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Current Students
Fiona Thuy Nguyen, University of New Mexico, undergraduate: "Impact of hairworm parasite cysts on the survival and longevity of snails". 2015 to present.
+ Recipient of a University of New Mexico S-CAP travel Award (2016)
+ Poster presentation at the American Society of Parasitologists (Edmonton, Canada, July 2016)
+ UNM College of Arts & Sciences Undergraduate Research Initiate grant (November 2016)
+ Oral presentation at the Southwestern Association of Parasitologists (Lake Texoma, OK, April 2017)
+ Recipient of the Mark Dresden Award for best student oral presentation from the Southwestern Association of Parasitologists (Lake Texoma, OK, April 2017)
Rachel J. Swanteson-Franz, University of New Mexico, high school student and undergraduate student research: “Age and mating success impact on hairworm body length: lessons for taxonomic studies.” 2012 to present.
+ UNM College of Arts & Sciences Undergraduate Research Initiate grant (November 2015)
+ Oral Presentation at the Southwestern Association of Parasitologists (Lake Texoma, OK, April 2015)
+ Oral Presentation at UNM Biology Research Day (2016)
+ Second place best Undergraduate Student Oral Presentation award by the UNM Research Day Committee (2016)
+ Oral Presentation at the Southwestern Association of Parasitologists (Lake Texoma, OK, April 2016)
+ Second place undergraduate prize for Oral Presentaion at the Southwestern Association of Parasitologists (Lake Texoma, OK, April 2016)
+ Oral Presentation at the Rocky Mountain Conference of Parasitologists (Cedar Point Biological Station, Ogalalla, NE)
+ Oral Presentation at UNM Biology Research Day (Albuquerque, NM, April 2017)
+ Oral Presentation at the Southwestern Association of Parasitologists (Lake Texoma, OK, April 2016)
+ Recipient of an American Society of Parasitologists Marc Dresden Travel Award (2017)
Former Students
Priyanka Ravindran, University of New Mexico, undergraduate senior honor’s thesis: “Host-Parasite unit survival to bacterial infection.” 2013 to present.
+ Awarded magna cum laude undergraduate honors as result of research project (December 2014)
+ Oral Presentation at the Southwestern Association of Parasitologists (Lake Texoma, OK, April 2015)
+ Recipient of the second place Best Student Paper Award at Southwest Association of Parasitologists (Lake Texoma, OK, April 2015)
+ Recipient of an American Society of Parasitologists Marc Dresden Travel Award (2014)
+ Recipient of the Southwestern Association of Parasitologists Student Research Award Competition (2014)
+ Oral Presentation at the American Society of Parasitologists (New Orleans, LA, July 2014)
+ Recipient of a University of New Mexico S-CAP travel Award (2014)
Patricia M. Estrella, University of New Mexico, undergraduate senior honor’s thesis: “Parasite reaction to host-parasite unit attack by bacteria.” 2012-2014.
+ Oral Presentation at the Southwest Association of Parasitologists (Lake Texoma, OK, April 2013)
+ Recipient of the Best Undergraduate Student Paper Award at the Southwest Association of Parasitologists (Lake Texoma, April 2013)
+ Oral Presentation at the American Society of Parasitologists (Quebec City, Canada, June 2013)
+ Recipient of a University of New Mexico S-CAP travel Award (2013)
+ Recipient of the Journal of Parasitology Editor's Scholarship Award (July 2013)
Sean P. O’Neill, University of New Mexico, undergraduate research: “Manipulation of host behavior by the hairworm”. 2012.
Evan M. Maldonado, University of New Mexico, undergraduate research: “Alteration of fat body and ovary development in the female cricket Acheta domesticus infected with the hairworm Paragordius varius (Nematomorpha: Gordiida)”. 2011 to 2013.
+ Oral Presentation at the Southwest Association of Parasitologists (Lake Texoma, OK, April 2012)
+ Oral Presentation at the American Society of Parasitologists (Richmond, VA June 2012)
+ Recipient of a University of New Mexico S-CAP travel Award (2012)
+ Recipient of an American Society of Parasitologists Marc Dresden Travel Award (2012)
R. Tyler Sedam, University of New Mexico, undergraduate research, senior honor’s thesis: “Behavioral modification of male Acheta domesticus crickets infected with the hairworm Paragordius varius (Nematomorpha: Gordiida)”. 2010 to 2013.
+ Oral Presentation at the Southwest Association of Parasitologists (Lake Texoma, OK, April 2012)
+ Recipient of the Southwestern Association of Parasitologists Student Research Award Competition (2012)
+ Oral Presentation at the American Society of Parasitologists (Richmond, VA June 2012)
+ Recipient of a University of New Mexico S-CAP travel Award (2012)
+ Recipient of an American Society of Parasitologsits Marc Dresden Travel Award (2012)
+ Oral Presentation at the Southwest Association of Parasitologists (Lake Texoma, OK, April 2013)
+ Recipient of the second place Best Student Paper Award at Southwest Association of Parasitologists (Lake Texoma, April 2013)
+ Awarded suma cum laude honors as result of research project (August 2013)
Alyssa C. Begay, University of New Mexico, Undergraduate Opportunities (UnO) Program, undergraduate research: “Relationship of Gordiids from an International Biodiversity Hotspot, the Madrean Pine-Oak Woodland Sky Islands”. 2010 to 2013.
+ Oral Presentation at the Southwest Association of Parasitologists (Lake Texoma, OK, April 2011)
+ Oral Presentation at the American Society of Parasitologists (Anchorage, AK June 2011)
+ Poster presentation at the UNM Biology Research Day
+ Recipient of a University of New Mexico S-CAP travel Award (2011)
+ Oral Presentation at the Southwest Association of Parasitologists (Lake Texoma, OK, April 2012)
+ Oral Presentation at the American Society of Parasitologists (Richmond, VA June 2012)
+ Recipient of a University of New Mexico S-CAP travel Award (2012)
+ Oral Presentation at the Southwest Association of Parasitologists (Lake Texoma, OK, April 2013)
Joshua Niforatos, University of New Mexico, undergraduate research: “Chemical attraction of parasitic worms in the free-living aquatic stage”. 2011 to 2012.
+ Oral Presentation at the Southwest Association of Parasitologists (Lake Texoma, OK, April 2012)
+ Poster presentation at the UNM Biology Research Day (2012)
+ Oral Presentation at the American Society of Parasitologists (Richmond, VA June 2012)
Whitney E. Doerfert, University of New Mexico, undergraduate research: “The chosen frozen: cold-tolerance and survival of Paragordius varius larvae”. 2006 to 2009.
+ Oral Presentation at the Southwest Association of Parasitologists (Lake Texoma, OK, April 2008)
+ Oral Presentation at the American Society of Parasitologists (Arlington, VA, July 2008)
Laura E. Grother, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, undergraduate research: “Physid snails as sentinels of freshwater nematomorphs in Nebraska”. 1999 to 2001.
+ Oral Presentation at the Southwest Association of Parasitologists (Lake Texoma, OK, April 2000)
Photo taken at the 2012 International Nematomorpha Symposium, showing several lab members (listed in bold).
Standing row, left to right: Takuya Sato, Evan Maldonado, Cleo Szmygiel, R. Tyler Sedam, Alyssa Begay, Matt Bolek, Nunu Kintsurashvili, Fernanda Zanka, Kai Sinnhuber-Fleischer.
Kneeling row, left to right: Christina Williams, Cecilia Achiorno, Ben Hanelt, Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa, Ming-Chung Chiu.
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