We have 6 research projects to choose from for 2012. Teams will start in January 2012 and work through December 2012. To learn more information about a project, click on the link:

1)  Professors Stephanie Fore (Biology) and Hyun-Joo Kim (Statistics) - Dynamics of Tick Populations /Fore_Kim_Summer_Research12_proposal.doc

2)  Professors John Ma (Biology) and Todd Hammond (Mathematics) -Modeling the Effect of Elevated CO₂ and Temperature on Plant Uptake of Phosphorus /johnma_toddhammond_proposal_summer2012.docx

3)  Professors Tony Weisstein (Biology) and Pam Ryan (Mathematics) - Separating the Effects of Genetic Drift and Natural Selection using a Modification of Tajima's D statistic /Mathbio_proposal_for_2012weissteinryan.docx

4) Professors Mark Campbell and Jon Beck - Maize Genetics /campbell-project.doc

5) Professors Chad Montgomery and Phil Ryan - External Morphological Characters as Predictors of Body Fat /Montgomery_and_Ryan_MathBio_2012.doc

6) Professors Tim Walston and Scott Thatcher - A Glazier-Graner-Hogeweg Model of the 4-cell stage Embryo /research/thatcher_walston_mathbio_proposal2012.pdf

Click below to get the application (or email pjryan@truman.edu). The due date for applications is 5 p.m., Wednesday, November 30, 2011.

/studentapplicationMathematicalBiology2012InterdisciplinaryResearchProgram.doc

You'll need to save it to your computer, fill it out and save it, and email it pjryan@truman.edu.