Fall 2018 – Summer 2019 Award Recipients

Achreja, Vanika
Thesis Working Title: “The Rhetoric of Tragedy: From Ancient To Modern”
Faculty Mentor: Gabrielle Sims  (CAS Core Curriculum)

Al Mohanna, Louloua
Effects Of RNA-Binding Proteins on Phase Separation Of Tau Granules
Faculty Mentor: Benjamin Wolozin (MED Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics)

Alburi, Dana
The Role of Chemokines In Developmental Diversification During Embryonic Pattern Formation
Faculty Mentor: Cynthia Bradham (CAS Biology)

Arnaout, Leen
Investigation of The Physiological Phenomena and Survival Trends of Lethally Septic Mice Treated with Hydrocortisone, Vitamin C and Thiamine (Vitamin B1)
Faculty Mentor: Daniel Remick (MED Pathology)

Bayly, Lilly
Transnational Networks of Anti-Nuclear Movements in Switzerland And West Germany In The 1970s and 1980s.
Faculty Mentor: Jayita Sarkar (Pardee School of Global Studies)

Beeram, Indeevar
The Role of Neutrophils in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Faculty Mentor: Qiong Zhou (MED Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics)

Beers, David
Graded Quiver Representations Over F1
Faculty Mentor: Maciej Szczesny (CAS Mathematics and Statistics)

Behar, Julie
Linguistic Input’s Effect on Visual Attention Across Modalities
Faculty Mentor: Amy Lieberman (SED Deaf Studies)

Benaim, Angelica
Generation of AAV9 Viral Constructs to Generate CRISPR Deletions in Muscle
Faculty Mentor: Francisco Naya (CAS Biology)

Blagden, Megan
Effect of Warmer Growing Seasons and Soil Freeze-Thaw Cycles on Nitrogen Availability and Uptake and Its Implications for Aboveground Carbon Storage in New England Forests
Faculty Mentor: Pamela Templer (CAS Biology)

Blouin, Olivia
Design and Fabrication of Radio Frequency Metamaterials
Faculty Mentor: Xin Zhang (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Borrazzo, Juliana
Data Analysis of Neonatal Mortality Across Longitudinal Surveys in Nagpur, India
Faculty Mentor: Patricia Hibberd (SPH Global Health)

Braha, Neoreet
Discovering the Neural Mechanism Involved in Synchronizing Mice Movement to A Beat Pattern
Faculty Mentor: Jeffrey Gavornik (CAS Biology)

Brown, Emily
Using Morphometrics To Analyze Archaeobotanical Remains in Tomb 50 At Tel Megiddo, Israel
Faculty Mentor: John Marston (CAS Anthropology)

Bucci, Madeline
Compassionate Music Teaching in Early String Education
Faculty Mentor: Karin Hendricks (CFA Music Education)

Calleja, Sebastian
Characterization of Stomatal Traits and Leaf Function Among Temperate and Tropical Fruit Tree Varieties
Faculty Mentor: Graham Dow (CAS Biology)

Chabria, Reena
Identifying and Targeting Underlying Constructs of Sleep-Related Problems in Children with Anxiety
Faculty Mentor: RachelMerson (CAS Psychological and Brain Sciences)

Chauhan, Karanraj
A Priori Quantization in Training Deep Neural Networks
Faculty Mentor: Michel Kinsy (ENG Electrical and Computer Engineering)

Chen, Lu
The Effects of Increased Plasma Membrane Lipids In Β-Cells on Basal Insulin Secretion
Faculty Mentor: Jude Deeney (MED Endocrinology)

Chitoor, Aishwarya
Parent and Children’s Discussions Of Natural Selection
Faculty Mentor: Deborah Kelemen (CAS Psychological and Brain Sciences)

Chiu, Darwin
Design and Manufacturing of Soft Actuators
Faculty Mentor: Sheila Russo (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Chua, Cassandra
Investigating the Constitutive Flow Relations for Lymphatic and Blood Endothelium
Faculty Mentor: Joe Tien (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Clevenger, Jasmine
Investigating the Stability of Premotor Neural Sequences in Zebra Finches Using Miniaturized, Two-Color Fluorescence Microscopes
Faculty Mentor: Timothy Otchy (CAS Biology)

Colletta, Andrew
Development of an FPGA-Based Data Acquisition System for Directional Dark Matter Detection
Faculty Mentor: Martin Herbordt (ENG Electrical and Computer Engineering)

Cortez, Briana
Suppression of MRTFA Activity Promotes Recruitment of Perivascular Cells During Cold-Induced Formation of Thermogenic Adipocytes in White Adipose Tissue of Young Mice
Faculty Mentor: Stephen Farmer (MED Biochemistry)

Cox, Brannon
Developing Multilayer Optical Phantoms to Mimic Sarcoma Tumors in Adolescents
Faculty Mentor: Darren Roblyer (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Czubek, John
Determining the Relative Accessibility of Referring Expressions in American Sign Language
Faculty Mentor: Todd Czubek (SED Deaf Studies)

Daniels, Kadesh
Relation and Predation Rates of Batesian Models and Mimics Based on Wing Color Light Reflectance
Faculty Mentor: Sean Mullen (CAS Biology)

DeCamp, Rebecca
Isolating DNA From Two Species of Saguinus Tamarins for Target Capture Analysis of Genes Associated with Pheromone Detection
Faculty Mentor: Eva Garrett (CAS Anthropology)

DeSousa, Jacob
Automation & Pneumatics: Pneumatic Trap Door
Faculty Mentor: Joel Brandewine (CFA Technical Production)

Dolido, Addison
Optimizing Human Control of Quadrotors
Faculty Mentor: Rebecca Khurshid (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Donegan, Stephanie
Mechanical Regulation of Tissue Homeostasis
Faculty Mentor: Michael Smith (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Drummond, Jack
Investigating the Impact of Knockdown of Rian, A Long Noncoding RNA, On C2C12 Myoblast Differentiation.
Faculty Mentor: Francisco Naya (CAS Biology)

Dudek, Kurt
Experimental Characterization of Coefficients of Thrust in A Quadrotor Platform
Faculty Mentor: Sheryl Grace (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Eberenz, Kimberly
Role of Novel Transcription Factors in HIV Expression
Faculty Mentor: Andrew Henderson (MED Infectious Diseases)

El-Guindy, Sarah
Analyzing Neural Network Connectivity in Post-Stroke Aphasic Patients
Faculty Mentor: Swathi Kiran (SAR Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences)

Ellis, Anna
The Cyprus Question in The Nuclear Age
Faculty Mentor: Vesko Garcevic (Pardee School of Global Studies)

Enos, Nicole
Relationship Between Acoustic Estimates of Vocal Tract Length, Laryngeal Muscle Activity, And Speaker Perception of Vocal Effort
Faculty Mentor: Cara Stepp (SAR Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences)

Eori, Madeline
Protein Analysis of Pongo Pygmaeus Wurmbii (Wild Bornean Orangutan) Dietary Samples
Faculty Mentor: Cheryl Knott (CAS Anthroplogy)

Faudoa, Elizabeth
Renal and Neural Mechanisms of Age-Related Hypertension
Faculty Mentor: Richard Wainford (MED Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics)

Fortin, Amanda
Temporal Dynamics of Memory Consolidation: What Role Does Odor Play?
Faculty Mentor: Steve Ramirez (CAS Psychological and Brain Sciences)

Frimpong, Francis
Examining the Pragmatic Communication Profiles of Minimally Verbal Individuals With ASD: The Influence of Examiner Response Contingency
Faculty Mentor: Helen Tager-Flusberg (CAS Psychological and Brain Sciences)

Frumkin, Natalia
Machine Learning Based Indoor Localization Using Active Light Transport Analysis
Faculty Mentor: Prakash Ishwar (ENG Electrical and Computer Engineering)

Fusar Poli, Federica
Characterizing RET-Dependent Signaling Components of Neuritogenesis In Differentiating Neuroblastoma Cells
Faculty Mentor: Adrian Whitty (CAS Chemistry)

Galina, Yana
Building A Performance Analytics System for Large-Scale Computers
Faculty Mentor: Ayse Coskun (ENG Electrical and Computer Engineering)

Gallerani, Troy
Socially Induced Reinstatement of Fear Memory
Faculty Mentor: Steve Ramirez (CAS Psychological and Brain Sciences)

Gardner, Sarah
Elucidating the Mechanism of Catalysis of Ketohexokinase: Utilizing Site Directed Mutagenesis, Steady-State Kinetics, And Crystallographic Studies to Determine Vital Active Site Residues
Faculty Mentor: Dean Tolan (CAS Biology)

Germany, Jean Luc
Investigating Transcription Factor LSF’s Non-Transcriptional Role in Hepatocytes
Faculty Mentor: Ulla Hansen (CAS Biology)

Gopaluni, Anuraag
Applying Mathematical Modeling to Study the Impact of UNICEF Interventions in Yemen
Faculty Mentor: Muhammad Zaman (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Goss, Hayley
Understanding the Role of Epibiotic Communities on Interspecific Competition in Thalassia Testudinum Beds in Turneffe Atoll, Belize
Faculty Mentor: Randi Rotjan (CAS Biology)

Griffin, Alecia
Automated Remote Measurements of Specular Reflectance and Irradiation in Field Trials of Self-Cleaning Solar
Faculty Mentor: Malay Mazumder (ENG Electrical and Computer Engineering)

Gumusderelioglu, Selin
Is LSF Transcriptional Activity Required for Its Ability to Promote Mitosis in Cancer Cell Lines?
Faculty Mentor: Ulla Hansen (CAS Biology)

Gupte, Anshul
Soft Ionic Sensing and Its Applications in Soft Robotics
Faculty Mentor: Tommaso Ranzani (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Hagerman, Janice
Vowing to Saints: Articulations of Need, And Examples of Agency, By Religious Women.
Faculty Mentor: David Frankfurter (CAS Religion)

Haka, Anniina
Linking the Rates of N2 Flux and Microbial Communities in Narraganset Bay, Rhode Island.
Faculty Mentor: Robinson Fulweiler (CAS Earth and Environment)

Hammerman, Alex
Implementing and Verifying A Programmable Hardware Monitor (Phmon) In Systemverilog
Faculty Mentor: Ajay Joshi (ENG Electrical and Computer Engineering)

Hart-Thompson, Hailey
The Happiness Capacity: Eudaimonic Philosophy in Contemporary Cultural Practices
Faculty Mentor: Zsuzsanna Varhelyi (CAS Classical Studies)

Hausmann, Frances
Dendritic Morphology in Prefrontal Pyramidal Neurons from Complement Component 4 Over-Expression
Faculty Mentor: Alberto Cruz-Martin (CAS Biology)

Hernandez, Barbara
Assessing Dietary Intake with The Automatic Ingestion Monitor (AIM)
Faculty Mentor: Megan McCrory (SAR Health Sciences)

Heydari, Megan
Temporal Associations of Neuropsychological Performance Using Unsupervised Learning Reveals A Distinct Signature of AD Status
Faculty Mentor: Vijaya Kolachalama (MED Computational Biomedicine)

Howell, Owen
Reinforcement Learning and Quantum Control in Noisy Environments
Faculty Mentor: Pankaj Mehta (CAS Physics)

Hsieh, Grace
Associations Between Weight Status and Eating Patterns Assessed by The Automatic Ingestion Monitor and Usual Eating Patterns Questionnaire.
Faculty Mentor: Megan McCrory (SAR Health Sciences)

Hu, Jianqiao
Exosomes Containing Specific Tau Oligomer Formations Accelerate Pathological Tau Phosphorylation in Aged C57BL/6 Mice
Faculty Mentor: Tsuneya Ikezu (MED Pharmacology)

Huang, Huiru
The Effect of Soft Robotic Exosuit Use on Cognitive Load During Walking
Faculty Mentor: Meryem Yucel (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Huang, Sabrina
Who Talks More? Part 2 Of an In-Depth Case Study of Preschool Classroom Conversations
Faculty Mentor: Stephanie Curenton (SED Education Leadership & Policy Studies)

Hundertmark, Wiley
Quantifying Boston University’s Biological Carbon Budget
Faculty Mentor: Lucy Hutyra (CAS Earth and Environmental Science)

Hunter, Sydney
Early Agriculture in The Islamic Golden Age City of Kath: An Archaeobotanical Analysis
Faculty Mentor: John Marston (CAS Anthropology)

Iafrate, Gianna
Kirigami Shape Changes
Faculty Mentor: Douglas Holmes (ENG Division of Materials Science & Engineering)

Inouye, Marissa
Characterization of Gas-Phase Protein Structures by Ion Mobility Spectrometry-Electron Capture Dissociation Tandem Mass Spectrometry
Faculty Mentor: Cheng Lin (MED Biochemistry)

Isaac, John
Assessing the Ability of Breast Milk Anti-HIV Neutralizing Antibodies in Reducing the Risk of Mother to Child Transmission Of HIV.
Faculty Mentor: Manish Sagar (MED Infectious Diseases)

Jagielo, Anne Marie
Health Halos and Priming on Estimates of Caloric Content
Faculty Mentor: Michael Otto (CAS Psychological & Brain Sciences)

Jalkh, Youmna
Enhancing Parent-Child Scientific Conversation Through Storybook Reading
Faculty Mentor: Kathleen Corriveau (SED Applied Human Development)

Johansson, Elin
Assessing the Role of Retrosplenial Cortex (RSC) Inputs to Medial Entorhinal Cortex (MEC) Spatial Representations
Faculty Mentor: Michael Hasselmo (CAS Psychological and Brain Sciences)

Johnson, Connor
Optogenetic Interrogation of ACC Connections Relevant to Social Behavior
Faculty Mentor: Alberto Cruz-Martín (CAS Biology)

Jordan, Victoria
Synthesis of GDNF Derived Peptides to Investigate Their Potential to Mimic GDNF’s Binding to Gfrα1 And Activate the RET Signaling Pathway
Faculty Mentor: Adrian Whitty (CAS Chemistry)

Jordanides, Jonathan
Using A Lanthanide Binding Tag to Assess Conformational Changes In NF-Κb Essential Modulator Protein (NEMO)
Faculty Mentor: Karen Allen (CAS Biochemistry)

Kalach, Fayrouz
Animal Localization of Biomolecules in Xenopus Laevis Oocytes.
Faculty Mentor: Isabel Dominguez (MED Hematology/Oncology)

Kawai, Hiroki
Development of A Deep Neural Network for Utility-Preserving Seamless Identity Replacement in Images and Video
Faculty Mentor: Prakash Ishwar (ENG Electrical & Computer Engineering)

Keesara, Sreeja
Sign Language First (“SL1”) Technology: Removing Historic Barriers to Online Content Access for Deaf Users in The Digital Age-Phase 4
Faculty Mentor: David Sullivan (CAS Computer Science)

Kerolos, Mariam
Applying the Mechanisms of Tumor-Induced Cytokine LIF In Mouse Myotubes to Human Cachexia-Induced Atrophy.
Faculty Mentor: Susan Kandarian (SAR Health Sciences)

Kim, Seoyoung
Role of Muscarinic Receptor Types in Sequence Learning of Mouse Primary Visual Cortex
Faculty Mentor: Jeffrey Gavornik (CAS Biology)

King, Jessica
The Role of Notch1 In Endothelial Cell-Cell and Cell-Matrix Adhesion
Faculty Mentor: Chris Chen (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Kleyheeg, Annalies
Increasing Polarization of Spins in NMR Through Optical Nuclear Polarization
Faculty Mentor: Alex Sushkov (CAS Physics)

Kothari, Shreyans
Property Rights, Institutional Trust, And Utilization of Health Care: Evidence from Rural India
Faculty Mentor: Mahesh Karra (CAS Global Development Policy)

Kroupa, Kimberly
Raman Spectroscopic Analysis of Articular Cartilage for Early-Stage Osteoarthritis Diagnostics
Faculty Mentor: Michael Albro (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Kyprianou, Nichole
Determining the Relationship Between Sex Steroid Hormones and Mucosal Immunity in Young Men
Faculty Mentor: Carolyn Hodges (CAS Anthropology)

Lambert, Hunter
Automatized Appraisals of Conservation Easements
Faculty Mentor: Christoph Nolte (CAS Earth and Environment)

Lee, Migi
Localization of CK2β Expression in Xenopus Laevis Organogenesis
Faculty Mentor: Isabel Dominguez (MED Medicine Hematology; Oncology)

Leventhal, Keira
A Study in Altruism and Optimism
Faculty Mentor: Erika Wells (CAS Psychology and Brain Sciences)

Li, David
Oppositional Art: Chinese Christian Posters
Faculty Mentor: Daryl Ireland (STH Center for Global Christianity & Mission)

Li, David
Bluetooth Low Energy: Privacy Leakage and Device Fingerprinting
Faculty Mentor: David Starobinski (ENG Electrical and Computer Engineering)

Lin, Yijing
The Effect of Positive Affect Training on Empathy and Compassion in Individuals with Anxiety and Low Positive Affect
Faculty Mentor: Stefan Hofmann (CAS Psychological and Brain Sciences)

Lott, Jared
Optimizing Microfluidic Drop Interactions to Design Uniform Coatings for Endovascular Drug Delivery
Faculty Mentor: Vijaya Kolachalama (MED Medicine)

Lu, Veronica
Identification of Osteocytes’ Secreted Factors That Promote Monocyte/Macrophage Proliferation and Inhibit Osteoclast Differentiation
Faculty Mentor: Paola Divieti Pajevic (SDM Biology)

Luh, Justin
Distribution of Neuron Types in The Primate Thalamic Reticular Nucleus
Faculty Mentor: Vasileios Zikopoulous (SAR Systems Neuroscience)

Ma, Weida
Flexibility in Human Brain Network Structure During Rule Learning
Faculty Mentor: Chantal Stern (CAS Psychological and Brain Sciences)

Malav, Dave
Functional Characterization of Cancer-Associated G Protein Mutants Using Novel Biosensors
Faculty Mentor: Mikel Garcia-Marcos (MED Biochemistry)

Malikayil, Varun
Protocol for Browser-Based Eye-Tracking
Faculty Mentor: Elizabeth Coppock (CAS Linguistics)

Mazzenga, Marcella
A Survey of Sleep Education Among Psychologists in The Clinical Setting
Faculty Mentor: Kristin Long (CAS Psychological & Brain Sciences)

McCarthy, Gretchen
Does Diet Affect Greenhouse-Gas Release by The Eastern Oyster Crassostrea Virginica?
Faculty Mentor: Robinson Fulweiler (CAS Earth and Environment)

McCaslin, Ethan
CRISPR/Cas9 Editing of Human Liver Cells to Observe NEMO Knockdown Expression
Faculty Mentor: Thomas Gilmore (CAS Biology)

McKay, MeiLissa
Investigating Sex-Dependent Differences in Bone Microstructure at The Vertebral Endplate
Faculty Mentor: Elise Morgan (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

McParland, Liam
Characterization Of Α-Synucleinopathy And Subsequent Impact of CGRP Drug Exposure in Alzheimer’s Models
Faculty Mentor: Wendy Qiu (MED Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics)

Melhem, Michael
Motion Induced Blindness Phenomena with Rotating Background Compared to Horizontal And Vertical Moving Backgrounds
Faculty Mentor: Arash Yazdanbakhsh (CAS Psychological & Brain Sciences)

Miller, Dylan
Kids Face Fears (Pi: Lisa Fortuna; Co-Pi: Donna Pincus; Co-I: Michelle Porche)
Faculty Mentor: Michelle Porche (SED Applied Human Development)

Miranda, Bridget
Preparing Pre-Service Teachers for The Great Homework Debate
Faculty Mentor: Janine Bempechat (SED Applied Human Development)

Mitchell, Alexandra
Sign Language First (“SL1”) Technology: Removing Historic Barriers to Online Content Access for Deaf Users in The Digital Age-Phase 4
Faculty Mentor: Amy  Lieberman (SED Deaf Studies)

Mo, Emily
Assessing Impact of Measurement Error on Randomized Control Group Treatment Effect
Faculty Mentor: Allen Harbaugh (CAS Mathematics & Statistics)

Mossburg, Katherine
Phagocytosis of Lipid-Modified Superparamagnetic Iron-Oxide Nanoparticles by Rare Immune Cells
Faculty Mentor: Joyce Wong (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Munaf, Mayzura Restalia
“Inner-Critic” Assessment: Understanding Student Fear of Failure
Faculty Mentor: Jeffrey Gruenglas (CAS Writing)

Munoz, Mercedes
Causal Guided Intervention
Faculty Mentor: Kathleen Corriveau (SED Applied Human Development)

Murphy, Lake
Investigating the Effect of A CRISPR-Induced Lipodystrophy Mutation in an A-Type Lamin In Nuclear Architecture and Cell Death
Faculty Mentor: Kimberly McCall (CAS Biology)

Murrizi, Armela
Repelling Boiling Water With A Superhydrophobic Surface
Faculty Mentor: James Bird (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Nakamura, Hayato
Development Of A Thermal Sensor Node For Smart Occupancy Sensing – Phase II
Faculty Mentor: Janusz Konrad (ENG Electrical and Computer Engineering)

Nam, Valerie
Improving Health Across Sectors: A Health In All Policies Approach For The State Of Delaware
Faculty Mentor: David Jones (SPH Health Law, Policy and Management)

Nerurkar, Vidisha
Perineuronal Nets And The Limits Of Motor Skill Plasticity
Faculty Mentor: Timothy Otchy (CAS Biology)

Ni, Kareemah
Role Of Dicer-1 In Lung Epithelial Cell Pyroptosis
Faculty Mentor: Yang Jin (MED Pulmonary)

Njoroge, Joan
Investigating Working Memory Interference With Simultaneous EEG And Pupillometry: Effects Of Sensory Modality And Task
Faculty Mentor: Tyler Perrachione (SAR Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences)

Noordzij, Renee
The Role of Hippo Pathway Effectors Yap and Taz On Cell Fate in The Airway
Faculty Mentor: Xaralabos Varelas (MED Biochemistry)

Okoye, Chika
Automated Exploration of Hierarchal Structures
Faculty Mentor: Keith Brown (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Ordway, James
The Effect of Task Repertoire and Brain Development on Brain Energy Expenditure in The Ant Pheidole Dentata
Faculty Mentor: James Traniello (CAS Biology)

Pacaro, Madison
Nocturnal Parental Care in The Clown Anemone-Fish, Amphiprion Percula
Faculty Mentor: PeterBuston (CAS Biology)

Paller, Joseph
Metamaterial Enabled Dual-Color Infrared Focal Plane Arrays
Faculty Mentor: Xin Zhang (ENG Biomedical, Electrical, Computer, and Mechanical Engineering)

Pan, Michelle
Investigating the Role of Spleen Tyrosine Kinase (SYK) In the Regulation of The Mtor-Autophagy Pathway
Faculty Mentor: Anurag Singh (MED Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics)

Parke, Stacy-Anne
Morphological and Morphometric Descriptions of External Female Genitalia in South African Vervet Monkeys (Chlorocebus Pygerythrus)
Faculty Mentor: Christopher Schmitt (CAS Anthropology)

Pearlmutter, Basya
Investigating the Role of Skeletal Muscle in The Development of Frailty In 25-Month-Old Mice
Faculty Mentor: LaDora Thompson (SAR Physical Therapy & Athletic Training)

Peng, Rachel
Sign Language First (“SL1”) Technology: Removing Historic Barriers to Online Content Access for Deaf Users in The Digital Age-Phase 4
Faculty Mentor: David Sullivan (CAS Computer Science)

Pereslete, Alyssa
Effect of Diel Light Variability on The Growth of Symbiodinium From A Temperate Coral.
Faculty Mentor: Sarah Davies (CAS Biology)

Pham, Tony
Urban Sustainable Design: The Effect of CO2 Fertilized Green Roofs on Solar Panel Energy Production
Faculty Mentor: Nathan Phillips (CAS Earth & Environment)

Pydi, Aneesha
 Analyzing Protein Expression Of SLIT-ROBO Pathway in Developing and Adult Mouse Kidneys
Faculty Mentor: Weining Lu (MED Nephrology)

Pyeatt, Gwendolyn
Structural Characterization of The Binding of Keap1 And Monophore #917261.
Faculty Mentor: Karen Allen (CAS Chemistry)

Qiu, Tammy
Grounding Natural Language Phrases in Images
Faculty Mentor: Kate Saenko (CAS Computer Science)

Ramchandani, Neha
Effects of Microgravity on Cellular Morphology and Osteocyte Survival
Faculty Mentor: Paola Divieti Pajevic (SDM Molecular and Cell Biology)

Rassaby, Madeleine
Investigating Structural Overlap in Psychological Screening Measures of Anxiety and Executive Functioning in Children 
Faculty Mentor: Donna Pincus (CAS Psychological and Brain Sciences)

Razzoli, Margherita
Biomechanical Testing of Denervated Renal Arteries from Rats
Faculty Mentor: Katherine Zhang (ENG Biomedical Engineering,ME,MS)

Reim, Victoria
Church and State in Botswana
Faculty Mentor: Timothy Longman (CAS Political Science)

Renner, Elise
The Dehumanization of Blacks and White Support for Punitive Criminal Justice Policies
Faculty Mentor: Spencer Piston (CAS Political Science)

Rodas, Andrea
Effects of Variable Nutrients on Growth of Symbiodinium In Culture of Different Temperate Corals
Faculty Mentor: Sarah Davies (CAS Biology)

Roth, Isabelle
Predictive Gaze During Observation of Object-Directed Actions in Toddlers and Preschoolers with And Without Autism Spectrum Disorder
Faculty Mentor: Helen Tager- Flusberg (CAS Psychological and Brain Sciences)

RUAN, ZHIYUAN
Real-Time SLAM for Questv System
Faculty Mentor: Richard West (CAS Computer Science)

Rubio, Logan
The Role of Angiogenic Growth Factors in Vascular Formation, Architecture, And Functionality
Faculty Mentor: Christopher Chen (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Ruesch, Evan
Modulation of Environmental Mapping and Contextual Association Through the Anisomycin And Activation of Dreadds (-) By CNO
Faculty Mentor: Steve Ramirez (CAS Psychological and Brain Sciences)

Sagear, Sheila
Constraining Planet Occurrences Around Small Stars Observed by K2
Faculty Mentor: Philip Muirhead (CAS Astronomy)

Salzo, Joseph
Visualizing Social Networks in Letters from Ancient Rome With Gephi
Faculty Mentor: Hannah Čulík-Baird (CAS Classics)

Sapp, Adam
Ultrafast Optics Lab: Graphene Micromachining
Faculty Mentor: Michelle Sander (ENG Electrical and Computer Engineering)

Satko, Kathryn
Exploration of Metabolite Accumulation Leading to Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Liver Extracts of Aldolase B Knockout Mice: Developing A Coupled Assay for Fructose Metabolism
Faculty Mentor: Dean Tolan (CAS Biology)

Schwartz, Julia
Visual Memories Utilize Different Encoding Mechanisms Than Perception
Faculty Mentor: Sam Ling (CAS Psychological & Brain Sciences)

Seeger, Cadence
Docent Training for Young Audiences: Education, Accessibility and Interpretation in The Art Museum
Faculty Mentor: Kyna Hamill (CAS Core Curriculum)

Serafin, Aleksandra
The Title of This Research Project Is “Investigating Multiple Haptic Sensors on A Manufacturing Robotic Arm”.
Faculty Mentor: Rebecca Khurshid (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Shah, Darshi
Computational Modeling of Tumor Metabolism & Growth In 3D Through Genome-Scale Network Reconstructions Using COMETS
Faculty Mentor: Daniel Segre (CAS Biology)

Shah, Simran
Brain Mechanisms for Regulating Aggressive Behavior in Male Rodents.
Faculty Mentor: Ian Davison (CAS Biology)

Shank, Samantha
Selective Attention and Learning Based on Social Affiliation (SALSA)
Faculty Mentor: Kathleen Corriveau (SED Applied Human Development)

Shankar, Sneha
The Use of Fingrs In Quantifying and Observing Synaptic Rewiring
Faculty Mentor: Xue Han (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Sheh, Adrienne
Word Learning in Deaf Children
Faculty Mentor: Amy Lieberman (SED Deaf Studies)

Shin, Hyo Jin
The Role of Religious Upbringing in Children’s Understanding of The Existence of Unobservable Phenomena
Faculty Mentor: Kathleen Corriveau (SED Applied Human Development)

Simon, David
The H0 And Sigma-8 Problem in Cosmology
Faculty Mentor: Martin Schmaltz (CAS Physics)

Singh, Aakansha
Mechanisms of HDL Biogenesis: Effects of Food Additives
Faculty Mentor: Haya Herscovitz (MED Physiology and Biophysics)

Sinha, Anamika
Social Networks and Women’s Reproductive Outcomes: Evidence from A Randomized Experiment in Rural India
Faculty Mentor: Mahesh Karra (CAS Global Development Policy)

Stahl, Vanessa
Impact of Glycosylation of The EGF Receptor in Cancer Treatment.
Faculty Mentor: Catherin Costello (MED Biochemistry)

Subaciute, Austeja
Investigating Vocal Auditory Perturbations in Parkinson’s Disease
Faculty Mentor: Cara Stepp (SAR Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences)

Sugrue, Pamela
Picture-Based Methods for Studying Gradability
Faculty Mentor: Elizabeth Coppock (CAS Linguistics)

Tanko, Natalia
Economic Analysis of Yanomami Eco-Tourism Expedition “Yaripo” And Ongoing Linguistic Documentation of Yanomami Dialect
Faculty Mentor: Julie Klinger (Pardee School of Global Studies)

Tashkandi, Yara
Health and Well-Being Among Student-Athletes: Understanding Their Help-Seeking Behavior
Faculty Mentor: Melissa Holt (SED Counseling Psychology)

Teng, Wenbin
Efficacy of Model Selection Protocols with The Presence of Correlated Distractor Variables.Faculty Mentor: Allen G.Harbaugh (SED Educational Leadership & Policy Studies)

Teoh, Yhin Sarah
Peptidomimetic Fragment-Based Approach Towards Targeting Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
Faculty Mentor: Arturo Vegas (CAS Chemistry)

Thakur, Azanta
Investigating the Bacterial-Fungal Interaction in The Cycle of Decomposition: Analyzing Enzymes Produced in Litter Degradation
Faculty Mentor: Jennifer Bhatnagar (CAS Biology)

Thani, Zahra
Approaching Diversity in Professional Philosophy
Faculty Mentor: Derek Anderson (CAS Philosophy)

Torabian, Kaveh
Kid’s Hips
Faculty Mentor: Deepak Kumar (SAR Physical Therapy & Athletic Training)

Upneja, Ayush
Evaluating and Applying Fuzzy Hashing Algorithms to Developing A Comprehensive Application Characterization Solution
Faculty Mentor: Manuel Egele (ENG Electrical and Computer Engineering)

Varona, Henry
Dynamics of Jet Drop Formation in Bubble Rafts
Faculty Mentor: JamesBird (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Vazquez Guzman, Rotceh
Sign Language First (“SL1”) Technology: Removing Historic Barriers to Online Content Access for Deaf Users in The Digital Age-Phase 4
Faculty Mentor: Amy Lieberman (SED Deaf Studies)

Vernik, Masha
Investigating Policy Responses to Extreme Climate-Induced Food Productivity Shocks
Faculty Mentor: Anthony Janetos (CAS Earth and Environment)

Wallick, Grace
Investigating Pathological Changes In RNA-Binding Protein Interactions with Tau in Alzheimer’s Disease
Faculty Mentor: Benjamin Wolozin (MED Pharmacology)

Wang, Fay
Exploring the Biological Correlates of Spatial Frequency Domain Imaging (SFDI) Optical Markers
Faculty Mentor: Darren Roblyer (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Watson, Lucas
Void Fraction Inference in Cavitating Fuel Injector Flows
Faculty Mentor: R. Glynn Holt (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Werner, Madeleine
Gender Ideology in The Drama of Female Nigerian Playwrights
Faculty Mentor: Laurence Breiner (CAS English)

Wilson, Carolyn
The Effect of BCL2L1 On Fetal Hemoglobin Regulation in Erythroid Progenitor Cell Line
Faculty Mentor: Yan Dai (MED Ophthalmology)

Wollman, Zachary
Criteria of Measuring Zeta Potential in Nanochannels Using Current Monitoring
Faculty Mentor: Chuanhua Duan (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Yang, Haeun
Use of Prenatal Aspirin to Decrease Incidence of Postpartum Hypertensive Morbidity in The Boston Medical Center Patient Population
Faculty Mentor: Jodi Abbott (MED OB/GYN)

Yang, Jack
The Effect of Age in Combination with Amylin on Tau Phosphorylation in The Alzheimer’s Disease Model
Faculty Mentor: Wendy Qiu (MED Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics)

Yang-Tran, Tiffany
Quantitative Longitudinal Analysis of Collagen in Diabetic Wound Healing Model by Third Optical Window Photoacoustic Tomography
Faculty Mentor: Ji-Xin Cheng (ENG Electrical and Computer Engineering, Biomedical Engineering)

Yee, Sheila
Modulatory Effects of Aerobic Fitness on Hippocampally-Dependent Spatial Pattern Separation
Faculty Mentor: Chantal Stern (CAS Psychological & Brain Sciences)

Zhang, Weijia
Tactile Working Memory & Attention
Faculty Mentor: David Somers (CAS Psychology and Brain Sciences)

Zuckerman, Linda
Synthesis And Study Of Pt (II) Complexes With New Condensed Thioamide Ligand
Faculty Mentor: Linda Doerrer (CAS Chemistry)

Adan, Paul
Experimental Investigation of the Particle Charging Mechanism in the Operation Of Electrodynamic Screens (EDS) for Self-Cleaning Solar Mirrors and Panels
Faculty Mentor: Malay Mazumder (ENG Electrical and Computer Engineering)

Adelzadeh, Kaya
Identifying the Local Mechanical Environments Associated with Cell Fate and Bone Regeneration During Distraction Osteogenesis.
Faculty Mentor: Elise Morgan (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Aduba, Joel
Varying Stiffness and Dexterity in Soft Robotic Actuators for Minimal Invasive Surgery
Faculty Mentor: Tommaso Ranzani (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Ahn, Jae
The Comorbidity of Alzheimer’s Disease and Osteoporosis
Faculty Mentor: Alpaslan Dedeoglu (MED Neurology)

Akinsete, Abisola
Investigating the Vowel Inventory of Variety 3 Nigerian English by Examining Vowel Quality, Contrast and Epenthesis in Formal and Casual Speech of College Educated Native Nigerian English Speakers.
Faculty Mentor: Jonathan Barnes (CAS Linguistics)

Allen, Sadie
Praxi: a New Cloud Software Discovery Tool
Faculty Mentor: Ayse Coskun (ENG Electrical and Computer Engineering)

Alwani, Tooba
TMIGD1 Inactivates Moesin to Inhibit Colon Cancer Metastasis
Faculty Mentor: Nader Rahimi (MED Pathology and Laboratory Medicine)

Aneja, Prachi
Jaunpur Social Networks Study
Faculty Mentor: Mahesh Karra (CAS Global Development Policy)

Anisimov, Ludmila
The Role of the Sigma Receptors in Alcohol Self-Administration
Faculty Mentor: Valentina Sabino (MED Pharmacology and Psychiatry)

Banik, Shimrani
Neural Pathways from the Anterior Cingulate Cortex to the Thalamus: Relevance to Depression
Faculty Mentor: Helen Barbas (SAR Health Sciences)

Bateman, Juliette
Remote Sensing of Coastal Central Java, Indonesia: Regional Identification of Coastline Loss and Land Change Through Satellite Imagery
Faculty Mentor: Suchi Gopal (CAS Earth & Environment)

Bentovim, Lee-Or
Don Quixote: Not a Madman But a Siren for Institutional Collapse
Faculty Mentor: Gabrielle Sims (CAS Core Curriculum)

Berlowitz, Jonathan
Effects of Yoga, Physical Therapy, and Education on Perceived Stress among Adults with Chronic Low Back Pain: a Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial
Faculty Mentor: Eric Roseen (MED Family Medicine)

Birkby, Cara
Sign Language First (“SL1”) Technology: Removing Historic Barriers to Online ContentAccess for Deaf Users in the Digital Age-Phase 5
Faculty Mentor: Amy Lieberman (SED Language and Literacy)

Blouin, Olivia
Design and Fabrication of Radio Frequency Metamaterials
Faculty Mentor: Xin Zhang (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Briggs, Soibifaa
Do Scores on the Assessing Classroom Sociocultural Equity Scale (ACSES) Vary Based on Small-Group Learning Activities with Dual Language Learners versus Monolingual Children?
Faculty Mentor: Stephanie Curenton (SED Education Leadership and Policy Studies)

Brontesi, Lisa
Role of Sirt1 in Neutrophil Action Studied in LoxP and S100 Cells
Faculty Mentor: Qiong Zhou (MED Pharmacology)

Brown, Emily
Wood Charcoal Analysis of Kaymakçı
Faculty Mentor: John Marston (CAS Anthropology)

Burke, Daniel
Synthesis of Amino Poly-Amido-Saccharide (AmPAS) Nanoparticles for the Prolonged Intranasal Delivery of Ketamine
Faculty Mentor: Mark Grinstaff (CAS Chemistry)

Cabrera, Payton
Examining Pathological Tau and A-Beta in Non-Human Primates and Their Involvement in the Aging Brain
Faculty Mentor: Douglas Rosene (MED Anatomy and Neurobiology)

Castillo, Sophia
Mental Healthcare, Virtue, and Human Flourishing
Faculty Mentor: Shannon Sauer-Zavala (CAS Psychological & Brain Sciences)

Chabria, Reena
Identifying and Targeting Underlying Constructs of Sleep-Related Problems in Children with Anxiety
Faculty Mentor: Rachel Merson (CAS Psychological & Brain Sciences)

Chen, Nicole
Stream Interruption Talker Adaptation
Faculty Mentor: Tyler Perrachione (SAR Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences)

Chiu, Darwin
Scaling and Integration of Soft Actuators
Faculty Mentor: Sheila Russo (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Chopra, Akash
Working Conditions, Instructional Quality, and Disproportionate Discipline
Faculty Mentor: Elizabeth Bettini (SED Special Education)

Chowdhury, Ishrat
Condensed Tannins and Nutritional Quality of Food of Bornean Orangutans (Pongo Pygmaeus Wurmbii) in Gunung Palung National Park, West Kalimantan, Indonesia
Faculty Mentor: Cheryl Knott (CAS Anthropology)

Chua, Cassandra
Investigating the Constitutive Flow Relations for Lymphatic and Blood Endothelium
Faculty Mentor: Joe Tien (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Cole, Rebecca
Mechanisms of Social Modulation of Fear Reinstatement
Faculty Mentor: Steve Ramirez (CAS Psychological & Brain Sciences)

Cronin-Golomb, Olivia
A Time-Series Analysis of the Bio-Optical Properties of the Charles River
Faculty Mentor: Cedric Fichot (CAS Earth & Environment)

Daniels, Kadesh
Relation and Predation Rates of Batesian Models and Mimics Based on Wing Color Light Reflectance
Faculty Mentor: Sean Mullen (CAS Biology)

De Souza, Cairo
Elucidating GINIP’s Competition with RGS Proteins and Role in Regulating Gαi Protein Signaling in Cortical Neurons
Faculty Mentor: Mikel Garcia-Marcos (MED Biochemistry)

DeCamp, Rebecca
Isolating DNA from Two Species of Saguinus Tamarins for Target Capture Analysis of Genes Associated with Pheromone Detection
Faculty Mentor: Eva Garrett (CAS Anthropology)

Dele-Oni, Ruth
Evidence That Intermittent Structured Treatment Interruption Promotes Host Control of HIV Replication: the Results of AIDS Clinical Trials Group A5068.
Faculty Mentor: Jonathan Li (MED Immunology)

Della Santina, Catherine
Big Data for Predicting Postoperative Respiratory Complications in Children with Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Faculty Mentor: Michael Smith (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

DeLong, Alyssa
The Effectiveness of Bio-Electrical Stimulation Therapy on Motor Impairment Symptoms in Older Adults with Parkinson’s Disease
Faculty Mentor: Karin Schon (MED Anatomy and Neurobiology)

Demir, Anela
Dental and Skeletal Transverse Relationships in Children
Faculty Mentor: Leslie Will (SDM Orthodontics)

Devlin, Catherine
History’s “Hidden Heroes:” Caregiving between the Civil War and World War I
Faculty Mentor: Nina Silber (CAS History)

Dhingra, Manaswni
Optimizing Protein Expression and Purification of B. ubtilis YqeG to Gain Insight Into the Nucleotide Regulatory Mechanisms in B. ubtilis
Faculty Mentor: Karen Allen (CAS Chemistry)

Donegan, Stephanie
Mechanical Regulation of Tissue Homeostasis in Monolayers
Faculty Mentor: Michael Smith (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Dorame, Ashley
Consumers’ Attitudes towards Health and Fitness
Faculty Mentor: Andrea Mercurio (CAS Psychological & Brain Sciences)

Doshi, Samarth
Smartphone Sensing and Social Activity
Faculty Mentor: Daniel Fulford (SAR Occupational Therapy)

Dudek, Kurt
Experimental Characterization of Coefficient of Thrust in a Quadrotor Platform
Faculty Mentor: Sheryl Grace (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Ellis, Anna
The Cyprus Question in the Nuclear Age
Faculty Mentor: Vesko Garčević (Pardee School of Global Studies)

Evancho, Abigail
Prenatal Aspirin Project
Faculty Mentor: Jodi Abbott (MED Obstetrics and Gynecology)

Faudoa, Elizabeth
Renal and Neural Mechanisms of Age-Related Hypertension
Faculty Mentor: Richard Wainford (MED Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics)

Flannery, Kelsey
Analyzing YAP/TAZ Response to Bacterial Pneumonia Infection in the Alveolar Epithelium
Faculty Mentor: Bob (Xaralabos) Varelas (MED Biochemistry)

Fortin, Amanda
Temporal Dynamics of Memory Consolidation: What Role Does Odor Play?
Faculty Mentor: Steve Ramirez (CAS Psychological & Brain Sciences)

Frimpong Jr, Francis
Analyzing the Communicative Interaction between Minimally Verbal Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and a Conversational Partner in a Naturalistic Context.
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Helen Tager-Flusberg (CAS Psychological & Brain Sciences)

Fusar Poli, Federica
Characterizing RET-Dependent Signaling Components of Neuritogenesis in Differentiating Neuroblastoma Cells
Faculty Mentor: Adrian Whitty (CAS Chemistry)

Galeas, Katherine
Investigating the Role of Transcription Factor NF-kB in an Endangered Caribbean Coral
Faculty Mentor: Sarah Davies (CAS Biology)

Ganem, Elias
Why “Most” Is both More and Less than “More than Half” and by How Much
Faculty Mentor: Elizabeth Coppock (CAS Linguistics)

Gardner, Sarah
Elucidating the Mechanism of Ketohexokinase Utilizing Site Directed Mutagenesis, Steady-State Kinetics, and Crystallographic Studies
Faculty Mentor: Dean Tolan (CAS Biology)

Germany, Jean Luc
Investigating Transcription Factor LSF’s Non-Transcriptional Role in Hepatocytes
Faculty Mentor: Ulla Hansen (CAS Biology)

Giraldo, Paula
Provision of “Utility Shutoff-Protection Illness Certificate” Letters At an Urban Safety-Net Hospital
Faculty Mentor: Karen Lasser (MED Clinical Addiction Research & Education Unit)

Gold, Alisa
Lexical Analysis of Speech in Everyday Social Interactions in People with and without Schizophrenia
Faculty Mentor: Daniel Fulford (SAR Occupational Therapy)

Gopaluni, Anuraag
Applying Mathematical Modeling to Study the Impact of UNICEF Interventions in Yemen
Faculty Mentor: Muhammad Zaman (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Gumusderelioglu, Selin
Is LSF Transcriptional Activity Required for Its Ability to Promote Mitosis in Cancer Cell Lines?
Faculty Mentor: Ulla Hansen (CAS Biology)

Haka, Anniina
Linking the Rates of N2 Flux and Microbial Communities in Narraganset Bay, Rhode Island.
Faculty Mentor: Robinson Fulweiler (CAS Earth & Environment)

Hall, Mackenzie
PharmaChk Assay Development
Faculty Mentor: Muhammad Zaman (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Hallisey, Bridget
The Role of MiR-144 in the Globin Switch Process At Two Developmental Stages in Zebrafish
Faculty Mentor: Daniel Cifuentes (MED Biochemistry)

Hammerman, Alex
Designing Repeaterless, Repeatered and Gas-Station Links for Inter-Chiplet Communication in 2.5D Integrated Systems
Faculty Mentor: Ajay Joshi (ENG Computer Engineering)

Hauck, Margaret
Examining Episodic Future Thinking in 3 and 4-Year Olds
Faculty Mentor: Melissa Kibbe (CAS Psychological & Brain Sciences)

Honigsberg, Rachel
S1P in Signaling in Vascular Biology and It’s Relation to Notch1
Faculty Mentor: Christopher Chen (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Howell, Owen
Machine Learning and Ecologically Inspired Computing.
Faculty Mentor: Pankaj Mehta (CAS Physics)

Huang, Victor
The China Christian Database: an Essential Digital Tool for the Cartography and Prosopography of Christianity in China
Faculty Mentor: Eugenio Menegon (CAS History)

Hundertmark, Wiley
Quantifying Boston University’s Biological Carbon Budget
Faculty Mentor: Lucy Hutyra (CAS Earth & Environment)

Hunter, Sydney
Early Agriculture in the Islamic Golden Age City of Kath: an Archaeobotanical Analysis
Faculty Mentor: John Marston (CAS Anthropology)

Hurtado, Melissa
An Insight Into Subarctic Environmental Changes Through a Zooarcheological Analysis of Northern Fur Seals (Callorhinus Ursinus)
Faculty Mentor: Catherine West (CAS Archaeology)

Isaac, John
Assessing the Role of Cellular HIV MRNA Expression in HIV Mother to Child Transmission (MTCT) and Its Potential As a New Clinical Measure of HIV Infection.
Faculty Mentor: Manish Sagar (MED Microbiology & Infectious Diseases)

Jarnagin, Joy
Evaluation of the Impact of Free Tax Preparation Integrated Into the Pediatric Clinic on Maternal Mental Health and Maternal-Child Healthcare Utilization
Faculty Mentor: Lucy Marcil (MED Pediatrics)

Jaskiel, Jacob
Characterizing Zooplankton Communities in the Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA)
Faculty Mentor: Randi Rotjan (CAS Biology)

Jordan, Victoria
Synthesis of GDNF Derived Peptides to Investigate Their Potential to Mimic GDNF’s Binding to GFRα1 and Activate the RET Signaling Pathway
Faculty Mentor: Adrian Whitty (CAS Chemistry)

Jordanides, Jonathan
Using a Lanthanide Binding Tag to Assess Conformational Changes in NF-ΚB Essential Modulator Protein (NEMO)
Faculty Mentor: Karen Allen (CAS Chemistry)

Kachadoorian, Marissa
Investigating the Expression of Parvalbumin-Interneurons in Broca’s Area (BA 44/45) of Autism-Spectrum Disorders
Faculty Mentor: Jean-Jacques Soghomonian (MED Anatomy and Neurobiology)

Kadavil, Raina
Urban Refuge: Mapping Aid for Vulnerable Communities
Faculty Mentor: Noora Lori (Pardee School of Global Studies)

Kawai, Hiroki
Development of a Deep Neural Network for Utility-Preserving Seamless Identity Replacement in Images and Video
Faculty Mentor: Prakash Ishwar (ENG Electrical and Computer Engineering)

Khalae, Maneesha
The Subaltern Strikes Back: the Treatment of Caste in Post-Colonial Indian Novels
Faculty Mentor: Sanjay Krishnan (CAS English)

Kim, Seoyoung
Mechanisms of Spatiotemporal Learning in Mouse Primary Visual Cortex
Faculty Mentor: Jeffrey Gavornik (CAS Biology)

Koslowsky, Kyle
From Touring to Traveling: What Does Neolocalism in Travel Mean for the Responsible Development and Management of Destinations?
Faculty Mentor: Makarand Mody (SHA Hospitality Administration)

Kroupa, Kimberly
Raman Spectroscopic Analysis of Articular Cartilage for Early-Stage Osteoarthritis Diagnostics
Faculty Mentor: Michael Albro (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Kumanan, Meera
Probing the Structure and Function of Serum Amyloid A: Lipid Transport and the Transition to Amyloid
Faculty Mentor: John Straub (CAS Chemistry)

Lam, Chin Hung Oscar
Exploring the Diversity of Bacterial Cytochrome C Peroxidases
Faculty Mentor: Sean Elliott (CAS Chemistry)

Lara, Brian
Characterizing the SRGAP-1 Protein and Its Function in Podocyte Biology, Through an ENU-Mutagenesis Mouse Model
Faculty Mentor: Weining Lu (MED Renal & Nephrology)

Leach, Todd
A Novel Treatment for Shoulder Contracture
Faculty Mentor: Mark Grinstaff (CAS Chemistry; ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Levinson, Jessica
Pregnancy Study Online (PRESTO)
Faculty Mentor: Lauren Wise (SPH Epidemiology)

Li, David
Oppositional Art: Chinese Christian Posters
Faculty Mentor: Daryl Ireland (STH Center for Global Christianity and Mission)

Liang, Taimeng
Synthesis of Ursolic Acid-Separated Amino Acids: Bioactivities in C. legans and Reactivity in the Ruthenium Photo-Reduction Within Metal Nanoparticle Reactors.
Faculty Mentor: John Snyder (CAS Chemistry)

Limric, Abigail
Effect of Radial Diffusion Tannins on Orangutan Feeding Behavior
Faculty Mentor: Cheryl Knott (CAS Anthropology)

Liu, Motao
Comparison of Giant Vacuole Volumes with and without Pores in Normal and POAG Human Eyes Using 3D Serial Block-Face Scanning Electron Microscopy (SBF-SEM)
Faculty Mentor: Haiyan Gong (MED Ophthalmology)

Logan, Jesse
Elucidating the Mechanistic Underpinnings of Social and Hedonic Behavior Induced by Positive Memory Reactivation in the Dorsal Dentate Gyrus
Faculty Mentor: Steve Ramirez (CAS Psychological & Brain Sciences)

Lopez-Benitez, Jonathan
AUY954 Treatment in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease
Faculty Mentor: Alpaslan Dedeoglu (MED Neurology)

Lott, Jared
Design of an Ultrathin Polymer Coating for Balloon Catheter Drug Delivery Through the Understanding of Complex Evaporation Kinetics and Adhesive Mechanisms.
Faculty Mentor: Vijaya Kolachalama (MED Medicine)

Ma, Weida
Investigating Flexibility in Human Brain Network Structure and Rule Learning Success
Faculty Mentor: Chantal Stern (CAS Psychological & Brain Sciences)

Massaad, Miriam
Identifying Wolbachia Transmission in an Adult Midgut by Analyzing the Amount of Wolbachia Present in Adult Gut Progenitor Cells
Faculty Mentor: Horacio Frydman (CAS Biology)

Maxwell, Janelle
Evolving Minds Project, Testing Classroom Assessment Measures
Faculty Mentor: Deborah Kelemen (CAS Psychological & Brain Sciences)

McCaslin, Ethan
Exploration of NEMO Mutant Functionality via Viral Transfections; Impact of CRISPR Viral Infection on Cancer Cell Death
Faculty Mentor: Thomas Gilmore (CAS Biology)

McDonald, Shayna
Determining Cellular Localization of YAP/TAZ in Malignant Melanoma
Faculty Mentor: Neil Ganem (MED Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics)

McEachron, Londeen
Designing a Long-Lasting Snow Drum for Multiple Theatrical Contexts
Faculty Mentor: Joel Brandwine (CFA Technical Production)

Mehta, Akshat
Effects and Compliance of the Lateral Wedge Insole in People with Knee Osteoarthritis
Faculty Mentor: Deepak Kumar (SAR Physical Therapy)

Meyer, Emily
Network Dynamics of Affect and Physical Activity in a Heterogeneous Clinical Sample with High Negative Affect: an Ecological Momentary Assessment Study
Faculty Mentor: Stefan Hofmann (CAS Psychological & Brain Sciences)

Michael, Renae
Analyzing Lung Tissue Cell Viability Under Different Stretch Conditions Through Confocal Imaging of Live/dead Cell Assays
Faculty Mentor: Bela Suki (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Miller, Dylan
Kids FACE FEARS: Evaluation of School-Based Trauma-Informed Sports Intervention in Central Massachusetts
Faculty Mentor: Michelle Porche (SED Applied Human Development)

Momyer, Victoria
Assessing the Effects of Anthropogenic Natural Gas Sources on Urban Methane Fluxes from Subterranean Groundwater Wells
Faculty Mentor: Robinson Fulweiler (CAS Biology;Earth & Environment)

Moore, Mary Katherine
Theodore Dreiser and the Culture At Work in an American Tragedy
Faculty Mentor: Jonathan Foltz (CAS English)

Moreira, Jennifer
Passive Cavitation Mapping in Fuel Injector Nozzles
Faculty Mentor: Ray Glynn Holt (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Mossburg, Katherine
Analysis and Quantification of Phagocytosed Lipid-Coated Magnetic Nanoparticles
Faculty Mentor: Joyce Wong (ENG Biomedical Enginnering)

Njoroge, Joan
Investigating Working Memory Interference with Simultaneous EEG and Pupillometry: Effects of Sensory Modality and Task
Faculty Mentor: Tyler Perrachione (SAR Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences)

Noordzij, Renee
The Role of Hippo Pathway Effectors Yap and Taz on Cell Fate in the Airway
Faculty Mentor: Xaralabos Varelas (MED Biochemistry)

Ojebuoobh, Ayomide
Analysis of Prostate Cancer in HIV+ Populations
Faculty Mentor: Jennifer Rider (SPH Jennifer Rider)

Oleinik, Nadezhda
Quantification of Reactive Oxidative Species in Artherosclerotic Lesions Through CRANAD-61 Probe
Faculty Mentor: Jingyan Han (MED Vascular Biology)

Oyarzabal, Mylene
Preservation and Remembrance: the Dictionary of African Christian Biography
Faculty Mentor: Michele Sigg (CAS History)

Pacaro, Madison
Nocturnal Parental Care in the Clown Anemonefish, Amphiprion Percula
Faculty Mentor: Peter Buston (CAS Biology)

Paller, Joseph
Metamaterial Enabled Dual-Color Infrared Focal Plane Arrays
Faculty Mentor: Xin Zhang (ENG Mechanical Engineering; Electrical & Computer Engineering; Biomedical Engineering; Materials Science & Engineering)

Pan, Michelle
Investigating the Role of Spleen Tyrosine Kinase (SYK) in the Regulation of the MTOR-Autophagy Pathway
Faculty Mentor: Anurag Singh (MED Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics)

Parke, Stacy-Anne
Morphological and Morphometric Descriptions of External Female Genitalia in South African Vervet Monkeys (Chlorocebus Pygerythrus)
Faculty Mentor: Christopher Schmitt (CAS Anthropology)

Pearlmutter, Basya
Investigating the Development of Frailty in 25-Month-Old Mice: the Role of Fibrosis and Fat Infiltration
Faculty Mentor: LaDora Thompson (SAR Athletic Training and Physical Therapy)

Pei, Joshua
Sign Language First (“SL1”) Technology: Removing Historic Barriers to Online ContentAccess for Deaf Users in the Digital Age-Phase 5
Faculty Mentor: David Sullivan (CAS Computer Science)

Peng, Rachel
Sign Language First (“SL1”) Technology: Removing Historic Barriers to Online ContentAccess for Deaf Users in the Digital Age-Phase 5
Faculty Mentor: David Sullivan (CAS Computer Science)

Perkins, Kesha
Evaluation of Trauma and Learning Policy Initiative (TLPI) Inquiry-Based Process
Faculty Mentor: Devin Atallah (SED Counseling Psychology)

Posner, Hannah
Role of Cardiometabolic Genes and Proteins in Regulating Angiogenic Capacity of Subcutaneous and Visceral Depots in Human Obesity, and in Regulating Changes in Angiogenic Capacity Before and after Weight Loss Surgery.
Faculty Mentor: Shakun Karki (MED Cardiovascular Medicine)

Qiu, Tammy
Grounding Natural Language Phrases and Embodied Question Answering
Faculty Mentor: Kate Saenko (CAS Computer Science)

Quesada, Nicolas
The Archaeology of Native Alaskan Foodways
Faculty Mentor: Catherine West (CAS Archaeology)

Ragosta, Kaitlin
Towards a Neural Model of Music Cognition: from Musical Beat to Learning and Performing Songs
Faculty Mentor: Stephen Grossberg (CAS Mathematics and Statistics)

Ramesh, Rahul
De-Novo Protein Function Prediction Using Convolutional Neural Networks and Label Space Dimension Reduction Techniques
Faculty Mentor: Emma Previato (CAS Mathematics)

Reyes, Christopher
Effects of Ocean Acidification on Crepidula Fornicata Physiology and Gene Expression Across Two Life History Stages
Faculty Mentor: Sarah Davies (CAS Biology)

Rooney, Mari
Computer Aided Analysis of Greek Poetic Meter
Faculty Mentor: Alexander Nikolaev (CAS Classical Studies)

Sanchez, Elena
Analyzing Errors in Bilingual Naming Treatment for Patients with Aphasia.
Faculty Mentor: Swathi Kiran (SAR Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences)

Satko, Kathryn
Exploration of Metabolite Accumulation Leading to Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Liver Extracts of Aldolase B Knockout Mice: Developing a Coupled Assay for Fructose Metabolism
Faculty Mentor: Dean Tolan (CAS Biology)

Schofield, Abagail
Learning from Lithic Monuments At Marcahuasi, Peru
Faculty Mentor: David Carballo (CAS Archaeology)

Schwartz, Julia
Investigating How Visual Memories Are Distinct from Perception
Faculty Mentor: Sam Ling (CAS Psychological & Brain Sciences)

Shah, Darshi
Computational Modeling of Tumor Metabolism & Growth (with Interaction of Microbiota) in 3D Through Genome-Scale Network Reconstructions Using COMETS
Faculty Mentor: Daniel Segre (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Shandelman, Eugenia
ExerciseCheck: a Home-Based System for Physical Therapy
Faculty Mentor: Margrit Betke (CAS Computer Science)

Shankar, Sneha
Observing Synaptic Changes in Neurological Diseases and Disorders with the Use of FingRs.
Faculty Mentor: Xue Han (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Shreeve, Kaitlyn
Identifying the Contribution of Prx1- and SMA-Expressing Cells in Distraction Osteogenesis
Faculty Mentor: Elise Morgan (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Singh, Aakansha
Mechanisms of HDL Biogenesis: Effects of Food Additives
Faculty Mentor: Haya Herscovitz (MED Physiology and Biophysics)

Skidanova, Viktoriya
Disruption of Putative Regulator of Skeletal Patterning Scn5a in Sea Urchin Embryos
Faculty Mentor: Cynthia Bradham (CAS Biology)

Smith, Kyra
Modulating Tissue Tension to Interrogate the Mechanosensitivity of ERK
Faculty Mentor: Allyson Sgro (ENGBiomedical Engineering)

Sonti, Akhila
Optimizing Spore Collection from Real-World Objects
Faculty Mentor: Mo Khalil (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Sprague, Rebecca
Long-Term Assessment of Miscanthus Productivity and Sustainability
Faculty Mentor: Adrien Finzi (CAS Biology)

Stratton, Sarah
Investigating Eye Movement while Observing Ambiguous Scenes
Faculty Mentor: Arash Yazdanbakhsh (CAS Computational Neuroscience)

Su, Xiaoyan
iPSC-Derived Cell Therapy with Transcript Therapy to Repair Alpha 1 Anti Trypsin Disease-Associated Liver Disease
Faculty Mentor: Valerie Gouon-Evans (MED Medicine)

Taylor, Joshua
Soil Moisture-Precipitation Feedbacks in Observations and Models: a Granger-Causal Study
Faculty Mentor: Guido Salvucci (CAS Earth & Environment)

Tenzin, Thomas
Exploring Criticality in a Minimal Neuron Model
Faculty Mentor: William Klein (CAS Physics)

Teoh, Yhin Sarah
Peptidomimetic Fragment-Based Approach towards Targeting Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
Faculty Mentor: Arturo Vegas (CAS Chemistry)

Thani, Zahra
Hindering Diversity: Third Order Epistemic Oppression in Professional Philosophy
Faculty Mentor: Derek Anderson (CAS Philosophy)

Torabian, Kaveh
Kid’s Hips
Faculty Mentor: Deepak Kumar (SAR Physical Therapy & Athletic Training/Health Sciences)

Vazquez-Guzman, Rotceh
Sign Language First (“SL1”) Technology: Removing Historic Barriers to Online ContentAccess for Deaf Users in the Digital Age-Phase 5
Faculty Mentor: Amy Lieberman (SED Language and Literacy)

Veerapaneni, Divya
Determining the Effect of Autoimmune Uveitis on Localization of Macrophages Using 3D Reconstruction of Retina
Faculty Mentor: Andrew Taylor (MED Ophthalmology)

Vernik, Masha
Investigating Regional and Global Trends in Productivity and Shocks of Major Grain Crops
Faculty Mentor: Anthony Janetos (CAS Earth & Environment)

Wallick, Grace
Investigating Pathological Changes in RNA-Binding Protein Interactions with Tau in Alzheimer’s Disease
Faculty Mentor: Benjamin Wolozin (MED Pharmacology)

Wan, Shan
Indenpendent Evaluation
Faculty Mentor: Kathleen Corriveau (SED Applied Human Development)

Wen, Michelle
Simultaneous Input and Output Dynamics Responsible for Movement Control in Distinct Basal Ganglia Pathways
Faculty Mentor: Mark Howe (CAS Psychological & Brain Sciences)

Wheeler, Natalie
Regulation of Sirtuin 1 in Neutrophil Elastase Knockout Cells
Faculty Mentor: Zhen Jiang (MED Pharmacology)

Wollman, Zachary
Criteria of Measuring Zeta Potential in Nanochannels Using Current Monitoring
Faculty Mentor: Chuanhua Duan (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Yang, Jack
The Effect of Age in Combination with Amylin on Tau Phosphorylation in the Alzheimer’s Disease Model
Faculty Mentor: Wendy Qiu (MED Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics)

Yoo, Sung Bok
The Potential Role of Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase-1 in the Development of Chronic Kidney Disease
Faculty Mentor: Vipul Chitalia (MED Medicine)

Zeabi, Aya
Effects of Sigma-1 Receptor Antagonism on Excessive Alcohol Drinking in Mice
Faculty Mentor: Pietro Cottone (MED Pharmacology)

Zhou, Yuxiang
Endothelial Cell Targeting of Polyurethane-Polyurea Nanoparticles in Vitro and in Vivo
Faculty Mentor: Jingyan Han (MED Vascular Biology)

Zuckerman, Linda
Synthesis and Characterization of Four New Pt(II) Complexes with Condensed Thioamide Ligand in Different Oxidation States
Faculty Mentor: Linda Doerrer (CAS Chemistry)

Addi, Sophia
Linking Aldolase-WASP Binding and Cytoskeletal Regulation Using Aldolase Variant Proteins
Faculty Mentor: Dean Tolan (CAS Biology)

Adelzadeh, Kaya
Identifying the Local Mechanical Environments Associated with Cell Fate and Bone Regeneration During Distraction Osteogenesis.
Faculty Mentor: Elise Morgan (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Adlersberg, Niya
Do Teachers Use More Informing, Analyzing, and Brainstorming Questions After Participating in the Conversation Compass Professional Development Training?
Faculty Mentor: Stephanie Curenton-Jolly(SEDCurriculum and Teaching )

Al Hamoud, Kumail (LCP Awardee)
Developing a DNA Sequence Alignment Framework for Sequence Pathogenicity Screening
Faculty Mentor:  Doug Densmore (ENG Electrical & Computer Engineering)

Alsairafi, Bayan
The Functional Traits of Decomposer Fungi
Faculty Mentor: Jennifer Bhatnagar (CAS  Biology)

Altus, Roxanna
Faculty Mentor: Frank Naya (CAS Biology)

Alvarez, David
Formal Semantics of Complex Unit Expressions
Faculty Mentor: Elizabeth Coppock (CAS Linguistics)

Alwani, Tooba
A Novel Role for IGPR-1 in Inflammation
Faculty Mentor: Nader Rahimi (MED Pathology & Laboratory Medicine)

Aneja, Prachi
Jaunpur Social Networks Study (JSNS)
Faculty Mentor: Mahesh Karra (Pardee School of Global Studies)

Angelopoulos, Eugenia
Stereological and Topographical Comparison of Neurons and Connections Across the Inhibitory Thalamic Reticular Nucleus (TRN) in Primate Brains.
Faculty Mentor: Vasileios Zikopoulos (SAR Health Sciences)

Ayoub, Mary
Impact of Doxetaxel on Live Ex-Vivo Bone-Cancer Interaction Model in the Presence and Absence of Insulin
Faculty Mentor: Erdjan Salih (SDM Periodontics)

Balivada, Pallavi Aysola
High Throughout, Automated Prion Phenotype Selection
Faculty Mentor: Ahmad Khalil (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Ball, Jacob (LCP Awardee)
Automating the Modular Assembly of Complex Genetic Circuits
Faculty Mentor:  Doug Densmore (ENG Electrical & Computer Engineering)

Barbero, Samantha
How Girls Use Role Models in STEM: the Influence of Group Context on Girls’ Beliefs About and Performance in STEM.
Faculty Mentor: Kathleen Corriveau (SED Applied Human Development)

Basani, Pranai
Evolution in Tissue Based Models: Self-organization and Cancer Micro-environment.
Faculty Mentor: Kirill Korolev (CAS Physics)

Benaim, Angelica
Gene Editing Approach to Alter Expression of the Dlk1-Dio3 Noncoding RNA Locus in Mammalian Muscle.
Faculty Mentor: Francisco Naya (CAS Biology)

Blagden, Megan
Effect of Warmer Growing Seasons and Soil Freeze-Thaw Cycles on Foliar Nutrients and Water Uptake in New England Forests
Faculty Mentor: Pamela Templer (CAS Biology)

Blaum, Emily
The Role of Interleukin-2 in Autoreactive T Cell Responses
Faculty Mentor: Hans Dooms (MED Medicine)

Blute, Aislinn
Characterizing Transcription and Translation Coupled Dynamics in RET-activated Differentiation Neuroblastoma
Faculty Mentor: Adrian Whitty (CAS Chemistry)

Bryson, Miranda
CMS Muon Endcap Electronics Upgrade for High Luminosity LHC and Search for Electroweak Production of New Particles in Proton-Proton Collisions
Faculty Mentor: Indara Suarez (CAS Physics)

Buresh, Scott
New Thiocarboxylate Ligands and a Surface-tethered, Pinacolate-type Ligand.
Faculty Mentor: Linda Doerrer (CAS Chemistry)

Cabrera, Payton
Examining Pathological Tau and A-Beta in Non-Human Primates and Their Involvement in the Aging Brain
Faculty Mentor: Douglas Rosene (MED Anatomy and Neurobiology)

Caldwell, Steven
Synthesis of a Building Block of a TF-FVIIa Inhibitor Via the Asymmetric Petasis Reaction, Catalyzed by Chiral Biphenols
Faculty Mentor: Scott Schaus (CAS Chemistry)

Card, Gabriella
An Examination of Musculoskeletal Stress Markers From Remains Discovered in a 15th Century Necropolis in Mistihalj, Montenegro
Faculty Mentor: Sean Tallman (MED Anatomy & Neurobiology)

Casey, Allison
Metabolic Disorders Regulate the Tumor Microenvironment: Type 2 Diabetes Drives Immune Exhaustion and Breast Cancer Progression
Faculty Mentor: Gerald Denis (MED Medicine)

Chan, Benjamin (LCP Awardee)
Creating a User Interface to Annotate Genetic Constructs using the Synthetic Biology Open Language(SBOL) and Interact with SynBioHub
Faculty Mentor:  Doug Densmore (ENG Electrical & Computer Engineering)

Chen, Hongyu
Synthesis of Novel (+)-Griffipavixanthone Derivatives Via Late-stage Functionalization
Faculty Mentor: John Porco (CAS Chemistry)

Chen, Nadine
“Between the Sacred and Secular: Experiential Religion in Dostoevsky and William James”
Faculty Mentor: Yuri Corrigan (CAS World Languages and Literatures)

Chen, Nicole
SITA
Faculty Mentor: Tyler Perrachione (SAR Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences)

Chitoor, Aishwarya
Children and Parent’s Understanding of Natural Selection Before and After Conversations of Natural Selection
Faculty Mentor: Deb Kelemen (CAS Psychological and Brain Sciences)

Chivatanaporn, Piyaporn
Investigating the Molecular Mechanism of Synaptic Loss in the ASD Loss of KIDLIA Disease.
Faculty Mentor: Hengye Man (CAS Biology)

Chroneos, Sofija
Spectrums of Self-Expression: Dialogues and Visibility of Othered Identities in Contemporary Artistic Practice
Faculty Mentor: Felice Amato (CFA Art Education)

Chua, Cassandra
Investigating the Constitutive Flow Relations for Lymphatic and Blood Endothelium
Faculty Mentor: Joe Tien (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Clevenger, Jasmine
Investigating the Stability of Premotor Neural Sequences in Zebra Finches Using Miniaturized, Two-color Fluorescence Microscopes
Faculty Mentor: Timothy Otchy (CAS Biology)

Cole, Rebecca
Mechanisms of Social Modulation of Fear Reinstatement
Faculty Mentor: Steve Ramirez (CAS Psychological and Brain Sciences)

Connelly, Kristin
Determination of Sizing Information for ZnSe Quantum Dots Through Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering
Faculty Mentor: Allison Dennis (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Conner, Mackenzie
Parent-level Versus Child-level Impact of Juicy Questions
Faculty Mentor: Kathleen Corriveau (SED Applied Human Development)

Connor, Cadin
Approximating the TtH Process Cross-Section Via the Matrix Element Method
Faculty Mentor: Indara Suarez (CAS Physics)

Cronin-Golomb, Olivia
Comparing the Bio-optical Properties of Two Local and Contrasted Estuaries of New England: the Urbanized Charles River-Boston Harbor System and the Natural Plum Island Estuary.
Faculty Mentor: Cedric Fichot (CAS Earth & Environment)

Cully, Ryan
Analyzing the Critical Role of Porosity and Inconsistencies in Additive Manufacturing Processes for Metal
Faculty Mentor: James Bird (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Dai, Zhonghao
Quantification of Chondrocyte Clustering as a Quality Metric in Cartilage Tissue Engineering
Faculty Mentor: MichaelAlbro(ENGMechanical Engineering)

De Souza, Cairo
Elucidating GINIP’s Competition with RGS Proteins and Role in Regulating Gαi Protein Signaling in Cortical Neurons
Faculty Mentor: Mikel Garcia-Marcos (MED Biochemistry)

DelBene, Rhianna
Liquid Handler Robot Synthesized Next Generation Battery Materials
Faculty Mentor: Mark Grinstaff (CAS Chemistry)

Dhingra, Manaswni
Optimizing Protein Expression and Purification of B. Subtilis YqeG to Gain Insight Into the Nucleotide Regulatory Mechanisms in B. Subtilis
Faculty Mentor: Karen Allen (CAS Chemistry)

Dixon, Erin
Role of Hyperphosphorylated Tau in the Arcuate Nucleus of the Hypothalamus in the Development of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)
Faculty Mentor: Ann McKee (MED Neorology & Pathology; Director, Neurology Core)

Dooling, Breanna
Altering Expression Levels of the Dlk1-Dio3 Locus in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells
Faculty Mentor: Francisco Naya (CAS Biology)

Ducharme, Benjamin
Development of a Mechanism to Protect Sensitive Optics Against Moon Dust
Faculty Mentor: Brian Walsh (ENG Mechanical Engineering; Electrical and Computer Engineering)

Fair, Marley
Teaching Teachers About Natural Selection
Faculty Mentor: Deb Kelemen (CAS Psychology)

Feng, Yinxuan
Investigation of HPC-based Malware Detection
Faculty Mentor: Manuel Egele (ENG Electrical and Computer Engineering)

Fogliasso, Justin
Surface Lesion Recovery of Mixed Symbiotic Astrangia Poculata in Response to Starved and Fed Conditions
Faculty Mentor: Randi Rotjan (CAS Biology)

Ganz, Faiz Andrea
Test and Calibration of the Inductive Beam Position Monitors Chain at CERN’s Linear Electron Accelerator for Research (CLEAR)
Faculty Mentor: Zeynep Demiragli (CAS Physics)

Garza, Isabella
Impact of Femoroacetabular Impingement Syndrome on Hip Muscle Activation During Gait
Faculty Mentor: Cara Lewis (SAR Physical Therapy &  Athletic Training)

Ghosh, Sabrina
Investigating TTR Biology by Novel Modeling of Neuronal, Liver, & Cardiac Cell Death in Systemic Amyloid Diseases
Faculty Mentor: George Murphy (MED Medicine)

Gilhooly, Brendan
Childsplay: Representation, Diversity and Participation in American Theatre for Young Audiences
Faculty Mentor: Kristin Leahey (CFA Theatre)

Giraldo, Paula
Evaluation of Boston Medical Center Health System Complex Care Management (CCM) Program
Faculty Mentor: Karen Lasser (MED Medicine and Public Health)

Graham, Nathanial
Connecting Visual Data and Rational Speakers: a Pragmatic Model
Faculty Mentor: Elizabeth Coppock (CAS Linguistics)

Guo, Qingyuan
Role of Piezo 2 in the Airway Epithelium
Faculty Mentor: Jason Rock (MED Medicine)

Guwn, Sun
Cue Extinction Strategies to Reduce Cocaine Relapse in Female Rats
Faculty Mentor: Kathleen Kantak (CAS Psychological and Brain Sciences)

Hafling, Justin
Improving Autonomous Control of Quadrotors Through the Inclusion of Aerodynamic Feedback.
Faculty Mentor: Sheryl Grace (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Hallisey, Bridget
The Role of MiR-144 in the Globin Switch Process at Two Developmental Stages in Zebrafish
Faculty Mentor: Daniel Cifuentes (MED Biochemistry)

Harris, Anna
The Dangers of Musical Taste
Faculty Mentor: Rachana Vajjhala(CFA Musicology and Ethnomusicology)

Harris, Jonathan
Quantitative Analysis of Spontaneous DPC and LMPG Micelle Formation Around C99 Dimer and Monomer
Faculty Mentor: John Straub (CAS Chemistry)

Hill, Cameron
A Case Study in Bottom-Up Pedagogy Transfer From Undergraduate Learning Assistants to Faculty at Boston University
Faculty Mentor: Kathryn Spilios (CAS Biology)

Honigsberg, Rachel
An Investigation on How S1P Activates a Secondary Barrier Pathway Involving the Activation of Notch1
Faculty Mentor: Chris Chen (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Hooven, Hannah
Once Lost, Now Found: the Trauma of Displaced Children and Music Education in Rishikesh, India
Faculty Mentor: Kinh Vu (CFA Music Education)

Huang, Lihang
A Quantitative DNA-Encoded Conjugate Platform for Targeting Ligand Discovery
Faculty Mentor: Arturo Vegas (CAS Chemistry)

Hudibjo, Felicia
Study on How Benzobisoxazoles Cruciform’s Conjugation and Chemical Properties Can Be Potential New Material on Electronic Applications
Faculty Mentor: Malika- El Jeffries (CAS Chemistry)

Huff, Reece
The Mechanical Behavior of the Endplate in Vertebral Fractures
Faculty Mentor: Elise Morgan (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Hushka, Annelise
CIA Agents Band Together to Ensure Successful Cofactor Transport: Protein-protein Interactions in the CIA Pathway
Faculty Mentor: Deborah Perlstein (CAS Chemistry)

Intili, Anthony
Neutral Particle Production Associated with Cosmic Ray Muons Deep Underground
Faculty Mentor: Edward Kearns (CAS Physics)

Isaac, John
Determining the Roles: the Composition of the HIV-1 Proviral Genome and the Viral Activity of Maternal Cells Play in HIV Mother to Child Transmission (MTCT) and Its Use as a Measure of the HIV-1 Reservoir
Faculty Mentor: Manish Sagar (MED Infectious Diseases;Microbiology)

Jamieson, Heather
Therapeutic Effects of Dietary Choline Mediated by IGF2 in AD Mouse Model
Faculty Mentor: Tiffany Mellott (MED Pathology & Laboratory Medicine)

Jenkins, Emma
The Relationship Between Maternal Soothing Behavior, and the Development of Infant Self-regulatory Behavior
Faculty Mentor: Amanda Tarullo (CAS Psychological and Brain Sciences)

Jiang, Wenjing
Regulation of the Arabidopsis ALF3 Gene by Known Regulators of Plant Innate Immunity
Faculty Mentor: John Celenza (CAS Biology)

Jordan, Victoria
Synthesis of GDNF Derived Peptides to Investigate Their Potential to Mimic GDNF’s Binding to GFRα1 and Activate the RET Signaling Pathway
Faculty Mentor: Adrian Whitty (CAS Chemistry)

Jordanides, Jonathan
Using a Lanthanide Binding Tag to Assess Conformational Changes in NF-κB Essential Modulator Protein (NEMO)
Faculty Mentor: Karen Allen (CAS Chemistry)

Kahaly, Erin
Socializing Men Through Social Spaces: How Different Fraternity Experiences Contribute to Different Types of Masculinity
Faculty Mentor: Saida Grundy (CAS Sociology)

Kang, Heejoo
Modulation of Tau-mediated Neurodegeneration by the RNA-binding Protein TIA1 in the P301S Mouse Model of Tauopathy
Faculty Mentor: Jennifer Luebke (MED Anatomy and Neurobiology)

Karzhevsky, Skylar
Developing a Framework to Improve Medication Adherence for a Diverse Population of Women at Risk for Preeclampsia
Faculty Mentor: Jodi Abbott (MED Obstetrics and Gynecology)

Kemmett, Dominic
Microhabitat Use by the Northern Water Snake: Association with Beaver Structures
Faculty Mentor: Peter Busher (CGS Natural Sciences and Mathematics)

Khan, Leena (LCP Awardee)
Vacuum Based Droplet Generation
Faculty Mentor:  Doug Densmore (ENG Electrical & Computer Engineering)

Khemraj, Uma
Systematic Variation of Epigenetic Chromatin Modifications in the Human Cortex
Faculty Mentor: Vasileios Zikopoulos (SAR Human Physiology)

Kim, Euri
How Does Qualitative Discourse in Preschool Classrooms Match up with Quantitative Scores (ACSES)? (A Study on Preschool Classroom Conversations)
Faculty Mentor: Stephanie Curenton (SED Curriculum and Teaching )

Kim, Seoyoung
Mechanisms of Spatiotemporal Learning in Mouse Primary Visual Cortex
Faculty Mentor: Jeffrey Gavornik (CAS Biology)

Kim, Soohee
Hope Heals? Evaluating the Stress-Buffering Hypothesis of Psychological Resources in Coronary Heart Disease Onset.
Faculty Mentor: Lewina Lee (MED Psychiatry)

Kim, Sung yeon
Multi-scale and in Vivo Quantification of Compressive and Tensile Solid Stresses in Tumors
Faculty Mentor: Hadi Nia (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Kinnicutt, Lorenzo
Fabrication, Characterization, and Application of Elastomeric Capacitors for Soft Robotics
Faculty Mentor: Tommaso Ranzani (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Kirkpatrick, Grace
Investigating Changes in Hippocampal Excitatory and Inhibitory Neurons Using Immunofluorescence
Faculty Mentor: David Farb (MED Pharmacology)

Kizildag, Deniz
“Cultural Influences on Families’ Reactions to a Child’s False Positive Screening for Autism Spectrum Disorder”
Faculty Mentor: Kristin Long (CAS Psychology)

Klawon, Caitlynn
Sources of Variation in Key Larval Dispersal Traits of Amphiprion Percula.
Faculty Mentor: Peter Buston (CAS Biology)

Kumanan, Meera
Molecular Dynamics Studies of Serum Amyloid A: Probing Structural Changes and Protein-lipid Interactions
Faculty Mentor: John Straub (CAS Chemistry)

Kumar, Ashray
Hospitality and Travel Marketing to the Generations of the Future: a Framework for Understanding Experiential Patterns, Preferences, and Behaviors
Faculty Mentor: Makarand Mody (SHA Hospitality Marketing)

Kumta, Shruti
Flow Synthesis of Pyrrole Scaffolds for Biologically Relevant Analogs
Faculty Mentor: Aaron Beeler (CAS Chemistry)

Lankenau, Adrian
Analysis of a Recapitulated Arabidopsis Alf3-1 Mutant
Faculty Mentor: John Celenza (CAS Biology)

Lara, Brian
Characterizing the SRGAP-1 Protein and Its Function in Podocyte Biology, Through an ENU-Mutagenesis Mouse Model
Faculty Mentor: Weining Lu (MED Renal/Nephrology)

Layton, Olivia
Unraveling the Molecular Underpins Promoting T-ALL Aggressiveness
Faculty Mentor: Hui Feng (MED Pharmacology)

Lazaro, Hallie
Imaging of Neuronal Activity of Cholinergic Medial Septum Neurons in Freely Behaving Mice
Faculty Mentor: Michael Hasselmo (CAS Psychological and Brain Science)

Leach, Cassandra-Lynn
Characterizing and Optimizing Tools for Light-Inducible Control Over Transcription in S. Cerevisiae
Faculty Mentor: Ahmad Khalil (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Lee, Jongyoul
Determine the Function of Retrosplenial Cortex (RSC) Projections to the Medial Entorhinal Cortex (MEC) for Spatial Representations
Faculty Mentor: Michael Hasselmo (CAS Neuroscience)

Lei, Shuwen
Developing a Protein Interaction Score Between RNA Binding Protein and Tau Aggregation in Synthetic Gene Therapeutic Design
Faculty Mentor: Ahmad Khalil (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Li, Zhaoyuan
The Mechanistic Model of the Endoperoxide Formation Catalyzed by Fumitremorgin B Endoperoxidase FtmOx1
Faculty Mentor: Pinghua Liu (CAS Chemistry)

Liang, Yu
Synthesis and Optimization of Small Molecule Library of Inhibitors for Gai-GIV Protein-Protein Interaction
Faculty Mentor: Aaron Beeler (CAS Chemistry)

Lim, June Woo
Biological Bone Modification Related to Depth of Corticotomy by Piezo-surgery in Rats
Faculty Mentor: Taisuke Ohira (SDM Periodontology)

Lin, Yuxin
Soft Composites for Multi-Functional Actuators
Faculty Mentor: Keith Brown (ENG Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, and Physics)

Litvak, Felix
Developing Computational Tools to Study the Effects of the Mechanical Environment on TGF-α Signaling in Cancer Cells.
Faculty Mentor: Muhammad Zaman (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Liu, Kainan
Self-moving and Shrinkable Minimally Invasive Surgery Robot
Faculty Mentor: Tommaso Ranzani (ENG Mechanical Enginnering)

Livney, Benjamin
Laser Camera Imaging System for Study of Orangutan Growth
Faculty Mentor: Michelle Sander (ENG Electrical and Computer Engineering)

Lopez, Juan
Investigation of EanB’s Sulfur Source and Its Active Site Residues
Faculty Mentor: Pinghua Liu(CAS Chemistry)

Lopez-Benitez, Jonathan
AUY954 Treatment in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease
Faculty Mentor: Alpaslan Dedeoglu (MED Neurology)

Luong, Austin
Acoustic and High-speed Videoendoscopic Techniques to Optimize Assessment of Laryngeal Muscle Tension
Faculty Mentor: Cara Stepp (SAR Speech, Language, and Hearing Science)

Ma, Weida
Investigating Flexibility in Human Brain Network Structure and Rule Learning Success
Faculty Mentor: Chantal Stern (CAS Psychological and Brain Sciences)

Mack, Abigail
Familiar Characters and Their Impacts on Trust Mechanisms in Young Children Ages 4-6
Faculty Mentor: Kathleen Corriveau (SED Applied Human Development)

Malatinszky, Aron
Class Size and Educational Achievement: Evidence From Hurricane Katrina Evacuees in Arkansas
Faculty Mentor: Daniele Paserman (CAS Economics)

Malbouf, Bryanna
Assessing Orangutan Energy Balance Through Urinanalysis
Faculty Mentor: Cheryl Knott (CAS Anthropology)

Marcovici, Leighton (LCP Awardee)
Analysis of the Efficacy of OT2 Liquid Handling Robot in Performing Biological Protocols
Faculty Mentor: Doug  Densmore (ENG Electrical and Computer Engineering)

Maslyar, Madeline
Mapping DNA Shape with the Hydroxyl Radical
Faculty Mentor: Tom Tullius (CAS Chemistry)

Mason, Sara
The Synthesis of Terpene Separated Amino Acids From Stevioside
Faculty Mentor: John Snyder (CAS Chemistry)

May, Claire
New Condensed Thioamide Ligand; Electrochemistry, Redox Activity and Structural Insights.
Faculty Mentor: Linda Doerrer (CAS Chemistry)

McCaslin, Ethan
Impact of CRISPR-based Inactivation of the NEMO Gene on Cancer Cell Viability
Faculty Mentor: Thomas Gilmore (CAS Biology)

McClaine, Sean
Human Lung Tissue Mechanics and the Efficacy of Variable Ventilation
Faculty Mentor: Bela Suki (ENG Materials Science & Engineering)

Mehrotra, Dev
Optogenetic Control of Biofilm Development in B. Subtilis Through Modifying C-di-GMP Levels
Faculty Mentor: Allyson Sgro (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Mehta, Akshat
Mindful Walking Intervention for People with Knee Osteoarthritis
Faculty Mentor: Deepak Kumar (SAR Physical Therapy)

Melsheimer, Trevor
An Investigation on the Growth Kinetics of Aluminum Nitride and Optimizing Nitriding Processes for Aluminum and Its Alloys
Faculty Mentor: Vinod Sarin (ENG Materials Science and Engineering)

Messina, Gabriella
Adaptation and Authorship in an American Tragedy
Faculty Mentor: Jonathan Foltz (CAS English)

Miller, Sloane
Rat Town
Faculty Mentor: Simon Barak Caine (CAS Psychology)

Molligoda, Brandon
Expression Levels of Specialized Pro-resolving Mediator (SPM) Receptors in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease Following SPM Treatment
Faculty Mentor: Alpaslan Dedeoglu (MED Neurology)

Morel, Daniel-John
Programmable Hardware Monitors for Security
Faculty Mentor: Ajay Joshi (ENG Electrical and Computer Engineering)

Mossburg, Katherine
Analysis and Quantification of Endocytosed Lipid-Coated Magnetic Nanoparticles
Faculty Mentor: Joyce Wong (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Murrill, Amalya
The Investigation of Macrocyclic Compounds as Inhibitors of the β-catenin/TCF4 Protein-protein Interaction.
Faculty Mentor: Adrian Whitty (CAS Chemistry)

Nakamura, Hayato
People Counting From Overhead Panoramic Cameras Using Deep Learning
Faculty Mentor: Janusz Konrad (ENG Electrical and Computer Engineering)

Nambiar, Pranav
Modulation of Neuronal Activity in the Medial Entorhinal Cortex by the Medial Septal Area
Faculty Mentor: Michael Hasselmo (CAS Psychology)

Nemtzow, Sean
Implementation of New Statistical Techniques to Detect Anomalies in High Performance Computing Systems
Faculty Mentor: Ayse Coskun (ENG Electrical and Computer Engineering)

Nguyen, Tyler
Synthesis of BthA and PhosA to Investigate the Interaction and Function of the Protein Complex
Faculty Mentor: Sean Elliott (CAS Chemistry)

Nix, Emma
Role of Mitf, Draper, and V-ATPases in Drosophila Melanogaster Oogenesis
Faculty Mentor: Kim McCall (CAS Biology)

Noordzij, Renee
The Role of Hippo Pathway Effectors Yap and Taz on Cell Fate in the Airway
Faculty Mentor: Xaralabos Varelas (MED Biochemistry)

Nunes Campos e Santos, Roberto
The Role of Parathyroid Hormone and Cellular Senescence in Osteocytes of Aged Mice
Faculty Mentor: Paola Divieti Pajevic (SDM Molecular & Cell Biology)

Otiono, Chinazo
Examining the Impact of Various Rating Methods on Perceptual Similarity Judgments of Voices
Faculty Mentor: Tyler Perrachione (SAR Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences)

Paasche-Orlow, Lev
Mobilizing the Pro-life Picketers: a Network Analysis of Boston’s Anti-abortion Movement
Faculty Mentor: Neha Gondal (CAS Sociology)

Pacaro, Madison
Nocturnal Parental Care in the Clown Anemonefish, Amphiprion Percula
Faculty Mentor: Peter Buston (CAS Biology)

Pace, Salvatore
Scaling of Fermi-Pasta-Ulam-Tsingou Recurrences in the Thermodynamic Limit
Faculty Mentor: David Campbell (CAS Physics)

Pan, Michelle
Investigating the Role of Spleen Tyrosine Kinase (SYK) in the Regulation of the MTOR-autophagy Pathway
Faculty Mentor: Anurag Singh (MED Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics)

Patel, Harshal
Characterization of Parathyroid Adenomas
Faculty Mentor: Stephanie Lee (MED Medicine)

Patel, Komal
The Role of Sirtuin2 in the Regulation of Aortic Stiffness: Identification of Sirtuin2 Targets in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells.
Faculty Mentor: Kathleen Morgan (SAR Health Sciences)

Pathirana, Priyan
Partnership for Global Health Technologies: Quality Control of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test
Faculty Mentor: Muhammad Zaman (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Patil, Tanmay
HDL Biogenesis: Effects of Cholesterol Loading
Faculty Mentor: Haya Herscovitz (MED Physiology and Biophysics)

Pelletier, Temma
“Who’s My Parent When I Fill Out the FAFSA?”
Faculty Mentor: Ashley Mears (CAS Sociology)

Pelose, Gregory
Addressing Fundamental Gaps in the Understanding of Basic Ecology and Evolution of Coral and Their Photosynthetic Algae Using the Model Organism A. Poculata.
Faculty Mentor: Sarah Davies (CAS Biology)

Peng, Rachel
Sign Language First (“SL1”) Technology: Removing Historic Barriers to Online Content Access for Deaf Users in the Digital Age – Phase 6
Faculty Mentor: Dave Sullivan (CAS Computer Science)

Perez-Espina, Sebastian
Synthesis of Key Intermediates Towards the Use of Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b’]difuran as a Donor in Organic Photovoltaics
Faculty Mentor: Malika Jeffries-El (CAS Chemistry)

Pham, Tony
The Coupling of the Carbon and Nitrogen Cycle: Black Carbon as a Nitrogen Transporter to Marine Systems
Faculty Mentor: Robinson “Wally” Fulweiler (CAS Earth & Environment)

Piligian, Spencer
A Novel Strategy to Synthesize Cathode Heterostructures at the Nanoscale for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs) Using a Molten Salt Solvent
Faculty Mentor: Srikanth Gopalan (ENG Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering)

Pinto-Quintanilla, Amy
Automated Inorganic Material Synthesis
Faculty Mentor: Mark Grinstaff (CAS Chemistry)

Popp, Zachary
Acute Traumatic Encephalopathy Assessment and Monitoring (ATEAM)
Faculty Mentor: Rhoda Au (SPH Epidemiology)

Posner, Hannah
Role of Cardiometabolic Genes and Proteins in Regulating Angiogenic Capacity of Subcutaneous and Visceral Depots in Human Obesity, and in Regulating Changes in Angiogenic Capacity Before and After Weight Loss Surgery.
Faculty Mentor: Shakun Karki (MED Cardiovascular Medicine)

Pressburger, Leeya
Synthesis Imaging of Blazars
Faculty Mentor: Alan Marscher (CAS Astrophysics)

Pulukuri, Surya
Predicting Neutralization Potency of PTG121 and VRCO1 Against HIV-1 Envelopes
Faculty Mentor: Manish Sagar (MED Infectious Diseases)

Puri, Taranee
Synthesis of Terpene-separated Amino Acids From Betulin.
Faculty Mentor: John Snyder (CAS Chemistry)

Ranallo, Nicole
Developing a High Throughput Screening Platform for Cystic Fibrosis Drug Predictions
Faculty Mentor: Finn Hawkins (MED Pulmonary)

Rao, Shivani
Cellular Mechanisms Underlying Mint1 Autoinhibition in Alzheimer’s Disease
Faculty Mentor: Angela Ho (CAS Biology)

Reck, Pauline
A Systematic Approach to Developing Cytokine Based Anticancer Targeting Agents
Faculty Mentor: Arturo Vegas (CAS Chemistry)

Reiss, Kevin
Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics: Expansion of a Mathematica Notebook on Nonlinear Dynamical Systems and Detailed Exploration of the FPUT System.
Faculty Mentor: David Campbell (CAS Physics)

Rivera, Jannellie
Spin the Wheel
Faculty Mentor: Melissa Kibbe (CAS Psychological and Brain Sciences)

Robinson, Ellery
Pre-Service Teachers’ Knowledge and Training on Sexual Assault and Sex Education for Students with Disabilities
Faculty Mentor: Jennifer Green (SED Special Education)

Sagear, Sheila
Optimizing Neural Networks for Implementation Into FPGAs for Jet Tagging in the CMS Trigger System at CERN
Faculty Mentor: Indara Suarez (CAS Physics)

Samarasekera, Dinithi
Developing a Low-Cost Water Quality Monitoring Device for Use in the Urban-West Region of Zanzibar
Faculty Mentor: Muhammad Zaman (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Sami, Yasmine
The Role of Acute Versus Protracted Withdrawal on Anxiety-like Behavior and BNST Activity in Ethanol-dependent Rats.
Faculty Mentor: Valentina Sabino (MED Pharmacology and Psychiatry)

Samrow, Petal
Parents’ and Children’s Conversations About the Invisible and Impossible
Faculty Mentor: Kathleen Corrvieau (SED Applied Human Development)

Satko, Kathryn
The Effect of Diet on Inflammation, Immune Response, and Lipogenesis in Liver Using Aldolase-B and Low-density Lipoprotein-receptor Knockout Mice
Faculty Mentor: Dean Tolan (CAS Biology)

Scotti, Sabrina
The Alignment of Video Game Soundtracks with Recommendations for Children’s Music Listening
Faculty Mentor: Diana Dansereau (CFA Music Education)

Senne, Ryan
Visualization and Modulation of Defensive Behaviors During Voluntary Aerobic Exercise as a Result of Artificial Fear Memory Reactivation
Faculty Mentor: Steve Ramirez (CAS Psychological and Brain Sciences)

Sennott, Liam
Correlation Between Myelin Density and Cortical Engagement During Value-based Decision-making
Faculty Mentor: Joseph McGuire (CAS Psychological and Brain Sciences)

Serafin, Aleksandra
Custom Fingertips for Adapted Grasping and Objective Data Gathering in Robotic Arms
Faculty Mentor: Rebecca Khurshid (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Shapiro, Nicholas
Identifying Mechanisms That Ethanol Perturbs in the Developing Sea Urchin
Faculty Mentor: Cynthia Bradham (CAS Biology)

Sheeran, Megan
Role of NEURL4 Protein in MtDNA Maintenance and Regulation of Immune Response
Faculty Mentor: Valentina Perissi (MED Biochemistry)

Shimizu, Michelle
Cancer
Faculty Mentor: Dennis Jones (MED Pathology & Laboratory Medicine)

Simon, David
Scalar Field Perturbation Phenomenology with Multiple Minima
Faculty Mentor: Martin Schmaltz (CAS Physics)

Singh, Joshua
Miniaturization and Multiplexing of Lipid Sample Preparation for GC-MS Analysis
Faculty Mentor: Lynn Deng (MED Medicine)

Siu, Kimberly
The Automatic Ingestion Monitor (AIM): a New Wearable Device for Measuring Dietary Intake
Faculty Mentor: Megan McCrory (SAR Health Sciences)

Smith, Kyra
Live Cell Imaging of ERK Activity and Localization in Response to Tension Changes
Faculty Mentor: Allyson Sgro (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Snook, Kathleen
Synthesis and Investigation of Novel Highly Reactive Inorganic Polyhydride Clusters
Faculty Mentor: John Caradonna (CAS Chemistry)

Soesanto, Natasha
An Investigation Into the Relations Between Peer Observations, Parasympathetic Activity, and School Readiness in Pre-kindergarten Classrooms
Faculty Mentor: Nicholas Wagner (CAS Psychological and Brain Sciences)

Song, Da-Hoon
Saccadic Eye Movement Contributing to Our Visual Attention
Faculty Mentor: Arash Yazdanbakhsh (CAS Psychological & Brain Sciences)

Sonikar, Pooja
Exploration of the Sensory Needs of Toddlers and Preschoolers with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Faculty Mentor: Helen Tager-Flusberg (CAS Psychological and Brain Sciences)

Sridhar, Sainetra
Molecular Mechanisms of Cnidarian Stress Responses: the Role of Transcription Factor NF-κB in Thermally Induced Bleaching in Coral and in Immune Responses in a Sea Anemone
Faculty Mentor: Thomas Gilmore (CAS Biology)

Stern, Andrew
Church and State Relations: Ghana
Faculty Mentor: Timothy Longman (CAS Political Science)

Stott, Lenorah
Small Molecule Activation by Transition Metal Polyhydride Clusters
Faculty Mentor: John Caradonna (CAS Chemistry)

Suarez, Christopher
Elucidation of the SAR Between Rocaglates and EIF4A by Library Synthesis of Rocaglate Derivatives.
Faculty Mentor: Lauren Brown (CAS Chemistry)

Swiacki, Natalie
Tracking Language Change in U.S. Spanish: a Sociolinguistic Analysis of Pronoun Rates of Spanish Speakers in Boston and New York City
Faculty Mentor: Daniel Erker(CAS Spanish and Linguistics)

Tacugue, Beatrice
Neural Dynamics of Cognitive Performance and Attentional Lapses During Sleep Deprivation
Faculty Mentor: Laura Lewis (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Tanko, Natalia
Economic Analysis of Yanomami Eco-Tourism Expedition “Yaripo” and Ongoing Linguistic Documentation of Yanomami Dialect
Faculty Mentor: Julie Klinger (Pardee School of Global Studies)

Tao, Kevin
Treatment Effect in Latent Growth Curve Model with Contamination and Skewed Data
Faculty Mentor: Allen Harbaugh (CAS Mathematics/Statistics)

Tayor, Joshua
Analyzing the Effect of Soil Moisture on Precipitation Using Granger Causality.
Faculty Mentor: Guido Salvucci (CAS Earth & Environment)

Tenzin, Thomas
Criticality and Learning in an Integrate-and-Fire Model of Neurons
Faculty Mentor: William Klein (CAS Physics)

Terry, Carina
Assessing the Impact of Tourism and Traffic on Noise Pollution in New England
Faculty Mentor: Richard Primack (CAS Biology)

Thani, Zahra
An Alternative to Policing: Streetwork and Its Deterrent Effect
Faculty Mentor: Simes Jessica (CAS Sociology)

Touch, Nina
Conditional Knockout of Tsg101 in Microglia Could Halt Tau Propagation in Mice Brain by Inhibiting Exosome Synthesis
Faculty Mentor: TsenuyaIkezu(MEDPharmacology)

Towers, Andreas
Application of the Anti-inflammatory Ocular Neuropeptide Alpha-melanocyte Stimulating Hormone (α-MSH) Suppresses Damage in Retinas with Ischemia/reperfusion
Faculty Mentor: AndrewTaylor(MEDOphthalmology)

Tran, Audrey
Investigating Changes to AMPA Receptor Expression and Modification in an Animal Model of Cocaine Addiction
Faculty Mentor: Hengye Man (CAS Biology)

Trumble, Isabela
Dynamic Energy Budget for Astrangia Poculata
Faculty Mentor: Randi Rotjan (CAS Biology)

Tsai, Wei-Lun
Elucidating the Electron Transfer Pathway and Kinetics of a Trihemic Bacterial Cytochrome C Peroxidase, YhjA
Faculty Mentor: Sean Elliott (CAS Chemistry)

Turrisi, Nicholas
Development of a Fifth-Generation Elastic Scattering Spectroscopy Diagnostic Device
Faculty Mentor: Irving Bigio (ENG Biomedical Engineering)

Tyagi, Rohan
Using the CRISPR-cas9 System to Integrate Cellulose-degrading Enzymes From the White-rot Fungus Punctularia Strigosozonata Into the Genome of the Lipid-producing Yeast Yarrowia Lipolytica for the Purpose of Consolidated Bioprocessing
Faculty Mentor: Daniel Segré (CAS Biology)

Veraksa, Darya (LCP Awardee)
Designing a User Interface to Model Experiments in SBOL and Facilitate Integration with SynBioHub
Faculty Mentor:  Doug Densmore (ENG Electrical & Computer Engineering)

Walker, Matthew
Temporal and Spatial Analysis of Neonatal Mortality in a Population Based Registry in Nagpur, India
Faculty Mentor: Patricia Hibberd (SPH Global Health)

Wang, Feng
Examine Physiological Differences Between Fricative and Voiceless Stops Using High-Speed Video Along with Relative Fundamental Frequency Values
Faculty Mentor: Cara Stepp (SAR Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences)

Wang, Kevin
Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy with Nanoparticle-2D Material Heterostructures
Faculty Mentor: Xi Ling (CAS Chemistry)

Watturkar, Anirudh
Improving Taxonomist’s Recognition of the Same Program with Different Compilation Options
Faculty Mentor: Ayse Coskun (ENG Electrical and Computer Engineering)

Wen, Michelle
Simultaneous Input and Output Dynamics Responsible for Movement Control in Distinct Basal Ganglia Pathways
Faculty Mentor: Mark Howe (CAS Psychological and Brain Sciences)

Williams, Olivia
Exploring the Mechanisms Driving Silica Export From New England Salt Marshes
Faculty Mentor: Andrew Kurtz (CAS Earth & Environment)

Williams, Raina
Secrets of Just Good Business: Towards a Theory of Organizational Survival for Health Enterprises
Faculty Mentor: Emily Barman (CAS Sociology)

Wilson, Quintashia
One-step Asymmetric Alkylation Via Reductive Coupling in the Traceless Petasis Reaction
Faculty Mentor: Scott Schaus (CAS Chemistry)

Wojciechowski, Noelle
The Role of Non-REM Sleep in Inducing Cortical Plasticity in V1 of the Visual Cortex
Faculty Mentor: Jeffery Gavornik (CAS Biology)

Wolfson, Andrea
Older-adolescent Development as a Result of Youth Initiated Mentoring
Faculty Mentor: RenéeSpencer (SSW Human Behavior)

Wollman, Zachary
Criteria of Measuring Zeta Potential in Nanochannels Using Current Monitoring
Faculty Mentor: Chuanhua Duan (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Wu, Man I
Raman Spectroscopy for Early-Stage Diagnostics of Osteoarthritis
Faculty Mentor: Michael Albro (ENG Mechanical Engineering)

Wu, Yalan
Flow Cytometry Analysis of Regulatory T Cells Activated by Antigen Presenting Cells Treated with RPE Conditioned Media
Faculty Mentor: Andrew Taylor (MED Ophthamology)

Yeung, Charlotte
Examining the Effects of Increased Expression of Complement Component 4A in Prefrontal Cortex Function and Rodent Social Interactions
Faculty Mentor: Alberto Cruz Martin (CAS Biology)

Yezdan, Syed Ghazanfar
Mechanism Design for the Massachusetts Open Cloud
Faculty Mentor: David Starobinski (ENG Electrical and Computer Engineering)

Yuan, Samson
Uncovering the Combinatorial Transcriptional Regulation of IL10
Faculty Mentor: Juan Fuxman Bass (CAS Biology)

Yun, Myoungjun
Characterizing Tumor-infiltrating T Cells
Faculty Mentor: DennisJ ones (MED Pathology & Laboratory Medicine)

Zaidi, Faraz
Division of Labor, Behavioral Specialization, and Synaptic Organization in Leaf-cutter Ants
Faculty Mentor: James Traniello (CAS Biology)

Zhang, Siyuan
Defect Generation in Novel Materials with Femtosecond Laser Interaction
Faculty Mentor: Michelle Sander (ENG Electrical and Computer Engineering)

zhang, xike
Characterizing the Effect of MYCN-overexpressing Neuron Crests on T-cell Development.
Faculty Mentor: Hui Feng (MED Pharmacology)

Zhang, Yi
Media Coverage of Gun Violence in the United States
Faculty Mentor: Dylan Walker (QST Information Systems)

Zhao, Rose
Using Protein-binding Microarrays to Study Cofactor Recruitment in Transcriptional Complexes
Faculty Mentor: Trevor Siggers (CAS Biology)

Zhao, Zhiming
Gα-GTP Formation of Novel BRET Biosensors
Faculty Mentor: Mikel Garcia-Marcos (MED BIochemistry)

Zhou, Yuxiang
Enothelial Cell Targeting of Polyurethane-Polyurea Nanoparticles in Vitro and in Vivo
Faculty Mentor: Jingyan Han (MED Vascular Biology)