UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AND SENIOR THESIS PRESENTATION - POSTER FAIR
2025 Poster Fair: Tuesday, April 29, 2025 / Time: 1:00 – 3:30 pm / Location: Bear Down Gym
The Undergraduate Research and Senior Thesis Presentation is an annual Poster Fair hosted by the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry to:
- highlight Departmental research opportunities for undergraduates through a poster session
- provide a place for the presentation of Senior Capstone/Thesis research projects
- provide a forum to showcase research projects conducted by our undergraduates
- answer any questions you have about the Chemistry and Biochemistry majors
Abdulqadir Ali
Poster Title: PFAS Contamination Analysis in Fish Tissue
Research Faculty Advisor: Leif Abrell, Environmental Science and Chemistry and Biochemistry
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, biological life sciences
Poster Location: 22
Janelle Amegatse
Poster Title: Tricationic Dimethoxyquinacridinium (DMQA+) for an Aqueous Redox Flow Battery
Research Faculty Advisor: Thomas Gianetti, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, physical sciences
Poster Location: 9
Daniel Aranda
Poster Title: Synthesizing New Linkers For Carbenium to Pyrene Photon Upconversion
Research Faculty Advisor: Thomas Gianetti, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Poster Topic: physical Sciences
Poster Location: 83
Gavin Arnold
Poster Title: Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation as a primer for neural plasticity—Parameter review and study protocol for a sham-controlled, randomized trial
Research Faculty Advisor: Ying-Hui Chou, Psychology
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, biological life sciences
Poster Location: 59
Benjamin Augustine
Poster Title: Mechanisms of benefit acquisition for students involved in chemistry based undergraduate research experiences
Research Faculty Advisor: Vicente Talanquer, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, chemistry education
Poster Location: 24
Cole Bellomo
Poster Title: Fabrication and Mechanical Testing of Inverse Vulcanized Sulfur Polymers
Research Faculty Advisor: Jeffrey Pyun, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Poster Topic: physical sciences
Poster Location: 88
Ryenne Belt
Poster Title: Receipt of and Biochemical Screening Methods of Human Papillomavirus Testing and Cervical Cancer Screenings in Arizona Tribal Lands
Research Faculty Advisor: Julie Armin, Family and Community Medicine
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, molecular public health
Poster Location: 46
Katelyn Boone
Poster Title: Dorsal hippocampal single-unit responses to time, distance of string pulled, and trial condition during a novel fine-motor string-pulling behavior
Research Faculty Advisor: Stephen Cowen, Psychology
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, biological life sciences
Poster Location 61
Anna Campbell
Poster Title: Venom recruitment of a phospholipase in recluse spiders included an activity-enhancing truncation
Research Faculty Advisor: Matthew Cordes, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Poster Topic: biological life sciences
Poster Location: 78
John Casey
Poster Title: Identification of Novel Inhibitors Targeting the Valley Fever Protein Cps1 Using Molecular Modeling Techniques
Research Faculty Advisor: Thomas Tomasiak, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, biochemistry/bioinformatics
Poster Location 30
Christian Chan
Poster Title: Paper-Microfluidic Platform with Cloud-Based Capillary Flow Analysis for Detection of HPV 16 Towards Oropharyngeal Cancer Screening
Research Faculty Advisor: Jeong-Yeol Yoon, BioMedical Engineering
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, biological life sciences
Poster Location 63
Sean Chen
Poster Title: GPCR signal transduction is affected by water and lipids
Research Faculty Advisor: Michael Brown, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, biophysics
Poster Location: 1
Dorie Chen
Poster Title: The Impact of Sleep-Wake Variability on Reaction Time in Psychomotor Vigilance Tasks: An Actigraphy-Based Study
Research Faculty Advisor: William (Scott) Killgore, Psychology
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, (neuro/psych)
Poster Location: 60
Kay Do
Poster Title: Synthesis and Characterization of Metal-Binding Biopyrrin Pigments
Research Faculty Advisor: Elisa Tomat, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, physical sciences
Poster Location: 19
Andrew Dull
Poster Title: Calculations and Measurements of Biomolecular Analog Pyrithione with Formic Acid and Water
Research Faculty Advisor: Adam Daly, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, biological life sciences
Poster Location: 6
Aranea Dunckley
Poster Title: Exploring Hsp10 and its Interactions with Different Substrates
Research Faculty Advisor: Marielle Hegetschweiler, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, biological life sciences
Poster Location: 36
Sam Ellis
Poster Title: New Chemical-Proteomic Platforms for the Exploration of Mitochondrial Dynamics
Research Faculty Advisor: Michael Taylor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, physical sciences
Poster Location: 18
Kylie Ernst
Poster Title: Transcription Factor Activation During Decidualization of Endometrial Stromal Cells
Research Faculty Advisor: Andrew Paek, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Poster Topic: biological sciences
Poster Location: 72
Felicia Escalante
Poster Title: Functional analysis of sperm competition of Drosophila arizonae
Research Faculty Advisor: Luciano Matias Matzkin, Entomology
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, biological life sciences
Poster Location: 45
Libby Farmer
Poster Title: Reevaluating the Growth Rate Hypothesis: temperature stress, nutrient constraints, environmental variability, and stoichiometric flexibility
Research Faculty Advisor: Brian Enquist, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, environmental sciences
Poster Location: 42
Luke Fasse
Poster Title: Metal Coordination to Organic Photocatalyst for Bifunctional Metallaphotoredox Catalysis
Research Faculty Advisor: Thomas Gianetti, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Poster Topic: physical sciences
Poster Location: 82
Jacob Fredman
Poster Title: The Building Blocks of Glycopeptides
Research Faculty Advisor: Robin Polt, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, biological life sciences
Poster Location: 12
Moorea Gailloux
Poster Title: Clinical Impacts of “Food is Medicine” on Hemoglobin A1c for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
Research Faculty Advisor: Melanie Hingle, Nutritional Science & Wellness
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, biological life sciences
Poster Location: 55
Melanie Galvan Salazar
Poster Title: Glucose Glycosylation via ZnI₂: A Route to Modified PACAP
Research Faculty Advisor: Robin Polt, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, biological life sciences
Poster Location: 13
Elizabeth Ghartey
Poster Title: Characterizing a patient-derived neuroblastoma cell line as an immunotherapeutic model
Research Faculty Advisor: Emmanuel Katsanis, College of Medicine
Poster Topic: biological sciences
Poster Location: 65
Jaxon Goddard-Westland
Poster Title: 2D Material Sample Transfer Station for Fast Fabrication of Van der Waals Heterostructures.
Research Faculty Advisor: Oliver L.A. Monti, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Poster Topic: physical sciences
Poster Location: 87
Mary Gordon
Poster Title: The Role of Dietary Fat in Modulating ER Stress and Inflammation in Ceramide Synthase 5/6 Knockout Mice
Research Faculty Advisor: Ashley Snider, Nutritional Science & Wellness
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, biological life sciences
Poster Location: 54
Natasha Graham
Poster Title: Sulfenyl Chloride Commodity Chemical Feedstocks for High Refractive-Index Photopolymers for Plastic Optics and 3D- Printing
Research Faculty Advisor: Jeffrey Pyun, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Poster Topic: polymer material sciences
Poster Location: 93
Madison Grams
Poster Title: PH3, a redox active chelator and its effect on breast cancer cells, MDA, and ovarian cell cells, A2780
Research Faculty Advisor: Elisa Tomat, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, biological life sciences
Poster Location: 20
Alyssa Gregory
Poster Title: Understanding tuberculosis dynamics in a wildlife species using phylodynamic approaches
Research Faculty Advisor: Liliana Salvador, Animal/BioMed Science
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, biological life sciences
Poster Location: 57
Megan Hahn
Poster Title: Synthesis and Functionalization of Magnetic Nanoparticles with polymer brushes for magneto-optical photonics
Research Faculty Advisor: Jeffrey Pyun, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, physical sciences
Poster Location: 14
Olivia Hajdys
Poster Title: Investigating cAR1 interactions in Dictyostelium Discoideum
Research Faculty Advisor: Pascale Charest, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, biological life sciences
Poster Location: 38
Wyatt Hendricks
Poster Title: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Exploration of Large Disease Relevant Proteins
Research Faculty Advisor: Marielle Walti, Biochemistry
Poster Topic: biological life sciences
Poster Location: 76
Andrea Hernández
Poster Title: Efficiency Assessment of BRD4/PLK1 Dual Degraders: A Promising Approach to Cancer Treatment
Research Faculty Advisor: Wei Wang, Pharmacology and Toxicology
Poster Topic: biological sciences
Poster Location: 69
Rhett Hill
Poster Title: Microwave spectrum and molecular structure calculations for a butadiene iron tricarbonyl–water complex
Research Faculty Advisor: Adam Daly, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, physical sciences (chemistry)
Poster Location: 7
Carter Hollings
Poster Title: Analysis of Relative Microbial Abundance and Growth in Short Term Martian Colony Simulation Utilizing 16s rRNA Amplicon Next-Generation Sequencing
Research Faculty Advisor: Kai Staats, Biosphere
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, biological life sciences
Poster Location: 62
Hanami Inagaki
Poster Title: Revealing Solvent Coordination in Perovskite Precursors through a Combined Spectroscopy/TD-DFT Approach
Research Faculty Advisor: Adam Printz and Patrick Lohr, Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Poster Topic: physical sciences
Poster Location: 97
Pedro Juarez
Poster Title: Chiral Analysis of Ketamine and its Metabolites Using LC-MS/MS
Research Faculty Advisor: M. Leandro Heien, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Poster Topic: Bioanalytical
Poster Location: 94
Lily Jensen
Poster Title: Calculated Microwave Rotational Spectrum of 2-Aminopyridine Complexes: Predicted Spectra, Structures, and Rotational Constants
Research Faculty Advisor: Adam Daly, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, biochemistry
Poster Location: 8
Joseph Jung
Poster Title: Characterization of IR Transparency of Inverse Vulcanized Sulfur Polymers
Research Faculty Advisor: Jeffrey Pyun, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Poster Topic: organic & polymer chemistry
Poster Location: 91
Isaac Kailat
Poster Title: Fluorescent Nanodisc Reporters for Lipidomic Lipid Exchange Mass Spectrometry
Research Faculty Advisor: Michael Marty, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Poster Topic: physical sciences
Poster Location: 86
Dylan Kmiec
Poster Title: Investigating PACAP Truncations and Receptor Interactions Using Plasmon Waveguide Resonance Spectroscopy
Research Faculty Advisor: Minying Cai, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, biological life sciences
Poster Location: 4
Nolan Knapp
Poster Title: Optical Sample Fabrication Methods for High Sulfur Content Polymers
Research Faculty Advisor: Jeffrey Pyun, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Poster Topic: physical sciences
Poster Location: 92
Caleb Konecek
Poster Title: Role of Rap1 versus PIP3 in the Regulation of mTORC2
Research Faculty Advisor: Pascale Charest, Molecular & Cellular Biology
Poster Topic: molecular & cellular biology
Poster Location: 79
Seth Larger
Poster Title: Defining the molecular basis for transmembrane domain interactions in COQ8B complexes
Research Faculty Advisor: Tarjani Thaker, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, biological life sciences
Poster Location: 28
Ika Lin
Poster Title: Exploring Caged Aryl Diazonium Ions as Fluorogenic Probes
Research Faculty Advisor: John Jewett, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, biological life sciences
Poster Location: 10
Melvin Lopez
Poster Title: The role of a non-catalytic lipid binding site in substrate recognition by recluse spider toxins
Research Faculty Advisor: Matthew Cordes, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, biological life sciences
Poster Location: 27
Peter Luu
Poster Title: HMEL: Hypoxic Myocyte-enriched Essential for Life Research Faculty Advisor: Elhelaly Waleed, Division of Cardiology
Poster Topic: cardiology regeneration life sciences
Poster Location: 67
Elise MacKirdy
Poster Title: Processing and Fabrication of Sulfur-based Copolymers Research Faculty Advisor: Jeffrey Pyun, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Poster Topic: physical sciences
Poster Location: 90
Joshua Mahar
Poster Title: Synthesis of photoreactive pyrdidinium and pyrimidinium molecular probes for the purpose of protein labeling
Research Faculty Advisor: Michael Taylor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, biological life sciences
Poster Location: 16
Binay Maharjan
Poster Title: Disulfide Glass: Identification and Characterization of the Catalytic Site in Candida auris FKS1 Using Computational Modeling
Research Faculty Advisor: Thomas Tomasiak, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, biological life sciences
Poster Location: 35
Benjamin Maldonado
Poster Title: Selective Protein Labeling at High pH Using Meldrum’s Acid-Based MaMa Probes and SPAAC Chemistry: Toward Efficient and Metal-Free pH-Responsive Bioconjugation
Research Faculty Advisor: John Jewett, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, bio-organic chemistry
Poster Location: 11
Ginelle Maldonado
Poster Title: Micro CT Analysis of Bone Regeneration in Critical Size Defects Using Polymer Scaffolds
Research Faculty Advisor: David Margolis, Orthopaedic Surgery
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, biological life sciences, bone fracture
Poster Location: 53
Dilan Maliyagoda
Poster Title: Exploring Minimal Functional Pharmacophore of PACAP using Plasmon Waveguide Resonance Spectroscopy and Schrödinger
Research Faculty Advisor: Minying Cai, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, biological life sciences
Poster Location: 5
Tyler Martinez
Poster Title: Using Nanodiscs to Study Lipid Exchange
Research Faculty Advisor: Michael Marty, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Poster Topic: biological life sciences
Poster Location: 85
Gwendolyn McKay
Poster Title: Lysine Deacetylase-Containing Complexes Aid in Facilitating Transcription of Glucocorticoid Receptor-Targeted Genes
Research Faculty Advisor: Catharine Smith, Pharmacology and Toxicology
Poster Topic: biological life sciences
Poster Location: 71
Ethan McNew
Poster Title: Histological analysis of severe foreign body response induced by wireless mechanical stimulation
Research Faculty Advisor: Geoffrey Gurtner and Dr. Kellen Chen, Department of Surgery
Poster Topic: biological sciences
Poster Location: 66
Akshay Menghani
Poster Title: Characterization of Commensal Neisseria Polysaccharide Capsule
Research Faculty Advisor: Katherine Rhodes, Immunobiology
Poster Topic: host interaction, biological life sciences
Poster Location: 75
Luis Mendez Elizondo
Poster Title: Use of metal oxides to improve reference electrodes biocompatibility and stability
Research Faculty Advisor: M. Leandro Heien, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, neurochemical analysis
Poster Location: 26
Gabriella Miranda
Poster Title: Expression of Polyketide Synthase by Aspergillus Flavus During Competition of Aflatoxigenic and Non-aflatoxigenic Genotypes
Research Faculty Advisor: Hillary Mehl, Plant Sciences
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, biological life sciences
Poster Location: 43
Adrian Moreno
Poster Title: Exploring alternatives to glacial acetic acid for the preparation of davidson’s afa solution used for fixation of shrimp tissues
Research Faculty Advisor: Arun Dhar, Animal and BioMedical Sciences
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, biological life sciences
Poster Location: 58
Jacob Narr
Poster Title: Disulfide Glass: A New High RI Polymer for Precision Optics and Photonics
Research Faculty Advisor: Jeffrey Pyun, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Poster Topic: polymer chemistry
Poster Location: 89
Nicolas Ngo
Poster Title: Fish Scale Analysis with an Electron Microscope
Research Faculty Advisor: Waleed Elhelaly, HMEL: Hypoxic Myocyte-enriched Essential for Life
Poster Topic: cardiac regeneration
Poster Location: 68
Isaac Nicholson
Poster Title: Fish Scale Analysis with an Electron Microscope
Research Faculty Advisor: Scott Bonar, School of Natural Resources and the Environment
Poster Topic: biological life sciences
Poster Location: 70
Alejandro Noriega
Poster Title: Computational Modelling of Substrate Recognition by the Cdr1 Transporter in Candida auris: Implications for the development of novel antifungals agents
Research Faculty Advisor: Thomas Tomasiak, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, biological life sciences
Poster Location: 31
Ellie Osborne
Poster Title: Investigating the Functional Role of Actin-Binding Site 1 (ABS1) in Leiomodin2 Regulating Thin Filament Elongation in Cardiac Muscle
Research Faculty Advisor: Christopher Pappas, Cellular & Molecular Medicine
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, biological life sciences
Poster Location: 41
Ronald Palmenberg
Poster Title: Key mutations associated with venom recruitment of a recluse spider toxin
Research Faculty Advisor: Matthew Cordes, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Poster Topic: biological sciences
Poster Location: 77
Gary Palmeri
Poster Title: Acetaminophen’s Effect on Blood-Brain Barrier Transporters: Expression of P-gp and BCRP in the Rat Cortex, Cerebellum, Hippocampus, and Thalamus
Research Faculty Advisor: Patrick Ronaldson, Pharmacology
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, biological life sciences
Poster Location: 49
Javier Perez
Poster Title: The Effects of PFAS Inhibition of Mouse Oat5 and Human OAT4 Transporters within Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells
Research Faculty Advisor: Nathan Cherrington, Pharmacology
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, pharmacology/toxicology
Poster Location: 52
Delaney Petruzelli
Poster Title: Pendant Arm and Bridging Atom Variations in Carbenium Ions: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications.
Research Faculty Advisor: Thomas Gianetti, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Poster Topic: physical sciences emerging
Poster Location: 81
Imani Ralph
Poster Title: Micrometer Chronic Electrode Development for Dopamine Detection
Research Faculty Advisor: M. Leandro Heien, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, bioanalytical chemistry
Poster Location: 25
Natalie Rawlings
Poster Title: Characterizing the dynamics of a novel regulator of nutrient signaling and transport in the TORC1/SEAC interactome
Research Faculty Advisor: Andrew Capaldi, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Poster Topic: physical sciences
Poster Location: 73
Dillan Rhodes
Poster Title: The Effects of Exercise and Recovery Serum on Growth Kinetics of Hematologic Malignancies
Research Faculty Advisor: Richard Simpson, Nutritional Science Wellness
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, immunology and cancer physiology
Poster Location: 48
Natalie Sanchez
Research Faculty Advisor: Thomas Tomasiak and Darpan Raghav, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Substrate Selectivity of Candida auris Cdr1: Comparative Analysis of Short- and Long- Tailed Azoles via In Silico and In Vitro Approaches
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, biological life sciences
Poster Location: 32
Erin Schuette
Poster Title: Promoting embryonic stem cell derived cardiomyocyte maturity by gene editing sarcomeric proteins
Research Faculty Advisor: Jared Churko, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Poster Topic: biological life sciences
Poster Location: 64
Lucas Schomburg
Poster Title: IMIDs Disrupt Hydrogen Bonding in the MCT1–CD147-CRBN complex: A Structural Analysis
Research Faculty Advisor: Thomas Tomasiak, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, biological life sciences
Poster Location: 33
Alexis Schwartzberg
Poster Title: Microbial Adaptation to Elevated Hydrogen: Soil as an Atmospheric H₂ Sink
Research Faculty Advisor: Juliana Gil-Loaiza, School of Natural Resources and The Environment
Poster Topic: geochemistry
Poster Location: 95
Olivia Seagraves
Poster Title: Direct Biased Signaling Study of G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) & Beta-Amyloid (Aβ) Kinetics Studies via Plasmon Waveguide Resonance (PWR) Spectroscopy
Research Faculty Advisor: Minying Cai, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, biological sciences
Poster Location: 3
Jake Shaw
Poster Title: Targeting Intracellular Iron in Cancer: Prochelation, Bioconjugation, and Localization Imaging Strategies
Research Faculty Advisor: Elisa Tomat, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, Bioinorganic chemistry
Poster Location: 21
Sarah Shepherd
Poster Title: How the Ewing Sarcoma fusion protein effects R-loops and mitochondria
Research Faculty Advisor: Jacob Schwartz, Pharmacology
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, biological life sciences
Poster Location: 51
Trin Šutalo
Poster Title: Structure of Formazan Derivatives using 2D NMR Spectroscopy
Research Faculty Advisor: Vlad Kumirov, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Poster Topic: emerging physical sciences
Poster Location: 84
Douglas Swango
Poster Title: Determining the Role of HRas Alterations on the PI3K/mTORC2/AKT Signaling Axis
Research Faculty Advisor: Pascale Charest, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, biological life sciences
Poster Location: 39
Lauren Thaller
Poster Title: Insights Into Retinal Chromophore Dynamics During Rhodopsin Activation
Research Faculty Advisor: Michael Brown, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, Physical Chemistry
Poster Location: 2
Samantha Thomas
Poster Title: Gene Expression of Sepsis Induced Lung Edema in Syndecan-1 Knockout Mice
Research Faculty Advisor: Andreia Zago Chignalia, Anesthesiology
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, physiological sciences
Poster Location: 56
Madeleine Tibayan
Poster Title: Arginine-based Glyonic Liquids from Monorhamnolipids: Sustainable Synthesis, Characterization, and Potential Applications
Research Faculty Advisor: Jeanne Pemberton, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, physical sciences
Poster Location: 23
Jaden Todd-Nelson
Poster Title: Characterizing the Role of Ctr2 in Toxoplasma gondii Bradyzoite Differentiation and Latent Persistence
Research Faculty Advisor: Anita Koshy, Neurology
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, immunobiology/parasitology
Poster Location: 47
Monique Trujillo
Poster Title: ATAT1 Hyperactivation in Pancreatic Cancer Drives Tumor Growth by Enhancing DNMT1-dependent Silencing of NDRG4 Expression
Research Faculty Advisor: Nam Lee, Pharmacology
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, biological life sciences
Poster Location: 50
Makaela Valencia
Poster Title: Cultivating the Unculturable: Integrated Statistical Design and Amplicon Sequencing for Isolating and Identification of Microorganisms from a Dryland Xeriscape Soil
Research Faculty Advisor: Paul Carini, Environmental Science
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, environmental sciences
Poster Location: 44
Haley Vanhof
Poster Title: Examining the ATP Dependent Oligomeric State of Human Hsp60
Research Faculty Advisor: Marielle Hegetschweiler, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, biological life sciences
Poster Location: 37
Daniela Villacorta
Poster Title: The role of ADCK4 in remodeling mitochondrial networks in kidney disease
Research Faculty Advisor: Tarjani Thaker, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, biological life sciences
Poster Location: 29
Kai Walsh
Poster Title: Studying verdazyl radical single molecular junctions: Synthesis and applications
Research Faculty Advisor: Dominic McGrath, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Poster Topic: physical sciences (organic chemistry)
Poster Location: 80
Dylan Weaver
Poster Title: Nona-fluoro Quinolinium Cation as a Radical Photocage for Post-Translational Modification
Research Faculty Advisor: Michael Taylor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, biological life sciences
Poster Location: 15
Jamison White
Poster Title: Light mediated chemistries for assessing interactions between biological and small molecule matter
Research Faculty Advisor: Michael Taylor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, biological life sciences
Poster Location: 17
Bryce Wilson
Poster Title: Hydroxyl Radicals and Calcium Signaling As Central Regulators In The Cellular Response To Hydrogen Peroxide
Research Faculty Advisor: Andrew Paek, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, biological life sciences, MCB
Poster Location: 40
Charlie Woodring
Poster Title: Microbial Responses to Hydrogen Exposure Near Fueling Stations: Implications for Environmental Impact
Research Faculty Advisor: Laura Meredith, School of Natural Resources and the Environment
Poster Topic: biological life sciences
Poster Location: 96
Forrest Zepezauer
Poster Title: Genetic Code Expansion with High-Throughput Microfluidic Enzyme Kinetics
Research Faculty Advisor: Polly Fordyce, Cellular and Bioengineering and Genetics
Poster Topic: physical/life sciences
Poster Location: 74
Grady Zucco
Poster Title: Predicting drug interactions with monocarboxylate transporters expressed in cancer cells using AI generative structures and computational analysis
Research Faculty Advisor: Thomas Tomasiak, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Poster Topic: Senior Thesis, biological life sciences with cancer implications
Poster Location: 34
Poster entrants must be a declared chemistry or biochemistry major, or conducting chem/biochem research with a faculty member in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.
Posters are initially placed in one of several categories. They include:
- Physical Science projects involve non-living systems. While your work may have the potential to affect living creatures or be used by living creatures, the research problem you are working to solve does not directly involve the study of living or biological tissues, cells, etc.
- Life (or Bio) Science projects involve most other areas beyond physical described above. If the project deals with the study of living tissues, creatures, biological processes, affects on human life, etc. it is most likely that your poster will fit this category.
Then the poster will either be judged as accomplished research or emerging research within its category:
- Advanced Research: This category reflects the level of accomplishment on the project. Students will most likely have over a year of experience (but not always) and have made progress such that there are results to report.
- Emerging Research: This category suits new researchers (with a year or less of experience) who have defined a problem, designed a project, may be collecting data, but may lack results at this point.
Senior Thesis: If you did research for your senior thesis requirement, you will be automatically placed in this category. Every poster in this category is judged using the same standards.
For poster preparation and presentation advice, see your research mentor, watch for emails on the CBC student listserv regarding upcoming workshops, and check out the following links, (some compiled by the American Chemical Society):
Congratulations to the CBC Undergraduate Poster Fair Winners! It was a great turnout, showcasing undergraduate research!
You can view the poster fair Photos HERE. You do not have to have a FB account to view the photo.
| Poster Fair Winners | Honorable Mentions | Viewer’s Choice |
| Senior Thesis | Sam Durfee | Daniel Aranda & Delaney Petruzelli |
| 1st Place – Eleanor McBride | Rylee Ellsworth | Kay Do |
| 2nd Place – Michael Foster | Elizabeth Harper | Luke Fasse |
| Clare Hotze | Madison Grams | |
| Biological Life Sciences Emerging | David Jurkowitz | Elizabeth Harper |
| 1st Place – Ika Lin | Pulari Kartha | Clare Hotze |
| 2nd Place – Jaden Todd-Nelson | Marie Ojeh | Eliza Johnson |
| Chloe Park | Sai Julakanti | |
| Biological Sciences Advanced | Natalie Rawlings | David Jurkowitz |
| 1st Place – Sean Chen | Kristen Roehling | Pulari Kartha |
| 2nd Place – Madison Grams | Ashley Wellington | Heather Kwapiszeski |
| Ika Lin | ||
| Physical Sciences Emerging | Alison Mason | |
| 1st Place – Jake Shaw | Anna Ramsook | |
| 2nd Place – Luke Fasse | Jake Shaw | |
| Physical Advanced | ||
| 1st Place – Maddie Tibayan | ||
| 2nd Place – Megan Hahn |
Congratulations to this year's Poster Fair winners!
You can find more photos on CBC's Facebook page. You do not need a Facebook account to view the photos. Go ahead and tag yourselves if you wish.
| Poster Fair Winners | Honorable Mention | Viewer’s Choice |
| Senior Thesis | Vanessa Addison | Vanessa Addison |
| 1st Place – Maddie Milner | Ellie Browne | Alexis Cruickshank-Taylor |
| 2nd Place – Julie Fan | Carson Freeling | Julie Fan |
| Terese Kulangara | Carson Freeling | |
| Biological Life Sciences Emerging | Krista Potter | Aunita Hakimi |
| 1st Place – Emma Slenkovich | Hillary Schiff | Clare Hotze |
| 2nd Place – Katelyn Boone | Veronica Hode | Shayna Maddern |
| Madison Grams | Maddie Milner | |
| Biological Sciences Advance | Janelle Amegatse | Sami Muslmani |
| 1st Place – Clare Hotze | Luke Fasse | Allison Steedman |
| 2nd Place – Aunita Hakimi | Olivia Bertuca | |
| Physical Sciences Emerging | ||
| 1st Place – Benjamin Koppe | ||
| 2nd Place – Ronald Palmenberg | ||
| Physical Advanced | ||
| 1st Place – Briana Pomales | ||
| 2nd Place – Anthony DiGirolamo |
Congratulations to the 2022 Poster Winners!
You can check out the photos on FB. You don’t have to have a FB account to view the photos. Go ahead and tag yourselves if you wish.
| Poster Fair Winners | Honorable Mention | Viewer’s Choice |
| Senior Thesis | Matthew Schott | Wael Almasri |
| 1st Place – Arturo Lujan | Dorien Haney | Rosa Araujo |
| 2nd Place – Rorie Robinson | Joshua Goldring | Kawthar AlElg |
| Abel Cherian | Alejandra Betancourt Ramirez | |
| Biological Life Sciences Emerging | Franky Torres | Matheo Herrera |
| 1st Place – Vanessa Addison | Trevor Tankersley | Clare Hotze |
| 2nd Place – Aunita Hakimi | Cong Pham | Aiden Li |
| Yuyin Wang | Andrew Matiatos | |
| Biological Sciences Advance | Avani Kumar | Alicia Power |
| 1st Place – Cristian Chavira | Amanda Platt | Kiah Sleiman |
| 2nd Place – Nick Mortimore | Sophia Volpe | |
| Physical Sciences Emerging | ||
| 1st Place – Natalya Stanisic | ||
| 2nd Place – Kawthar AlElg | ||
| Physical Advanced | ||
| 1st Place – Parker Geffre | ||
| 2nd Place – Greg Clarke |