Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowships
Fall Research Expo 2021

The University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships is the University’s hub for undergraduate research, as well as the launch pad for Penn students seeking to apply for nationally competitive scholarships and fellowships

Welcome to CURF’s Research Expo!

Over 300 undergraduates are eager to share their research with you, so enjoy learning about the array of opportunities embraced by students at one of the world’s leading research universities.

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Details
September 14 2021 - 5:00 PM - September 14 2021 - 6:30 PM
Ann Vernon-Grey
Ashwarya Devason
Exposure to an Aged Microbiome Impairs Cognition in Young Cohoused Mice
Himanshi Verma
Construct Validity of Hospital-Acquired Sepsis as a Distinct Entity
Priya Shah
Castle Escape
Gabrielle Maloy
Walt Whitman: Specimen Days
Anika Patel
Cryogenic Thermometry Readout System
Emma Mistele
Marian Anderson Manuscripts
Brenden D Burke
Adrenergic Nervous System and Memory
Gloria R. Lee
  • Grace Qian
  • Saachi Datta
  • Juliette Hooper
Engineering the integrated OptoReader for high-throughput optogenetics
Alessandro S Tallini
Baroque Topologies Research Project
Raymon Shi
  • Harley Haas
  • Grace Bancroft
Streamlined Analysis for Convoluted Rodent Touchscreen Data by Building a Customized Python Application
Jennifer Ben Nathan
Cell Type-Specific Roles of Ventral Tegmental Area Amylin Receptors in Cocaine Self-Administration in Rats
Cheavlay Phat
Analysis of the Relationship Between DNA Methylation and Tau Accumulation
Leah Narun
Automatic Detection of Fluorescent Point Defects for the Discovery of Quantum Emitters
Jan Magielski
The Bidirectional Relationship between Sleep and Externalizing Behavior: A Systematic Review
Elizabeth S McKeown
Immunohistochemical Characterization of the Human Olfactory System
Michael E Proano
CBT-I and Light Therapy for Treating Insomnia
Faizah Saadmim
Side- effects of nasal steroids use to treat pediatric obstructive sleep apnea syndrome
Chelsea Pan
Automated Segmentation of Drug Resistant Epilepsy (DRE)
Juliana Vollmer
Investigation of the Neural Mechanisms Underlying Semaglutide-Induced Anorexia and Visceral Malaise
Natalie Doppelt
The Unsustainability of Hospital Waste
Sylvia A Mihailescu
  • Elizabeth McKeown
  • Eva Ingber
Immunohistochemical Characterization of the Human Olfactory System
Owen Crise
Spatial Distribution of Metallicity in AGN Host Galaxies from the MaNGA Survey
Zane Pasha
Territorial Stigma in Practice: Philadelphia, 2021
Lauryn Reynolds
The Necessity to Create a Facilities Master Plan For Philadelphia Schools
Title Sort descending First & Last Name Co-Presenter(s) School Advisors Project Funding Source
Structure-based modeling of peptide/MHC-I complexes Sagar Gupta College of Arts & Sciences
  • Nikolaos G. Sgourakis
Other
Study of Oral Biofilm Formation Under Static and Dynamic Conditions Ravikiran Ramjee Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Geelsu Hwang
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Study of the Use of Ion-exchange Porous Materials and Biofilms Established in Coconut Fibers as a Waterbody Restoration Alternative Gabriel Gonsalves Bertho Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Antônio Lucio Mello Martins
University Scholars
Studying the Developmental Circuitry of Layer V Neurons in Cortical Brain Organoids Mehek Dedhia College of Arts & Sciences
  • H. Isaac Chen
University Scholars
Sunset Boulevard and Rock Innovation: 1966 and 1967 Juliette Morfin College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Francesca Ammon
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Sunset Over Sunset Poster Julian Valgora College of Arts & Sciences
  • Francesca Ammon
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Targeting Moral Values in Non-Compliant Individuals to Increase Mask-Wearing during the COVID-19 Pandemic Tiffany Tieu
Danny Chiarodit
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Julie Baum
College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Melissa Hunt
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
Targeting of Myc -| miR30a -| PTP4A1→WNT axis in Double Hit Lymphomas Ryan Sathianathen College of Arts & Sciences
  • Andrei Thomas-Tikhonenko PhD
Other
Territorial Stigma in Practice: Philadelphia, 2021 Zane Pasha College of Arts & Sciences
  • Akira Drake Rodriguez
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Test & Roll: Profit-maximizing A/B Tests Maxine Fang Wharton
  • Ron Berman
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Testing the Role of CENP-A Assembly in Prophase-Arrested Mammalian Oocytes Katelyn Boese College of Arts & Sciences
  • Michael Lampson
University Scholars
The Bidirectional Relationship between Sleep and Externalizing Behavior: A Systematic Review Jan Magielski College of Arts & Sciences
  • Jianghong Liu
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
The Bioethics of End-of-Life Care Izzy Zhang College of Arts & Sciences
  • Norma Coe
University Scholars
The Effect of Zeolite Incorporation on the Physical Properties of Silver-Reinforced Glass Ionomer Cement Jessica Hao College of Arts & Sciences
  • Fusun Ozer
  • Francis Mante
College House Research Fellowship
The endogenous role of hindbrain ghrelin receptors in regulating feeding behavior Mattison Boveri Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Harvey Grill
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
The Enteric Nervous System Relays Psychological Stress to Intestinal Inflammation Madeleine Sleeman College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Christoph Thaiss
Grants for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Research
The Examination of Behavioral Factors and Processing Speed in a Remote App-Based Cognitive Assessment in Aging Kade Shippy College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dawn Mechanic-Hamilton, Ph.D., ABPP-CN
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
The Exposome and its Associations with Psychopathology in Early Adolescence Ingrid Sotelo College of Arts & Sciences
  • Ran Barzilay
Grants for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Research
The Formalization of Permutation Networks Christa Simaan Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Stephanie Weirich
  • Steve Zdancewic
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
The Genetic Basis of Pigmentation in D. melanogaster Mallory Orenstein College of Arts & Sciences
  • Paul Schmidt
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
The Green Challenge: A Qualitative Analysis of Environmental Discourse and Policy in the Russian Federation from 2010 to the Present Elena Tisnovsky College of Arts & Sciences
  • Rudra Sil
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
The impact of adjuvant and Gardasil9 vaccine on cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma Jessica Lvov
  • John Seykora
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
The Impact of Global Disruptions on Supply Chain Strategy Sonali Singh Wharton
  • Serguei Netessine
  • Masha Shunko
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
The Law of the Other: Converts and Gentiles in the Eyes of Seventeenth-Century Istanbul Rabbis Elyakim Engelmann-Suissa College of Arts & Sciences
  • Oscar Aguirre-Mandujano
Gelfman International Summer Fund