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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Start Time: September 14 2021 - 5:00 PM
End Time: September 14 2021 - 6:30 PM
Ann Vernon-Grey
Tommy Hesch
Who Has A Same Race Teacher in Kindergarten? Comparing Students With and Without Disabilities
Logan Yongyeon Cho
Digital Visualization of the Medieval Church at Sopoćani, Serbia
Charis Ma
Generating and Characterizing TBCK Mutant Zebrafish
Davida Krauss
Voices of Israel: Study of Hebrew Poetry
Stephanie Bi
Identifying Subtypes in Alzheimer's Disease
Ipsita Das
  • Samuel Anchipolovsky
Novel mechanisms of lithium protection against impaired neurogenesis and synaptogenesis in Alzheimer’s Disease
Aria Fasse
Probing heterogeneous responses to sequential drug treatment in melanoma
Cathy Chen
Haloacid dehalogenase family member HAD1 appears to be a glycerol-3-phosphatase in Plasmodium falciparum
Josh Weiner
Cold Rush: Trade, Energy and Cryptocurrency in the Russian Arctic and Beyond
Angela Yang
Determining predictive risk of schizophrenia in individuals with 22qDS through failed mitochondrial compensation
Samuel Anchipolovsky
  • Ipsita Das
Novel mechanisms of lithium protection against impaired neurogenesis in Alzheimer’s Disease
Gianna Maria LaBella
  • Neha Nagpal
  • Nneka Okoli
Decreasing Health Inequity Through the Center for Disease Control’s Social Vulnerability Index
Lauren E. Staelin
Analyzing Treatments for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Pig Models
Priya Deliwala
Can Facial Analysis Measure Properties of Attention and Learning?
Emily H Kim
DARPin Delivery Using Ionizable Lipid Nanoparticles
Angela Estell
Loss of Y chromosome in male cancer cells
Anthony Burger
Kashaya Language Database and Dictionary
Phillip Choi
Applied DInSAR Analysis to Crustal Deformation along Greenland’s Northwestern Coasts
Dallas Ryan
Association Between Discrimination Stress and Suicidality in Pre-Adolescent Youth
Alana Schreibman
  • Lydia Chen
  • Shreya Mehta
Medical Stakeholder Perspectives on Cognitive Impairment in HIV-Affected Children in Botswana
Kai N Kelly
Body Figure Rating and Gender in Bariatric Surgery Candidates
Isaac Kim
Thermotaxis in Immobilized Caenorhabditis elegans
Nicole R Harrington
The reward choice paradigm is a viable alternative for identifying drug-susceptible subjects
Alejandra Bahena
Selective Vulnerability of the Locus Coeruleus in Tau versus TDP Proteinopathies
Title Sort descending First & Last Name Co-Presenter(s) School Advisors Project Funding Source
Handoffs and Transitions in Critical Care-Understanding Scalability James Tang Nursing
  • Meghan Lane-Fall
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Harsh Parenting Behavior and Child Brain Cortical Thickness Adrian Ke College of Arts & Sciences
  • Allyson Mackey
University Scholars
Health Related Quality of Life Among Parents of 3-7 Year Old Children with Severe Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Kathryn Farrell College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Sara B. DeMauro
Grants for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Research
Heart Health Screening Study Correlation of Symptoms, Electrocardiogram, and Sudden Cardiac Arrest Conditions Giulia Nisita College of Arts & Sciences
  • Victoria Vetter, MD, PhD
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Hedging in Conversation Ivy Nguyen College of Arts & Sciences
  • Delphine Dahan
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
History and Needs regarding Menstrual Justice Michele Anzabi College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Gwendolyn Beetham
  • Dr. Meghan Crnic
Mazzatenta Award
Hollywood Victorians: How the British Imagination Shaped American Power Delaney Parks College of Arts & Sciences
  • Jed Esty
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Host Phenology and Parasite Virulence Evolution in Co-infection System Seokyoon Chang College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dustin Brisson
  • Hannelore MacDonald
University Scholars
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: An Investigation of MyBPC and HSP 70 Co-Chaperone Family using siRNA Taussia Boadi College of Arts & Sciences
  • Sharlene Day
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Identification of Mas-related G Protein Coupled Receptor-X2 in Humanized Mouse Models Olivia Ong College of Arts & Sciences
  • Hydar Ali
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Identifying client proteins of the HSP70 co-chaperone network Graham Branscom College of Arts & Sciences
  • Sharlene M. Day, MD
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Identifying How T Cells Utilize Branched-Chain Amino Acids (BCAAs) To Activate mTORC1 or Engage Downstream Mitochondrial Metabolism Rajat Ramesh
Chiadika Eleh
College of Arts & Sciences
  • Will Bailis
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Identifying Subtypes in Alzheimer's Disease Stephanie Bi Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Li Shen
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Immersive Virtual Reality for Surgical Simulation Oralia Quinones College of Arts & Sciences, Wharton
  • William Yi
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Immersive Virtual Reality for Surgical Simulation Training Daisy Gracia
Caroline Paik
College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. William Yi
  • Dr. Noel Williams
  • Dr. Kristoffel Dumon
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Immersive Virtual Reality for Surgical Simulation Training Caroline Paik
Daisy Gracia
College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. William Yi
  • Dr. Noel Williams
  • Dr. Kristoffel Dumon
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Immunohistochemical Characterization of the Human Olfactory System Elizabeth McKeown College of Arts & Sciences
  • Jay Gottfried
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Immunohistochemical Characterization of the Human Olfactory System Eva Ingber
Elizabeth McKeown
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Sylvia Mihailescu
College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Jay Gottfried
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Immunohistochemical Characterization of the Human Olfactory System Eva Ingber
Sylvia Mihailescu
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Elizabeth McKeown
College of Arts & Sciences
  • Sarah Kwon
  • Dr. Jay Gottfried
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Immunohistochemical Characterization of the Human Olfactory System Sylvia Mihailescu
Elizabeth McKeown
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Eva Ingber
Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Sarah Kwon
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Impact of Surgical Trauma and Gender on Prostaglandin Metabolite Level Following Third Molar Extraction Truongan Pham College of Arts & Sciences
  • Katherine Theken
  • Elliot Hersh
Grants for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Research
Impacts of Social Constraints on the Use of African American English Laura Eugene College of Arts & Sciences
  • Nicole Holliday
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Implementation of a Standardized Labor Induction Protocol to Reduce Racial Disparities in Obstetrical Cases Tseion Mebratu College of Arts & Sciences
  • Rebecca Hamm
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Implementation of Low Cost Drone and Feasibility of 3D Outdoor Mapping Emily Paul Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Pratik Chaudhari
Grants for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Research