available from http://www.indianaacademyofscience.org. $30 for non-members and $24 for Indiana Academy of
Science members.
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132nd ANNUAL ACADEMY MEETING LUNCHEON: 12:00 noon
Academy President Darrin Rubino will host the 132nd Annual Academy Meeting Luncheon. He will
introduce your newly elected Academy officers, committee members, and Section leadership. He
will officially pass the gavel to incoming president Dr. Horia Petrache today.
The Academy wishes to thank those Academy members who ran for an office or Committee
position this time; and thank all of those who will be ending their terms this year. The 2017
Academy President and newly elected officials and committee members will begin their
responsibility June 1, 2017.
 Special Awards: The Academy is very proud to bestow upon Gene Kritsky, Ph.D. the
Academy’s Distinguished Scholar Award, and to bestow upon Tina Gilliand the Academy’s
Distinguished Service Award.
 The Academy Fellow Award: The Fellow is the Academy’s highest honor. The first
Academy member was conferred the Fellow honor in 1938. Today, Jeffrey D. Holland, Ph.D.,
Jennifer A. Metzler, Ph.D., Sarah Mordan-McCombs, Ph.D., Scott Namestnik, and
Vanessa S. Quinn, Ph.D. will be added to the ranks of those who hold this prestigious
recognition.
132nd Annual Academy Meeting Luncheon Speaker: As the
Indianapolis Zoo’s Executive Vice President and Zoo Director,
Rob Shumaker has exceptional credentials, including 20 years’
experience at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Zoo (where he
first encountered orangutans on a one-to-one basis) and later as
Director of Orangutan Research at the Great Ape Trust in Des
Moines, Iowa. He is recognized as one of the world’s foremost
experts in primate behavior, including the cognitive abilities of the
highly intelligent orangutan, and is a highly regarded lecturer.
Dr. Shumaker has written a number of scientific articles
and scholarly books on primate behavior and cognition. He is
currently on the faculty at Indiana University-Bloomington and is an
affiliate of the Krasnow Institute at George Mason University. His newest book, Animal Tool Behavior,
was published in 2011 and is considered the definitive work on the use and manufacture of tools by
animals. As the 132nd Annual Academy Meeting Luncheon Speaker, Dr. Robert Shumaker will
present ‘Studies of Orangutan Mental Abilities Promote Conservation, Advance Science, and
Increase Wellness.’
 Member Summit: Election Results, Passing of the Gavel, Academy business
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On display from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Indiana Academy of Science Books and Special Publications
Young Innovators Quest, Indianapolis
John Shepherd Wright Memorial Library
Friesner Herbarium of Butler University
INPAWS, Indiana Native Plant and Wildflower Society
Indiana Forest Alliance
Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites
Ball State University, College of Sciences and Humanities
Indiana Academy of Science
Purdue University, Department of Biological Sciences
Bloomington Urban Woodland Group
Indiana University, Department of Environmental Health
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132nd Annual Academy Meeting
AGENDA
SATURDAY, March 25, 2017
(JW Marriott Hotel, Indianapolis)
7:30 a.m. (Foyer, Level 2)
REGISTRATION
Poster set-up; Oral presenters load their
presentations; Exhibitor set-up.
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST (Level 1 Foyer)
New Academy Member Meet & Greet Breakfast
(w/Academy President, Past Presidents,
and Section Leadership) Room 104
8:30 a.m. (White River Ballroom –Level 1)
WELCOME
Dr. Darrin Rubino
President, Indiana Academy of Science
MORNING PLENARY
LET’S TALK SCIENCE… Darrrin Rubino, Ph.D.
‘Dendroarchaeology: Using building
timbers and tree rings to explore the past’
9:20 a.m. (See Section Rm # page)
SECTION MEETINGS
(All Academy members join their primary Section)
9:45 a.m. (See Presentation Rm #‘s)
SCIENCE PRESENTATIONS
Research Papers, ‘Hot Topics’, Workshops
12:00 p.m. (White River Ballroom-Level 1)
132nd ANNUAL ACADEMY MEETING
LUNCHEON
Academy President Darrin Rubino
Awards: Distinguished Scholar, Distinguished
Service, Academy Fellows Induction.
GUEST SPEAKER: Rob Shumaker, Ph.D.
’Studies of Orangutan Mental
Abilities Promote Conservation, Advance
Science, and Increase Wellness’
Membership Summit: Election Results,
Passing of the Gavel…
2:10 p.m. (See Presentation Rm #‘s)
SCIENCE PRESENTATIONS
Research Papers, ‘Hot Topics’, Workshops
4:15 p.m. – 5:55 p.m. (Griffin Hall, Level 2) POSTER PRESENTATIONS w/ concurrent
NETWORKING RECEPTION
(4:15 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. odd numbered poster
presentations; 5:05 p.m. to 5:55 p.m. even.)
6:00 p.m.
ADJOURN
Exhibits and Posters will be available for viewing all day, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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132nd Annual Academy Meeting
AGENDA
FRIDAY, March 24, 2017
(JW Marriott Hotel, Indianapolis)
1:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Biodiversity Symposium
White River Ballroom
B,C,D
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Academy Council Meeting
Room 204
(Members are always welcome)
6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Academy Council Reception/Dinner
(Invitational)
7:30 p.m.-10:00 p.m.
Room 201-203
Biodiversity/Nat. Areas Com. Meeting
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GENERAL INTEREST- HOT TOPICS AND WORKSHOPS
TIME
PRESENTER(S)
PRESENTATION
3:00-4:00 PM
Krista Latham, University of
Indianapolis
2:15-3:15 PM
Douglas Bernstein, Ball State
University
11:00 AM
Guillermo Gonzalez, Ball
State University and Senior
Fellow Discovery Institute’s
Center for Science and Culture
Timothy Zwier, Purdue
University
Jenny C. Fisher, Indiana
University Northwest
Eric Stinaff, Ohio University
3:30-4:15 PM
9:45-10:15 AM
9:45-10:45 AM
11:30 AM-12Noon
2:15-2:55 PM
2:55-3:45 PM
3:45-4:15 PM
3:00-3:30PM
3:30-4:15PM
Gerould Wilhelm, senior
scientist at the Conservation
Research Institute and principal
botanist/ecologist and co-owner
of the Conservation Design
Forum and
Laura Rericha, wildlife
biologist and natural historian,
Forest Preserve District of
Cook County; and research
associate, Conservation
Research Institute
Donald G. Ruch, Ball State
University
Robert Waltz, Office of Indiana
State Chemist & Seed
Commissioner
Robert P. Jean, Environmental
Solutions & Innovations, Inc.
Stephanie Schuck, Marian
University
Bill McKnight
Jen Brown, Indiana State
Department of Health
RM#
Humanitarian Science in the Texas Borderlands:
Scaling the Wall of Misinformation.
HOT TOPIC
How CRISPR can be applied as a genome editing tool
in fungal pathogens and other organisms.
HOT TOPIC
Are the Earth-size planets around Trappist-1
habitable?
HOT TOPIC
204
Spectroscopy and Photochemistry of Nitriles Relevant
to Titan’s Atmosphere HOT TOPIC
Getting to Know Your Microbiome
HOT TOPIC
Flatland: The Emerging Science and Technology of
Two-Dimensional Crystals
HOT TOPIC
Flora of the Chicago Region: A Floristic and
Ecological Synthesis.
HOT TOPIC
102
Exploring Flowers and Their Pollinators
HOT TOPIC
Pollination Biology: The Problems Insect Pollinators
Face
HOT TOPIC
What We Can Do to Help Pollinators
HOT TOPIC
205
Rantings of a Mad Botanist
HOT TOPIC
THE HOT ZONE: Newly Emerging Infectious
Diseases
HOT TOPIC
203
Workshops are located on the next page
COLOR KEY
HOT TOPIC
WORKSHOP
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10:30 AM-Noon
2:15 -3:00 PM
2:15 PM4:14 PM
PRESENTER(S)
PRESENTATION
Sundeep Rayat, Robert
Sammelson, Mahamud Subir,
and Tykhon Zubkov
Patrick M Motl, Indiana
Univeristy Kokomo
Jessi Ghezzi, Ball State
University, James Marrs,
Indiana University-Purdue
University Indianapolis
Roger Kult, Natural Resources
Conservation Service
Dave Isenhour, Advanced
Agrilytics/Ag Ingenuity LLC
Cool Tools & Hot Science – An Early Exposure to
Advanced Chemical Concepts
WORKSHOP
Public Education and Outreach Opportunities for the
August 21st North American Eclipse
WORKSHOP
Becoming a Professional Scientist: How to Get
Started!
WORKSHOP
COLOR KEY
HOT TOPIC
WORKSHOP
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ORAL PRESENTATIONS BY SECTION
TIME
10:00 AM
AUTHOR(S)
PRESENTATION
RM#
Susan Spencer Helfrich,
University of Southern Indiana,
and Della Collins Cook, Indiana
University
Paige Wojcik, Indiana University
An Examination of Midwestern American Indian Female Crania in
FORDISC 3.0 with Regard to an Isolated Calotte Found in Indiana
204
Can dental metrics be used to distinguish between European and
Native American individuals?
204
11:15 AM
Justin R. Maiers, Krista E.
Latham, Stephen P. Nawrocki,
Jessica Byram, University of
Indianapolis
Elliptical Fourier Analysis of the Human Nasal Aperture
204
2:15 PM
Krystiana Krupa, Indiana
University
How long has tuberculosis (TB) infected humans?
204
2:30 PM
Sarah Fann & Christopher
Schmidt, University of
Indianapolis
Krista Latham, University of
Indianapolis
Mastodon Extinction in the Context of Dental Microwear Texture:
Preliminary Findings
204
Humanitarian Science in the Texas Borderlands: Scaling the wall of
misinformation.
HOT TOPIC
Asimina triloba patch density and reproduction in four urban forest
fragments
204
Crown geometry of plantation-grown American Sycamore (platanus
occidentalis) and its simulation 2: trunk primary growth.
202
10:30 AM
3:00 PM
9:45 AM
10:00 AM
Aaron J. Rudolph, Vamsi J.
Nalam, and Jordan M. Marshall,
Indiana University-Purdue
University Fort Wayne
John R. Schutt, James A.
Rhodes State College, Lima, OH
202
10:15 AM
Victor Manzanilla, Holly Howell,
Alexander Mehreteab, Eric Rose,
Nichole Walters, Nicholas Seitz,
Jacob Nava and Michael Watters
Screening for genes important to cold acclimatization in Neurospora
crassa
202
10:30 AM
Taylor Davis and Darrin L.
Rubino, Hanover College, and
Chris Baas, Ball State University
Using tree-ring growth patterns to date the construction of the
Reverend Frederick and Sophia Wyneken house in Adams County,
Indiana
202
11:00 AM
Zhaowen Wu1, 2,William Oki
Wong1, 3, 4,and David L.
Dilcher4,
1State Key Laboratory of
Systematic and Evolutionary
Botany, Institute of Botany,
Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Beijing,China, 2University of
Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Beijing,3State Key Laboratory of
Paleobiology and Stratigraphy,
Nanjing Institute of Geology and
Palaeontology, Chinese Academy
of Sciences, Nanjing, China,
4Indiana University
Leaves and fruits of Pteroceltis (Cannabaceae) from the Miocene
Shanwang Formation of Shandong Province, eastern China
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ORAL PRESENTATIONS BY SECTION
TIME
AUTHOR(S)
11:15 AM
Xiao TAN1, 2, David L Dilcher1,
2, 3, ChunLin Sun1, 2, Qi Wang4,
1 Jilin University, Changchun,
China; 2 Key Laboratory for
Evolution of Past Life and
Environment in Northeast Asia,
Ministry of Education,
Changchun, China; 3 Indiana
University 4 State Key Laboratory
of Systematic and Evolutionary
Botany Institute of Botany,
Chinese Academy of
Sciences(CAS), Beijing, China.
New material of Ginkgoales from the Middle Jurassic of
Daohugou, Inner Mongolia, and its implication on paleo-CO2
reconstruction
202
10:15 AM
Adib Behrouzi, Jennifer
Robison, Stephen Randall,
Indiana University-Purdue
University of Indianapolis
Zach Deitch and S. Randall,
Indiana University Purdue
University Indianapolis, N.
Osuagwu and R. Wilson,
Hedmark University College,
Hamar, Norway, I.
Fattash,American University of
Madaba, Madaba, Jordan, and M.
Alsheikh, Graminor Breeding Ltd.,
Ridabu, Norway, and Norwegian
University of Life Sciences, Ås,
Norway
Katie Beverley 1,2, Brianna
Bangert3, and George
Sandusky1, 1Indiana University
School of Medicine, 2University of
Wisconsin School of Medicine
and Public Health, Madison, WI,
3Park Tudor School
Yongsheng Bai, Indiana State
University
Investigation of the Cold-Regulated promoter RD29A
in Arabidopsis thaliana and Glycine max.
101
Cold Response Biomarker Identification in Diploid Strawberry
101
Use of Aperio whole slide digital imaging for quantitation of PD-1,
PD-L1, and CD8 in Triple Negative Breast Cancer
101
Visualizing miRNA and mRNA Interactions for Next-Gen
Sequencing Tumor and Normal Datasets using MMiRNA-Viewer2.
101
11:30 AM
Aaron Hudnall and Jonathan W.
Lowery, Marian University
Identifying gene expression changes that reduce age-related bone
loss
101
2:15 PM
Douglas Bernstein, Ball State
University
How CRISPR can be applied as a genome editing tool in fungal
pathogens and other organisms.
HOT TOPIC
101
3:15 PM
Victoria Kreyden, Kristen M.
Rush, Morgan K Harrison,
Jennifer R. Kowalski, Butler
University
Lauryn R. Campagnoli, Daniel
K. Lester, and Jennifer R.
Kowalski
Investigation of the neuronal functions of the SUMO enzyme UBC9 in C. elegans
101
The investigation of SYD-2 as a potential substrate of the
Anaphase Promoting Complex in promoting GABA release at the
C. elegans neuromuscular junction.
101
10:30 AM
11:00 AM
11:15 AM
3:30 PM
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ORAL PRESENTATIONS BY SECTION
TIME
AUTHOR(S)
PRESENTATION
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Christopher J. Indovina, Sarah
M. Engle, Sheldon G. Watts, and
Eric M. Rubenstein, Ball State
University
Sarah Labra, Anne Rodgers,
Allison Hendershot, Nichole
Thompson-Van Hook, Thaddeus
Harmon, Corey Mills, Sarah
Mordan-McCombs, Franklin
College
Jessica Caldwell and James
Mendez
Jerry Sheu and Sundeep Rayat,
Ball State University
Karen Smiar, James Mendez
Identifying the Genes Required for the Degradation of TransloconAssociated Proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
101
Antioxidant Protein Expression in GlutathioneDeficient Saccharomyces cerevisiae is Altered by Cysteamine
Treatment
101
The Differential Impact of Chitin and Chitosan on Heavy Metal
Pollution in Water Samples
Towards the synthesis of aryl tetrazolethiones: Successes and
Challenges
102
Using 3D Printing and Magnets to Model Chemical Reactions
102
Cool Tools & Hot Science – An Early Exposure to Advanced Chemical
Concepts
WORKSHOP
Photodynamic Evaluation of Chlorophyll-Rexinoid Derivatives in Triple
Negative Breast Cancer Cell Line
203
Repurposing Sulfur into Functional Polymers
102
Infrared Spectroscopic studies of C60 AND C70 nanoparticle
interactions with 2-pyrrolidone
102
Orientation Analysis of p-nitrophenolate at Air-Aqueous Interface
102
3:15 PM
Sundeep Rayat, Robert
Sammelson, Mahamud Subir,
and Tykhon Zubkov
Angelia C. Jeka, Alexandra D.
Mee and Meden F. Isaac-Lam,
Purdue University Northwest
Courtney L. Jenkins, Clayton
Westerman, Ball State University
Joseph L. Kirsch Jr, Daniel
Schemenauer, and Austin Engle,
Butler University
Ryan Young, Dan Headley,
Maggie Schmits, Milina Quiroz,
and Mahamud Subir, Ball State
University
Todd Hopkins, Butler University
Chiral Luminescent Materials: Using Lanthanides and Ionic Liquids
102
3:30 PM
Timothy Zwier, Purdue University
102
9:45 AM
K. Solomon Isiorho, Indiana
University-Purdue University Ft
Wayne
John E. Frederick, University of
Chicago
Harlie Summers and K. Solomon
Isiorho, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne
J.O. Farlow, C. Harter and B.
Dattilo, Indiana-Purdue University
Fort Wayne, R.T. Bakker and D.
Temple, Houston Museum of
Natural Science, E.E. Deschner,
R. Solis and W. Ward [deceased]
, Heritage Museum of the Texas
Hill Country, P.L. Falkingham,
Liverpool John Moores University
Anthony H. Fleming, and Nancy
R. Hasenmueller, Indiana
Geological Survey
Spectroscopy and Photochemistry of Nitriles Relevant to Titan’s
Atmosphere
HOT TOPIC
Winter Snow and Dunes from the 2014 Midwest Winter
Solar radiation observed at the South Pole: Variations in atmospheric
transmission over a quarter-century
105
Paying Tributary: A Study of Water Quality in Huntington’s Little River
105
Manus-Only Sauropod Dinosaur Trackways from the Glen Rose
Formation (Lower Cretaceous, Kendall County, Texas)
105
Tunnel Channel Networks in the Interlobate Region of Northeastern
Indiana: Implications for the Timing, Lobation, and Thermal Regime of
the Laurentide Ice Sheet
105
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4:00 PM
9:45 AM
10:00 AM
10:15 AM
10:30 AM
2:15 PM
2:30 PM
2:45 PM
3:00 PM
10:00 AM
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AUTHOR(S)
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9:45 AM
Andrew Schnabel, Indiana
University South Bend, Juan
Carlos Ruiz Guajardo, University
of California at Davis, Britnie
McCallum, University of North
Carolina, Charlotte, Adriana Otero
Arnaiz, Office of Agricultural
Affairs, USDA, Mexico City,
Katherine C. R. Baldock,
University of Bristol, Graham N.
Stone, University of Edinburgh
A tale of two African Hibiscus - differences in floral attraction,
pollination, and autonomous delayed selfing between the
sympatric Hibiscus aponeurus and H. flavifolius
107
10:00 AM
David C. LeBlanc, Ball State
University, Justin Maxwell,
Indiana University
Growth-climate relationships of tuliptree (Liriodendron tulipifera) in
Eastern North America
107
10:15 AM
Emma Oschrin and H.L.
Reynolds, Indiana University
Co-occurring invasive plant species: how multiple invasions affect
plant community dynamics
107
10:30 AM
Ryan Schroeder and Darrell
Schulze, Purdue University, Derek
Luchik, The Nature Conservancy,
Bob Easter, Gus Nyberg, and
Brad Weigel, NICHES Land Trust
Jade R. Bilyeu, Indiana
University Southeast
Utilizing GIS to Locate Endangered Gravel Hill Prairies of the Wabash
River Valley
107
Effects of Emerald Ash Borer on Ash Tree Health and Economic Loss
Due to Ash Tree Removal on the Indiana University Southeast
Campus in New Albany, Indiana
Effect of Galerucella beetles on controlling Lythrum salicaria in a newly
established wetland
107
Influence of Forest Fragment Compositional and Structural
Heterogeneity on Ground-Dwelling Arthropod Communities
107
Urban Pollinator Diversity and Pollinator Movement Between Wetlands
on the IU South Bend Campus
107
Eighteen new spider distribution records in Indiana
107
Recent Fossils Of Non-Marine Mollusks (Gastropoda) From, OrhaniyeGuvence Basin and The Tarakli Basin, central Anatolia, Turkey
107
Comparison of the Prey Base for Eastern Hellbenders between Three
Streams
107
11:00 AM
11:15 AM
11:30 AM
2:15 PM
2:30 PM
2:45 PM
3:00 PM
Megan Doucette and Deborah
Marr, Indiana University South
Bend
Andrea L Myers, Jordan M
Marshall, Indiana UniversityPurdue University Fort Wayne
Sara Tabner, Deborah Marr, and
Andrew Schnabel, Indiana
University South Bend
Brodrick Deno & Marshall
Sparenberg
Belkasim Khameiss, Richard
Fluegeman, Eric Lange and
Randall Bernot, Ball State
University, K. Christopher Beard,
University of Kansas
Veronica Yager and Rod
Williams, Purude Universtiy
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3:15 PM
Ashley L. Kissick, Jeffrey D.
Holland, John B. Dunning, Jr.,
Patrice Baumhardt, and Esteban
Fernández-Juricic, Purdue
University
Using predator vision to link trophic levels
107
3:30 PM
Clayton D. Delancey, Garrett
MacDonald, Claire Nemes, and
Kamal Islam, Ball State University
Scott Haulton, Indiana
Department of Natural Resources,
Division of Forestry
Jacob L. Berl, Elizabeth A.
Flaherty, and Robert K. Swihart,
Purdue University, Amy J. Kuenzi,
Montana Tech, Butte, Montana
Tracking Movements of Cerulean Warblers (Setophaga cerulea) in
Southern Indiana
107
Autumn Bat Activity in Selection Harvests and Intact Forest Stands
Located Near Hibernacula
107
Interspecific Comparison of Hantavirus Prevalence
in Peromyscus from a Fragmented Agro-ecosystem in Indiana
107
10:00 AM
Kevin Goodman, University of
Southern Indiana, Kasra Pourang,
University of Notre Dame,
Vladimir Protasenko, Cornell
University
Indium as a Surfactant for Molecular Beam Epitaxial Growth of GaN
Nanowires
201
10:20AM
Irene M.B. Reizman, Alexander
Armstrong, Jonathan K. Lee, and
Jessica R. Ames
Rose-Hulman Institute of
Technology
Strategies for understanding and adapting to heterogeneity in largescale bioprocesses
201
10:40 AM
Farid Breidi and Keith Pate,
University of Southern Indiana
Design of 3-D Printed Hydraulic/Pneumatic Excavator Arm
201
11:00 AM
Victoria Leffel and Terry West
Combined Sewer Overflow Abatement, Lafayette and West
Lafayette, Indiana, A continuing Story
201
11:20 AM
Terry West and Robert Jacko,
Purdue University
Reuse Designs for the Tippecanoe County Superfund Sanitary
Landfill Site
201
2:15 PM
Jeffrey W. Frey, U.S Geological
Survey and Jeremy Webber,
Indiana University Purdue
University at Indianapolis
An approach to optimize water quality and streamflow monitoring
within Indiana
105
2:30 PM
Dawn R. McCausland and
Aubrey R. Bunch, U.S. Geological
Survey
Continuous Water Quality Monitoring in the School Branch
Watershed
105
2:45 PM
Aubrey R. Bunch, U.S.
Geological Survey
Fish Community Assessment of Marion County Streams
105
3:45 PM
4:00 PM
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TIME
AUTHOR(S)
9:45 AM
Jenny C. Fisher, Indiana
University Northwest
Getting to Know Your Microbiome
HOT TOPIC
103
10:30 AM
Patrick R Selig and Vamsi
Nalam, Indiana University-Purdue
University Fort Wayne
Impact of Soybean aphid feeding on a host defense regulatory
gene PHYTOALEXIN DEFICIENT 4 (PAD4) and its splice variants in
Soybean (Glycine max)
103
11:00 AM
Hisako Masuda and Peter Tupa,
Indiana University Kokomo
Diversification and Copy Number Variation of Alkane Monooxygenase
Genes in Bacterial Genomes
103
11:15 AM
Belinda Petri, John Klem and
Elizabeth E. Rueschhoff, Indiana
University Southeast
Investigation of Novel Interactions of PDX 1.2 and PDX2, components
of the Pyridoxal 5’-Phosphate Synthase Complex in Arabidopsis
thaliana
103
11:30 AM
John Klem and Elizabeth
Rueschhoff, Indiana University
Southeast
Investigation of Short Root Phenotype of sos4 and pdx1.3 Mutants by
Grafting in Arabidopsis thaliana
103
2:15 PM
Douglas Bernstein, Ball State
University
How CRISPR can be applied as a genome editing tool in fungal
pathogens and other organisms.
HOT TOPIC
101
9:45 AM
Eric Stinaff, Ohio University
Flatland: The Emerging Science and Technology of Two-Dimensional
Crystals
HOT TOPIC
106
10:45 AM
Brendan Ferris and Antonio
Cancio, Ball State University
Investigating the Electronic and Structural Properties of Stanene
106
11:00 AM
Ryan Z. Lybarger, Bruce D. Ray,
and Horia I. Petrache, Indiana
University Purdue University
Indianapolis
Electrostatic charging of membranes by adenosine triphosphate
106
11:00 AM
Guillermo Gonzalez, Ball State
University and Senior Fellow
Discovery Institute’s Center for
Science and Culture
Are the Earth-size planets around Trappist-1 habitable?
HOT TOPIC
104
11:15 AM
Jacob J. Kinnun, Xiaoling Leng,
Andrew Meador and Stephen R.
Wassall, Indiana University–
Purdue University Indianapolis,
Dylan Johnson, Edward Ross
Pennington, Saame Raza
Shaikh, East Carolina University,
Greenville, NC
Antonio C. Cancio, Ball State
University and Jeremy J. Redd,
Utah Valley University
Patrick M Motl, Indiana
Univeristy Kokomo
PUFA: A Raft-Domain Driving Force
106
Can we predict electronic structure without electronic orbitals? -Lessons from visualization
106
Public Education and Outreach Opportunities for the August 21st
North American Eclipse
WORKSHOP
Stellar Variability Near the Galactic Mid-Plane
203
Transmission and Circular Currents in a Hex-Quantum Dot Ring
106
11:30 AM
2:15 PM
2:30 PM
Dylan Griffith and Guillermo
Gonzalez, Ball State University
2:45 PM
Eric Hedin and Yong Joe, Ball
State University
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TIME
AUTHOR(S)
PRESENTATION
RM#
Albert DiBenedetto, Mahfuza
Khatun, Antonio Cancio
Samuel Teye, and Mohammed
Islam, Ball State University,
Richard J. Deboer and Wanpeng
Tan, University of Notre Dame
Robert C. Berrington, Thomas
Jordan, Alan Gavel, Michael
Holcomb, Jon Van de Water, Erin
Tuhey, Ball State University
Alan A. Gavel II and Robert C.
Berrington, Ball State University
Patrick M Motl, Indiana
University Kokomo
Ahmed Hubini, Donald Ruch,
Megan Crecelius, John Taylor
and Kemuel Badger, Ball State
University
Eric B. Knox, Indiana UniversityBloomington
Scott A. Namestnik, Orbis
Environmental Consulting
Walter Fertig, Indiana University
Electronic Properties of Hexagonal Boron Nitride and Graphene
Nanoribbons
Experimental Studies of 65Cu (α, p) 68Zn reaction for Nuclear
Astrophysics
106
The Ball State University Short-Period Variable Star Program
106
Modeling of W Ursae Majoris Stars
106
Flow Patterns in Simulated Contact Binaries
106
Comparison of the Structure and Composition of the Woodlands at
Skinner Woods and Cooper Woods, Delaware County, Indiana
205
An Inversion Hot Spot in Lobeliaceae Plastid Genomes
205
Fore!!! Vascular Plant County Records and Species of Conservation
Concern at Elbel Park, St. Joseph County, Indiana
Gap Analysis: A method to Identify Conservation Priorities in Indiana
205
11:00 AM
Sierra Ash, Indiana University
Southeast
Invasive threat of Pyrus calleryana (Rosaceae) pear trees in Floyd
County Indiana, USA
205
11:15 AM
Michael A. Homoya, Indiana
DNR Division of Nature
Preserves, Mark Wapstra,
Environmental Consulting Options
Tasmania, Wesley Homoya,
Tropical Birding, and Barbara
Homoya, Veterans Health
Administration HSR&D, R. L.
Roudebush VA Medical Center.
Gerould Wilhelm, senior scientist
at the Conservation Research
Institute and principal
botanist/ecologist and co-owner
of the Conservation Design
Forum and
Laura Rericha, wildlife biologist
and natural historian, Forest
Preserve District of Cook County;
and research associate,
Conservation Research Institute
Donald G. Ruch, Ball State
University
Robert Waltz, Office of Indiana
State Chemist & Seed
Commissioner
Robert P. Jean, Environmental
Solutions & Innovations, Inc.
Stephanie Schuck, Marian
University
Observations of Thismia rodwayi (Thismiaceae) in situ: Clues for
Locating Thismia americana?
205
Flora of the Chicago Region: A Floristic and Ecological Synthesis.
HOT TOPIC
205
Exploring Flowers and Their Pollinators
HOT TOPIC
Pollination Biology: The Problems Insect Pollinators Face
HOT TOPIC
205
What We Can Do to Help Pollinators
HOT TOPIC
205
3:00 PM
3:15 PM
3:30 PM
3:45 PM
4:00 PM
9:45 AM
10:00 AM
10:15 AM
10:30 AM
11:30 AM
2:15 PM
2:55 PM
3:45 PM
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AUTHOR(S)
PRESENTATION
RM#
9:45 AM
Jeffrey D. Holland, and Todd R.
Kelley, Purdue University
Integrated STEM Education: A TRAILS Approach
203
10:00 AM
Ryan Jeske, Ball State University
"Active Learning in the Organic Chemistry Classroom"
203
10:15 AM
Kristi Bugajski, Mike Watters, Mindy
Capaldi, Karl Schmitt, Jon Schoer,
Bonnie Dahlke
EPIC: Establishing Practices Integrating Commuter Students
203
10:30 AM
Sundeep Rayat, Robert Sammelson,
Mahamud Subir, and Tykhon
Zubkov, Ball State University
Cool Tools & Hot Science – An Early Exposure to Advanced
Chemical Concepts
WORKSHOP
203
2:15 PM4:14 PM
Jessi Ghezzi, Ball State University
James Marrs, Indiana UniversityPurdue University Indianapolis
Roger Kult, Natural Resources
Conservation Service
Dave Isenhour, Advanced
Agrilytics/Ag Ingenuity LLC
Becoming a Professional Scientist: How to Get Started!
WORKSHOP
201
2:15 PM
Patrick M Motl, Indiana Univeristy
Kokomo
203
3:00 PM
Bill McKnight
Public Education and Outreach Opportunities for the August 21st
North American Eclipse
WORKSHOP
Rantings of a Mad Botanist
HOT TOPIC
3:30 PM
Jen Brown, Indiana State Department
of Health
THE HOT ZONE: Newly Emerging Infectious Diseases
HOT TOPIC
203
9:45 AM
Ahmed Mustafa, Alycia Herndon,
Ashley Baum, and Kenneth Saillant
Stress: A Major Problem in Aquaculture
109
10:00 AM
Shelby L. Hart, Mackenzie S. Spicer,
and Brian G. Gall, Hanover College
The Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana) as a Possible
Predator of Terrestrial and Aquatic Salamander Species
109
10:15 AM
Mackenzie M. Spicer, Shelby L. Hart,
Brian G. Gall
Rex Meade Strange and Alanna
Noland, University of Southern Indiana
Clutch-level variation in predator avoidance behavior in wood
frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) tadpoles
Phylogeographic evidence for post-Pleistocene dispersal of the
least brook lamprey (Lampetra aepyptera) in the Ohio River
system
109
11:00 AM
Kent Edmonds, Indiana University
Southeast
Is the Marsh Rice Rat (Oryzomys palustris) a Potential Animal
Model to Study the Effects of Alcohol Administration on
Reproduction?
109
11:15 AM
Marianna Zamlauski-Tucker, Ashley
Emmons and Bingwei Ye
Age-Related Changes in Nuclear Reduced Glutathione Levels in
the Rat Kidney
109
11:30 AM
Chris R. Smith, Earlham College
The evolution of novelty in insects: the developmental origin of
metamorphosis and sociality from a gene family perspective.
109
2:15 PM
Michael L. Draney, University of
Wisconsin-Green Bay, Marc A. Milne,
University of Indianapolis, Michael
Ulyshen, Southern Research Station,
U.S. Forest Service, Gabrielle Madriz,
University of Indianapolis
A newly discovered horned spider in the
genus Epiceraticelus (Araneae: Linyphiidae)
109
2:30 PM
Marc Milne, Brodrick Deno, and
Marshall Sparenberg. University of
Indianapolis
Five recently found undescribed spiders and their mates from
Indiana forests
109
10:30 AM
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2:45 PM
AUTHOR(S)
PRESENTATION
RM#
Janelle Bouman, Kelly Braun,
Moriah Carmel, Valparaiso
University, Raenah Bailey, Kristi
Bugajski, Beth Scaglione-Sewell
Gene Kritsky, Mount St. Joseph
University, Cincinnati, OH
Diurnal Oviposition of Blow Flies and DNA Identification of Early
Arrivers
109
Bees and Peas: How Apiology Shaped Gregor Mendel’s Thinking
109
3:15 PM
Glené Mynhardt, Hanover College
From Ecoblitz to Identification Blitz: Report on the Beetle (Insecta:
Coleoptera) Diversity in Morgan-Monroe and Yellowwood State
Forests
109
3:30 PM
Luke M. Jacobus, Indiana Univ.
Purdue Univ. Columbus and G.
Nearns, and J. Zaspel, Purdue
University
Garrett Y. Price, Brittany F.
Peterson, Michael E. Scharf,
Matthew D. Ginzel, and Douglas S.
Richmond, Purdue University
Kumud Joshi, Indiana University
Purdue University Fort Wayne
Research resources from the Purdue Entomological Research
Collection
109
Biogeochemical Interactions Between an Invasive Scarab (Popillia
japonica Newman) and its Subterranean Environment
109
Characterization of the nature of Rag5 mediated resistance to
soybean aphids
109
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4:00 PM
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