Natural sciences senior seminar presentations

Madison Adkins – “The Role of Epigenetic Inheritance on Addiction Vulnerability”

Montana Bremerman – “Appalachian Nightlights: The Firefly Experience”

Aeron Burkhardt – “Applications of Silicon Nanoparticles in Forensic Fingerprinting”

Makayla Bush – “Compartment Syndrome: Research-Based Diagnoses and Treatments”

Maddie Creswell – “Coral Bleaching and Its Effects on Marine Ecosystems”

Skylar Georges – “The Effects of Agent Orange on Reproductive Health”

Jalen Hurt – “How Can Sickle Cell Disease or Sickle Cell Trait Be Affected by Other Disorders”

Skylar Lane – Interstitial Cystitis: Bridging the Gap Between Misdiagnosis and Effective Treatment”

Landen Locklear – “How Running Alters the Foot”

Carter Morelock – “The effects of Forest Management Practices on the Habitat Quality and Population Dynamics of Plethodontid Salamanders in the United States”

Emily Mosley – “The Formation and Patters of Human Fingerprints”

Katie Murphy – “Environmental Toxins That Disrupt the Thyroid Gland”

Caid Sanders – “HPAI in Domesticated Animals”

Taylor Sanders – “The Potential Genetic Causes of Alzheimer’s”

Whitney Thompson — “The Impact of Habitat Loss Has on Monarch Butterflies Populations”