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
Megan Zhang
Using A Machine Learning Model to Monitor Environmental Events
Julia Kincaid
Comparison of Electroporation and Peptide-Mediated Engineering of Human Lymphocytes
Sanya Tinaikar
Functional Status: Remote vs In-person Assessments of Physical Function
Ryann A Joseph
Comparing lipid nanoparticle mediated delivery of Cas9 mRNA and protein for cystic fibrosis CRISPR gene editing
Nicole Chung
The Physiological Effects and Neuronal Activity of Rats Treated with GLP-1 and Ex-4: A Novel Treatment for Obesity
Iman Ilias
The Life and Times of Credit Unions
Zachary Wang
The World of Tobias Smollett: A Scottish Surgeon, Novelist, and Historian in the Young British Empire
Linna Zhu
Ascl1 Drives Müller Glia Dedifferentiation to Retinal Progenitor-like Cells
Akhil Peddikuppa
Creating AI Models to Map Oxidative Damage on Telomere DNA from Oxford Nanopore Generated DNA sequence
Sebastian Sookram
Cytoskeletal Regulation of Muscle Bioenergetics
Jonathan A Largoza
Understanding Signaling Pathways and Inflammation Challenge of Cartilage Progenitor Cell Chondrogenesis
Victoria Aleksandra Avanesov
The 39 Steps and the Cross-Atlantic Evolution of the British Thriller: Studying John Buchan and Alfred Hitchcock
Nathan Zhang
Exploring corticostriatal dynamics associated with auditory driven action impairments in Neurexin1 alpha mutant mice
Blake M Landow
Gene-Editing Myostatin to Achieve Muscle Hypertrophy
Heaven Cross
Glycoproteomic Insights into GALNT2-CDG Pathology
Pedram Bayat
Enhancing Transduction Efficiency of Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cells With RetroNectin and Poloxamer 407
Allan Zhang
Effects of ADHD in Youth on Physical Activity and Sports Participation: An Observational Study
Iman Alia Dorman
Analyzing mtDNA in Plasma-Derived Extracellular Vesicles from Pregnant Black Women to Predict Adverse Outcomes
Jerry Liu
Face Threat and Miscommunication: Evidence from a Referential Communication Task
Aarav Chandra
Revealing Neurogenetic Signatures: Machine Learning Uncovers Repetitive Behaviors in ASD and OCD Knockout Mice
Yashna Gupta
Profiling the Immune Response in Vocal Fold Scarring
Alice Liu
Development of a Virtual Reality Simulator for Training Radiology Residents on Fluoroscopy
Khayla Williams
Evaluating Remote and In-Person Physical Function Assessments in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients
Miranda Cochran
Are Adverse Childhood Experiences Related to Emotion Recognition in 3 - 4 Year Old Children?
Title Sort descending First & Last Name Co-Presenter(s) School Advisors Project Funding Source
HATT: Hamiltonian-Aware Ternary Tree Algorithm for Fermion-to-Qubit Encoding Jonathan Hong
Kevin Yao
Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Gushu Li
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Healthcare Professional versus Social Contact Recommendations for Activity Restriction in Pregnancy: Quality of Life Effects Ellie Mayers Nursing
  • Beth Pineles
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Histone-mediated Archaeal Adaptive Immunity Ariana Treat College of Arts & Sciences
  • Andrew Santiago-Frangos
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant, Grants for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Research
How Affordable is Housing in NYC? An Empirical Analysis of Housing Expenditure Shares in 2021 Nina Dilworth College of Arts & Sciences
  • Holger Sieg
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
How Hand Gestures Shape the Impact of Communication William Hong Wharton, Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Jonah Berger
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
How to Teach a Large Language Model to Tell Us About Childhood Development Raven Tang Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Ian Campbell
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Identifying and Characterizing Causal Genetic Variants for Lactose Tolerance in African Populations Anya Jayanthi College of Arts & Sciences
  • Sarah Tishkoff
Grants for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Research
Identifying Callous-Unemotional Behaviors in Early Childhood: Leveraging Observational Methods to Evaluate Positive Affect Within Dyadic Interaction Alex Bui College of Arts & Sciences
  • Rebecca Waller
University Scholars
Impact of CMV D+/R- Status on Outcomes after Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation Riya Patel College of Arts & Sciences
  • Vishnu Potluri
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Impact of psychometric factors on the efficacy of interlaminar epidural steroid injections Agnes Duch Nursing
  • Afrin Sagir
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
In vitro Studies on SCD-101, A Promising Botanical Extract with Anti-sickling Properties for Sickle Cell Disease Therapy Benita Balogun College of Arts & Sciences
  • Oshieza Abdulmalik
University Scholars
Interaction of Benzodiazepine Drugs Flunitrazepam and Clonazepam with Aldoketoreductase Maya Narang College of Arts & Sciences
  • Kim A. Sharp
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
International Organizations from the Ground Up: Understanding Global Cooperation Through Data Yuzhou Li
  • Julia Gray
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
International Organizations from the Ground Up: Understanding Global Cooperation Through Data Amelie Zhang Wharton, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Julia Gray
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
International Organizations from the Ground Up: Understanding Global Cooperation Through Data Katrina Korendiy College of Arts & Sciences
  • Julia Gray
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Investigating Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T Cell Nonspecific Killing via CRISPR KO Screen Yvonne Kuo College of Arts & Sciences
  • Christoph Ellebrecht
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant, Other
Investigating Diversity of DNA Elements that Threaten and Preserve Genome Integrity Nneamaka Okolo College of Arts & Sciences
  • Mia T. Levine
  • Sophia Mohammed
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Investigating Granulovacuolar Degeneration in Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Tauopathy Models Daniel Dai College of Arts & Sciences
  • Virginia Man-Yee Lee
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
Investigating non-catalytic activity of Ten-eleven translocation enzyme 1 in the mammalian germline Jean Jin College of Arts & Sciences
  • Marisa Bartolomei
Vagelos Molecular Life Sciences
Investigating non-genetic mechanisms of melanoma CD8+ T cell evasion Emmie Chacker College of Arts & Sciences
  • Sydney M Shaffer
Grants for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Research
Investigating opioid modulation of nociceptive rILN neurons Kyung Dong Kim College of Arts & Sciences
  • Gregory Corder
  • Lindsay Ejoh
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Investigating the Reversibility of Rett Syndrome Pathology by Altering MeCP2 Condensate with C-mods Endy Huynh Nursing
  • Zhaolan (Joe) Zhou, Ph.D.
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Investigating the Role of the Blood Brain Barrier in Drosophila sleep during Early Development Victoria Yim
  • Matthew S. Kayser
  • Javier Cavieres
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Investigating Therapeutic Potential of Exosomes from TNF Preconditioned Mesenchymal Stem Cells Mapalo Mulwe College of Arts & Sciences
  • Pavan Atluri
  • Jessica Dominic
  • Andrew Belec
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program