The Wild Basin Creative Research Center has just announced the 2014 Dr. Allan W. Hook Endowed Wild Basin Creative Research Fund Awardees. This year’s awardees hail from three different schools at St. Edward’s: Natural Sciences, Behavioral and Social Sciences, and Humanities. Updates and photos of the students as their research progresses will be posted soon on the Wild Basin blog, so keep your eyes out for some exciting information. A big congratulations to the following students:
Christopher Johnson and Gregory Washington – Estimating White-tailed Deer Population Density on Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve using Camera-traps
Kenneth Funk – Examining the Impact of Neurotoxic Pesticides on the Non-target, Soil Dwelling Nematode C. elegans in Native Soils
Karina Cuellar – Analysis of Antimicrobial Secretions of the Burying Beetle (Nicrophorus carolinus)
Maryhelen Reuter – Native Texas Wild Basin Insects: Large Scale Hanging Sculptures
Christina Schech – Translating Natural Patterns and Flora into Interpretive Sculptural Installations
Yvette Cannata – Investigating the Effects of Herbicides on Cognitive Foraging Abilities in the Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Lithobates berlandieri)
Nicole Minicone and Andrew Barrick – The Assessment of Macroinvertebrate Assemblages in the Balcones Canyonlands Preserve
Aaron Waters and Jamie Carpenter – The Influence of Land Use Change on the Health and Integrity of Stream Ecosystems in the Bee Creek Watershed