Students
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Name |
Institution |
Preceptor |
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Soka Vanegas-Fararra |
UAF |
Spellman, K |
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Addie Elsik |
UAA |
Hannah, R |
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Isabel Ulofoshio |
UAA |
Bortz, E |
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Marcus Montoya |
UAA |
Bortz, E |
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Hannah Boron |
UAA |
Causey, D |
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Ni'a Dowdy |
UAA |
Kullberg, M |
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Travis Chiu |
UAF |
Crawford, S |
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Nivedita Menon |
UAF |
Rice, S |
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Stella Organek |
UAF |
Rice, S |
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Jacqui Wendler |
UAF |
Drew, K |
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Name |
Project Title |
Institution |
Preceptor |
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Justice Hansen |
Elucidating the Cellular Mechanism of 6PPD-Q Toxicity in Alaskan Coho Salmon |
UAA |
Stecyk, J |
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Name |
Project Title |
Funding Period |
Institution |
Preceptor |
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Riley Barber |
Development Of A C3-Targeted Liposomal Vaccine Platform With Surface Conjugated Antigen |
One-year |
UAA |
Kullberg, M |
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Agnes Lehr |
Understanding The Risks Of The Soil Virome In High Latitudes |
One-year |
UAF |
Drown, D |
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Gus Snyder |
Molecular Underpinnings Of Hypoxia Tolerance In Notothenioid Fishes |
One-year |
UAF |
O'Brien, K. |
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Amanda Stromecki |
Mechanisms Of Rhizomediation In Diesal Contaminated Soils Of Ak |
One-year |
UAF |
Leigh, MB |
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Vy Nguyen |
The Role Of Cdk5 And S6K In Oxygen Glucose Deprivation Tolerance In Neuron Stem Cell. |
One-year |
UAF |
Drew, K |
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Sarah Suarez |
Visinin-Like Protein Alters Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Function And Isoform Expression |
One-year |
UAF |
Weltzin, M |
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Maxwell Plichta |
Anthropogenic Noise On The Arctic Coastal Plain & Its Impact On Caribou Behavior |
One-year |
UAF |
Brinkman, T |
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Name |
Project Title |
Institution |
Preceptor |
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Tammy Kiefer |
Tire-Wear Toxins: Unmasking the Cellular Consequences of 6PPD-Q Exposure on Alaskan Salmon |
UAA |
Stecyk, J |
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Pirada Anderson |
Investigating the Effects of Temperatures in Snails Infected with Trichobilharzia alaskensis |
UAA |
Larson, D |
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Amber Richardson |
Pioneering Pyrolysis GC-MS Methods for Tire and Road Wear Particle Analysis in Southcentral Alaska |
UAA |
Tomco, P |
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Name |
Project Title |
Institution |
Preceptor |
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Tammy Kiefer |
Tire-Wear Toxins: Unmasking the Cellular Consequences of 6PPD-Q Exposure on Alaskan Salmon |
UAA |
Stecyk, J |
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Amber Richardson |
Pioneering Pyrolysis GC-MS Methods for Tire and Road Wear Particle Analysis in Southcentral Alaska |
UAA |
Tomco, P |
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Halle Crawford |
Baseline sampling of biotic and abiotic conditions of Auke Lake to better understand the growth and abundance of juvenile salmon important to the subsistence diet of humans. |
UAS |
Tallmon, D |
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Zachary Tozier |
Investigating the Anti-Inflammatory Properties of Artemisia tilesii (Sargiġruaq) Extracts |
UAS |
Barth, B |
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Addison Elsik |
Identification of Proteins that Comprise the Blood Brain Barrier in the Arctic Ground Squirrel |
UAA |
Hannah, R |
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Arianna Workman |
Holothurians Against Leukemia |
UAS |
Barth, B |
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Pirada Anderson |
Investigating the Effects of Temperatures in Snails Infected with Trichobilharzia alaskensis |
UAF |
Larson, D |
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Kyle Abbott |
The range of phenotypic variation and developmental stability in Auke Creek juvenile pink salmon. |
UAS |
Tallmon, D |
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Gabriel Miller |
Effects of RVG Binding on Dog and Human α7 Receptor Functionality |
UAF |
Welztin, M |
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Name |
Project Title |
Length of Award |
Campus |
Faculty Mentor |
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Jordyn McNeil |
The heart and brain metabolome of the anoxia-tolerant red-eared slider turtle. |
Summer 2023 |
UAA |
Stecyk |
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Hannah Woody |
Characterization of the molecular and physiological stress response of notothenioid’s to hypoxia |
Summer 2023 |
UAF |
Muscarella |
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Lahra Weber |
Novel alpha7 nACHR-selective RVG chimeric peptide as cargo-delivery agent targeting the CNS |
Summer 2023 |
UAF |
Weltzin |
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Travis Jennings |
Akkermansia muciniphila and pre-hibernation fattening in thirteen-lined ground squirrels |
Summer 2023 |
UAA |
Duddlesston |
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Becca Olson |
The Coupling of Mercury and Carbon Cycles in Boreal Forest Soils |
Summer 2023 |
UAF |
Muscarella |
| Name | Project Title | Length of Award | Campus |
Faculty Mentor
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| Agustus Snyder | Characterization of the Molecular and Physiological Stress Response of Notothenioids to Hypoxia | One Year | UAF |
Kristin O'Brien
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| Amanda Stromecki | Phytoremediation of Diesel-contaminated Soils in Rural Alaska | One Year | UAF |
Mary Beth Leigh
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| Bevyn Cover | Assessment of Antibiotic and Heavy Metal Resistant Genes in Northern Alaska | One Year | UAF |
Devin Drown
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| Elizabeth Parry | The Development and Validation of a One Health Food Insecurity Vulnerability Index (FIVI) | Two Year | UAF |
Andrea Bersamin
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| Gabriela Olmos Rosas | Testimonios de dulzura y dolor: The Social Context of Diabetes for Mexican Immigrants in Alaska | One Year | UAF |
Elaine Drew
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| Garrett Savory | Do Amino Acid Nitrogen Isotope Ratios Capture Declines in Captive Muskox Body Condition? | One Year | UAF |
Diane O'Brien
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| Hannah Woody | Energy Requirements of Cold-Adapted Bacteria in the Arctic Permafrost | One Year | UAF |
Mario Muscarella
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| Jordyn McNeil | The Heart and Brain Metabolome of the Anoxia-tolerant Red-eared Slider Turtle. | One Year | UAA |
Jonathan Stecyk
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| Lahra Weber | Novel Alpha7 nACHR-selective RVG Chimeric Peptide as Cargo-delivery Agent Targeting the CNS | One Year | UAF |
Maegan Weltzin
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| Sarah Suarez | Epilepsy Associated Mutation Disrupts VILIP-1 Driven Modulation in α4β2 nAChRs | Two Year | UAF |
Maegan Weltzin
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| Travis Jennings | Akkermansia Muciniphila and Pre-hibernation Fattening in Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrels | One Year | UAA |
Khrys Duddlesston
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Name |
Project Title |
Campus |
Faculty Mentor |
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Danielle Wrenn |
DART: Detection of Antimicrobial Resistance Toolbox |
UAF |
Drown |
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Joseph Milton |
Determination of 6-PPD Quinone LC50 and Impact on Swimming Performance in Chinook, Coho, and Sockeye Fry |
UAA |
Stecyk |
|
Charlotte Springer |
Processing Stomach contents of Berryteuthis magister Squid using eDNA |
UAS |
Navarro |
|
Aria Workman |
Characterizing woodrat gut microbes and their role in toxin tolerance |
UAF |
Muscarella |
|
Jorda Kovash |
Change in gene expression indicates trembling aspen defense mechanisms against a new fungal pathogen. |
UAF |
Schutte |
|
Donovan Varelman |
Investigating the efficiency of fatty acid synthesis using a formulated diet for Dungeness crabs |
UAS |
Schram |
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Alyssa Sampson |
The heart and brain metabolome of the anoxia-tolerant red-eared slider turtle. |
UAA |
Stecyk |
|
Michelle Ramirez |
Energy Requirements of Cold-Adapted Bacteria in the Arctic Permafrost |
UAF |
Muscarella |
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Agatha Boldt |
Novel alpha7 nACHR-selective RVG chimeric peptide as cargo-delivery agent targeting the CNS |
UAF |
Weltzin |
|
Hailei Nystuen |
Akkermansia muciniphila and pre-hibernation fattening in thirteen-lined ground squirrels |
UAA |
Duddlesston |
|
Maura Grahek |
The Coupling of Mercury and Carbon Cycles in Boreal Forest Soils |
UAF |
Muscarella |
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Name |
Project Title |
Length of Award |
Campus |
Faculty Mentor |
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Heidi McKee |
Culturing Gut Microbes: Toward Understanding Beneficial Host-Microbe Interactions |
One year award |
UAA |
Duddleston |
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Zoey Grenier |
Copper stress in cells initiates compensatory alterations to zinc handling machinery |
One year award |
UAA |
Burkhead |
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Harold Gridley |
Assessing the Role of T-type CA2+ Channels in the Anoxia-Tolerant Turtle Heart |
One year award |
UAA |
Stecyk |
|
Jessica Johnson |
Estimating the Trophic Position of Humans Using Amino Acid Nitrogen Isotope Ratios |
One year award |
UAF |
O'Brien, D. |
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Sarah Suarez |
Epilepsy Associated Mutation Disrupts VILIP-1 Driven Modulation in α4β2 nAChRs |
Two year award |
UAF |
Weltzin |
|
Brittany O'Brien |
Development of rabies viral glycoprotein derived peptides for nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subtype targeting |
One year award |
UAF |
Weltzin |
|
Elizabeth Parry |
The Development and Validation of a One Health Food Insecurity Vulnerability Index (FIVI) |
Two year award |
UAF |
Bersamin |
|
Isaac Van Flein |
Elucidating role of α4β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in OCD & ASD |
One year award |
UAF |
Bult-Ito |
|
Laura Weingartner |
The influence of wildfire smoke on the phenolic compounds of a wild Alaskan berry |
One year award |
UAF |
Mulder |
|
Name |
Project Title |
Campus |
Faculty Mentor |
|
Danielle Wrenn |
Portable Antibiotic Resistance Toolbox |
UAF |
Drown |
|
Mallory Presler |
Effects of Exercise and Cold Exposure on the Proportion of Contractile Fiber Types and Muscle Fiber Size of Rat Soleus Muscle |
UAF |
O'Brien, K. |
|
Pierce Brooks |
Potential Anticancer Properties of Various Platinum (IV) 2-phenylpyridine Halogens |
UAA |
Howard |
|
Corbin Flaming |
Gene Expression of Regulators of G-protein Signaling in the Heart and Brain of the Anoxia-tolerant Turtle Trachemys scripta |
UAA |
Stecyk |
|
Jacob Ferrill |
Contributions to Perfluorooctanoic Sulfonate (PFOS) and Perfluoroctanoic Acid (PFOA) Levels from Food Processing Procedures |
UAS |
Hoferkamp |
|
Carmen Soto |
An Investigation into Mercury Contamination in Juneau, AK from Legacy Gold Mining |
UAS |
Nagorski |
|
Emily Vernon |
Effects of Antifreeze Proteins on Lipid Membrane Stabilization for Cryopreservation Purposes |
UAS |
Meister |
|
Charlotte Springer |
Analysis of Heavy Metal Contents of Armhook Squid, Berryteuthis magister |
UAS |
Navarro |
|
Yeraldy Olivero |
Environmental DNA and Hydrography for Biological Community Surveys in SE Alaska |
UAS |
Navarro |
| Name | Project Title | Length of Award | Campus | Faculty Mentor |
| Ameneh Arabi | Development of MUC1 cancer immunotherapy using complement targeted liposome | One year award | UAA | Max Kullberg |
| Caitlin Kollander | Virus Transmission in Southcentral Alaska Myotis lucifugus Populations | One year award | UAA | Douglas Causey |
| Jin Ziyang | Therapist Immediacy in Addressing Alliance Ruptures from Patients’ Perspectives | One-year award | UAA | Sara Buckingham |
| Heidi McKee | Culturing gut microbes: toward understanding beneficial host-microbe interactions | One year award | UAA | Dr. Khrys Duddleston |
| Issac Van Flein | Elucidating role of α4β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in OCD and ASD | Summer | UAF | Abel Bult-Ito |
| Jessica Johnson | The robustness of an isotopic biomarker of added sugars across populations | One year award | UAF | Diane O'Brien |
| Kelly Ireland | Effect of Crude-Oil Exposure on Threespine Stickleback Fish Health and the Role of Host-Microbiome | Two year award | UAA | Brandon Briggs |
| Michelle Johannsen | Mechanisms of Muscle Preservation and Fat Loss Due to Cold Exposure and Exercise | One year award | UAF | Scott Ryan Oliver |
| Monica Brandhuber | Monitoring Polar Bear Reproduction and Metabolism with Novel Biomarkers | One year award | UAF | Shannon Atkinson |
| Sarah Suarez | Epilepsy Mutation and VILIP-1 in α4β2 nAChRs Shapes Dendritic Arborization | One year award | UAF | Maegan Weltzin |
| Shannon Medlock | Gut and milk microbiotas influence on offspring in arctic ground squirrels | One year award | UAA | Khrys Duddleston |
| Name | Project Title | Campus | Faculty Mentor |
| Athenia Large | Cerebral and mesentery VSMC KV channel expression of the red-eared slider turtle (Trachemys scripta) during anoxia at 5°C and 21°C | UAA | Rachael Hannah |
| Cora Lyon | Whole Genome Analysis of Brucella abortus: Determining Virulence Factors Involved in Brucellosis‐related Abortions | UAA | Brandon Briggs |
| Daphne Mueller | Validation and deployment of qPCR assays for the detection of Icthyophonus spp., a Chinook salmon pathogen | UAF | Andres Lopez |
| Debra Lane-Hayes | Cellular Identification of Trachemys scripta brains following anoxic survival | UAA | Rachael Hannah |
| Eleanor Ransdell-Green | Aerobic and anaerobic metabolic remodeling in three-spine stickleback fish in response to cold acclimation | UAF | Kristin O'Brien |
| Erin Galla | Are Mercury Levels a Concern in Commonly Harvested Fish in Alaska? | UAS | Sonia Nagorski |
| Jules Pender | The Diversity of Mercury Methylating Bacteria Across a Permafrost Thaw Gradient in Interior Alaska | UAF | Mario Muscarella |
| Keith Sellers | Smartphone-Enabled Thiamine Measurements for use in Resource Limited Settings | UAS | Lisa Hoferkamp |
| Muriel Dittrich | Using Harmful Algal Bloom Monitoring to Understand PSP Risks and Mitigate Testing Burdens at a Shellfish Farm in Southeast Alaska | UAS | David Tallmon |
| Myles LaValley | The Effects of Upper Respiratory Tract Co-Infection on COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 Viral Load | UAA | Eric Bortz |
| Nicole Patkotak | Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell K-ATP channel expression in Trachemys scripta (red-eared slider turtle); keeping blood vessels open in the brain during exposure to low temperature and reduced oxygen environments. | UAA | Rachael Hannah |
| Sage Robine | Retrograde trafficking of COMMD proteins in response to viral infection | UAA | Jason Burkhead |
| Thomas Kosten | Mucosal immunity transcriptomics from SARS-CoV-2 cases in Alaska | UAA | Eric Bortz |
| Zoey Grenier | Copper stress in cells initiates compensatory alterations in zinc handling machinery | UAA | Jason Burkhead |
| Name | Project Title | Mentor | CAMPUS |
| Ralf Dagdag | The Commander Complex: Potential As Novel Antiviral Proteins | Bortz | UAA |
| Molly Garner | Electro-mechanical Coupling In The Heart Of A Champion Of Anoxia Survival | Steyck | UAA |
| William George | Surveillance and Genome Analysis Of Bat Borne Coronavirus In Alaskan Bats | Bortz | UAA |
| Tracie Haan | Health Implications of Permafrost Resistome Effected by Disturbance-Induced Thaw | Drown | UAF |
| Caitlin Kollander | The Virus Ecology of Myotis lucifugus in Sothcentral Alaska | Causey | UAA |
| Brandon Kowalski | Sex Specific Responses in Protein Metabolism During Arduous Field Opperations | Coker | UAF |
| Shannon Medlock | Gut And Milk Microbiotas Influence On Offspring In Arctic Ground Squirrels | Duddleston | UAA |
| Kendall Mills | The Role Of Melanin In Immune Function: A Wild Rodent Model | Olson | UAF |
| Evelina Natekin | Medical Implants Bioinspired By Shark Cartilage | Wilger | UAA |
| Kristofer Sasser | Defense At What Cost? Measuring the Energetic Cost of Divergent Immune Phenotypes | Weber | UAA |
| Taylor Seitz | Soil Microbial Community Effects On Alaskan Subsistence Food Security | Drown | UAF |
| Sarah Suarez | NFLE Mutation Disrupts VILIP-1 Modulation, Shifting α4β2 nAChR isoform Expression | Weltzin | UAF |
| Alex Francian | Enhancing Tumor Antigen Presentation With Complement Liposomes | Kullberg | UAA |
| Michelle Johannsen | Mechanisms Of Muscle Preservation And Fat Loss In Response To Cold And Exercise | Oliver | UAF |
| Awardee | Project | Campus | Mentor | Semester |
| Grenier, Zoey | Copper stress in cells and initiates compensatory alterations in zinc handling machinery | UAA | Burkhead | Summer |
| Jasmin, Ariane | Analysis of the hypoxia‐induced response in Notothenia coriiceps | UAF | O’Brien | Summer |
| Lyon, Cora | Next generation sequencing of extremophiles: Determining the DNA repair mechanisms of Deinococcus radiodurans and its applications. | UAA | Bortz | Summer |
| McKay, James | An examination of the cytosolic protein visinin-like protien-1 effect on wild-type and associated nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy nicotinic acetylcholine receptors | UAF | Weltzin | Summer |
| Novell-Lane, Sarah | Assessment of PFAS in biota and sediment from a contaminated source near Utqiaġvik (Barrow), Alaska | UAS | Hoferkamp | Spring/Summer |
| Parades, Elvin | The Effects of temperature on Trichobilharzia Alaskensis shedding in Arctic snails | UAF | Larson | Fall/Spring |
| Reisinger, Jessica | Heterologous expression of HCN channels of Trachemys scripta (red-eared slider turtle) | UAA | Stecyk | Summer |
| NAME | TITLE | Campus | *one or two year | Mentor | Degree sought |
| Tracie Haan | Health Implications of Permafrost Resistome Effected by Disturbance-Induced Thaw | UAF | 1 | Drown | MS |
| Alex Francian | Enhancing tumor antigen presentation with complement liposomes | UAA | 2 | Kuhlberg | PhD |
| Emilie Morrell | Influences of sex, dietary fructose and dietary Cu on NAFLD pathogenesis, a multi-omics approach | UAA | 1 | Burkhead | PhD |
| Sarah Rice | Cross talk between metabolism and nervous system initiates arousal during hibernation | UAF | 1 | Drew | PhD |
| Cassie Duncan | Ultrastructural modulation of hypothalmic pituitary cells during puberty | UAF | 1 | Williams | MS |
| Monica Brandhuber | Development of a New Technique to Monitor Reproduction in Polar Bears | UAS | 1 | Atkinson | MS |
| Michelle Johannsen | Mechanisms of Muscle Preservation and Fat Loss in Response to Cold and Exercise | UAF | 2 | Oliver | PhD |
| Ralf Dagdag | The Commander complex: potential as novel antiviral proteins | UAA | 1 | Bortz | MS |
| Shannon Medlock | Gut and milk microbiotas influence on offspring in arctic ground squirrels | UAA | 1 | Duddleston | MS |
| Tynan Becker | Role of cathepsins in determining immunodominance | UAF | 1 | Kuhn | PhD |
| Brandon Kowalski | Sex-Specific Responses in Protein Metabolism During Arduous Field Operations | UAF | 1 | Coker | MS |
| Evelina Natekin | Medical Implants Bioinspired by Shark Cartilage | UAA | Fall 2019 | Wilga/Calhoun | MS |