University of Chicago Undergraduate Research Symposium Proceedings

BSCD Oral: Biological & Health Sciences

2020-06-08T17:38:28-05:00

Abstract headers are listed alphabetically by student last name below. You may download and read the full student research abstract(s).

Analysis of Health Care Workers Opinions on Developing a National HIV Network
Laila Aziem, 4^th-Year, Global Studies, Pre-medicine
Mentor(s): Professor John Schneider, Medicine: Infectious Disease and Global Health, Chicago Center for HIV Elimination

De Novo Arginine Synthesis is a Metabolic Requirement for Pancreatic Cancer Cell Proliferation
Riona Chen, 2^nd-Year, Psychology
Mentor(s): Professor Alex Muir, Biological Sciences, Ben May Department for Cancer Research

Nocte is Required for Motor Neuron Terminal Development
Katherine DeLong, 3^rd-Year, Biological Sciences
Mentor(s): Meike Lobb-Rabe, Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology; Professor Robert Carrillo, Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology

Improving Diabetes Care and Outcomes on the South Side of Chicago
Christine Egede, 3^rd-Year, Biological Sciences
Mentor(s): Dr. Monica Peek, Medicine: Internal Medicine; Dr. Marshall Chin, Medicine: Internal Medicine

Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) Does Not Compromise Outcomes in NSCLC Patients with Clinical N1 Disease
Najya Fayyaz, 1^st-Year, Biological Sciences
Mentor(s): Dr. Sai Yendamuri, Thoracic Surgery, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, Surgery, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

Rancho La Brea Weasels as a Special Case of Response to Pleistocene Disturbance
Jacob Feingold, 2^nd-Year, Biological Sciences (Ecology and Evolution Specialization), Music
Mentor(s): Professor Stephen Pruett-Jones, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Biological Sciences

The Unique Structure Hybrid Proline Rich Proteins: A Novel Bipartite Chloroplast Targeting Mechanism and Involvement in Arabidopsis and Staple Crop Stress Defense
Rachael Filzen, 3^rd-Year, Biological Sciences (Endocrinology Specialization)
Mentor(s): Professor Jean Greenberg, Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology

Early Neural Tube Development during Chick Embryogenesis
Anne Havlik, 3^rd-Year, Neuroscience & Biological Sciences
Mentor(s): Dr. Timothy Sanders, Pediatrics, Grossman Institute for Neuroscience

Voltage Mapping across Cell Membranes Using a DNA-based Probe
Katharine Henn, 2^nd-Year, Neuroscience, Chemistry
Mentor(s): Professor Yamuna Krishnan, Chemistry, Grossman Institute for Neuroscience; Anand Saminathan, Chemistry

Dynamics of Adaptive Changes in Cortical Activity in the Primary Somatosensory Cortex Following Sensory Loss
Madison Jewell, 4^th-Year, Neuroscience
Mentor(s): Professor Fritzie Arce-McShane, Arce-McShane Orofacial Cortex Lab

Use of a Point-of-Care Screening Tool to Identify Depression and Anxiety in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Jordan Karpin, 4^th-Year, Psychology, Creative Writing
Tina Rodriguez, 4^th-Year, Biological Sciences
Mentor(s): Dr. David T. Rubin, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition

A Systems Biology Approach to Lamin-A Related Cardiomyopathy
Sunny Yang (Sunny) Liu, 4^th-Year, Chemistry, Psychology
Mentor(s): Dr. Kohta Ikegami, Moskowitz Lab, Knapp Center for Biomedical Discovery; Professor Ivan Moskowitz, Pediatrics, Pathology and Human Genetics

Seizure Foci Localization Using Post-ictal FLAIR MRI
William J. Liu, 4^th-Year, Neuroscience
Mentor(s): Dr. James X. Tao, Neurology; Dr. John Collins, Radiology

Studying Molecular Development of Fish Fins May Lead to Mechanism behind the Fin-to-Limb Transition
Atreyo Pal, 4^th-Year, Physics and Biological Sciences (Genetics Specialization)
Mentor(s): Professor Anindita Basu, Section of Genetic Medicine; Professor Neil Shubin, Organismal Biology and Human Anatomy

Y2O3:Eu Nanoparticles for Improving Treatment of Ovarian Cancer
Ariel Pan, 3^rd-Year, Chemistry
Mentor(s): Professor Chin-Tu Chen, Medical Physics

Single Cell RNA Sequencing Analysis of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Derived Spinal Spheroids
Nicholas Thom, 2^nd-Year, Molecular Engineering (Biology Track)
Mentor(s): Dr. Sergiu Pasca, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University

An Abundance of Microbes: Studying the Impact of Microbiomes on Bull Kelp
Sativa Volbrecht, 4^th-Year, Biology & Creative Writing
Mentor(s): Professor Catherine A. Pfister, Ecology and Evolution; Brooke Weigal, Ecology and Evolution

HCD Oral: Creative Writing

2020-06-02T12:37:58-05:00

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Abeyance
Mark Valadez, 1^st-Year, Economics & Sociology
Mentor(s): Professor John Wilkinson, Creative Writing, English Language and Literature, Divisional Committee on Poetics

HCD Oral: Fine & Performing Arts

2020-06-02T12:37:19-05:00

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Bridging the Methods of Art and Science in a Documentary Web Series, Curiosity: The Making of a Scientist
Ellen Askey, 4^th-Year, Cinema and Media Studies
Mentor(s): Dr. Sunanda Prabhu-Gaunkar and Professor Nancy Kawalek, STAGE Lab, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering

Re-envisioning Ibsen’s The Lady from the Sea: Dramaturgical Research and its Role in the Rehearsal Room
Alisa Boland, 3^rd-Year, History, Creative Writing
Mentor(s): Nora Titone, Court Theatre

Even Better than the Real Thing
Abigail Henkin, 3^rd-Year, Theater and Performance Studies & Cinema and Media Studies, Spanish
Mentor(s): Professor Chris Kennedy, Linguistics

HCD Oral: Humanities

2020-06-02T12:36:44-05:00

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Anna Mendelssohn, Avant-Garde Poetess Maudite
Soulet Ali, 4^th-Year, Philosophy & English, Creative Writing
Mentor(s): Professor Sara Crangle, English, University of Sussex

A Cartesian Charybdis: Vortex Theory and the Circulation of Knowledge
Annabella Archacki, 4^th-Year, History and Philosophy of Science
Mentor(s): Professor Chris Kennedy, Linguistics

Materiality in Art: Planning a Student Symposium at the Smart
Rafaela Brosnan, 4^th-Year, Art History & Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Mentor(s): Issa Lampe, Smart Museum of Art, Feitler Center for Academic Inquiry

Security, Resilience, and Crisis: Forms of the City in the Age of Climate Change
Sam Clark, 3^rd-Year, Urban Studies
Mentor(s): Professor Chris Kennedy, Linguistics

“After it Happened, President Bush Told Us All to Go Shopping:” Immigrant Subjectivity and Capitalist Crisis in Ling Ma’s Severance (2018)
Paola Del Toro, 4^th-Year, English Language and Literature
Mentor(s): Professor Adrienne Brown, English

Art in the Anthropocene
Amelia Frank, 4^th-Year, Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities, Visual Arts Mentor(s): Professor Benjamin Morgan, English

Politeness in British Public Smoking Signage
Eleanor Frank, 4^th-Year, English
Mentor(s): Professor Lynne Murphy, Linguistics, University of Sussex

Etymology and Expression: Vergil in Translation
Donald (Don) Harmon, 2^nd-Year, Classics
Mentor(s): Professor Sarah Nooter, Classics; Anne Janusch, Creative Writing

The Gothic Corpse: Womanhood, Personhood, and Society in Elizabeth Bowen’s “Look at All Those Roses”
Claire Holland, 4^th-Year, English Language and Literature & Political Science
Mentor(s): Professor Rachel Galvin; English, Comparative Literature, Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture

Impacts of the Rising Female Amchi Population on Tibetan Medicine in Nepal
Hannah Kupferschmid, 4^th-Year, Global Studies
Mentor(s): Professor Sean Dowdy, Anthropology

Cybernetic Flux: Hélio Oiticica’s Parangolé Capes and the Construction of Reality
Jonathan Mandel, 4^th-Year, Art History & Philosophy and Allied Fields
Mentor(s): Professor Megan Sullivan, Art History; Hanne Graversen, Art History

Cell Theory, Evolution, and the Secret of Sex, 1865-1945
Laura Needham, 4^th-Year, Neuroscience & Art History
Mentor(s): Dr. Natalia Cecire, English, University of Sussex

Expertise Without Experience: Can Computers Be Artists?
Nicholas (Nick) Ornstein, 3^rd-Year, Neuroscience, Media Arts and Design
Mentor(s): Professor Chris Kennedy, Linguistics

From Clay to Computer: Digitizing the Oriental Institute’s Cuneiform Tablet Collection
Madeline Ouimet, 2^nd-Year, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations (Archaeology Track)
Mentor(s): Professor Susanne Paulus, Assyriology, Oriental Institute

Inheriting Infidelity: A Psychoanalytic Examination of Post-WWII American Literature
Nicole Romeu, 4^th-Year, English
Mentor(s) Professor Deborah Nelson, English

How to Do Kings with Words: Bodies Politic and Performer in Shakespeare’s Richard II
Emily Stevens, 4^th-Year, English, Theatre and Performing Studies
Mentor(s) Professor Noémie Ndiaye, English; Sophia Sherry, English

Metaphors of Communication in Martin Luther’s Postils
Serena Strecker, 4^th-Year, Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities, Germanic Studies
Mentor(s): Professor Christopher Wild, Germanic Studies

Narrating Economic Crises: Gone Girl as a Commentary on Economic Behavior
Melanie Wang, 4^th-Year, English
Mentor(s): Professor Elaine Hadley, English

Flowing Past the Feminine: Molecular Becoming and Secrets in Finnegans Wake
Renee Wehrle, 3^rd-Year, English Language & Literature, Creative Writing
Mentor(s): Professor Maud Ellmann, English Language and Literature

Language, Community, and Authority: Bilingual Signage in Hegewisch
Anna Whitney, 3^rd-Year, Linguistics
Mentor(s): Professor Amy Dahlstrom, Linguistics

As Eve, So All Women: Patriarchal Biases in Interpretations of Genesis 2-3
Alexis Wolf, 4^th-Year, Comparative Literature & Jewish Studies
Mentor(s): Professor Simeon Chavel, Hebrew Bible, Divinity School

The Beauty of Co-Curation: Contemporary Art in the Field Museum’s New Native American Hall
Chin Ying Wu, 3^rd-Year, Art History & Chemistry
Mentor(s): Dr. Alaka Wali, North American Anthropology, Field Museum

The Performing Gender in Nabokov’s Lolita
Mingxin (Ming) Xu, 4^th-Year, English, Theater and Performance Studies
Mentor(s): Professor Malynne Sternstein, Fundamentals

May the Gods Curse Him—A Comparative Analysis of Illocutionary Acts in Greek and Luwian Curses
Huaxi Zhou, 4^th-Year, Classics
Mentor(s): Professor Sofía Torallas-Tovar, Classics

HCD Oral: Visual & Performing Arts

2020-06-02T12:35:59-05:00

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Animating Shapeshifters: The Shadow of the Wolf in Myth and Media
Hannah Chen, 3^rd-Year, English Language and Literature
Mentor(s): Professor Heather Keenleyside, English

The Poetry of Migration – Mapping Palestinian Poetry in the Twenty-First Century
Reema Saleh, 4^th-Year, Public Policy & Creative Writing
Mentor(s): Professor Josephine McDonagh, English; Dr. Cecilia Smith, University of Chicago Library

PSCD Oral: Physical Sciences & Mathematics

2020-06-02T12:35:18-05:00

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Ecology True or False: Population Changes in Bering Sea Bivalves Recorded by Death Assemblages
Lilja Carden, 2^nd-Year, Geophysical Sciences
Mentor(s): Professor Susan Kidwell, Geophysical Sciences; Caitlin Meadows, Geophysical Sciences

Searching for Ultra-Faint Milky Way Satellites with the DELVE Survey
William Cerny, 2^nd-Year, Astrophysics
Mentor(s): Professor Alex Drlica-Wagner, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

Understanding the Origin of Pre-solar Grains through CNO Ratios
Shamaul (Sham) Dilmohamed, 3^rd-Year, Astrophysics & Mathematics
Mentor(s): Professor Vikram Dwarkadas, Astronomy and Astrophysics

PaleoBuddy: Simulating Evolutionary Dynamics in R
Bruno do Rosario Petrucci, 4^th-Year, Computational and Applied Mathematics, Biological Sciences
Mentor(s): Professor Michael Foote, Geophysical Sciences

Carbon Dioxide Utilization in Plastic Production: Catalyst Development
Vennela Mannava, 3^rd-Year, Chemistry, Statistics & Classical Studies
Mentor(s): Professor John S. Anderson, Chemistry; Kate A. Jesse, Chemistry

Using Switchable Fluorescent Molecules to Image Track and Measure Energy of Double-Beta Decay Events in Large Liquid Detectors
Francisco Shida, 2^nd-Year Molecular Engineering & Physics
Mentor(s): Professor Henry Frisch, Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute; Evan Angelico, Physics; Professor Andrey Elagin, Enrico Fermi Institute; Eric Spieglan, Enrico Fermi Institute

Smoothed Particle Inference Studies of Supernova Remnant DEM L71
Jared Siegel, 2^nd-Year, Physics & Astrophysics
Mentor(s): Professor Vikram Dwarkadas, Astronomy and Astrophysics; Professor Kari Frank, Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA), Northwestern University

Nanoscale Metal-Organic Layers for pH and Oxygen Sensing
Eric You, 2^nd-Year, Chemistry
Mentor(s): Professor Wenbin Lin, Chemistry

SSCD Oral: Economics & Business

2020-06-02T12:34:37-05:00

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Sentiments Towards the Free Market: How Social Position Determines Quality of Life in Developing Economies
Thiviya Kumaran, 3^rd-Year, Economics & Mathematics
Mentor(s): Professor James Robinson, Harris School of Public Policy, The Pearson Institute

Denmark vs. U.S.: Parental Investments and Social Interactions in the Child Development Process
Olivia Martin, 3^rd-Year, Economics & Public Policy
Michael Beshay, 4^th-Year, Economics
Mentor(s): Professor James J. Heckman, Center for the Economics of Human Development; Neil Cholli, Center for the Economics of Human Development

An Analysis of the Economic Effects of Student Loan Cancellation
Athena Muzumdar, 3^rd-Year, Economics
Mentor(s): Professor Constantine Yannelis, Booth School of Business

Complementarity between Social Interactions and Parental Investments in the Child Development Process
Anvita Ramachandran, 3^rd-Year, Economics & Statistics
Yifan Xu, 4^th-Year, Economics (Data Science Specialization) & Mathematics Mentor(s): Professor James J. Heckman, Center for the Economics of Human Development; Neil Cholli, Center for the Economics of Human Development

SSCD Oral: Environmental & Urban Studies

2020-06-02T12:33:52-05:00

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Risk of Sea Level Rise in the Galápagos Islands
Samuel (Sam) Joyce, 4^th-Year, Environmental and Urban Studies
Mentor(s): Dr. Sarah Jones, Ecology and Evolution, Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation

Bringing Sunshine to Illinois – Improving Illinois Solar for All’s Mission to Serve Low-Income Communities
Sahana Ramani, 4^th-Year, Economics & Public Policy
Mentor(s): Sol Lee, Graduate Program in Health Administration and Policy

SSCD Oral: Social & Behavioral Sciences

2020-06-08T09:53:29-05:00

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“Was Your Mother Counted?”: Political Determination through Motherhood in Early Twentieth- Century Nigeria
Kosarachi Achife, 4^th-Year, Anthropology & Comparative Race and Ethnic Studies
Mentor(s): Professor Francois Richard, Anthropology; Professor Emily Lynn Osborn, History; Professor Kathryn Takabvirwa, Anthropology

Do You Feel Like a Hero Yet: Military Methods of Dehumanization in Modern Shooters
Zara Bamford, 4^th-Year, Political Science & Creative Writing
Mentor(s): Professor Patrick Jaqoda, English, Weston Game Lab

“White Bread,” Famines and Sixteenth-Century Italian Dietetics
Lena Breda, 4^th-Year, History, Italian
Mentor(s): Professor Paul Cheney, History

Native Truths: Co-Curating a Dynamic Native North American Hall
Miles Burton, 3^rd-Year, Anthropology
Mentor(s): Dr. Alaka Wali, North American Anthropology, The Field Museum of Natural History

Representation of Syrian Refugees in Austrian Newspapers: New(s) Frames Since 2015
Alexandra (Lexie) Holden, 4^th-Year, Political Science & Germanic Studies, Human Rights
Mentor(s): Dr. Colin Benert, Germanic Studies

Visibility, Invisibility and Distortion: An Examination of Current Discourses Regarding Animals
Sarah Hough, 4^th-Year, Fundamentals: Issues and Texts, Music
Mentor(s): Professor Heather Keenleyside, English

Hold Up, We’re Saying YES to Brujas: A Santería Phenomenon
Kristen Izquierdo, 4^th-Year, Comparative Race and Ethnic Studies, Visual Arts Mentor(s): Professor Salomé Skvirsky, Cinema and Media Studies

“Try this Experiment:” Empowering Black Female Reformers at Washington’s National Training School for Girls
Bennett Miller, 2^nd-Year, History
Mentor(s): Professor Adam Rowe, History

Tibetan Antelopes in the Bordeaux Vineyard: Chinese Capital and French Cultural Capital in the Wine Industry, 2000 - Present
Lauren Pankin, 4^th-Year, Global Studies & French Literature
Mentor(s): Professor Francois Richard, Anthropology; Jamie Countryman, Global Studies

Attitudes toward LGBTQ+ Persons: (Un)Changing Views among Iranian-Americans
Sarah Portwood, 4^th-Year, Global Studies, Comparative Human Development, & Spanish
Mentor(s): Professor Franklin Lewis, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations; Moira O’Shea, Sociology

Public Outreach and the Community Museum: Engaging Local Communities in Archaeological Conservation and Research
Iris Jacobs, 4^th-Year, Anthropology & History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Science and Medicine (HIPS), Visual Arts
Mentor(s): Dr. Maria Cecilia Lozada, Anthropology and Romance Languages and Literatures

Euromaidan: The Sociopolitical History of the Revolution
Kirill (Kyle) Shishkin, 3^rd-Year, Fundamentals & Economics, Philosophy Mentor(s): Professor Malynne Sternstein, Slavic Studies, Fundamentals

Spatializing Kinship: A Socio-Spatial Analysis of West African Immigrant Kinship Networks in Affordable Housing Cooperatives
Oluwafikunayomi (Fikayo) Walter-Johnson, 4^th-Year, Sociology
Mentor(s): Professor Kristen Schilt, Sociology

(Re)Orienting Desire: Western Queer Subjectivity under Chinese Authoritarianism
Evan Zhao, 4^th-Year, Sociology & MAPSS, Comparative Race and Ethnic Studies Mentor(s): Professor Kimberly Kay Hoang, Sociology

Acknowledgments: Undergraduate

2020-07-29T16:50:31-05:00

CCRF would like to acknowledge College student recipients of undergraduate research grant awards.

Acknowledgments: Publication

2020-05-29T13:39:04-05:00

This publication is a collaboration between the University of Chicago Library and the College Center for Research and Fellowships (CCRF).

A special thanks is extended to the Regenstein Library staff for their support.

Additional thanks to all of the undergraduate researchers and their research mentors.

BSCD Poster: Biological & Health Sciences

2020-06-02T12:44:25-05:00

Abstract headers are listed alphabetically by student last name below. You may download and read the full student research abstract(s).

Exploring the Unfolded Protein Response in Calreticulin Mutations in Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
Nicole Arellano, 2^nd-Year, Creative Writing
Mentor(s): Professor Shannon Elf, Ben May Department for Cancer Research

Characterization of Fecal Microbiota of WT Mice Compared with Alzheimer’s Tg Mice in Relevance to Alzheimer’s Pathogenesis
Shayna Cohen, 2^nd-Year, Neuroscience, Health and Society
Mentor(s): Professor Sangram Sisodia, Neurobiology; Dr. Hemraj Dodiya, Neurobiology

Cell Surface IgSF Proteins are Required for Normal Larval Locomotion
Nicholas Cordero, 3^rd-Year, Neuroscience, Psychology, Pre-medicine
Mentor(s): Professor Robert Carrillo, Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology

Evolution of Behavior in Insect Larvae
Yiqin Gao, 2^nd-Year, Biology, Computational and Applied Math
Mentor(s): Professor Elizabeth S. Heckscher, Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology

Inhibition of ADAM10 Increases Density of Endothelial Cells in Murine Retina Model Treated with Staphylococcus aureus Toxin ?-Hemolysin
Peter Hahn, 3^rd-Year, Public Policy, Pre-medicine
Mentor(s): Dr. Sonia Hernandez, Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery

Interpregnancy Interval and Adverse Pregnancy Outcome-Analysis on U.S. Birth Data
Khadija Haleem, 2^nd-Year, Neuroscience
Mentor(s): Dr. Yuzuru Anzai, NY Midtown OB/GYN; Dr. Maria Teresa Benedetto, NY Midtown OB/GYN; Dr. Teresa Cheon, NY Midtown OB/GYN; Dr. W. Spencer McClelland, NY Midtown OB/GYN

?7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Modulation of Descending Pain Control Pathways
Emma Hovanec, 4^th-Year, Neuroscience
Mentor(s): Professor Daniel McGehee, Anesthesia and Critical Care; Shivang Sullere, Neurobiology

Water Dynamics and Interactions Inside ?-Amyloid Fibrils
Alexader (Alex) Hummels, 4^th-Year, Computational & Applied Math/Statistics
Mentor(s): Dr. Esmael Haddadian, Biological Sciences

Ties that Bind: Mixed-Status Immigrant Families, Stress Response Dysregulation, and Cardiometabolic Health
Woorin Jang, 4^th-Year, Computer Science
Mentor(s): Dr. Aresha Martinez-Cardoso, Public Health Sciences

Modeling Selective Trapping of Weak Bases inside Intra-cellular Vesicles
Phillip Jordache, 4^th-Year, Statistics, Biological Sciences
Mentor(s): Dr. Esmael Haddadian, Biological Sciences

Comparative Biogeography of the Filefishes (family Monacanthidae)
Kelly Kang, 1^st-Year, Geophysical Sciences
Mentor(s): Chloe Nash, Committee on Evolutionary Biology; Professor Mark Westneat, Organismal Biology and Anatomy

Curvature as an Indicator of Successful Aortic Dissection Endovascular Repair
Kameel Khabaz, 1^st-Year, Biological Sciences
Mentor(s): Dr. Luka Pocivavsek, Vascular Surgery & Endovascular Therapy, Medicine

Convergent Epicardial-Endocardial Ablation for Treatment of Long-Standing Persistent Atrial Fibrillation
Zoheb Khan, 2^nd-Year, Biological Sciences and Economics
Mentor(s): Dr. Mohanad Hamandi, Cardiovascular Research, Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital; Dr. Hafiza Khan, Electrophysiology, Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital; Dr. Tung Cai, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital Denton; Dr. Michael DiMaio, Cardiovascular Research Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital; Dr. Matthew Evans, Electrophysiology, Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital Denton

?7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Relieve Pain Via Modulation of the Descending Pain Pathway
Alissa Kunczt, 4^th-Year, Biological Sciences
Mentor(s): Shivang Sullere, Committee on Neurobiology; Professor Daniel McGehee, Anesthesia & Critical Care, Committee on Neurobiology

Evaluating the Racial and Ethnic Distribution of Study Participants in Published Ob/Gyn Randomized Controlled Trials
Seoho Lee, 3^rd-Year, Biological Sciences
Jasmine Gulati, 4^th-Year, Biological Sciences, History
Mentor(s): Dr. Maria Teresa Benedetto, Lenox Hill Hospital; Dr. Teresa Cheon, Lenox Hill Hospital; Dr. Spencer McClelland, Lenox Hill Hospital; Dr. Lavinia Anzai, NYU Langone Medical Center; Dr. Yuzuru Anzai, Lenox Hill Hospital

Using Fluorescence Microscopy to Characterize the Role of Mechanosensation in Cell Division
Allen Lu, 3^rd-Year, Biochemistry & Chemistry, English/Creative Writing
Mentor(s): Professor Eduardo Perozo, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute for Biophysical Dynamics

Ecomorphological Relationships of the Goatfishes (Family Mullidae)
Linneaa Lungstrom, 4^th-Year, Biological Sciences
Mentor(s): Chloe Nash, Committee on Evolutionary Biology; Professor Mark Westneat, Organismal Biology and Anatomy

Extracellular Vesicles from Patients with Sickle Cell Disease Disrupt Gap Junctions
Yifan Mao, 4^th-Year, Biological Sciences & Neuroscience
Mentor(s): Dr. Eric Beyer, Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Knapp Center for Biomedical Discovery; Dr. Joanna Gemel, Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Knapp Center for Biomedical Discovery; Dr. Gabrielle Lapping-Carr, Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Knapp Center for Biomedical Discovery

Bioinformatic Analysis of the Connection between Gut Microbial Diversity and Patient Response to Anti-Pdl1 Immunotherapy
Malaika Mathias, 2^nd-Year, Biological Sciences
Mentor(s): Dr. Thomas Gajewski, Pathology; Jessica Fessler, Pathology

Alternate Stable States in Temperate Intertidal Autotrophic Systems
Khashiff Miranda, 4^th-Year, Biology
Mentor(s): Professor Cathy Pfister, Ecology and Evolution

Is the Common Environment or Host Species the Major Driver of Microbiome Assembly?
Pranati Movva, 4^th-Year, Neuroscience
Mentor(s): Dr. Elena Lopez Peredo, Marine Biological Laboratory

Microenvironmental Nutrient Stress Initiates the Integrated Stress Response through ATF4 in Pancreatic Cancer
Moses Oh, 3^rd-Year, Biological Sciences
Mentor(s): Professor Alexander Muir, Ben May Department of Cancer Research

Protein Palmitoylation via a Specific Palmitoyl Transferase Facilitates Golgi Dispersal Observed with Nicotine Exposure
William A. Ramos, 3^rd-Year, Molecular Engineering (Biology Track)
Mentor(s): Professor William N. Green, Neurobiology; Okunola Jeyifous, Neurobiology; Anitha Govind, Neurobiology

Evaluating Racial Population (Pop)-Specific Risk for Clinically Actionable Pharmacogenomic (PGx) Guidance
Adam Rizk, 4^th-Year, Biological Sciences
Mentor(s): Dr. Peter H. O’Donnell, Medicine; Dr. Mark J. Ratain, Medicine; Professor David O. Meltzer, Medicine; Professor Minoli Perera, Pharmacology, Northwestern University; Emily Schierer, Center for Personalized Therapeutics; Keith Danahey, Center for Personalized Therapeutics

C-Reactive Protein is Associated with Depression and Anxiety in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Tina Rodriguez, 4^th-Year, Biological Sciences
Jordan Karpin, 4^th-Year, Psychology, Creative Writing
Mentor(s): Dr. David T. Rubin, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition

Characterizing Secreted Effector Network Interactions within Pseudomonas syringae (Psy)
Misra Sengeldi, 3rd-Year, Biological Sciences & Neuroscience
Mentor(s): Professor Jean Greenberg, Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology

Motivations for Participation in and Implementation of Diabetes Group Visits from Different Perspectives: Patients, Providers, Staff and Leadership
Sara Siddiqui, 3^rd-Year, Comparative Race & Ethnic Studies
Mentor(s): Professor Arshiya Baig, Medicine; Ms. Erin Staab, Medicine; Dr. Michael Quinn, Medicine

Oral Somatosensation of Touch Events during Feeding
Derrick Tang, 4th-Year, Neuroscience, Philosophy
Mentor(s): Professor Fritzie Arce-McShane, Organismal Biology and Anatomy

Probing Cell-Extracellular Cell Matrix Interactions with RGD Inhibitory Peptides
Yodit Tesfu, 3rd-Year, Neuroscience, Health and Society
Mentor(s): Professor Jocelyn Malamy, Biological Sciences; Elizabeth L. Lee, Biological Sciences

Sensory and Cognitive Encoding in Middle Temporal Area during Categorical Decision Making
Stephanie Tetrick, AB ‘19, Biological Sciences
Mentor(s): Professor David Freedman, Neurobiology; Barbara Peysakhovich, Neurobiology

The Role of EGF and Caveolin-1 in the Pathophysiology of Lung Fibrosis
DeShawn Thompson, 3rd-Year, Biological Sciences & Psychology
Mentor(s): Professor Stephen Kron, Biological Sciences; Dr. Tamica Collins, Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology

The Contribution of Endolysosomal Trafficking Complexes to Bacterial Feeding and Digestion Efficiency in Tetrahymena thermophila
Maya Waarts, 3rd-Year, Biological Sciences, Biochemistry
Mentor(s): Professor Aaron Turkewitz, Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology

Education-Labor Mismatch and Health Outcomes among Immigrants in the U.S.
Jingru (Rachel) Wang, 4th-Year, Neuroscience, Statistics & Health and Society
Mentor(s): Dr. Aresha Martinez-Cardoso, Public Health Sciences

Characterization of Splicing Factor Mutations associated withDifferent Cancer Subtypes
Shane Warland, 3rd-Year, Biological Sciences, Norwegian Studies
Mentor(s): Professor Yang Li, Genetic Medicine; Ben Fair, Genetic Medicine

Similarities and Differences between Ulva sp., Gracilaria sp., and Seawater’s Microbiome Structure in Little Sippewissett Marsh
Emily Watters, 3rd-Year, Biological Sciences (Microbiology) & Russian/East European Studies
Mentor(s): Dr. Elena L. Peredo, The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory

Do Human Gut Plasmids Exclusively Control Their Own Replication?
Rebecca Xiong, 1st-Year, Biological Sciences & Environmental Science
Mentor(s): Professor A. Murat Eren, Medicine; Emily Fogarty, Committee on Microbiology

HCD Poster: Humanities

2020-06-02T12:43:39-05:00

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Dark Souls: Power and Control During the Apocalypse
Nicho Alvarado, 4^th-Year, English Language and Literature, Media, Arts, and Design
Mentor(s): Professor Patrick Jagoda, English Language and Literature

Seeing Culture in Morphology: Connoisseurship of the Nimrud Ivories
Rafaela Brosnan, 4^th-Year, Art History & Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Mentor(s): Professor Seth Estrin, Art History; Professor David Schloen, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, The Oriental Institute

Revulsionary Writers: The Aesthetics of Dégoût as Self-Positioning in Baudelaire and Lu Xun
Yiqi (Eleanor) Liao, 4^th-Year, Comparative Literature
Mentor(s): Professor Haun Saussy, Comparative Literature, the Committee on Social Thought, East Asian Languages and Civilizations; Claudio Sansone, Classics and Comparative Literature

Creating Exhibit Resources on the Nova Reperta Prints
Stephanie Reitzig, 2^nd-Year, History
Mentor(s): Dr. Lia Markey, Newberry Library; Professor Niall Atkinson, Art History

HCD Poster: Interdisciplinary Humanities

2020-06-02T17:58:00-05:00

Abstract headers are listed alphabetically by student last name below. You may download and read the full student research abstract(s).

Conservation Science: Infrared Photography of Socrates Tearing Away Alcibiades by Jean-Baptiste Regnault
Talia Ratnavale, 3^rd-Year, Anthropology & Chemistry, Art History Mentor(s): Dr. Issa Lampe, Feitler Center, Smart Museum of Art; Dr. Lisa Zaher, Art History, The Art Institute of Chicago

The Scientist: A Coldplay Musical
Calder Sheagren, 4^th-Year, Mathematics
Mentor(s): Scott Elmegreen, Theater and Performance Studies; Professor Erik Shirokoff, Astronomy and Astrophysics

PSCD Poster: Computing & Engineering

2020-06-02T12:42:16-05:00

Abstract headers are listed alphabetically by student last name below. You may download and read the full student research abstract(s).

Expanding the Indigenous Digital Footprint: Technology Access and Opportunity for Natives in the U.S. Camila Cuesta Arcentales, 4^th-Year, Computer Science, Astronomy & Astrophysics
Mentor(s): Professor Sanjay Krishnan, Computer Science

Statistical Assertions for Debugging in Qiskit
Maitreyee (Emma) Dasgupta, 3^rd-Year, Mathematics, Physics
Lia Yeh, 4^th-Year, Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara Mentor(s): Professor Margaret Martonosi, Computer Science, Princeton University; Professor Stephen Lyon, Electrical Engineering, Princeton University

Quasi-Neural Network: Learning Epistatic Relations and Phenotype-Genotype Interactions
Jin Li, 2^nd-Year, Computer Science & Math
Mentor(s): Professor Ishanu Chattopadhyay, Medicine

Creating a Heat-Dissipating Silicone Addition to Wearable Devices for Hobbyists
Daria Shifrina, 2^nd-Year, Computer Science, & Linguistics
Medha Goyal, 4^th-Year, Physics
Jacob Douglas Zane, 4^th-Year, Computer Science
Mentor(s): Professor Pedro Lopes, Computer Science

PSCD Poster: Physical Sciences & Mathematics

2020-06-02T12:41:38-05:00

Abstract headers are listed alphabetically by student last name below. You may download and read the full student research abstract(s).

The Size to X-ray Luminosity Relationship of Galactic Supernova Remnants
Christopher (Chris) Albert, 2^nd-Year, Astrophysics, Mathematics, & Computational and Applied Mathematics
Mentor(s): Professor Vikram Dwarkadas, Astronomy and Astrophysics

Fast Inference for Gravitational Lensing Classification with LSST
Callista Christ, 4^th-Year, Physics & Astrophysics
Mentor(s): Professor Brian Nord, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

Searching for Infrared Galaxies in the MUSE Sky Survey’s Optical Data
Kathryn Downey, 2^nd-Year, Astrophysics
Mentor(s): Professor Hanae Inami, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Science

Density Under Invertible Hölder Continuous Mappings in R^m
Srihari Narayanan, 2^nd-Year, Mathematics, Astrophysics
Mentor(s): Professor Jon Peter May, Mathematics; Professor Marianna Csörnyei, Mathematics; Nixia Chen, Mathematics

Multidimensional Database Reconstruction from Range Query Access Patterns
Adam Rivkin, 3^rd-Year, Computer Science
Mentor(s): Professor David Cash, Computer Science

Control over Intracellular Signalling using Bioelectronic Devices
Matthew Seebald, 3^rd-Year, Chemistry
Mentor(s): Professor Bozhi Tian, Chemistry

Diffuse Interstellar Bands
Isaac Sierra, 2^nd-Year, Astrophysics
Mentor(s): Professor Donald York, Astronomy and Astrophysics

PSCD Poster: Statistics

2020-06-02T12:40:52-05:00

Abstract headers are listed alphabetically by student last name below. You may download and read the full student research abstract(s).

The Effect of Rule Changes on Concussion Rates do Rosario Petrucci
Andrew (Andy) Walsh, 4^th-Year, Physics & Philosophy, Statistics
Mentor(s): Professor Robert Gibbons, Public Health Sciences, Comparative Human Development

SSCD Poster: Environmental & Urban Studies

2020-06-02T12:40:16-05:00

Abstract headers are listed alphabetically by student last name below. You may download and read the full student research abstract(s).

Comparative Urbanism in Island Cities
Ryan Cutter, 3^rd-Year, Environmental Science
Mentor(s): Dr. Daniel Zuend, Ecology and Evolution, Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation

The Relationship between Spatial Structures and Economic Activity in Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, Galápagos Islands
Jein Park, 4^th-Year, Sociology & Public Policy Studies
Mentor(s): Dr. Daniel Zuend, Ecology and Evolution, Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation

Calculating Solar Energy Potential for Energy Independence: An Assessment of the Galápagos Islands
Amy Tian, 3^rd-Year, Biological Sciences & Public Policy
Mentor(s): Dr. Daniel Zuend, Ecology and Evolution, Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation

A Geospatial Analysis of Association Between Armed Conflicts and Educational Inequality in India (2016-2017)
Thi Hanh An (An) Trinh, 2^nd-Year, Geographical Sciences & Visual Arts, Mathematics
Mentor(s): Dr. Kevin Credit, Geographical Sciences, Center for Spatial Data Science

SSCD Poster: Social & Behavioral Sciences

2020-06-02T12:39:36-05:00

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#Eritrea|n: Making and Contesting Eritrean Political Subjectivity Across the Digital Diaspora
Layla Al, 4^th-Year, Global Studies, Human Rights
Mentor(s): Dr. Owen Kohl, Anthropology; Dr. Maliha Chishti, Public Policy, The Pearson Institute

Does Variation in Speech Production Impact Acoustic Cue Weighting in Speech Perception?
Nicholas Aoki, 3^rd-Year, Linguistics, Statistics
Mentor(s): Dr. Jinghua Ou, Linguistics, Phonology Laboratory; Professor Alan Yu, Linguistics, Phonology Laboratory

What's In a Name? Effects of Categories Versus Norms on Children’s Openness to Unfamiliar Foods
Katherine Boggs, 2^nd-Year, Psychology
Mentor(s): Dr. Hyesung Grace Hwang, Psychology

A Walk In the Park Or a Day at the Mall: The Effects of the Environment on Affect and Impulsivity
Jillian E. Bowman, 4^th-Year, Psychology
Mentor(s): Professor Marc G. Berman, Psychology; Kathryn E. Schertz, Psychology

Impact of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on Airway Inflammation in Individuals with Asthma
Estelle Higgins, 4^th-Year, Psychology & Comparative Human Development
Mentor(s): Dr. Melissa A. Rosenkranz, Psychiatry, Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Dr. Richard J. Davidson, Psychology, Psychiatry, Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Professor Greg J. Norman, Psychology

A View From the Oval Office: Insights From the Presidential Daily Brief, 1961-1977
Sophia Kierstead, 4^th-Year, Political Science
Lucia Geng, 3rd-Year, Political Science
Mentor(s): Professor Austin Carson, Political Science

Wise Reasoning Project
Yena Kim, 3^rd-Year, Psychology
Mentor(s): Professor Howard Nusbaum, Psychology, Center for Practical Wisdom; Professor Boaz Keysar, Psychology; Dr. Tamera Schneider; CUNY

Oops, I Did It Again: Children’s Third Party Evaluations and Perceptions of Apology’s Communicative Nature and Recidivist Implications
Abbie Klein, 4^th-Year, Psychology & Comparative Human Development, Human Rights
Mentor(s): Professor Alex Shaw, Psychology, Center for Early Childhood Development, Developmental Investigations of Behavior and Strategy Laboratory; Benjamin Morris, Center for Early Childhood Development, Developmental Investigations of Behavior and Strategy Laboratory

Politics in My Good Christian Suburbs: How a Weakened Christian Right Failed to Overcome the Suburban Chicago’s 2018 Blue Wave
Ridgley (Ridge) Knapp, 4^th-Year, Public Policy Studies, Religious Studies
Mentor(s): Dr. Sorcha Brophy, Public Policy Studies; Sol Lee, Public Policy Studies; Professor Curtis J. Evans, Religious Studies

Forgiveness: The Effects of Mental Health Diagnostic Labels on Transgressions
Daniel Labrousse, 4^th-Year, Psychology
Mentor(s): Professor Alex Shaw, Psychology, Developmental Investigations of Behavior and Strategy Lab

Seeing Green: The Restorative Effect of Natural Environments on Visual Attention
Tanvi Lakhtakia, 4^th-Year, Psychology & Neuroscience
Mentor(s): Professor Marc G. Berman, Psychology, Environmental Neuroscience Lab; Kathryn (Kate) E. Schertz, Integrative Neuroscience, Environmental Neuroscience Lab

Maximum Pressure, Minimal Impact: How Hezbollah Can Survive Without Iran
Geoffrey LaMear, 4^th-Year, Political Science & Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Mentor(s): Professor Robert Pape, Political Science

When the Going Gets Tough: Investigating Childhood Academic Resilience through Expressive Writing
Samuela Mouzaoir, 4^th-Year, Psychology & Comparative Human Development, Education & Society
Mentor(s): Professor Lindsey Richland, School of Education, University of California Irvine; Almaz Mesghina, Comparative Human Development

Decision Making for Children Higher Education: Understanding the Effect of Chicago Neighborhood Residence in Relation to Decision Making Processes about Children’s Higher Education
Rimsha Nazeer, 4^th-Year, Economics & Public Policy
Mentor(s): Samantha Steinmetz, School of Social Service Administration

Theorizing American “Naming and Shaming” of NATO Allies
Giácomo Ramos, 2^nd-Year, Political Science & Anthropology
Mentor(s): Professor Rochelle Terman, Political Science

Democracy in the Age of Plutocracy and Pluralism
Emily Salamanca, 4^th-Year, Political Science & Romance Languages and Literatures (Italian)
Mentor(s): Professor John P. McCormick, Political Science

Mapping the Politics of the New Global South
Neeraj Sharma, 2^nd-Year, Economics Major, Quantitative Social Analysis
Mentor(s): Professor Mark Bradley, History, Pozen Family Center for Human Rights

The Potentials of Altruism in Children: Children's Willingness to Place Themselves in Harm's Way for the Sake of Others
Margaret Wolfson, 3^rd-Year, Psychology, English and Creative Writing
Mentor(s): Professor Fan Yang, Psychology