Smithsonian Center for Materials 

 Research and Education 



Stephanie Hornbeck, Master's Candidate, New York Univer- 

 sity Archaeological Conservation Intern. Field research to 

 be conducted in Harappa, Pakistan and Copan, Honduras. 

 10/1/97 through 9/30/98. 



Smithsonian Environmental Research Center 



Safra Altman, Bachelor's Degree, Brown University. Survey of 

 the density and distribution of the parasite Perkinsus 

 marinus in Macoma balthica clams in the Rhode River. 

 3/2/98 through 5/21/98. 



Dina Benn, Bachelor's Candidate, Oberlin College. Invasion 

 Ecology. Intern will study the abundance, population struc- 

 ture, and general ecology of the green crab in Tuckerton, 

 N.J. 6/1/98 through 8/20/98. 



Dorrit Blakeslee, Bachelor's Candidate, University of Chicago. 

 Study on nutrient sedimentation and release in the Rhode 

 River estuary. 6/22/98 through 8/28/98. 



Sally Box, University of Adelaide. Intern will study the im- 

 pact of rising atmospheric carbon dioxide on plant and 

 ecosystem processes. 6/8/98 through 8/14/98. 



Elizabeth Bricken, Bachelor's Candidate, Warren Wilson Col- 

 lege. Modeling of the nitrogen and phosphorous flow in 

 the Patuxent Watershed. 6/1/98 through 8/21/98. 



Patrick Campfield, Bachelor's Candidate, Universiry of 

 Maryland — College Park. Intern will study sperm limita- 

 tion in Chesapeake Bay blue crabs. 5/29/98 through 8/29/98. 



Christine Chui, Master's Candidate, Yale University. Study of 

 interaction between two toxigenic strains of Vibrio 

 cholerae. 6/1/98 through 8/28/98. 



Claire Dacey, Bachelor's Degree, Stanford University. Canopy 

 Studies. Study of leaf characteristics as indicators of light 

 environment. 5/25/98 through 7/31/98. 



Payton Deeks, Bachelor's Candidate, Bowdoin College. Studying 

 factors influencing juvenile blue crab prey selectivity of 

 two clam species. 6/4/98 through 8/28/98. 



Sarah Eppley, Bachelor's Degree, Bucknell University. Chemistry. 

 Physical characterization study of water sediment, and nutrient 

 dynamics in a Patuxent River reach. 6/15/98 through 8/21/98. 



Mary Ford, Bachelor's Degree, Harvard. Environmental and 

 ecology instruction. 3/30/98 through 6/19/98. 



Jon Hasfjord, Bachelor's Candidate, Warren Wilson College. 

 Web page design for SERC education department. 5/26/98 

 through 8/14/98. 



Ingrid Hogle, Bachelor's Degree, University of Michigan. 

 Determining phosphorus levels and mineralization rates in 

 wetland soils. 4/20/98 through 7/10/98. 



David Johnson, Bachelor's Candidate, Duke University. An in- 

 vestigation of mixotrophy in Prorocentrum minimum. 

 6/8/98 through 8/29/98. 



Jonathan Lee, Bachelor's Candidate, University of California — 

 Berkeley. How size-dependent predation risk affects the use 

 of shallow water refuge. 5/26/98 through 8/22/98. 



Rooni Mathew, Master's Candidate, Duke University. Streamflow 

 simulation model for the Patuxent River system. 6/1/98 

 through 8/21/98. 



Rebecca Miller. The role of Arbuscular mycorrhizae in seed- 

 ling recruitment. 6/8/98 through 8/24/98- 



Jill Peloquin, Bachelor's Degree, Eckerd College. Photobiology. 

 Utilization of flourometry to determine and define the 

 effects of ultraviolet radiation on the photosynthesis of the 

 Arctic kelps, Laminaria solidungula and Laminaria sac- 

 charinia. 6/15/98 through 10/2/98. 



Rachel Poretsky, Bachelor's Candidate, Brandeis University. 

 Nuttient Lab. Probing for dentrification genes in soil 

 microorganisms. 6/2/98 through 8/21/98. 



Kathryn Roache, Bachelor's Degree, University of Delaware. 

 Gene probing of nitrogen reducing bacteria in a riparian 

 forest system. 1/20/98 through 5/15/98. 



Federico Rotman, Bachelor's Degree, University of New 

 Hampshire. Education. Population structure of two Rhode 

 River bivalve species: Macoma balthica and Macoma 

 mitchelli. 4/13/98 through 7/3/98. 



Lucia Salazar, Bachelor's Candidate, Universiry of Oklahoma. 

 Intern will study parasitic infestation of dinoflagellates, 

 and trophic relarionships amoung planktonic prorozoa. 

 6/1/98 through 8/21/98. 



Sally Schoenfeld, Bachelor's Candidate, Emory University. In- 

 vasions Biology. Verifying Vibrios: A study of population 

 dynamics of Vibrio cholerae in the Chesapeake Bay region. 

 5/18/98 through 8/7/98. 



Laura Schreeg, Bachelor's Candidate, Saint Mary's College. 

 Dendroecological and ecophysiological analysis in gap 

 versus nongap environments of deciduous and evergreen 

 schrub understoreys. 5/25/98 through 8/14/98. 



Kristen Smeby, Bachelor's Candidare, Tulane Universtiy. Solar 

 Biology Lab. 5/18/98 through 8/7/98. 



Cynthia Smith, Bachelor's Degree, Central Michigan Univer- 

 sity. Plant Ecology. 5/11/98 through 7/31/98. 



Maria Unger, Master's Candidate, Universiry of Vienna. 

 Anatomical adjustments of Scirpus olneyi to elevated CO,. 

 6/8/98 through 8/28/98. 



Catherine Ware, Bachelor's Candidate, Dartmouth College. 

 Study of rwo strains of Vibrio cholera ro see if the competi- 

 tion between them affects their abundance on the 

 zooplankton that they live on. 9/8/98 through 12/15/98. 



Enrico Yepez-Gonzalez, Bachelor's Candidare, University of 

 Guadalajara. Study of the effects of elevated CO : on carbon 

 export in marsh soil water. 4/1/98 through 7/24/98. 



Smithsonian Institution Libraries 



Elizabeth Houck, Bachelor's Candidate, Smith College. 

 NMAH Library. Assist with pteparation of SIL exhibit 

 describing the exploration of the southeastern United 

 States through early literature. 9/8/98 through 12/17/98. 



Tina Mason, Master's Candidate, University of Texas, Austin. 

 Preservation Services. Intern will work with rare-books con- 

 servation. 1/26/98 through 8/28/98. 



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