Presentation Groups for Undergraduate Seminar

The first presentations will be 1 March and 15 March


The second presentations will begin 12 April and 19 April.

Group 1

Christie De la Vega and Martha Batista - Buttonwood and mangrove mites

Robert Gomez and Chris de Cardenas - Zombie snails / ants and Toxoplasma human mind control

Sharon Israel and Preciosa Martinez - Volatile attraction of parasitic wasps by plants and caterpillars

Ader Joseph and David Rabinowitz - Carnivorous plants and their fauna


Group 2

Sergio Pradilla - myrmecophyte/ant interactions

Natalie Maricic and Yanie Olive - Sexual mimicry of pollinators in orchids

Kiana Lewis and Gabriel Ruiz - Monarch butterflies and their effects on other animals by way of plants

Michelle Valero and Paola - Monkeys and seed dispersal

Marja Caraza and Barbara Baldrich - Natural detoxification of plants by herbivores using minerals (clay)