Students

Science was well represented at the 2015 Celebrating Undergraduate Excellence event May 14, with more than 30 science students presenting their work. Big congratulations goes to microbiology senior Matt Kaiser who was named OSU Undergraduate Research Student of the Year! Matt's research focused on "An Epigenetic Perspective: The Anticancer Potential of High-Dose Vitamin C." Kudos also goes to microbiology student Marcus Weinman won best poster for the College of Science on "GnRH potentiates the expression of RANK and RANKL in canine osteosarcoma cell lines." We are proud of your extraordinary work in research and of all of our students who participated!

Presenting academic and creative work in a formal setting is a hallmark of true accomplishment in undergraduate studies. This presentation is valuable to include on resumes and on graduate school and scholarship applications.

Thanks to all students in the College of Science who participated!

Amberlie Barnard (Chemistry major)
Development of Affordable Field Test Kit to Determine Onion Pungency

Ellie Bohrer (Zoology/Pre-Veterinary Medicine major)
Histologic and morphometric evaluation of testes of feral tom kittens and cats

Jacob Busche (Physics major)
Optical tweezers-based probe of charge transfer in organic semiconductors at microscopic scales

Teresa Chase (Zoology major)
Does Temperature Preference Change in Aging Flies?

Elia deJesus (Zoology major)
A high-resolution detrital and oxygen isotope record from Flemish Pass, Labrador Sea

Jesse Edwards (Microbiology major)
Vibrio cholerae Response to Environmental Factors Including pH and Salt Content in the Absence of Specific Antiporters

Mariah Estill (Psychology and Biology major)
Look Beyond: Raising Awareness on Facial and Expressive Differences

Eric Fritz (Microbiology major)
Biowaste utilization with anaerobic digesters assessment and documentation for feasible energy production at OSU

Aden Hassan (Biology major)
Using Skin Phototype to Assess Risk of Vitamin D Insufficiency in Young Women of Color

Anita Jong (Microbiology major)
Expression of Phospholipase C-beta Isoenzymes in Embryonic Mice

Matthew Kaiser (Microbiology major)
An Epigenetic Perspective: The Anticancer Potential of High-Dose Vitamin C

Shan Lansing (Chemistry, Biohealth Sciences major)
Essential considerations for developing a reporter-probe biosensor

Arisa Larmay Barrientos (Bioengineering major)
Zebrafish Xenograft Model

Sang Lee (Biology major)
Model System for Computing Phosphorylation of Teicoplanin: Conformational Preference of Phospho-Imidazolium

Daniel Lin (Computer Science and Physics major)
A Novel Method of Detecting Lines on a Noisy Image

Larkin Loewenherz (Biology major)
Prey characterization and Feeding Activity of Juvenile Flatfish

Sophie Means (Biology major)
Zebrafish Xenograft Model

Alek Mendoza (Animal and Rangeland Sciences major)
Monitoring Transpiration Rates in Semiarid Ecosystems

Matthew Newman (Microbiology major)
Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Activation and the Prevention of Type I Diabetes

Jackie Nguyen (Pre-Chemical Engineering major)
Sintering of BNKT Ceramics: Effect of Na, K, and Bi Content on Densification Kinetics

Rachel Payne (Microbiology major)
Vibrio cholerae Response to Environmental Factors Including pH and Salt Content in the Absence of Specific Antiporters

Logan Pedersen (Psychology major)
Stimulus-Response Correspondence in a Visual Go-Nogo Task: Are Reactions Altered by the Presence of Salient Objects?

Samuel Petshow (Biology major)
Thermoregulation and sickness response: evidence of behavioral fever in red-sided garter snakes

Andrew Pham (Microbiolody major)
Chemical Screening and Antibacterial Testing of Fungal Endophytes

Yuriyah Reed-Harris (Biology, Bio Engineering major)
Zebrafish Xenograft Model

Julianne Robinson (Ecological engineering major)
Monitoring Transpiration Rates in Semiarid Ecosystems

Andrew Schlueter (Zoology major)
A Survey of Oregon Raptors for Chlamydia psittaci and the presence of a Rhabdochlamydia sp.

Charlie Ta (BioResource Research and Microbiology major)
Nitrobacter winogradskyi Responses to Fe Limitation

William Valiant (Microbiology major)
The broad spectrum antiviral compound ST-669 affects vesicular trafficking in Chlamydia-infected cells

Clara Weidman (Biology and BioResource Research major)
Using soil solarization to eradicate soil borne samples of Phytophthora species

Marcus Weinman (Microbiology major)
GnRH potentiates the expression of RANK and RANKL in canine osteosarcoma cell lines

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Currently researching: A pill made from Gadusol, a naturally occurring antioxidant, that, when ingested, would protect against harmful ultraviolet rays, thus obviating the need to apply sunscreen on the skin.

Van Anh Vu, a third year BioHealth Sciences major in the College of Science, was recently featured in The Daily Barometer discussing her research in the lab of Alan Bakalinsky, associate professor of Food Science and Technology.

A highly accomplished honors student, Van Anh has been offered early admission to the graduate program in the College of Pharmacy. She served as one of the upperclassman guest speakers at the first-year orientation for biohealth sciences students last fall. This year Vu will embark on a study abroad program

Van Ahn Vu, BioHealth Sciences major

According to the Barometer report, Vu’s research mentor, Gary Merrill, professor and chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, connected her with Bakalinsky’s lab. Vu was immediately captivated.

In Bakalinsky’s interdisciplinary lab, Vu collaborates with researchers from the College of Pharmacy to produce a pill from Gadusol, a naturally occurring antioxidant. The pill, when ingested, would protect against harmful ultraviolet rays, thus obviating the need to apply sunscreen on the skin.

Vu credits her research experiences for transforming and deepening her scientific education at Oregon State.

“You learn so much in here that’s hands-on besides things that you would learn in a textbook,” says Vu in the Barometer article. “Working now with plasmids, origin of replication, glycolysis…really dissecting that—everything I learned in biology I feel like is now applicable.”

Previously known as the General Science program, the BioHealth Sciences major launched in the fall of 2014 and trains students through research, internship and clinical experience for careers in health disciplines, including dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, optometry, medicine and occupational therapy.

In the Barometer article, Vu also calls on more women to pursue ambitious and demanding careers in science.

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The College of Science launched a BioHealth Sciences major last fall to better prepare students seeking a strong, broad foundational course of study in science as preparation for a career in healthcare. The BioHealth Sciences major replaces the General Science program and offers a more focused course of study on human health.

Housed in the Department of Microbiology, our BioHealth Sciences majors earn a Bachelor of Science degree and complete most of the prerequisites required for admission to professional schools.

Most BioHealth Sciences students seek professional training in health specialties, including pharmacy, dentistry, medicine, nursing, occupational therapy, optometry, physical therapy, physician assistant, podiatry and clinical laboratory science. But some students simply desire a comprehensive grounding in the science behind the medical treatments, diseases and cures.

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Research highlights

The College of Science has an extensive and deep research portfolio that is globally recognized, providing our students enriching and life-changing experiences working alongside leading scientists and researchers in the College.

Our students

Our students are engaged in authentic inquiry, a hallmark of science education. They engage in collaborative research with our extraordinary faculty to make a difference in the world. This rigorous preparation helps them develop knowledge through hands-on learning in the lab and in the field. This not only helps our students become scientists, but it also teaches them how to think like scientists.

Connor Driscoll working with lab samples

Hanyang Zhang in front of research poster

Sooie-Hoe Loke standing outside Kidder Hall

Condensing enzymes into short catalytic peptides, while preserving nature's efficiency and precision, is at the frontier of modern synthetic chemistry and biology. However, factors critical for imbuing reactivity and selectivity are poorly understood in these systems due to the structural flexibility and weakness of interactions controlling catalysis. Chemistry graduate student Maduka Ogba is developing cheminformatics protocols to provide a tool set for the rapid, systematic, and complete atomistic understanding of all catalytic peptides.

Microbiology graduate student Connor Driscoll is studying the ecological role of viruses in freshwater algal blooms, focusing on their roles in shaping population structure and driving bloom turnover over or decline. This research improves our understanding of how harmful algal blooms form and die, and may also provide a natural treatment for harmful blooms, helping to protect freshwater sources.

Michelle Tan, a Biochemistry/Biophysics undergraduate, investigates autophagy - a process in which cells digest components of themselves in order to recycle energy and nutrients - and its induction following exposure to coibamide A, a natural product produced by a Panamanian marine bacterium. The role of autophagy is currently unclear, and there is debate over whether the process acts as a survival mechanism or as a promoter of cell death in various cancers. Michelle's research will provide a more detailed understanding of how autophagy induction might be used in the future to prevent the progression of cancer using new pharmacological compounds.

Biology undergraduate Skylar Fuller is working with Rhodococcus fascians, a Gram-positive plant bacteria that causes disease by making plant hormones (and disrupting normal hormone levels). Because Gram-positive bacteria are understudied, every discovery she makes will contribute to new knowledge in understanding how this group of bacteria causes disease.

Biochemistry/Biophysics undergraduate student Aaron Sugiyama observes the effects of aging on mammalian liver cells, specifically the age-related increase of senescent liver cells. Senescence (which occurs when cells stop dividing) has several hallmarks, including, but not limited to, heightened inflammation, changing gene expression and increased resistance to apoptotic signals. All of these characteristics make senescent cells hazardous to mammalian health and the accumulation of these cells over time may contribute to the decline of overall health with age. Aaron is working to determine if there is a significant increase of senescent liver cells with age. After determining what relationship exists (if any) between senescent liver cells and age, the next step is to determine which liver cell types display senescent characteristics.

Chemistry graduate student Hanyang Zhang researches the synthesis, characterization and application of graphite intercalation compounds. By making the space between the graphite layers larger than pristine graphite, these layer-structured materials can serve as pillaring hosts for lithium ion insertion, making them future candidates for use in rechargeable batteries.

Chemistry graduate student Breland Oscar studies photochemical reactions in fluorescent proteins that occur before the chromophore emits light. Using ultrafast lasers makes it possible to view vibrational peaks of the light-sensitive chromophore within fractions of a second of illumination. This allows her to track chemical reactions as they occur. Since fluorescent protein biosensors are used extensively to image living systems, it is important to understand their fundamental chemistry in order to establish new and innovative design principles.

Statistics graduate student Bin Zhuo’s current research mainly focuses on applying a generalized, linear mixed model to RNA-Sequencing data and making inferences on differential expressions of genes. The linear mixed model is a state-of-the-art method used in genomic studies. He is also exploring models of dispersion parameters under Negative Binomial assumptions.

Chemistry graduate student Leah Chibwe researches the potential formation of toxic byproducts during the remediation of soils contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). PAHs are contaminants released into the environment through an incomplete combustion of organic matter. These sources, which can include forest fires, volcanic eruptions and cigarette smoke, are toxic, persistent compounds that tend to deposit into the soil. Remediation is used to treat soils and destroy these contaminants. However, the compounds might be transformed into even more toxic oxygen containing derivatives of these PAHs. Her research explores the toxicity of soil and understanding the fate of PAHs after remediation, as well as identifying the potential formation of toxic byproducts.

Ruin theory is a field in actuarial science using stochastic processes to model the wealth of a non-life insurance company. This theory relies on the probability of ruin, (the chance that a company goes bankrupt). Mathematics graduate student Sooie-Hoe Loke analyzes equations for ruin probability using the delayed claims and risky investment model and the dual risk model that evaluates cost and profit. Last year, he presented his research in Buenos Aires and Liverpool.

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Studying coral reefs on Australia’s Lizard Island

Microbiology PhD student Ryan McMinds joined Rebecca Vega Thurber’s lab in 2012. Many of the lab’s projects focus on pathogenic viruses and bacteria, but Ryan is more interested in the coral microbiome. He is searching for the microbes that are good for their hosts. That information makes the researchers’ current descriptions of stressor-induced microbiome shifts even more relevant.

So Ryan is in Australia to explore a more detailed description of the ‘normal’ coral microbiota. For more details, check out his blog from early July.

After arriving in Australia in late June, Ryan spent his first few weeks in Townsville, Australia, as a guest of Dr. David Bourne at the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS). The area between AIMS and nearby James Cook University (JCU) is one of the world’s premier centers for marine and coral reef science, and it’s chock full of leading researchers. He’s there to meet them while continuing his own studies.

Ryan McMinds in the Beaver Nation campaign

Ryan attended an orientation session hosted by the Australian Academy of Science (AAS) in the capital city of Canberra before traveling on to Lizard Island Research Station. The secluded island is a national park featuring 24 white sand beaches and a deep blue lagoon. It is considered one of the most beautiful destinations in the world.

Ryan’s trip is funded by the East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI) program, a collaborative effort between National Science Foundation (NSF) and AAS. He also recently received a Provost's Fellowship and is interested in studying the coevolution of corals and their symbionts. Ryan plans to study this in the context of the biogeographical variation in their association.

He earned his B.S. in marine science and biology at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science while minoring in anthropology and chemistry. But Ryan is native to the Willamette Valley: he graduated from South Albany High School.

Keep up with Ryan’s research and travels this summer through his blog, The Cnidae Gritty.

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The College of Science is proud to announce our 2014 student scholarships. This year we set a new record, awarding more than $475,000 in scholarships for science students. The College is extremely grateful to our generous donors who support our commitment to attracting the best and brightest science students from across the country. Congratulations to these extraordinary students!

Biochemistry
Taylor Bundy	George & Marthel Porter Scholarship
Zhong Chen	Ray, Frances & Dale Cripps Scholarship
Kyle Duyck	Powis & Winifred Heitmeyer Scholarship	Woodstock Scholarship
Corinne Fargo	Jerry Raymond Alexander Scholarship
Mu Feng	Wei Family Private Foundation
Zachary Goode	Jesse Hanson Trust Scholarship
Jacob Huegel	George & Marthel Porter Scholarship
Daniel Huynh	Science Scholars Scholarship	Mary Hutchens Hohner Scholarship
Julia Jones	Jesse Hanson Trust Scholarship
Brian Josephson	Jerry Raymond Alexander Scholarship
Arianna Kahler-Quesada	Science Scholars Scholarship
Lubna Khan	Ray, Frances & Dale Cripps Scholarship
Kiana Murray	Ray, Frances & Dale Cripps Scholarship
Stephanie Schulden	Ray, Frances & Dale Cripps Scholarship
Nathan Stencel	Jerry Raymond Alexander Scholarship
Michelle Tan	Science Scholars Scholarship	Donald MacDonald Scholarship
Biology
Natalia Bailey	Ray, Frances & Dale Cripps Scholarship
Swechya Banskota	Amy Chadburn Scholarship
Julia Bingham	Alex Riazance Scholarship	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship
Tara Bonar	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship
Demitria Butler	Rose Hills Scholarship
Jenny Chau	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship
Natalie Coleman	Gretchen Schuette Scholarship
Karin Collins	Science Scholars Scholarship	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship
Tyler Collins	Ray, Frances & Dale Cripps Scholarship	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship
Elizabeth Corvi	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship
Sarah Darst	Ken Johnson Pre-Dental Scholarship	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship
Adrienne Demaree	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship
Brian Destine	George & Marthel Porter Scholarship
Michael DeYoung	Ray, Frances & Dale Cripps Scholarship
Jason Duval	Ray, Frances & Dale Cripps Scholarship	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship
Haley Epperly	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship
Katherine Eskridge	Rose Hills Scholarship	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship
Landon Falke	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship
Janet Ferguson	Science Scholars Scholarship
Jason Foss	Jerry Raymond Alexander Scholarship
Skylar Fuller	George & Marthel Porter Scholarship	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship
Rebecca Gibbon	Ray, Frances & Dale Cripps Scholarship	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship
Jessica Glossop	George & Marthel Porter Scholarship	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship
Rebecca Guise	Jesse Hanson Trust Scholarship	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship
Arianna Hall	Powis & Winifred Heitmeyer Scholarship
Justin Harris	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship
Jacob Hartung	Science Scholars Scholarship	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship
Ethan Johnson	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship
Jayanthi Joseph	Jerry Raymond Alexander Scholarship	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship
Ethiene Kwok	Wei Family Private Foundation
Phillip Lam	Fred & Mary Brauti Pre-Medical Scholarship	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship
Kaitlin Lebon	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship
Yuzhu Lin	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship
Cody Manriquez	Gretchen Schuette Scholarship	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship
Parisah Moghaddampour	George & Marthel Porter Scholarship	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship
Tinh-An Nguyen	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship
Claire Ostertag-Hill	Fred & Mary Brauti Pre-Medical Scholarship	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship
Lyndi-Rae Petty	Science Scholars Scholarship
Kailie Ponto	Powis & Winifred Heitmeyer Scholarship
Samuel Schimke	Amy Chadburn Scholarship	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship
Claire Skach	Ryan Sparks Pre-Dental Scholarship	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship
Mckinley Smith	Alex Riazance Scholarship	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship
Sarah Spangler	Alex Riazance Scholarship	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship
Shelby Stewart	George & Marthel Porter Scholarship	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship
Benjamin Stubbs	Ray, Frances & Dale Cripps Scholarship	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship
Reid Sweetkind	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship
Kenneth Tan	George & Marthel Porter Scholarship
Victoria Tran	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship
Haley Van Volkenburg	Ken Johnson Pre-Dental Scholarship	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship
Andrea Villalpando	Rose Hills Scholarship
Heather Wisner	Ray, Frances & Dale Cripps Scholarship	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship
Stephanie Zhao	Bev & Dick Chadburn Scholarship	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship
William Matthews	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship
Chemistry
Ashley Anderson	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship	Colleen Spurgeon Scholarship
Dakota Backus	Science Scholars Scholarship	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship	Linda May Oleson Scholarship for Excellence in Chemistry
Kelly Baker	Science Scholars Scholarship
Corinne Brucks	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship	Keith McKennon Memorial Scholarship
Hyun Cho	Jerry Raymond Alexander Scholarship
Shannon Davis	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship	Carroll W. DeKock Scholarship
Mark Daniel Delgado	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship	Peter B. Culter Memorial Scholarship
Nicholas Diaz-Hui	Bev & Dick Chadburn Scholarship
Gillian Downey	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship	ACS-Hach Undergraduate Chemistry Teacher Scholarship
Stephanie Gonzales	Powis & Winifred Heitmeyer Scholarship
John Hergert	Carroll W. DeKock Scholarship
Thomas Ketsdever	Peter B. Culter Memorial Scholarship
Regina Kurapova	Peter B. Culter Memorial Scholarship
Shan Lansing	Clara and Fred Horne Scholarship For Women in Science
Jamy Lee	Science Scholars Scholarship	Linda May Oleson Scholarship for Excellence in Chemistry	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship
Alexandra Malone	ACS-Hach Undergraduate Chemistry Teacher Scholarship
Lindsey Robin Michaud	ACS-Hach Undergraduate Chemistry Teacher Scholarship
Dang Nguyen	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship	ACS-Hach Undergraduate Chemistry Teacher Scholarship
Philip Nguyen	Carroll W. DeKock Scholarship
Kenneth Stout	Jesse Hanson Trust Scholarship
Clark Yeakle	ACS-Hach Undergraduate Chemistry Teacher Scholarship
Tianqi Zhang	Colleen Spurgeon Scholarship
Karen Zhen	Peter B. Culter Memorial Scholarship
Ellen Svadlenak	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship
General Science Pre-Dental
Kimberly Coverly	Moda Pre-Dental Scholarship
Geoffrey Houf	Jesse Hanson Trust Scholarship
Khanh Huynh	Moda Pre-Dental Scholarship
Marina Nimmo	Mike O’Brien Memorial Scholarship
Alaine Shomali	Mike O’Brien Memorial Scholarship
Christina Truong	Moda Pre-Dental Scholarship
Karina Destine	Ray, Frances & Dale Cripps Scholarship
Nicholas Nguyen	Jesse Hanson Trust Scholarship
James Sonu	Jesse Hanson Trust Scholarship
Katy Williams	Jerry Raymond Alexander Scholarship
Emily Ironside	Jesse Hanson Trust Scholarship
Juana Gaytan	George & Marthel Porter Scholarship
Shannon Morhain	Ray, Frances & Dale Cripps Scholarship
Mathematics
Benjamin Asay	Science Scholars Scholarship
Susan Dunham	Jerry Raymond Alexander Scholarship
Sarah Kerrigan	Jerry Raymond Alexander Scholarship
Peter Killgore	Jesse Hanson Trust Scholarship
Alejandra Mendoza	Jesse Hanson Trust Scholarship
Josephine Sechrist	Science Scholars Scholarship
Johnathan Van Why	Science Scholars Scholarship
Marianna You	Science Scholars Scholarship
Microbiology
Savannah Alford	Powis & Winifred Heitmeyer Scholarship
Tanvi Batish	George & Marthel Porter Scholarship
Irena Chang	Middlekauf Scholarship
Rachel Conover	Middlekauf Scholarship
Jonathan Diaz-Hui	Middlekauf Scholarship
Tony Duong	Jesse Hanson Trust Scholarship
Eric Fritz	Middlekauf Scholarship
Rochelle Glover	Science Scholars Scholarship
Talia Helman	Ray, Frances & Dale Cripps Scholarship
Maria Herbison	Middlekauf Scholarship
Payton Hermanson	Middlekauf Scholarship
Hoang Ho	Middlekauf Scholarship
Anita Jong	Middlekauf Scholarship & Overholser Scholarship
Jeannie Klein	Hays Scholarship	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship
Olivia Kramer	Middlekauf Scholarship
Vanlena Le	Simmons Scholarship
Deirdre McAteer	Middlekauf Scholarship
Matthew Newman	Ray, Frances & Dale Cripps Scholarship
Sanja Ognjenovic	Haberman Premedical Scholarship
Vickie Penghsiung	Ray, Frances & Dale Cripps Scholarship
Eli Perez	Middlekauf Scholarship
Audrey Reeves	Simmons Scholarship
Allison Schue	Haberman Premedical Scholarship
William Sing	Middlekauf Scholarship
Charlie Ta	Simmons Scholarship
Jessica Tran	Simmons Scholarship
Rachel Tullsen	Aspitarte Scholarship
Marcus Weinman	Middlekauf Scholarship
Ryan Welty	Simmons Scholarship
Brandon Wick	James Riley Corvallis Clinic Scholarship
Wiley Zhao	Elizabeth Reeves Scholarship
Navid Ziaie	Dean’s Scholarship
Physics
Katherine Banowetz	Krane Scholarship
Nikita Best	Nicodemus Scholarship
Connor Bice	Nicodemus Scholarship
Jacob Busche	Nicodemus Scholarship
Jared Cayton	Physics Scholarship
Rafid Chowdhury	Science Scholars Scholarship	Nicodemus Scholarship
Scott Hutchings	Physics Scholarship
Samuel Kowash	Jerry Raymond Alexander Scholarship	Nicodemus Scholarship
Dalton Mc Cuen	Physics Scholarship
Joshua Mutch	Jerry Raymond Alexander Scholarship	Nicodemus Scholarship
Bao Nguyen	Physics Scholarship
Michael Perlin	Nicodemus Scholarship
Allyson Petersen	Krane Scholarship
Dillon Rhoades	Physics Scholarship
Austin Valeske	Nicodemus Scholarship
Zoology
Ellie Bohrer	Ray, Frances & Dale Cripps Scholarship	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship
Christopher Cohen	Samuel Diamond Scholarship
Molly Cordell	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship
Lindsey Ferguson	Powis & Winifred Heitmeyer Scholarship
Lauren Gentle	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship
Katherine Low	Jerry Raymond Alexander Scholarship	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship	Howieson Scholarship
Ian Maher	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship
Teresa Peterson	Howieson Scholarship
Katherine Rudie	Jerry Raymond Alexander Scholarship	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship
Francesca Socki	Rose Hills Scholarship
Linda Yang	Merrill Family Foundation Scholarship

The College of Science has partnered with ARCS Foundation Portland Chapter to recruit top applicants to PhD programs in the departments of biochemistry and biophysics, chemistry, mathematics, microbiology, statistics and integrative biology.

ARCS® Foundation (Achievement Rewards for College Scientists) is a distinguished national non-profit volunteer women’s organization dedicated to advancing our nation’s competitiveness in scientific and technological innovation.

“These departments in the College of Science are recognized by ARCS Foundation as being among the top research programs in the country,” said Jean Josephson, president of the Portland Chapter of the ARCS Foundation.

The Portland Chapter will raise funds for ARCS Scholar Awards for the College of Science. This week two awards were earmarked for the College of Science to recruit top doctoral candidates entering one of the six programs in the 2014-2015 academic year. Each award is $18,000, payable over three years.

"I am thrilled for the College to partner with ARCS Foundation Portland Chapter,” said College of Science Dean Sastry G. Pantula.

“Their generous support for our departments will help us attract the best graduate students to OSU and help them realize their dreams. We will transform them into leaders in science to improve people’s lives in Oregon and around the world."

The College of Science joins the College of Engineering, College of Forestry and College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences as partners of the ARCS Foundation Portland Chapter.

Through partnerships with 55 of America’s most highly ranked universities, ARCS Foundation provides significant financial awards to U.S. graduate students who are most capable of innovative pursuits in science, engineering and medical research. ARCS Foundation employs a scholar award model that provides flexible and unrestricted funding that can be a game changer for these fledgling researchers.