2022 Celebration of Undergraduate Research Poster Sessions
2022 Celebration of Undergraduate Research Poster Sessions
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| Presenter | Title | Department | Copresenter(s) | Session | Poster # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aakanksha Gundu | Proposed Mechanisms of Function of Taf14-Containing Nuclear Complexes Involved in Transcriptional Regulation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae | School of Medicine, Biochemistry and Biophysics | 2:00-2:45pm | 1 | |
| Aaron Wei | Water quality testing inadequacies in eastern North Carolina are addressed through matrix-based evaluation of at-home testing solutions | Environmental Health Science | 4:00-4:45pm | 1 | |
| Aastha Dubal | Developmental vitamin D deficiency leads to altered adult liver energy metabolism | Nutrition | 3:00-3:45pm | 1 | |
| Abby Wooten | Patterns of Pellagra: Dorothea Dix Hospital and the Pellagra Epidemic of the Early 20th Century | American Studies | 4:00-4:45pm | 2 | |
| Adi Pillai | A Data-Driven Analysis of the Relationship between Intra-national Conflicts & Spatial Monsoon Patterns in 1960-2004 India | Geography | 2:00-2:45pm | 2 | |
| Ahmed Belghith | In Vivo Gene Transduction via Lentiviral Retargeting System | School of Medicine | 4:00-4:45pm | 3 | |
| Aidan Colvin | An Examination of the Relationship between Gambling Behavior and Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms | Psychology and Neuroscience | 4:00-4:45pm | 4 | |
| Aiden Puccio | Verbal Visibility: An Analysis of Queer Lexical Development in Digital Fan Communities | Women's and Gender Studies | 2:00-2:45pm | 3 | |
| Ainesh Jain | The Influence of Demographic Characteristics on Health Messaging Effectiveness | Psychology and Neuroscience | Tori Dewald, Manav Patel, Araceli Perez, Samantha Brosso | 2:00-2:45pm | 4 |
| Alan Wang | A DNA-driven assembly strategy for a decodable biohybrid block copolymer library | Chemistry | 2:00-2:45pm | 5 | |
| Albert Pan | Analysis of School Meal Charge Policies in North Carolina | Nutrition | 4:00-4:45pm | 5 | |
| Alecia Rajesh | Molecular Dynamics of the Cell Cycle in Deciding and Arresting Cells | Biochemistry and Biophysics | 3:00-3:45pm | 2 | |
| Alex Haven | Effector Functions Drive Enhanced Protective Efficacy of Sustained Release Influenza Vaccine Adjuvant | Pharmacy | 3:00-3:45pm | 3 | |
| Alex Longo | The New Moon: Giant Impacts, Prolonged Magmagenesis, and Project Artemis | Earth, Marine, and Environmental Sciences (EMES) | 4:00-4:45pm | 6 | |
| Alexandra Domrongchai | Performing Pad Thai | American Studies | 2:00-2:45pm | 6 | |
| Alexis Dumain | Impact of history of childhood trauma on the association between eating expectancies and disordered eating characteristics | Psychology and Neuroscience, Psychiatry | Melissa Munn-Chernoff, Laura Thornton | 3:00-3:45pm | 4 |
| Alicia Robbins | Exploring the Complexities of Sexual Identity through The Divine Comedy | Romance Studies | 3:00-3:45pm | 5 | |
| Alisher Angarov | Impacts of Vasco Da Gama’s Exploration on the World. | Romance Studies | - | 3:00-3:45pm | 6 |
| Alleigh Wiggs | The Effects of Diet and Exercise on Endogenous Estrogens and Subsequent Breast Cancer Risk in Postmenopausal Women | Nutrition | 4:00-4:45pm | 7 | |
| Allison Pittman | Hospital Volunteering: Motivations and Outcomes Across Racial Groups and Volunteer Programs | General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine | 3:00-3:45pm | 7 | |
| Alyssa Cooper | The Japanese Experience of Giving Birth in North Carolina | Anthropology | 2:00-2:45pm | 7 | |
| Amy Lo | Urban-Rural Differences in a Chain Supermarket’s Sales to SNAP Shoppers before and since COVID-19 | Nutrition | 3:00-3:45pm | 8 | |
| Anaïs d'Oelsnitz | Sarcasm Used by Couples in the U.K. and U.S.: A Cultural Comparison | Psychology and Neuroscience | 3:00-3:45pm | 9 | |
| Anabella Santos | Effects of systemic inflammation on microglial activation in the substantia nigra and hippocampus of male MMTV-pyMT carriers | Psychology and Neuroscience | Caroline Hinesly | 4:00-4:45pm | 8 |
| Andrew Degele | pH Acclimation of Tigriopus californicus | Biology | Dante Parkhurst | 4:00-4:45pm | 9 |
| Anna Cornelius | Occupation Attitudes amongst Women during the Great Depression | English | Bri Alonzo-Vazquez | 3:00-3:45pm | 10 |
| Anna Geib | Understanding Nutrition Barriers in Stroke Recovery | Department of Nutrition, and UNC School of Medicine Department of Physical Therapy | 3:00-3:45pm | 11 | |
| Annette Varghese | Sex Differences in the Expression of Tyrosine Hydroxylase in Norepinephrine Projections of the Ventral Tegmental Area and Substantia Nigra | Psychology and Neuroscience | Amogh Nanjajjar, Banban Tan, Aldrin Mosqueda | 2:00-2:45pm | 8 |
| Annette Varghese | Decreased Cortical Thickness Associated with Higher Executive Functioning in Children as Seen through Longitudinal Development | Psychology and Neuroscience | 4:00-4:45pm | 10 | |
| Anushka Mukerji | UV tolerance between latitudinal copepod populations | Biology | Tala Jazairi, Haylee Frazier, Alyssa Rushing | 2:00-2:45pm | 9 |
| Arjun Parmar | The effects of whole body vibration on landing biomechanics linked to secondary injury risk in individuals with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction | Exercise and Sport Science | 4:00-4:45pm | 11 | |
| Aryani Pallerla | Long-acting injectable in-situ forming implant of EP055 for non-hormonal male contraception | Biomedical Engineering | 2:00-2:45pm | 10 | |
| Autumn Tucker | Persistent Effects of Alcohol Use on Alzheimer's Disease Tau Pathology | Pharmacology | 3:00-3:45pm | 12 | |
| Avery Matthews | Evaluating at-home E-Coli testing solutions to improve water quality testing in Eastern North Carolina- E Coli | ECUIPP Lab | 4:00-4:45pm | 12 | |
| Avery Wall | The Impact of Metacognitive Beliefs on the Testing Effect | Psychology and Neuroscience | 4:00-4:45pm | 13 | |
| Avery White | Do Positive Emotions Lead to Greater Neural Integration? A Protocol for Testing the Broaden Hypothesis With a Dynamic Functional Connectivity Approach | Psychology and Neuroscience | Micah Long, Ana Gutierrez, Lily Dickinson, Jessica Ndukwe | 4:00-4:45pm | 14 |
| Ayaka Uehara | Characterization of Taq UvrD Helicase Activity | Chemistry | Christopher Kong, Stephun Zhang, Lauren Lim | 2:00-2:45pm | 11 |
| Banks Cisne | Association of Pre-Operative T1rho MRI of Tibiofemoral Cartilage and Activity 2 Months After ACL Reconstruction | Exercise and Sport Science | 2:00-2:45pm | 12 | |
| Benjamin Carter | Minority Stress, Emotional Distress, and Family Conflict: Predicting LGBTQ+ Substance Use | Psychology and Neuroscience | 3:00-3:45pm | 13 | |
| Benjamin Gorman | The Effects of Phytocannabinoids and HIV-1 Tat on Animal Behavior and Microglia-Mediated Neurotoxicity | Department of Psychology and Neuroscience | 4:00-4:45pm | 15 | |
| Benjamin Rees | Characterization of Cortical Development in Mouse Models of Neurofibromatosis Type-1 and Elevated ERK/MAPK Activity | Psychology and Neuroscience | 4:00-4:45pm | 16 | |
| Bowen Gu | The role of activity & youth on the MKS ‚àíM‚àó relation | Physics and Astronomy | 4:00-4:45pm | 17 | |
| Bowen Gu | Towards a Comprehensive AI Teaching Assistant Based on Forums for Small Courses | Computer Science | 4:00-4:45pm | 18 | |
| Bradley Lauck | Association Between Head Impact Kinematics and Physical Load Burden in Division-I Collegiate Football Players | Exercise and Sport Science | 3:00-3:45pm | 14 | |
| Briana Augustin | Cultural and Linguistic Effects on Diagnostic Testing in Spanish-Speaking Latin America | Psychology and Neuroscience | 3:00-3:45pm | 15 | |
| Bridgett Rios | It Takes Two Tango: Gene Duplication in Burkholderia thailandensis Leads to Community Behaviors | Microbiology and Immunology | 2:00-2:45pm | 13 | |
| Brittany Heikke | International Migration & Citizenship Trends: Key Developments and Challenges of the 2010s | Political Science | 3:00-3:45pm | 16 | |
| Bryson Curtis | Sexual Dimorphism of Norepinephrine Neurons and Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide Expression within the BNST | Psychology and Neuroscience | Alvin Dinh, Kathy Nguyen, Zander Pittman | 3:00-3:45pm | 17 |
| Camryn Isemann | Investigating the Phosphorylation of HDAC6 in Protection Against Alzheimer’s Disease | Department of Neurology | 2:00-2:45pm | 14 | |
| Cara Kuuskvere | Opportunities and Challenges for Implementing Circularity in Textile Production | Kenan Flagler Business School | 4:00-4:45pm | 19 | |
| Caroline Corvin | Social Disconnection and Substance Misuse During COVID-19 | Psychology and Neuroscience | 4:00-4:45pm | 20 | |
| Cassie Pamperin | Effects of Social Evaluative Stress on Inflammation in Black Americans | Psychology and Neuroscience | Sarah Barnes | 2:00-2:45pm | 15 |
| Chelsea Deitelzweig | Does race or education level hold greater influence on the use of dialect in the life histories of the SLHP? | English | Ellie Fleming | 3:00-3:45pm | 18 |
| Christian Chung | Novel Sorbents for PFAS Remediation | Environmental Science and Engineering, Chemistry | 3:00-3:45pm | 19 | |
| Christina Samodal | Evaluating Filtration Performance of Face Masks Following Repeated Cycles of Decontamination Treatments | Environmental Sciences and Engineering | 3:00-3:45pm | 20 | |
| Claire Mink | Problematic Drinking Habits in Depressed College Students: A Study Through the Lens of Text Message Analysis | Psychology and Neuroscience | 2:00-2:45pm | 16 | |
| Claire Shu | Digging Up Memory: Using Seamus Heaney’s Poetry to Understand Celtic Tiger Fiction | English and Comparative Literature | 4:00-4:45pm | 21 | |
| Colleen Bereda | Functional Analysis of Bloom Syndrome Helicase in Development and DNA Repair | Biology | 4:00-4:45pm | 22 | |
| Colleen Whitener | The impact of boat wake on submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) in Bogue Sound, NC | Earth, Marine, and Environmental Sciences | 2:00-2:45pm | 17 | |
| Connor Magoon | A Computational Analysis of Confined and Symmetry Breaking Faraday Waves | Mathematics | 4:00-4:45pm | 23 | |
| Cooper Schoone | Properties of the Brunel Operator | Mathematics | Scott Hallyburton | 3:00-3:45pm | 21 |
| Daniel Reich | Political Identity Mediates the Effect of Big Five Personality Traits on Vaccine Hesitancy | Psychology and Neuroscience | 2:00-2:45pm | 18 | |
| David Cully | The Interactions of SGK-1 Gain of Function with Two Unique Mutations Causing TORC2 Loss of Function | Biology | 3:00-3:45pm | 22 | |
| David Peery | Shared Genetic Architecture Between Psychiatric and Substance-Use Disorders | Statistics | 2:00-2:45pm | 19 | |
| Dedra Ming | Exploring Relations Between Maternal Racial Stress and Child Affectivity in Black Families | Psychology and Neuroscience | 3:00-3:45pm | 23 | |
| Elias Mohammad | The Effects of Music On the Testing Effect | Psychology and Neuroscience | 3:00-3:45pm | 24 | |
| Elizabeth Morton | Queer Student Experiences with Reproductive Health Care at UNC Campus Health | Women's and Gender Studies | 4:00-4:45pm | 24 | |
| Elizabeth Redding | High Content Visualization Pipeline for Glioblastoma Invasion | School of Pharmacy | 3:00-3:45pm | 25 | |
| Elizabeth Regan | Connecting with a community's concern: Implementation of solar-powered fine particulate matter monitoring with remote access to data in Robeson County, NC | Environmental Sciences and Engineering | Vivian Campbell | 3:00-3:45pm | 26 |
| Elizabeth Rotchford | Effect of pronoun change on the aptitude of using they/them pronouns? | Psychology and Neuroscience | Erin Sun and Andrea Santiago | 2:00-2:45pm | 20 |
| Elizabeth Smithy | Compared Effects of LPS stimulation on Microglial Activation in the Hippocampus and Hypothalamus in MMTV-PyMT carrier mice. | Psychology and Neuroscience | Macy Parmelle, Sanya Shah, Gaushik Mouleeswaran | 2:00-2:45pm | 21 |
| Elizabeth Stanley | Photochemical Modulation of Hydrogel Scaffolds and Nanoindenter-based Stiffness Quantification | Biomedical Engineering | 2:00-2:45pm | 22 | |
| Emilie Norwood | Optimizing the Fabrication of Carbon-Fiber Microbiosensors for Simultaneous Detection of Glucose and Dopamine in Live Brain Tissue | Chemistry | 4:00-4:45pm | 25 | |
| Emily Blandford | Flight Kinematics of Manduca sexta pre- and post-antennectomy | Biology | 2:00-2:45pm | 23 | |
| Emily Ertmann | Characterization of the ATP-driven Helicase activity of T. Aquaticus UvrD | Biochemistry | Maia Vierengel, Wenya Jian, Heemaja Mewada | 3:00-3:45pm | 27 |
| Emma Rosentreter | Validation of Ultrasound Molecular Imaging Agents for Diabetic Kidney Disease | Biomedical Engineering | 2:00-2:45pm | 24 | |
| Emma Zhang | How does genetic divergence affect the success of hybrids colonizing a novel environment? | Biology | 4:00-4:45pm | 26 | |
| Erica Zurbuch | An Analysis of Changes in WOMAC Function and Pain Scores and Sedentary Behavior in Knee Osteoarthritis Patients | Exercise and Sport Science | 4:00-4:45pm | 27 | |
| Ethan McConnell | Detector Efficiency of TUNL's Germanium Crystal Detectors | Physics and Astronomy | 4:00-4:45pm | 28 | |
| Evan Rosenberg | TIME POST-ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION DOES NOT ASSOCIATE WITH THE CAPACITY TO MODIFY WALKING BIOMECHANICS | Exercise and Sport Science | 3:00-3:45pm | 28 | |
| Gabriela Goodman | The Effects of Mental Health and Stressors on Academic Trajectories during the COVID-19 Pandemic | Economics | 2:00-2:45pm | 25 | |
| Gabriella Day | A Novel Study of Premature Sudden Death | School of Medicine - Cardiology | 4:00-4:45pm | 29 | |
| Gabrielle Black | Contrast Between European and Japanese Women in the 16th Century | Romance Studies | 2:00-2:45pm | 26 | |
| Garrett Hubbard | Helicase and ATPase Activity of Thermus Aquaticus UvrD | Chemistry | Noel Archer, Rachel Weatherford, Jeshurun Luke | 3:00-3:45pm | 29 |
| Gillian Arleth | ‚Äã‚ÄãThe Role of Central Amygdala Corticotropin-releasing Factor Receptor 1 (CRF1) Neurons in Anxiety-like Behavior and Alcohol Consumption | Psychology and Neuroscience | 4:00-4:45pm | 30 | |
| Graham Caron | Identifying and Manipulating Personality Characteristics in Pretrained Language Models | Computer Science | 2:00-2:45pm | 27 | |
| Gregory Murrell | Dynamics of the Rapid Creation and Collapse of Dry Spot Regions in Fluid Layers | Applied Math | 2:00-2:45pm | 28 | |
| Hadley McCormick | Nanoelectrochemistry | Chemistry | 4:00-4:45pm | 31 | |
| Hailey Lewis | Establishing a Laboratory Culture of Hypsibius exemplaris for Use in Molecular Studies | Chemistry | Saher Mubarek | 3:00-3:45pm | 30 |
| Hamzah Algazali | Investigating Norepinephrine and CGRP Co-expression in the Thalamus and Hypothalamus | Psychology and Neuroscience | Alexandra Katz, Ben Gorman | 3:00-3:45pm | 31 |
| Hanlin Liu | Volatility Spillover Across Commodity Markets | Economics | 3:00-3:45pm | 32 | |
| Hanna Nettles | How Demographic Factors Moderate Intervention Outcomes in Autistic Children | Psychology and Neuroscience | 2:00-2:45pm | 29 | |
| Hannah Evans | Acute Stress Influences Decision-Making by Diminishing the Consideration of Long-Term Reward | Psychology and Neuroscience | 3:00-3:45pm | 33 | |
| Hannah Jones | Social Determinants of Rates of Resuscitation in Out-of-Hospital Sudden Death | School of Medicine - Cardiology | 2:00-2:45pm | 30 | |
| Harrison Hockenberry | Investigating the Influence of TRIM9 in Alzheimers | Psychology and Neuroscience | 3:00-3:45pm | 34 | |
| Harrison Thomas | Banking In North Carolina: A Statistical Analysis of Banking Deserts | Public Policy | 4:00-4:45pm | 32 | |
| Harshi Matada | An Assessment of Mental Health Resources at UNC | Psychology and Neuroscience | 3:00-3:45pm | 35 | |
| Henry Lee | Garcia da Orta’s Colloquies on the Simples and Drugs of India and the European Superiority Complex’s effect on the Perception of Asian Use of Opium Compared to European Use and the Future Consequences | Asian Studies, Romance Languages | 4:00-4:45pm | 33 | |
| Henry Li | Evaluating Low-Cost Nitrate Test Strips for Drinking Water Using Algorithm-Based Color Interpretations. | Environmental Health Science | 2:00-2:45pm | 31 | |
| Henry Nachman | Tracking Dead-Layer Growth in Germanium Detectors | Physics and Astronomy | 2:00-2:45pm | 32 | |
| Hiep Tran | Development Of A Self-Actuating Hydrogel-Based Cardiac Patch | Applied Physical Sciences | 3:00-3:45pm | 36 | |
| Isabella Gamez | Coordinated modulation of multiple processes through phase variation of a c-di-GMP phosphodiesterase in Clostridioides difficile | Microbiology and Immunology | 4:00-4:45pm | 34 | |
| James Metts | A Novel Role for the Histone Methyltransferase SETD2 During Mitosis. | UNC School of Medicine, Biochemistry and Biophysics | 4:00-4:45pm | 35 | |
| Jane Baur | Examining hormone-mood sensitivity as a predictor of interpersonal conflict in peripubertal girls. | Psychiatry | 2:00-2:45pm | 33 | |
| Janhvi Kulkarni | Humor and AAL in Twitter Posts | Psychology and Neuroscience | Brenda Arellano-Onate, Cathy Choi, Kylie Chapman | 3:00-3:45pm | 37 |
| Jayden Harris | Generating an optimal mammalian expression system for the study of RNA virus multiplication | Microbiology and Immunology | 4:00-4:45pm | 36 | |
| Jayne Willard | Comparing the Hydrological Behavior of Beaver and Stormwater Retention Ponds in Urban Environments | Geography | 4:00-4:45pm | 37 | |
| Jennifer Norland | How Shifting Consumers Trends is Affecting Swine Production in North Carolina | Kenan-Flagler Business School | 3:00-3:45pm | 38 | |
| Jennifer Regan | Targeting Inflammation Resolution in Obesity: Effects on Immune Function | Nutrition | 3:00-3:45pm | 39 | |
| Jennifer Rubin | Factors Impacting Emotional Reactivity and Regulation in Young Children | Psychology and Neuroscience | 3:00-3:45pm | 40 | |
| Jessica Ndukwe | Decreases in autonomic reactivity & interoceptive ability (in-lab) predict increases in self-reported emotional regulation across the life span | Psychology and Neuroscience | 3:00-3:45pm | 41 | |
| Jessica Reid | How Local Governments Respond to and Communicate about Climate Change | Environment, Ecology, and Energy | 2:00-2:45pm | 34 | |
| Jiangyuan Yuan | Treatment of Soil Bacteria with Sweeteners | Biology | Marcelo Garibaldi, Nicole Hernandez, Dezja Ishmeal | 4:00-4:45pm | 38 |
| Jiaqi Liu | Order in Chaos: primary cilia in symmetrical pairs pyramidal neuron in human cerebral cortex | Psychology and Neuroscience | 3:00-3:45pm | 42 | |
| Jiayan Le | Exosome-Curcumin Loaded Auxetic Hydrogel Patches for Chronic Wound Healing | Pharmacoengineering and Molecular Pharmaceutics | 4:00-4:45pm | 39 | |
| Jillian Whitener | Examining the Relationship Between Teacher Turnover and Student Perception of School Safety and Aggression | Psychology and Neuroscience | Hannah Drury, Kiara Wilkerson, Sawyer Grizzard and Maddie Rader | 2:00-2:45pm | 35 |
| Joey Carter | Attenuation of Waves Across Living Shoreline Sills | Environment, Ecology and Energy | 4:00-4:45pm | 40 | |
| John Dong | Microglial Immunity: Differential Activation between Motor Cortex and Dentate Gyrus | Psychology and Neuroscience | Hamzah Algazali, Manny Durojaiye, Lauren Haigney | 2:00-2:45pm | 36 |
| Jordan Jarvis | The Role of Microtubule Severing Proteins on Mitosis in PTK1 Cells | Biology | Taylor Key, Cassie Halpin, Sedem Dzisi | 3:00-3:45pm | 43 |
| Joshua Phillips | Unrest in Algeria | Political Science | 2:00-2:45pm | 37 | |
| Juliana Koricke | How Climate Impacts the Supply Chain | Geography | 2:00-2:45pm | 38 | |
| Juliet Alegria | Gratitude as a Moderator for the Relation Between Relationship Quality and Social-Emotional Competence in Opportunity Youth | Psychology and Neuroscience | 3:00-3:45pm | 44 | |
| Kaitlyn Infante | Characterization of cytoplasmic motor proteins dynein 1 heavy chain 1 and eg5 | Biology | Connor Young, Catherine Cedeno, Jacob Locklear | 3:00-3:45pm | 45 |
| Kara Bucci | Probing the effects of peptide secondary structure on peptide-polymer amphiphile morphological landscapes | Chemistry | 4:00-4:45pm | 41 | |
| Kathryn Cornette | Student Interest in Introductory Geoscience Laboratories Across Three Universities. | Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences | 3:00-3:45pm | 46 | |
| Kathryn Klein | The Effect of Adding Bacteria-Rich Samples on Colony Growth in Soil | Biology | Kathleen Ready, Michelle Pantaleon, Thao Nguyen | 2:00-2:45pm | 39 |
| Kattia Mata | Hippocampal Dysfunction in Schizophrenia: The Role of Parvalbumin-positive Inhibitory Interneurons | Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology | 4:00-4:45pm | 42 | |
| Ken Lin | The Expression of SOX2 and NANOG During Differentiation Between Human Embryonic Stem Cells and Lung Progenitor Cells (LPCs) | Genetics | 2:00-2:45pm | 40 | |
| Kenan Sayers | The Role of High-Intensity Interval Training on Anxiety Sensitivity and Self-Efficacy: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial | Psychology and Neuroscience | 2:00-2:45pm | 41 | |
| Kendra Randle | Sex Differences in TH Expression within the BNST (subject to change) | Psychology and Neuroscience | Alana Holder, Patrick Kramer, Kaitlyn Pierce | 3:00-3:45pm | 47 |
| Kiran Kelly-Rajan | Functional Activity of NLRP1 in Axon Pruning | School of Medicine, Biology | 4:00-4:45pm | 43 | |
| Kyle Sorensen | Spatiotemporal Estimation of Radon Exposures for Epidemiologic Risk Assessment | Statistics and Operations Research, Gillings' School of Public Health | 3:00-3:45pm | 48 | |
| Kylie Showalter | Determining genes involved in interbacterial killing in Hawaiian bobtail squid reproductive symbionts | Earth, Marine, and Environmental Sciences | Daniela Zarate Arias | 3:00-3:45pm | 49 |
| Lailah Ligons | Rapid Detection of Glucose and Lactate Fluctuations in Rat Dorsal Striatum | Biomedical Engineering | 4:00-4:45pm | 44 | |
| Laith Sawaqed | Schizophrenia and Norepinephrine diversity | Psychology and Neuroscience | Kelly Lin, Caitlin Huguely, Raj Dutta | 3:00-3:45pm | 50 |
| Laurel Thomas | Unwinding the Helicase Activity of Thermus aquaticus UvrD | Chemistry | Bryan Kistner, Scott Connelly, Juhi Salunke | 2:00-2:45pm | 42 |
| Lauren Burke | The Impact of Nutrient Availability on Hypoxia Tolerance in Tigriopus Californicus | Biology | Sofia Saiz | 2:00-2:45pm | 43 |
| Lauren McShea | Low cost, at-home incubation systems to culture Escherichia coli bacteria for water quality testing in North Carolina | Environmental Health Sciences, ECUIPP Lab | 3:00-3:45pm | 51 | |
| Lauren Satkowiak | CURE CHEM 520L: Chemical Upcycling of Mixed Polylactide Plastic Waste | Chemistry | Alan Wang, Kathryn Workman, Fiona Gable  | 2:00-2:45pm | 44 |
| Lauren Sidelinger | Day-to-Day Individual Alpha Frequency Stability Measured by a Mobile EEG Device Relates to Anxiety and Inhibition | Psychology and Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry | 2:00-2:45pm | 45 | |
| Lauren Sotell | Comparison of changes in US anterior femoral articular cartilage cross-sectional area between high- and normal loading conditions post-ACLR | Exercise and Sports Science | 2:00-2:45pm | 46 | |
| Lawson Garner | Farmer-Herder Conflicts in the Sondre Region of Burkina Faso | Anthropology | 4:00-4:45pm | 45 | |
| Leah Peloff | The Effectiveness of Integrative Group Medical Visits on Patients With Chronic Pain | Exercise and Sport Science | 3:00-3:45pm | 52 | |
| Lily Alomari | Identifying Predictors of COVID-19 Related Anxiety between Genders ad Behavioral Outcomes | Psychology and Neuroscience | 3:00-3:45pm | 53 | |
| Lyann Le | Catastrophic Soccer Injuries among High School and College | Exercise Science | 4:00-4:45pm | 46 | |
| Lynx Yuan | Matteo Ricci's Policy of Accommodation | Romance Studies | 4:00-4:45pm | 47 | |
| Maddy Stratton | How the Velocity Distribution Function of Dark Matter Affects its Matter Power Spectrum | Physics and Astronomy | N/A | 3:00-3:45pm | 54 |
| Madi Mitchell | Unzipping the Secrets of Taq UvrD Helicase | Chemistry | Ashton Hines, Katie Characklis, Madison Williamson | 3:00-3:45pm | 55 |
| Madison Grigsby | The Effect of Caffeine on Soil Bacteria Proliferation | Biology | Elizabeth Teka, MacKenzie Inman, Siobhan Morris | 4:00-4:45pm | 48 |
| Maggie Hostetter | Body Composition Tracking on D1 NCAA Athletes | Exercise and Sport Science | 4:00-4:45pm | 49 | |
| Mahlon Brady | Infant Temperament, Maternal Socially Aversive Traits, and Maternal Mindfulness | Psychology and Neuroscience | 2:00-2:45pm | 47 | |
| Maleah Carter | The Impact of Language on Cross-cultural Emotion Perception: An fMRI Study | Psychology and Neuroscience | 3:00-3:45pm | 56 | |
| Marielle Rath | PK-Cast: An Online Tool for Triaging Compounds with Undesired Pharmacokinetic Properties from Chemical Libraries | Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, Eshelman | 2:00-2:45pm | 48 | |
| MaryAn Hawks | Sex Differences in Tyrosine Hydroxylase Expression in the A1 and A2 Nuclei of Mice | Psychology and Neuroscience | Tala Farah, Mikayla Allen, Sean Alewine | 2:00-2:45pm | 49 |
| Matthew Davis | Effect of Peripheral Inflammation on Microglia in the Dentate Gyrus and Motor Cortex of MMTV-PyMT Carrier Mice | Psychology and Neuroscience | Lauren Bedard, Regan Shoemaker, Analise Ney, Ogugua Nwaezeigwe | 3:00-3:45pm | 57 |
| Matthew Manchester | Impact of Rising Temperatures on Venus Flytrap Reaction Speed | Biology | Kameron Hall, Lillian Prince | 4:00-4:45pm | 50 |
| Max Feliu Merce | Historical Significance of Lope de Vega's Los M√°rtires de Japon | Asian Studies | 4:00-4:45pm | 51 | |
| Maxfield Palmer | Effects of Chitin synthesis inhibition on t. Californicus stress conditions | Biology | Addie Campbell, Victoria Tran, Eli Barnett | 3:00-3:45pm | 58 |
| McCauley Palmer | Working From Wherever, Whenever: Lessons From the Covid-19 Pandemic That are Shaping the Future of Work | Business Administration | 4:00-4:45pm | 52 | |
| Megan Butler | The role of histone H4K20 methylation in recruiting L(3)mbt to chromatin | Biology | 3:00-3:45pm | 59 | |
| Meghana Sankaran | Energy Optimization of Wastewater Treatment | Physics | 4:00-4:45pm | 53 | |
| Melanie Semcesen | The Effects of Venous Pooling During Prolonged Sitting on Central Arterial Stiffness | Exercise and Sports Science | 4:00-4:45pm | 54 | |
| Melissa Kissling | Optimizing Applied Magnetic Force in Adhesion Assay | Physics and Astronomy | 2:00-2:45pm | 50 | |
| Melissa Yu | Exploring the Protein-Like Folding Capabilities of Biomimetic Polymers | Chemistry | 3:00-3:45pm | 60 | |
| Melissa Yu | Characterization of the Helicase Activity of Taq UvrD | Chemistry | Rachel Patterson, Alexis Jean Morales | 4:00-4:45pm | 55 |
| Mia Foglesong | Upward Spiral Theory of Lifestyle Change on Positive health Behaviors of Eating Fruits and Vegetables | Psychology and Neuroscience | Landry Kuehn, Dheya Madhani | 2:00-2:45pm | 51 |
| Michael Maizel | A Different Approach to Treating Liver Disease Patients | Health Policy and Management | 3:00-3:45pm | 61 | |
| Minh Bui | Characterizing DNA unwinding function of Taq UvrD | Chemistry | Faith Boody, Ben Thompson, Jade Hardwick | 2:00-2:45pm | 52 |
| Miranda Black | Individual differences in how parents and children discuss future concepts | School of Education | Nadin Abu Khalaf | 2:00-2:45pm | 53 |
| Monica Sanchez Angulo | Investigation into Tyrosine Hydroxylase Expression in the Locus Coeruleus as it Relates to Neurodegenerative Disease | Neuroscience | Gabriella Hesse, Bennett Jones, Lily Al'Omari | 4:00-4:45pm | 56 |
| Naomi Glidden | An Analysis of Sex Differences in CGRP in Area A7 Using Immunohistochemistry | Psychology and Neuroscience | Kendall Ward, Kam Onyemeh | 3:00-3:45pm | 62 |
| Natalie Hussein | Biculturalism, Identity, and Wellbeing among Middle Eastern/North African Young Adults | Psychology and Neuroscience | 2:00-2:45pm | 54 | |
| Nathaniel Badgett | Development of Calibration System for NuDot: Demonstrating event reconstruction in Large Liquid Scintillators | Physics and Astronomy | 2:00-2:45pm | 55 | |
| Nicholas LaPlant | Identification of Phospho-tyrosine Biomarkers for Hepatocellular Carcinoma | Cell Biology and Physiology | 4:00-4:45pm | 57 | |
| Nico Rotundo | Competition and Labor Market Discrimination: A Case Study of European Football | Economics | 2:00-2:45pm | 56 | |
| Nivetha Ramasamy | Paracrine adipocyte signaling promotes colorectal cancer growth in vitro | Nutrition | Elaine M. Glenny, Qing Shi, Stephen D. Hursting | 3:00-3:45pm | 63 |
| Noah Bell | Using Organotypic Brain Slices to Generate Optimized Glioblastoma Models and Treatments | Biomedical Engineering | 4:00-4:45pm | 58 | |
| Parker Shoaf | The Role of SPC24 in Chromatin Segregation | Biology | Kara Bucci, Sam Tennant, Aman Mengistalem | 3:00-3:45pm | 64 |
| Patrick Smith | Effects of Whole Body Vibration on Dynamic Stability in Individuals with Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction | Exercise and Sport Science | 4:00-4:45pm | 59 | |
| Paul Buttles | Correlating Wettability with Dielectric and Conductive Changes during Water Adsorption in Mixed-Wettability Granular Systems | Physics and Astronomy | 3:00-3:45pm | 65 | |
| Paula Bravver | Investigating the Effects of Environmental Stressors on Chlamydia Muridarum | Pediatric Infectious Diseases | 2:00-2:45pm | 57 | |
| Peyton Kelly | Examining Mediators of the Relation Between Self-Concept Clarity and Body Dissatisfaction and Disordered Eating | Psychology and Neuroscience | 3:00-3:45pm | 66 | |
| Peyton Miyares | Experiences of Adversity and Resilience Among LBGTQ+ Young Adults | Psychology and Neuroscience | 2:00-2:45pm | 58 | |
| Priya Patel | Functional characterization of de novo SPTBN2 variants associated with infantile-onset spinocerebellar ataxia 5 and cognitive deficits | Cell Biology and Physiology | Sruthi Dontu | 3:00-3:45pm | 67 |
| Rachael Fisher | Adolescent Binge Ethanol Exposure Accelerates Alzheimer’s Disease-associated Basal Forebrain Neuropathology | Neuroscience, UNC School of Medicine | 2:00-2:45pm | 59 | |
| Rachel Boulter | The 2020 Sparta Earthquake: A Seismic Hazard Analysis | Earth, Marine, and Environmental Sciences | 2:00-2:45pm | 60 | |
| Ralph Alberto | Chemokine ENA-78/CXCL5 is Produced by OA Synovial Fibroblasts in Response to a Matrix Damage Stimulus and is Found in Synovial Fluid Collected from Patients After ACL Injury | Thurston Arthritis Research Center | 3:00-3:45pm | 68 | |
| Rebecca Weisberger | Friendliness Rating of Text Messages Based on Use of "Y'all" versus "You guys" | Psychology and Neuroscience | Grace Blake | 4:00-4:45pm | 60 |
| Regan Curtis | A Study of the Effectiveness of an Empowerment-Based Approach to Sexual Health Education in Santa María de Jesús, Guatemala | Romance Studies | 3:00-3:45pm | 69 | |
| Ria Khetan | Schooled aged children and exposure to school bus diesel exhaust | Environmental Sciences and Engineering | 4:00-4:45pm | 61 | |
| Rishita Chamarthi | Targeting the Sonic Hedgehog Signaling Pathway as a Therapy for Medulloblastoma | Psychology and Neuroscience | 2:00-2:45pm | 61 | |
| Rishita Chamarthi | Characterization of Microglia in the Hippocampus and Amygdala in Response to a Peripheral Immune Challenge | Psychology and Neuroscience | David Sun, Mohit Bhalani, Claire Nolan | 4:00-4:45pm | 62 |
| Rivers Andrews | Catastrophic Injury in Organized and Recreational Softball | Exercise and Sport Science | 2:00-2:45pm | 62 | |
| Robert Harlan | Colonoscopic Findings of Multitarget Stool DNA Test Positive Patients in Community Practice | School of Medicine | 4:00-4:45pm | 63 | |
| Robert Rampani | Investigating Dengue Vaccine Efficiency with Revelations about Furin | Chemistry and Microbiology & Immunology | 2:00-2:45pm | 63 | |
| Roger Yu | Effect of MUC5AC and MUC5B mucin on airway clearance by simulated cough | School of Medicine, Biochemistry and BioPhysics | 4:00-4:45pm | 64 | |
| Rose Leek | Fall leave change and tourism on the Blue Ridge Parkway | Geography | 4:00-4:45pm | 65 | |
| Ross Doyle | Predicting ADHD Through Machine Learning | Psychology and Neuroscience | 4:00-4:45pm | 66 | |
| Ryan Kemper | ARID1A-mutated bladder cancer cells are sensitized to BET protein inhibition with OTX-015 | Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics (Pharmacy) | 2:00-2:45pm | 64 | |
| Ryan Merritt | Thermal Imaging of C. elegans Aging | Biology | 3:00-3:45pm | 70 | |
| Sabian Martinez | Characterization of Microglia in the Hypothalamus and Amygdala of Male MMTV-PyMT Carriers | Psychology and Neuroscience | Dhatri Kakarla, Angelina Ross, Lauren Sidelinger | 4:00-4:45pm | 67 |
| Sabrina Rehman | The Prevalence of Impaired Glucose and its Association with Diet in Gal√°pagos, Ecuador | Nutrition | 2:00-2:45pm | 65 | |
| Safiatou Bamba | What You Hear Is Not Always What You Say: An Investigation of Loanword Pitch Accent in Tokyo Japanese | Linguistics | 4:00-4:45pm | 68 | |
| Samantha Cerda | Inorganic nutrient dynamics in microbial ecocosms inform NRE biogeochemical cycling | Earth, Marine, and Environmental Sciences | 3:00-3:45pm | 71 | |
| Samanyu Kunchanapalli | Exploration of Spectral Parameters in EEG Data Across Tasks and Group Conditions | Psychiatry | 2:00-2:45pm | 66 | |
| Sammie Kim | BrainMAP : Exploring High-Risk Precursors of ADHD | Psychology and Neuroscience | 2:00-2:45pm | 67 | |
| Samuel Wallace | King James VI: Defender of the True Faith Against the Antichrist | English and Comparative Literature | 4:00-4:45pm | 69 | |
| Sandhya Sundar Rajan | Molecular Sex Differences in CGRP-Expressing NorAdrenergic Neurons in the Mouse SubCD, SubCV and LC. | Psychology and Neuroscience | Alekhya Majety, David Cowan, Sandhya Sundar, JaneGrace Lowther | 4:00-4:45pm | 70 |
| Sara Nafees | ALS-associated p62 mutations alter TDP-43 solubility and localization in a cell culture model of disease | School of Medicine -Neurology | 4:00-4:45pm | 71 | |
| Sarah Barnes | Effects of a Mild Inflammatory Challenge on Social Processes | Psychology and Neuroscience | 3:00-3:45pm | 72 | |
| Sarah Torzone | Nanoparticle Delivery of Antioxidant-Response Activating Drug to Atherosclerotic Plaque | Cell Biology and Physiology, Center for Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery, Department of Surgery | 2:00-2:45pm | 68 | |
| Sarah Torzone | Molecular and Tissue-Specific Regulation of Growth and Lipid Metabolism by MAP Kinase Signaling in C. elegans | Cell Biology and Physiology, School of Medicine | Kendra Honey | 3:00-3:45pm | 73 |
| Sarah Vickers | Magnetic Shielding Design and Optimization for NuDot | Physics and Astronomy | 4:00-4:45pm | 72 | |
| Saratu Garba | The Association of Pregnancy and Lactation With Maternal Weight Change In Cebu Philippines | Nutrition | 3:00-3:45pm | 74 | |
| Sarrah Ankeny | CURE courses foster project ownership, autonomy, and confidence in research abilities regardless of high or low project constraints | Psychology and Neuroscience | 3:00-3:45pm | 75 | |
| Sawyer Grizzard | Maternal Stress and Distress Tolerance as Predictors of Infant Sleep Quality | Psychology and Neuroscience | 3:00-3:45pm | 76 | |
| Selma Sabra | The Effect of Maternal Prenatal Stress on Toddler Language Development, Testing Breastfeeding as a Moderator | Psychology and Neuroscience | 3:00-3:45pm | 77 | |
| Shivam Bhargava | An Analysis of Microglia Morphology between the Amygdala and Thalamus | Psychology and Neuroscience | Chloe Newbill, Harshini Matada, Parth Patel | 2:00-2:45pm | 69 |
| Shivam Bhargava | Investigating the Underlying Mechanisms of Cortical Surface Area Overgrowth in Autism Spectrum Disorder Through Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells | Psychology and Neuroscience, School of Medicine | 4:00-4:45pm | 73 | |
| Sierra Parker | Visualizing The Invisible: Characterizing Marine Microbial Communities And Carbon Flux With High-Throughput Microscopy | Earth, Marine, and Environmental Sciences | 2:00-2:45pm | 70 | |
| Sneha Makhijani | Risk factors for Plasmodium falciparum infection during lymphoma treatment in Malawi: a case control study | School of Medicine | 4:00-4:45pm | 74 | |
| Sontia Gaither | CURE CHEM 520L: Chemical Upcycling of Mixed Polylactide Plastic Waste | Chemistry | Ran Gao, Sabeeka Malick, Marley McCarroll | 4:00-4:45pm | 75 |
| Sophia Navarre | Novel, Multilayered Hydrogel for the Treatment of Glioblastoma | Biomedical Engineering | Drew Caddell, Cameron Schmitt | 4:00-4:45pm | 76 |
| Sophia Taraboi | KineMouse Wheel: A standardized turn-key open-source behavioral tracking system for head fixed rodents | Biomedical Engineering | 2:00-2:45pm | 71 | |
| Sophie Therber | Extreme Weather and COVID-19: Disaster Response within Migrant Farmworker Communities | Human Development and Family Studies | 2:00-2:45pm | 72 | |
| Sree Gogineni | Social and Affect Judgment | Psychology and Neuroscience | Aslıhan İmamoğlu | 2:00-2:45pm | 73 |
| Sruthi Dontu | Characterization and Comparison of Microglia within the Hypothalamus and Amygdala in LPS-exposed Mice | Psychology and Neuroscience | Yashvi Vardhan, Vishanth Palanivel, Vanessa Mesmer | 3:00-3:45pm | 78 |
| Stephanie Forlemu | Microglia Immunoreactivity: The Regional Heterogeneity of Microglia Cell Responses to a Peripheral Immune Challenge | Psychology and Neuroscience | Alex Reed, Jerald Whitley, Kattia Mata | 2:00-2:45pm | 74 |
| Steven Tio | Vasco da Gama’s Voyage around Africa | Asian Studies, Romance Languages | 4:00-4:45pm | 77 | |
| Sunnie Li | Evaluating the Role of Dietary Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids on Long-chain Acyl-CoA Synthetase Isoform 4 (ACSL4) Expression | Nutrition | 3:00-3:45pm | 79 | |
| Tammy Yu | The Effect of a Calcium Blocker on Venus Flytrap Gland Activity | Biology | Ella Howie, Jonas Ambjörnsson | 2:00-2:45pm | 75 |
| Tate Jones | Effects of intermittent hypoxia on T. californicus development | Biology | Gabrielle Miller | 2:00-2:45pm | 76 |
| Tershona Branch | Examining the Effects of Identity on Adolescent and Current Alcohol Misuse | Psychology and Neuroscience | 3:00-3:45pm | 80 | |
| Tessa Starkweather | Comparative Analysis of Spc24 Isoforms in PTK1 Cells | Biology | Makalah Saunders, David Westrom, Hiba Alnaqshabandi | 3:00-3:45pm | 81 |
| Trace McCall | Venus flytrap Response to Nitrogenous Fertilizer | Biology | Sienna Halterman, Torin O'Brien | 4:00-4:45pm | 78 |
| Trevor Pharr | Identification of Interactors of Ankyrin-B and their Effects on Cellular Metabolic Dysfunction | Cell Biology and Physiology UNC School of Medicine | 2:00-2:45pm | 77 | |
| Troy Hall | Worker Migration Patterns and Industry Switching in Response to International Trade and Exchange Rate Movement | Economics | 2:00-2:45pm | 78 | |
| Tyler Xia | Smartphone cameras allow for development of low-cost turbidity meters through computer vision machine learning | Gillings School of Public Health ECUIPP Lab | Hamza Ishaque | 2:00-2:45pm | 79 |
| Tyra Silaphet | Influence of Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide (CGRP) on A1 and A2 | Psychology and Neuroscience | Urvi Patel, Elliot Evans, Farah Naser | 4:00-4:45pm | 79 |
| Vaibhav Bhaskar | Vasco de Gama exploration of India | Romance Studies | 4:00-4:45pm | 80 | |
| Varun Potlapalli | Purification and Characterization of Thermus Aquaticus UvrD Activity | Chemistry | Yolanda Simpson, Kayla Blades, Breannah Keys | 2:00-2:45pm | 80 |
| Vasilisa Iumatova | Hungry bacteria: do common kitchen ingredients select biofilm inducers? | Biology | Sammi Jiang | 4:00-4:45pm | 81 |
| Violet Evans | Empowering Singleton Girls: An Anthropological Study on the Unintended Consequences of China's One Child Policy | Asian and Middle Eastern Studies | 4:00-4:45pm | 82 | |
| Vittal Bhat | Design and Optimization of Hydrogen Atom Transfer Reagents for Polyolefin Functionalization | Chemistry | 2:00-2:45pm | 81 | |
| Vittal Bhat | CURE CHEM 520L: Chemical Upcycling of Mixed Polylactide Plastic Waste | Chemistry | Elizabeth Choi, Alisha Desai, Drew Desalvo, Kate Nicholson  | 3:00-3:45pm | 82 |
| Wenbo Liu | Navigating nanoparticles through mazes using computer-generated holography | Computer Science and Allied Physical Sciences | 2:00-2:45pm | 82 | |
| Wenya Jian | Discovery of smORF encoded peptides from Enterococcus faecalis | Chemistry | 3:00-3:45pm | 83 | |
| William Zahrt | The Effect of Mendes Pinto's Background on His Writing | Asian Studies | 3:00-3:45pm | 84 | |
| Yash Patel | PILOT STUDY TO ASSESS FACTORS THAT AFFECT ACCURACY OF B-MODE CRANIAL POCUS FOR ICH DIAGNOSIS | Neurology, Medicine | 2:00-2:45pm | 83 | |
| Yifeng Peng | Finite element method simulations of gas flow dynamics in a small animal ventilator | Physics | 4:00-4:45pm | 83 | |
| Yingxi Huang | APPLICATION OF MACHINE LEARNING FOR MEME COIN SCAM DETECTION | Business | 4:00-4:45pm | 84 | |
| Yinuo Hu | SETSum: Summarization and Visualization of Student Evaluations of Teaching | Department of Computer Science | 4:00-4:45pm | 85 | |
| Yunshu Yu | Judgment of peers’ social media posts relating to social justice: How adolescents are making the decision | Psychology and Neuroscience | Penelope Chirolde | 3:00-3:45pm | 85 |
| Yunzhe Qian | Single-cell Multi-omics analysis reveals Gene Regulatory Network at Single-cell Level during Early Stage of Direct Cardiac Reprogramming | Biostatistics | 3:00-3:45pm | 86 | |
| Zachary Mangel | Development and Evaluation of Low-Cost E. Coli Incubator | Environmental Health Science | Emily Concepcion | 2:00-2:45pm | 84 |
| Zhongrui Chen | Numerical Methods for Learning Physical Constraints and their Applications | Computer Science | 4:00-4:45pm | 86 | |
| Ziyi Zhou | How Do Parenting Practices Influence Chinese Students' College Major Choice? | Sociology | 2:00-2:45pm | 85 | |
| Zoe Atkinson | Individual's Dialect and it's Impact on the Perception of Relationship Closeness | Psychology and Neuroscience | 4:00-4:45pm | 87 | |
| Zoe Sessions | Cheminformatics-driven discovery of microglia and astrocyte modulators as potential agents to treat Alzheimer’s Disease | Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry | 2:00-2:45pm | 86 |