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Greenville Neuromodulation Center Faculty/Student Research Institute

The Greenville Neuromodulation Center (GNC) Faculty/Student Research Institute is in its fourth year of summer research projects. Check back all summer for new videos and press releases.

LATEST VIDEO

Assistant Professor of Biology and Director of the GNC Faculty/Student Research Institute Delbert Abi Abdallah, Ph.D., and Tina Davison '21 discuss their work with immune responses to listeria and the effect nicotine has on the bacteria found in the intestines.

Explore the 2018 research projects

• Sean McConnor, Sheila Nowinski, Ph.D. and Isabella Bungo '19 discuss their work repairing and documenting Corita Kent artwork
• Laura Pickens, Ph.D. ’06, Greg Butcher, Ph.D., Gage Gladysz ’20, Jessica Orczeck ’19, Stacy Reecks ’21 and Benjamin Walters ’21 research the effects of nicotine
• Christipher Fonner, Ph.D., and Grant Milne '19 are continuing to research a fungal pathogen's effect on amphibians

2017 research projects

• Laura Pickens, Ph.D. ’06, Greg Butcher, Ph.D., Theresa Kretzmer ’20, Gage Gladysz ’20 and Maggie Nee ’20, research the effects of nicotine
• Christopher Fonner, Ph.D., and Amy Ritchie ’18 continue to research a fungal pathogen's effect on amphibians

2016 research projects

• Kristel Gallagher, Ph.D., researches the ‘damage control’ health habits of students
• Eugene T. Torigoe, Ph.D., Ron Anderson '07 and Dylan Squires '18 hosted the inaugural electronics camp
• Christopher Fonner, Ph.D., Alana Callahan '17 and Amber Martin '17 are researching a fungal pathogen's effect on amphibians
• Laura Pickens, Ph.D. '06, Greg Butcher, Ph.D., Korinna Sherman '17 and Evan Youker '18 are researching the effects of nicotine addiction
• Delbert Abi Abdallah, Ph.D., and Beverley Kozuch '17 are studying the immune system's ability to fight Listeria, and also researching a possible vaccine for Leishmania
• Pete Rydberg, Ph.D., and Austin Hall '17 collaborate on a research-based historical stage drama exploring the events that led to the Nazi Party’s rise to power

2015 research projects

• Delbert Abi Abdallah, Ph.D., and Catherine McCormick '16 researched pathogens among white blood cells
• Pete Rydberg, Ph.D., aided Austin Hall '17 in creating a historical dramatic performance
• Jared Johnson, Ph.D., researched early English theater audiences’ attitudes about the supernatural
• Shannon Deets, Ph.D., Kourtney Polvinale '16 and Kelsey Meyer '18 studied dance's effect on the brain
• Chris Stanisky, Ph.D., and Amber Martin '17 built a spectrometer to conduct research

About the Institute

Thiel College alumni Fred Haer ’65 and his wife, Jill (Shackett) ’66, have pledged more than $400,000 to fund the GNC Faculty/Student Research Institute. The Haers are giving $135,000 per year for three years to pay for multi-year research projects and the summer research institute that focus on connecting science and liberal arts at Thiel College. In 1970, the Haers founded FHC, Inc. The company’s microelectrode recording and stimulation technology serves neuroscientific research and neurosurgical operating rooms with more than 7,000 unique metal microelectrodes and a broad range of state-of-the-art research and clinical instruments. Greenville Neuromodulation Services (GNS), a wholly owned subsidiary of FHC, Inc., supports the neuroscience industry with a full range of services for medical professionals involved in the treatment of movement disorders is located in Greenville, along with the nonprofit GNC.

Thiel College Assistant Professor of Biology Delbert Abi Abdallah, Ph.D., was named the director of the GNC Faculty/Student Research Institute in February 2016. The institute is open to all Thiel College faculty members, but maintains an emphasis on interdisciplinary science activities.