Below is a list of Honors Theses that have been successfully completed by Biology Majors at the University of Scranton (or students who worked with Biology faculty) in recent years. Click on the thesis title links to view the thesis abstract (if available). The faculty preceptors are indicated in parentheses. Complete bound copies of each thesis are available in the library for your reference.
2008
Eamon Filan - Genetics and Sex Selection (McDermott)
David Fryzel - The Efficacy of Continuous Passive Motion Device Post Total Knee Arthroplasty (Waldeck)
Ashley Gonsky - Biofilm Communities in Endodontic Infection and Treatment (Sulzinski)
Kaci Haines - Investigating the Effects of Embryonic Sensory Experience on Fetal Development (Gomez)
Mary Kate Hoffman - The role of plasma membrane calcium channels in odorant-elicited calcium signaling of cultured human olfactory cells (Gomez)
Karolyn Holody - Comparative study of the gills of three species in the gastropod family Trochidae (Voltzow)
(Biology & Spanish major)
John Miller - Developing a Mechanical Model of the Cardiovascular System (Sweeney)
Sarah Muth - Localized Areas of the Goldfish Telencephalon That Modulate the Startle Response (Waldeck)
Cassandra Zagorski - Investigating the Long-Term Cellular Effects of Hyperglycemia on PKC Expression in Developing Chick Embryos (Gomez)
(SJLA/Spanish Minor)
2007
Sharon Secola - The Role of the Optic Tectum in the Startle Response of Goldfish (Waldeck)
(Biology & Spanish major)
Mary Ann Smith - Impacts of acid mine drainage (Cadigan/Hardisky)
2006
Amanda Celii - The development of in ovo odor sensitivity in chicks (Gomez)
(Biology/Neuroscience double major)
Lyndsey Collins - The Drive to Survive: Inhibition of the Acoustic Startle Response in Carassius auratus (Waldeck)
(Neuroscience major)
James Costanzo - The Na+/Ca2+ exchanger is not the primary mechanism for odorant-elicited calcium decreases in cultured human olfactory cells - (Gomez)
(SJLA)
Sol de Jesus - Behavioral observation of odor imprinting in chicks (Gomez)
(Neuroscience major)
Diana Drogalis - Awareness of Diabetes and Dental Complications: A Survey of Oral Health Promotion (Hardisky)
(SJLA)
Pollyanna Fino - The molecular biology of non small cell lung cancer (Sulzinski)
Erin Miller - The Effect of Complete Ablation of the Telencephalon on the C-start Method of Feeding in Goldfish (Waldeck)
Jessica Phillippy - An Examination of Immune Function in Gray Catbirds Relative to Time of Arrival and Condition Upon Arrival at Breeding Grounds in Northeastern Pennsylvania (Smith)
Renee Szumski - Facilitation of axon regeneration (Waldeck)
2005
Kristin Riley - Utero-ovarian resistance arteries contribute significantly to estrous cycle day dependent control of ovarian blood flow (Sweeney)
Stephanie Yazinski - Structural and functional maturation of olfactory receptor neurons (Gomez)
(Biochemistry & Biomath major, SJLA)
2004
Jessica Lewis - The Biblical Healing Tradition and Modern Medicine (Pinches)
Lisa Malys - Auditory ecology of Northeastern Pennsylvania bats (Kwiecinski)
Melissa Reynolds - Role of the Telencephalon in the Goldfish Avoidance Response (Waldeck)
2003
George El Bayadi - Refugia Indicate the Effects of Overbrowsing on the Composition of Understory Plants in a Northern Hardwood Forest (Townsend)
William Jesse Kayal - Self-Incompatibility in Arabidopsis lyrata: Isolation of Lambda Genomic Clones from the S Locus (Dwyer)
Corey Tabit - Proximate Constituents of Milk from Two Phyllostomid Bats (Kwiecinski)
Eric Wirkus - Odor Signal Detection in Avian Olfactory Neurons (Gomez)
2002
Joanne A. Bishara - Screening of SSH-Selected DNA Sequences Unique to the Bacillus anthracis chromosome by PCR Amplification (Dwyer)
Eileen L. Blake - The Effect of High Deer Density on the Forest Understory (Townsend)
Jessica L. Carpenter - The effect of Typha latifolia (Cattails) and soil hydration upon methane efflux from marsh sediments (Hardisky)
Susan E. Dulka - The Effects of Typha latifolia (common cattail) and Soil Hydration on Respiration from Wetland Soil (Hardisky)
Michelle Falzone - Milk Mineral and Nitrogen Levels and Their Neonatal Accretion in Two Neotropical Plant-Visiting Bats (Kwiecinski)
Paul M. Rutkowski - An Initial Survey of The Effect of Acid Mine Drainage on Bioproductivity in the Lackawanna River (Cadigan)