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Ahmed Baig

Examination of Astrocyte Cell Density in the Medial and Lateral Dorsal Striatum After Prenatal Stress Exposure

Major:  Neurobiology
Graduation:  Spring 25
Mentor:  Dr. Hanna Stevens (Psychiatry)

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Josephine Baum

Visual Assessment and Data Management for Efficacy of Diet on Quality of Life in Multiple Sclerosis (EDQ:MSQ)

Major:  Human Physiology
Graduation:  Spring 24
Mentor:  Dr. Terry Wahls (Internal Medicine)

5

Adam Benmoussa

Identification of Specific Human RPA Small Molecule Inhibitors

Major:  Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Graduation:  Spring 25
Mentor:  Dr. Maria Spies (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)

7

Sydney Benton

Comparison of Intentionally Planted Species to Observed Population: Survey of Plant Biodiversity at Ashton Prairie Living Laboratory Prairie Restoration

Major:  Environmental science
Graduation:  Fall 2024
Mentor:  Dr. Benjamin Swanson (Earth and Environmental Science)

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Makenna Schinstock

Comparison of Intentionally Planted Species to Observed Population: Survey of Plant Biodiversity at Ashton Prairie Living Laboratory Prairie Restoration

Major:  Environmental Science Biosciences
Graduation:  Fall 2024
Mentor:  Dr. Benjamin Swanson (Earth and Environmental Science)

9

Eric Biedke

Canonical Quantization of Thomas-Whitehead Projective Gravity

Major:  Physics, Astronomy, and Math
Graduation:  Spring 25
Mentor:  Dr. Vincent Rodgers (Physics and Astronomy)

11

Ethan Bley

Encrinurid trilobites from the Upper Ordovician (Katian) of northeastern Iowa

Major:  Geoscience, Environmental Science
Graduation:  Summer 24
Mentor:  Dr. Jonathan Adrain (Earth and Environmental Science)

13

Adrian Carmenate

Printmaking in India

Major:  Cinematic Arts, Screenwriting Arts
Graduation:  Fall 25
Mentor:  Dr. Anita Jung (Art and Art History)

15

Isabella Cesarz

The role of Tnfsf8 during chronic viral infection

Major:  Microbiology
Graduation:  Fall 23
Mentor:  Dr. Ryan Zander (Microbiology and Immunology)

17

Kathryn Cochrane

Impact delta-1 glutamate receptors have on social interaction and environment preference in mice.

Major:  Biology
Graduation:  Spring 24
Mentor:  Dr. Stephanie Gantz (Molecular Physiology and Biophysics)

19

Leah Cousineau

Assessing protein-protein complexes of genes attributed to deafness from the Deafness Variation Database

Major:  Biochemistry
Graduation:  Spring 24
Mentor:  Dr. Michael Schnieders (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)

21

Abby Cupp

The Mechanical Properties of Heat Treated Candida albicans Biofilms

Major:  Biomedical Sciences
Graduation:  Spring 26
Mentor:  Dr. Jan Fassler (Biology)

21

Peter Dengler

The Mechanical Properties of Heat Treated Candida albicans Biofilms

Major:  Biomedical Sciences
Graduation:  Spring 24
Mentor:  Dr. Jan Fassler (Biology)

21

Rami Mayasa

The Mechanical Properties of Heat Treated Candida albicans Biofilms

Major:  Biomedical Sciences
Graduation:  Spring 25
Mentor:  Dr. Jan Fassler (Biology)

23

Joy Curry

Changing Stays: Understanding Gender, Health, and the Body in Premodern England with Foundation Garments

Major:  History
Graduation:  Fall 24
Mentor:  Dr. Elizabeth Yale (History and the University of Iowa Center for the Book)

25

Emma Demuth

Assessing the Impact of Chiari Malformation Surgery in Visuospatial Construction

Major:  Neuroscience
Graduation:  Fall 26
Mentor:  Dr. Dan Tranel (Neurology/PBS)

27

Kate Dennis

Brammar's West: Wyoming in the 20th Century

Major:  History
Graduation:  Spring 2024
Mentor:  Dr. Richard Priest (History)

29

Adam Engelbrecht

Floodplains and Sandbags: Iowa City and the Flood: 1918-2008

Major:  History
Graduation:  Spring 24
Mentor:  Dr. Alyssa Park (History)

31

Owen Fiedorowicz

Geodesic Deviation and Thomas-Whitehead Gravity

Major:  Physics, Math
Graduation:  Spring 2026
Mentor:  Dr. Vincent Rodgers (Physics & Astronomy)

33

Darby Forsyth

Effect of Extreme Heat on Systemic Inflammatory Response

Major:  Biology
Graduation:  Spring 25
Mentor:  Dr. Hans-Joachim Lehmler (Occupational Environmental Health)

35

Hannah Franke

A New Method for Investigating the Facilitative Effects of Discourse Priming on Real-Time Word Recognition

Major:  Psychology, Linguistics
Graduation:  Spring 25
Mentor:  Dr. Bob McMurray (Psychology, Linguistics)

37

Ellyse Froehlich

Epigenome-wide Effects of Serological Vitamin B12

Major:  Biomedical Engineering
Graduation:  Spring 2025
Mentor:  Dr. Kelsey Dawes (Psychiatry)

39

Maia Bibbs

Contributing Factors for Pediatric Bystander Lawn Mower-Related Injuries: A Qualitative Study

Major:  Microbiology, Pre-Medicine Track
Graduation:  Spring 24
Mentor:  Dr. Charles Jennissen (Department of Emergency Medicine Research)

39

Briah Drewry

Contributing Factors for Pediatric Bystander Lawn Mower-Related Injuries: A Qualitative Study

Major:  Health Studies
Graduation:  Spring 25
Mentor:  Dr. Charles Jennissen (Department of Emergency Medicine Research)

41

Olivia Goodyear

Analysis of Spelling Skills in Children who are Hard of Hearing using Multilinguistic Coding

Major:  Speech and Hearing Sciences
Graduation:  Fall 23
Mentor:  Dr. Elizabeth Walker (Communication Sciences and Disorders)

43

Kelsey Greenwood

Development of a Hyperadherent E. coli Probiotic Strain

Major:  Microbiology
Graduation:  Spring 2024
Mentor:  Dr. Bradley Jones (Department of Microbiology and Immunology)

45

Eli Gregory

The Contribution of Shal (Kv4) to Hearing in Drosophila

Major:  Human Physiology
Graduation:  Spring 2024
Mentor:  Dr. Daniel Eberl (Biology)

47

Emma Grunkemeyer

The role of polyglutamine in Med15 interactions and Mediator Complex function.

Major:  Human Physiology
Graduation:  Fall 2023
Mentor:  Dr. Jan Fassler (Biology)

49

Molly Guerra

Associations Between Household Chaos, ADHD, and Depression in Youth: The Mediating Role of Emotion Dysregulation

Major:  Psychology
Graduation:  Spring 24
Mentor:  Dr. Molly Nikolas (Psychological and Brain Sciences)

51

Max Halbach

“To Make Virginia Blossom as the Rose:” Emigration, Enslavement, and Environmentalism in Eastern Virginia 1831-1860

Major:  History, Social Studies Education
Graduation:  Spring 25
Mentor:  Dr. Tom Midtrød (History)

53

Addy Hawkins

Investigating the Contribution of Rac-Driven Resistance in Several Mutant Melanoma Cell Lines

Major:  Biomedical Sciences
Graduation:  Fall 2023
Mentor:  Dr. Christopher Stipp (Biology)

55

Cherolyn Henke

Green Chemistry Using Organic Crystals: Photoreactivity of unsymmetric alkenes

Major:  Chemical Engineering
Graduation:  Spring 25
Mentor:  Dr. NA NA (NA)

55

Nevindee Samararathne

Green Chemistry Using Organic Crystals: Photoreactivity of unsymmetric alkenes

Major:  Chemistry
Graduation:  Spring 2026
Mentor:  Dr.   ()

57

Aditya Joglekar

Understanding the mechanism responsible for accelerated degradation of lipid droplets in PLIN2 deficient pancreatic beta cells

Major:  Biomedical Sciences
Graduation:  Spring 2025
Mentor:  Dr. Yumi Imai (Internal Medicine)

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Veena Kappaganthu

Annamayya, Ramadasa, Tyagaraja (ART) Vandanam: A View on Music-Making in Southern India

Major:  Political Science, Vocal Performance
Graduation:  Spring 24
Mentor:  Dr. Rachel Joselson (Music)

63

Jack Kapsner

We Don't Need Anymore Martyrs: May 1970 Protests at the University of Iowa

Major:  History
Graduation:  Spring 24
Mentor:  Dr. R. Tyler Priest (History)

65

Gretchen Klock

Cancelling the Crosstown: Chicago's Failed Expressway

Major:  Environmental Planning and Policy
Graduation:  Spring 24
Mentor:  Dr. Tyler Priest (History)

67

Ismael Leyva

Constructing Modernity: Debates Over Chavez Ravine's Transformation Into Dodger Stadium, 1950-1962

Major:  History, American Studies
Graduation:  Spring 2024
Mentor:  Dr. Alyssa Park (History)

69

Henry Lin

The Smooth Muscle Cell Sorbs2 Protein is Required for Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Contractility.

Major:  Biomedical Sciences
Graduation:  Spring 2025
Mentor:  Dr. Jared McLendon (Internal Medicine)

71

Morgan Linahon

SUBACUTE PCB52 NOSE-ONLY EXPOSURE OF ADOLESCENT RATS DOES NOT AFFECT APOPTOSIS, MORPHOLOGY, AND CELL DENSITY OF MICROGLIA AND ASTROCYTES IN THE CEREBELLUM

Major:  Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Graduation:  Spring 25
Mentor:  Dr. Amanda Bullert (Occupational and Environmental Health)

73

Ruth Bropleh

Methods and mechanisms of menthol anesthesia in triploid asexual lineages of the New Zealand freshwater snail potamopyrgus antipodarum

Major:  Psychology
Graduation:  Spring 24
Mentor:  Dr. Maurine Neiman (Biology)

73

Gabby Dennis

Methods and mechanisms of menthol anesthesia in triploid asexual lineages of the New Zealand freshwater snail potamopyrgus antipodarum

Major:  Psychology
Graduation:  Spring 24
Mentor:  Dr. Maurine Neiman (Biology)

73

Yiming Liu

Methods and mechanisms of menthol anesthesia in triploid asexual lineages of the New Zealand freshwater snail potamopyrgus antipodarum

Major:  Biology
Graduation:  Spring 24
Mentor:  Dr. Maurine Neiman (Biology)

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Brianna Lobeck

Pre-clinical testing of two candidate vectors for subretinal gene therapy of Bardet-Biedl Syndrome type 10

Major:  Biology
Graduation:  Spring 24
Mentor:  Dr. Arlene Drack (Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Institute for Vision Research)

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Sara Magdziarz

Optical Strain Assessment of Carbon Fiber Custom Dynamic Orthoses (CDOs)

Major:  Biomedical Engineering
Graduation:  Spring 2024
Mentor:  Dr. Jason Wilken (Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science)

79

Megan McGovern

Impact of formulation on solid oxygen-entrapping materials to overcome tumor hypoxia

Major:  Biomedical Sciences
Graduation:  Spring 24
Mentor:  Dr. James Byrne (Radiation Oncology)

81

Ryan McLerran

More Than Just A Rash: Cutaneous Manifestations of Diabetic Ketoacidosis

Major:  Neuroscience, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Graduation:  Spring 24
Mentor:  Dr. Amie Ogunsakin (Internal Medicine)

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Jasmin Mendoza

Exploring how cellular RNA Polymerase III activity restricts​ oncogenic herpesvirus infection

Major:  Microbiology
Graduation:  Fall 24
Mentor:  Dr. Jessica Tucker (Microbiology and Immunology)

85

Jack Miller

Centrosome defects are linked to loss of germline stem cell homeostasis in Drosophila

Major:  Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Graduation:  Spring 24
Mentor:  Dr. Pamela Geyer (Biochemistry)

87

Daniel Ocon

La República de Los Indios: Tlaxcala, Survival, and the Struggle for Autonomy within New Spain, 1519-1558. 

Major:  History
Graduation:  Spring 24
Mentor:  Dr. Viridiana Hernández-Fernández (History)

89

Molly Patterson

PCBs and OH-PCB Metabolites in Serum of Dam Mice Exposed to PCBs via Diet During Gestation and Lactation

Major:  Public Health, Computer Science
Graduation:  Spring 25
Mentor:  Dr. Hans-Joachim Lehmler (Occupational Environmental Health)

91

Max Hansen

#NicFiend: Vapes and queer identity on TikTok

Major:  Public Health
Graduation:  Spring 2025
Mentor:  Dr. Shannon Watkins (College of Public Health, Department of Community and Behavioral Health)

91

Halie Petersen

#NicFiend: Vapes and queer identity on TikTok

Major:  Public Heath, International Relations
Graduation:  Spring 2024
Mentor:  Dr. Shannon Watkins (College of Public Health, Department of Community and Behavioral Health)

93

Brenna Powers

Flies on drugs: Screening a compound library to identify treatments for LMNA-associated muscular dystrophy

Major:  Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Graduation:  Spring 24
Mentor:  Dr. Lori Wallrath (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)

95

Grace Rocco

Neuronal Sorbs2-dependent regulation of microtubules and its effect on learning and memories

Major:  Biology
Graduation:  Fall 25
Mentor:  Dr. Jared McLendon (Internal Medicine)

97

Arielle Cafi

Tardigrade-Inspired mRNA Delivery for Radiation Protection​

Major:  Human Physiology
Graduation:  Spring 25
Mentor:  Dr. James Byrne (Radiation Oncology)

97

Lauren Rosenstock

Tardigrade-Inspired mRNA Delivery for Radiation Protection​

Major:  Biomedical Sciences
Graduation:  Spring 24
Mentor:  Dr. James Byrne (Radiation Oncology)

99

Cristian Sanchez

Implementation of Drone Swarming for Cooperative Autonomous Missions

Major:  Mechanical Engineering
Graduation:  Spring 24
Mentor:  Dr. Venanzio Cichella (Mechanical Engineering)

101

Hailey Hakes

Validation of Blood Pressure Devices for Sale in the United States

Major:  Human Physiology
Graduation:  Spring 25
Mentor:  Dr. Matthew Armstrong (Health and Human Physiology)

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103

Cassie Sievers

Tumor-specific brain TRM mediate protection against intracranial malignancy

Major:  Microbiology
Graduation:  2024
Mentor:  Dr. John Harty (Pathology)

105

Gabe Simons

Expression of fern EMS1 receptor family genes and the implication of their functional divergence in land plant reproduction

Major:  Biology
Graduation:  Spring 23
Mentor:  Dr. Chi-Lien Cheng (Biology)

107

Keegan Staab

Assessment of Gas Exchange in Long COVID using Hyperpolarized 129-Xe MRI and Dual Energy CT

Major:  Biomedical Engineering
Graduation:  Spring 24
Mentor:  Dr. Sean Fain (Radiology)

109

Benjamin Stimson

Recombinant Ago2 for Nanobody Library Screening

Major:  Biochemistry
Graduation:  NA
Mentor:  Dr. Jared McLendon (Internal Medicine)

111

Robert Weger

The effect of quantitative easing on commercial bank asset quality

Major:  Economics B.S.
Graduation:  Fall 23
Mentor:  Dr. Hennadige Thenuwara (Economics)

113

Ethan Weires

Contributions of Maladaptive Personality Traits and Momentary Negative Affect to Emotion Dysregulation in College Students

Major:  Psychology
Graduation:  Spring 24
Mentor:  Dr. Molly Nikolas (Psychological and Brain Sciences)

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Amelia Williams

Paddle Faster, I Hear Chainsaws!: Reconceptualizing Whiteness in the 1970s and the Rise of Hillbilly Horror through Deliverance and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Major:  history and anthropology, art history minor
Graduation:  Spring 2024
Mentor:  Dr. Nick Yablon (History)

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Rebekah Yarvis

The effect of auxin on meristem regeneration in the model fern Ceratopteris

Major:  Biology
Graduation:  Fall 23
Mentor:  Dr. Chi-Lien Chang (Biology)

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Morgan Anderson

Zombie Snails: Finding Genome Size in Dead Tissue

Major:  Biology
Graduation:  spring 24
Mentor:  Dr. Maurine Neiman (Biology)

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Anna Behrens

Brothers & Sisters Unite: Motivations, Meaning, and Conflicts of Take Back the Night in Iowa City, Cambridge, & San Francisco

Major:  History
Graduation:  Spring 2024
Mentor:  Dr. Landon Storrs (History)

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Krishna Bharadwaj

Scientific illustration of a crocodylidae skull

Major:  Geosciences and Biomedical engineering
Graduation:  2027
Mentor:  Dr. Christopher Brochu (Earth and Environmental Sciences)

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Brianna Blaine

SSRI Use in Pregnancy Rescues Postpartum Cognitive Dysfunction after Pregnancy in a Mouse Model for the Study of Preeclampsia

Major:  Human Physiology
Graduation:  Spring 2025
Mentor:  Dr. Mark Santillan (OB/Gyn)

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William Broadston Irvine

The United Irishmen: Nationalism, Catholicism, and Cultural Propaganda in 1790s Ireland

Major:  History
Graduation:  Spring 24
Mentor:  Dr. Alyssa Park (History)

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Lauryn Bunn

The Medicaid Unwind: Who Lost Coverage in Iowa After the Public Health Emergency?​

Major:  Interdepartmental Studies, Pre-Dental Track
Graduation:  Spring 24
Mentor:  Dr. Peter Damiano (Preventive & Community Dentistry, UI College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics)

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Puja Mekala

The Medicaid Unwind: Who Lost Coverage in Iowa After the Public Health Emergency?​

Major:  Psychology
Graduation:  Spring 25
Mentor:  Dr. Peter Damiano (Preventive & Community Dentistry, UI College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics)

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Alexis Carfrae

Exploring the Implications of the Black Maternal Health Crisis in Iowa

Major:  Political Science, Ethics and Public Policy
Graduation:  Fall 23
Mentor:  Dr. Brian Lai (Political Science)

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Nina Carnevale

Lysyl oxidase inhibitors as a targetable mechanism for Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors (MPNSTs) metastasis

Major:  Biomedical Sciences
Graduation:  Spring 2024
Mentor:  Dr. Rebecca Dodd (Department of Internal Medicine)

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Seren Castellano

Characterizing Sleep in Estuarine Snails

Major:  Biology and Anthropology
Graduation:  Spring 2026
Mentor:  Dr. Maurine Neiman (Department of Biology)

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Emma Caster

Lost in Translation; The Evolution of Spanish Translations and the Black Legend in England from 1578 to 1740

Major:  History
Graduation:  Spring 24
Mentor:  Dr. Elizabeth Yale (History)

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Madison Einck

Predictive Associations of Parent Dysregulation on Child Negative Emotionality with Age as a Moderator

Major:  Psychology
Graduation:  Spring 24
Mentor:  Dr. Isaac Petersen (Psychology)

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Quinn Eldridge

Characterization of Chlamydia trachomatis Type III Secreted Effector Protein CT584

Major:  Biomedical Sciences
Graduation:  Spring 2025
Mentor:  Dr. Mary Weber and Brianna Steiert (Microbiology and Immunology)

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Rhett Ellerbroek

Prenatal Stress, IL-6, and Striatal Microglia Variation

Major:  Biochemistry
Graduation:  Spring 26
Mentor:  Dr. Hanna Stevens (Psychiatry)

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Faith Fairbairn

Sex-Specific Changes seen in Placental Angiogenesis in Placental Igf-1 Overexpression Mouse Model

Major:  Microbiology
Graduation:  Fall 24
Mentor:  Dr. Hanna Stevens (Psychiatry)

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Will Fairman

Mitokine Secretion from OPA1 Deficient Skeletal Muscle in Mice is Sexually Dimorphic and Partially Dependent on ATF4

Major:  Biomedical Sciences
Graduation:  2026
Mentor:  Dr. Jennifer Streeter (Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals)

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Alexis Faudel

COVID-19 Impacts on Pregnancy Experiences

Major:  Environmental Engineering
Graduation:  Spring 2027
Mentor:  Dr. Donna Santillan (Obstetrics & Gynecology)

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Meghan Funk

Identification of Early Biomarkers of Gestational Diabetes

Major:  Mathematics
Graduation:  Spring 24
Mentor:  Dr. Donna Santillan (Obstetrics & Gynecology)

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Shreya Gaddi

Investigating Cardiac Hypertrophy in Pregnant Subjects: A Novel Approach Using Arginine Vasopressin (AVP) Infusion

Major:  Biomedical Sciences
Graduation:  Spring 25
Mentor:  Dr. Brandon Schickling (Obstetrics/Gynecology)

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Winnie Gavin

Phosphorus Allocation Strategies in Freshwater Snails: Balancing Growth and Reproduction

Major:  Biology (BA) on the Pre-Med track
Graduation:  2026
Mentor:  Dr. Maurine Neiman (Biology)

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Lauren Gomez

The Effect of ISM1 Knockdown on Neural Crest Gene Expression

Major:  Biology
Graduation:  spring 26
Mentor:  Dr. John Manak (Biology)

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Mengcheng Guo

The role of Pitx3-mediated transcriptional activation of RGS6 promoter in Parkinson’s disease

Major:  Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, History
Graduation:  Spring 25
Mentor:  Dr. Rory Fisher (Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology)

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Ethan Hahlbeck

Both full-length and cleaved C-terminus LPL bind VLDLR

Major:  Biochemistry
Graduation:  Fall 24
Mentor:  Dr. Brandon Davies (Biochemistry)

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Emily Hartman

Language Outcomes in Multilingual Immigrant Preschoolers: A Community Based Participatory Research Study

Major:  Speech and Hearing Sciences
Graduation:  Spring 24
Mentor:  Dr. Philip Combiths (Communication Sciences and Disorders)

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Elleri Herman

Investigating a Role For Time of Day On The Effects of Seizures On CO2 Arousal in Amygdala Kindled Mice

Major:  Human Physiology
Graduation:  Spring 2026
Mentor:  Dr. Gordon Buchanan (Neurology)

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Abdelrahman Homedan

Perceptual Organization in Peripheral Vision

Major:  Neuroscience
Graduation:  Spring 2024
Mentor:  Dr. Cathleen Moore (Psychology)

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Colin Houts

Thermal Shock Eradication of Single-Species and Polymicrobial Biofilms of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus

Major:  Chemical Engineering
Graduation:  Spring 2025
Mentor:  Dr. Eric Nuxoll (Chemical and Biochemical Engineering)

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Katie Joslyn

Did the COVID-19 Pandemic Influence Suicide Risk in Patients Referred for Neuropsychological Assessment?

Major:  Neuroscience
Graduation:  Spring 24
Mentor:  Dr. Daniel Tranel (Neurology)

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Njenga Kamau

Overexpression of Placental Igf-1 in Mice Alters Striatal Cell Proliferation and Increases Striatal Volume

Major:  Genetics
Graduation:  Spring 2024
Mentor:  Dr. Hanna Stevens (Psychiatry)

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Parker Kaminski

Development of an experimental mechanical ventilator for the analysis of ex vivo respiratory dynamics.

Major:  Biomedical Engineering
Graduation:  Fall 2023
Mentor:  Dr. Jacob Herrmann (Biomedical Engineering)

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Natalie Kehrli

Schizotypal Group Differences and Associations Between Physical Activity and Three GPS-Derived Mobility Indices

Major:  Psychology
Graduation:  Spring 2025
Mentor:  Dr. Amanda McCleery (Psychological and Brain Sciences)

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Annelise Richardson

 

Writing Rome: Creating a Verbal Topography of the Eternal City

Major: English
Graduation: Spring 24
Mentor:  Dr. 
Inara Verzemnieks

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Cameron LaPage

Agency in Removal: How the Iowa Tribe Navigated War and Colonization between 1812 and 1824

Major:  History and Political Science (Music Minor)
Graduation:  Fall 23
Mentor:  Dr. Stephen Warren (History)

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Jeff Leiberton

Towards Topological Magnons for Hybrid Magnonic Systems

Major:  Physics, Mathematics
Graduation:  Spring 24
Mentor:  Dr. Denis Candido (Physics and Astronomy)

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Nathan McCutcheon

Quantifying Facial Grimace with DeepLabCut

Major:  Neuroscience
Graduation:  Fall 23
Mentor:  Dr. Rainbo Hultman (Molecular Physiology and Biophysics)

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Zoe Meaney

Increased Expression of RGS2 by Betamethasone Prevents Vasopressin-induced Symptoms of Preeclampsia

Major:  Psychology
Graduation:  Spring 25
Mentor:  Dr. Mark Santillan (Obstetrics and Gynecology)

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Chidera Mitchell

Low sodium diet and aldosterone increases the activity of HSD2 neurons in mice

Major:  Human Physiology
Graduation:  Spring 26
Mentor:  Dr. Joel Geerling (Neurology)

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Ana Novella Maciel

Time-of-Day-Dependent Mortality from Spontaneous Seizures Persists in Constant Darkness in the Scn1aR1407X/+ Mouse Model of Dravet Syndrome.

Major:  Neuroscience
Graduation:  -
Mentor:  Dr. Gordon Buchanan (Neurology)

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Katherine Ogden

Turning the Page on Language Processing: COWA and LESYMAP Analysis

Major:  Psychology
Graduation:  Spring 24
Mentor:  Dr. Daniel Tranel (Psychological and Brain Sciences)

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Ragad Osman

Wall Piece

Major:  3D Design
Graduation:  May 2025
Mentor:  Dr. Monica Correia (3D design)

84

Taylor Parsons

CO2-arousal impairment following heat-induced seizures in mouse model of Dravet Syndrome

Major:  Neuroscience
Graduation:  Spring 24
Mentor:  Dr. Gordon Buchanan (Neurology)

86

Bansari Patel

Chemosensitivity Across the Lifespan in a Mouse Model of Amyloidopathy

Major:  Neuroscience
Graduation:  Spring 2026
Mentor:  Dr. Gordan Buchanan (Neurology)

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Ashley Rhodes

A Novel Device to Streamline the Treatment of Non – Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer

Major:  Biomedical Engineering
Graduation:  Spring 2024
Mentor:  Dr. James Byrne (Radiation Oncology and Biomedical Engineering)

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Lillian Schmidt

Investigating the medial prefrontal cortex-lateral hypothalamic area circuit for sex-specific control of eating behaviors

Major:  Biomedical Engineering
Graduation:  Spring 2025
Mentor:  Dr. Huxing Cui (Department of Neuroscience & Pharmacology)

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Sahithi Shankaiahgari

Ethiopian Women's Self Help Groups Evaluation

Major:  International Relations, Journalism & Mass Communications
Graduation:  Spring '24
Mentor:  Dr. NA NA (NA)

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Ellie Shaver

Examining the use of wearable technology in rural older adults with type II diabetes

Major:  Nursing
Graduation:  Spring 24
Mentor:  Dr. Chelsea Howland (College of Nursing)

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David Smith

Hyperinsulinemic euglycemic clamp in mice with DRP1 down regulation in skeletal muscle.

Major:  Human Physiology
Graduation:  Spring 2026
Mentor:  Dr. Marcelo Correia (Endocrinology)

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Allison Suen

Amygdala Volume and Dim Light Melatonin Onset

Major:  Nursing
Graduation:  Spring 2025
Mentor:  Dr. Chooza Moon (College of Nursing)

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Samantha Thompson

Synthesis of an Nav1.3 Blocker to Investigate Neuronal Ion Channel Function in the Heart

Major:  Biochemistry
Graduation:  Fall 24
Mentor:  Dr. Christopher Ahern (Molecular Physiology and Biophysics)

102

Andrea Janelle Torres

How to Measure Morningness-Eveningness Chronotypes in Older Adults

Major:  Nursing
Graduation:  Spring 2025
Mentor:  Dr. Chooza Moon (College of Nursing)

104

Abigail Townsend

ASIC1A Deficiency Leads to Reduced Parvalbumin Reactivity in the Basolateral Amygdala of Adult Mice.

Major:  Neuroscience
Graduation:  Spring 25
Mentor:  Dr. Hildegard Janouschek (Psychiatry)

106

Aditi Tripathy

Relationship of Sleep and Emotional Regulation in Children and Adolescents

Major:  Biomedical Sciences
Graduation:  Spring 2025
Mentor:  Dr. Bengi Baran (Psychological and Brain Sciences)

108

Sabrina Vlk

Development and Control of a Multi-Tentacle Soft Robot

Major:  Mechanical Engineering
Graduation:  Spring 2025
Mentor:  Dr. Venanzio Cichella (Mechanical Engineering)

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Hannah Vogts

Silk Fibroin Scaffolds for Dynamic Organ Mimicry

Major:  Biomedical Engineering
Graduation:  Spring 25
Mentor:  Dr. Xuan Mu (Biomedical Engineering)

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Kaitlyn Walter

The Rise of the Chocolate Chip Cookie: Kitchens, Cookbooks, and Modernity in the Early Twentieth Century

Major:  History, Ancient Civilization
Graduation:  Spring 24
Mentor:  Dr. Viridiana Hernández Fernández (History)

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Sami Watts

Cre Conditional Viral-Mediated Ablation of Serotonergic Neurons in the Dorsal Raphe Nucleus and Raphe Obscurus

Major:  Neuroscience
Graduation:  Spring 24
Mentor:  Dr. Gordon Buchanan (Neurology)

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Elizabeth Wetzel

Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells Isolated from E-Cigarette Users Have a Greater Inflammatory Cytokine Response to LPS Stimulation Compared to Controls

Major:  Human Physiology
Graduation:  Spring 2024
Mentor:  Dr. Anna Stanhewicz (Health and Human Physiology)

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Ellie Wojcikowski

Biological Evaluation of Adaptive Traits (BEAT)

Major:  Neuroscience
Graduation:  Spring 2026
Mentor:  Dr. Amanda McCleery (Psychological and Brain Sciences)