# College Center for Research and Fellowships
**Source**: https://ccrf.uchicago.edu/office-undergraduate-research/research-scholars-2021-2022
**Parent**: https://ccrf.uchicago.edu/undergraduate-research/quad-undergraduate-research-conference-grants
## **2021-2022 Research Scholars**
## **[Quad Summer Research Scholars](https://ccrf.uchicago.edu/undergraduate-research/quad-summer-undergraduate-research-scholars)**
- **Hannah Halpern**, Fourth-Year, Classical Studies
- Project Title: *Raffaelo Maffei’s Commentariora Urbana and the History of Censorship*
- Mentor: Ada Palmer
- **Eyshe Beirich**, Fourth-Year, Germanic & Jewish Studies
- Project Title: *The work of feminist translation and Miriam Karpilove’s Yiddish-language archive*
- Mentor: Jessica Kirzane
- **Yike Huang**, Second-Year, East Asian Languages and Civilizations & Music
- Project Title: *Overflow of Songs: Pan Zhiheng and Kunqu Performance*
- Mentor: Judith Zeitlin
- **David Spitz**, Second-Year, Computer Science & Philosophy and Allied Fields
- Project Title: *Further Topics in Logic: Type Theory for Philosophers*
- Mentor: Kevin Davey
- **Elizabeth Gerlach**, Fourth-Year, Romance Languages and Literature
- Mentor: Timothy Campbell
- **Mara Duquette**, Third-Year, Global Studies & Creative Writing
- Project Title: *Object Handling and Word Learning Across Cultures*
- Mentor: Marisa Casillas
- **Su Karaca**, Third-Year, Psychology & Data Science
- Project Title: *Effects of Conversational Disruptions in Computer Mediated Communication Models on People’s Feeling of Closeness and Social Connection*
- Mentor: Anne Henly
- **Samantha Feder-Trosclair**, Third-Year, Psychology
- Project Title: *The representation and communication of social thought through gestures*
- Mentor: Susan Goldin-Meadow
- **Brandon Shin**, Third-Year, Sociology
- Project Title: *Concentrated Poverty, Exposure to Violent Crime, and Child Academic Achievement*
- Mentor: Geoffrey T. Wodtke
- **Katherine Ambrose**, Third-Year, Media Arts and Design & Sociology
- Project Title: *fNIRS and Math Equivalence*
- Mentor: Susan Goldin-Meadow
- **Tianyi Zhang**, Fourth-Year, Economics & Mathematics
- Project Title: *Investor behavior and returns in markets for crypto-assets*
- Mentor: Anthony Lee Zhang
- **Erica Hogan**, Fourth-Year, Fundamentals: Issues and Texts & Economics
- Mentor: Raul Sanchez de la Sierra
- **Shannon KIm**, Second-Year, Biochemistry & Chemistry
- Project Title: *Enantiomeric Specificity in Chemical Aminoacylation*
- Mentor: Jack Szostak
- **Joseph Farrell**, Fourth-Year, Economics & Computer Science and Mathematics
- Project Title: *Automated Refinement Protocol to Improve the Quality of Protein Structures Deposited in the Protein Data Bank, Applied to SARS-COV-2*
- Mentor: Esmael Jafari Haddadian
- **Darius Suplica**, Second-Year, Neuroscience
- Project Title: *Decoding Auditory Working Memory Load Using Multivariate Analysis*
- Mentor: Ed Awh
- **Krishna Raghavan**, Third-Year, Biological Chemistry & Chemistry
- Project Title: *The effects of charge and tail composition of membrane phospholipids on the binding of α-synuclein*
- Mentor: Ka Yee Lee
- **Jan Kasal**, Fourth-Year, Neuroscience
- Project Title: *Auditory Motor Adaptation in the Speech Production System in Humans*
- Mentor: Shannon Heald
- **Emily Scott**, Second-Year, Neuroscience
- Project Title: *Behavioral Implications of Inner Ear Potassium Channels in Mice*
- Mentor: Ruth Anne Eatock
- **Jonathan Tang**, Fourth-Year, Biological Science
- Project Title: *Naturally assembled microbial communities for BPA degradation*
- Mentor: Seppe Kuehn
- **Polly Ren**, Second-Year, Computational and Applied Math & Economics
- Project Title: *Elucidating the structural conformations of amyloid-beta oligomers, involved in Alzheimer’s disease, on 2D surfaces*
- Mentor: Esmael Haddadian
- **Mukerrem Tufekcioglu**, Second-Year, Computer Science
- Project Title: *MD Simulation of Human IDE*
- Mentor: Esmael Haddadian
- **Lingjie** **Chen**, Fourth-Year, Molecular Engineering & Physics
- Project Title: *Investigating Heat Shock Response with Diamond Nanothermometry*
- Mentor: Peter Maurer
- **Sze Hang Chan**, Fourth-Year, Molecular Engineering
- Project Title: *Investigating Nanoparticles in their Packaging and Release Capabilities of Anti-Cancer Drugs*
- Mentor: Matthew Tirrell
- **Jonah Medoff**, Third-Year, Astrophysics
- Project Title: *Searching for Dwarf Galaxies Around NGC 55*
- Mentor: Burcin Mutlu-Pakdil
- **Kevin Yao**, Third-Year, Chemistry & Philosophy
- Project Title: *Investigation into the effects of irradiation conditions for squid beak inspired materials*
- Mentor: Stuart Rowan
- **Jiatong Li**, Fourth-Year, Physics
- Project Title: *Physica: Tangible Physics Simulation via Swarm Robot Cluster for Improvisation with Tangible User Interface*
- Mentor: Ken Nakagaki
- **William Zhao**, Fourth-Year, Chemistry & History
- Project Title: *Asymmetric Epoxidation by Chiral Brønsted Acid Activated Dimethyl Dioxirane (DMDO)*
- Mentor: Viresh Rawal
- **Joseph Guter**, Fourth-Year, Molecular Engineering
- Project Title: *Adoptive Cell Therapy of Cancer Using Tumor-Associated Memory-Phenotype CD8+ T Cells*
- Mentor: Peter Savage
- **Sarah Candelaria McDuffie**, Fourth-Year, Chemistry
- Project Title: *Improving the Mechanical Properties of Polylactic Acid with Diblock Copolymer Grafted Cellulose Nanocrystals*
- Mentor: Stuart Rowan
- **Yunyan Mo**, Fourth-Year, Geophysical Sciences
- Project Title: *Revision of the carboniferous ray-finned fossil fish Woodichthys bearsdeni*
- Mentor: Michael Coates
- **Aniela** **Mitchell**, Fourth-Year, Molecular Engineering
- Project Title: *Engineering co-BBz CAR-T cells*
- Mentor: Jun Huang
- **Genevieve Ansay**, Second-Year, Molecular Engineering & Mathematics
- Project Title: *Investigation of Polymer Thin Films as Anti-Icing Materials with a Quartz Crystal Microbalance*
- Mentor: Steven J. Sibener
- **Aditya Bhardwaj**, Third-Year, Physics
- Project Title: *Quantum Optimal Control of Multimode Systems*
- Mentor: David Schuster
- **Chi Ian Ip**, Fourth-Year, Physics & Philosophy
- Project Title: *Light-induced Time-reversal Symmetry Breaking at the Bi2Se3/WSe2 Interface*
- Mentor: Shuolong Yang
- **Sophia Li**, Fourth-Year, Biological Chemistry & Chemistry
- Project Title: *Synthesis of N-Heterocycles via C-C Activation*
- Mentor: Guangbin Dong
- **Emma Yang**, Third-Year, Biological Chemistry & Chemistry
- Project Title: *Transition metal-catalyzed [5+2] cycloaddition of 1-indanone with tethered alkynes via oxidative addition*
- Mentor: Guangbin Dong
- **Noah Geller**, Third-Year, Physics & Mathematics
- Project Title: *A Kinematic Analysis of the Tidal Stream of Antlia II*
- Mentor: Alexander Ji
#### **Supported by the Fosun Fund for Undergraduate Research**
- **Emma Montgomery**, Fourth-Year, Biological Sciences
- Project Title: *Development of a humanized zebrafish model to test functional consequences of insulin mutations*
- Mentor: Raghavendra Mirmira
- **Katharine Fox**, Fourth-Year, Biological Sciences
- Project Title: *Cellular basis for androgen-androgen receptor mediated protection from Type 1 Diabetes*
- Mentor: Alexander Chervonsky
- **Sofia V Montoto**, Fourth-Year, Biological Sciences
- Project Title: *Functional Role of DHHC2 in Golgi Satellite Proliferation*
- Mentor: William Green
- **Ellen Ma**, Second-Year, Biological Sciences
- Project Title: *Endothelization and Cell Differentiation Projects at the Hibino Lab*
- Mentor: Narutoshi Hibino
- **Jillyn Turunen**, Fourth-Year, Neuroscience
- Project Title: *Role of GABA Transaminase (ABAT) in Pediatric Brain Tumor Medulloblastoma Development and Spread*
- Mentor: Josh Neman
- **Maya Ordonez**, Fourth-Year, Neuroscience & English Language and Literature
- Project Title: *Understanding the Spatial Variation in Depression Rates within Cities*
- Mentor: Marc G. Berman
- **Daisy Maslan**, Third-Year, History & Biology
- Project Title: *Characterizing Yan Phase Separation*
- Mentor: Ilaria Rebay
- **Rowen Glusman**, Fourth-Year, Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Project Title: *Measuring Stellar Cycles of Young Stars with K2 and TESS*
- Mentor: Jacob Bean
- **Riley Rosener**, Third-Year, Astrophysics
- Project Title: *Detector Trigger Timing for Scalar Particles in ICARUS*
- Mentor: David Schmitz
- **Raul Basilides Gomez del Estal Teixeira**, Third-Year, Astrophysics
- Project Title: *Characterizing the Photometric Redshifts for Cosmic Shear*
- Mentor: Chihway Chang
- **Steven Labalme**, Third-Year, Chemistry & Mathematics
- Project Title: *Enhancing Photoredox Gold Catalysis with Metal-Organic Layers*
- Mentor: Wenbin Lin
- **Maya McDaniel**, Second-Year, Molecular Engineering
- Project Title: *Development of a Photoswitchable Dye-Based Detector for Improved PET Scans*
- Mentor: Allison Squires
- **Caroline McCleary**, Third-Year, Chemistry
- Project Title: *Undergraduate research position in UChicago Professor Wenbin Lin's lab*
- Mentor: Wenbin Lin
- **Ainsley Iwanicki**, Third-Year, Chemistry
- Project Title: *Investigating the Effect of Chirality on Charge Transfer in TMD-Organic Heterostructures Using 2D-Circular Dichroism*
- Mentor: Greg Engel
#### **Supported by the Hoeft Fund for Undergraduate Research**
- **Alexander Stern**, Third-Year, Linguistics & Environmental and Urban Studies
- Project Title: *Tracking children’s shift from child-like to adult-like vocabulary*
- Mentor: Marisa Casillas
- **Wanxin Peng**, Fourth-Year, Psychology
- Project Title: *Influence of Modalities of Preference Expression on Post-Choice Satisfaction*
- Mentor: Boaz Keysar
- **Yizhou Lyu**, Third-Year, Psychology & Statistics
- Project Title: *Neural correlates of Hostile Attribution Bias*
- Mentor: Yuan Chang Leong
- **Dana Christopher**, Second-Year, Biological Sciences
- Project Title: *Testing the Inhibition Properties of Candidate Compounds on Bacterial Protein Mfd's Role in the Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance Development*
- Mentor: Houra Merrikh
- **Aidan Cloonan**, Fourth-Year, Astronomy & Astrophysics
- Project Title: *Search for Widely Separated Lensed Quasars*
- Mentor: Michael Gladders
- **Joseph Geniesse**, Fourth-Year, Chemistry & Environmental and Urban Studies
- Project Title: *Ytterbium-Doped Lead-Free Halide Perovskite Quantum Cutting Materials to Increase the Efficiencies of Silicon Solar Cells*
- Mentor: Eray Aydil
- **Alexander Costle-Tyler**, Third-Year, Chemistry
- Project Title: *Snyder Research Group: Synthesis of Harziane Diprotenoids*
- Mentor: Scott Snyder
- **Hugh Cairney******, Third-Year, Physics
- Project Title: *Synthesis, characterization, and spectroscopic study of bismuth based lead-free perovskite quantum dots*
- Mentor: Greg Engel
- **Frederick Wehlen******, Fourth-Year, Physics & Astrophysics
- Project Title: *Holographic Anomalies in the CMB*
- Mentor: Craig Hogan
## **[Quad Scholars](https://ccrf.uchicago.edu/undergraduate-research/quad-undergraduate-research-scholars-program)** (Winter 2022)
**Funded through the NK Cheung Chemistry Research Fellowship**
- **Sarah Melton**, Third-Year, Chemistry
- Project Title: *Fabrication and characterization of PTCDA-MoS2 heterostructure for investigation of electronic structure at the interface using sum-frequency generation spectroscopy*
- Faculty Mentor: Sarah King, Chemistry
**Supported by the Liew Family Research Fund**
- **Kaitlyn Ko**, Second-Year, Computer Science
- Project Title: *Investigating exacerbated partisan bias during the act of recalling political information*
- Faculty Mentor: Yuan Chang Leong, Psychology
- **Alicia Chu**, Third-Year, Computer Science
- Project Title: *Racial and Socioeconomic Segregation: Gentrification and Social Mixing*
- Faculty Mentor: Wenfei Xu, Center for Spatial Data Science, Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation
- **Huiting Liu**, Fourth-Year, Physics
- Project Title: *Narrow-linewidth Cat-eye Lasers*
- Faculty Mentor: Cheng Chin, Physics, James Franck Institute
**Supported by the Global Health Research Fund**
- **Yoon Seo Lee**, Third-Year, Molecular Engineering
- Project Title: *The Role of HIV Infection on Genetic Risk of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Among Women and Black Communities: A Mendelian Randomization Approach*
- Faculty Mentor: Bohdan Khomtchouk, Medicine, Computational Biomedicine, Biomedical Data Science
- **Sophie Hare**, Third-Year, Public Policy
- Project Title: *Mental Health, Nativity, and Migration: A Binational Examination of Mexicans Living in Mexico and in the US using the HCHS/SOL and MxFLS Surveys*
- Faculty Mentor: Aresha Martinez-Cardoso, Embodying Race(ism) Lab
- **Chloe Roske**, Fourth-Year, Psychology
- Project Title: *Vitamin D in refeeding hypophosphatemia (RH) among individuals with anorexia nervosa (AN) and avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID)*
- Faculty Mentor: Jennifer Wildes, Psychiatry
**Supported by Collegiate Research Funds and other generous gifts from donors**
- **Zheyuan (Torres) Shi**, Second-Year, Art History, Computer Science
- Project Title: *Picturing the Early Modern Japanese City*
- Faculty Mentor: Chelsea Foxwell, Art History
- **Miles Mikofsky**, Fourth-Year, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
- Project Title:*European views and definitions of Sunni Islam (ca. 1600-1900)*
- Faculty Mentor: Ahmed El Shamsy, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Franke Institute
- **Kaan Tarhan**, Fourth-Year, Chemistry
- Project Title:*Computationally Guided Synthesis of New Anomeric Amides*
- Faculty Mentor: Mark Levin, Chemistry
- **Maggie Mills**, Second-Year, Creative Writing
- Project Title:*Archival and Case Study Research, Parrhesia Program*
- Faculty Mentor: Leila Brammer, Parrhesia
- **Anna Guzman**, Second-Year, Public Policy
- Project Title:*Archival and Case Study Research, Parrhesia Program*
- Faculty Mentor: Leila Brammer, Parrhesia
- **Elisabeth Snyder**, First-Year, Common Year
- Project Title:*Archival and Case Study Research, Parrhesia Program*
- Faculty Mentor: Leila Brammer, Parrhesia
- **Timothy Foley**, First-Year, Mathematics
- Project Title:*Archival and Case Study Research, Parrhesia Program*
- Faculty Mentor: Leila Brammer, Parrhesia
- **Emma Kugelmass**, Second-Year, Sociology
- Project Title:*Archival and Case Study Research, Parrhesia Program*
- Faculty Mentor: Leila Brammer, Parrhesia
- **Robert Gorman**, Third-Year, Inquiry and Research in the Humanities
- Project Title:*Archival and Case Study Research, Parrhesia Program*
- Faculty Mentor: Leila Brammer, Parrhesia
- **Yue Pan**, Third-Year, Astrophysics
- Project Title:*A model of ram pressure stripping of simulated Milky Way satellite galaxies*
- Faculty Mentor: Andrey Kravtsov, Astronomy, Astrophysics
- **Raul Basilides Gomez del Estal Teixeira**, Second-Year, Astrophysics
- Project Title:*Characterizing the Photometric Redshifts for Galaxies in the Dark Energy Camera Local Volume Exploration Survey*
- Faculty Mentor: Chihway Chang, Astronomy, Astrophysics
- **Junsung Kim**, Third-Year, Chemistry
- Project Title:*Geometric Analysis of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Patients with Endovascular Aortic Repair*
- Faculty Mentor: Luka Pocivavsek, Surgery, SurgBioMech Lab
- **Yunyan Mo**, Third-Year, Geophysical Sciences
- Project Title:*Revision of the carboniferous ray-finned fossil fish Woodichthys bearsdeni*
- Faculty Mentor: Michael Coates, Evolutionary Biology
- **Shivani Chatterji**, Third-Year, Molecular Engineering
- Project Title:*Hydrogel Semiconductors for Ultra-Soft and High-Performance Organic Electrochemical Transistors*
- Faculty Mentor: Sihong Wang, Molecular Engineering
- **Hugh Cairney**, Second-Year, Physics
- Project Title:*Synthesis and characterization of bismuth based lead-free perovskite quantum dots*
- Faculty Mentor: Greg Engel, Chemistry
- **Aidan Jones**, Second-Year, Physics
- Project Title:*Understanding the Intracellular Stress Response*
- Faculty Mentor: Peter Maurer, Molecular Engineering
- **Mengyang Li**, Fourth-Year, Physics
- Project Title:*Fabrication and Implementation of Patterned anodes with sub-millimeter spatial resolution for large-area MCP-based photodetector systems*
- Faculty Mentor: Henry J. Frisch, Physics, Enrico Fermi Institutes
- **Maxwell Moncada Cohen**, Fourth-Year, Biological Chemistry
- Project Title:*Infrared Compatible Rapid Mixing Technology to Probe Bimolecular Kinetics and Dynamics*
- Faculty Mentor: Andrei Tokmakoff, James Franck Institute
- **Amanda Hill**, Second-Year, Biological Chemistry
- Project Title:*The Regulation of Cell Fate Specification in the Developing Fly Eye*
- Faculty Mentor: Ilaria Rebay, Ben May Department for Cancer Biology
- **Peyton Dooley**, Second-Year, Biological Sciences
- Project Title:*The Molecular Basis for Thymic Insulin Expression*
- Faculty Mentor: Andrew Koh, Pathology
- **Sarah Weber**, Second-Year, Biological Sciences
- Project Title:*High Throughput Identification of Functional Enhancer Elements Across Species*
- Faculty Mentor: Heather Marlow, Organismal Biology and Anatomy
- **Edward Wang**, Third-Year, Biological Sciences
- Project Title:*Exploring the biology of aging in cancer*
- Faculty Mentor: Stephen J. Kron, Kron Lab
- **Patrick Sun**, Third-Year, Biological Sciences
- Project Title: *Quantification of Factors Mediating Elevated Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in HIV-infected Individuals*
- Faculty Mentor: Bohdan Khomtchouk, Medicine
- **Anyu Cao**, Third-Year, Neuroscience
- Project Title:*Hippocampal CA1 Place Cell Activity in an Alternate Reward and No Reward Paradigm*
- Faculty Mentor: Mark Sheffield, Neuroscience
- **Roma Shah**, Fourth-Year, Neuroscience
- Project Title: *Investigating the different roles of bilateral CA3-CA1 circuitry in hippocampus during spatial navigation*
- Faculty Mentor: Mark Sheffield, Neuroscience
- **Yuerong Zhuang**, Third-Year, Economics
- Project Title:*The Social Costs of Keystone Species Collapse: Evidence From The Decline of Vultures in India*
- Faculty Mentor: Eyal Frank, Public Policy
- **Wanran Zhao**, Second-Year, Mathematics
- Project Title:*Generative Art Collections on the Blockchain*
- Faculty Mentor: Anthony Lee Zhang, Business
- **Jacob Rosen**, First-Year, Neuroscience
- Project Title:*A Common Dynamical Model of Voicing for Speech and Birdsong*
- Faculty Mentor: Howard Nusbaum, APEX Lab
- **Noelle Norona**, Third-Year, Philosophy
- Project Title:*Approximations of Virtue: How Machiavelli Scaled Down Ancient Virtue for Contemporary Florence*
- Faculty Mentor: John P. McCormick, Political Science
- **Thomas Song**, Third-Year, Political Science
- Project Title:*Wellbeing, Mobility, and Credit: The Relation Between National Credit Systems and Social Stratification Processes in Mexico and the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic*
- Faculty Mentor: Ines Escobar Gonzalez, Global Studies
- **Lev-David Copelan**, Fourth-Year, Psychology
- Project Title:*Social Gestures*
- Faculty Mentor: Susan Goldin-Meadow, Goldin-Meadow Lab
- **Sophie Barth**, Second-Year, Psychology
- Project Title:*Gendered Perceptions of Ability*
- Faculty Mentor: Lin Bian, Psychology, Early Social Thinkers Lab
- **Ziyu Ren**, Second-Year, Psychology
- Project Title:*Impact of Language on Promoting Blood Donation*
- Faculty Mentor: Boaz Keysar, Psychology
- **Joshua Kim**, Third-Year, Psychology
- Project Title:*Cognitive mechanisms underlying spontaneous, object-based solution-finding*
- Faculty Mentor: Shannon Heald, Psychology
## **[Quad Scholars](https://ccrf.uchicago.edu/undergraduate-research/quad-undergraduate-research-scholars-program)**(Autumn 2021)
**Funded through the NK Cheung Chemistry Research Fellowship**
- **Colin Cooper**, Third-Year, Chemistry
- Project Title: *Total Synthesis of Antroalbocin A*
- Faculty Mentor: Scott Snyder, Chemistry
- **Alexandra Hinkle**, Fourth-Year, Chemistry
- Project Title: *Application of Isostatic Pressure on the Synthesis of InP and InGaP Quantum Dots*
- Faculty Mentor: Dmitri Talapin, Chemistry
- **Ainsley Iwanicki**, Second-Year, Chemistry
- Project Title: *Investigating the Efficiency of Energy Transfer between Cyanobacterial Phycobilisomes and Photosystems I and II Using Pump-Probe Spectroscopy*
- Faculty Mentor: Greg Engel, Chemistry
- **Kevin Zong**, Third-Year, Chemistry
- Project Title: *Enantioselective Amination of β-ketoesters with Aryl Hydroxylamines*
- Faculty Mentor: Scott Snyder, Chemistry
- **Kaan Tarhan**, Fourth-Year, Chemistry
- Project Title: *Computationally Guided Synthesis of New Anomeric Amides*
- Faculty Mentor: Mark Levin, Chemistry
- **Noah Dohrmann**, Third-Year, Molecular Engineering
- Project Title: *Training New MC-PDFT Functionals*
- Faculty Mentor: Laura Gagliardi, Chemistry
- **Wilson Turner**, Third-Year, Chemistry, Molecular Engineering
- Project Title: *Directed Synthesis and Testing of [2]Rotaxane Slide-Ring Gels*
- Faculty Mentor: Faculty Mentor: Stuart Rowan, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
- **Cindy Xue**, Third-Year, Molecular Engineering
- Project Title: *Development of Novel Fluoroether Electrolytes for High Energy Density Lithium Metal Batteries*
- Faculty Mentor: Faculty Mentor: Chibueze Amanchukwu, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
**Supported by the Liew Family Research Fund**
- **Erica Ramos**, Fourth-Year, Comparative Human Development
- Project Title: *Exploring the Intersection of Tradition and Technology in Ceramics*
- Faculty Mentor: Laura Letinsky, Visual Arts
- **Karhan Kayan**, Fourth-Year, Computer Science
- Project Title: *Integrating Latent Variable Causal Inference with Generative Models*
- Faculty Mentor: Bryon Aragam, Booth School of Business
- **Bruce Ke Zhen Wen**, Third-Year, Economics
- Project Title: *Growth of Urban Charter Education Sector in New York City*
- Faculty Mentor: Michael Dinerstein, Economics
- **Emily Pelliccia**, Third-Year, Philosophy
- Project Title: *U.S. Mass Incarceration in Historical and Comparative Perspective*
- Faculty Mentor: John Clegg, History
- **Stephanie Kim**, Third-Year, Computer Science
- Project Title: *Tamagotchi Robot*
- Faculty Mentor: Sarah Sebo, Computer Science
- **Blaise Munyampirwa**, Fourth-Year, Computer Science
- Project Title: *Machine Learning for Usage-Based Insurance*
- Faculty Mentor: Rebecca Willett, Computer Science
- **Yunxian Song**, Fourth-Year, Physics
- Project Title: *Nuclear quantum effects on the structural and electronic properties of tetrahedral amorphous carbon*
- Faculty Mentor: Giulia Galli, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
- **Gabriela Garcia**, Third-Year, Classical Studies
- Project Title: *US Mass Incarceration in Historical and Comparative Perspective*
- Faculty Mentor: John Clegg, History
- **Sophia Salvato**, Fourth-Year, Critical Race Studies and English
- Project Title: *Early Black Filmmaking in Chicago*
- Faculty Mentor: Allyson Fields, Cinema Studies
- **Vivian Lei**, Fourth-Year, English
- Project Title: *“Seeing Race Before Race” in the Newberry’s Center for Renaissance Studies*
- Faculty Mentor: Lia Markey, Newberry Library and Art History
- **Elizabeth Gerlach**, Third-Year, English
- Project Title:*Premodern Women at the Newberry’s Center for Renaissance Studies*
- Faculty Mentor: Lia Markey, Newberry Library and Art History
**Supported by the Global Health Research Fund**
- **Ramshankar Balasubramaniyan**, Fourth-Year, Law, Letters, and Society
- Project Title:*Understanding how national policymakers and practitioners use road traffic injury statistics in national dialogue about road safety*
- Faculty Mentor: Kavi Bhalla, Public Health Sciences
- **Beatrice** **Katsnelson**, Third-Year, Biological Sciences
- Project Title:*Computer Aided Diagnosis with Deep Learning Algorithms of COVID-19 in Lung CT Scans (with Clinical Applications)*
- Faculty Mentor: Maryellen Giger, UChicago Medicine Department of Radiology
- **Elise** **Katsnelson**, Third-Year, Biological Sciences
- Project Title:*Computer Aided Diagnosis with Deep Learning Algorithms of COVID-19 in Lung CT Scans (with Clinical Applications)*
- Faculty Mentor: Maryellen Giger, UChicago Medicine Department of Radiology
- **Manu** **Sundaresan**, Third-Year, Biological Sciences
- Project Title:*Delineating immunogenetic constitution of oral squamous cell carcinoma tumorigenesis*
- Faculty Mentor: Evgeny Izumchenko, The University of Chicago Department of Medicine
- **Mercer** **Winer**, Fourth-Year, Biological Sciences
- Project Title:*Assessing the reliability of global road traffic injury estimates produced by two reputable health data sources*
- Faculty Mentor: Kavi Bhalla, Public Health Sciences
- **Megan** **Lee**, Fourth-Year, Biological Sciences (Global Health concentration)
- Project Title:*Radiosensitizing Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors by Artemin inhibition*
- Faculty Mentor: Xavier M. Keutgen, The University of Chicago Department of Surgery
**Supported by Collegiate Research Funds and other generous gifts from donors**
- **Miles** **Ogihara**, Fourth-Year, Political Science
- Project Title:*Federal Bailwatching Project*
- Faculty Mentor: Alison Siegler, University of Chicago Law School, Federal Criminal Justice Clinic
- **Tatiana** **Rachlin**, Second-Year, Psychology
- Project Title:*Exploration of Gender Biases in Children Regarding Brilliance*
- Faculty Mentor: Lin Bian, Psychology
- **Phalgun** **Garimella**, Seconnd-Year, Computational and Applied Mathematics
- Project Title:*Ship-napping: patronage and extortion during the Sicily-Tunisia Fish War, 1960-1995*
- Faculty Mentor: Raul Sanchez de la Sierra, Harris School of Public Policy
- **Anjali** **Mirmira**, Third-Year, Chemistry
- Project Title:*Quantification of Immunoglobulin A as a Potential Therapeutic for Food Allergies*
- Faculty Mentor: Cathryn Nagler, Pathology
- **Guanghua** **Hao**, Third-Year, Biological Chemistry
- Project Title:*Base Editor Mediated Large-Scale Lineage Tracing*
- Faculty Mentor: Weixin Tang, Chemistry
- **Julien** **Lee Heberling**, Third-Year, Biological Chemistry
- Project Title:*Efforts Towards the Total Synthesis of Picrinine*
- Faculty Mentor: Scott A. Snyder, Chemistry
- **Liviu** **Megherea**, Second-Year, Biological Sciences
- Project Title:*Understanding the Evolution of Axis Specification in Diptera*
- Faculty Mentor: Urs Schmidt-Ott, Organismal Biology & Anatomy
- **Jovan** **Stanisavic**, Third-Year, Biological Sciences
- Project Title:*Investigating the Role of Kdm5b Histone Demethylase in Cancer Immune Evasion*
- Faculty Mentor: Yuxuan (Phoenix) Miao, The Ben May Department for Cancer Research
- **Raj** **Tummala**, Second-Year, Biological Sciences
- Project Title:*Deep Learning-Assisted Digitization of Interstitial Needles*
- Faculty Mentor: Jordan M. Slagowsk, Department of Radiation and Oncology
- **Hannah** **Ye**, Third-Year, Biological Sciences
- Project Title:*Characterization of Actin-Binding Protein Tetrathymosin Beta*
- Faculty Mentor: David Kovar, Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology
- **Karen** **Yuan**, Fourth-Year, Biological Sciences
- Project Title:*Geometric Analysis of Normal Aortas: Age and Sex-related Variations in Aortic Geometry*
- Faculty Mentor: Luka Pocivavsek, Department of Surgery
- **Ethan** **Dintzner**, Third-Year, Biological Sciences
- Project Title:*Understanding the function of model adhesion GPCRs through structural biology and biophysics*
- Faculty Mentor: Demet Araç, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- **Jane** **Rosin**, Second-Year, Biological Sciences
- Project Title:*Functions of PVT1 lncRNA and its DNA Locus in Regulating Expression of The MYC Oncogene*
- Faculty Mentor: Alex Ruthenburg, Cellular and Molecular Biology
- **Anjali** **Kotamarthi**, Third-Year, Biological Sciences
- Project Title:*Identification of -7/del7q specific genetic vulnerabilities*
- Faculty Mentor: Megan McNerney, Department of Pathology
- **Jillyn** **Turunen**, Third-Year, Neuroscience
- Project Title:*Role of p52 Inhibition in Sensitization of Glioblastoma to Temozolomide*
- Faculty Mentor: Bakhtiar Yamini, Department of Neurological Surgery
- **Uma** **Mani**, Third-Year, Neuroscience
- Project Title:*Examining the Generalizability of Odor-Based Cues Learned in Various Contexts*
- Faculty Mentor: Jai Yu, Psychology
- **Etienne** **Sotto**, Third-Year, Molecular Engineering
- Project Title:*Blocking Ectopic Activation of Oncogenes in Neuroblastoma*
- Faculty Mentor: Francois Spitz, Molecular Engineering
- **Lucas** **Lelis Graciliano**, Second-Year, Economics
- Project Title:*Chicago Project on Security and Threats*
- Faculty Mentor: Benjamin Lessing, Political Science
- **Jose** **Prata**, Third-Year, Economics
- Project Title:*Histpun*
- Faculty Mentor: John Clegg, History
- **Morten** **Lee**, Third-Year, Chemistry
- Project Title:*Nanoscale Coordination Polymers for Targeted Chemotherapy and Immunomodulation*
- Faculty Mentor: Wenbin Lin, Chemistry
- **Madeline** **Joseph**, Fourth-Year, Molecular Engineering
- Project Title:*Characterization of Cyanine Dye-DNA Complexes*
- Faculty Mentor: Allison Squires, Molecular Engineering
- **Dana Lin**, Second-Year, Molecular Engineering
- Project Title:*Developing a Single-Molecule Assay for Direct Observation of Heat Shock Protein Activity*
- Faculty Mentor: Allison Squires, Molecular Engineering
- **Cody** **Googin**, Third-Year, Molecular Engineering
- Project Title:*Laser Intensity Stabilization Device*
- Faculty Mentor: Hannes Bernien, Molecular Engineering
- **George Afentakis**, Second-Year, Physics
- Project Title:*Predicting the Observability of Flare-Driven Atmospheric Chemistry on Earth-like Exoplanets*
- Faculty Mentor: Dorian Abbot, Geophysics
- **Sophia** **Chiang**, Third-Year, Physics
- Project Title:*Evolution of mutation rates through forward molecular evolution*
- Faculty Mentor: Arvind Murugan, Physics
- **Livia** **Guttieres**, Third-Year, Physics
- Project Title:*Using Machine Learning to visualize topological polarization of 3-dimentional solid media with odd elasticity*
- Faculty Mentor: Vincenzo Vitelli, Physics
- **Nathaniel Selub**, Third-Year, Physics
- Project Title:*Measurements of Holographic Symmetries in CMB Temperature Fluctuations*
- Faculty Mentor: Craig Hogan, Astronomy and Astrophysics
- **Mufan (John) Shao**, Third-Year, Physics
- Project Title:*Ion Transport through Single-Digit Nanopores in Two-Dimensional Materials*
- Faculty Mentor: Chong Liu, Molecular Engineering
- **Ana Bertuol**, Second-Year, Biological Sciences
- Project Title:*The Role of Stromal Antigen Proteins in 3D Genome Structure Evolution*
- Faculty Mentor: Heather Marlow, Astronomy and Astrophysics
- **Maren Klineberg**, Second-Year, Biological Sciences
- Project Title:*Hemodialysis Vein Models*
- Faculty Mentor: Anidita Basu, Genetic Medicine
- **Jessica Oros**, Third-Year, Biological Sciences
- Project Title:*Activation of Host Kinase Vps34 by Murine Norovirus Non-Structural Protein NS4*
- Faculty Mentor: Glenn Randall, Microbiology
- **Riona Chen**, Fourth-Year, Psychology
- Project Title:*Investigating the Connection between Nutrient Availability in the Tumor Microenvironment and Chemoresistance in Pancreatic Cancer*
- Faculty Mentor: Alexander Muir, The Ben May Department for Cancer Research
- **Daniel Paraizo**, Fourth-Year, Physics
- Project Title:*Angular Momentum at Null Infinity and their Properties*
- Faculty Mentor: Robert Wald, Physics
- **Linus Woodard**, Third-Year, Molecular Engineering
- Project Title:*Near Field Deposition with Atom Scale Resolution*
- Faculty Mentor: Alexander Muir, The Ben May Department for Cancer Research
- **Anna Argulian**, Third-Year, Biological Sciences, Psychology
- Project Title:*NLRP3 Activation Controls Prostate Cancer via Induction of Macrophage-Mediated Phagocytosis*
- Faculty Mentor: Akash Patnaik, Biological Sciences
- **Laura Braverman**, Fourth-Year, Physics
- Project Title:*Rayleigh-Benard Convection in Odd Viscosity*
- Faculty Mentor: Vincenzo Vitelli, James Frank Institute
- **Haley Nguyen**, Fourth-Year, Physics
- Project Title:*Cat-Eye Laser for Optical Tweezing of Caesium in Quantum Networks*
- Faculty Mentor: Hannes Bernien, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
- **Aidan Cloonan**, Third-Year, Astronomy, Astrophysics
- Project Title:*Investigation into Selection Bias in DES Strong Gravitational Lenses*
- Faculty Mentor: Alex Drlica-Wagner, Astronomy, Astrophysics
- **Haley Cerny**, Fourth-Year, Astrophysics
- Project Title:*Characterizing the Newly Discovered Ultra-Faint Dwarf Galaxy Pegasus IV*
- Faculty Mentor: Alex Drlica-Wagner, Astronomy, Astrophysics
- **Isaac Sierra**, Fourth-Year, Astrophysics
- Project Title:*Apache Point Observatory Diffuse Interstellar Bands Collaboration*
- Faculty Mentor: Don York, Astronomy, Astrophysics
- **Joao Shida**, Fourth-Year, Molecular Engineering
- Project Title:*Radiation Switching of Photoswitchable Fluors for applications in Positron Emission Tomography*
- Faculty Mentor: Henry Frisch, Enrico Fermi Institute
- **Walker Gillett**, Fourth-Year, Molecular Engineering
- Project Title:*Polysulfide-LPS Based Hybrid Solid Electrolytes for Increased Cycling Longevity*
- Faculty Mentor: Chibueze Amanchukwu, Molecular Engineering
- **Emilio Rosas Linhard**, Second-Year, Molecular Engineering
- Project Title: *Jaws of Death*
- Faculty Mentor: Supratik Guha, University of Chicago Guha Lab
## **[Quad Faculty R](https://ccrf.uchicago.edu/undergraduate-research/college-research-fellows-program)[esearch Grantees](https://ccrf.uchicago.edu/undergraduate-research/quad-faculty-research-grant-program)**
- **Susanne Paulus**, Faculty Mentor, NELC/Oriental Institute
- Undergraduate Researcher:*Madeline Ouimet*
- **Timothy Harrison**, Faculty Mentor, English
- Undergraduate Researcher:*Finn Barry*
- **Agnes Callard**, Faculty Mentor, Philosophy
- Undergraduate Researcher:*Jessica Aaron*
- **Ellen MacKay**, Faculty Mentor, English and TAPS
- Undergraduate Researcher:*Jode Sparks*
- **Andrew Koh**, Faculty Mentor, Pathology
- Undergraduate Researcher:*Gabrielle Berman*
- Undergraduate Researcher:*Jacob Bernheim*
- **Sampriti Mukherjee**, Faculty Mentor, Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology
- Undergraduate Researcher:*Emilia Lim*
- Undergraduate Researcher:*Ethan Yarberry*
- **Jingyi Fei**, Faculty Mentor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Undergraduate Researcher:*Xiaoshu Wang*
- **Peggy Mason**, Faculty Mentor, Neurobiology
- Undergraduate Researcher:*Jonathan Zeevi*
- **Brandon Pierce**, Faculty Mentor, Public Health Sciences
- Undergraduate Researcher:*Yohhan Kumarasinghe*
- Undergraduate Researcher:*Stephanie Zhang*
- **Stephanie Palmer**, Faculty Mentor, Organismal Biology and Anatomy; Physics
- Undergraduate Researcher:*Minerva Roscoe*
- **Akira Imamoto**, Faculty Mentor, Ben May Department for Cancer Research
- Undergraduate Researcher:*Violet Wu*
- **John Anderson**, Faculty Mentor, Chemistry
- Undergraduate Researcher:*Joel Gardner*
- **Pedro Lopes**, Faculty Mentor, Computer Science
- Undergraduate Researcher:*Rahman Mustapha*
- Undergraduate Researcher:*Noor Amin*
- **Bozhi Tian**, Faculty Mentor, Chemistry
- Undergraduate Researcher:*Elaine Liang*
- Undergraduate Researcher:*Ellie Ostroff*
- **Reika Yokochi**, Faculty Mentor, Geophysical Sciences
- Undergraduate Researcher:*Nicholas Durani*
- **Hsiao-Wen Chen**, Faculty Mentor, Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Undergraduate Researcher:*Naren Kasinath*
- Undergraduate Researcher:*Rohan Venkat*
- **David Jablonski**, Faculty Mentor, Geophysical Sciences
- Undergraduate Researcher:*Sharon Zhou*
- **Marc Berman**, Faculty Mentor, Psychology
- Undergraduate Researcher:*Maya Ordonez*
- **Robert Vargas**, Faculty Mentor, Sociology
- Undergraduate Researcher:*Juan-Pablo Armes*
- Undergraduate Researcher:*Gabriel Morales*
- **Ada Palmer**, Faculty Mentor, History
- Undergraduate Researcher:*Hannah Halpern*
- **Zhiying Ma**, Faculty Mentor, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
- Undergraduate Researcher:*Michelle Liu*
- **Eugene Raikhel**, Faculty Mentor, Geophysical Sciences
- Undergraduate Researcher:*Nicholas Durani*
- **Olufunmilayo Olopade**, Faculty Mentor, Global Health
- Undergraduate Researcher:*Lingyue Yu*
- Undergraduate Researcher:*Aarthi Koripelly*
- **Allen Lu**, Faculty Mentor, Linguistics
- Undergraduate Researcher:*Henry Mackall*
- Undergraduate Researcher:*Jonathan Roven*
- **Timothy Sanders**, Faculty Mentor, Pediatrics & Biological Sciences
- Undergraduate Researcher:*Sara Salomon*
- **Raul Sanchez de la Sierra**, Faculty Mentor, Harris School of Public Policy
- Undergraduate Researcher:*Erica Hogan*
- **Akram Bakkour**, Faculty Mentor, Psychology
- Undergraduate Researcher:*Defne Buyukyazgan*
- **Gabriel Winant**, Faculty Mentor, History
- Undergraduate Researcher:*Benjamin Tjandra*
- Undergraduate Researcher:*Abed Alsolaiman*
- **Malte Janson**, Faculty Mentor, Geophysical Sciences
- Undergraduate Researcher:*Cal LeDoux*
- **Luca Grandi**, Faculty Mentor, Physics
- Undergraduate Researcher:*Victoria Ankel*
- **Dorian Abott**, Faculty Mentor, Geophysical Sciences
- Undergraduate Researcher:*Kyla Mullaney*
- **Haryadi Gunawi**, Faculty Mentor, Computer Science
- Undergraduate Researcher:*Dang Nguyen*
- **Jacob Bean**, Faculty Mentor, Computer Science
- Undergraduate Researcher:*Dang Nguyen*
- **Haryadi Gunawi**, Faculty Mentor, Astronomy & Astrophysics
- Undergraduate Researcher:*Devin Hoover*
- **David Miller**, Faculty Mentor, Physics
- Undergraduate Researcher:*Macallan Maedke*
- Undergraduate Researcher:*Sadie Seddon-Stettler*
## **[Dean's Fund for Undergraduate Research](https://ccrf.uchicago.edu/undergraduate-research/deans-fund-undergraduate-research)[- Conference Awardees](https://ccrf.uchicago.edu/undergraduate-research/deans-fund-undergraduate-research-conference)**
- **Jonathan Wuwong**, Third-Year, Linguistics
- Presentation Title:*Accounting for Grammatical Change and Variation Within Endangered Language Grammars: The Case of Even*
- Conference: Descriptive Grammars and Typology II (Paris, 2021)
- **Mari Mirasol**, Fourth-Year, Sociology
- Presentation Title:*The Right to Citizenship: Education in Juvenile Detention Centers in El Salvador*
- Conference: LASA 2022 Congress: Polarización socioambiental y rivalidad entre grandes potencias (San Francisco, 2022)
- **Devin Hoover**, Third-Year, Astrophysics
- Presentation Title:*The Population of Interstellar Objects Detectable with the LSST and Accessible for In Situ Rendezvous with Various Mission Designs*
- Conference: American Astronomical Society (Salt Lake City, 2022)
- **Nathaniel Martinez**, Third-Year, Computer Science
- Presentation Title:*Using autoencoders to cluster NEXRAD reflectivity images*
- Conference: 21st Annual American Meteorological Society Student Conference (Houston, 2022)
- **Leighton Stanfill**, Third-Year, Linguistics
- Presentation Title:*Processes of gesture change within digital media*
- Conference: American Dialect Society (Washington, DC, 2022)
*Pictured: **João Shida**, 2020-2021 Liew Family College Research Fellow and College Summer Research Scholar (Photo Credit: Prof. Allison Squires)*