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