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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.

Session 1: 2:30 - 3:20 | Session 2: 3:30 - 4:20 | Session 3: 4:30 - 5:20


Showing 30 of 341 posters

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Session 2

Can Music Impact Working Memory Performance?

Haiyun Lyu

Department: Neurosurgery
Faculty Mentor: Nanthia Suthana

66
Session 1

SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Effectiveness for Immunosuppressed Populations

Grayson Coleman

Department: School of Medicine
Faculty Mentor: Meghan Free

67
Session 1

Examining Function of 𝛃II-Spectrin (SPTBN1) in Skeletal Muscle Metabolism

Grace Choi

Department: Biology, Cell Biology and Physiology
Faculty Mentor: Damaris Lorenzo

67
Session 2

Temporal evaluation of diagnostic resistance (pfhrp2/3 gene deletions) in Ethiopia: 2007 - 2021

Halle Evans

Department: Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases
Faculty Mentor: Jonathan Parr

68
Session 2

Functionalizing the Surface of CdSe-Based Nanoparticles

Hannah Gorski

Department: Chemistry
Faculty Mentor: Jillian Dempsey

68
Session 1

Race, Class, Culture, Privilege, and Choosing a College Major: Is it Really a Choice?

Halley Zhang

Department: Sociology
Faculty Mentor: Kathleen Fitzgerald

69
Session 2

Charging the Renewable Transition: Modeling the Role of Battery Storage in the Energy Grid

Hannah Rubenstein

Department: Economics
Faculty Mentor: Andrew Yates

69
Session 1

Investigation of Streaming Potential in Electrical Double Layers

Halona Dantes

Department: Physics and Astronomy
Faculty Mentor: Yue Wu

71
Session 2

Using Bioprinting to Achieve Enhanced Persistence, Consistency in Cell Loading across Scaffolds, and Long-Term Sustained Release of Cells from Scaffolds

Ike Keku

Department: The Division of Pharmacoengineering and Molecular Pharmaceutics
Faculty Mentor: Shawn Hingtgen

72
Session 1

Alterations in Mitochondrial Respiration in Human Airway Epithelial Cell Cultures as a Function of Time at Air-Liquid Interface

Hannah Matthews

Department: Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Faculty Mentor: James Samet

72
Session 2

Ground Beef: Human Impact on Soil Nutrients in Eastern California and Central North Carolina

Isabel Lucas, Kinsley Huskey, Nathalie Ramirez, Molly Zolotor

Department: Earth, Marine, and Environmental Sciences
Faculty Mentor: Drew Coleman

73
Session 1

Senolytic Effect of Navitoclax on Chondrocytes and Synovial Fibroblasts in an Osteoarthritis Murine Model

Helen Tran

Department: Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, UNC and NCSU, Thurston Arthritis Research Center, UNC at Chapel Hill
Faculty Mentor: Brian Diekman

73
Session 2

Sex Differences in Mu-Opioid Receptor Expression within Norepinephrine Neurons of the Mouse Locus Coeruleus

Isabel Myers-Miller, Zander Vierling, Conner White, Mae Rowley

Department: Psychology & Neuroscience
Faculty Mentor: Sabrina Robertson

74
Session 2

Are 24-Hour Activity Behaviors Associated with Depression

Bella Smith, Madeline Musacchio, Tara Samtmann

Department: Exercise and Sport Science
Faculty Mentor: Lee Stoner

75
Session 1

Investigating Regions of Interest in Chikungunya Virus Nonstructural Proteins

Ian Klevans, Jennifer Loome

Department: Genetics, Biology
Faculty Mentor: Mark Heise

75
Session 2

Community Healthcare, Population Demographics and Their Relation to Bed Net Usage in Kisumu County, Kenya

James McClure, Charlie Fisher

Department: Global Studies
Faculty Mentor: Steve Wandiga

76
Session 2

Examining the Effects of Subtle Fidget Jewelry on Anxiety, Stress, and Attention

Jennifer Persia

Department: Psychology & Neuroscience
Faculty Mentor: Jonathan Abramowitz

76
Session 1

Ladies of Quality: Loyalist Scotswomen in Revolutionary America

Ila Chilberg

Department: History
Faculty Mentor: Katherine Turk

77
Session 2

Diversity Initiatives and their Effects on American symphony orchestras: Evidence from the New York Philharmonic

John Meah

Department: Kenan Flagler Business School
Faculty Mentor: Shimul Melwani

77
Session 1

Rethinking Language in a Tech World: Exploring SES, Sleep, and Screen Time in Infant Language Development

Iris Kang

Department: Psychology & Neuroscience
Faculty Mentor: Rebecca Stephens

78
Session 2

Wearable Sensor Detection of Treadmill-Induced Slip Perturbations

Jordan Feldman

Department: Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering
Faculty Mentor: Jason Franz

79
Session 1

Role of Exopolysaccharides in Resistance to Hydrogen Peroxide and Virulence of Agrobacterium Tumefaciens

Isabelle Dalton, Caroline Chandler

Department: Biology
Faculty Mentor: Ann Matthysse

79
Session 2

Black Female Identity in Contemporary Germany

Joyce Ebhodaghe

Department: Geography
Faculty Mentor: Annie Elledge

80
Session 1

Live-Streaming the Sun: Configuring an H-Alpha Telescope at Morehead Planetarium

Jack Lawrence

Department: Physics and Astronomy
Faculty Mentor: Dan Reichart

80
Session 2

81
Session 1

Herding, playing, and learning: Samburu pastoralist kids daily activities

Jackson Plemmons

Department: Anthropology
Faculty Mentor: Charles Hilton

81
Session 2

Examining the Effect of TBC1D7 Depletion on Neuronal Migration and Organization in the Developing Cerebral Cortex

Julie Nguyen

Department: Cell Biology and Physiology
Faculty Mentor: Eva Anton

82
Session 2

The Relationship between Parent Child Disclosure and Suicidal Ideation for Adolescent Females at Elevated Risk for Suicide

Kayal Udaiyar

Department: Psychiatry, School of Medicine
Faculty Mentor: Susan Girdler

83
Session 1

Expression of CSPG4 on Tumor Cells

James Issa

Department: Cancer Biology (Lineberger)
Faculty Mentor: Barbara Savoldo