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Research and Internship Opportunities
All students are encouraged to do research with a faculty member, participate in an internship with an organization or business or participate in some other funded summer opportunity.
Research
Below are faculty who use or plan to use proteomics and functional genomics approaches in their research. Visit their websites to learn more about their interests.
Dr. Sheldon Cooper-Biology and Microbiology-Metabolic changes in birds from summer to winter
Dr. Samuel David-Chemistry-Protein chemistry of Alzheimer's Disease
Dr. Lisa Dorn-Biology and Microbiology-Plant genetic response to environmental change
Dr. Arlene Haffa-Chemistry-Responses of photosynthetic marine microbes to environmental change
Dr. Beatrice Holton-Biology and Microbiology-Regulation of tension across sheets of avian (bird) cells
Dr. Wing Huen-Computer Science-Software algorithms for analysis of biomarkers
Dr. Toivo Kallas-Biology and Microbiology-Protein chemistry of electron transport during photosynthesis
Dr. Greg Kleinheinz-Biology and Microbiology-Source tracking of microbes that contaminate lakes of Wisconsin
Dr. Todd Kostman-Biology and Microbiology-Calcium regulation in plants
Dr. Colleen McDermott-Biology and Microbiology-Identification of environment-specific Bacteroides strains by DNA sequence
Dr. Tom Naps-Computer Science-Animations depicting bioinformatics algorithms
Dr. Jim Paulson-Chemistry-Protein chemistry changes during the cell cycle and mitosis
Dr. Dana Vaughan-Biology and Microbiology-Changes in the ground squirrel retina from winter hibernation to summer euthermia
Funded Summer Opportunities
NSF-Research Experiences for Undergraduates
WiscAMP
Merck AAAS
McNair Scholars Program
Faculty/Undergraduate Collaborative Research Program
Internships
All three departments have many internship possibilities that can be arranged between local industries and UW Oshkosh. The internship directors are
Biology and microbiology:
Dr. Greg Kleinheinz (for microbiology and cell biology internships)
Department of Biology and Microbiology
kleinhei@uwosh.edu; (920) 424-1100
Dr. Bob Stelzer (for ecology and organismal biology internships)
Department of Biology and Microbiology
stelzer@uwosh.edu; (920) 424-0845 (link to website)
Chemistry:
Computer Science:
Dr. Tom Naps (for computer science internships)
Department of Computer Science
naps@uwosh.edu; (920) 424-1388
