Theses/Dissertations/Capstones from 2026
LIMITING SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER PHOSPHORYLATION DISRUPTS cGMP-DEPENDENT SEROTONIN RELEASE AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOR, Carina Arnold
MICROPLASTIC EFFECT ON BEHAVIOR OF NUDIBRANCH (BERGHIA STEPHANIEAE); A TROPHIC TRANSFER STUDY, Isabela Salina Fernandes Beneli
CHARACTERIZATION OF SRSF1’S FUNCTIONS IN TRANSCRIPTION AND ALTERNATIVE SPLICING, Elena Bisotto
MODELING NONEQUILIBRIUM COMMUNITY DYNAMICS OF BIVALVES IN THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON, Jada Lee Brown
HIPPOCAMPAL “TIMING INTERVAL CELLS” EXHIBIT SCALABLE DYNAMICS FOR EXPLICIT TIMING, Kori-Anne Citrin
THE IMPACTS OF NATURAL HYBRIDIZATION BETWEEN CERCOPITHECUS MITIS AND CERCOPITHECUS ASCANIUS IN GOMBE NATIONAL PARK, TANZANIA, Kathryn Coates
THE EFFECTS OF OLEUROPEIN IN OLIVE LEAF EXTRACT ALONE OR COMBINED WITH CALCITRIOL ON THE VIABILITY AND MIGRATION OF HUMAN ENDOMETRIAL CELLS IN VITRO, Katelyn Devereaux
ESTABLISHING THERMAL BLEACHING THRESHOLDS FOR MONTASTRAEA CAVERNOSA ON FLORIDA’S CORAL REEF, Olivia Faris
DEVELOPMENT, VALIDATION, AND COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF A RHEOTAXIS-BASED MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE TO ISOLATE A SUBPOPULATION OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE HUMAN SPERMATOZOA, Charlene S. Fournier
CONTRIBUTIONS OF ARGININE AND NITROSATIVE STRESS TO HUNTINGTON’S DISEASE PROGRESSION, Ian D. Gaudet
TESTING EFFECTS OF ACOUSTIC PROPAGATION, MORPHOLOGY, AND INTRASEXUAL SELECTION ON THE ELABORATION AND PERFORMANCE OF SONG IN BACHMAN’S SPARROWS (PEUCAEA AESTIVALIS), Hans Kayser Gonzembach
A TWO-PHASE HIPPOCAMPAL CODE LINKING TIME AND DISTANCE ESTIMATION TO ACTION, Raphael Heldman
ENHANCING RAPID REEF RESILIENCE THROUGH TRANSPLANTATION OF THERMALLY TOLERANT CORALS IN OʻAHU, HAWAIʻI, Allison M. Klein
THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING OF NEURONAL ACTIVATION PATTERNS IN CHRONIC NEUROPATHIC PAIN AND OPIOID PHARMACOLOGY, Madeline Martinez
EFFECTIVENESS OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT AS A STRESS MANAGEMENT TOOL FOR SEA TURTLES IN CAPTIVITY AS MEASURED THROUGH BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE, Sarah Y. McCardell
COGNITION IN PAIR-LIVING OWL MONKEYS: THE ROLE OF PARTNER AFFILIATION IN THE WILLINGNESS TO COOPERATE TO SOLVE A COGNITIVE TASK, Aaron J. Mencia
A LIGHT-OPERATED KINASE INHIBITOR STRATEGY AND ITS IN VITRO AND IN VIVO APPLICATIONS, Goksu Menton
NEURONAL IL-1R1 IN NEURODEVELOPMENT, Marianne Charlene Monet
CHARACTERIZING THE DIET, MOVEMENT, AND HOOKING FREQUENCY OF PIER-HOOKED JUVENILE GREEN TURTLES (CHELONIA MYDAS), Cody R. Mott
DOES VOLUME CYCLING ELICIT A SKELETAL MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY RE-SENSITIZATION EFFECT? A COMPARISON OF CONSTANT VERSUS CYCLED RESISTANCE TRAINING PROTOCOLS, Joshua C. Pelland
THE EFFECT OF SET VOLUME AUTOREGULATION ON HYPERTROPHY AND EXPLORATORY RELATIONSHIPS WITH SUBJECTIVE FEEDBACK METRICS, Jacob F. Remmert
INVESTIGATING THE FUSARIUM SPECIES BURDEN IN LEATHERBACK SEA TURTLE (DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA) NESTS, Elizabeth K. Schultheis
PHYSIOLOGICAL IMPACTS OF PLASTIC INGESTION ON SEA TURTLES, Heather Seaman
MOBILE MARINE FAUNA DYNAMICS IN COMMERCIAL HARD CLAM (MERCENARIA MERCENARIA) GROW-OUT SITES OF THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON, Adam Steinfeld
MOVEMENT AND DISTRIBUTION DYNAMICS OF PREDATORY FISHES IN THE ST. LUCIE ESTUARY, Sarah Fae Leonowicz Torre
IDENTIFICATION OF THE ESSENTIAL ROLE OF GPCR DCAR-1 IN DAUER DEVELOPMENT, Michelle Vela
SOPHISTICATED SONG: EXPLORING THE EVOLUTION AND ONTOGENY OF LARGE REPERTOIRES AND SYNTAX USAGE IN THE BACHMAN’S SPARROW (PEUCAEA AESTIVALIS), Heather Jean Wolverton
Theses/Dissertations/Capstones from 2025
REGULATION OF THE BIDIRECTIONAL TRANSPORT OF ORGANELLES DURING SYNAPSE FORMATION, MAINTENANCE, AND PLASTICITY, Kerriann Kathleen Badal
SAMPLING GEAR PERFORMANCE AND ELASMOBRANCH DISTRIBUTIONS IN THE UPPER FLORIDA KEYS, Ethan L. Dewald
POPULATION GENETICS OF SHALLOW AND MESOPHOTIC CORALS AND SPONGES IN THE GULF OF MEXICO AND FLORIDA, Ryan J. Eckert
INVESTIGATING HOW EVOLUTION HAS AFFECTED THE NEUROANATOMY OF ADULT ASTYANAX MEXICANUS, Peter Igwilo
CONSERVATION ECOLOGY OF THE WHITESPOTTED EAGLE RAY (AETOBATUS NARINARI) IN FLORIDA’S COASTAL WATERS, Ariadna Corzo Rojas
DEVELOPING A HIGH-THROUGHPUT MACHINE LEARNING SCREENING PLATFORM FOR GENETIC AND PHARMACOLOGICAL MODULATORS ON CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS SEIZURE BEHAVIOR, Paul A. Scarpinato
SPOT (SMART POSITION AND TEMPERATURE) TAGGING REVEALS ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS THAT SHAPE BLACKTIP SHARK (CARCHARHINUS LIMBATUS) ANNUAL MIGRATIONS., Isaac Tuszynski
NEURAL DYNAMICS IN THE CORTICO-BASAL GANGLIA-THALAMIC-CORTICAL LOOP UNDERLYING FLEXIBLE MOTOR TIMING, Zidan Yang
Theses/Dissertations/Capstones from 1975
BENTHIC MACROFAUNAL ASSOCIATIONS IN LAKE WORTH, FLORIDA, AND THEIR USE AS INDICATORS OF WATER QUALITY., John K. Reed