Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowships
Fall Research Expo 2022

Welcome to CURF’s Research Expo!

Over 350 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 19 2022 - 5:00 PM
End Time: September 19 2022 - 6:30 PM
Ann Vernon-Grey
Morgan Faist
Patient Attitudes Regarding the Role of the Dentist in Vaccination for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Human Papillomavirus (HPV)
Chloë Mouzakitis
Phototaxic Behavior in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Bingrong Duan
Reliability of Pupilometry Data as Measures for Cognitive Activities
Adam Honig-Frand
Elucidating Excitatory and Inhibitory Inputs to the Preoptic Area of the Hypothalamus
Isabelle Lhuilier
Reducing racial disparities in breast cancer risk assessment
Kristel Rambaud
The Feasibility of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy vs. Bright Light Therapy to Treat Insomnia and Fatigue: an RCT
Sarah T Pham
Assessing NPC migration and neuronal maturation using a hiPSC-derived model of SCN3A encephalopathy
Samir Maarouf
Analysis of Anesthetic Depth with Processed EEG and NIRS
Shriya Boyapati
Comparing PET Imaging Results of L-[18F]FETrp and 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Radiotracers in a Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Transgenic Mouse Model
Jacob Stanger
Ocean Ecological Hotspots under Climate Change: A Computational Study
Daria Zhadanova
Effect of influenza infection on anti-dsDNA autoantibody production in female CD4+ T cell Xist cKO mice
Jamie K Yuen
Context Effects: Primary Odor vs. Secondary Odor in Working Dog Searches
Gaby Montes
African Immigrant Health and Wellness Program (AIHWP): A Community Health Needs Assessment of African Immigrants in West and Southwest Philadelphia
Manya Gupta
Assessment of the Barriers Faced by Providers of Preventative Cervical Cancer Programs in India and Potential Solutions
Arielle Breuninger
Remodeling of Rat Vocal Fold Microarchitecture Throughout Skeletal Maturation
Anusha Keshireddy
Optimal Feature Identification in Automated Stimulation Parameter Search for Sensory Restoration
Amishi Mahajan
Does Chronic Stress Impact Your Brain Activity Levels? A Study into the Effect of Psychosocial Stress on Hippocampal Circuitry
Cathy Chen
Role of HAD2 in Metabolic Homeostasis and Drug Resistance in Malaria Parasite Plasmodium falciparum
Grace Bancroft
What Effect Does Galactic Cosmic Radiation Have On Astronaut Cognition?
Isabel Song
Clinical correlates of CT-derived phenotypes in patients with hepatic steatosis
Maftuna Latipova
Enzymatic Activity Detection in Animals Using Dried Blood Spots
Eric Tal Myzelev
Solving Stiff ODEs with Physics Informed Neural Networks
Sophie Kadan
Optimizing Higgs Boson Signal Efficiency with Small-R (R = 0.4) and Large-R (R = 1.0) Jets
Thomas H. Li
Effect of Peer Groups and Advice Giving on College Retention and Achievement
Title Sort descending First & Last Name Co-Presenter(s) School Advisors Project Funding Source
Development of CRISPR/dCas9-SETD2 tool to study the effects of histone modification H3K36me3 on alternative splicing Chloe Han College of Arts & Sciences
  • Elizabeth A Heller
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant, Grants for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Research
Development of GFP-Tagged Akata EBV Cell Line via BACmid System Lilly Friedman College of Arts & Sciences
  • Erle S. Robertson
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Devices for Photoactivity Characterization of Point Defect Ensembles in h-BN Monolayers Winston Peloso College of Arts & Sciences
  • Lee Bassett
  • Cherie Kagan
Jumpstart for Juniors
Diel Vertical Migration: A one-dimensional, macroscale, light-driven model Madeleine Riley College of Arts & Sciences
  • Hugo Ulloa
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Difference in Bird Species’ Richness and Diversity between Low, Medium, and High Canopy Height in the Forest, Ravine, Marsh, Bog, and Pond Microhabitats on Bainbridge Island, WA, USA Shirui He College of Arts & Sciences
  • None
Other
Differences in Neuropsychiatric Symptoms among Black and White Individuals with Frontotemporal Degeneration Hannah Jin College of Arts & Sciences
  • Lauren Massimo
Other
Difluoromethylornithine Promotes Expression of Genes Correlated with T-Cell Activation and Cytotoxicity in Neuroblastoma: A Multiplex mRNA Profile Om Gandhi Engineering & Applied Sciences, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Michael D. Hogarty, MD
US National Institutes of Health Grants
Does Chronic Stress Impact Your Brain Activity Levels? A Study into the Effect of Psychosocial Stress on Hippocampal Circuitry Amishi Mahajan College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Sanghee Yun
Other
Domain adaptation techniques preserve model accuracy across MRI imaging modalities Aalok Patwa Wharton, Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Pratik Chaudhari
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Dramaturgy For Latin Language Immersion Catherine Sorrentino College of Arts & Sciences
  • James Ker
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Dynamics of Learning Kimberly Liu College of Arts & Sciences
  • Alex Proekt
  • Ethan Blackwood
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
E3 Ubiquitin Ligase Triad1 Regulates Eosinophil Development and Maturation Dale Kim Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Paula Oliver, PhD
Grants for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Research
Early Americanism: James Wilson; The Declaration of Independence Alyssa Noel Vossen
Allyson Nelson
College of Arts & Sciences
  • William Ewald
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Early Designs of a Ribose Binding Protein FRET Sensor Sarah OKonski College of Arts & Sciences
  • Ivan J. Dmochowski
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Effect of Human Population Growth on Propithecus verreauxi Population in Madagascar from 1985 to 2000 Shirui He College of Arts & Sciences
  • None
Other
Effect of Implant Placement on Local Inflammatory Response in Gingival Crevicular Fluid Mengxiang Chen College of Arts & Sciences
  • Katherine N. Theken
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Effect of influenza infection on anti-dsDNA autoantibody production in female CD4+ T cell Xist cKO mice Daria Zhadanova College of Arts & Sciences
  • Montserrat Anguera
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant, Grants for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Research
Effect of Missense Somatic Mutations on Surface HLA Expression in Patients with Immune-mediated Aplastic Anemia Shannon Zheng College of Arts & Sciences
  • Daria V. Babushok, MD, PhD
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant, Grants for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Research
Effect of Peer Groups and Advice Giving on College Retention and Achievement Thomas Li College of Arts & Sciences, Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Katherine L. Milkman
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Effect of Reduced Weight Bearing on Murine Meniscus and Achilles Tendon Maturation Alisia Lin College of Arts & Sciences
  • Nathaniel Dyment
  • Robert Mauck
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Effectiveness of Facebook as a method for recruiting Latino elders for research Malini Correa Nursing
  • Adriana Perez
Grants for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Research
Effects of Dark Matter Subhalos on Tidal Streams Emily Bregou College of Arts & Sciences
  • Robyn Sanderson
Other
Effects of Ibuprofen on COX-2 Activity Following Third Molar Extraction Gina Chryssofos College of Arts & Sciences
  • Katherine Theken
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
Effects of Peer-Led Leadership Workshops on Perception of Leadership Skills Among Middle School Girls of Latinx Descent Keerthi Jayaraman College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. David Grossman
Mazzatenta Award