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The following is a list of faculty members that may provide, or have provided, research opportunities for students participating in the Bridges to the Baccalaureate Program. Additionally, you can search for potential mentors by clicking on the "cap and diploma" link in the Bridges logo at the top of the window. The link will bring you to the University Montana home page where you can type in a faculty or department name in the search box.
Dr. Steve Lodmell Position: Associate Adjunct Professor Area: Mechanisms of molecular recognition between biological macromolecules Department: Chemistry Website: http://www.umt.edu/chemistry/faculty/lodmell.htm	Works on RNA structure and function, mostly biochemical techniques. The model system is HIV.

Dr. Scott Samuels Position: Area: Cell and Molecular Biology Department: Division of Biological Sciences Website: http://dbs.umt.edu/personnel/facultyasp/facultydrill.aspx?id=356	I am a molecular microbiologist and we study, primarily, the molecular mechanisms by which the bacterium that causes Lyme disease regulates gene expression during transmission from tick to mammal using a genetic approach.

Dr. Bill Holben Position: Professor Research Interests: Molecular microbial ecology, molecular genetics, and environmental microbiology Department: Biology Website: http://biology.dbs.umt.edu/dbs/holben.htm	Ongoing research projects include: Community-level analyses linking bacterial community structure, function, activity and diversity in metal-contaminated and pristine river sediment systems; exploring the role of the microbial community in the success of invasive weeds; ...

Dr. Kimberly Wallace Position: Associate Professor Area: Developmental Psychology Department: Psychology Website: http://psychweb.psy.umt.edu/faculty/wallace/	Aging and understanding the factors that help us age well. She is currently working on a study of resilience in a sample of Native American older adults living on the Flathead Reservation.

Dr. Paul Silverman Position: Professor Area: Cognitive-emotional interaction in children; cognitive development; developmental psychopathology Department: Psychology Website: http://psychweb.psy.umt.edu/faculty/silverman/silverman.html	Has two projects in the working... Project (1) includes development of an interview procedure to assess adults' competence in guiding children. Project (2) is the development of a procedure for assessing attachment styles in school-aged children.

Dr. Mark Grimes Position: Professor Area: Cellular and Molecular Biology Department: Division of Biological Sciences Website:http://www.umt.edu/csfn/faculty/grimes.htm%20	Research lab includes studying the membrane traffic and signal transduction on nerve growth factor receptors. ...His study may contribute to a better understanding of diseases such as Alzheimer's or other diseases that attack and kill cells.

Dr. Jerry Bromenshenk Position: Adjunct Professor Research Interests: Ecotoxicology, population dynamics, and environmental chemistry Department: Division of Biological Sciences Website: http://biology.dbs.umt.edu/dbs/bromen.htm	Current projects include real time monitoring of the effects of natural and anthropogenic stressors using hives fitted with electronic sensors and chemical sampling probes... [studying the use of bees to locate land mines and explosives.]

Dr. Gyda Swaney Position: Assistant Professor Area: Cross-cultural psychology (American Indians), Trauma, Depression, Psychopathology Department: Psychology Website: http://psychweb.psy.umt.edu/faculty/swaney/	Her project is related to understanding smoking in native communities. The project includes conducting interviews with key informants to better understand and document efforts to collaborate with local native communities to implement tobacoo control policies that maintain tribal sovereignty. Second project also available.

Dr. Linda EagleHeart Thomas Position: Adjunct Faculty Area: Psychology Department: The College of Technology-Psychology Website: http://www.cte.umt.edu/featured.htm	Linda has a few openings for students in different parts of a research project... (1)Examine touch with infancy in Native Americans. (2)Examining gender differences in maternal touch, in terms of duration of touch and kinds of touch used with the boy vs. girl babies. (3)Looking at distress expressed by Native American babies (4)Infant vocalization in response to stress (5)Examining nutritional practices among Native American families in Montana...