uate program in applied chemis-try at the Uni-versity of Arkan-sas at Little Rock, where she intends to con-tinue her studies in environmental chemistry. As her research mentor, I am very proud of her many ac-complishments and certain of her potential to become one of the best researchers in her field. Last Year, Biology student Cynthia Holland Won the Award. She conducted chemistry research under the direction of Dr. Martin Campbell, and is cur-rently in the graduate program in Biology at Washington University in St. louis.

Hunter Wayland, a senior chemistry major from Arka-delphia, has been awarded the prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foun-dation. According to their website, The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Pro-gram recognizes and sup-ports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engi-neering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based Master's and doctoral degrees at accredit-ed United States institutions. Hunter has conducted re-search in Dr. David Bate-mans lab for the past 3 years developing biologically active derivatives of pre-scription pharmaceuticals. Hunter has also worked on two interdisciplinary re-search projects in Dr. Bate-

mans Lab. The first is a project in collaboration with Dr. Aneeq Ahmad in the Psychology De-partment involving detection of Cortisol and Oxytocin as bi-omarkers for stress in humans. The second project is a collabo-ration between Dr. Bateman and Dr. Renn Tumlison in Biolo-gy to determine mercury con-centration in river otters in Arkansas. She has presented her research at numerous regional, state and national conferences around the country, and she has received several awards for these presentations as men-tioned in previous issues of Reddie Research. Hunter has also been recognized by the Mcnairs scholar program for her academic and research per-formance. In addition, she has been awarded numerous schol-arships and awards by the Chemistry Department. Hunter has been accepted into the grad-

Submissions Needed Reddie Research is in-tended to showcase the variety of research and scholarly and creative activi-ty our students and their faculty mentors are engaged in across the HSU campus. To continue improving the newsletter, I need your pictures, stories, advice, announcements, awards, etc. The newsletter is also a great opportunity for faculty to discuss areas of their research open to collabora-tion with other faculty, and to ask for assistance from other faculty with current projects. For new faculty, the newsletter is a great oppor-tunity to introduce yourself to the campus community, and to showcase your re-search experience and fu-ture plans. As always, I welcome your input and suggestions. Without your hard work I would have nothing to re-port. Have a great summer break! T. David Bateman, Ph.D. Director, Undergraduate Research batemat@hsu.edu

Inside this issue:

The 2015 AAS/AAURC

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Researchers Re-ceive Support

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Rowland Research 5

Posters at the Cap-itol 2015

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Dr. Margarita Pera-za-Rugeley

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Youth Science Night

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Graduates 12

For the 2nd Year in a Row, Chemistry Researcher Receives Highly Sought After NSF Fellowship.

T . D A V I D B A T E M A N

May 2015

Volume 2, Issue 2

Undergraduate Research Newsletter

Youth Science Night 2015

Youth Science Night Can be found on page 9.

Members of the HSU Biology Club, Chemistry Club, and the Society of Physics Students partici-pated in the first ever Youth Sci-ence Night hosted by the Garland County Library in Hot Springs on April 9th. The event was an op-portunity for HSU students to show area children that science can be fun and interactive. The students performed demonstra-tions, and had activities for the kids. HSU Faculty Dr. Brad Row-land and Janice ODonnell accom-panied students and helped out at the event. Thanks to Biology ma-jor Emily Reynebeau pictures from

Henderson State University host-ed the combined Arkansas Acade-my of Science and Arkansas Un-dergraduate Research Conference on April 10th and 11th. More than 200 conference attendees were able to see oral and poster re-search presentations from more than 100 conference presenters,

and a keynote speaker during the annual conference banquet Friday evening. The AURC is open to submissions from any academic discipline, and interdisciplinary research projects are encouraged as well. It is an excellent oppor-

tunity for undergraduates to pre-sent their work in a comfortable environment of their peers, and for faculty to showcase their scholarly interests. Please consid-er having students present at next years AURC!

Conference Highlights Undergraduate Research at HSU and Institutions Across the State.

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The2015AURC/AASBanquet.

ChemistryResearcherJoshFicutdiscusseshisresearchposterwithDr.VincentDunlap.

To make the AURC (and this years AAS) a success, we depend on the assistance of dedicated volunteers to help out. The ses-sion chairs that introduce speak-ers, prepare the rooms, and keep things on schedule are invaluable to the conference. Dr. Tommy Finley chaired the interdisciplinary poster session, and the individual sessions were chaired by Dr. Brad Rowland, Dr. Cynthia Fuller, Dr. Rick McDaniels, Dr. Ingo Schranz, Dr. Vincent Dunlap, and the entire HSU Psychology Department faculty. The conference could not

have been done without them.

The student volunteers that helped prepare the conference, and handled registration worked hard to help pull off a great con-ference. This years volunteers, along with Dr. Vincent Dunlap, were Crystal Holiman, Rachel Kew, Oktawia Clem, Kaitlin Gaiser, Mallory Bell, Hunter Way-land, and Dylan Campbell. With-out their contributions, this event could not have been successful.

Of course the Aramark staff

that catered the oral sessions and the ban-quet were tremendous. They always do a great job, and Phyllis Harrison was instru-mental in helping with the details. I also want to thank Ernie Higgs and the Garrison crew for preparing the rooms for the post-er session, and banquet.

Undergraduate Research Conference Success Due, in Large Part, to Volunteers.

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I also want to give a big thanks to the physical plant staff for all of their help. .

BiologyResearchersKyeishaSoilsandSusieBrownwiththeirPoster.TheirResearchMentorisDr.CynthiaFuller.

PsychologyResearcherConnorGoodsonWithHisResearchPoster.

BiologyResearchersDanielMorganandPaytenFrunziandResearchMentorDr.CynthiaFuller(center).

KaitlinGaiserandMalloryBell,bothconducngresearchwithDr.MarnCampbell,professorofchemistry,wereawardedundergraduateresearchfundingfromtheArkansasAcademyofScience.Kaitlinsproposal,DiscoveryandExploraonofNaturalProductsinIlexdeciduawillprovidemoneyforhertoevaluatethecomponentsofarelavelycommonbutrelavelyunknownhollytreenavetoArkansas.Mallorysproposal,DiscoveryandExploraonof

NaturalProductsinCrotoncapitatuswilllikewisefundMallorys

researchintopossiblemedicinalcompoundslurkinginacommonArkansasweedusuallyknownasGoatWeed,DoveWeed,orWoolyCroton.Theawardswereannouncedatthe99thannualmeengoftheAcademy,heldinconjunconwiththeArkansasUndergraduateResearchConferenceinAprilhereatHSU.Theawardsprovide$500eachforexpensesrelatedtostudyingthechemicalcomponentsofthenavespecieswiththehopeofdiscoveringcompoundsofmedicinalinterest.

Student Researchers Receive Funding from the Arkansas Academy of Science

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Dr. Bradley Rowland (Chemistry) to Give Invited Lecture at Louisana Tech.

change),laser/maerinteracons,nanoelectronicdevicesbasically,anysubmicroscopicprocesswhichchangesinme.ThepreferredmethodforconducngquantumdynamiccalculaonsintheRowlandResearchGroupisthroughtheuseofBohmianinspiredQuantumTrajectoryMethods,developedindependentlybyRobertE.WyaatTheUniversityofTexasatAusnandHerschelRabitzatPrincetonUniversityinthelate1990s.QuantumTrajectoriesoergreatadvantagesovertradionalquantumdynamicsmethodsinthattheyaremorecomputaonallyecient,easiertoimplement,andhavethepotenaltooergreateraccuracywithlesscomputaonalcost.AQuantumTrajectoryislikeanyothertrajectoryyouhavelearnedaboutbasically,F=masllapplies.However,aQuantumTrajectorywilladdionallybesubjecttoanonlocalquantumpotenal(whichyieldsaquantumforce),whichwillchangeitsmoonrelavetoitsclassicalcounterpart.ThesheerbeautyofQuantumTrajectorymethodsisthatthisquantumpotenalcanbecalculatedontheflythatis,withoutpriorknowledgeoftheevoluonofthesystem.ByevolvingsetsoftheseQuantumTrajectories,thefullquantumdynamicalevoluonofasystemcanbestudied,whichisenrelyconsistentwiththeresultsobtainedbyatradionaltreatmentoftheTDSE.

BradleyA.RowlandhasbeeninvitedbyRamuRamachandran,AssociateDeanforResearch,atLouisianaTechUniversitytogiveaseminaroverthegroupsresearchinTechsDepartmentofChemistryinRuston,LouisianaonMay18,2015.Rowlandwillspeakontheworkdonebyresearchersinhisgroupaswellasnewresultsobtainedbythegroup.TheresearchfocusintheRowlandResearchGroupisonquantumdynamicalprocessesasdescribedbythemedependentSchrdingerequaon(TDSE).Thisdiersfromthequantummechanicsthatmostpeoplehavefamiliaritywithasquantummechanicsisthephysicalmodelfordescribingobjectswithastacprobabilitydistribuonthroughme(likeatomsandmolecules),whereasquantumdynamicsseekstomodelprocessesinwhichtheprobabilitydistribuonevolveswithme.Processeswhicharegovernedbyquantumdynamicsincludechemicalreacons(withconneconstoatmosphericchemistryandclimate

QuantumTrajectoriescanbeeasilyextendedtoproblemswithseveraldegreesoffreedom,meaningthatnoproblemistoocomplexforthem.TherearealsoformulaonsbasedupontheWignerDistribuonwhichincorporatethermaleectsmeaningthatwecanstudyquantumdynamicalprocessesatroomtemperature!ItisthisversalitythatwillallowQuantumTrajectoriestobeappliedtoproblemsasdiverseaschemicalreacons,climatechange,genecmutaons,andnanoelectronicdevicesthereisevenaTDSEwhichdescribestheevoluonofoponspricesinfinancialmarkets!WorkinQuantumTrajectoriesissllinitsrelaveinfancysothereareplentyofproblemstosolvenomaeryourresearchinterests.StudentswhoworkonQuantumTrajectoriesgainavarietyofskillswhichareveryusefulintheireducaonalandcareerpursuits.Youwilllearnhowtoapplynumericalmathemacsandmathemacalmodellingtechniquestosolveparaldierenalequaons,howtocode(ineitherFortranorMatlab),howtoverify,interpret,andpresenttheresults(makingpreypicturesisthefunpart),andofcourse,lotsaboutquantumtheory!RowlandisseekingnewstudentstojointhegroupintheupcomingacademicyearifyouwouldliketolearnmoreaboutQuantumTrajectories,pleasecontacthimatrowlanb@hsu.edu.

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Undergraduate Research News From Dr. Bradley Rowland

JamesLowe

duringthesummerwiththeexpectaonofpublishingourresultsbyAugust.

CongratulaonsareduetobothJoshFicutandJamesLowe.JoshhasbeenselectedtoparcipateinaNaonalScienceFoundaonResearchExperienceforUndergraduates(NSFREU)intheDepartmentofChemistryandBiochemistryattheUniversityofArkansasatFayeevilleforSummer2015.TheNSFREUwillbeafantascexperienceforJosh,ashewillperformresearchwithUAchemistryfaculty.Joshwillreceiveaspend,academicresearchcredit,andhousingduringtheprogram,whichrunsMayJuly2015.

JamesLowewillbegraduanginMay2015fromHenderson.HewasrecentlyacceptedtograduatestudiesintheDepartmentofChemistryandBio

The20142015academicyearhasbeenverybusyforthenewRowlandResearchGroupatHendersonStateUniversity.SeveralstudentshavejoinedRowlandsgroupandtheyhavebeenworkingtoexaminenodeformaoninwavepacketsundergoingevoluonwithoutapotenalenergysurface.Thisisunheardofinthequantumdynamicalliterature,asthewellstudiedGaussianwavepacketdoesnotformnodesatanymeduringitsevoluon.StudentswhojoinedthegroupthisyearwereJoshFicut,juniorchemistrymajor,andJamesLowe,seniorchemistrymajor.Ficut,Lowe,andRowlandpresentedaposterattheArkansasUndergraduateResearchConference,heldontheHendersonStateCampusApril910whichdetailedourresultsonthenodedevelopmentproblemtodate.Muchworkremainstobedone,however,wewillconnuetoworkontheproject

chemistryattheUniversityofArkansasatFayeeville.Jameshasstatedthathewouldliketohisdoctoralresearchonthemodelling/theorysideofenvironmentalchemistry.IwishbothJoshandDavidthebest.

TwonewmembershavecommiedtojoiningtheRowlandResearchGroupforthe20152016academicyear.WadeGarreandPaulBayliss,bothjuniorchemistrymajors,willbejoiningthegroup.Wadewillconnueworkontheaforemenonednodeformaonstudies,whilePaulwillworkonacollaboraveprojectwiththeBatemanResearchGrouponmodellingenvironmentalmercurycontaminaoninArkansaswaterways.Iamveryexcitedtoworkwithbothoftheseoutstandingstudentsinthecomingyear.

Dr.BradleyA.Rowland

ChemistryStudentsJamesLoweandJoshFicutwiththeirresearchposteratthe2015AURC.

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On February 11, students from several universities gathered at the Capitol rotunda in Little Rock to showcase STEM research being conducted around the state. Hen-derson State University students Dylan Campbell and James Lowe mentored by Dr. David Bateman, presented a poster describing their research towards Detection of Mercury in Water, Sediment, and Biological Samples From His-

torical Mining Sites in Arkansas. Chase Elkin, mentored by Chemis-try Professor Dr. Vincent Dunlap presented his poster Synthesis and Evaluation of Tautomerically Am-biguous Nucleosides as Potential Anti-HIV agents. Oktawia Clem, Kaitlin Gaiser, Alyssa Barnes, and Mallory Bell, mentored by Dr. Martin Campbell, presented a poster describing Arkansas Plants as Sources of Bioactive Com-

pounds. Itzela Cruz, Leah Efird, and Taylor Lee, mentored by Dr. James Engman presented their poster de-scribing Genetic Analysis of Bacteria from Cave Crickets from Blanchard Springs Caverns, Arkansas The Arkansas House of Representatives was in session at the time, and several legislatorsvisited the poster event. Governor Asa Hutchinson also toured the event, stopping to talk with several students and to pose for pictures.

2015 STEM Undergraduate Research Posters at the Arkansas State Capital

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Pictures From 2015 STEM Undergraduate Research Posters at the Arkansas State Capital

ChemistrymajorsDylanCampbellandJamesLowespeakingwitheventaendee.

SeniorBiochemistryResearcherChaseElkinsexplaininghisresearchattheCapi

TheViewFromAbove.

Dr.MarnCampbellwithhisresearchersOktawiaClem,KaitlinGaiser,andMalloryBell.

My current research is an an-notated bilingual edition of Carlos de Sigenza y Gngora (1645-1700), Glo-rias de Quertaro (Glories of Querta-ro). My manuscript will be entitled: Glories of Quretaro Made Legible: Sigenza y Gngoras Exuberant and Compelling Baroque Chronicle / Desc-ifrando Glorias de Quertaro: la briosa y persuasiva crnica barroca de Sigenza y Gngora. This work recounts the city of Quertaros 1680 inauguration of a new ecclesiastical order and their tem-ple, both devoted to the Virgin of Gua-dalupe. The outgoing viceroy of New Spain commissioned this brief narrative to Sigenza y Gngora, a colonial Mexi-cos most important thinker and writer; Sigenza in turn produced a text that provides a wealth of information on his culture and society. Glories has been understudied by scholars, despite the fact that Quertaro was not only the third most important city of New Spain but also a unique place where indige-nous and Spanish alike shared power and prosperity. It was the last north-

western urbanized settlement, a cross-roads where almost all colonial tendencies converged; all that lay be-yond it were roads heading to far-off mission territories, rich silver mines, and unreduced indigenous groups. This edition rescues a text that con-tributes significantly to the study of colonial Latin American literature and history and will paint a more complex and diverse picture of criollo (full-blooded Spanish Europeans born in the New World) culture. Even though my scholarly in-terests center on colonial Latin Ameri-can literature, and especially on Sigenza y Gngoras works, I use the case of the Spanish colonies to explore the birth of the national identities in hybrid cultures, and the way that those colonies became cultural hinges between the East and the West. The pictures below show a combination of Quertaros landscape as well as some buildings from Quer-taro city, erected some decades before Sigenza y Gngoras time..

Dr. Margarita Peraza-Rugeley, New Lecturer in Spanish, Brings New Research Interests to HSU.

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Volume 2, Issue 2

Youth Science Night

Society For Physiscs Students

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Dr. Bradley Rowland and Dr. Vince Dunlap took fourteen undergraduate research students in the Department of Chemistry to present their work at the American Chemical Society National Meeting in Denver, CO. The American Chemical Society is the worlds largest scientific society with more than 158,000 members. The theme of this years meeting was The Chemistry of Natural Resources. According to the meeting organizers: On March 22-26, 2015, almost 14,000 chemists, academics, students, and other professionals met in Denver to address The Chemistry of Natural Resources The meeting provides valuable experience presenting research, and networking op-portunities for students. There were also graduate school recruiters from across the nation in attendance. Pictures from the meeting are shown below.

Chemistry Research Students Present Research at the American Chemical Society National meeting in Denver.

JamesLoweandDylanCampbell

HunterWayland

The HSU Chemistry Club, a Student Affiliate Chapter, won an honorable mention award, which was presented at an awards ceremony in Denver, CO. in March. The club has been sponsored by Janice ODonnell since its inception, Dr. David Bateman, Dr. Bradley Rowland and Dr. Vincent Dunlap also Spon-sor the club. In addition, the club received its first ever National Green Chemistry Award. According to the American Chemical Society, ACS Student Chapters may be recognized as a green chemistry chapter by engaging in at least three green chemistry activities during the academic year. The HSU Chemistry Club has received an award at every ACS National Meeting since 1999, a feat not commonly duplicated.

HSU Chemistry Club Wins First Ever National Green Chemistry Chapter Award

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TheHSUChemistryClubwithawardsforCommendableStudentChapterandGreenChemistryChapterfromtheAmericanChemicalSociety.

Hunter Wayland

Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation, which is rarely won by undergradu-ate students. Hunter will begin her graduate studies in applied chemistry at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in the fall.

Hunter Wayland will graduate with her BS in Chemistry this Spring. Hunter has received nu-merous scholarships and awards from the Chemistry Department, and has been awarded numerous times for her research conducted in Dr. Batemans lab. This spring, Hunter was awarded the coveted

Undergraduate Research Students Graduating Spring 2014

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Chase Elkin

awardsfromtheBiologyDepartmentandGreekorganizaons.HehasconductedresearchwithDr.Dunlapforthreeyearsandpresentedthatresearchinnumeroussengs.Heplanstoaendmedicalschoolinthefall.

ChaseisagraduangseniorfromHotSpringswithadoublemajorinBiochemistryandBiology.HereceivedtheOutstandingGraduangSeniorAwardfromChemistryandhasreceivednumerousacademic

Connor Rayburn

boratory assistant in Chemistry for two years, and worked as a chemis-try tutor for underclassmen. Con-nor has been accepted into UAMS Medical School , and he will begin his studies in Fall 2015.

Connor is a graduating senior from Bryant with a double major in Biochemistry and Biology. He has conducted research in Dr. Batemans lab for three years, and presented his work at numerous regional and national conferences. Connor has also served as a la-

Hunteratthe2015ACSNaonalMeenginDenver

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Erin Yancey

privatescholarshipawardstoreflectthat.ShehasconductedresearchwithDr.Dunlapforthelasttwoyearsandpresentedthatresearchinnumeroussengs.Sheplanstoaendmedicalschoolinthefall.

ErinisagraduangseniorfromHotSpringswithadoublemajorinChemistryandMathemacs/Stascs.Erinhasbeenanexemplarystudentandreceivednumerous

Dylan Campbell

been an active member of the chem-istry club, and he has been an out-standing laboratory teaching assistant for the past two years. Dylan has ac-cepted a teaching position at Robinson High School in Robinson, TX.

S. Dylan Campbell, a senior chem-istry major, will be graduating in May with a B.S. in Chemistry. Dylan has conducted research over the past year in Dr. Bate-man's lab, determining mercury content in water and animal tis-sue. He has presented this re-search at numerous conferences around the country. Dylan has

Jarrod Brown

oftheAmericanChemicalSocietyinDenverandattheArkansasUndergraduateResearchConferenceheldinAprilatHSU.AergraduangwithaBiologydegreefromHSU,heplanstotakeclassesatLouisianaStateUniversityandapplytomedicalschool.

JarrodBrownworkedondevelopmentoftrifluoromethylatedvanillintowardsthegoalofenhancingthehealthbenefitsofthewellknownsupplementcurcuminunderthedireconofDr.MarnCampbellintheChemistryDepartment.HepresentedprogresstodateinMarchatthespringmeeng

James Lowe

ber of the Chemistry Club, helping out with many events throughout the year. James has been accepted into the graduate Program in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville where he plans to study environ-mental chemistry.

James Lowe will graduate with his BS in Chemistry this Spring. James has conducted research with Dr. Bateman for the past year, and he has demonstrated remarkable potential. In addition to being an Honors College Schol-ar, James has been an avid mem-

Undergraduate Research Students Graduating Spring 2014

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Zachary Ford

anexcellentulityresearcher,havingworkedonanumberofdierentprojectswherehishelpisneeded.Zacisadedicatedstudent,oenspendinglonghoursinthedepartmentstudentroom.HewillbeaendingOptometrySchoolinMemphisthisfall.

ZacisagraduangseniorfromHotSpringswithadoublemajorinBiochemistryandBiology.ZachasconductedresearchwithDr.Dunlapforthepastyearandhasproventobe

Mary Andrews

Conference held in April at HSU. After graduation, she plans to take a year off and then possibly pursue medical school.

Mary Allison Andrews spent the year working on developing new ionic liquids to serve as mono-mers for ionic based polyester plastics. She presented recent results at the Spring meeting of the American Chemical Society in March in Denver, as well as at the Arkansas Undergraduate Research

ZacharyFord(le)andjarrodBrownattheAURCin

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Charlie (Hunnicutt) Easterling

the HSU football team and was on the 2014 HSU Homecoming Court. Charlie was recently mar-ried in March and is leaving Henderson to attend Pharmacy School at UAMS in the fall.

Charlie is a junior Biochemistry major from Bryant. She too is an impressive student with a golden personality. She served in numer-ous student organizations and also served as team photographer for

Kyle Harvey

researchattheACSNaonalMeeng.KylealsoworksforStudentSupportServicesandhasservedaSupplementalInstruconleaderforNonMajorsGeneralChemistry.KyleisleavingtoaendPharmacySchoolatUAMSinthefall.

KyleisajuniorBiochemistrymajorfromGlenwood.Heisanexcellentstudentthathasprovenhimselfwillingtohelpinanywayhecan.HehasconductedresearchwithDr.Dunlapforthepastyearandduringthatme,haswrienaSURFgrantandpresentedhis

Oktawia Clem

expressionanddetecon.OktawiapresentedherHSUresearchresultsatthe99thAnnualmeengoftheArkansasAcademyofScienceheldatHSUinApril.Inthefall,OktawiawillenterthePharmDprogramatUAMSCollegeofPharmacy.

OktawiaClemwrappedupayearofprogressonstudyingthebioacvecomponentsofanaveArkansasplant,deciduousholly(Ilexdecidua).BesidesconducngresearchatHSUwithDr.Campbell,OktawiaspendstwodaysaweekatUAMSinDr.AllenTackeslabworkingonprotein

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2015 AURC Keynote Speaker Abstract of the Keynote Address and Speaker Biography Below

Mark A. Williamson, PhD Geochemist Geochemist,GeochemicalSoluons,LLC.Environment,Forensics,Engineering

"WhyResearch?""Research has been described as the scholarly pursuit of new knowledge, discovery, or creative activity in an area with the goal of advancing that ar-ea's frontiers or boundaries. The foremost reason for conducting research can be as varied as the people who are asked. However, there are several over-arching reasons that lay the foundation of why we research. Among these are the joy of direct experience, personal growth, search for beauty or truth, and a commitment to reason in problem solving. To be human is to pursue these ends and is the answer to the question Why research.

Profile:

Dr. Williamson is an environmental geochemist with over 25 years of experiencing in consulting, basic/applied research and educational settings. Mark has worked extensive-ly with the mining and associated industries and has been involved in geochemical stud-ies and site evaluations across the United States as well as the Philippines, Peru, Aus-tralia, Indonesia, Argentina, Canada and Magnolia. Dr. Williamson has substantial expe-rience with acid rock drainage (ARD), which began 25 years ago with his Ph.D. graduate studies in the kinetics of pyrite oxidation and sulfur geochemistry. His experience also includes characterization of mine material for potential ARD formation using industry standard methods, prediction of water quality from mine facilities, support for engi-neered construction design of mine waste facilities, pit lake evaluations, and water treat-ment design support. In addition to ARD, Mark has conducted studies involved with met-als in aquatic and terrestrial environments, geochemical engineering, and the fate and transport of chemicals in the environment. He also has provided expert witness forensic support in a number of matters.

Any suggestions for un-dergraduate research, this newsletter, etc. are welcome. Please send me an email with sug-gestions,\questions, and I will be happy to get back to you. I hope I have not left anyone out of this newsletter, and I am sure there are mis-takes. Rest assured, I hope to improve Reddie Research with every is-sue.

Psychology Student Presents Research at the Southwestern Psychological Association conference in Wichita, Kansas. April, 2015.

HSU Research Suggestions

T. David Bateman

Phone: 870-230-5306 E-mail: batemat@hsu.edu

Director of Undergraduate Research HSU Box 7651 Reynolds 307

AraseliZaratepresents"SecondLanguageLearningAnxiety,PerformanceTasks,Gender,andMasteryLevel"attheSouthwesternPsychologicalAssociaonconferenceinWichita,Kansas.April,2015.Mentor:Dr.PaulWilliamson.PhotobyFelishaThomas.

Dr.PaulWilliamson,Ph.D.

DepartmentofPsychology