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
Suraj J Panara
Source of Research Funding for Studies on TKA or THA May Predict Citations or Online Popularity and Correlate with Lower Study Quality
Daniella Kohn
Effects of Concurrent ADHD and Anxiety on Self and Informant Report Discrepancies in Autistic Adults
Alena Nag
Phylogenomic analysis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from bacteremia cases at CHOP​
Elizabeth Ni
Racialized Perceptions of Motherhood: The Pervasiveness of Implicit Biases in Race-Conscious Biomedical Research
David Kedeme
Olfactory System Overview: Organization, Processes, Roles, & Disorders
Wenxin Tu
Brain-wide labeling of neurons contributing to positive and negative reinforcement strategies
Tommy Nguyen
Regulation of eDHFR-tagged proteins with trimethoprim PROTACs
Michelle Gong
Subanesthetic ketamine and propofol reduce amplitude of auditory-evoked ERPs in humans
Annalisa Fang
Characterizing Clinician Emotional Reactions and Anxiety When Working with Suicidal Patients
Kevin L Bryan
Large Language Model-Based Neurosurgical Evaluation Matrix: A Novel Scoring Criteria to Assess the Efficacy of ChatGPT as an Educational Tool in Neurosurgical Education
Lucy Fekade
Consonant Clarity in Infant-Directed Speech
Shruti Ramkumar
Investigating University Spinoffs and Startup Success Through Patent Reassignments
Eric Y Tao
What Does the Cowbird Say? Social Modulation of Song in Brown-headed Cowbirds
Annie Wang
Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
Jacob Goell
Graphene Auto-Kirigami: Forming 3D Structures Through Atomic Force Cutting
Yi (Ella) Yang
Traditional Chinese Exercise for Older Adults’ Health: Pilot Studies
Sarah T Pham
Assessing mechanisms of brain malformation in SCN3A encephalopathy using a stem cell-derived model
Mia McElhatton
Tiger Widows in the Sundarbans: Gender, Conservation, and Culture
Kevin Xu
Does HPV E7’s binding affinity to PTPN14 determine its degradation ability?
Jake Fanale
Developing a Comprehensive R/Bioconductor Package for DNA Methylation-based Human Cancer Classification and Phenotyping 
Gavin J Lee
Utilizing Lyso-IP for Lipidomics in an in vitro Model of Krabbe Disease
Jun Hyun Park
Web Development and Machine Learning for Orthopedics
Alexander Budko
  • Tin Nam Liu
GPT-4 Prompt Engineering For Automated Patient Response Generation
Naomi Phemister-Jimenez
  • Katherine Gilbert
Presence of Bacteria and Antibiotic Resistance in Water Sites on San Cristóbal Island
Title Sort descending First & Last Name Co-Presenter(s) School Advisors Project Funding Source
Finding Genes Required for Sickness Sleep in C. Elegans Hina Sako College of Arts & Sciences
  • David Raizen
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Food Preference Shift in C57BL/6 Mice Following Exercise Endurance Protocol Syraj Uddin College of Arts & Sciences
  • Nicholas J. Betley, Ph.D.
  • Lavinia Boccia, Ph.D.
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
Forecasting Human Welfare Nathan Susser College of Arts & Sciences
  • Philip Tetlock
  • Cory Clark
Grants for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Research
Fostering Belonging and Inclusivity Through Multilingual and Multimodal Writing Practices: An Exploration Within an International Context Luiza Louback Fontes College of Arts & Sciences
  • Amy Stornaiuolo
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
GAD, MDD, and COM : Threat and Reward Response in Daily Life Madeeha Mirza College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Ayelet Ruscio
University Scholars
Galactic Assembly in Different Dark Matter Models Jasjeev Singh College of Arts & Sciences
  • Robyn E. Sanderson
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Geographical specificity of osteocyte function within the cortical bone matrix under a variety of estrogen level and reproductive conditions Kira Lu Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Xiaowei Liu
Jumpstart for Juniors
GLP-1R Activation Increases Neural Activity in Central Amygdala GABAergic Neurons Austin Pothikamjorn College of Arts & Sciences
  • Heath D. Schmidt
Grants for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Research
GPT-4 Prompt Engineering For Automated Patient Response Generation Alexander Budko
Tin Nam Liu
  • Kevin B. Johnson
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
GPT-4 Prompt Engineering For Automated Patient Response Generation Tin Nam Liu
Alexander Budko
Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Kevin B. Johnson
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Graphene Auto-Kirigami: Forming 3D Structures Through Atomic Force Cutting Jacob Goell Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Robert Carpick
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Haploinsufficiency of CSF1R in Microglia Alters the Cortical Astrocyte Reactive Response to Demyelination Bassel Shawareb College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Jennifer Orthmann-Murphy
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
High-Throughput Experiments on Group Dynamics: Deliberation Empirica Michael Li College of Arts & Sciences, Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Duncan J. Watts
  • James P. Houghton
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Historic Black Perspectives on Confederate Commemoration Olivia Haynie
Olivia Haynie
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Justin Seward
,
Liv McClary
College of Arts & Sciences
  • Donovan Schaefer
Other
Household Finance Policy Research in South Africa Ananya Varshneya College of Arts & Sciences
  • Santosh Anagol
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
How does queerness intersect with fandom bonding in a Discord youth writing community? Ryujin Creighton College of Arts & Sciences
  • Amy Stornaiuolo
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
HSP70 Co-Chaperones Modulate Sarcomeric Proteostasis in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Graham Branscom College of Arts & Sciences
  • Sharlene Day
Grants for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Research, University Scholars
Identification of Metagenomic Determinants of Disease Severity in Children from the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health(PERCH) Study Celine Adomakoh College of Arts & Sciences
  • Daniel P. Beiting
Other
Impact of Targeted Inhibition of TGFβ Receptor on TGFβ-induced Fibroblast Differentiation and Matrix Remodeling Rhea Bakshi College of Arts & Sciences
  • Ellen Puré
Other
Impacts of heat priming on development and physiology of sea anemone larvae Angela Ye College of Arts & Sciences
  • Katie Barott
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Improved Detection and Analysis of N1/N2 peaks in Cortico-Cortical Evoked Potentials (CCEPs) Rudy Whitney Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Eric Marsh
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Improving cell infiltration and visualization of synthetic scaffolds for osteochondral defect repair Emily Zhang Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Riccardo Gottardi
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Improving the Generalizability of Natural Language Processing Algorithms in Medicine Shreya Sripada Wharton, Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Colin Ellis
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Improving the Precision of Direct-Write 3D Printing via Computer Vision and Machine Learning Yuhan Liu Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Jordan R. Raney
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program