Several Missouri State University biology students attended the Missouri Natural Resources Conference (MNRC) Feb. 4-6 in Osage Beach, Missouri. About their research Biology students attended and presented their work: Susan Anderson, student of Drs. Chris Lupfer and Tom Tomasi, presented “UV-C Light Exposure as a Possible Treatment Method against Pseudogymnoascus … [Read more...] about Shaping biology research by the dozen
Biology students Alexandria Beezel and Ethan Rutledge attended the 2020 Southern Division-American Fisheries Society (SDAFS) Meeting Feb. 20-23 in Little Rock, Arkansas. About their research Beezel presented her undergraduate research project titled “A Cursory Look into the Striped Bass Population in Norfork Lake.” The project was a collaboration with the Arkansas Game and … [Read more...] about Fishing for results through aquatic ecosystem research
PAMS senior Kali Shoaf attended the Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWiP) Jan. 17-19 in Norman, Oklahoma. She received the title of “Best Physics” for her conference presentation, along with two other presenters. About her research Shoaf analyzes changes in stars’ brightness called pulsations using NASA space telescope data from the Transiting Exoplanet … [Read more...] about Brightening the horizon of the sciences through star research and female empowerment
While the science of astronomy originated centuries ago, our understanding of late-evolution stars has origins in more recent decades. The creation of NASA’s Kepler space telescope made studying such stars and their detailed set of vibrations possible. In his paper, "K2 observations of the pulsating subdwarf B stars UY Sex and V1405 Ori,” Dr. Mike Reed studies the traits … [Read more...] about Reading the stars through Kepler’s map
Several undergraduate and graduate students from Missouri State attended the Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in Washington, D.C., Feb. 21–23. The Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) started a chapter at Missouri State this semester. LSAMP began after the registration date to present at ERN, but Deb Ehie, LSAMP graduate assistant, is … [Read more...] about Creating Missouri State’s emerging researchers