The North Carolina Scientist

Summer 2009

Warren Wilson’s Dr. Paul Bartell, welcoming attendees to meeting.

NCAS President Dr. Parke Rublee (center) with UNCG undergraduates Amanda Liss and Amy

Roop (left and right).

NCAS 106th Meeting “Science and Sustainability”

Warren Wilson College in Asheville, NC April 3-5, 2009

J Prunty, C. Smith and T. Pritchard from Mount Olive College

presenting their poster on Friday

evening

Friday night poster session presentations by Ryan Vary (above left, Guilford College) and Shelly Lee (above right, ECU)

Dr. Clemens gave a very entertaining account of his academic and industrial careers. His experiences highlight the value of basic research in the training of both academic and applied scientists. He outlined the tremendous need we face for alternative energy and how he envisions solar power as the most accessible alternative.

Keynote address by J. Christopher, cofounder of MegaWatt Solar and associate professor of astrophysics at The

University of North Carolina

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Metagenomics Session From left to right, Presenters Wyatt Hartman and Anthony Fodor

with Viincent Henrich and Parke Rublee.

NC Student Academy Award Winners with Dr. Jean-Luc Scemama (below right), NCAS president-elect.

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Dr. Yuko Miyamoto, Elon

University, Executive Director of CANCAS presented the Derieux

Awards for undergraduate research.

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Derieux Awards, 2009 Poster Presentations Awards

1st Brian Beaty Elon University

2nd Ryan Vary Guilford College

3rd Evan Hall Catawba College

Oral Presentations Botany & Zoology, Physiology & Cell/Developmental

1st Jesse Duff-Woodruff Warren Wilson College

2nd William Harrison Campbell University

Microbiology, Molecular Biology & Genetics, Math

1st Breanne Yingling Lenoir-Rhyne University

2nd Michael Munday UNC at Greensboro

3rd tie Kyle Fuller Warren Wilson College

3rd tie Holly Dowling Peace College

Environmental Science, Ecology, Conservation Biology

1st Mandy Monroe Warren Wilson College

2nd tie Krishna Chagarlamundi Meredith College

2nd tie Jenna Anderson Warren Wilson College

3rd tie Meg Phillips Warren Wilson College

3rd tie Amanda Liss UNC at Greensboro

Chemistry, Physics, Behavioral, Health, Anthropology

1st Robert S. Oakes Lenoir Rhyne University

2nd Daniel Brown Elon University

3rd tie Jacob Thiesen Lenoir Rhyne University

3rd tie Alisha Huettig Lenoir Rhyne University

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Above left, Dr. Gerhard Kalmus, Executive Secretary, Janice and Ed Swab enjoying the banquet that was prepared and served by Warren Wilson

students. At right, Karen Guzman, NCAS President-Elect. Laura Fieselman 3:53 Francie Cuffney 4:09 Janice C. Swab 4:25

4:30 – 5 Refreshments Jensen Lobby5 – 5:30 Discussion of Mission Statement &

Business Meeting Jensen 302 NCAS CANCAS6:30 – 8:30 Banquet Canon Award Ceremony & Closing Remarks8:30 – 9 NCAS Board of Directors Meeting

Sunday, April 5, 2009

8 – 12 Field Trips Canceled because of low interest.

Supporters of 20092009 Annual Meeting Sponsorship

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Donated ExhibitsGeoDome

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Academy HeadquartersMeredith College

Sustaining MemberCarolina Biological Supply Company

Institutional MembersBelmont Abbey College

Brevard CollegeCampbell University

Davidson CollegeDuke University

Elizabeth City State UniversityGuilford College

Lenoir-Rhyne UniversityMount Olive College

Peace CollegeSt Andrews Presbyterian College

UNC-Chapel HillUNC-Charlotte

UNC-GreensboroUNC-Pembroke

Wake Forest UniversityWarren Wilson College

Western Carolina University

Associate MembersDickson Foundation

Sigma Xi – Asheville Chapter

NCAS 106th Meeting Sponsors

In Recognition Bill Burk was honored by the NCAS Board on September 11,

2009 for his contributions as the Academy’s Historian

Parke Rublee, Jean-Luc Scemama, and Yuko Miyamoto congratulating Bill

Parke Rublee presenting Bill with his commemorative plaque

CANCAS Undergraduate Research Workshop Catawba College in Salisbury on October 24, 2009

Save the Date 107th NCAS Annual Meeting March 26-27, 2010

Guilford College