Wheaton College’s 2021 Poster Session Awardees

 

1st Place - Sophia Peña

Title: Evaluating Transport through an Alpha-Hemolysin Nanovalve with a Novel Surface-Linked Vesicle Leakage Assay
Advisor: Dr. Lisa K. Burden, Dr. Daniel L. Burden – Chemistry Department

 

 

2nd Place - Sophia MacLean

Title: Concentration-Dependent Ni2+ Inhibition of Modified α-Hemolysin
Advisor: Dr. Lisa K. Burden – Chemistry Department

 

3rd Place - Gracie Johnson

Title: Decorrelation Detection in Financial Time Series Data
Advisor: Dr. Fangfang Wang – Mathematical Sciences Department, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

 

Honorable Mention - Cole Bothun

Title: Tightening the Seal on Alpha-Hemolysin Nanovalves
Advisor: Dr. Lisa K. Burden, Dr. Daniel L. Burden – Chemistry Department

 

Honorable Mention - Monica Colón

Title: Contact Tracing War and Peace: A Critical Experiment in Social Network Analysis
Advisor: Dr. Richard Gibson – English Department

 

Honorable Mention - Karsten Mohn

Title: Design and Construction of a Single-Molecule Confocal Microscope for Enhanced Characterization of Molecular Transport through Protein Nanovalves
Advisor: Dr. Daniel L. Burden – Chemistry Department