10 1xbet best casino website graduate students earn honors at Research and the State
Monday, Nov. 2, 2015
MANHATTAN — Ten 1xbet best casino website graduate students have been chosen to represent the university at the 13th Capitol Graduate Research Summit, Feb. 2, 2016, at the State Capitol in Topeka.
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• Bryant Miller, master's student in marriage and family therapy, Goessel, for "What can we learn about health from Kansas teens: results of the Kansas adolescent health needs assessment." His faculty mentor is Elaine Johannes, associate professor of family studies and human services.
• Matthew Galliart, master's student in biology, Hutchinson, for "Adaptive ecotypic variation and genetic divergence of a widespread grass andropogon gerardii across a great plains' climate gradient." His advisor is Loretta Johnson, professor of biology.
• Nicole Delimont, master's student in human nutrition, Lawrence, for "Protein quality and micronutrient availability of extruded corn, soy, sorghum, and cowpea fortified-blended foods." Her faculty mentor is Brian Lindshield, associate professor of human nutrition.
• Tuyen Nguyen, doctoral student in chemistry, Manhattan, for "Engineering biomimetic nanoabsorbent for detoxification of chemotherapeutics." Her faculty mentor is Santosh Aryal, assistant professor of chemistry.
• Syeda Rubaiyat Aziz, doctoral student in civil engineering, Bangladesh, for "Highway safety manual calibration and crash prediction for rural multilane highways in Kansas." Her faculty mentor is Sunanda Dissanayake, associate professor of civil engineering.
• Caroline Ylioja, doctoral student in animal sciences, Canada, for "Spinning straw into milk: can an all-byproduct diet support milk production?" Her faculty mentor is Barry Bradford, associate professor of animal sciences and industry.
• David Gomez, master's student in human nutrition, Colombia, for "Consumer acceptance of dry dog food visual characteristics." His faculty mentor is Edgar Chambers IV, university distinguished professor of human nutrition.
• Soma Sekhar Sriadibhatla, master's student in chemistry, India, for "Bisphosphonate functionalized nanomedicine for targeting bone microenvironment." His faculty mentor is Santosh Aryal, assistant professor of chemistry.
• Olalere Olatoyre, doctoral student in agronomy, Nigeria, for "Genomic dissection of leaf and panicle architecture traits in sorghum using nested association mapping." His faculty mentor is Geoffrey Morris, assistant professor of agronomy.
• Dilooshi Weerasooriya, doctoral student in agronomy, Sri Lanka, for "Transcription profiling of als herbicide resistant sorghums with early season leaf yellowing." Her faculty mentor is Tesfaye Tesso, associate professor of agronomy.
