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
Jeremy Alexander Cimino
  • Sahar Maleki
Polygenic Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Adolescents and Adults: a Longitudinal Study
Richard Zhuang
Analysis of CT imaging-derived phenotypes to determine risk factors associated with sarcopenia
Denise Sanchez
Examining How Children’s Contexts May Impact Day-To-Day Variability In Persistence
Anya Jayanthi
Identifying and Characterizing Causal Genetic Variants for Lactose Tolerance in African Populations
Jacob Y Cao
The Role of Dietary Carbohydrates in Bacterial Permease Physiology and Antibiotic Persistence
Eric Wang
New Shijing: Poetic Classicism and the Making of Modern China
Emily Song
Effect of Lesioning of the Insular Cortex on Taste and Feeding Behaviors
Brendan Chapko
Understanding the Damage Potential of Extratropical Winter Storms in the American Northeast
Oliver Joseph
Unveiling the Brain’s Highways: Automated Quantification of Axonal Density
Nhi Lang
Evaluating Psychosocial Health in Late Childhood: PSC-17 Trends and Demographic Insights from Primary Care
Nneamaka Okolo
Investigating Diversity of DNA Elements that Threaten and Preserve Genome Integrity
Angela Ge
AI-Driven Image Analysis for Improved Cancer Classification from Clinical Pathology Images
Maha Essaidi
Postnatal Development of the Goat Phalanges and Metacarpal Trabecular Architecture
Malena Parrado
Causes and Consequences of Variation in PRC1 Mediated Heterochromatin Across Mus Species
Nitin Seshadri
Comparing the Effect of TBI on Horizontal vs. Vertical Random Dot Kinematogram Performance in a Rodent Visual Discrimination Task
Kethan Shirodkar
Physical Activity and Sleep in Adolescents and Young Adults (AYA) With Cancer
Riya Patel
Impact of CMV D+/R- Status on Outcomes after Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation
Sunny Yu
Leveraging Bernstein Polynomial Bases in the Finite Element Method for Machine Learning Applications
Olivia Amador
Optimization of Hydrogel Encasement for Micro Tissue Engineered Neural Network Fabrication
Natalia Pallas
  • Thalia Graeff
Editing Othello
Sidney Wong
Comparing the Protective Effects of BM-MSCs Cultured in FBS and Equine Serum Media in an OA Model
Sofia Murra Vicario
Synthesis of Organic Compounds as Stable Glass Materials
Ngaatendwe Miranda Manyika
Fabrication of Solid-State Silicon Nitride Membranes for Nanopore Devices
Ivan Lin
Complication Rates of Proximal Hypospadias Surgery
Title Sort descending First & Last Name Co-Presenter(s) School Advisors Project Funding Source
Exercise Modulates Diet and Body Composition Carol Rau College of Arts & Sciences
  • J. Nicholas Betley
  • Lavinia Boccia
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Expanding Access of Applied Behavior Analysis Services for Autistic Children from Low Income Families Anila Russell-Hall College of Arts & Sciences
  • Melanie Pellecchia
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Expanding FIBERS Evolutionary Feature Binning to Automatically Optimize Number of Risk Groups in Biomedical Survival Analysis Praneel Varshney Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Malek Kamoun
  • Ryan J. Urbanowicz
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
EXPERIMENTS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM Clever Earth
Hannah Agarwal
College of Arts & Sciences
  • Paul H. Robinson
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Exploring corticostriatal dynamics associated with auditory driven action impairments in Neurexin1 alpha mutant mice Nathan Zhang College of Arts & Sciences
  • Marc Fuccillo
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
Exploring Nuclear Organization Around Speckles Amina Khasanova College of Arts & Sciences
  • Shelley L. Berger
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
Exploring the Development of Theory of Mind: The Role of Parenting Allison August College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Douglas Frye
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
Exploring the Marine Sponge Microbiome Poppy Wagner College of Arts & Sciences
  • Monica McCallum
  • Emma Stowell
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Extracting Social Determinants of Health from Clinical Notes using LLMs Leah Ning
Chenxi Jin
Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Sifei Han
  • Fuchiang (Rich) Tsui
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Extracting Social Determinants of Health from Clinical Notes using LLMs Chenxi Jin
Chenxi Jin
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Leah Ning
Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Rich Tsui
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Fabrication & Optimization of a Wearable Microneedle Patch Sensor for Cardiac Biomarker Detection Amy Luo Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Yuanwen Jiang
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Fabrication of Solid-State Silicon Nitride Membranes for Nanopore Devices Ngaatendwe Manyika Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Marija Drndić
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Face Threat and Miscommunication: Evidence from a Referential Communication Task Jerry Liu College of Arts & Sciences
  • Delphine Dahan
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
First Look into the Epigenetic Impacts of TET1 Proteins on Post-Ischemic Stroke Recovery Lily Glaser College of Arts & Sciences
  • Kahlilia Morris-Blanco
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
From Muscle Signals to Motion: A Deep Learning Approach to Human Movement Prediction Natey Kim
Michael North
Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Nadia Figueroa
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
From NeRFs to Gaussian Splats, and Back Siming He Wharton, Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Pratik Chaudhari
Class of 1971 Robert J. Holtz Fund, Vagelos Undergraduate Research Grant
Functional Status: Remote vs In-person Assessments of Physical Function Sanya Tinaikar College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Sarah Schrauben
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Gene Editing Toolbox for Rare Muscular Diseases: Two Strategies for Treating X-Linked Myotubular Myopathy Using Base Editing and Epigenetic Silencing Eric Lee College of Arts & Sciences
  • William Peranteau
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
Gene-Editing Myostatin to Achieve Muscle Hypertrophy Blake Landow College of Arts & Sciences
  • Tejvir Khurana
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Genomic Analysis of the Effect of the IAPEz and MT2_Mm Retrotransposons on Genetic Regulation Anmol Dash College of Arts & Sciences
  • Andrew Modzelewski
Grants for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Research
German Language Training for Historical Research Nancy (Yunxiang) Zhang Wharton, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Ann Kuttner
University Scholars
Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3 and the Mechanism of Lithium Sensitivity Armaan Yarlagadda College of Arts & Sciences
  • Peter Klein
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Glycoproteomic Insights into GALNT2-CDG Pathology Heaven Cross College of Arts & Sciences
  • Andrew Edmondson
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
GREEN OR: Guiding Reductions in Excess and Expenses in the Neurosurgery Operating Room David Liu College of Arts & Sciences
  • Zarina S. Ali, MD, MS, FAANS
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program