Karen Beljan, BS '05, Environmental Engineering
Beljan, of Eden, New York, evaluated remediation alternatives to improve the water quality of Onondaga Lake, ultimately helping to develop a method to aerate the lake that would improve the water and ecosystem.
(Photo: KC Kratt, MFA '84)
To gain a better understanding of how oral pathologic bacteria initiate colonization, form biofilms, and initiate tissue destructive host immune responses critical for disease progression.
Date Open: Apr 6, 2007 to Sep 6, 2009
Suggested Skill Set: chemistry and biology lab work
evolutionary and cell biology courses
general and organic chemistry courses
Compensation: Credit, Voluntary, Summers Only
Professor(s): Ashu Sharma (sharmaa@buffalo.edu)
Department: Oral Biology, School of Dental Medicine
Address: 211 Foster Hall
Website: http://wings.buffalo.edu/~sharmaa