Seven Wartburg College students presented their research during the annual IINspire Conference held earlier this month in Cedar Falls.
Sameer Sarwar presented his research “Avian green space usage at urban-rural interfaces,” which he conducted with fellow students Bridget Canfield and Claire Brown as well as David McCullough, a biology professor.
Jalen Stovall presented on the “Effects of reduction pruning on center of mass and leaf area distribution” and won third place for best oral research presentation.
Ella Vander Zee and Macie Huntington presented a poster on their research “The effects of blue light on spatial memory and anxiety in female C57BL/6 mice,” which was conducted with Amanda Strzyzewski and Samantha Larimer Bousquet, a biology professor.
Arthur Meyers presented a poster on his research with Rachel Bender, Bert Cortez, Robert Wetzler, titled “Guaiacol targets U-87 glioblastoma cells via glycogenesis inhibition.” The students worked with Cole Davidson, assistant professor of biology.
Michael Adewumi presented a poster on his research with assistant professor of biology Shih-Chieh Chien titled “Statistical analysis of environmental homogenization in urban vs. natural soil profiles in Waverly, Iowa.”
Elijah Cooper presented a poster on his research, “Effects of salinity on T. californicus nauplii hatch rates,” which was conducted with Henry Eckert, Brandon Christofferson, Brady Benzing and Brett Mommer, an assistant professor of biology.
Other Wartburg students attending the conference included Inioluwa Akingbemila, Adeola Ade-Busari, Tina Inegbese, Alondra Johnson Santana, Consolate Kumboko, Gael Rangel, Amina Sangare, Inaiyah Smith, and Amanda Strzyzewski.
The students were accompanied by Davidson, Mommer and LeAnn Faidley, an associate professor of engineering science and Wartburg’s IINspire program director.
IINspire is a National Science Foundation-supported regional alliance comprising 16 neighboring institutions committed to broadening the participation of U.S. students from traditionally underrepresented groups in STEM fields.
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