Scholar Profiles

Karyn Duddeck

Major: Animal Science

Mentor: Young Dal Jang, Ph.D. 

McNair Research Focus: Evaluate the effects of dietary

supplementation on various metrics of growth and

vitality in nursery piglets.

Sidney Hyet

Major: Chemistry/Biochemistry

Mentor: Tim Lyden, Ph.D.

McNair Research Focus: Generating and characterizing

3-D printed tumor tissue samples and analyzing

gene expression features.

Dylan Jensen

Major: Psychology/Neuroscience

Mentor: Daniel Ehlinger, Ph.D.

McNair Research Focus: Assessing the functional

connectivity between attention and other cognitive

processes using spontaneous alternation.

Giselle Nuñez

Major: Psychology/ Neuroscience

Mentor: Melanie Ayres, Ph.D. 

McNair Research Focus: The role of Sex Education

instruction on human sexuality.

Trinity Olguin

Major: Chemistry

Mentor: Stacey Stoffregen, Ph.D.

McNair Research Focus: Examining the decay of alkenes

in the ozone layer.

Rileigh Powers

Major: Animal Science with an emphasis in meat animal

Mentor: Sylvia Kehoe, Ph.D. 

McNair Research Focus: Examining the relationship

between blood and urine chemistry and Ph levels

in samples drawn from calves at the

UW–River Falls laboratory farm.

Izabelle Rottier

Major: Communication Science and Disorders

Mentor: Sheri Stronach, Ph.D. 

McNair Research Focus: Conduct a survey of the use

and testing of memory in youths with autism

and fluency disorders by practicing

Speech Language Pathologists.

Haley Schultz

Major: Dairy Management

Mentor: Melkaye Melka, Ph.D.

McNair Research Focus: Cataloging genetic sequences

and variations found in cattle.

Diego Theisen

Major: Psychology (I/O)/Business Administration

Mentor: Travis Tubré, Ph.D. 

McNair Research Focus: Examining the effect on

performance evaluations completed by

supervisors for employees who have an

existing psychological illness or condition

known to their supervisor.

Yuxuan (April) Yang

Major: Psychology/Criminology

Mentor:  Todd Wilkinson, Ph.D. 

McNair Research Focus: Examining the impact of

social media on eating disorders.