4:00 Presenters
1. Adrian Acosta
Majors: Physics, Economics
Mentor: Dr. Zachary Girazian (Physics and Astronomy)
Visualizing Mars’s Ionosphere response to a Changing Solar Flux
3. Jessica Bednar
Major: Speech and Hearing Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Stewart McCauley (Communication Sciences and Disorders)
Modeling Semantic Networks in Pediatric Cochlear Implant Recipients
7. Nicole Boodhoo
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Minor: Global Public Health
Mentor: Dr. Gordon Buchanan (Neurology)
Examination of a role for corticosterone in seizure-induced death in an amygdala kindled mouse model of epilepsy
9. Allison Buerschen
Major: Communication Sciences and Disorders
Minors: American Sign Language, Disability Studies
Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Walker (Communication Sciences and Disorders)
Readability and Quality of Pediatric Diagnostic Audiology Reports
13. Jatin Dhamrait
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Minor: Premed Track
Mentor: Dr. Joseph Reinhardt (Biomedical Engineering)
Association of Airway Geometry with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder
15. Ben Eastman
Major: 3D Design
Minor: French
Mentor: Monica Correia (3D Design)
Exploring Form with Soft Materials
17. Brian Fisher
Major: Public Health
Minor: Statistics
Mentors: Drs. Hui Wang, Hans Joachim-Lemhler (Occupational and Environmental Health)
Determination of Lipid Content of Tissue in PCB-exposed Germ Free and Conventional Mice
19. Bailey Goldberg
Major: Biology
Minor: Environmental Science
Mentor: Dr. Andrew Forbes (Biology)
Understanding the Diversity of Species within the Genus Torymus
21. Lauren Groenenboom
Majors: Human Physiology, Enterprise Leadership
Minor: Chemistry
Mentors: Kevin Hunter, Dr. Nicole Becker (Chemistry)
A qualitative analysis of undergraduate students’ explanations and predictions for organic reaction mechanisms
23. Emma Grunkemeyer
Major: Human Physiology
Minors: Microbiology, Chemistry
Mentor: Dr. Jan Fassler (Biology)
Identification of Genes Affecting Fermentation in S. cerevisiae
25. Megan Grunst
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Jason Wilken (Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science)
Effect of an Integrated Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Program and Carbon Fiber Ankle Foot Orthosis on Mobility and Pain
27. Vivien Harrell
Major: Speech and Hearing Science
Minor: Spanish
Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Walker (Communication Sciences and Disorders)
Reading Comprehension of Adolescents who are Hard of Hearing
29. Ciara Harrington
Major: Psychology
Minor: Spanish
Mentor: Dr. Bengi Baran (Psychological and Brain Sciences)
Effects of Mood symptoms on sleep dependent emotional processes
31. Felipe Herrmann
Major: Psychology
Minor: Human Relations
Mentor: Dr. Emily Thomas (Psychological and Brain Sciences)
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Educator Mental Health
33. Emily Herum
Majors: Biochemistry, Music
Mentor: Dr. Madeline Shea (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
Dysfunctions of Pathogenic Mutants of the Essential Calcium Sensor Calmodulin
35. Adelaine Horan
Majors: Music Education, Clarinet Performance
Minor: Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership and Philanthropy
Mentor: Dr. Adam Harry (Music)
Critical Analysis of Racial and Cultural Representation in Beginning Band Method Books
37. Emily Huber
Major: Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Isaac Petersen (Psychological and Brain Sciences)
Neural correlates of anxiety in young children: A literature review
39. Brianna Iverson
Major: Biology
Minor: Public Health
Mentor: Dr. Joshua Weiner (Biology)
Identifying critical roles for Akirin2 in astrocytes
41. Ashleigh Jacobs
Major: Neurobiology
Minor: Environmental Science
Mentor: Dr. Daniel Eberl (Biology)
Role of Ion Transporters in Drosophila Mechanosensory Support Cells
43. Andrew Janni
Majors: Accounting, Economics
Minor: Informatics
Mentor: Dr. Hennadige Thenuwara (Economics)
Ethical Frameworks for Portfolio Management and Resilience
45. Emma Jewell
Majors: Communications, German
Minors: English, Certificate in Trauma and Resilience Informed Perspectives
Mentor: Dr. Waltraud Maierhofer (German, Global Health Studies)
Representations of Abortion in Media, Literature, and Film Across Germany and America
47. David Keffala-Gerhard
Majors: Biology, Philosophy, Ethics & Public Policy
Minors: Chemistry, Spanish, Music
Mentor: Dr. Alexander Bassuk (Pediatrics)
Naltrexone, a mu-opioid receptor antagonist, decreases neuroinflammation and prevents post-traumatic epilepsy
49. David Kim
Major: Neuroscience
Minor: Pre-medical Track
Mentor: Dr. Catherine Marcinkiewcz (Neuroscience and Pharmacology)
Structural remodeling of serotonin pathways in the brain after chronic alcohol use.
51. Hanna Konavaluk
Major: Geosciences
Minor: Asian Languages and Literature (Chinese)
Mentor: Kenny Horkley (Earth and Environmental Sciences)
Comparison between geochronologic and geochemical provenance models for Cretaceous sedimentary rocks in Southwestern Montana
53. Hannah Krug
Major: Speech and Hearing Science
Minor: Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Si On Yoon (Communication Sciences and Disorders)
Sensitivity to the Historical Discourse Context in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder
55. Zoe Leone
Major: Environmental Sciences
Minor: Biology
Mentor: Dr. Heather Sander (Geographical and Sustainability Sciences)
Relationships between sex ratio and habitat fragmentation in urban white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus)
57. Haley Lightfoot
Major: Chemistry
Minor: Environmental Sciences
Mentor: Tori Forbes (Chemistry)
Exploring the Synthesis and Formation of Extended Uranyl Solid Materials Through a Mild Temperature Flux Reaction
59. Courtney Maire
Majors: Leadership Management
Minors: Chemistry, Human Physiology
Mentor: Dr. Barry London (Internal Medicine)
Putative Cardiomyopathy Mutation in Muscle Segment Homeobox 1 (MSX1) Reduces Binding with T-box Transcription Factors TBX3 and TBX5.
61. Shivani Manikandan
Major: Biochemistry
Minor: Statistics
Mentor: Dr. Christopher Ahern (Molecular Physiology and Biophysics)
An Investigation of the Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 8 Binding Site.
63. Suzanne Mason
Major: Neuroscience
Minor: Informatics
Mentor: Dr. Catherine Marcinkiewcz (Neuroscience and Pharmacology)
Effects of Viral Vector-mediated P301L-tau Overexpression on Mouse Sleep State
65. Nate Massa
Major: Chemical Engineering
Minors: Math, Chemistry, Computer Science
Mentor: Dr. Charles Stanier (Chemical and Biochemical Engineering)
Residence Time Distribution in an Oxidation Flow Reactor
67. Molly Matkovich
Major: Mathematics
Minor: Art History
Mentor: Dr. Gordon Buchanan (Neurology)
The effect of pharmaceutical interventions on epileptic activity and vigilance states in a mouse model of tauopathy
69. Kelly McDonough
Major: Speech and Hearing Sciences
Minor: Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Si On Yoon (Communication Sciences and Disorders)
Memory for conversation between friends and strangers
71. Susanna Metcalf
Major: Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Katherine Hadlandsmyth (Anesthesia)
Rural Women Veterans with Chronic Pain
73. Camila Morales
Major: Communication Science and Disorders
Minors: Psychology, Social Work
Mentor: Dr. Bob McMurray (Psychological and Brain Sciences)
Lexical Competition in Second Language Learners: the effect of a carrier sentence
75. Siddharth Nandanwar
Major: Physics
Minor: Mathematics
Mentor: Dr. Thomas Folland (Physics & Astronomy)
Fabrication and Characterization of 2D materials in the Visible and NIR spectrum with an investigation into strong light-matter coupling due to generation of spin-defects in hBN
77. Mitch O'Meara
Major: Human Physiology
Minor: American Sign Language
Mentor: Dr. Jacob Michaelson (Psychiatry)
Childhood Behavior as an Indicator of Primary Educational Performance
79. Hannah O’Donnell
Major: Speech and Hearing Science
Minors: Psychology, Disabilities Studies Certificate
Mentor: Dr. Kristi Hendrickson (Communication Sciences and Disorders)
Implications of Word Length on Single-Word Reading
81. Emma Peters
Major: Speech and Hearing Science
Minor: Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Jean Gordon (Communication Sciences and Disorders)
“How do individuals with aphasia cope with grammar?”
83. Delaney Pietzsch
Major: Public Health
Minors: Global Health Studies, Human Relations
Mentor: Dr. Sato Ashida (Community and Behavioral Health)
Experiences of Persons with Dementia and their Caregivers During the COVID-19 Pandemic
85. Jeremiah Poppen
Major: Interdepartmental Studies - Health Science
Mentor: Dr. Erica Teixeira (Operative Dentistry)
Properties of an Adhesive System Loaded with Boron-Nitride Nanosheets
87. Marisa Rethman
Major: German, Accounting
Mentor: Dr. Kirsten Kumpf Baele (German)
Anne Frank & The Local Story: Growing With & Learning From Our Jewish Community
89. Graham Sandersfeld
Major: Environmental Policy and Planning
Minor: Certificate in Sustainability
Mentor: Dr. Heather Sander (Geographical and Sustainability Sciences)
Impacts of the 2020 Midwest Derecho on Cedar Rapids Street Trees
91. Kris Symanski
Major: Geoscience
Minor: Environmental Science
Mentor: Dr. Jessica Meyer (Earth and Environmental Science)
Quantifying Changes in Lateral and Vertical Hydraulic Gradients for a Shallow Quaternary Aquifer Undergoing Land Use Changes
93. Johanna Theeler
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Yusung Kim (Radiation Oncology)
Systematic Review on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Brachytherapy
95. Anna Thomas
Major: Accounting
Minor: International Business Certificate
Mentor: Dr. Michael Durney (Accounting)
The Determinants for Private Companies to Amortize Goodwill
97. Dane Tow
Major: Biomedical Science
Minor: Certificate in Clinical and Translational Science
Mentor: Dr. Po Hien Ear (Surgery)
A genetically encoded sensor for studying serotonin metabolism in neuroendocrine cancer
99. Trevor Viohl
Major: Neuroscience
Minor: Human Physiology
Mentor: Dr.Aaron Boes (Neurology, Pediatrics)
Uncovering the Neural Correlates of Executive Function
101. Rachael Volkman
Major: Neuroscience, Art, Chemistry
Mentor: Austin Bruce, Dr. Kumar Narayanan (Neurology)
6-OHDA mediated dopamine-depletion disrupts temporal encoding in striatal circuits
103. Natalia Weinzierl
Major: Human Physiology
Mentor: Dr. Erin Talbert (Health and Human Physiology)
In Vitro Stability of Ghrelin
105. Anna Zinselmeier
Majors: Marketing, Business Analytics and Information Systems
Minor: Communication Studies
Mentor: Dr. Andrea Luangrath (Marketing)
Using Textual Analysis to Predict Loan Default
5:00 PM Presenters
2. Sarah Akhras
Majors: Computer Engineering, Psychology
Mentor: Drs. Amanda McCleery, Dorit Kliemann (Psychological and Brain Sciences)
Social Cognition in College Students: Associations with Schizotypal Characteristics and Socio-Emotional Functioning
4. Amanda Barrett
Major: Psychology, Spanish
Mentor: Dr. Isaac Petersen (Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences)
The Association Between Economic Disadvantage And Children’s Externalizing Behavior Problems: Investigating Inhibitory Control As A Potential Moderator
6. Isaac Bills
Major: Sociology
Minor: Political Science
Mentor: Dr. Freda Lynn (Sociology)
Political Beliefs, Networks, and Psychological Welfare: The Consequences of Macro-Level Job Loss in Waterloo, Iowa
8. Joshua Brown
Major: Public Health
Minor: Music
Mentor: Amanda Bullert, Dr. Hans-Joachim Lehmler (Occupational and Evnironmental Health)
Identifying Neurodevelopmental Impacts of PCB Exposure During Adolescence: Preliminary Findings and the Path Forward
10. Susanne Byrd
Major: Physics, Astronomy
Mentor: Dr. Zachary Girazian (Physics and Astronomy)
Characterizing the Induced Magnetic Fields of Mars Upper Atmosphere
12. Jason Chen
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Eric Weatherford (Internal Medicine)
IRS1 is dispensable for cardiac fibroblast activation and recovery after cardiac injury
14. Mollie Chez
Major: Nursing
Minor: Physical Health & Nutrition
Mentor: Dr. Catherine Cherwin (Nursing)
Nutritional Interventions for Cancer-Related Fatigue
16. Austin Cook
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Minors: Human Physiology, Math
Mentor: Dr. James Byrne (Radiation Oncology, Biomedical Engineering)
Copolymeric Matrices in Intratumoral Drug Delivery Systems: A Mechanical Analysis
18. William Dong
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Mentor: Drs. Kanchna Ramchandran (Internal Medicine), Vincent Magnotta (Radiology)
Safety Testing of a Breast Biopsy Clip in a High-Resolution Neuroimaging Environment
20. Alessandra Dutra
Major: Global Health Studies
Mentor: Drs. Elizabeth Heineman (History), Sokhieng Au (Global Health Studies)
Comparing the Experience of German and French Sex Workers from 2000-2020
22. Jordan Ewald
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Minor: Chemistry, Certificate in Clinical and Translational Science
Mentor: Drs. Claudia Robles Plannels (Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center), Melissa Fath (Free Radical and Radiation Biology)
212Pb Targeted Alpha Therapies in Neuroendocrine Tumors
24. Elise Femino
Majors: Microbiology, Italian
Mentor: Dr. Mitchell Coleman (Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation)
Oxygen Tension is Critical for Oxidative Stress in Articular Chondrocytes in Response to Injury
26. Lauren Fergus
Majors: Biomedical Sciences, Microbiology
Minor: Certificate in Clinical and Translational Sciences
Mentor: Monica Hall, Dr. Carla Nester (Pediatrics)
Pregnancy Outcomes in C3 Glomerulopathy
28. Hope Fury
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Minors: Spanish, Clinical & Translational Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Nedim Ince (Internal Medicine)
Regulatory T Cells Require the Transcription Factor GATA3 for Optimal Suppression of Graft-versus-Host Disease
30. Maunika Gandhamaneni
Major: Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Daniel Weeks (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
Identification of Protein Features That Direct Compartmentalization in the Nucleolus
32. Will Golay
Majors: Astronomy, Physics
Minor: Mathematics
Mentor: Drs. Robert Mutel, Caroline Roberts (Physics and Astronomy)
A search for thermal gyrosynchrotron emission from hot stellar coronae
34. Bryan Guevara
Major: Biology
Minor: Environmental Science
Mentor: Dr. Maurine Nieman (Biology)
Identifying the genetic basis of a rare sinistral phenotype in a right-coiling snai
36. David Hebrink
Major: Environmental Science
Minors: Geographic Information Science, Business
Mentor: Dr. Rebecca Kauten (Geographical and Sustainability Sciences)
Milford Creek Urban Pollutant Point and Nonpoint Source Analysis: A Comparative Retrospect
38. Allyson Herman
Major: Business Analytics and Information Systems
Minors: Sport and Recreation Management, Certificate in Interscholastic Athletic Administration
Mentor: Dr. Kristina Bigsby (Business Analytics)
The Relationship Between Socioeconomic Status, Swimming Lesson Access, and Drowning Rates in the Midwest
40. Bailey Hollis
Major: Human Physiology
Minor: Pre-Med Track
Mentor: Dr. Li-Chun (Queena) Lin (Iowa NeuroBank Core)
Possible Neurodegenerative Impact of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) on the Human Brain
42. Allysa Jones
Major: Neuroscience
Mentor: Dr. Gordon Buchanan (Neurology)
Effect of serotonergic activation in the DRN on maximal electroshock seizure survival
44. Jivan Koneru
Major: Biology
Mentor: Dr. Renata Pereira (Internal Medicine)
The protein kinase R (PKR)-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase (PERK) is required for thermogenic activation of brown adipocytes.
46. Sreelekha Kundu
Major: Microbiology
Minor: Sociology
Mentor: Dr. Hanna Stevens (Psychiatry)
Vines of Love, Connecting the Lab Bench to the Community
48. Quinn Mattison
Major: Biochemistry
Mentor: Dr. Daniel Weeks (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
The localization and activity of the RuvB complex formed by RuvBL1 and RuvBL2 in the Xenopus laevis nucleus
50. Hailey McCoy-Munger
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Lori Wallrath (Biochemistry)
A Fruit Fly Model of the Rare Vision Disorder Retinitis Pigmentosa
52. Tristan McMillan
Majors: Physics, Chemistry
Mentor: Dr. Thomas Folland (Physics and Astronomy)
Development and Application of an Infrared Microscope to Determine Temperature Dependent Properties of Materials
54. Manisha Modukuri
Major: Psychology
Minors: Human Relations, Social Justice
Mentor: Benji Baran (Psychological and Brain Sciences)
Can poor sleep quality lead to increased psychiatric risk of higher depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms, and increased emotional eating?
56. Jolee Mohr
Major: Civil Engineering
Minor: Certificate in Sustainability
Mentor: Dr. Robert Bork (Art and Art History)
Producing laser-based graphics of Reims and Metz Cathedrals
58. Alexis Oppman
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Chad Grueter (Internal Medicine)
Investigating the Therapeutic Potential of Cdk8 Small Molecule Inhibitors to Prevent Pathological Cardiac Remodeling and Heart Failure
60. Maddie Pallardy
Major: Management
Mentor: Dr. Eean Crawford (Management and Entrepreneurship)
Relationship Quality and Conflict Management
62. Isa Perales
Major: Biochemistry
Mentor: Dr. Pam Geyer (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
Structural changes in centrosomes correlate with activation of a checkpoint that triggers germline stem cell loss
64. Olivia Peters
Major: Human Physiology
Minor: Art
Mentor: Dr. Mark Santillan (Obstetrics and Gynecology)
Machine Learning Predicting Poor Pregnancy Outcomes
66. Josh Peterson
Majors: Biology, Biochemistry
Minor: Chemistry
Mentor: Dr. Marcelo Correia (Internal Medicine)
ER-stress inhibition protects C57 mice from high fat diet-induced weight gain.
68. Cade Rahlf
Major: Biochemistry
Mentor: Dr. Madeline Shea (Biochemistry)
Calmodulin Binds Conserved Motifs in Fibroblast Growth Factor Homologous Factors
70. Ashley Rhodes
Major: Biomedical Engineering , Human Physiology and Pre- Law
Mentors: Emily Witt (Radiation Oncology), Dr. James Byrne (Radiation Oncology, Biomedical Engineering)
Dissolution Kinetics of Solid Gas Entrapment Materials
72. Mackenzie Richardson
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Minor: Math
Mentor: Dr. James Byrne (Radiation Oncology, Biomedical Engineering)
Establishing Electrical Signals of Tumor vs Healthy Tissue Using a Potentiostat
74. Dalton Rippey
Major: Chemistry, Sociology
Mentor: Leah Scharlott, Dr. Nicole Becker (Chemistry)
Phenomena-Based Learning in College Chemistry: Doing to Understand vs Doing to Do
76. Taylor Saluri
Major: Nursing
Minor: Physical Activity and Nutrition Sciences
Mentor: Drs. Ruth Grossman, Theresa Bechtel (Nursing)
Undergraduate Nursing Education: Impact of Poverty Simulated Experiences on Increasing Nursing Students’ Empathy and Awareness
78. Emma Schopen
Major: Environmental Science
Minor: Geographic Information Science
Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Stone (Chemistry)
Tracking the Spatial Distribution and Variability of Pollen Concentrations in Eastern Iowa using Passive Samplers
80. Katie Sheehan
Major: Medical Laboratory Science
Mentor: Dr. Luke Wiley (Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences)
Characterization of a novel Pde6b-deficient rat model of retinal degeneration and treatment with cGMP-grade AAV vectors.
82. Abbi Shekleton
Major: Speech and Hearing Science
Mentor: Dr. Si On Yoon (Communication Sciences and Disorders)
Sensitivity to the discourse history in older adults: Evidence of lexical differentiation
84. Bhavana Sirimalle
Major: Microbiology
Minor: Medical Anthropology \
Mentor: Dr. Toshihiro Kitamoto (Anesthesia)
Suppression of seizures in fruit flies by genetically modified innate immune cells
86. Clara Stuedemann
Major: Chemistry
Mentor: Dr. Celymar Ortiz de Leon, Leonard MacGillivray (Chemistry)
Nutraceuticals as Templates for Photoreactions in the Solid State
88. Emma Tews
Major: Nursing
Minors: French, Dance
Mentor: Melinda Myers (Dance), Dr. Catherine Cherwin (Nursing)
Combatting Anxiety-- Adaptive Movement for College of Nursing Students
90. Amelia Thoreson
Majors: International Relations, Spanish
Minors: Latino/a/x Studies, Political Science
Mentor: Dr. Brian Lai (Political Science)
How Implementation of rebel preferred agreements in peace agreements influence post war peace?
92. Chloe Torrence
Majors: Management, Marketing
Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Nahrgang (Management)
Effects of Perceptions of Remote Work and Well-Being
94. Alexander Tyndall
Major: Accounting
Minor: Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Jaron Wilde (Accounting)
An Analysis on the proposals surrounding the Corporate Tax Rate
96. Radha Velamuri
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Minor: Certificate in Clinical and Translational Science
Mentor: Dr. Rainbo Hultman (Molecular Physiology and Biophysics)
Stress Resilience in Amygdala Cellular Subpopulation
98. Zachary Vig
Majors: Physics, Geosciences
Mentor: Dr. Emily Finzel (Earth and Environmental Sciences)
Machine Learning Assisted Geochemical Provenance of Carbonate Conglomerate Clasts in the Cretaceous Beaverhead Group of Southwestern Montana
100. Grace Williamson
Major: Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Minor: Chemistry
Mentor: Drs. Jennifer Fiegel (Chemical and Biochemical Engineering), Nicole Brogden (Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics)
Hydrophobic Drug Loading into Thermosensitive Hydrogels Impacts Rheological Properties
102. Evita Woolsey
Major: Speech and Hearing Science, American Sign Language
Mentor: Dr. Bob McMurray (Psychological and Brain Sciences)
Learning to Read Despite Auditory Challenge: Real-time Word Recognition in Cochlear Implant Users
104. Noah Wright
Major: Economics, Political Science
Minor: Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Julia Garlick (Tippie College of Business)
Crime and compensation