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Results

Presentation: A Slice of Pi

These are the results of the fellowship:

Awards

  • Robert Gove and Meghan Fitzgerald were the Harter Award finalists, UNCG, May 2009
  • Matthew Wilhelm and Meghan Fitzgerald received the UNCG Student Excellence Award (2009), the highest award for an undergraduate student. May 2009
  • Robert Gove wins the Patterson award for the best undergraduate presentation at the MAA conference in Nashville, TN, March 2009
  • Robert Gove won First Place Research Paper Prize in the Social, Physical, and Applied Sciences category of the UNCG Honors Symposium, February 2009
  • Miranda Hayworth won first price in the Genesis competition for undergraduate poster presentations at the Annual Meeting of the Animal Behavior Society, August 2008
  • Miranda Hayworth won the second place in the Harter Award competition, UNCG, May 2008
  • Amy Roop, Miranda Hayworth and Robert Gove received the UNCG Student Excellence Award (2008), the highest award for an undergraduate student. May 2008
  • Miranda Hayworth received The John Bowley Derieux Research Award: 1 st place in Poster Competition, 105 th Annual North Carolina Academy of the Sciences Meeting
  • Miranda Hayworth received The John Bowley Derieux Research Award: 2 nd place in Zoology Speech Competition, 105 th Annual North Carolina Academy of the Sciences Meeting
  • Meghan Fitzgerald receives the Patterson award for the best undergraduate presentation at the MAA conference in Charleston, SC, March 2008
  • Miranda Hayworth won an award for outstanding undergraduate student presentation at the North Carolina Academy of Sciences
  • Brian Stadler won an award for outstanding undergraduate student presentation at the International Conference on Advances in Interdisciplinary Statistics and Combinatorics, UNCG, October 12-14, 2007

Papers

Oral Presentations

  • International:

    • May 2009 - J. Rychtar, M. Chhetri, M. Crowe, S. Gupta, D. Remington, O. Rueppell: Math-Biology Projects at UNCG, IMST 2009/FIM VII, International Conference on Interdisciplinary Mathematical and Statistical Techniques, Pilsen, Czech Republic.
    • August 2008 - Hayworth M., Johnson N., Wilhelm M., Gove R., Metheny J., Rueppell O. The cost sensitive mating strategy of honeybee queens. Annual Meeting
    • of the Animal Behavior Society. Snowbird, UT. Genesis Award Winner.
    • August 2008 - M. Fitzgerald, M. Crowe, J. Rychtar, J. Yang: Using empirical data to test the theoritical predictions of brood parasitism by Onthophagus taurus 45th annual meeting of the animal behavior society Snowbird, Utah
    • July 2008 - D.L. Remington, R. Fogel, R. Gove, and J. Rychtar. Toward a systems biology of plant life history variation. Botany 2008 Conference, Vancouver, BC July 26-30, 2008
    • May 2008 - J. Yang, M. Crowe, M. Fitzgerald, J. Rychtar: A stochastic model of kleptoparasitism, ISMT2008/FIM XVI, Memphis, TN
    • May 2008 - J. Rychtar, M. Chhetri, M. Crowe, S. Gupta, D. Remington, O. Rueppell: Mating bees and rational numbers, ISMT2008/FIM XVI, Memphis, TN
    • October 2007 - N. Johnson, O. Rueppell, M. Chhetri, R. Gove, M. Hayworth, J. Rychtar - Reduction in the variability of diploid drone production selects for multiple mating in honey bees - International Conference on Advances in Interdisciplinary Statistics and Combinatorics, UNCG, October 12-14, 2007
    • October 2007 - R. Gove - Benefit Functions of Promoting Multiple Mating in Honeybee Queens - International Conference on Advances in Interdisciplinary Statistics and Combinatorics, UNCG, October 12-14, 2007
    • October 2007 - B. Stadler, J. Rychtar - Evolutionary Dynamics: From Small-Worlds to Random Graphs - International Conference on Advances in Interdisciplinary Statistics and Combinatorics, UNCG, October 12-14, 2007
    • October 2007 - J. Rychtar, M. Chhetri, M. Crowe, S. Gupta, D. Remington, O. Rueppell - Math models of beetles, bees, evolution, and genes - International Conference on Advances in Interdisciplinary Statistics and Combinatorics, UNCG, October 12-14, 2007
    • October 2007 - M. Fitzgerald, M. Crowe, D. Remington, J. Rychtar - Kleptoparasitism: Time is of the essence for Onthophagus Taurus - International Conference on Advances in Interdisciplinary Statistics and Combinatorics, UNCG, October 12-14, 2007
    • September 2007 - J. Rychtar, M. Broom - Evolution of kleptoparasitism under adaptive dynamics - Mathematical Models in Evolution and Ecology 2007, University of Sussex, UK 20 - 21 September 2007
    • August 2007 - J. Rychtar, M. Broom - Evolution of kleptoparasitism, SMB/JMB meeting, San Jose, CA
    • June 2007 - J. Rychtar, M. Brooom - Evolution of kleptoparasitic behavior - Invited seminar, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.
    • June 2007 - O. Rueppell - Social Control of Lifespan in Social Insects. Workshop on Biodemography of Aging, Longevity & Sociality, Ponta Delgada, Portugal
    • February 2007 - D.L. Remington - Genetic analysis of plant life history trade-offs: from "black box" to functional mechanisms. Invited seminar, University of Oulu, Finland, 2007.
  • National:

    • January 2009 - J. Rychtar, M. Broom: Mathematical Models of Kleptoparasiting Behavior, AMS/MAA national meeting, Washington, DC
    • January 2009 - M. Wilhelm, M. Chhetri, J. Rychtar, O. Rueppell: The Mating Game: A Game Theoretic Analysis of the Mating Sign Behavior in the Honey Bee, AMS/MAA national meeting, Washington, DC
    • June 2008 - M. Fitzgerald, M. Crowe, D. Remington, J. Rychtar: To steal or not to steal: Modeling kleptoparasitic behavior in the dung beetle Onthophagus Taurus, NSF/UBM PI meeting, Columbus, OH
    • April 2008 - Hayworth, M.K., N.G. Johnson , M.E. Wilhelm, R.P. Gove, and O. Rueppell. Plasticity of Mating Behavior in Honeybee Queens. 22nd National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Salisbury, Maryland.
  • Regional:

    • November 2009 - J. Alexander-Floyd, M. Wilhelm, M. Chhetri: Modeling the effect of fires on red-tailed leafhoppers and sedentary moths - 5th annual UNCG RUMC, UNCG, November 7, 2009
    • November 2009 - E. Raspet, S. Rushing, M. Crowe, J. Rychtar: Kleptoparasitism in Onthophagus taurus: The role of density and major males - 5th annual UNCG RUMC, UNCG, November 7, 2009
    • November 2009 - S. Rushing, E. Raspet, M. Crowe, J. Rychtar: How Field Conditions Influence Brood Ball Production By the Dung Beetle Onthophagus taurus - 5th annual UNCG RUMC, UNCG, November 7, 2009
    • November 2009 - D. Adnew, O. Rueppell: Molecular Evolution of Candidate Genes for Caste Divergence in Apis - 5th annual UNCG RUMC, UNCG, November 7, 2009
    • May 2009 - N. Arvantis, D. Adnew, O. Rueppell: Bioinformatic study of molecular evolution of caste divergence in Apis. 4th Annual North Carolina Honey Bee Research Consortium Meeting, Winston-Salem, NC.
    • March 2009 - R. Gove, R. Fogel, D. Remington, J. Rychtar: A Trait Network Model for Resource Allocation Strategies - Mathematical Association of America Southeastern Section, Nashville, TN
    • February 2009 - M. Fitzgerald: An overview of kleptoparasitic behavior, Lloyd International Honors College 2009 Honors Symposium, UNCG
    • February 2009 - R. Gove: The Importance of Theoretical Research in Resource Allocation Strategies in Rockcress, Lloyd International Honors College 2009 Honors Symposium, UNCG
    • November 2008 - M. Fitzgerald, J. Celin, M. Crowe, J. Rychtar: When Does Stealing Cost Too Much? A Model of Kleptoparasitic Behavior - The State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creative Symposium, Boone, NC
    • November 2008 - M. Fitzgerald, J. Celin, M. Broom, M. Crowe, J. Rychtar: Strategies of a Kleptoparasitic Dung Beetle: Modeling Behavior with Game Theory - The institute for Mathematical Biology Education and Research, November 14-15, 2008, Appalachian State University.
    • November 2008 - M. Wilhelm, M. Chhetri, O. Rueppell, J. Rychtar: The Mating Game: A Game Theoretic Analysis of the Mating Sign Behavior in the Honeybee - The institute for Mathematical Biology Education and Research, November 14-15, 2008, Appalachian State University.
    • November 2008 - N. Ross, M. Hayworth, M. Chhetri, O. Rueppell: Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of Social Apoptosis in Honeybee Colonies - The institute for Mathematical Biology Education and Research, November 14-15, 2008, Appalachian State University.
    • November 2008 - A. Roop, M. Wilhelm, M. Chhetri, O. Rueppell: A biological perspective on Mathematical Models Showing the Relationship Between Oyster and Fish Populations in Coastal Ecosystems - The institute for Mathematical Biology Education and Research, November 14-15, 2008, Appalachian State University.
    • November 2008 - R. Gove, D. Remington, J. Rychtar: Modeling resource allocation strategies in A. Lyrata using trait networks - The institute for Mathematical Biology Education and Research, November 14-15, 2008, Appalachian State University.
    • November 2008 - M. Fitzgerald, J. Celin, J. Yang, M. Crowe, J. Rychtar: Modeling Stealing Behavior in a North Carolina Dung Beetle - 4th annual UNCG RUMC, UNCG, November 8, 2008
    • November 2008 - R. Gove, D. Remington, J. Rychtar: The resource allocation game: modeling strategies in Arabidopsis lyrata with trait networks - 4th annual UNCG RUMC, UNCG, November 8, 2008
    • November 2008 - N. Ross, M. Hayworth, M. Chhetri, O. Rueppell: Social Apoptosis in Honeybee Colonies - 4th annual UNCG RUMC, UNCG, November 8, 2008
    • November 2008 - M. Wilhelm, M. Chhetri, O. Rueppell, J. Rychtar: The Mating Game: A Game Theoretic Analysis of the Mating Sign Behavior in the Honeybee - 4th annual UNCG RUMC, UNCG, November 8, 2008
    • July 2008 - M. Wilhelm, A. Roop, M. Chhetri, O. Rueppell: Fish & Oysters: Modeling the effect of a cooperative system, UBM W&M-UNCG meeting, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
    • July 2008 - M. Hayworth, N. Ross, M. Chhetri, O. Rueppell: Social Apoptosis in Honeybee Colonies?, UBM W&M-UNCG meeting, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
    • July 2008 - M. Fitzgerald, J.Yang, M. Crowe, J. Rychtar: Modeling Stealing Behavior in a North Carolina Dung Beetle, UBM W&M-UNCG meeting, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
    • July 2008 - R. Gove, R. Fogel, D. Remington, J. Rychtar: Modeling resource allocation strategies in Arabidopsis lyrata using trait networks, UBM W&M-UNCG meeting, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
    • April 2008 - Hayworth, M.K., N. Ross, N.G. Johnson, M.E. Wilhelm, R.P. Gove, J.D. Metheny, and O. Rueppell. The Reproductive Game Plan of Honeybee Queens. UNCG OUR EXPO, Greensboro , North Carolina.
    • April 2008 - Hayworth, M.K., R.P. Gove, N.G. Johnson, M.E. Wilhelm, M.R. Leagon, J.D. Metheny, and O. Rueppell. Mating effort and success in response to increased flight costs in honeybee queens. 2 nd Annual Student and Postdoc Symposium of the North Carolina Honey Bee Research Consortium , Charlotte , North Carolina.
    • March 2008 - Hayworth, M.K., N.G. Johnson, M.E. Wilhelm, R.P. Gove, M.R. Leagon, J.D. Metheny, and O. Rueppell. The Risk Sensitive Mating Behavior of Honeybee Queens. 105th Annual North Carolina Academy of the Sciences Meeting, Greensboro, North Carolina.
    • March 2008 - M. Fitzgerald, M. Crowe, D. Remington, J. Rychtar: To steal or not to steal: Modeling kleptoparasitic behavior in the dung beetle Onthophagus Taurus, MAA meeting at Charleston, SC
    • March 2008 - J. Rychtar, M. Broom, C. Sykes: Evolution of kleptoparasitic behavior, MAA meeting at Charleston, SC
    • November 2007 - R. Gove, N. Johnson, M. Wilhelm, M. Hayworth, M. Leagon, M. Chhetri, O. Rueppell - Colony Fitness as a Function of Division of Labor and Multiple Mating in Honeybee Queens - The institute for Mathematical Biology Education and Research, November 2-3, 2007, Appalachian State University.
    • November 2007 - J. Rychtar, M. Chhetri, M. Crowe, S. Gupta, D. Remington, O. Rueppell - Mathematics of beetles, bees, evolution, and genes - The institute for Mathematical Biology Education and Research, November 2-3, 2007, Appalachian State University.
    • November 2007 - M. Wilhelm, M. Chhetri, O. Rueppell, J. Rychtar - The Mating Game: Evolutionary Stable Strategies of the Mating Sign Behavior in Honeybees - 3rd annual UNCG RUMC, UNCG, November 17, 2007
    • November 2007 - M. Fitzgerald, M. Crowe, D. Remington, J. Rychtar - Kleptoparasitism: Time is of the essence for Onthophagus taurus - 3rd annual UNCG RUMC, UNCG, November 17, 2007
    • November 2007 - B. Stadler, J. Rychtar - Dynamics of Small Order Combinatorial Graphs - 3rd annual UNCG RUMC, UNCG, November 17, 2007
    • November 2007 - R. Gove, N. Johnson, M. Wilhelm, M. Hayworth, M. Leagon, M. Chhetri, O. Rueppell - Colony Fitness as a Function of Division of Labor and Multiple Mating in Honeybee Queens - 3rd annual UNCG RUMC, UNCG, November 17, 2007
    • May 2007 - D.L. Remington - Genetic analysis of plant life history trade-offs: from "black box" to functional mechanisms. Departmental seminar, UNCG,
    • April 2007 - M. Hayworth, N. Johnson, M. Wilhelm, R. Gove, M. Leagon, M. Chhetri, O. Rueppell - Modeling bee behavior, Research in the Capital, Raleigh, NC.
    • April 2007 - M. Hayworth, N. Johnson, M. Wilhelm, R. Gove, M. Leagon, M. Chhetri, O. Rueppell - Identification of an integrative bio-mathematical research project on Apis mellifera behavior. Student and Postdoc Symposium of the North Carolina Honey Bee Research Consortium, Raleigh, NC.
    • November 2006 - B. Stadler, J. Rychtar - Evolutionary Dynamics on Small-World Networks, UNCG RUMC
    • November 2006 - R. Gove, J. Rychtar - A slice of Pi, UNCG RUMC

Poster Presentations

  • International:

    • August 2008 - Hayworth, M., Johnson, N., Wilhelm, M., Gove, R., Metheny, J., Rueppell, O.: The cost sensitive mating strategy of honeybee queens, 45th annual meeting of the Animal Behavior Society, Snowbird, Utah
    • July 2008 - R. Gove, R. Fogel, J. Rychtar, D.L. Remington: Mathematical modeling of resource allocation strategies in Arabidopsis lyrata. Botany 2008 Conference, Vancouver, BC
    • September 2007 - M. Fitzgerald, M. Crowe, D. Remington, J. Rychtar - When resources are scare, pirates await - Mathematical Models in Evolution and Ecology 2007, University of Sussex, UK 20 - 21 September 2007
  • National:

    • October 2009 - S. Rushing, E. Raspet, M. Crowe, J. Rychtar: How Field Conditions Influence Brood Ball Production By the Dung Beetle Onthophagus taurus, NIMBIoS 2009, Knoxville, TN
    • October 2009 - J. Alexander-Floyd, M. Wilhelm, M. Chhetri: Modeling the effect of fires on red-tailed leafhoppers and sedentary moths, NIMBIoS 2009, Knoxville, TN
    • July 2009 - Crowe, M. J. Rychtar, M. Chhetri, S. Gupta, D. Remington, and O. Rueppell. 2009. Working towards Integrating Teaching & Research in Quantitative Biology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro; poster presentation Vision and Change in undergraduate biology education, NSF/HHMI and AAAS meeting, Washington, D.C.
    • March 2009 - R. Gove: Searching for Adaptive Resource Allocation Strategies in Arabidopsis lyrata Using Genetic Algorithms. The Association of Computing Machinery Southeast Conference, Clemson, SC
    • January 2009 - J. Rychtar, M. Chhetri, S. Gupta, D. Remington, O. Rueppell, M. Crowe: Math Biology Research at UNCG, AMS/MAA national meeting, Washington, DC
    • June 2008 - J. Rychtar, M. Chhetri, M. Crowe, S. Gupta, D. Remington, O. Rueppell - Math Biology Research at UNCG - NSF/UBM PI meeting, Columbus, OH
    • April 2008 - B. Stadler, J. Rychtar: Predicting Outcomes of the Evolutionary Dynamics on Graphs, National Conference of Undergraduate Research, Salisbury, MD
    • March 2008 - M. Fitzgerald, M. Crowe, D. Remington, J. Rychtar: To steal or not to steal: Modeling kleptoparasitic behavior in the dung beetle Onthophagus Taurus, MAA meeting at Charleston, SC
    • August 2007 - J. Rychtar, M. Chhetri, M. Crowe, S. Gupta, D. Remington, O. Rueppell - Beetles, bees, evolution, and genes - NSF/UBM PI meeting, San Jose, CA
    • April 2007 - R. Gove, J. Rychtar - A slice of Pi, NCUR, San Francisco.
  • Regional:

    • April 2009 - N. Arvantis, D. Adnew (mentored by O. Rueppell): Bioinformatic study of molecular evolution of caste divergence in Apis. 3rd Annual UNCG Undergraduate Research Expo. Greensboro, NC.
    • April 2009 - E. Raspet, S. Rushing (mentored by M. Crowe, J. Rychtar) Theft: It doesn't just happen to humans, UNCG OUR Expo
    • April 2009 - C. Phalen, A. Huey (mentored by D. Remington, J. Rychtar): Testing Epigenetic and Adaptive Models of Plant Resource Allocation in A. lyrata , UNCG OUR Expo
    • April 2009 - R. Gove, D. Remington, J. Rychtar: A Trait Network and Genetic Control Model of Resource Allocation Strategies in Arabidopsis lyrata, UNCG OUR Expo
    • April 2009 - M. Fitzgerald, M. Crowe, J. Rychtar: Modeling dung beetle Onthophagus Taurus, UNCG OUR EXPO 2009
    • April 2009 - M. Wilhelm, J. Alexander-Floyd (Mentored by M. Chhetri): Modeling the effect of fires on red tailed leaf hoppers and sedentary moths, UNCG OUR Expo
    • April 2009 - M. Wilhelm (mentored by M. Chhetri): Effect of harvesting on the ideal free distribution of a two patch predator-prey system, UNCG OUR Expo
    • November 2008 - J. Celin, M. Fitzgerald, M. Crowe, J. Rychtar: The Exciting Life of Dung Beetle, The State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creative Symposium, Boone, NC
    • April 2008 - A. Roop, M. Wilhelm, M. Chhetri, O. Rueppell: Mathematical model on the relationship between oyster reef system and the fish population in coastal ecosystems, UNCG OUR Expo
    • April 2008 - M. Fitzgerald, J. Yang, M. Crowe, D. Remington, J. Rychtar: Two Models of Kleptoparasitic Behavior, UNCG OUR Expo
    • April 2008 - S. Grundman, L. Komarkova, J. Rychtar: Kleptoparasitism! The Stealing of Food by Birds and the Modelling Thereof, UNCG OUR Expo
    • April 2008 - R. Gove, L. McCormick, J. Rychtar: Checking Sentence Structure using Computational Linguistics, UNCG OUR Expo
    • April 2008 - B. Fogel, R. Gove, D. Remington, J. Rychtar: Mathematical Modeling of Resource Allocation Strategies in Arabidopsis lyrata, UNCG OUR Expo
    • March 2008 - R. Gove, N. Johnson, M. Wilhelm, M. Hayworth, M. Leagon, M. Chhetri, O. Rueppell: Improving honeybee division of labor and colony fitness with genetic variation in workers, MAA meeting at Charleston, SC
    • November 2007 - M. Hayworth, N. Johnson, M. Wilhelm, R. Gove, M. Leagon, M. Chhetri, O. Rueppell - Costly matings makes honey bee queen less promiscuous - 3rd annual State of North Carolina undergraduate research and creativity symposium, UNCG, November 17, 2007
    • November 2007 - M. Wilhelm, N. Johnson, M. Hayworth, R. Gove, M. Leagon, M. Chhetri, O. Rueppell - The Mating Game: Evolutionary Stable Strategies for the Mating Sign Behavior in Honeybees - 3rd annual State of North Carolina undergraduate research and creativity symposium, UNCG, November 17, 2007
    • November 2007 - M. Fitzgerald, M. Crowe, D. Remington, J. Rychtar - Dung Beetle Pirates, a model of kleptoparasitic behavior - 3rd annual State of North Carolina undergraduate research and creativity symposium, UNCG, November 17, 2007
    • November 2007 - B. Stadler, J. Rychtar - Dynamics of Small Order Combinatorial Graphs - 3rd annual State of North Carolina undergraduate research and creativity symposium, UNCG, November 17, 2007
    • November 2007 - R. Gove, N. Johnson, M. Wilhelm, M. Hayworth, M. Leagon, M. Chhetri, O. Rueppell - Colony Fitness as a Function of Division of Labor and Multiple Mating in Honeybee Queens -3rd annual State of North Carolina undergraduate research and creativity symposium, UNCG, November 17, 2007
    • April 2007 - M. Fitzgerald, J. Krenicky, and J. Fonke (M. Crowe, D. Remington, J. Rychtar) - Kleptoparasitism: when resources grow scarce a pirate awaits. UNCG OUR Expo
    • April 2007 - M. Hayworth*, N. Johnson, M. Wilhelm, R. Gove, M. Leagon (M. Chhetri, O. Rueppell) - Identification of an integrative bio-mathematical research project on Apis mellifera behavior. UNCG OUR Expo
    • April 2007 - A. Pollok, D. Remington - Developing a genetic model of adaptive trade-offs in plant resource allocation. UNCG OUR Expo
    • April 2007 - B. Stadler, J. Rychtar - Evolutionary dynamics on small world networks, UNCG OUR Expo
    • April 2007 - A. Pollok, D. Remington - Developing a genetic model of adaptive trade-offs in plant resource allocation. UNCG OUR Expo
    • November 2006 - B. Stadler, J. Rychtar - Evolutionary Dynamics on Small-World Networks, Second State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research Symposium NC State University, Raleigh, NC.
    • November 2006 - R. Gove, J. Rychtar - A slice of Pi, Second State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research Symposium NC State University, Raleigh, NC.

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