2023 2023: Office of Undergraduate Research announces Fall 2023 award winning student researchers

Awards are given to undergraduate students to fund research projects alongside a faculty supervisor

The Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) recently announced the Fall 2023 grant award recipients. The awards are given to student researchers to fund their proposals for research projects alongside a faculty supervisor. The OUR works with students who aim to solve problems, make discoveries, and interact with research faculty outside the classroom.

Fall 2023 recipients are:

Maya Arruda – Biology
Supervisor: Dr. Robert Drew
Title: "Gene Expression in Anemonefish: Bryoporin, Thioredoxin-Like Protein, and Epithelial Splicing Regulatory Protein 2"

Sadye Marie Clark – Psychology
Supervisor: Dr. Trina Kershaw
Title: "Physiological Markers of the Aha! Experience"

Vanessa Costa – Biology
Supervisor:  Dr. Michael Sheriff
Title: "Feeding Behaviors of Large Herbivores in Response to the Human 'Super Predator'"

Caitlyn Haley – Art History
Supervisor: Dr. Matthew Sneider
Title: "Artemesia Gentileschi: Forgotten Italian Renaissance Artist"

Gabriella Kearns – Biology
Supervisor:  Dr. Kathryn Kavanagh
Title: "Developmental Impacts of Environmental Hypoxia on Survival Rate, Morphological Growth, and Patterning of Embryonic Amphiprion (Premnas) biaculeatus"

Ilia Korovaev – Bioengineering
Supervisor:  Dr. Milana Vasudev
Title: "Isolation of Ovarian Cancer Cell Exosomes"

Kerolos Markos – Chemistry & Biochemistry
Supervisor:  Dr. Sivappa Rasapalli
Title: "Synthesis of Isatisindigoticanine G and its analogues"

Aiden Morgado – Bioengineering
Supervisor: Dr. Tracie Ferreira
Title: "Optimizing Fibroblast Growth Media to Differentiate into Osteoblasts"

Alejandra PonceLopez – Psychology
Supervisor: Dr. Kristen Sethares
Title: "Imposter Syndrome and Diversity"

Jacqueline Ramirez – Bioengineering
Supervisor: Dr. Tracie Ferreira
Title: "Creating a Recombinant R.opacus Bacteria That Can Use Chitin"

Abigail Snow – Sociology & Anthropology
Supervisor: Dr. Lisa Knauer
Title: "Our Future: The World After Roe v. Wade"