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Christopher A. Badurek

Assistant Professor
Department of Geography and Planning
Appalachian State University
Boone, North Carolina 28608
badurekca@appstate.edu
Subject: Geography

• Snowboarding in New York State: A GIS Case Study

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Christopher T. Bailey

Professor of Chemistry
Division of Natural and Mathematical Sciences
Wells College
Aurora, New York 13026
cbailey@wells.edu
Subject: Chemistry

• The Chemistry of Cooley's Anemia

• Thinking Inside the Box

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Travis J. Bailey

Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
SUNY Geneseo
Geneseo, New York 14454
baileyt@geneseo.edu

• Failing to See the Forest for the Trees in Lyme Disease

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Danielle Balaghi

Doctoral Candidate
Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Special Education
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan 48824
balaghid@msu.edu

• Anxiety Doesn’t Work: Treatment Options for SAD

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Pragathi Balakrishna

Resident Physician
Internal Medicine
Orange Park Medical Center
Orange Park, Florida 32073
Pragathi.Balakrishna2@hcahealthcare.com

• Whose Job Is It, Really?: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Completing Inpatient Medication Reconciliation

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Mark Balschweid

Professor
Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education & Communication
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska 68588
mbalschweid2@unl.edu
Subject: Agricultural Education

• Certified Cultured Beef: Raising Beef Without the Cow?

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John M. Baratta

Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516
john_baratta@med.unc.edu
Subject:

• An Unexpected Loss: Healing Through Rehabilitation and Virtual Reality

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Nichole N. Barger

Assistant Professor
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Colorado
Boulder, Colorado 80309
nichole.barger@colorado.edu
Subject: Ecology / Environment

• Impacts of Climate Change on Pinyon Pine Cone Production

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Erin Barley

Senior Lecturer
Department of Biological Sciences
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6 Canada
ebarley@sfu.ca
Subject: Biology

• A Tale of Three Lice: A Case Study on Phylogeny, Speciation, and Hominin Evolution

• A Deadly Passion: Sexual Cannibalism in the Australian Redback Spider

• Speciation and the Threespine Stickleback

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Janine Bartholomew

Visiting Associate Professor
Department of Biology
Carlow University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
jnbartholomew@carlow.edu

• Coronavirus Quandaries for Patients with Cardiovascular Disease

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Holly A. Basta

Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Rocky Mountain College
Billings, Montana, 59102
holly.basta@rocky.edu
Subject:

• Feel the Burn: Biochemical Testing and the Integumentary System

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Connor Baucom

Undergraduate Student
Kean University
Union, New Jersey 07083

• Auggie’s Story: A Child with Huntington Disease

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Karina J. Baum

Assistant Professor
Division of Natural Science / College of General Studies
Boston University
Boston, Massachusetts 02215
karibaum@bu.edu
Subject: Water Quality / Water Resources

• The Wealth of Water: The Value of an Essential Resource

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Laura J. Baumgartner

Department of Biology
University of St. Thomas
St. Paul, Minnesota 55108

• The Case of the Sexually Arrested Orangutans

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Philomena M. Behmer

Assistant Professor
Department of Science and Humanities
Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences
Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17601
pmbehmer@pacollege.edu

• I Was the Clumsy One: Exploring the Central Nervous System through Type I Chiari Malformation

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Susan Behrens

Professor
Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders
Marymount Manhattan College
New York, New York 10021
sbehrens@mmm.edu
Subject: Communication Sciences

• What is Native Fluency?: The Ambiguous Nature of Bilingualism and Its Ramifications for Writing Instruction

• Emily and Dr. Haskins: Classroom Expectations, Pragmatics, and Clinical Acumen

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Sary O. Beidas

Associate Program Director
Internal Medicine
Orange Park Medical Center
Orange Park, Florida 32073
Sary.Beidas@hcahealthcare.com

• Whose Job Is It, Really?: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Completing Inpatient Medication Reconciliation

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Merav Ben-David

Professor
Department of Zoology and Physiology
University of Wyoming
Laramie, Wyoming 82071
bendavid@uwyo.edu

• Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Managing for Multiple Use in National Forests

• The Mystery of the Missing Martens

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Ghizlane Bendriss

Lecturer in Biology
Premedical Division
Weill Cornell Medicine–Qatar
Education City, PO 24144, Doha, Qatar
ghb2002@qatar-med.cornell.edu

• The Colors that Do Magic: How Fluorescence Enabled Automation in Nucleic Acid Sequencing

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Lesly I. Benitez

Undergraduate Student
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, California 92697

• Outbreak!: The Diagnosis and Transmission of SARS and MERS Coronaviruses

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Maura F. Benner

Undergraduate Student
Ithaca College
Ithaca, New York 14850

• Why Am I Always So Tired?: A Provider-Patient Simulation

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John S. Bennett

Visiting Assistant Professor/Outreach Liaison
College of Natural and Health Sciences
University of Wisconsin – Parkside
Kenosha, WI 53144
bennettj@uwp.edu
Subject: Biology

• A Case Study Involving Influenza and the Influenza Vaccine

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Kari E. Benson

Professor of Biology and Environmental Science
Biology Department
Lynchburg College
Lynchburg, Virginia 24501
benson@lynchburg.edu
Subject: Biology

• My Brother's Keeper: A Case Study in Evolutionary Biology and Animal Behavior

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Nathaniel R. Beres

Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Heidelberg University
Tiffin, Ohio 44883
nberes@heidelberg.edu

• The Mermaid and the Globins: Hemoglobin Function and Regulation

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Scott J. Bergman

Clinical Associate Professor
Pharmacy Practice and Science
University of Nebraska Medical Center -College of Pharmacy
Omaha, NE 68198-1090
scbergman@nebraskamed.com
Subject: Pharmacy

• Sarah's Sickness: The Diagnosis and Treatment of an Infectious Disease

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Elizabeth V. Berkeley

Assistant Professor
Department of Biology and Earth Science
Otterbein University
Westerville, Ohio 43081
eberkeley@otterbein.edu

• A Rough Semester: What's Wrong with Katie?

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Elysia Berkery

PhD Candidate
Environmental Resources and Policy
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, Illinois 62901
alicia.c.lloyd@gmail.com

• Moving to Higher Ground: Ecosystems, Economics and Equity in the Floodplain

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Karen K. Bernd

Professor
Department of Biology
Davidson College
Davidson, North Carolina 28035
kabernd@davidson.edu

• Let's Get This Course Started: Modeling the Case Study Method

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Kelsie M. Bernot

Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
North Carolina A&T State University
Greensboro, North Carolina 27411
kmbernot@ncat.edu

• Know Your Enemy, Know Yourself: Using Precision Medicine to Target Breast Cancer and the Cell Cycle

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David A. Beshai

Undergraduate Student
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, California 92697
Subject:

• Tremors in the Nerves: Investigating Kuru

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Andrea M.-K. Bierema

Academic Specialist
Center for Integrative Studies in General Science, Department of Integrative Biology
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1031
abierema@msu.edu

• Which Elephant Population Would You Protect?

• Are Oxpeckers Friends or Foes?: An Evaluation of a Symbiotic Relationship

• Bringing Mammoths Back from Extinction: Developing Scientific and Information Literacies

• The Stakeholders of Gorongosa National Park: Intersecting Scientific and Information Literacies

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Joseph Bieron

Professor Emeritus
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Canisius College
Buffalo, New York 14208
bieron@canisius.edu
Subject: Chemistry

• To Spray or Not to Spray: A Debate Over Malaria and DDT

• Avogadro Goes to Court

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Ann Bisantz

Professor
Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, New York 14260
bisantz@buffalo.edu
Subject: Engineering

• So, What is it that Engineers Do, Anyway?

• Election 2000: A Case Study in Human Factors and Design

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Andrea Bixler

Professor
Biology Department
Clarke University
Dubuque, Iowa 52001
andrea.bixler@clarke.edu
Subject: Biology / Environmental Science / Ecology

• Do Corridors Have Value in Conservation?

• Which of These is True? Validity and Ethics in Scientific Experimentation

• It’s a Crocodile! No, a Fish! No, a Dolphin!: Interpreting Evolutionary History from Fossil Evidence

• Directed Evolution of Nanobodies for COVID-19 Prevention

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Allison Black

Undergraduate Student
Life Sciences
Quest University Canada
Squamish, BC, Canada, V8B 0N8
Subject: Biology

• Hunting the Ebola Reservoir Host

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Karen E. Bledsoe

Instructor
Biology Department
Western Oregon University
Monmouth, Oregon 97361
bledsoek@wou.edu
Subject: Biology

• Atkins or Fadkins?

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Phoebe M. Blessing

Student
Department of Psychology
Colorado College
Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903

• Agony and Ecstasy: Party Drug or Breakthrough Treatment for PTSD?

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Tatiana N. Bliss

Undergraduate Student
Life Sciences
Quest University Canada
Squamish, BC, Canada, V8B 0N8

• The Spark of Life: Where Did Organic Molecules Come From?

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Claudia Bode

Assistant Director
Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis
University of Kansas
Lawrenceville, Kansas 66047
bode@ku.edu
Subject: Biology/Engineering

• A Rigorous Investigation: The Relationships Between Cellular Respiration, Muscle Contraction, and Rigor Mortis

• Rated MPG for Confusion: Using Gas Mileage to Learn Graphing and Data Analysis Skills

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Jeffri C. Bohlscheid

Science & Technology Manager
Food Group Technical Center
J. R. Simplot
Caldwell, Idaho 83605
jeff.bohlscheid@simplot.com
Subject: Food Science

• The Case of the Missing Bees: High Fructose Corn Syrup and Colony Collapse Disorder

• Is High Fructose Corn Syrup Bad for the Apple Industry?

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Elaine B. Bohórquez

Teaching Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina 27695
elaine_bohorquez@ncsu.edu

• When the Flu Is Not the Flu

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Kathleen Boje

Associate Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, New York 14214
boje@buffalo.edu
Subject: Pharmacy / Pharmacology

• Are You Blue? What Can You Do?: A Case Study on Treatment Options for Depression

• Does a One-Size Drug Dose Fit All? : Or, Why All the Variability in the Theophylline Blood Concentrations?

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Jennifer Bolognese

Department of Biology
Villanova University
Villanova, Pennsylvania 19085

• The Soccer Mom: A Case Study on the Nervous System

• The Soccer Mom: Hebrew Translation

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Charles R. Bomar

Professor
Biology Department
University of Wisconsin-Stout
Menomonie, Wisconsin 54751
bomarc@uwstout.edu
Subject: Biology

• But It's Just a Bottle of Water

• The Rocky Mountain Locust: Extinction and the American Experience

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Kevin M. Bonney

Clinical Assistant Professor
Liberal Studies, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
New York University
New York, New York 10012
kevin.bonney@nyu.edu
Subject: Biology

• African Illness: A Case of Parasites?

• Sick on a South American Sugarcane Plantation

• From Gummy Bears to Celery Stalks: Diffusion and Osmosis

• Bonding with the Tutor: How to Stick Together in Chemistry

• Putting the Pieces Together: The Discovery of DNA Structure and Replication

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David L. Boose

Associate Professor
Biology Department
Gonzaga University
Spokane, Washington 99258
boose@gonzaga.edu

• A Green Light for CFLs?

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Bruno Borsari

Associate Professor
Biology Department
Winona State University
Winona, Minnesota 55987
bborsari@winona.edu
Subject: Biology

• But I'm Too Young!: A Case Study of Ovarian Cancer

• The Ecological Footprint Dilemma

• When Wilma Met Fred: A Human Evolution Case

• Prairie Garden of Troubles

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Nancy M. Boury

Senior Lecturer
Department of Animal Science
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa 50011-3211
nan1@iastate.edu
Subject: Animal Science

• You Poured it Where?: A Case Study in Invasive Species

• Murder or Medical Mishap?: Death on the Metabolic Ward

• Monday on the Metabolic Ward: Adventures in Glycolysis

• The Curious Case of the Carbon Copy Kitty

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Ruth S. Bowers-Sword

Graduate Student
Department of Biology
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807
bowersrs@dukes.jmu.edu

• Turtles in Turmoil: Implications of Climate Change for the Green Sea Turtle

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Frank Bowman

Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, North Dakota 58202-7101
frank.bowman@und.edu
Subject: Engineering

• A Tale of Two Houses: A Case Study in Heat Transfer

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Melinda Box

Instructor of Chemistry
Department of Natural Sciences
Wake Technical Community College
Raleigh, North Carolina 27603
mcbox@waketech.edu
Subject: Chemistry

• Gas Cylinders and Safety: A Case Study in Chemistry

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Sheri L. Boyce

Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Messiah University
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055
sboyce@messiah.edu
Subject: Anatomy/Physiology

• It's Just Stress, Right?: A Case Study on the Endocrine System

• What Killed Leah Miller: Abuse or Natural Causes?

• Escape from Planet Soma: Mastering the Physiological Principles of Neuronal Signaling

• A Grumpy Old Man: Hypercalcemia and the Parathyroid Glands

• A Cross Country Collision

• Stubborn Grandma Mimi: Acid-Base Balance in Chronic Kidney Disease

• The Anatomy of an Assassination

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Adam M. Boyd

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
St. Mary’s College of Maryland
St. Mary’s City, Maryland 20686

• Burning Down the House: A Case Study in Forensic Instrumental Analysis

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James E. Boyett

Undergraduate Student
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama 35294

• Troubled Waters: Not Your Typical Case of Sea Sickness

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Kelly L. Brackett

Scientific Advisor
JMCRS Animal Resources
The Jackson Laboratory
Bar Harbor, Maine 04609
kelly.brackett@jax.org

• Solving a Medical Mystery with Bioinformatics: The Personal Genomics Journey of Dr. James Lupski

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Joy M. Branlund

Associate Professor of Earth Science
Department of Physical Science
Southwestern Illinois College
Granite City, Illinois 62040
Joy.Branlund@swic.edu
Subject: Earth Sciences

• A Question of Responsibility: Whose Asbestos Caused Her Lung Disease?

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Logan D. Brenner

Assistant Professor
Department of Environmental Science
Barnard College, Columbia University
New York, New York 10027
lbrenner@barnard.edu
Subject:

• Finding Fact: Evaluating Science Writing Using a Neuroscience Study

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Peggy Brickman

Professor
Department of Plant Biology
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia 30602
brickman@uga.edu
Subject: Biology

• Sweet Indigestion: A Directed Case Study on Carbohydrates

• Make a Life to Save a Life

• The Case of the Druid Dracula

• The Case of the Druid Dracula: Clicker Case Version

• Take Two and Call Me in the Morning: A Case Study in Cell Structure and Function

• Bloodline: A Human Genetics Case

• FOXP2 and Speech: A Gene Expression Case

• Rough Games and the Brain: The Structure and Function of Proteins

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Nalini V. Broadbelt

Assistant Professor of Biology
School of Arts and Sciences
MCPHS University
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
nalini.broadbelt@mcphs.edu
Subject:

• Good to the Bone: Biological Implications of a Potential Anti-Aging Drug

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Emily E. Brodbeck

Undergraduate Student
Biological Sciences
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas 79409

• Take a Deep Breath: A Case of Respiratory Illness

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E. Dale Broder

Graduate Student
Department of Biology
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1878
EDaleBroder@gmail.com

• Evolution and Plasticity in Guppies: How Genes and Environment Shape Phenotypes

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Emily D. Broder

Professor
Biological Sciences
University of Denver
Denver, Colorado 80210
e.dale.broder@gmail.com

• Selection on a Case by Case Basis

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Stephanie L. Brooke

Professor
Psychology Department
University of Phoenix
stephanielbrooke@aol.com
Subject: Psychology

• Case of Maria: A Cross-Cultural Study of the Therapeutic Relationship

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Justin W. Brown

Associate Professor
Biology Department
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807
brown3jw@jmu.edu

• A Rough Semester: What's Wrong with Katie?

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Kathleen G. Brown

Student
Nursing/Massage Therapy
CUNY Queensborough Community College
Bayside, New York 11364
kcapogrosso36@tigermail.qcc.cuny.edu
Subject: Nursing and Massage Therapy

• Wearing on Her Nerves: Exploring the Interrelation between the Nervous and Muscular Systems

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Alease S. Bruce

Professor
Department of Clinical Laboratory & Nutritional Sciences
University of Massachusetts Lowell
Lowell, Massachusetts 01854
Alease_Bruce@uml.edu
Subject: Health Professions

• Dem Bones: Forensic Resurrection of a Skeleton

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Richard T. Brundage

Department of Physics, Astronomy, and Engineering
St. Cloud State University
St. Cloud, Minnesota 56301-4498

• A Light on Physics: F-Number and Exposure Time

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Jeffrey C. Brunskill

Assistant Professor
Department of Geography and Geosciences
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania 17815
jbrunski@bloomu.edu
Subject: Geography

• Snowboarding in New York State: A GIS Case Study

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John Buchner

Lecturer
Department of Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland 20742
jbuchner@umd.edu

• Cow of the Future: Genetically Engineering a Microbe to Reduce Bovine Methane Emissions

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Barbra Burdett

Biology, Anthropology
Lincoln College
Lincoln, Illinois 62656
bburdett@lincolncollege.edu
Subject: Physical Anthropology

• Is Guaiacum Sanctum Effective Against Arthritis?: An Ethnobotany Case

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Allen J. Burdowski

Professor
Biology and Health Sciences
St. Francis College
Brooklyn, New York 11210

• Cystic Fibrosis: Then and Now

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Lior M. Burko

Teacher
Science
Theiss Research/Chamblee Charter High School
Chamblee, Georgia 30024
L.Burko@TheissResearch.org
Subject:

• The Never-Ending Contamination: Radioactivity and Half-Lives

• Sheer Dumb Luck: A Space Weather Emergency

• The Meaning of Life: In Search of an Answer

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Kathryn M. Burleson

Senior Lecturer
Department of Biology
Hamline University
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55104
kburleson01@hamline.edu

• The Write Weight: Nutrition and Body Image

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Scott H. Burris

Assistant Professor
Department of Agricultural Education and Communications
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas 79409
scott.burris@ttu.edu
Subject: Agricultural Science/Forestry

• Pesticides: Can We Do Without Them?

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Jeffrey J. Byrd

Professor
Biology Department
St. Mary’s College of Maryland
St. Mary’s City, Maryland 20686
jjbyrd@smcm.edu
Subject: Biology

• Chickens and Humans and Pigs, Oh My!: A Case Study About Influenza

• Hidden in Plain Sight: Immune Evasion by Herpes Simplex-1 Virus

• Retro Goes Modern: The Evolution and Evasive Maneuvers of HIV

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Loren B. Byrne

Assistant Professor of Biology
Department of Biology, Marine Biology, and Environmental Science
Roger Williams University
Bristol, Rhode Island 02809
lbyrne@rwu.edu
Subject: Biology / Environmental Science

• Complexity in Conservation: The Legal and Ethical Case of a Bird-Eating Cat and its Human Killer