Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowships
Fall Research Expo 2023

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 18 2023 - 5:00 PM
End Time: September 18 2023 - 8:00 PM
Ann Vernon-Grey
Alison Chen
Effects of parasites on plant-microbe mutualism differs between microbial strains
Sukhmani Grover
Integrated Circuit to Record from Neurons in Cowbird Song System
Hina Sako
Finding Genes Required for Sickness Sleep in C. Elegans
Annabelle Jin
Mesenchymal Brd4 is required for lung morphogenesis
Avia X Weber
Why Beliefs Matter
Nitin Seshadri
Effect of Traumatic Brain Injury on Visual Detection Behavior
Julian Weng
Computational Comparative Institutional Analysis Across Political and Macroeconomic Domains
Deepika Kannan
Optimizing Sustainable Transportation Policies with Agent-Based Modeling
Andrea An
Developing an in-vitro model of gyrate atrophy for gene therapy
Amelie Warneryd
Predictive Modeling of Inpatient Trauma Discharge Disposition
Cindy Lu
Understanding how Fibro-Adipogenic Progenitor Cells React to Obesity/Injury and its Effects on Muscle Health
Hannah A. Jin
Development of Quadruple Crossmatch Test
Arav Nangia
Mechanisms of Equalization Between Maternal and Paternal Telomeres in Embryonic Cells
Tristan Ly
Differences in Navigation of Elite Institutions by Social Class
Eleanor Grauke
Stitching Stories: Fabric and Enslaved Lives at the Nathaniel Russell Kitchen House
Jason J Wang
Correcting the stiffness calibration for optical traps
Miriam S Shah
Léon Bloy: A 19th Century Polemicist in Paris
Hyunwoo Song
The Function and Limitation of the Korean American Association of Greater Philadelphia 1989 - 2000
Maya Kreger
Microbiology of metal-reducing isolate Thermaerobacter sp. strain 36 from the Subseafloor Ocean Crust
John Purple
Intrinsic Alignment and Cosmic Shear
Miranda Meng
Evaluating the reliability of Brn3a and RBPMS as retinal ganglion cells markers with age and ocular hypertension-induced disease
Olivia Haynie
  • Olivia Haynie
  • Justin Seward
  • Liv McClary
Historic Black Perspectives on Confederate Commemoration
Evelyn Huang
  • Michael Chen
Communication: Mechanics of Conversation
Alisha Shetty
Effect of environmental lighting on circadian gating of lung injury
Title Sort descending First & Last Name Co-Presenter(s) School Advisors Project Funding Source
Synthesis of a Novel Chelating Hemicryptophane for Stabilization of Cu(I) Sarah OKonski College of Arts & Sciences
  • Ivan J. Dmochowski
Other
Synthesis of Modified CD4 Mimetic Compounds Charles Cameron College of Arts & Sciences
  • Amos B. Smith III
Grants for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Research
Synthesis of Photocatalysts Jonibek Muhsinov College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Thomas Mallouk
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
Task Aware Representations of Sentences Improves Seizure Freedom Classification in Data-Limited Settings Kevin Liu Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Kevin Xie
  • William Ojemann
  • Colin A. Ellis
  • Brian Litt
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Teamwork Decoded: Developing Virtual Experiments to Analyze Group Dynamics Anna Vazhaeparambil
Eda Orakci
Engineering & Applied Sciences, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Mark Whiting
  • Duncan Watts
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Temperature-Dependent Impairment of Interneuron Physiology in a Mouse Model of Febrile Seizures Melody Cheng College of Arts & Sciences
  • Eric Wengert, PhD
  • Ethan Goldberg, MD, PhD
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
TET Activation Decreases Post-Stroke Cell Death Jackson Simpson College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Kahlilia Morris-Blanco
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
The BLM helicase enables Alternative Lengthening of Telomeres to allow cancer cells to achieve telomerase-independent cellular immortality Aravind Krishnan College of Arts & Sciences, Wharton
  • Roger A. Greenberg
  • Haoyang Jiang
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant, Life Sciences and Management, Other, US National Institutes of Health Grants
The Climate-Health Revolution: Examining Climate Change as a Health Crisis Dhivya Arasappan College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Andi Johnson
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
The Discovery of Drugs Reducing Stress-Induced-Sleep Using High-Throughput Screening William Lee College of Arts & Sciences
  • David Raizen
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
The Economic Significance of Rising Inflation Uncertainty Thomas Li College of Arts & Sciences, Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Juan Londono
  • Sai Ma
Other
The Effect of Chronic Cannabidiol Administration on Anxiety-Like Behavior in Adolescent Mice Yash Pahwa College of Arts & Sciences
  • Mariella De Biasi
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
The Function and Limitation of the Korean American Association of Greater Philadelphia 1989 - 2000 Hyunwoo Song College of Arts & Sciences
  • Benjamin Nathans
  • Frederick Dickinson
University Scholars
The Hippocampal Aging Clock Rohana Gullapalli College of Arts & Sciences, Wharton
  • Yijing Su
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
The Impact of Being an Alternate Choice on Feedback Seeking in Organizations Isha Reddy Wharton
  • Samir Nurmohamed
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
The Impact of Heat Stress on Temperate Coral Astrangia poculata Alexandra Piven College of Arts & Sciences
  • Katie Barott
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
The mechanosensitive ion channel Piezo’s role in the growth cone Jackson Powell College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Yuanquan Song
Class of 1971 Robert J. Holtz Fund
The Oral Mucosa is Enriched with Inflammatory Fibroblasts in Diabetic Mice Alyssia Liu College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Dana T. Graves
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant, University Scholars
The Positive Psychology of Music and Human Flourishing Alana Newberger
Danju Liu
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Rahan Siddiqi
College of Arts & Sciences
  • Katherine Cotter
  • Christa Thandi Mahlobo
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
The Potential Uses of the Area Deprivation Index Amelia Becerra
Zion Abebe
College of Arts & Sciences
  • Harald Schmidt, MA, PhD
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
The Social Experience and Science of Interracial Marriage in Chicago Charissa Howard College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dorothy Roberts
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Theoretical Exploration into Atmospherically Significant Oxidative Pathways Rawan Rabayah College of Arts & Sciences
  • Marsha Lester
Other
Theory and Research in Positive Psychology Hannah Lee College of Arts & Sciences, Education
  • Noah Love
  • Martin Seligman
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Thermal Flow Simulation and Cooling Design Optimization for a Formula SAE Electric Car Battery Pack Kunwoo Kim Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Dr. Dustyn Roberts
Other