Jennifer Keliher-Venegas

Jennifer Keliher-Venegas

(B.S. in progress)
  • Position:
    Undergraduate

    Biology

    San Diego State University (San Diego, CA)

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  • Advisors:

    Dr. Sarah Mesnick, Nicholas M Kellar

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  • Degrees:
     
    B.S. (in progress), Marine Biology, San Diego State University (San Diego, CA)
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  • Past Advisors:
     
    Barbara Taylor (as Undergraduate Student)
     
    Nira S Clark (as Undergraduate Student)
     
    Dr. Geanncarlo Lugo-Villarino (as Undergraduate Student)
     
    Dr. Guerry Holm (as Undergraduate Student)
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  • Research:
    Developing a New Tool to Examine Physiological Stress in Cetaceans: Measuring Glucocorticoids in the Blubber of Arctic Bowhead Whales to Assess Population Health
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  • Other Experience:

    2009-present NOAA Ernest F. Hollings Program

    2009-present Research Intern at Southwest Fisheries Science Center (NOAA)

    2009-present Minority Biomedical Research Support (MBRS)/Initiative for Maximizing Student Development Program (IMSD); National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

    2009 Summer Training Academy for Research in the Sciences (STARS) Program; NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, UCSD Scripps Institute of Oceanography

    2008 Research Experience for Undergraduates Program on River and Coastal Restoration; Louisiana State University (NSF)

    2007 Bridges to the Future Program; (NIH)

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  • Honors:

    2011 Study Abroad Incentive Scholarship; SDSU Division of Undergraduate Studies International Programs

    2011 Scholars Without Borders Study Abroad Scholarship

    2011-2012 Mortar Board Honor Society

    2010 Mabel Myers Memorial Scholarship; San Diego State University College of Sciences

    2010 Harry E. Hamber Memorial Scholarship; San Diego State University College of Sciences

    2010 Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF): General College Scholarship

    2010-2012 Scholars Without Borders Honor Society, San Diego State University

    2010-2012 Golden Key International Honor Society

    2010 The Endocrine Society’s Poster Award at the 2010 SACNAS National Conference

    2009 SACNAS Outstanding Undergraduate Research Presentation in the Marine and Ocean Sciences

    2009 Alliance/Merck Ciencia Scholarship (Merck Company Foundation, Merck Institute for Science Education)

    2009-2010 Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF): Coca-Cola Foundation’s Advancing to Universities Scholarship

    2009 Eastlake Fund Scholarship

    2009 Association for Women in Science (AWIS) Scholarship

    2009-2010 Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship; (NOAA)

    2009-2012 Minority Biomedical Research Support (MBRS) Program; (NIH/NIGMS)

    2009 LIPP Foundation Biology Academic Excellence Scholarship

    2009-2012 Honors Program, San Diego State University

    2009 NSF MESA Summer Internship Program

    2009 SACNAS Travel Scholarship

    2008 NSF MESA Summer Internship Program

    2008 SACNAS Travel Scholarship

    2008-2009 Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement Program; (NSF)

    2007 Bridges to the Future: Outstanding Student in Research Methods and Design Award

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Jennifer Keliher-Venegas's Posters and Presentations (14)

  • Developing a New Tool to Examine Physiological Stress in Cetaceans: Measuring Glucocorticoids in the Blubber of Arctic Bowhead Whales to Assess Population Health (presentation)

    Jennifer Keliher-Venegas, Nicholas Kellar, Marisa Trego

    Student Research Symposium, San Diego State University; 03/2011
  • Developing a New Tool to Examine Physiological Stress in Cetaceans: Measuring Glucocorticoids in the Blubber of Arctic Bowhead Whales to Assess Population Health (poster)

    Jennifer Keliher-Venegas, Nicholas Kellar, Marisa Trego

    SACNAS National Conference, Anaheim, CA; 10/2010
  • Why Is There a Desert Porpoise? Understanding the Restricted Range of the Critically Endangered Vaquita (presentation)

    Jennifer Keliher-Venegas, Barbara Taylor, Sarah Mesnick

    NOAA Summer Research Symposium, Silver Spring, MD; 08/2010
  • Why Is There a Desert Porpoise? Understanding the Restricted Range of the Critically Endangered Vaquita (presentation)

    Jennifer Keliher-Venegas, Barbara Taylor, Sarah Mesnick

    Marine Mammal Commission, Bethesda, MD; 08/2010
  • Comparative Analysis of Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) mtDNA Diversity and Social Structure in the Northwest and Eastern Tropical Pacific (poster)

    Jennifer Keliher-Venegas, Dr. Sarah L. Mesnick

    SACNAS National Conference, Dallas, TX; 10/2009
  • Comparative Analysis of Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) mtDNA Diversity and Social Structure in the Northwest and Eastern Tropical Pacific (presentation)

    Jennifer Keliher-Venegas, Dr. Sarah L. Mesnick

    Southwestern College, Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) Night; 09/2009
  • Comparative Analysis of Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) mtDNA Diversity and Social Structure in the Northwest and Eastern Tropical Pacific (presentation)

    Jennifer Keliher-Venegas, Dr. Sarah L. Mesnick

    UCSD Summer Research Conference; 08/2009
  • Post-Flood Sedimentation and Flood Tolerance of Plant Species in a Young, Emerging Delta (poster)

    Jennifer I Keliher-Venegas, Dr. Guerry O. Holm

    Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), National Conference; Salt Lake City UT; 10/2008
  • Post-Flood Sedimentation and Flood Tolerance of Plant Species in a Young, Emerging Delta (poster)

    Jennifer I Keliher-Venegas, Dr. Guerry O. Holm

    Southwestern College, Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement (MESA) Night; 09/2008
  • Post-Flood Sedimentation and Flood Tolerance of Plant Species in a Young, Emerging Delta (poster)

    Jennifer I Keliher-Venegas, Dr. Guerry O. Holm

    National Center for Earth Surface Dynamics (NCED) , Summer Intern Symposium; Minneapolis MN; 08/2008
  • Post-Flood Sedimentation and Flood Tolerance of Plant Species in a Young, Emerging Delta (poster)

    Jennifer I Keliher-Venegas, Dr. Guerry O. Holm

    San Diego State University , 1st Annual NSF/MESA Team Internship Symposium; 08/2008
  • Post-Flood Sedimentation and Flood Tolerance of Plant Species in a Young, Emerging Delta (presentation)

    Jennifer I Keliher-Venegas

    National Center for Earth Surface Dynamics (NCED), Minneapolis, MN ; 08/2008
  • Post-Flood Sedimentation and Flood Tolerance of Plant Species in a Young, Emerging Delta (presentation)

    Jennifer I Keliher-Venegas

    Southwestern College, Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement Night; 08/2008
  • Post-Flood Sedimentation and Flood Tolerance of Plant Species in a Young, Emerging Delta (poster)

    Jennifer I Keliher-Venegas, Dr. Guerry O. Holm

    University of Minnesota , 8th Annual Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium; 08/2008

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