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.
100
Session 2
Pulsation and Dust Chemistry in Galactic Carbon Stars
Matthew O'Brien-Pifer
Department: Physics and AstronomyFaculty Mentor: Greg Sloan
100
Session 1
Barriers and Facilitators to Successful Food-Based Interventions for Food Insecurity
Kevin Pignone
Department: Health Policy and ManagementFaculty Mentor: Darren DeWalt
101
Session 1
Targeted Single-Stranded and Double-Stranded DNA Breaks using CRISPR systems in Mammalian Cells
Kirti Nimmala
Department: Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering UNC-NCSUFaculty Mentor: Brian Diekman
101
Session 1
Targeted Single-Stranded and Double-Stranded DNA Breaks using CRISPR systems in Mammalian Cells
Kirti Nimmala
Department: Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering UNC-NCSUFaculty Mentor: Brian Diekman
101
Session 2
Effects of Identity on Autistic Masking
Maura O'Sullivan
Department: Psychology & NeuroscienceFaculty Mentor: Patrick Harrison
102
Session 1
Exploring Antimicrobial Activity of Crab Bacterial Isolates Against Potential Marine Pathogens
Klodia Badal
Department: Earth, Marine, and Environmental SciencesFaculty Mentor: Alecia Septer
102
Session 2
Threshold Moderation for End-to-End Encrypted Messaging
Max Christman
Department: Computer ScienceFaculty Mentor: Saba Eskandarian
103
Session 1
Participation in Cheerleading and Its Effect on Injury Rates
Kyla Locklear
Department: Exercise and Sport ScienceFaculty Mentor: Kristen Kucera
103
Session 2
Pursuing Electrochemical Dinitrogen Fixation with a Re(V) Dioxo
Maya Spencer
Department: ChemistryFaculty Mentor: Alexander Miller
104
Session 1
Spatial Estimation of Radon Exposure for Epidemiologic Risk Assessment
Kyle Sorensen
Department: Epidemiology (Gillings School of Public Health), Statistics and Operations ResearchFaculty Mentor: Richard Smith
104
Session 2
A novel role for the histone methyltransferase SETD2 during mitosis.
James Metts
Department: Biochemistry & BiophysicsFaculty Mentor: Abid Khan
105
Session 1
Synaptic Change, Sleep, and Pathological Analyses in Alzheimer’s Disease
Kathryn Joyce
Department: Cell Biology and Physiology, Psychology & NeuroscienceFaculty Mentor: Monica Gaudier-Diaz
105
Session 2
Establishment of a choice procedure to study alcohol self-administration: Relevance to alcohol use disorder
McKinley Windram
Department: Bowles Center for Alcohol StudiesFaculty Mentor: Joyce Besheer
106
Session 1
There’s carbon buried in Falls Lake: Where did it come from?
Laura Flynn
Department: EMESFaculty Mentor: Brent McKee
106
Session 2
Exploring the effects of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in maintaining the coral-algal symbiosis in the facultatively symbiotic coral Oculina arbuscula
Meg McCartney
Department: Department of Marine Sciences, Environment, Ecology, and Energy ProgramFaculty Mentor: Karl Castillo
107
Session 2
Modeling the evolution of fear acquisition strategies in predator-prey encounters
Megan Bishop
Department: BiologyFaculty Mentor: Maria Servedio
108
Session 2
Sex Differences in Rodent Neuronal Reactivity to Predatory and Non-predatory Natural Images in the Dentate Gyrus
Megana Duraipandi, Fengjun Tian, Shivani Nagamalla, Wu Li, Quinn Mahone
Department: Psychology & NeuroscienceFaculty Mentor: Rachel Penton
108
Session 1
Evaluating at-home E-Coli testing solutions to improve water quality testing in Eastern North Carolina
Lauren McShea, Avery Matthews, Cole Seifert
Department: Environmental Sciences and EngineeringFaculty Mentor: Amanda Northcross
109
Session 1
The Importance of Community in Sport: A Focus on the XFL's Houston Roughnecks
Lea Craig, Ellie Erwin, Chloé Holleschák, William Fuentes, Jenna Walker
Department: Hussman School of Journalism and MediaFaculty Mentor: Jennifer Harker
109
Session 2
The Role of Hydrogen Energy for Germany's Energiewende: Past and Present
Melanie Altenkirch
Department: Germanic and Slavic Literature and Culture (GSLL)Faculty Mentor: Joseph Rockelmann
110
Session 2
College Students with Negative Humor Types have Higher Peripheral IL-6 and CRP Levels
Melissa Medina, Anthony Lamberti
Department: Psychology & NeuroscienceFaculty Mentor: Victoria Macht
111
Session 2
Moderate Correlation Between Upper Extremity Perceptual-Motor Function and Time Since Surgery in Individuals After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.
Mia Laws
Department: Exercise and Sport ScienceFaculty Mentor: Shelby Baez
111
Session 1
Modeling the AAV Rep Protein Towards Restricted Replication for Safer Gene Therapy
Leah Whitfield
Department: Gene Therapy Center, Department of OphthalmologyFaculty Mentor: Matt Hirsch
112
Session 1
Physical Activity Patterns in Men and Women Within the First Six Months Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
Elena Einaudi
Department: Exercise and Sport ScienceFaculty Mentor: Brian Pietrosimone
112
Session 2
Microglial Activation and T-Cell Infiltration to the CNS Following LPS Administration
Morcos Saeed, Yash Patel Nicole Sagarnaga Brooke Deronne
Department: Psychology & NeuroscienceFaculty Mentor: Shveta Parekh
113
Session 1
How Blame, Shame, and MoralIdentity Relate to DEI Efforts among Members of Privileged vs. Marginalized Groups
Levin Low
Department: Psychology & NeuroscienceFaculty Mentor: Kurt Gray
113
Session 2
Predictors of Increased Concussion Symptoms in Male and Female Young Adults
Morgan Cloud
Department: Exercise and Sport ScienceFaculty Mentor: Johna Register-Mihalik
114
Session 2
115
Session 1
Development of Different Skynet Systems for Gravitational Wave Research and Astronomy Education
Logan Selph
Department: Physics and AstronomyFaculty Mentor: Daniel Reichart
115
Session 2
Response of Intertidal Oyster Reefs to Increasing Rates of Sea-Level Rise
Naomi Nice
Department: Earth, Marine, and Environmental SciencesFaculty Mentor: Antonio Rodriguez