MS Projects

Does the creation of pocket prairies improve the conservation value of urban vacant land for ant communities?

Alex Tyrpak (MS)

Advisor:
Mary Gardiner (Department of Entomology)

Shrinking cities such as Cleveland, OH, have experienced population loss, resulting in an overabundance of infrastructure that is demolished, creating vacant land. Vacant land is viewed as a blight but these greenspaces may have the potential to promote biodiversity and ecosystem services....
Optimizing RNA interference in fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda using improved nanoparticles

Ana Trabanino Pino (MS)

Advisor:
Andrew Michel (Department of Entomology)

Fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda, is one of the most important pests in agriculture due to its ability to feed and damage several important agronomic crops. Nonetheless, FAW has developed resistance to several insecticides including transgenic traits, leading to significant yield loss...
Development of an Evidence-Based Welfare Approach for Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) in Human Care

Brittany Fischer (MS)

Advisor:
Kelly George (Department of Animal Sciences)

Animal welfare science is an expanding field in zoological institutions throughout the United States and the world. In 2017 the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) established a new accreditation standard requiring member organizations to have a formal animal welfare assessment process. As a...
Detection of Metabolic Changes caused by Antibiotics, Probiotics and High Protein Diets using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Metabolomics

Courtney Littlefield (MS)

Advisor:
Matthias Klein (Department of Food Science and Technology)

The gut microbiome radically influences immune development, homeostasis, and stress tolerance, making it a critical contributor to human health. Antibiotics, probiotics, and dietary changes can dramatically affect the microbiome composition. Such changes can result in negative or positive health...
Comparison of hot water and acetone extraction methods on anthocyanin content and color characteristics of butterfly pea flower extracts.

Danielle Voss (MS)

Advisor:
M. Monica Giusti (Department of Food Science and Technology)

Naturally derived pigments are increasing in popularity as food manufacturers look to replace their synthetic counterparts to address consumer demands. The food industry is challenged by sourcing viable blue pigments as there are limited natural sources. One promising source is butterfly pea...
Potential for insecticide resistance on Kenyan populations of Tuta absoluta

Denis Nyamu (MS)

Advisor:
Luis Canas (Department of Entomology)

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is one of the most important vegetable crops marketed in East Africa. In Kenya, most tomato growers are small scale farmers, practice open field cultivation and are faced with invasive pest species. Tuta absoluta (Meyrick, 1917) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), known as...
Insecticidal and antifeedant properties of the medicinal plant Cinnamosma fragrans to control the mosquito vector Aedes aegypti

Edna Ariel Alfaro Inocente (MS)

Advisor:
Pete Piermarini (Department of Entomology)

Mosquitoes and the arboviruses they transmit are important concerns for global health. To date, mosquito control has been largely based on using chemical insecticides. However, overuse of chemicals with limited modes of action have led to resistance in mosquito vectors. Moreover, repeated use of...
Modeling the effects of management practices on soil greenhouse gas emissions and nutrient content for a corn-soybean system

Garrett Steinbeck (MS)

Advisor:
Sami Khanal (Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering)

Garrett Steinbeck, Sami Khanal, Margaret Kalcic, and Kevin King
Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
USDA-ARS Soil Drainage Research Unit, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USAMonitoring of soil carbon and greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes is...
Preliminary techno-economic analysis for food waste valorization via black soldier fly (Hermetia illuscens)

Haley Stockham (MS)

Advisor:
Ajay Shah (Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering)

Excessive food waste is a chronic problem in the United States. As it stands, managing this waste comes with steep logistics expenses. The Black Soldier Fly (BSF) Hermetia illuscens is a hardy species, capable of consuming a wide range of biowaste, including food scraps. The resulting larvae...
Use of Hair Cortisol Analysis to Evaluate the Influence of Housing Conditions on Long-Term Stress in Horses

Jade Werner (MS)

Advisor:
Kimberly Cole (Department of Animal Sciences)

Cortisol is often used as an indicator of physiological stress in animals. Although traditional sampling methods (blood, saliva, urine, feces) are utilized to measure acute cortisol secretion, hair cortisol analysis is a non-invasive method to quantify long-term cortisol secretion in mammals....

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