Selected Publications Authored by Iowa State University Undergraduate Researchers

Alyssa Sunken & Erin Gibson, Kinesiology

Faculty mentor: Elizabeth Stegemoller, Kinesiology

Determinants of exercise behaviour in persons with Parkinson’s disease (2019) in Disability and Rehabilitation


Joseph Koelbl, Chemical Engineering

Faculty mentor: Ian Schneider, Chemical and Biological Engineering

Degradation and Remodeling of Epitaxially Grown Collagen Fibrils (2019) in Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering


Kevin Quinteros, Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology

Faculty mentor: Fred Janzen, Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology

The postembryonic transformation of the box turtle’s shell (2019) in Evolution & Development


Morgan Muell, Biology

Faculty mentor: Fred Janzen, Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology

A brief review of non-avian reptile environmental DNA (eDNA), with a case study of painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) eDNA under field conditions (2019) in Diversity


Peter Meis & Marissa Roghair, Microbiology

Faculty mentor: Don Sakaguchi, Genetics, Development & Cell Biology

Photo-Cross-Linked Poly(ethylene glycol) Diacrylate Hydrogels: Spherical Microparticles to Bow Tie-Shaped Microfibers (2019) in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces


Rachel Weber & Kevin Quinteros, Ecology, Evolution, & Organismal Biology

Faculty mentor: Fred Janzen, Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology

Gene network variation and alternative paths to convergent evolution in turtles (2018) in Evolution and Development


Shawn Bruggen Van, Chemical and Biological Engineering

Faculty mentor: Ian Schneider, Chemical and Biological Engineering

Tuning surface functionalization and collagen gel thickness to regulate cancer cell migration (2019) in Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces


Yee Jher Chan, Chemical and Biological Engineering

Faculty mentor: Mike Bartlett, Materials Science & Engineering

Kirigami‐Enabled, Passive Resonant Sensors for Wireless Deformation Monitoring (2019) in Advanced Materials Technology


Chase Koehler, Computer Science

Faculty mentor: Robyn Lutz, Computer Science

Probing the Security of DNA Origami (2018) in DBLP Computer Science Bibiolography


Emily Kozik, Genetics

Faculty mentor: Don Sakaguchi, Genetics, Development & Cell Biology

Adult Stem Cell-Based Strategies for Peripheral Nerve Regeneration (2018) in Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology


Curt Waltmann, Materials Science & Engineering

Faculty mentor: Alex Travesset, Physics & Astronomy

Potential of mean force for two nanocrystals: Core geometry and size, hydrocarbon unsaturation, and universality with respect to the force field (2018) in the Journal of Chemical Physics


Daniel Stroud, Genetics

Faculty mentor: Don Sakaguchi, Genetics, Development & Cell Biology

Three-dimensional Microfibrous Scaffolding Selectively Promotes Proliferation and Glial Differentiation of Adult Neural Stem Cells: A Platform to Tune the Cellular Behavior in Neural Tissue Engineering (2018) in Macromolecular Biosciences


Joshua Tatz, Alison Warnecke, Paul Hibbing, & Brandon Bates, Biology

Faculty mentor: Elizabeth Stegemoller, Kinesiology

Influence of music style and rate on repetitive finger tapping (2018) in Human Kinetics Journals


Judith Craig, Kinesiology

Faculty mentor: Elizabeth Stegemoller, Kinesiology

The Feasibility of Group Therapeutic Singing Telehealth for Persons with Parkinson's Disease in Rural Iowa (2018) in Telemedicine and e-Health


Kevin Quinteros, Biology

Faculty mentor: Fred Janzen, Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology

Delayed trait development and the convergent evolution of shell kinesis in turtles (2018) in Proceedings of the Royal Society of Biological Sciences


Paul Hibbing, Kinesiology

Faculty mentor: Elizabeth Stegemoller, Kinesiology

The influence of moving with music on motor cortical activity (2018) in Neuroscience Letters


Rachel Weber, Biology

Faculty mentor: Fred Janzen, Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology

Sex-specific growth, shape, and their impacts on the life history of a long-lived vertebrate (2018) in Evolutionary Ecology Research


Robert Feldges, Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology

Faculty mentor: Marit Nilsen-Hamilton, Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology

Aptamer-enabled uptake of small molecule ligands (2018) in Scientific Reports


Tommy Waltmann & Curt Waltmann, Physics and Materials Science & Engineering

Faculty mentor: Alex Travesset, Physics & Astronomy

Many Body Effects and Icosahedral order in Superlattice Self-Assembly (2018) in the Journal of the American Chemical Society


Aubrey Frye, Biology

Faculty mentor: Fred Janzen, Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology

Factors affecting nesting times in the painted turtle Chrysemys picta in Nebraska (2017) in BioOne Complete


Brooke Bodensteiner, Biology

Faculty mentor: Fred Janzen, Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology

The effect of hormone manipulations on sex ratios varies with environmental conditions in a turtle with temperature-dependent sex determination (2017) in JEZ-A Ecological and Integrative Physiology


Chrishelda Green and Jenna Pattee, Human Development and Family Studies

Faculty mentor: Tera Jordan, Human Development & Family Studies

Black Women's Recommendations for Developing Effective Type 2 Diabetes Programming (2017) in Global Qualitative Nursing Research


Chrishelda Green and Jenna Pattee, Human Development and Family Studies

Faculty mentors: Tera Jordan and Elizabeth Stegemoller, Human Development & Family Studies and Kinesiology

Experiences of Persons with Parkinson's Disease Engaged in Group Therapeutic Singing (2017) in Journal of Music Therapy


Curt Waltmann, Materials Science & Engineering

Faculty mentor: Alex Travesset, Physics & Astronomy

Capping Ligand Vortices as 'Atomic Orbitals' in Nanocrystal Self-Assembly (2017) in ACS Nano


Deborah Lincow

Faculty mentor: Don Sakaguchi, Genetics, Development & Cell Biology

VEGFA and Leptin expression associated with ectopic proliferation and retinal dysplasia in zebrafish optic pathway tumors (2017) in Zebrafish


Janna Lovan, Kinesiology and Health, & Judith Syrkin-Nikolau

Faculty mentor: Don Sakaguchi, Genetics, Development & Cell Biology

VEGFA and Leptin expression associated with ectopic proliferation and retinal dysplasia in zebrafish optic pathway tumors (2017) in Zebrafish


Paul Hibbing & Hollie Radig, Kinesiology

Faculty mentor: Elizabeth Stegemoller, Kinesiology

Therapeutic singing as an early intervention for swallowing in persons with Parkinson's disease (2017) in Complementary Therapies in Medicine


Adam Dzuilko, Biology

Faculty mentor: Don Sakaguchi, Genetics, Development & Cell Biology

Microfluidic Spun Poly (ε-caprolactone) Microfibrous Scaffolds to Navigate Neural Stem Cells (2016) in Biomacromolecules


Erik Endacott, Agronomy

Faculty mentor: Brian Hornbuckle, Agronomy

SMOS optical thickness changes in response to the growth and development of crops, crop management, and weather (2016) in Remote Sensing of Environment


Hollie Radig & Paul Hibbing, Kinesiology

Faculty mentor: Elizabeth Stegemoller, Kinesiology

Effects of singing on voice, respiratory control and quality of life in persons with Parkinson’s disease (2016) in Disability and Rehabilitation


Kameron Voves, Biology

Faculty mentor: Fred Janzen, Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology

Does natural visual camouflage reduce turtle nest predation? (2016) in BioOne Complete


Mitchell Barazowski, Biology

Faculty mentor: Fred Janzen, Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology

Flight initiation distance in a freshwater turtle, Chrysemys picta (2016) in Chelonian Conservation and Biology


Morgan Muell, Biology

Faculty Mentor: Fred Janzen, Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology

Geographic distribution: Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum (eastern milksnake) (2016) in Herpetological Review


Noah Hagen, Physics

Faculty mentor: Alex Travesset, Physics & Astronomy

Self-Assembly of DNA Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles at the Liquid-Vapor Interface (2016) in Advanced Materials Interfaces 3


If you are an Iowa State undergraduate student who has published research during your time at the university or if you are a faculty mentor who has had mentee students publish their research and would like to have the articles shared here, please email szbar@iastate.edu.