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
Gabriela Portillo Alvarado
Making Medical Nuclearity: How the unequal burden of risk from Co-60 cancer therapy units reflects racial and economic inequality in the Americas
Aarushi Parikh
Ethics of Privacy, Consent, and Decision-Making in Research
William Marchese
High Throughput Identification of Developmental Regulators in Early C. elegans Embryos
Kyle Miller
Mixture Model on Miscentered Galaxy Clusters
Justina K Lam
Mining Epilepsy Diagnosis Information from EMU Notes, with NLP
Jane Oyekan
How to Characterize Post-Tuberculosis Lung Disease Using Cutting-Edge Sequencing Technology
Brianna Leung
Characterization of the REBO Origami Pattern and its Development as Implantable Devices
Anya Jayanthi
Identifying potential causal single nucleotide polymorphisms for lactase persistence in African populations
Gail E Calimaran
Characterizing the Metabolome of C. prolifera
Elise Wallen-Friedman
Are you good at Spot The Difference games? Understanding the neural substrates controlling behavioral pattern separation
Sarah OKonski
Early Designs of a Ribose Binding Protein FRET Sensor
Jennifer Ben Nathan
GLP-1 Receptor Agonism Reverses the Effects of Cocaine on Neural Dynamics of VTA Dopamine Neurons
Claire Yoo
  • Justin Qiu
Engines of Innovation in Large Firms
Alyssa Noel Vossen
  • Allyson Nelson
Early Americanism: James Wilson; The Declaration of Independence
Julie Elfishawy
Incorporating Action Observation Rehabilitation onto a Social Robot System
Gretel Tassah
A Comparative Case Study on the Complexities of Responsive Teaching
Shujing (Maggie) Zhou
Characterization of the GABAergic Pathway from the Ventral Tegmental Area to the Dorsal Raphe Nucleus
Emma DeMonte
The Life and Work of Charles Edward Stowe, the Son of Harriet Beecher Stowe
Stacy Liang
Establishing a MITO-TagAd-GFP Mouse Colony to Study Maternal Obesity
Alexander Xavier Mejia
Identifying the Mechanical Properties of Bone
Max Chen Wang
Analysis of a machine learning model exploring the input space
Om Gandhi
Difluoromethylornithine Promotes Expression of Genes Correlated with T-Cell Activation and Cytotoxicity in Neuroblastoma: A Multiplex mRNA Profile
Olivia Canalejo
S. Aureus (Staph) Genomic DNA can be recovered from Red Blood Cells
Rachel P. M. Brown
  • Bianca Rodriguez
Phenotyping Genetic Risks of Type 2 Diabetes
Title Sort descending First & Last Name Co-Presenter(s) School Advisors Project Funding Source
Investigating the Methodology for Community Consultation in EFIC Studies Pranav Tadikonda College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Justin Clapp, PhD, MPH
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
Investigation of Cell-Free DNA Methylation as a Biomarker of Malignant vs. Benign Lung Nodules Jennifer Guo College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Erica Carpenter
  • Dr. Jeffrey Thompson
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Law's Changing Role in China; Two Faces of Sovereignty in China Sophia Liston
Angela Shen
College of Arts & Sciences
  • Jacques deLisle
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Lipid nanoparticle-mediated delivery of RAS protease to inhibit cancer cell growth Ella Atsavapranee Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Michael Mitchell
Jumpstart for Juniors, Vagelos Undergraduate Research Grant
Machine Learning Tools for Automated MRI Segmentation Benjamin Chan Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Hersh Sagreiya
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Machine Learning- ATLAS Manzi Hugues Mucyo College of Arts & Sciences
  • Evelyn Thomson
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Making Medical Nuclearity: How the unequal burden of risk from Co-60 cancer therapy units reflects racial and economic inequality in the Americas Gabriela Alvarado College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Susan Lindee
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
Manipulating drug resistance in melanoma through pre-treatment with signaling molecule Phoebe White College of Arts & Sciences
  • Sydney Shaffer
Grants for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Research
Mapping a Cerebellar Nucleocortical Circuit for Hunger Ella Cho College of Arts & Sciences
  • J. Nicholas Betley
Other
MARK4 Inhibitor as a Novel Inotrope in Rodent Models Humza Asif College of Arts & Sciences
  • Pavan Atluri
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Measuring physical activity in older Latinos living with arthritis Juan Mendez College of Arts & Sciences
  • Adriana Perez
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Mechanisms of Lithium Chloride Neuroprotection in Alzheimer's Disease Lauren St. Louis
Roland Zhang
College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Huafeng Wei
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Mechanisms of Lithium Chloride Neuroprotection in Alzheimer’s Disease Roland Zhang
Lauren St. Louis
College of Arts & Sciences
  • Hhuafeng Wei
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
MEG-01 cells generate particles with platelet functionality: Development of an in vitro platelet model Kathleen Bishop College of Arts & Sciences
  • Antonio Dávila Jr
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
Mining Epilepsy Diagnosis Information from EMU Notes, with NLP Justina Lam Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Dr. Brian Litt, M.D.
  • Dr. Colin Ellis, M.D.
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
MiR-146a Encapsulated Liposomes Reduce Vascular Inflammatory Responses Claire Jun College of Arts & Sciences
  • Patrick Hwang
Other
Mixture Model on Miscentered Galaxy Clusters Kyle Miller College of Arts & Sciences
  • Bhuvnesh Jain
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Modulation of the Epigenome of Tumor and Immune Cells to Enhance CAR-T Therapy against Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Siena Nason College of Arts & Sciences
  • Marco Ruella
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
Molybdenum Disulfide (MoS2) Film Growth: The Conditions for Creating a Uniform Membrane for Ionic Measurements Majd Ayyad Engineering & Applied Sciences, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Marija Drindic
Grants for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Research
More than Theology: An Analysis of Anti-Evolution Denominations in the Early 20th Century Zhangyang Xie College of Arts & Sciences
  • Melissa Wilde
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
N/A Lorry Wu Wharton, Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Marina Niessner
Class of 1971 Robert J. Holtz Fund
Neural Circuitry in Songbirds David Kedeme College of Arts & Sciences
  • Marc Schmidt
Other
Neural control of aggression during development Ella Valencia College of Arts & Sciences
  • Matthew Kayser
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
Neural Dynamics of Learning in Mice Victoria Chisari College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Alex Proekt
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program