Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowships
Fall Research Expo 2024

Our undergraduate researchers are eager to share their findings 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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September 16 2024 - 5:00 PM - September 16 2024 - 6:30 PM
Ann Vernon-Grey
Lindsay Muneton
Cracking the Code: Studying the Social Impact of DNA Testing through Qualitative Interview Coding
Anmol Dash
Genomic Analysis of the Effect of the IAPEz and MT2_Mm Retrotransposons on Genetic Regulation
Aadit Juneja
Examining Applicability of MM-LLM-RO to Lung Cancer Segmentation
Daphne Hicyilmaz
Perceptions of Dentist Roles in Vaccination
Baron Ping-Yeh Hsieh
  • Eecho Yuan
Running AI Chatbot Negotiations: Testing the Effect of Humor and Concession Patterns on Negotiation Outcomes
Catherine Sorrentino
The Resurrectionists and the Rise of Racial Medicine
Mapalo H Mulwe
Investigating Therapeutic Potential of Exosomes from TNF Preconditioned Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Jelena Vázquez Delgado
Plausibility of Using [18F]NOS as a PET Radiotracer for Imaging Smoking-Induced Inflammation in the Aorta
Raquel Lucia Russek
Assessing Demographic Disparities and Institutional Performance in Inpatient Geriatric Consultations: A Retrospective Study of Timing, Follow-Up, and Sex Bias
Gabriella T Jean
The Effects of Daily Stressors on Withdrawal and Smoking Lapses During a Cessation Attempt in Daily Cigarette Smokers​
Praneel Varshney
Expanding FIBERS Evolutionary Feature Binning to Automatically Optimize Number of Risk Groups in Biomedical Survival Analysis
Eric Kuznetsov
Unveiling Sex-Based Disparities in Skin Cancer
Devin C Gottlieb
Effects of Maternal Exercise on Embryonic Bone Development
Maya G Hardy
Music Making and Social Connection: A Daily Diary Study of Musical Experiences
Ayman Alwaqzah
Assessing the Impact of NOTCH Signaling on RAS Cell Progenitor Function: Implications for Pathophysiology
Kyung Dong Kim
Investigating opioid modulation of nociceptive rILN neurons
Poppy Wagner
Exploring the Marine Sponge Microbiome
Garv Mehdiratta
  • Yoojin Jo
Bedside Evaluation of Conductive Hearing Loss with the Hum Test
Sreehita Hajeebu
Development of Murine mRNA CAR T Cells for Pediatric CNS Tumors
Chenxi Jin
  • Chenxi Jin
  • Leah Ning
Extracting Social Determinants of Health from Clinical Notes using LLMs
Caleb Joo
Utilizing Viral Vectors to Map Neural Signaling to and fro the Locus Coeruleus to Understand Brain Regions Implicated in GLP-1 Agonist Activity
Miguel E Francisco Mercado
  • Laissa Senatus
  • Trent Leung
Utilization and Access Outcomes of the Area Deprivation Index (ADI): A Scoping Review
Leah Ning
  • Chenxi Jin
Extracting Social Determinants of Health from Clinical Notes using LLMs
Nishat Tasnin
Responsiveness of Jaw Mesenchymal Stem Cells to Hypoxic stress ​
Title Sort descending First & Last Name Co-Presenter(s) School Advisors Project Funding Source
Connection Between Heat Waves and Planetary Waves: A Tale of Ten US Cities Iman Ali Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Michael Mann
  • Xueke Li
  • Shannon Christiansen
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Constraining Dark Energy Models Using Pantheon+ Supernovae Emma Yao College of Arts & Sciences
  • Mathew Madhavacheril
University Scholars
Covariation between skull shape and jaw leverage in six dietarily distinct primate genera. Alexandria Sambrano College of Arts & Sciences
  • Myra Laird
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
Cracking the Code: Studying the Social Impact of DNA Testing through Qualitative Interview Coding Lindsay Muneton College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Wendy Roth
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Creating AI Models to Map Oxidative Damage on Telomere DNA from Oxford Nanopore Generated DNA sequence Akhil Peddikuppa College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Jeffrey Field
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
CRISPR Knockout Screen in Zebrafish Uncovers the Role of Huntingtin Interacting Proteins in Axon Regeneration Raina Hutchinson College of Arts & Sciences
  • Michael Granato
  • Jaffna Mathiaparanam
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Cytoskeletal Regulation of Muscle Bioenergetics Sebastian Sookram College of Arts & Sciences
  • Damaris Lorenzo
  • Kayleigh Voos
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Developing a Mechanized Denotational Semantics for IMP Elan Roth College of Arts & Sciences
  • Steve Zdancewic
Grants for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Research
Developing an in-vitro model of gyrate atrophy for gene therapy Andrea An Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Katherine Uyhazi
Grants for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Research
Developing ddPCR Assays for the Detection of Glioblastoma tumor DNA in CSF Erin Choi College of Arts & Sciences
  • Stephen Bagley
  • Erica L. Carpenter
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Developing the Five Steps of Algorithm Auditing for K-12 Artificial Intelligence Education Evelyn Yu Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Yasmin B. Kafai
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Development of a Low-Cost Suture Pad Solution for Use in Augmented Reality Training​ Sebastian Pizarro College of Arts & Sciences
  • Kristoffel Dumon
  • Sebastian Leon
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Development of a Pipeline for Accurate Cell Segmentation Anna Carroll
Nathan Wu
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Kevin Shen
College of Arts & Sciences
  • Wenqin Luo
  • Huasheng Yu
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Development of a Virtual Reality Simulator for Training Radiology Residents on Fluoroscopy Alice Liu Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Ali Dhanaliwala
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Development of an Artificial Intelligence Chatbot for Negotiations Chekayli Meyer Wharton, Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Maurice Schweitzer
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Development of Assays to Evaluate PROTAC Permeability, Binding, and Function Lily Min Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Mark Sellmyer
Grants for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Research
Development of Exosomes to Overexpress CD47 to Treat Acute Heart Injury Prithvi Parthasarathy College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Pavan Atluri
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Development of Murine mRNA CAR T Cells for Pediatric CNS Tumors Sreehita Hajeebu College of Arts & Sciences
  • Jessica Foster
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
DFT Study of the Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reaction on Curved MXenes Dominic Willadsen College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Andrew M. Rappe
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
Diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder in Adolescents through Analysis of Oral Microbiome Compositions Makayla Cheng Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Jina Ko
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Dynamics of the Oldest Stars in FIRE-2 Simulations Emma Tasso College of Arts & Sciences
  • Madeline Lucey
Jumpstart for Juniors
Dysregulation of dorsal raphe serotonergic and inhibitory neurons in a mouse model of Dravet Syndrome Clara Xi Wang College of Arts & Sciences
  • Ethan Goldberg
  • Evan Rosenberg
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
Ectopic Acvr2 regulates mesoderm induction and patterning via TGF-β signaling pathways Assata Dawson College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Mary Mullins
  • Dr. Jeet Patel
Grants for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Research
Editing Othello Natalia Pallas
Thalia Graeff
College of Arts & Sciences
  • Abdulhamit Arvas
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program