Theses/Dissertations from 2023
The Impact of Study Strategies on Academic Performance for Medical Students at Wright State University, Markia Black
Microplastics in Wetlands of West Central Ohio : Concentration and Distribution, Mitchell Link
Tracking the Progression of Defects at the Neuromuscular Junction in Huntington's Disease, Katherine A. Trittschuh
To What Extent do Non-native Shrubs Support Higher Trophic Levels?, Ari Zakroff
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
The Impact of Sentiment and Misinformation Cycling Through the Social Media Platform, Twitter, During the Initial Phase of the COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout, Emily Grace Burwell
Modeling ALS-associated Matrin-3 toxicity in yeast, Widad El-Zein
Exploring the Host Range, Impacts, and Distribution of Black Rot Disease on Alliaria Petiolata, Gabriela Ivette Harney-Davila
Chemosensitivity of Locus Coeruleus Neurons Decreases with Postnatal Development, Yasmeen Samar
Community-level Effects of a Widescale Reduction in White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Density, Mariah Slaughter
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Characterizing the Effects of 14-3-3 Isoforms on Alpha-Synuclein Toxicity in a Yeast Model, Angela Marie Braunschweiger
Interleukin-2 Receptor Alpha Nuclear Localization Impacts Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Function and Phenotype, Kristie Nhi Dinh
Analyses of Coyote (Canis latrans) Consumption of Anthropogenic Material and Dietary Composition in Urban and Non-urban Habitats, Audrey A. Hayes
Functional Characterization of Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus Matrix Protein in Host Cellular Responses, Jeffery Ringiesn
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Effects of Forest Age and Composition on Coleoptera Associated with Fungal Fruiting Bodies in Southwest Ohio, Jeffrey M. Brown
Assessment of In Vivo Muscle Force in the R6/2 Mouse Model of Huntington's Disease Using Newly Designed Force Rig, Steven Russell Alan Burke
A Planarian Kinesin Associated Protein 3 Homolog is Required for Spermatogenesis and Ciliogenesis, Donovan Christman
Fate of White Fringetree Through the Invasion Wave of Emerald Ash Borer and Its Variation in Resistance to Attack, Emily A. Ellison
Composition of dung beetle communities in a tropical montane forest alters the rate of dung removal more than species diversity alone, Elizabeth A. Engle
Influence of light availability on tree growth, defense, and emerald ash borer (Agrlius planipennis) success in white fringetree (Chionanthus virginicus) and black ash (Fraxinus nigra), Michael S. Friedman
Invasive Species Shift Fungal Driven Decomposition in Midwestern Forests, Adam M. Reed
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Identification of a Hybrid Lethal Gene on the X Chromosome of Caenorhabditis briggsae, John Kelly Dougherty
Effects of Coral Reef Habitat Complexity on the Community Composition and Trophic Structure of Marine Fish Assemblages in Indonesia’s Wakatobi Marine National Park, Kuyer Josiah Fazekas Jr.
Nutrient Flux from Aquatic to Terrestrial Invertebrate Communities Across a Lakeside Ecotone, Hosanna B. Loreaux
Bat species diversity and habitat use assessment with focus on endangered Indiana bats in the Wright State University woods, Megan R. Rude
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Mapping Hybrid Lethal Genes on the X Chromosome of C. Briggsae, Blaine E. Bittorf
Comparing created and natural depressional wetlands through trophic analysis of macroinvertebrates, Shante N. Eisele
Demography and Dendrochronology of a Disjunct Population of Eastern Hemlock in Southwestern Ohio, Marie Johnson
A Planarian Tau Tubulin Kinase Homolog is Required for Spermatogenesis and Epithelial Ciliogenesis, Robert Alan Magley
The Effect of Increased Quizzing on Retention of Material by Histology Laboratory Students, R. J. Nogrady
The Missing Metric: An Evaluation of Microorganism Importance in Wetland Assessments, Aaron John Onufrak
Fast Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel Currents and Action Potential Firing in R6/2 Skeletal Muscle, Eric Joshua Reed
Transcriptional characterization of osteogenic and adipogenic differentiation of human bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells in 2D and 3D peptide hydrogel culture system, R. M. Imtiaz Karim Rony
Low-Impact Yoga Improves Flexibility, but Has No Effect on Heart Rate Variability in Sedentary Adult Women, Lauren Marie Shafer
Monitoring Ohio Bat Communities and Populations Using Mobile Acoustics, Molly C. Simonis
Community Structure and Epizootic Infection Prevalence of Northern Wisconsin Anurans, Kayla Christine Watters
Lonicera maackii alters decay dynamics of coarse woody debris, Michaela J. Woods
Anthropogenic Noise Alters Avian Community Composition in Temperate Forests, Chelsea Jill Wright
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
The impacts of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) herbivory on the forage quality of forest vegetation, Jonathan David Becker
Determinants of host use in tachinid parasitoids (Diptera: Tachinidae) of stink bugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in Southwest Ohio, Matthew W. Duncan
Enhanced Neurogenesis In Subventricular Zone Of Rats That Voluntarily Ingest Fluoxetine And Simavastatin Combination Treatment, Tiffany L. Flannery
Feeding Selectivity of an Algivore (Tropheus brichardi) in Lake Tanganyika, Robin Richardson-Coy
Breeding Bird and Bat Activity Surveys at Dairymen's Inc., Mandy M. Salminen
Impacts of Invasive Alliaria Petiolata on Two Native Pieridae Butterflies, Anthocharis Midea and Pieris Virginiensis, Danielle Marie Thiemann
Infection Prevalence in a Novel Ixodes scapularis Population in Northern Wisconsin, Mary Lynn Westwood
Survey of a Neotropical anuran assemblage (Pacaya-Samiria Reserve, Peru), Eric Woebbe
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Evidence of morphological variation between Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus Rafinesque, 1819 populations across Grand Lake St. Mary’s watershed, Anthony Jerome Bell
Regulation of Mitotic Progression by Btf and TRAP150, Divya Cheedu
Fission Yeast as a Model Organism for FUS-Dependent YCytotoxicity in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Alan J. Cone
The Effects of Cold and Freezing Temperatures on The Blood Brain Barrier and Aquaporin 1, 4, and 9 Expression in Cope's Gray Treefrog (Hyla Chrysoscelis), Dalal Nouruldeen Felemban
Genomic Signatures of Population History in a Pair of Recently Diverged Australian Teal Support Strong Selection on the Z Sex-Chromosome, Kevin Kyle Hawkins
The Effects of Various Laundering Factors on the Recoverability of Dna, Erin L. Houston
Host Location and Host-associated Divergence In Parasitoids of the Gall Midge, Asteromyia Carbonifera, Jeffrey L. Howell
The Development and Validation of a One Tier Diagnostic Assessment to Test Premedical Students' Misconceptions about Traumatic Brain Injury, Md Hasan Iqbal
The Genomics of Speciation within the Globally Distributed Blue-Winged Ducks, Joel Thomas Nelson
Chemosensitivity in Mealworms and Darkling Beetles (Tenebrio molitor) across Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Gradients, Andrew King Patterson
Genetic Analysis of Male-Specific Lethality between Caenorhabditis briggsae:: Caenorhabditis nigoni F1 Hybrids, Vaishnavi Ragavapuram
Investigation of Exoribonuclease-1 Function in Regulation of Stem Cells during Planarian Regeneration, Steven Gobinsing Sayson
Parasitoid Communities of Remnant and Constructed Prairie Fragments in Western Ohio, Michael Drew Sheaffer
How Specialist and Generalist Herbivores are Responding to Invasive Plant Threats, Lauren Elizabeth Shewhart
Determining Protein-Protein Interactions of ALS-Associated SOD1, Leah A. Shurte
Characterization of Sterility and Germline Defects Caused by smed-boule RNA-Interference, Jessica Kathryne Steiner
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
β2m Antibody is a Suitable Antibody to Detect Major Histocompatibility Complex Class Ι as well as α Chain Antibody in Healthy Tissues and Tissues Infected with Mouse Parvovirus 1, Sana Mahmoud Alhawsawi
Vertical Distribution of Wetland Plant Roots and their Associated Bacteria in Groundwater-Fed Wetlands, Jennifer Diane Bailey
Effects of Agricultural Land Use on Stream Fish Communities in Ohio, USA, Blythe Hazellief
Limitations of Host Plant use in Two Andean Altinote (Nymphalidae, Heliconiinea, Acraeini), Butterflies, from a Tritrophic Perspective, Karen M. Pedersen
Logging Debris Protects Sugar Maple (Acer Saccharum) Seedlings from White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus Virginianus) Herbivory in Wolf-Occupied Forest, Ari Erin Sullivan
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Binding and Entry Mechanisms of Adenovirus in Polarized Epithelial Cells, Trisha Lynn Brockman
Opiliones Biodiversity in Cusuco National Park, Honduras, Brittany N. Damron
Exploring How Middle School Students' Epistemologies in Practice Change Across Time with Varying Content Areas And Knowledge Product Contexts, Mackenzie Evan English
Co-evolution of Mitochondrial and Nuclear Genomes in Caenorhabditis , Emily Elaine Hill
Effects of Rev Protein on Microtubule Arrays In Living Cells, Nayana M. Nikumbh
Direct and Indirect Effects of White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Herbivory on Beetle and Spider Assemblages in Northern Wisconsin, Elizabeth J. Sancomb
Assortative Fertilization in the Elegans-Group of Caenorhabditis, Sara Rose Seibert
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Accurate Splicing of HDAC6 Requires Son, Vishnu Priya Chowdary Battini
Long-Term Effects of Deer Browsing on Northern Wisconsin Forest Plant Communities, Danielle Rae Begley
The Phylogenetics of Tachinidae (insecta: Diptera) with an Emphasis on Subfamily Structure, Daniel J. Davis
Enhancing Herbicide Efficacy on Reed Canary Grass (Phalaris arundinacea) by Testing a Plant Growth Hormone, Application Times, and Herbicide Type, Denise Lynn Fong
Likely Successors of Ash Species in Response to the Emerald Ash Borer in Ohio Forests, Brian Michael Good
The Role of Patch Size, Isolation, and Forest Condition on Pileated Woodpecker Occupancy in Southwestern Ohio, Anna Lynn Kamnyev
CO2/pH Signaling of Respiratory Control Neurons in the Bullfrog, Lithobates catesbeianus: Development of a Comparative Model, Joseph M. Santin
Can Antibiotics from Recently Discovered Marine Actinobacteria Slow the Tide of Antibiotic Resistance?, Lorraine Susan Tangeman
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Characterization of HIV-1 Rev Mutants, Jennifer Lynn Chang
Trading Resistance for Vigor: A Potential Mechanism for Invasion by the Asian Grass Microstegium Vimineum, Matthew Dickinson
Effects of Conductivity and Fish Grazing on Alkaline Phosphatase Activity of Littoral Periphyton, Samuel A. Drerup
Expression of Inflamatory Response Genes in Ferrets Challenged with H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus, Brock M. Miniard
Powdery Mildew (Erysiphe cruciferarum) Affects the Allelopathic and Competitive Abilities of Invasive Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata), Andrew Russell Officer
House Dust Mite Induced Gene Expression and Cytokine Secretion by Human Dermal Fibroblasts, Jananie Rockwood
The Role of Plant-soil Feedback in Exotic Plant Invasion: Soil Type, Biotic or Abiotic Factors?, Kelly Dawn Schradin
Regulation of Mitosis by Nuclear Speckle Proteins, Keshia Nicole Torres-Munoz
Examining the Relationship between Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata) and European Earthworms, Alexandra M. Zelles
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Multi-Locus Evidence of a Late Pleistocene Divergence and Sex-Biased Dispersal in The North American Wood Duck (Aix Sponsa), Christopher T. Bigley
The Effect of Mycorrhizal Inoculation Prior to Transplantation on Wetland Restoration Success in Sites of Different Land Use Histories, Brett Joseph Fisher
Changes in Avian Community Composition at Sugarcreek Metropark between 1978 and 2010, Jennifer Lynne Hays
An Evaluation of Habitat Structure and the Distribution of Rare and Common Darters in Ohio, Erin Lee Kingdom
Nuclear Reorganization and Gene Expression During Muscle Cell Differentiation, Amy L. Pitstick
The Effects of Forest Fragmentation on the Reproductive Success of Spring Ephemeral Wildflowers and Their Pollinators, Holly Lynn Schlotman
Soil moisture, fire, and tree community structure, William Patrick White
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
The Influence of Stored Product Mites on the Function of Skin Microvascular Endothelial Cells, Jennifer Graff Curp
