2023 Presenters
2023 Presenters
Welcome to the 2023 Celebration of Undergraduate Research! You can browse posters below or use the search function to find a presenter name or search by department.
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Session 1
An Evaluation of Simplifying Modifications to the SenSafe Quick™ Arsenic II as a Method of Widespread Well Water Monitoring in North Carolina
Aaron Wei
Department: Environmental Sciences and EngineeringFaculty Mentor: Amanda Northcross
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Session 2
Sex Differences in Tyrosine Hydroxylase Expression Within the Norepinephrine System of the A1 Anatomical Region in Mice
Aakanksha Gundu, Ali Fahim, Anjali Chandrasekhar, Eymania Alston
Department: Psychology & NeuroscienceFaculty Mentor: Sabrina Robertson
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Session 2
Sex Differences of µ-Opioid Receptor Expression in the Dorsal and Ventral Subcoeruleus Nuclei
Abigail Leiviska, Makenna Vasquez, Madeline O'Reilly, Erica Oake
Department: Psychology & NeuroscienceFaculty Mentor: Sabrina Robertson
2
Session 1
Optimized Conditions to Identify SGSM2-Interacting Proteins
Abigail Rohy
Department: Genetics, ChemistryFaculty Mentor: Karen Mohlke
3
Session 2
Classical Wave-Particle Analog of Anderson Localization
Abel Abraham
Department: MathematicsFaculty Mentor: Pedro Saenz
3
Session 1
Kinesiophobia Does Not Influence the Rate of Torque Development and Hop Distance in Individuals with Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in Controlled Environments
Abigail Hamrick, Lexi Rudolph
Department: Exercise and Sport ScienceFaculty Mentor: Troy Blackburn
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Session 1
Abnormal Salience Network Segregation in Adolescents and Young Adults with Prodromal Psychosis Symptoms
Aditya Iyer
Department: School of Nursing, College of Arts and Sciences, Biological and Biomedical Sciences Program, Department of RadiologyFaculty Mentor: Rose Xavier
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Session 2
Exploring the Evolution of Nugget Galaxies Using Neighbors in the RESOLVE Survey
Abigail Dunnigan
Department: Physics and AstronomyFaculty Mentor: Sheila Kannappan
5
Session 2
The Pain of Rejection: Using Photography to Prevent Erasure and Find Self-Acceptance
Abigail Gillespie
Department: Department of English and Comparative Literature, English and Comparative LiteratureFaculty Mentor: María DeGuzmán
5
Session 1
Performing Diplomacy: Identity, Intersectionality and Model United Nations
Adolfo Alvarez
Department: GeographyFaculty Mentor: Elizabeth Olson
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Session 2
Structural Implications of Missionary Work in the Congo: The Limitations of The Poisonwood Bible in its Critique of Colonization
Abigail Welch
Department: English and Comparative LiteratureFaculty Mentor: Danielle Christmass
6
Session 1
The COVID-19 Pandemic’s Contribution to “The Cult of Domesticity": An Investigation of Women’s Labor Market Outcomes
Adya Mahajan
Department: Economics DepartmentFaculty Mentor: Luca Flabbi
7
Session 1
Identifying genes that affect colony morphology in bacterial pathogen Clostridioides difficile
Aicha Kaouss
Department: Microbiology and ImmunologyFaculty Mentor: Rita Tamayo
7
Session 2
New Strategies Towards Photochemical Nitrogen Fixation
Afrah Faraz
Department: ChemistryFaculty Mentor: Alexander Miller
8
Session 2
Unemployment Insurance and Labor Market Transitions: Evidence from the Covid-19 Pandemic
Aiqi Sun
Department: EconomicsFaculty Mentor: Klara Peter
9
Session 2
litany of the green lion
Alex Benedict
Department: English and Comparative LiteratureFaculty Mentor: Hassan Melehy
9
Session 1
Adolescent ethanol impacts brain immediate early gene expression, and peripheral neuroimmune, neuroendocrine, and behavioral responsivity to an adult ethanol challenge
Aldrin Mosqueda
Department: Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, School of MedicineFaculty Mentor: Fulton Crews
10
Session 1
Effects of Creative Social Media Video Content on XFL Fan Engagement
Alexandra Rupkalvis, Kennedy Cox, Alexis Dixon, Max Feliu
Department: MEJOFaculty Mentor: Jennifer Harker
10
Session 2
Foraging Ecology of the Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) in the western North Atlantic
Alexander Reulbach
Department: BiologyFaculty Mentor: Frederick Wenzel
11
Session 1
Personality and Moral Resiliency: False Feedback and Its Effects on Moral Decisions
Amber Posada
Department: Psychology & NeuroscienceFaculty Mentor: Patrick Harrison
11
Session 2
Chief Sustainability Officers: Symbolic or Substantial?
Alexandra Hatsios
Department: Kenan FlaglerFaculty Mentor: Jeffrey Mittelstadt
12
Session 2
The Effect of Distance and Directionality on the Detectability of Avian Vocalizations by Autonomous Recording Units
Amelia Milano
Department: Biology, Environment, Ecology, and Energy ProgramFaculty Mentor: Allen Hurlbert
12
Session 1
Friendships On- and Off-line: The Effect Posting on Instagram has on Adolescent Friendship Qualities
Amy Xu
Department: Psychology & NeuroscienceFaculty Mentor: Eva Telzer
13
Session 2
Why do Middle Schoolers with More Positive Outlook Act More Aggressively?
Amy Xu, Alyssa Choate, Jasmine Guy, Chris Madden, Nathalia Freitas
Department: Psychology & NeuroscienceFaculty Mentor: Desirae Griffin
13
Session 1
Multifaceted influences on carbon dioxide flux in freshwater wetlands
Amy Madrigal
Department: GeographyFaculty Mentor: Diego Riveros-Iregui
14
Session 1
Making Waves: the Cocoa Cinnamon Story
Ana Hoppert
Department: English and Comparative LiteratureFaculty Mentor: Hilary Lithgow
14
Session 2
Single-Visit LARC Initiation Among Adolescents Before and During COVID-19
Ananya Tadikonda
Department: Pediatrics, School of MedicineFaculty Mentor: Bianca Allison
15
Session 2
Greening the Hill: Analyzing UNC’s Battle Grove Regenerative Stormwater Conveyance System
Anna Coley, Sophia Sload, Hanna Berger, Brooke Kongmany, Claudia Sandoval, Brenda Palacios Rodriguez, Sarah Dean
Department: E3PFaculty Mentor: Antonia Sebastian
15
Session 1
Mu-opioid receptor and norepinephrine neuron colocalization in the A7 of male and female mice
Sam Tabet, Cameron Griffin, Adi Kumar, Ananyaa Sundar
Department: Psychology & NeuroscienceFaculty Mentor: Sabrina Robertson
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Session 1
Are Sports Teams Playing Fans?
Anaya Patel, Taylor Thomas, Manny Portugal, Trey Foulks
Department: Exercise & Sport ScienceFaculty Mentor: Jonathan Jensen