Student Travel Grant Recipients Fall 2022

Jeremy Bigalke is a graduate student in the Department of Psychology. He studies sleep and autonomic function, with a specific interest in the impact of insomnia on cardiovascular control. He is also examining the role of the orexin system in hypertension and the intersection between emotional regulation, sleep pathology and autonomic dysfunction. Jeremy will travel to the American Autonomic Society conference in Maui, Hawaii.

 

Brooke Charbonneau is a graduate student in the Department of Psychology studying attention, cognitive control and behavior, focusing on cognition. Brooke will be attending the Psychonomic Society annual conference in Boston, Massachusetts.

Maeve Daley is a tutor in the Writing Center. She is a junior with a passion for words and how they shape the world around us, which led her to her major in English Literature and minor in Global Studies. She is fascinated by all the fields of writing she has encountered so far, and they inspire her to promote interdisciplinary opportunities for scholarship across campus. With her travel grant, Maeve will attend the National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing. 

Oliver Jackson is a graduate student in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. He works in the Neufeldt lab studying transition metal-catalyzed reactions of organic compounds. Specifically, he studies strategies for using catalysts to induce molecules to react in novel ways. This research includes catalyst design to invert the conventional selectivity of cross-coupling reactions, functionalize hydrocarbons or enable other novel transformations. Oliver will use his travel grant to attend the ACS Western Regional Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Natali Kragh is a master's student in the Department of Earth Science. She is studying the accuracy of geologic maps of Yellowstone National Park. Her research project aims to assess inconsistencies between different maps of the park. She will also determine if inconsistencies can be easily addressed with a small amount of fieldwork or if there are more extensive mapping problems in the area. Ultimately, the results of this research will inform the National Parks Service, the USGS and the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory of the current state of geologic maps in the park. She will also make suggestions on how to move forward to develop an updated, consistent and accurate map of Yellowstone's geology. Natali will use her travel grant to attend the Geological Society of America's Connects Conference in Denver, Colorado.

Elise Loggers is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Ecology. Her research includes assessing the efficacy of Bear Management Areas in Yellowstone National Park. Specifically, understanding grizzly bear resource selection in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks and whether Bear Management Area restrictions improve visitor safety. She will use her travel grant to attend the Wildlife Society’s National Conference in Spokane, Washington.

Katherine Montana is a graduate student in the Department of History and Philosophy, studying the effects of the Great Depression and Second World War on cultural communities in the United States. She has had articles published in scholarly journals. One examined the reasons behind the defections of artists during the Cold War. The other analyzed the legalities behind the first trial of Mary, Queen of Scots. She will attend the Northern Great Plains History Conference in Fargo, North Dakota using her travel grant.

Jacob Northcutt is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of History and Philosophy. He is an environmental historian of the American West who engages environmental humanities perspectives, such as the agency of the more-than-human, in his place-based narratives. Jacob believes deeply in interdisciplinary scholarship, which explains his research interests in environmental history, deep history and the environmental humanities. With his travel grant, he will present at the Society of the History of Technology Annual Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Ross Palomaki is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Earth Sciences, currently researching the mapping and monitoring of river ice using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and satellite imagery. In 2020, he won the NASA Future Investigators Fellowship to study ice formation on the Yellowstone River. Ross will use the travel grant to attend the American Geophysical Union fall meeting in Chicago, Illinois.

Landon Shipley is a tutor in the Writing Center. He is a fifth-year undergraduate, returning for his fourth year at the Writing Center and second year as a WC Research Fellow. Landon is a dual major in organismal biology and philosophy. He will attend the National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing with his travel grant.

Lauren Warrenfeltz is a tutor in the Writing Center. She is a junior majoring in the SETS (Science, Environmental Science, Technology and Society) Option offered through the Department of History and Philosophy. She is also working towards a minor in English Writing. Lauren will attend the National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing with her travel grant.

Yunfeng Wei is a graduate student in the Department of Psychology studying how social interaction influences memory and learning. In 2021, he received the Meritorious Fellowship Award. He will use his travel grant to attend the Psychonomic Society Annual Conference in Boston, Massachusetts.