Celebration of Undergraduate Research Archives

Name	Title	Year	Major
Aakanksha Gundu	Proposed Mechanisms of Function of Taf14-Containing Nuclear Complexes Involved in Transcriptional Regulation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae	2022	Biochemistry and Biophysics, School of Medicine
Aaron Wei	Water quality testing inadequacies in eastern North Carolina are addressed through matrix-based evaluation of at-home testing solutions	2022	Environmental Health Science
Aastha Dubal	Developmental vitamin D deficiency leads to altered adult liver energy metabolism	2022	Nutrition
Abby Wooten	Patterns of Pellagra: Dorothea Dix Hospital and the Pellagra Epidemic of the Early 20th Century	2022	American Studies
Adi Pillai	A Data-Driven Analysis of the Relationship between Intra-national Conflicts & Spatial Monsoon Patterns in 1960-2004 India	2022	Geography
Ahmed Belghith	In Vivo Gene Transduction via Lentiviral Retargeting System	2022	School of Medicine
Aidan Colvin	An Examination of the Relationship Between Gambling Behavior and Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms	2022	Psychology & Neuroscience
Aiden Puccio	Verbal Visibility: An Analysis of Queer Lexical Development in Digital Fan Communities	2022	Women's and Gender Studies
Ainesh Jain, Tori Dewald, Manav Patel, Araceli Perez, Samantha Brosso	The Influence of Demographic Characteristics on Health Messaging Effectiveness	2022	Psychology & Neuroscience
Alan Wang	A DNA-driven assembly strategy for a decodable biohybrid block copolymer library	2022	Chemistry
Albert Pan	Analysis of School Meal Charge Policies in North Carolina	2022	Nutrition
Alecia Rajesh	Molecular Dynamics of the Cell Cycle in Deciding and Arresting Cells	2022	Biochemistry and Biophysics
Alex Haven	Effector Functions Drive Enhanced Protective Efficacy of Sustained Release Influenza Vaccine Adjuvant	2022	Pharmacy
Alex Longo	Isotopic Evidence for a Dynamic Lunar Mantle	2022	Earth, Marine, and Environmental Sciences
Alexandra Domrongchai	Performing Pad Thai	2022	American Studies
Alexis Dumain, Melissa Munn-Chernoff, Laura Thornton	Impact of history of childhood trauma on the association between eating expectancies and disordered eating characteristics	2022	Psychology and Neuroscience, Psychiatry
Alicia Robbins	Exploring the Complexities of Sexual Identity through The Divine Comedy	2022	Romance Languages
Alisher Angarov	Impacts of Vasco Da Gama's Exploration on the World.	2022	Romance Languages
Alleigh Wiggs	The Effects of Diet and Exercise on Endogenous Estrogens and Subsequent Breast Cancer Risk in Postmenopausal Women	2022	Nutrition
Allison Pittman	Hospital Volunteering: Motivations and Outcomes Across Racial Groups and Volunteer Programs	2022	General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
Alyssa Cooper	The Japanese Experience of Giving Birth in North Carolina	2022	Anthropology
Amy Lo	Urban-Rural Differences in a Chain Supermarket's Sales to SNAP Shoppers before and since COVID-19	2022	Nutrition
Anaïs d'Oelsnitz	Sarcasm Used by Couples in the U.K. and U.S.: A Cultural Comparison	2022	Psychology & Neuroscience
Anabella Santos, Caroline Hinesly	Effects of systemic inflammation on microglial activation in the substantia nigra and hippocampus of male MMTV-pyMT carriers	2022	Psychology & Neuroscience
Andrew Degele, Dante Parkhurst	pH Acclimation of Tigriopus californicus	2022	Biology
Anna Cornelius, Bri Alonzo-Vazquez	Occupation Attitudes amongst Women during the Great Depression	2022	English
Anna Geib, Amogh Nanjajjar, Banban Tan, Aldrin Mosqueda	Understanding Nutrition Barriers in Stroke Recovery	2022	Department of Nutrition, and UNC School of Medicine Department of Physical Therapy
Annette Varghese	Sex Differences in the Expression of Tyrosine Hydroxylase in Norepinephrine Projections of the Ventral Tegmental Area and Substantia Nigra	2022	Psychology & Neuroscience
Annette Varghese	Decreased Cortical Thickness Associated with Higher Executive Functioning in Children as Seen through Longitudinal Development	2022	Psychology & Neuroscience
Anushka Mukerji, Tala Jazairi, Haylee Frazier, Alyssa Rushing	UV tolerance between latitudinal copepod populations	2022	Biology
Arjun Parmar	The effects of whole body vibration on landing biomechanics linked to secondary injury risk in individuals with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction	2022	Exercise and Sport Science
Aryani Pallerla	Long-acting injectable in-situ forming implant of EP055 for non-hormonal male contraception	2022	Biomedical Engineering
Autumn Tucker	Persistent Effects of Alcohol Use on Alzheimer's Disease Tau Pathology	2022	Pharmacology
Avery Matthews	Evaluating at-home E-Coli testing solutions to improve water quality testing in Eastern North Carolina- E Coli	2022	ECUIPP Lab
Avery Wall	The Impact of Metacognitive Beliefs on the Testing Effect	2022	Psychology & Neuroscience
Avery White, Micah Long, Ana Gutierrez, Lily Dickinson, Jessica Ndukwe	Do Positive Emotions Lead to Greater Neural Integration? A Protocol for Testing the Broaden Hypothesis With a Dynamic Functional Connectivity Approach	2022	Psychology & Neuroscience
Ayaka Uehara, Christopher Kong, Stephun Zhang, Lauren Lim	Characterization of Taq UvrD Helicase Activity	2022	Chemistry
Banks Cisne	Association of Pre-Operative T1rho MRI of Tibiofemoral Cartilage and Activity 2 Months After ACL Reconstruction	2022	Exercise and Sport Science
Benjamin Carter	Minority Stress, Emotional Distress, and Family Conflict: Predicting LGBTQ+ Substance Use	2022	Psychology & Neuroscience
Benjamin Gorman	The Effects of Phytocannabinoids and HIV-1 Tat on Animal Behavior and Microglia-Mediated Neurotoxicity	2022	Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Benjamin Rees	Characterization of Cortical Development in Mouse Models of Neurofibromatosis Type-1 and Elevated ERK/MAPK Activity	2022	Psychology & Neuroscience
Bowen Gu, Andrew W Mann	Measuring Activity Metrics of Low-Mass Binaries	2022	Physics & Astronomy
Bowen Gu	Towards a Comprehensive AI Teaching Assistant Based on Forums for Small Courses	2022	Computer Science
Bradley Lauck	Association Between Head Impact Kinematics and Physical Load Burden in Division-I Collegiate Football Players	2022	Exercise and Sport Science
Briana Augustin	Cultural and Linguistic Effects on Diagnostic Testing in Spanish-Speaking Latin America	2022	Psychology & Neuroscience
Bridgett Rios	It Takes Two Tango: Gene Duplication in Burkholderia thailandensis Leads to Community Behaviors	2022	Microbiology and Immunology
Brittany Heikke	International Migration & Citizenship Trends: Key Developments and Challenges of the 2010s	2022	Political Science
Bryson Curtis, Alvin Dinh, Kathy Nguyen, Zander Pittman	Sexual Dimorphism of Norepinephrine Neurons and Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide Expression within the BNST	2022	Psychology & Neuroscience
Camryn Isemann	Investigating the Phosphorylation of HDAC6 in Protection Against Alzheimer's Disease	2022	Department of Neurology
Cara Kuuskvere	Opportunities and Challenges for Implementing Circularity in Textile Production	2022	Kenan Flagler Business School