Five-week summer research projects

DEFOLIATION IN THE LAKE GEORGE WATERSHED CAUSED BY THE LYMANTRIA DISPAR MOTH 

Avery Blake, 2023; Morgan Foster, 2023 

Charlie Bettigole, Director, GIS Center for Interdisciplinary Research 

EXAMINING THE EFFECTS OF A VIRTUAL DANCE CLASS ON QUALITY OF LIFE IN OLDER ADULTS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC 

Lilah Duboff, 2023 

Sarah DiPasquale, Associate Professor and Chair, Dance Department 

THERE IS NO “ONE SIZE FITS ALL” APPROACH TO PERIODS AND UNDERSTANDING MENSTRUAL ILLNESSES  

Aliza Nazir, 2023 

Dr. Ruth Hernandez-Rios, Teaching Professor, Sociology Department 

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERSONALITY TRAITS AND THE PROCESSING OF EMOTION WORDS 

Abby Spear, 2023, Ashley Smolensky, 2023, Melany Grullon, 2025, Armin Ohadi, 2025, Chanzlah Julien, 2025 

Dr. Rebecca Johnson, Professor and Chair, Psychology Department 

STRUCTURAL AND SOLUTION-STATE STABILITY AND REACTIVITY STUDIES OF A BIOMIMETIC MANGANESE(II) COMPLEX WITH A PYRIDINE-CONTAINING, TRIPODAL LIGAND 

Katie Rinaolo, 2022 

Steven Frey, Associate Professor, Chemistry Department 

COPPER RESITANCE DETERMINANTS IN ESCHERICHIA COLI 

Grace Picarillo, Yuxuan Zhao, 2023 

Sylvia Franke McDevitt, Associate Professor, Biology Department 

DOES LITHIUM ALTER THE EFFECT OF MICROPLASTICS ON CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS IN FRUIT FLIES?  

Cynthia Salas, 2025  

Bernard Possidente, Professor, Department of Biology  

MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF METAL RESISTANT MICROORGANISMS NEAR HISTORICALLY POLLUTED SITES IN SARATOGA COUNTY 

Thomas Tao, 2025 

Sylvia Franke McDevitt, Associate Professor, Biology Department 

ISOLATION OF EXOSOMES FROM SCA1 CELLS; IMPLICATIONS FOR DISEASE PROGRESSION 

Richard Glynn* ‘24, Chloe Mickels* ‘23, Lilia Sattler* ’23 *Contributed equal amount of work 

Sara Lagalwar, Associate Professor, Neuroscience Program 

SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF 1-QUINOLYLMETHYL-1-AZA-12-CROWN-4 AND ITS MANGANESE(II) COMPLEX 

Jason Li, 2022 

Steven Frey, Associate Professor, Chemistry Department