Mount Saint Mary College students recently presented their research at the Beta Beta Beta biology honors society’s NE-1 district convention, and 15th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium of the Mid-Hudson Chapter of the American Chemical Society.
At the American Chemical Society meeting, Nathaniel Dziuba of Northford, Conn., a biology/physical therapy and chemistry double major, won an award for his paper titled “Quantitation of Chalconoid Concentrations in Commercial Licorice Root Extracts Using HPLC” with Mount mentors Lynn Maelia, chemistry; and Suparna Bhalla, biology.
Dziuba also won a second place award at the NE-1 district convention for his research, “Kin recognition in American clawed frog tadpoles during foraging opportunities,” with Mount mentor Douglas Robinson, biology.
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The May 2014 Mount Saint Mary College graduate will continue his education at Texas A&M University this fall.
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CAPTION: Nathaniel Dzibua discusses his 2013 Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURE) project “The Social Behavior of African Clawed Frogs in Kin and Non-Kin Interactions” with Mount biology professor Carl Hoegler. Photo by Lee Ferris.
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