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
Nancy (Yunxiang) Zhang
German Language Training for Historical Research
Jackson F SooHoo
Childhood Adversity and Polygenic Scores Interact to Predict Substance Use Disorder Criteria
Caitlyn Chen
Needle-Injectable Oxygen Microsensors for Diagnosis of Mitochondrial Myopathies
Yerahm Hong
Engineering Naturalistic Focal Seizures In An Epileptic Mouse Model of Dravet Syndrome​
Sandro Mocciolo
Nature in Transcendentalism: A Counternarrative to the Global Thought Binary
Ian Chen
African and European Cybrids Display Unique Basal Transcriptional and Energetic Profiles
Sebastian Pizarro
Development of a Low-Cost Suture Pad Solution for Use in Augmented Reality Training​
Jory M. Hirshman
Metabolic impacts of ketogenic diet on PPP1R3B-mediated liver disease
Andrea An
Developing an in-vitro model of gyrate atrophy for gene therapy
Richard Chen
Optimizing Ultrasensitive RT-QuiC Assay on AD tau Seed-Monomer Reactions
Krishna R Chandrasekhara
Rainwater Harvesting and its Impacts on Public and Community Health in Mexico City
Matthew Kim
Effect of Memory Consolidation on REM P-wave Frequency
Saania Mirpuri
Sociodemographic Variation in Completion of SBDOH Screening Tools in the Breast SBDOH Study
Szirina Ismail
Why have the US, Canada, and Sweden recently taken steps towards Indigenous health data sovereignty?
Benita E Balogun
In vitro Studies on SCD-101, A Promising Botanical Extract with Anti-sickling Properties for Sickle Cell Disease Therapy
Mayokun Omitogun
The Impact of Maternal Parenting Style and Methods of Support/Positive Disciplining on Child Well-Being and Irritability at 12 Months: A Comparison Between Black and Non-Latino/a/e/x White (NLW) Children
Alex Platon
Optical Leaf Moisture Sensors: Metasurface Fabrication and Deployment
Trinity Shiu
Omega 3 Fatty Acids and Mild Cognitive Impairment
Matilda Dingemans
Propulsion of AC-driven Microrobots
Monica Madya
Biochemical diagnosis of fumarate hydratase (FH) deficiency disease
Sangeetha Bhuyan
Optimizing Gene Therapy For CLN3 Disease
Ellie C Mayers
Healthcare Professional versus Social Contact Recommendations for Activity Restriction in Pregnancy: Quality of Life Effects
Ariana Treat
Histone-mediated Archaeal Adaptive Immunity
Aaron Tsui
Report and Advocacy on the Ethical and Legal Dilemmas of Autonomous Weapons Systems in War
Title Sort descending First & Last Name Co-Presenter(s) School Advisors Project Funding Source
The Impact of Maternal Parenting Style and Methods of Support/Positive Disciplining on Child Well-Being and Irritability at 12 Months: A Comparison Between Black and Non-Latino/a/e/x White (NLW) Children Mayokun Omitogun College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Wanjikũ Njoroge
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
The Impact of New Pennsylvania Laws and Behavioral Nudges on Breast MRI Utilization Athena Krikorian College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Anne Marie McCarthy
Other
The Impact of Stabilized Soil Organic Matter on Microbial Activity in African Dark Earths Cypress Kaulbach College of Arts & Sciences
  • Alain Plante
Jumpstart for Juniors
The Impact of the Growing Data Center Industry on Green Energy Use in Iceland Cady Wang
  • Alain Plante
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
The Life and Times of Credit Unions Iman Ilias Wharton
  • Peter Conti-Brown
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
The MAGE Family: A Potential Mechanism for Protein Degradation Claire Shepley College of Arts & Sciences
  • Xiaolu Yang
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
The Physiological Effects and Neuronal Activity of Rats Treated with GLP-1 and Ex-4: A Novel Treatment for Obesity Nicole Chung College of Arts & Sciences
  • Matthew R Hayes
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
The Resurrectionists and the Rise of Racial Medicine Catherine Sorrentino College of Arts & Sciences
  • Kathleen Brown
Benjamin Franklin Scholars Summer Grant, Gelfman International Summer Fund
The role of citramalyl-CoA lyase (CLYBL) in glyoxylate metabolism and cell migration in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) Denise Zheng College of Arts & Sciences
  • Celeste Simon
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
The Role of Dietary Carbohydrates in Bacterial Permease Physiology and Antibiotic Persistence Jacob Cao College of Arts & Sciences
  • Aaron Hecht, MD, PhD
  • Gary Wu, MD
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
The Role of FOG2S657G-mediated β1 Adrenergic Receptor Expression in Coronary Microvascular Disease Neel Pandula College of Arts & Sciences
  • Marie Guerraty
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
The Ukrainian Refugee Crisis: Impacts on Public Opinion and Policymaking in Europe Viktoriya Jones College of Arts & Sciences, Wharton
  • Rudra Sil
Other
The View of College Street: Kolkata's Literary Market as a Microcosm of Political and Social Shifts in India Norah Rami College of Arts & Sciences
  • David Eng
Other, University Scholars
The World of Tobias Smollett: A Scottish Surgeon, Novelist, and Historian in the Young British Empire Zachary Wang College of Arts & Sciences
  • Emma Hart
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Therapeutic Effect of Intranasal Dantrolene on Symptoms and Pathological Pathways of Major Depressive Disorder Lola Dong
Allen Yan
Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Huafeng Wei
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Understanding Signaling Pathways and Inflammation Challenge of Cartilage Progenitor Cell Chondrogenesis Jonathan Largoza Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Riccardo Gottardi
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Understanding the Damage Potential of Extratropical Winter Storms in the American Northeast Brendan Chapko College of Arts & Sciences, Wharton
  • Michael Mann
Hayden Scholars
Understanding the Role of Interneurons in CDD Shambhabi Gautam Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Zhaolan (Joe) Zhou
  • Zijie (Jack) Xia
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Understanding VACV A35R Functions in MHC Class I and II Antigen Presentation Heejoon Shin College of Arts & Sciences
  • Laurence C. Eisenlohr
Grants for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Research
Unveiling Sex-Based Disparities in Skin Cancer Eric Kuznetsov College of Arts & Sciences
  • Todd Ridky
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Unveiling the Brain’s Highways: Automated Quantification of Axonal Density Oliver Joseph College of Arts & Sciences
  • Gregory Corder
  • Raquel Adaia Sandoval Ortega
Grants for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Research
Usage of Emotional Reactivity Tests as a Puppy Assessment Method to Predict Working Dog Success Celina Liang College of Arts & Sciences
  • Cynthia Otto
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
User Experience (UX) Design as an Inclusion Practice in Discord Communities Jessey Shin College of Arts & Sciences
  • Amy Stornaiuolo
  • Clara Abbott
Other, PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Using A Machine Learning Model to Monitor Environmental Events Megan Zhang Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Erik Wibbels
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program