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Occidental College

2009 - 2010 Beckman Scholars

Mark Paulsen
Title of Research: An Enantioselective Synthesis of Isofagomine
Email: mpaulsen@oxy.edu

2008 - 2009 Beckman Scholars

Erin Brinton
Title of Research: The Effect of High and Low Temperatures on Contractile Root Function in Various Agave Species
Email: ebrinton@oxy.edu

Barry Kang
Title of Research: Marangoni Flow of Ag Nanoparticles
Email: bkang@oxy.edu

2007 - 2008 Beckman Scholars

Case Mahone Prager
Title of Research: Variability in extrafloral nectary structure, herbivory and ant attendance in the exotic plant Ricinus communis in Sother California and Costa Rica
Email: cprager@oxy.edu

2004 - 2005 Beckman Scholar

Andrew Pace
Title of Research: Drugs, Mirrors and You: A New Wave in Pharmaceuticals

2003 - 2004 Beckman Scholars

Haley Hill
Title of Research: Electrochemistry of a Ferredoxin Maquette at DNA-Modified Surfaces

2002 - 2003 Beckman Scholars

Rosalie Tran
Title of Research: Fluorescence and Calorimetry Studies of Drug Interactions with Lipid Bilayers

Sarah Studer
Title of Research: Characterization of an Amylase Gene from Bdellonbrio Bacteriovorus

1999 - 2000 Beckman Scholars

Tanaz Kermani
Title of Research: Investigation of the Phylogenetic Relationships of the Genus Thunnus using Nuclear Satellite DNA

Shandiz Tehrani Title of Research: Spectroscopic Analysis of Chlorpromazine Hydrochloride Micellization in Solution

1998 - 1999 Beckman Scholars

Radu Georgescu
Title of Research: Kinetic Profile of Human Enzyme Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase

Erin McClelland
Title of Research: Horizontal Gene Transfer in the Marine Environment