Undergraduates are encouraged to collaborate with a faculty member on a research project.  Undergraduate research is a great way to get hands-on experience doing science.  Undergraduate research is also becoming an increasingly important experience to have for applying to both professional school and graduate school.

Recent undergraduate research projects at OSU Lima have included:

• Effect of habitat on bird reproduction and survival
• Genetics in salamanders
• Color patterns and calling behavior in frogs
• Diet and egg-laying behavior in salamanders
• Digestive physiology in tadpoles

 

Student measuring catbird leg length		Student recording toad underwater sounds

Students may also investigate undergraduate research resources at the Undergraduate Research Office in Columbus

OSU Lima student presentations of research at local and national scientific conferences:

Jessica Geiger-Hayes, Lisa Regula Meyer, and Patrick Owen.  2006.  Examination of the intestinal contents of Rana clamitans and Rana catesbeiana tadpoles for symbiotic, cellulose digesting bacteria.  Presented at the Denman Undergraduate Research Forum at OSU Columbus.

Lisa Regula Meyer and J. Eric Juterbock.  2005.  Genetic relatedness among several populations of the northern dusky salamander (Desmognathus fuscus).  Presented at the Denman Undergraduate Research Forum at OSU Columbus and the Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists in Tampa. FL.

Christen Daniel and J. Eric Juterbock.  2004.  Oviposition frequency of northern dusky salamanders in southeastern Ohio: does the past matter?  Presented at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research in Indianapolis and at the Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists in Norman, OK.

Yayoi Fukuhara and J. Eric Juterbock.  2004.  Diet of the black mountain dusky salamander, Desmognathus welteri, in southeastern Kentucky.  Presented at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research in Indianapolis and at the Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists in Norman, OK.