coevolution of insects and planes. May 24, 1997 through 

 August 2, 1997. 



Sarah Hood, Bachelor's Candidate, University of Nevada at 

 Reno. Invertebrate Zoology. In this project the student will 

 describe a new species of a pelagic nemertean wotm and 

 assemble comparative data to be included in a cladistic 

 analysis. May 24, 1997 through August 2, 1997. 



Pablo Santiago Jarrin Valladares, Bachelor's Candidate, Pon- 

 tificia Universidad Catocicaden Ecu. Vertebrate Zoology. 

 Finalization of a diagnostic Key for Bat Species (chicrop- 

 tera) from che Amazon, based on norphometrics. May 24, 

 1997 through August 15, 1997. 



Darren Locke, Bachelor's Degree, Norwich University. 



Mineral Sciences. Perform research on samples of ancient 

 volcanic ash and associated sedimentary rocks of the 

 central Appalachians. June 23, 1997 through 

 September 1(5, 1997. 



Christian McKeon, Bachelor's Candidate, The Evergreen State 

 College. Invertebrate Zoology. Analysis of the squid family 

 Onychoteothide from the collections of the Amsterdam 

 Mid-North Atlantic Plankton Expedition. May 24, 1997 

 through August 2, 1997. 



Tatiana Mikhailova, Moscow State University. Zoology. Com- 

 paring the natural conditions of the species existence in the 

 Palearctic and Nearctic by comparing the distribution 

 maps with geographical data maps. We will create "dot" 

 distribution maps of the species, using GIS system (Arc 

 View, Arc Info) available in the ADP office. May 24, 1997 

 through August 16, 1997. 



Nathan Muchhala, Bachelor's Candidate, Earlham College. 

 Vertebrate Zoology. A new species of Soleichthys from 

 tropical seas of Northern Australia. May 24, 1997 through 

 August 2, 1997. 



Anna Munoz, Bachelor's Candidate, New Mexico State 



University. Vertebrate Zoology. The project will consist of 

 the analysis and comparison of advertisement calls and/or 

 morphological characteristics of Elentherodactylus 

 fenestrarus populations from Peru and Brazil to determine 

 whether these populations are comprised of the same 

 species. May 24, 1997 through August 8, 1997. 



Carla S. Nappi, Bachelor's Candidate, Harvard University. 

 Paleobiology. Assessing characteristics and performing 

 cladiscic analyses of Permian and Triassic species of sub- 

 ulitid gastropods, determining the phylogenetic relation- 

 ship between Triassic and Permian species, and inferring 

 from this the gastropod characters that contributed to 

 species' survival of the end-Permian mass extinction. 

 May 24, 1997 through August 2, 1997. 



Bronwen Presswell, Bachelor's Degree, University of Wales 

 Aberystueytti. Fishes. Description of a new species of fresh- 

 water characid fish from Guyana, S. America, apparently re- 

 lated to the characidiin genus Flachocarax. Discussion of 

 the new species' relationships to the subfamily 

 characidiinae and especially Gachocarx. May 24, 1997 

 through August 2, 1997. 



Surangi Punyasena, Bachelor's Candidate, Yale University. 

 Vertabrate Paleontology. The study aims to evaluate dif- 

 ferent measures of diversity in the Plio-Pleistocene Turkana 

 Basin Mammal Fauna, with comparison to Modern Faunal 

 diversity. May 24, 1997 through August 23, 1997. 



Christopher Richards, Bachelor's Candidate, Oberlin College. 

 Invertebrate Zoology. The use of comparative anatomy and 

 histology to determine the taxonomy of an undesenbed 

 species of Pantionemerteay worm. May 24, 1997 through 

 August 2, 1997. 



Traesha R. Robertson, Bachelor's Candidate, Angelo State 

 University. Paleobiology. Conduct an evaluation of the 

 genus Pecopteris foliage of Pennsylvanian and Permian age. 

 May 24, 1997 through August 2, 1997. 



Jeannie Skalsky, Master's Candidate, Texas A&M. Botany. 

 Revision of the Caribbean species of the flowering plant 

 genus Liabum (Compositae). May 24, 1997 through August 



2, 1997- 



W. Leo Smith, Bachelor's Degree, University of California at 

 San Diego. Vertebrate Zoology. A new species of Belanoperca 

 (Teleostei: Serramdae: Spinephelinea: Diploprionin) with a 

 discussion of Diploprionin relationships. May 24, 1997 

 through August 2, 1997. 



Rebecca Spokony, Bachelor's Candidate, Cornell University. 

 Botany. Examining the degree of genetic variability found 

 in DNA sequences from the nuclear nbosomal ITS and 

 chloroplast spacer regions as a means to study the evolu- 

 tionary relatedness of the species in Phaseolus. The relation- 

 ships found will be compared with previous variability 

 studies done with seed storage proteins and DNA fragment 

 markers assessed with AFLP. May 24, 1997 through 

 August 2, 1997. 



Brian Yang, Bachelor's Candidate, University of Michigan. 

 Herpetology. The project will examine whether a currently 

 recognized species of lizard (Holbrookia maculafa) should 

 be divided into two or three species based on morphologi- 

 cal and geographic data. May 24, 1997 through August 22, 

 1997. 



National Portrait Gallery 



Angela Bourne, Master's Candidate, Tufts University. Catalog 

 of American Portraits — researching, gathering and catalog- 

 ing biographical information for the National Portrait 

 Gallery archives and Web database. July 1, 1997 through 

 August 22, 1997. 



B. Erin Buckner, Senior, Rutgers College. To assist with a 

 living history program, Lens of History, to be presented on 

 Saturdays in conjunction with the special exhibition "Math- 

 ew Bishop's Portraits." September 2Z, 1997 through Decem- 

 ber 12, 1997. 



Sophie Cantell, Smith College. Presidential portraits of 



George Washington. September 2, 1997 through December 

 19. 1997- 



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