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
Dominic K Duah
A Systematic Review of the Lung Cancer Screening Process
Lin Ang
Interracial Relationships and Parent-Child Bonds
David Hernandez
We Have a Deal!: Designing a Virtual Negotiation Chatbot
Peng (Justin) Zhao
Minority Entrepreneurship and Alternative Opportunities inside Established Organizations
Dylan E Radley
Social Identities & Engagement on Twitter
Mason Singer
Investigating Clathria prolifera Holobiont and Metabolites
Andrew Raine
Generating A Problem Solving Dataset Using A Deep Learning Pipeline
Tahlea Salmon
Racial Disparities in Gun Homicide Rates
Jane Wairimu Muni
Treatment delays of cervical cancer patients with or without Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection in Botswana 2013-2020
Jacqueline Chan
Memory of cold in brown adipose tissue: therapeutic relevance in obesity
Donya Zarrinnegar
Effects of Prenatal Hypoxia on Excitatory Synaptic Transmission and Histological Markers
Zhong Zhang
A Unified Model of Network Formation and Network Bargaining
Andrew Borbi
Antimalarial Drug Research
Andrew Zhang
Federated Learning Algorithms
Selene Li
Photobleaching of a new monomeric yellow fluorescent protein variant
Sheil Desai
Air Pollution Changes in Philadelphia Following the 2019 PES Refinery Closure
Anthony Hu
Act Like You’ve Been Here Before: Expressing Pride Lowers Forecasted Performance Potential
Ganen Chinniah
Stage and outcomes of cervical cancer with or without HIV infection in Botswana 2013-2020
Hyong Min Kim
Fabrication of novel 2D nanodevices with mechanically deposited metal contacts
Karen Pan
Exploring the Relationship Between Research Quality and Political Slant of Research
Leo Gearin
The Reconstruction Crusade: Rebuilding France's Catholic Churches after World War I
David V Candia
Optimizing Sensitivity of Nanodisk LSPR Sensors
Ingrid Sotelo
The Exposome and its Associations with Psychopathology in Early Adolescence
Gregory Tasik
Architectural Research in Robotic Fabrication: Autonomous Rod Bending
Title Sort ascending First & Last Name Co-Presenter(s) School Advisors Project Funding Source
The Genetic Basis of Pigmentation in D. melanogaster Mallory Orenstein College of Arts & Sciences
  • Paul Schmidt
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
The Formalization of Permutation Networks Christa Simaan Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Stephanie Weirich
  • Steve Zdancewic
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 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 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 endogenous role of hindbrain ghrelin receptors in regulating feeding behavior Mattison Boveri Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Harvey Grill
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
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 Bioethics of End-of-Life Care Izzy Zhang College of Arts & Sciences
  • Norma Coe
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
Testing the Role of CENP-A Assembly in Prophase-Arrested Mammalian Oocytes Katelyn Boese College of Arts & Sciences
  • Michael Lampson
University Scholars
Test & Roll: Profit-maximizing A/B Tests Maxine Fang Wharton
  • Ron Berman
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Territorial Stigma in Practice: Philadelphia, 2021 Zane Pasha College of Arts & Sciences
  • Akira Drake Rodriguez
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Targeting of Myc -| miR30a -| PTP4A1→WNT axis in Double Hit Lymphomas Ryan Sathianathen College of Arts & Sciences
  • Andrei Thomas-Tikhonenko PhD
Other
Targeting Moral Values in Non-Compliant Individuals to Increase Mask-Wearing during the COVID-19 Pandemic Tiffany Tieu
Danny Chiarodit
,
Julie Baum
College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Melissa Hunt
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
Sunset Over Sunset Poster Julian Valgora College of Arts & Sciences
  • Francesca Ammon
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Sunset Boulevard and Rock Innovation: 1966 and 1967 Juliette Morfin College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Francesca Ammon
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Studying the Developmental Circuitry of Layer V Neurons in Cortical Brain Organoids Mehek Dedhia College of Arts & Sciences
  • H. Isaac Chen
University Scholars
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
Study of Oral Biofilm Formation Under Static and Dynamic Conditions Ravikiran Ramjee Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Geelsu Hwang
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Structure-based modeling of peptide/MHC-I complexes Sagar Gupta College of Arts & Sciences
  • Nikolaos G. Sgourakis
Other
Stronger mutualism may lead to a higher susceptibility to parasitism Nova Meng Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Dr. Corlett Wood
  • Eunnuri Yi
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Streamlined Analysis for Convoluted Rodent Touchscreen Data by Building a Customized Python Application Raymon Shi
Harley Haas
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Grace Bancroft
College of Arts & Sciences
  • Sanghee Yun
  • Amelia J. Eisch
Other
Steroidogenic Factor 1 (SF1) Neurons and Exercise Megan Zhong College of Arts & Sciences
  • John Nicholas Betley
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Steroidogenic Factor 1 (SF1) Neurons and Exercise Trinity Kellarakos
Megan Zhong
College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Nicholas Betley
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program