{"id":117,"date":"2025-07-30T19:19:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T19:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/undergraduate-research-fellowships\/?page_id=117"},"modified":"2026-08-06T15:02:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T15:02:01","slug":"scholarly-outcomes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/undergraduate-research-fellowships\/scholarly-outcomes\/","title":{"rendered":"Scholarly Outcomes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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All fellows present the results of their research at an end-of-summer symposium. Several fellows have also published or presented their SURF projects in professional venues beyond St. Mary's College of Maryland!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

Published articles<\/strong> (Undergraduate fellows bolded)<\/h2><\/div><\/div>
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  • Latchney S.E., Ruiz Lopez B.R.<\/strong>, Womble P.D., Blandin K.J., and Lugo J.N.\u00a0 Neuronal deletion of phosphatase and tensin homolog in mice results in spatial dysregulation of adult hippocampal neurogenesis. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. doi: 10.3389\/fnmol.2023.1308066.<\/li>\n
  • Townsend, T.K.,\u00a0Durastanti, D.<\/strong>, Heuer, W.B. Foos, E.E. Yoon, W., Tischler, J.G. 2016. Fabrication of Fully Solution Processed Inorganic Nanocrystal Photovaltaic Devices.\u00a0Journal of Visualized Experiments\u00a0(113), e54154.<\/li>\n
  • Neiles, K.Y.,\u00a0Todd, I.<\/strong>, Bunce, D.M. 2016. Establishing the validity of using network analysis software for measuring students\u2019 mental storage of chemistry concepts.\u00a0Journal of Chemical Education\u00a093(5): 821 \u2013 831. doi: 10.1021\/acs.jchemed.5b00748.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

    Conference Presentations<\/strong> (Undergraduate fellows bolded)<\/h2><\/div><\/div>
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    • Raheja, A.C.<\/strong>, Ruiz Lopez, B.R., Lugo, J.N., 2024. Latchney, S.E.\u00a0Male NS-Pten Adult Knockout Mice Display Increased Density of Iba1-Positive Microglia of an Immature Morphology Throughout the Hippocampal Dentate Gyrus.\u00a0Society for Neuroscience Conference, Chicago, IL.<\/li>\n
    • Thomas, J.<\/strong>, Dennis, T.S. 2024.\u00a0Investigating the effects of environmental enrichment on morphine-induced withdrawal symptoms and anxiety-like behavior.\u00a0Society for Neuroscience Conference, Chicago, IL.<\/li>\n
    • Ruiz Lopez,\u00a0B.R.<\/strong>, Lugo, J.N., Latchney, S.E. 2023. Neuronal deletion of phosphatase and tensin homolog in mice results in spatial dysregulation of adult hippocampal neurogenesis. Society for Neuroscience Conference, Washington, D.C.<\/li>\n
    • Estremsky, A.C.<\/strong>,\u00a0Barnes, T.M., Haines, A.R., Huynh, M.T., Long, K.M., Duncan, K.A. Tobiansky, D.J.\u00a02023.\u00a0Examining neuropathological responses in woodpeckers to gain insights into chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Society for Neuroscience Conference, Washington, D.C.<\/li>\n
    • Koontz, S.<\/strong>, McClean, J., Smith, C., LaBorie, A., Raley, A., Torres Mart\u00ednez, L. 2023. Native rhizobia promote growth of an important Maryland cover crop under saltwater intrusion. 2nd International Forum on Research Excellence, Long Beach, CA.<\/li>\n
    • Keppler, T.<\/strong>\u00a02017 . Attenuation of Ultrasonic Waves in Rodent Skeletal Tissue in Contracted and Relaxed States.\u00a0 American Physical Society Mid-Atlantic Section, New Jersey Institute of Technology.<\/li>\n
    • Day, T<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a02016. Computing particle interaction rates near black holes. PhysCon, The 2016 Quadrennial Physics Conference, San Francisco, CA.<\/li>\n
    • Dignan, L<\/strong>.,\u00a0Koch, A.S., 2016. Electron-rich asymmetric viologens via reductive eliminations of diaryl-l3-iodanes, 252nd ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.<\/li>\n
    • Major, A.K.<\/strong>,\u00a0Fokala D.A., Leininger, E.C. 2016. The effect of androgens on vocalizations of\u00a0Xenopus\u00a0species with temporally simplified advertisement calls. Poster, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Portland, OR.<\/li>\n
    • Long, M.<\/strong>, Jordan, W.P. 2016. Estrogen replacement during pre-exposure enables latent inhibition of fear conditioning. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 42, 174.24.<\/li>\n
    • LaCourse, C.M., Jordan, W.P., Leaton, R.N. 2015. Delayed extinction following pre-exposure is abolished by a context change. Proceedings and Abstracts of the Eastern Psychological Association, 86, 56.<\/li>\n
    • Jordan, W.P.,\u00a0d\u2019Ambrosio, S.A.<\/strong>,\u00a0deAngeli, N.E., Klima, M.L.,\u00a0Pribut, H.J.\u00a02014. d-cycloserine hastens extinction of fear conditioning in a latent inhibition paradigm but does not interact with prolonged extinction in the pre-exposed groups. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 40, 467.07.<\/li>\n
    • Todd, I.<\/strong>,\u00a0Neiles, K.Y. 2014. A novel approach to measuring students\u2019 mental storage of chemistry information. Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Allendale, MI.\n

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      Do you know of a presentation or publication that should be on this list?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

      Send it along to the SURF co-directors!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>