You are cordially
invited to attend the
2011 Senior Thesis Poster Session
Thursday, April 21, 4:30 – 6:30 pm
in the lower level Event Oval (LL100), Diana Center, Barnard College
Walk through the gate at Broadway
& 117th St and walk toward the new orange building on
your right. After entering the building, take the stairs one flight down
(see Barnard
Campus map).
One
minute
presentations
from
4:30-5:00
pm
will
be
followed
by
poster
presentations
and
a
reception
until
6:30
pm.
If you have any
questions,
please contact Catherine at ccook@barnard.edu (212 854 5618).
Presenters
&
Poster
titles
1
- Barten,
Stephen:
A Comparison of Phosphate
Extractable Arsenic and Total Mobilizable
Arsenic in the Sediments of
Bangladesh
- Perls,
Hannah:
The Controls on As, Fe, and Al
Retention in Contaminated Soils Treated with Oxalic Acid
- Batta,
Janelle:
Controls on Bacterial
Concentrations in Sediment Grab Samples from the Hudson River Estuary
- Nguyen,
Khoi:
Carbon and Nitrogen Stable
Isotopes in the Hudson River Marshes, NY: Implications for Human
Activity and
Ecosystem Change
- Sundaresan,
Sriya:
Wetland Macrofossil and
Geochemical Evidence for Environmental Change During the Late Holocene
from
Constitution Marsh, Cold Spring, NY
- Sears,
Kathrin:
Plant Macrofossil Evidence of
the Climate History of No Bottom Pond, Nantucket
- Weber,
Lisa:
A Novel Technique: Using Scolecodont
Compositions as a Tracer for Paleosalinity
in the Hudson River
- Cohen,
Daniel:
Black Sea Low Stands During the
Holocene and Pleistocene and Reconnection with the Global Ocean
- Myers,
Daniel:
Improved Separation of Fish
Teeth and Debris for Neodymium Isotope Measurements in Marine
Sedimentary Cores
- Kalaidjian,
Edward:
Salinity and Temperature
Anomalies in the Subtropical North Atlantic
- Goldstein,
Emily
Hernandez:
Depositional
Setting and Detrital
Zircon Analysis of the Jardine
Metasedimentary
Sequence from the South Snowy Block in
Yellowstone National Park
- Sasnett,
Peri:
Surface Exposure Dating of Phreatic
Eruptions at Ubehebe
Crater, Death Valley, California
- Spokowski,
Emily:
Characterizing Sediments that
Record the Mono Lake Excursion in the Mono Basin, California
- Greene,
Timothy
G.
: The Goropu
Volcanic Center in eastern Papua
New Guinea: New Evidence for Active Subduction
at the Trobriand Trough?
- Hannon,
Brendan:
Timing of the End of
Appalachian Mountain Building in New York City: Ar-Ar
Dating of Biotite
and Hornblende from an Undeformed
Dike in the Queens Water Tunnel
- Gombiner,
Joel:
Evidence for the Missoula
Floods in Deep-sea Sediments off Vancouver Island Using K/Ar
Dates and Geochemistry
- Bitterman,
Danielle:
Early Season Respiration in Betula
Nana Nana
and Eriophorium
Vaginatum,
two Important Tundra Plant Species
- Diaz-Bonilla,
Victoria:
Seasonal
Change in Arctic Vegetation Types and Associated Effects on Insect and
Bird Communities
- Vogel,Laura:
The Effects of Global Warming
on Seasonal-to-Interannual
Precipitation Anomalies in
Southwestern North America
- Stampfer,
Orly:
Effect of Climate Change on
Natural Organic Matter Level in the Cannonsville
and Pepacton
Reservoirs, NY
- Wong,
Angela:
Cereal Production in the
World’s Top Producing Countries: Effects of Extreme Precipitation
Conditions
and Buffering Through Irrigation
- Lustig,
Allyza:
Perceiving Climate Change &
Variability: Water Resource Management and Community Adaptation in the
Agricultural Sector of the Elqui
River Valley, Chile
- Pi,
Danni:
The Remittance Phenomenon:
Studying the Effects of Remittances on Economic Development after
Natural
Disasters
- Fram,
Claire:
Education for Sustainable
Development: How Flexible Goals Prevent Measurable Outcomes
- Shao,
Ai-Lin:
Chemistry of Newark Basin
Sediments in Context of Vulnerability to a CO2
Leak
- Karl-Cannon,
Gelseigh:
The Effects of Hardwood Biochar
on Growing Medium Quality,
Lettuce Productivity and Carbon Sequestration
- García,
Carla F.:
Influence of Nesting Density on
Hatching and Emerging Success of Green Sea Turtles at Tortuguero,
Costa Rica
- Gaughran,
Stephen:
A Long Way from Home:
Identifying the Origins of Loggerhead Turtles By-caught by the Spanish
Fishing
Fleet
- Law,
Jeremy:
Mechanisms for Recognition of
two Socially Dissimilar Species of Synalpheus
Snapping Shrimps
- Matesanz,
Cristina:
Influence of Cestode
Parasites on the Spatial
Distribution of A. parthenogenetica
Brine Shrimp in Wetlands
- Wilhelm,
Astrika:
Site Suitability Analysis of
Brook Trout in Black Rock Forest
- McGovern,
Eliza:
Changes in Social Behavior in
Female Blue Monkeys (Cercopithecus
mitis
stuhlmanni)
Following Major Life Events
- Rojas,
Patricia:
Monitoring the Effects of a
Traffic Related Air Pollutants on Semi-Volatile & Non-Volatile PAH
levels
in NYC
- Stuchin,
Margot:
Using Molecular Techniques to
Identify Bushmeat
for Pathogen Surveillance
- Villegas-Ramirez,
Berenice:
The Wild Meat Crisis:
Identifying Mislabeled Species in New York City Markets with DNA
Barcodes
The poster
session is being hosted by:
Environmental
Science,
Barnard
College,
Earth and Environmental Science (DEES), Columbia
University,
Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology (E3B),
Columbia University,
The Earth Institute at Columbia University,
and the Office of the Provost, Barnard College.