Pictured above: Mentor Abhi Mehrotra sharing information about the Freshwater Sponge Project to other BRCC students.


Presentations:

Gulf Estuarine Research Society Biennial Meeting, 2024

DiMaggio, Lisa; Gemeinhardt, Sydney; Teegarden, Nicholas; and Miller, M. G. Revisiting Freshwater Sponge History: A review of the Michael Poirrier Collection, Poster Presentation, The Gulf Estuarine Research Society Biennial Meeting, Fairhope, Alabama, 2024.

Dawes, Rose; Coletti, Juliana; Hill, Christopher; Archer, Stephanie K.; and Miller, M. G. The Louisiana Freshwater Sponge Project: Examining Changes in Species Richness through a Comparison of two Ecological Studies, Poster Presentation, The Gulf Estuarine Research Society Biennial Meeting, Fairhope, Alabama, 2024.

Undergraduate Research Conference at UL Lafayette, 2024

DiMaggio, Lisa; Gemeinhardt, Sydney; Teegarden, Nicholas; and Miller, M. G. Revisiting Freshwater Sponge History: A review of the Michael Poirrier Collection, Poster Presentation, The Undergraduate Research Conference at UL Lafayette, 2024.

Dawes, Rose; Coletti, Juliana; Hill, Christopher; Archer, Stephanie K.; and Miller, M. G. The Louisiana Freshwater Sponge Project: Examining Changes in Species Richness through a Comparison of two Ecological Studies, Poster Presentation, The Undergraduate Research Conference at UL Lafayette, 2024. Dawes, Rose; Darst, Sarah; Hill, Christopher; Perkins, Geremiah; and Miller, M. G. Understanding Preferred Substrates of Louisiana Freshwater Sponges, Poster Presentation, The Undergraduate Research Conference at UL Lafayette, 2024.

LSU Discover Day Undergraduate Research and Creativity Conference, 2024

Pictured above: The Louisiana Freshwater Sponge Research Team presenting posters at LSU Discover Day Undergraduate Research and Creativity Conference 2024.


Howard, Hayley; DiMaggio, Lisa; Marvel, Destiny; and Miller, M.G. Can Sediment Analysis be used to Further Describe Species Richness of Freshwater Sponges?, Poster Presentation, Louisiana State University, LSU Discover Day Undergraduate Research and Creativity Conference, 2024.

Gemeinhardt, Sydney; DiMaggio, Lisa; and Miller, M.G. Understanding Preferred Substrates of Louisiana Freshwater Sponges, Poster Presentation, Louisiana State University, LSU Discover Day Undergraduate Research and Creativity Conference, 2024.

Palmer, Tamieka; Dawes, Rose; Mehrotra, Abhi; Glover, Tarry; and Miller, M.G. The Louisiana Freshwater Sponge Project: Examining Changes in Species Richness through a Comparison of two Ecological Studies, Poster Presentation, Louisiana State University, LSU Discover Day Undergraduate Research and Creativity Conference, 2024.

Mehrotra, Abhi and Miller, M.G. Unveiling Louisiana’s Hidden Gems: Exploring Freshwater Sponge Diversity and Monitoring Through Passive Sampling, Poster Presentation, Louisiana State University, LSU Discover Day Undergraduate Research and Creativity Conference, 2024.

National Conference on Undergraduate Research, 2024

Pictured above: The Louisiana Freshwater Sponge Research Team presenting posters at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) 2024 at Long Beach, California.


Howard, Hayley; DiMaggio, Lisa; Marvel, Destiny; and Miller, M.G. Can Sediment Analysis be used to Further Describe Species Richness of Freshwater Sponges?, Poster Presentation, The Council on Undergraduate Research, National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), Long Beach, California, 2024.

Gemeinhardt, Sydney; DiMaggio, Lisa; and Miller, M.G. Understanding Preferred Substrates of Louisiana Freshwater Sponges, Poster Presentation, The Council on Undergraduate Research, National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), Long Beach, California, 2024.

Palmer, Tamieka; Dawes, Rose; Mehrotra, Abhi; Glover, Tarry; and Miller, M.G. The Louisiana Freshwater Sponge Project: Examining Changes in Species Richness through a Comparison of two Ecological Studies, Poster Presentation, The Council on Undergraduate Research, National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), Long Beach, California, 2024.

Miller, M.G. Building the Louisiana Freshwater Sponge Project: The interdisciplinary undergraduate research hub at Baton Rouge Community College, Mentor-Led Narratives and Storytelling Presentation, The Council on Undergraduate Research, National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), Long Beach, California, 2024.

The Louisiana Academy of Sciences, 50th Annual Conference Presentation, 2024
Mehrotra, Abhi; DiMaggio, Lisa; Archer, Stephanie K.; and Miller, M.G. Documenting Louisiana’s freshwater sponge diversity through undergraduate research experiences, Oral Presentation, The Louisiana Academy of Sciences, 50th Annual Conference Presentation, 2024.

University of Louisiana at Lafayette Undergraduate Research Conference, 2023

Pictured above: The Louisiana Freshwater Sponge Research Team presenting posters at the Undergraduate Research Conference (URC) 2023 at UL Lafayette.


DiMaggio, Lisa; Mehrotra, Abhi; Archer, Stephanie K.; and Miller, M.G. Documenting Louisiana’s freshwater sponge diversity through undergraduate research experiences, Oral Presentation, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Undergraduate Research Conference (URC), 2023.

DiMaggio, Lisa; Howard, Hayley; Marvel, Destiny; and Miller, M.G. Can Sediment Analysis be used to Further Describe Species Richness of Freshwater Sponges?, Poster Presentation, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Undergraduate Research Conference (URC), 2023.

Glover, Tarry; Palmer, Tamieka; Dawes, Rose; Mehrotra, Abhi; and Miller, M.G. The Louisiana Freshwater Sponge Project: Examining Changes in Species Richness through a Comparison of two Ecological Studies, Poster Presentation, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Undergraduate Research Conference (URC), 2023.

Gemeinhardt, Sydney; Motsenbocker, Cameron; and Miller, M.G. Understanding Preferred Substrates of Louisiana Freshwater Sponges, Poster Presentation, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Undergraduate Research Conference (URC), 2023.

LSU Discover Day Undergraduate Research and Creativity Conference, 2023
Pictured above: The Louisiana Freshwater Sponge Research Team presenting posters at LSU Discover Day Undergraduate Research and Creativity Conference 2023.


Bieller, Amori; Mehrotra, Abhi; and Miller, M.G. Understanding Preferred Substrates of Louisiana Freshwater Sponges, Poster Presentation, Louisiana State University, LSU Discover Day Undergraduate Research and Creativity Conference, 2023.

DiMaggio, Lisa; Howard, Hayley; Latore, Jada; and Miller, M.G. Can Sediment Analysis be used to Further Describe Species Richness of Freshwater Sponges?, Poster Presentation, Louisiana State University, LSU Discover Day Undergraduate Research and Creativity Conference, 2023.

Mehrotra, Abhi; Ardoin, Elyzabeth; Cooke, Kenzie; Glover, Tarry; and Miller, M.G. The Louisiana Freshwater Sponge Project: Examining Changes in Species Diversity through a Comparison of two Ecological Studies, Poster Presentation, Louisiana State University, LSU Discover Day Undergraduate Research and Creativity Conference, 2023.

The Louisiana Academy of Sciences Annual Conference, 2023
Pictured above: The Louisiana Freshwater Sponge Research Team presenting posters at the Louisiana Academy of Sciences 49th Annual Conference.


Bieller, Amori; Mehrotra, Abhi; and Miller, M.G. Understanding Preferred Substrates of Louisiana Freshwater Sponges, Poster Presentation, The Louisiana Academy of Sciences, 49th Annual Conference Presentation, 2023.

DiMaggio, Lisa; Howard, Hayley; and Miller, M.G. Can Sediment Analysis be used to Further Describe Species Richness of Freshwater Sponges?, Poster Presentation, The Louisiana Academy of Sciences, 49th Annual Conference Presentation, 2023.

Mehrotra, Abhi; Cooke, Kenzie; Glover, Tarry; and Miller, M.G. The Louisiana Freshwater Sponge Project: Examining Changes in Species Diversity through a Comparison of two Ecological Studies, Poster Presentation, The Louisiana Academy of Sciences, 49th Annual Conference Presentation, 2023.

The International World Sponge Conference, 2022

Pictured above: Mentor Abhi Mehrotra and PI Dr. Miller presenting a poster at the World Sponge Conference 2022 in Leiden, Netherlands.


Miller, M.G; Cooke, Kenzie; Mehrotra, Abhi; and Archer, Stephanie K. Louisiana Freshwater Sponge Project: Documenting Louisiana’s freshwater sponge diversity through undergraduate research experiences, Poster Presentation, World Sponge Conference, Leiden, Netherlands, 2022.

LSU Discover Day Undergraduate Research and Creativity Conference, 2022

Pictured above: The Louisiana Freshwater Sponge Research Team presenting posters at LSU Discover Day Undergraduate Research and Creativity Conference 2022.


Glover, Tarry; White, Kendall; Lee, Brittany; Mehrotra, Abhi; and Miller, M.G. Driving Water Parameters of the three most abundant Freshwater Sponge Species in Louisiana, Poster Presentation, Louisiana State University, LSU Discover Day Undergraduate Research and Creativity Conference, 2022.

Henriquez, Axel; DiMaggio, Lisa; Bieller, Amori; Cooke, Kenzie; and Miller, M.G. Can Sediment Analysis be used to Further Describe Species Diversity of Freshwater Sponges?, Poster Presentation, Louisiana State University, LSU Discover Day Undergraduate Research and Creativity Conference, 2022.

Skelton, Raven; Collins, Makayla; Mehrotra, Abhi; and Miller, M.G. Understanding preferred substrates of Louisiana Freshwater Sponges, Poster Presentation, Louisiana State University, LSU Discover Day Undergraduate Research and Creativity Conference, 2022.

Association of Southeastern Biologist Annual Meeting, 2022

Pictured above: Mentors Kenzie Cooke and Abhi Mehrotra presenting their poster at the 2022 Annual Conference for the Association of Southeastern Biologists (ASB).


Cooke, Kenzie; Mehrotra, Abhi; and Miller, M.G. The Louisiana Freshwater Sponge Project: Examining Changes in Species Diversity through a Comparison of two Ecological Studies, Poster Presentation, Association of Southeastern Biologists, Annual Conference Presentation, Little Rock, Arkansas, 2022.

The Louisiana Academy of Sciences Annual Conference, 2021

Miller, M.G. Building a CURE for Your Monotonous Labs, Oral Presentation, Louisiana Academy of Sciences, Peer Lecture Presentation, 2021.

Boone, Cristina. Inducing Spicule Malformations Within Freshwater Sponges by Relocation, Poster Presentation, Association of Southeastern Biologists, Annual Conference Presentation, 2021.

Association of Southeastern Biologist Annual Meeting, 2021

Viator, Ariel and Arroyo, Elsa. Identifying Freshwater Sponges Along with Creating a New Database, Poster Presentation, Association of Southeastern Biologists, Annual Conference Presentation, 2021.

Vuong, Chau and Heyer, Matthew. Defining Louisiana Freshwater Sponge diversity with COX1-R1 and COX1-D2 Barcoding: A Database Development Study for Classroom Curriculum, Poster Presentation, Association of Southeastern Biologists, Annual Conference Presentation, 2021.

Guest Speaker Talks

Mary G. Miller. Building the Louisiana Freshwater Sponge Project: The Story of Implementing Research at Baton Rouge Community College,Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, REU summer research symposium. Guest speaker. June 2024.

Mary G. Miller. The Leader of the Louisiana Freshwater Sponge Hunters, Louisiana State University, College of the Coast and Environment. Guest speaker. November 2023.

Mary G. Miller. The Louisiana Freshwater Sponge Survey Project: Identifying, Characterizing, and Building a Molecular Database, Oral Presentation, LUMCON Scientific Talks, 2020.



Miller, M.G., Changing the Curriculum to Involve Students in Research Activities, Oral Presentation, Louisiana Science Teachers Association, Annual Conference Presentation, 2019.

Publications:

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