URA 2023-2024 Awardees

Undergraduate Research Awards for 2023-2024 have been awarded to 72 students from disciplines and departments across campus. Click on the names below to read the abstracts that summarize each research project, and mark your calendars to attend Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day to see these students present their research findings.

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A three quarter portrait of a young man in a courtyardNicholas Agouridis
“Scope++: An open-source, efficient C++ microscopy software”
Biological Sciences
Daniel Lobo
OUE paw printFairine Ahmed
“Design of a Stable Antibody: HIV-1 RNA Complex Suitable for Structural Studies”
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Michael Summers


A three quarter portrait of a young woman in a courtyardIman Ahmed
“A Comparison of Sequential and Simultaneous Bilingualism in College Students”
Psychology
Mirela Cengher

A three quarter portrait of a young woman in a courtyardMaxine Akunnakwe
“Measuring behavioral visual acuity in two darter species: Etheostoma caeruleum and E. olmstedi”
Biological Sciences
Tamra Mendelson and Yseult Héjja-Brichard

A three quarter portrait of a young woman in a courtyardRoxey Alam
“Gender-Based Violence: Barries that Prevent Helf-Seeking Behaviors”
Psychology
Christopher Murphy

OUE paw printJordann Allen
“Mayor Eric Adams’ Subway Sweeps: Criminalization of the Homeless in New York City”
American Studies
Michael Casiano

A three quarter portrait of a young woman in a courtyardThirandie Bambaradeniya
“Education and Access to Policy: A Case Study on Heat Waves”
Geography and Environmental Systems
Dawn Biehler

A three quarter portrait of a young woman in a courtyardSonia Borenstein
“Exploring New horizons in Creative Improvisation”
Visual Arts
Linda Dusman

A three quarter portrait of a young woman in a courtyardVioleta Brito
“Documenting the Everyday Experiences of the Haitian Diaspora in Dominican Republic”
Global Studies
Felipe Filomeno

OUE paw printCaylee Brown
“Aromatherapy or Toxic Exposure: An Investigation into the Effects of Nicotine-Containing Electronic Cigarette Vapor Exposure on Main Olfactory Epithelium Neurogenesis”
Biological Sciences
Weihong Lin

three quarters portrait of Francesca Burton outside Francesca Burton
“Using Behavioral Assays to Study Genes Associated with Autism in Drosophila Fruit Flies”
Biological Sciences
Fernando Vonhoff

OUE paw printJulia Chang
“The South Korean Diaspora Within Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area and its Expression Through Art”
Visual Arts
Beth Yashnyk

A three quarter portrait of a young man in a courtyardAbrar Chaudhry
“An Open-Source Image Acquisition Software for Broadening Research to Underprivileged Individuals”
Biological Sciences
Daniel Lobo

A three quarter portrait of a young woman in a courtyardMare Chavez
“Spinning Songs, Weaving Poetry”
Ancient Studies
Molly Jones-Lewis

A three quarter portrait of a young woman in a courtyardMaryRose Cohn
“Impact of COVID-19 on Fall Risks of Older Adults Living in Assisted Living Facilities”
Aging Studies
Louise Murray

A three quarter portrait of a young woman in a courtyardTessa Cone
“The Politics of Abortion”
Political Science
Lisa Vetter

A three quarter portrait of a young man in a courtyardJoshua Dayie
“Characterizing the Aspergillus nidulans Kinase Deletion Library for Increased Septation in Response to Cell Wall Stress”
Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering
Mark Marten

A three quarter portrait of a young woman in a courtyardGabby Dennis
“Investigating Inhibition Control in two Darter Fish Species: Etheostoma caeruleum and Etheostoma flabellare”
Biological Sciences
Tamra Mendelson

A three quarter portrait of a young man in a courtyard Ousmane Diop
“Self-Expression through a series of Black and White Photography”
Visual Arts
Calla Thompson

A three quarter portrait of a young man in a courtyardCasey Douglas
“Characterizing Wall Strength and Morphological Defects of an mpkA;hogA Deletion Strain”
Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering
Mark Marten

A three quarter portrait of a young man in a courtyardLiam Forton
Development of MALDI-MSI Methods to Localize Lipids and Neuropeptides
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Herena Kamal Seneviratne

A three quarter portrait of a young man in a courtyardElias Gilotte
“ATP Biosensor Sensor for Cell-Free Protein Synthesis”
Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering
Govind Rao and Chad Sundberg

A three quarter portrait of a young man in a courtyardSethumadhavan Gokulakrishnan
“Determining Regions Within UCHL3 that Regulates its Stability and Turnover in Ovarian Cancer Cells”
Biological Sciences
Achuth Padmanabhan

OUE paw printJolie Greer
“Horsemanship and Training in Ancient Greek”
Ancient Studies
Molly Jones-Lewis

A three quarter portrait of a young man in a courtyardBrandon Gouin
“Body Percussion: Expanding the Canon of Contemporary Works for the Oldest Instrument”
Music
Lisa Cella

A three quarter portrait of a young man in a courtyardMaxfield Hartley
“Stochastic Thermodynamics of Music”
Physics
Sebastian Deffner

A three quarter portrait of a young man in a courtyard Garrett Hill
“Characterization of the PrkA Protein Kinase in Aspergillus nidulans”
Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering
Mark Marten

A three quarter portrait of a young woman in a courtyardJessica Hoffman
“Determining the Role of Zinc Finger protein 217 in Ovarian Cancer”
Biological Sciences
Achuth Padmanabhan

A three quarter portrait of a young woman in a courtyardNyla Howell
“Racial Oppression and Community Perceptions of Disasters and Disaster Preparedness”
Geography and Environmental Systems
Dawn Biehler and Lauren Clay

A three quarter portrait of a young man in a courtyardAshher Irfan
“The Effects of Telomere Shortening in Prostate Epithelial Cells using Transgenic Mouse Lines”
Biological Sciences
Charles Bieberich

A three quarter portrait of a young woman in a courtyardRachael Joslow
“How Parental Racial-Ethnic Socialization Contributes to Civic Engagement among Asian Americans Youth”
Psychology
Charissa Cheah

OUE paw print Arjun Kanjarpane
“Understanding a link between HIV-1 Nuclear Export and Genome Packaging: Understanding the competitive nature of Rev and Gag for RRE Stem 1”
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Michael Summers and Jan Marchant

A three quarter portrait of a young woman in a courtyardShauna Kearney
“Synthesis of Hydroxamic Acid-Based Inhibitors for Metallo-β-Lactamase”
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Paul Smith

A three quarter portrait of a young woman in a courtyardIndia Kelly
“When Puigpardines was Lord of Kardhitsa: A Study in the Frankish Period of Northern Boeotia, Greece”
History and Ancient Studies
Michael Lane

A three quarter portrait of a young woman in a courtyardGina Khan
“Identity Formation of Half-Korean Biracial Individuals Living in South Korea”
Modern Languages, Linguistics and Intercultural Communication
Kyung-Eun Yoon

OUE paw printNimra Khan
“Investigating the Role of RHO1 in Bacterial Clearance in Drosophila Melanogaster”
Biological Sciences
Jeff Leips

A three quarter portrait of a young woman in a courtyardHavvanur Kulu
“Crumbling Foundations: Investigating the Impact of Exogenous Crisis on Populist Leaders”
Political Science
Carolyn Forestiere

A three quarter portrait of a young woman in a courtyardBianca Lamptey-Mills
“Investigating the Effects of Electronic Cigarette Aerosol Exposure on Neuroregeneration in the Olfactory Epithelium of Adult Mice”
Biological Sciences
Weihong Lin

A three quarter portrait of a young man in a courtyardNetty Lichtman
“Exploring Barriers to the Hispanic Community of Baltimore: Perceived Discrimination in the Workplace”
Social Work
Kerri Evans

A three quarter portrait of a young woman in a courtyardJasmine Liu
“Burnt Out vs. Lazy? How Educational Systems and Parenting Styles Affect the Mental Health and Future Goals of Indonesian and Asian-American College Students”
Biological Sciences and Psychology
Elaine MacDougall

A three quarter portrait of a young woman in a courtyardKeiko Luke
“Using Optogenetics to Study the Relationship Between Food Deprivation and Pain Sensitivity”
Biological Sciences
Fernando Vonhoff
A three quarter portrait of a young woman in a courtyardElizabeth Maloy
“Antiretroviral Induced Neurotoxicity and Cardiotoxicity”
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Herena Kamal Seneviratne

A three quarter portrait of a young woman in a courtyardEva McLaughlin
“Misophonia Through the Choreographic Lens: Visualizing Complex Fight and Flight Responses”
Dance
Ann Sofie Clemmensen

A three quarter portrait of a young man in a courtyardNayib Mejia
“The U.S. Healthcare Industry and the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Financial Analysis”
Economics
Douglas Lamdin

A three quarter portrait of a young woman in a courtyardTerra Miley
“Genetically Encoded Fluorescent Magnesium Sensor to be used in an Industrial Cell-Free Bioreactor”
Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering
Govind Rao

A three quarter portrait of a young woman in a courtyardMeredith Morse
“Characterizing the Aspergillus nidulans Kinase Deletion Library for Septation Deficiencies”
Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering
Mark Marten

A three quarter portrait of a young woman in a courtyardAmina Muhammad
“Investigating the Correlation Between Traits of Depersonalization and Academic Self-Efficacy”
Psychology
Lira Yoon
A three quarter portrait of a young woman in a courtyardKira Ng
“Mapping Global Lives: Creating Personal Stories About Being Mixed-Race in Maryland”
Global Studies
Tania Lizarazo

A three quarter portrait of a young woman in a courtyardNhi Nguyen
“Role of Hoxb13 in Regulation of the Androgen Receptor Transcriptome”
Biological Sciences
Charles Bieberich

A three quarter portrait of a young woman in a courtyardPaisley Nowell
“Evaluating the Effects on Gadolinium Density on MRI Contrast Capabilities”
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Marie-Christine Daniel

A three quarter portrait of a young man in a courtyardAugustine Obisesan
“Contribution of phosphoglucose isomerase p and phosphoglycerate mutase 1 p to glucosome formation in live cells”
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Songon An

A three quarter portrait of a young woman in a courtyardKatelyn O’Connor
“Literally Figurative: An Exploration of the Interpretation of Idiomatic Phrases in the English Language”
Dance
Ann Sofie Clemmensen

A three quarter portrait of a young woman in a courtyardInioluwa Oluseyi
“Using Optogenetics as a Tool to Study the Effects of Chronic Pain in Drosophila melanogaster”
Biological Sciences
Fernando Vonhoff

A three quarter portrait of a young man in a courtyardBrandon Onochie
“Investigating regulation of subcellular localization of the lysine methyltransferase, SMYD3”
Biological Sciences
Sabeen Ikram

A three quarter portrait of a young woman in a courtyardEmmanuela Otunuga
“Characterizing a New Cell Line Derived from a Transgenic Mouse Model of a Lethal Prostate Cancer”
Biological Sciences
Charles Bieberich
OUE paw printJulia Palmer
“Pushed to the Edge: The Impact of British Colonization on the Australian Aboriginal Diet”
History
Tania Lizarazo

A three quarter portrait of a young woman in a courtyardTatiana Perez
“Phenotypic Characterization of the Aspergillus nidulans ΔmpkAΔnrc2 Deletion Strain”
Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering
Mark Marten

A three quarter portrait of a young man in a courtyardDahne-More Pluck
“Retrieval of Planetary Boundary Layer Heights Using Radar Wind Profiles”
Physics
Belay Demoz

A three quarter portrait of a young man in a courtyardMatthew Quintanilla
“High Throughput Screens to Uncover Yet Uncharacterized Cell Wall Signaling Kinases in Aspergillus nidulans”
Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering
Mark Marten and Alex Doan

A three quarter portrait of a young woman in a courtyardRen Reiter
“Choreographing Gender Identity Discrimination in Dance”
Dance
Ann Sofie Clemmensen

A three quarter portrait of a young woman in a courtyardAndrea Sequeira
“Characterization of ΔmpkA Δsnf1 Double Deletion Strain in Aspergillus nidulans”
Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering
Mark Marten

A three quarter portrait of a young woman in a courtyard Christina Shrestha
“Investigating the Effects of Low Dosages of Ethanol on Age Dependent Neurodegeneration on Drosophila”
Biological Sciences
Fernando Vonhoff

A three quarter portrait of a young woman in a courtyardKatie Slotten
“Circular Polarization: Extraterrestrial Life Within Our Solar System”
Physics
Eileen Meyer

OUE paw printEva Stanley
“Using Behavioral Assays to Study Genes Associated with Autism in Drosophila Fruit Flies”
Biological Sciences
Fernando Vonhoff

A three quarter portrait of a young woman in a courtyardRiya Suthar
“Identifying Antecedents that Evoke Mands for Information in Neurotypical Children- An Analysis Across Different Age Groups/Developmental Approach”
Psychology
Mirela Cengher

A three quarter portrait of a young woman in a courtyardZoonash Syed
“The Effects of Religious Beliefs on Immigrant Health”
Global Studies
Felipe Filomeno

A three quarter portrait of a young woman in a courtyard Renata Taylor-Smith
“Staging the Amish Project: A Study in International Collaboration and Design”
Theatre
Adam Mendelson

quarters portrait of Khoa Tran outside Khoa Tran
“Opera: Antiquated, Adaptive, or Ameliorating?”
Music
Lindsay Johnson

OUE paw printAlexis Tyson
“Stipend for Student Support in Research Project in Poppleton for Community Development”
Visual Arts
Nicole King

A three quarter informal portrait of a young man in blue suit outside under a tree Pavan Umashankar
“Structure-Function Analysis of Ubiquitin-Specific Protease 15 (USP15) in Ovarian Cancer”
Biological Sciences
Achuth Padmanabhan

A three quarter portrait of a young woman in a courtyardKhady Wade
“Exploring the Relationship Between Finding Community/Sense of Belonging and Depression in College Students at UMBC”
Psychology
Laura Ting

OUE paw printMaggie Williams
“Stochastic Thermodynamics of Aging”
Physics
Sebastian Deffner

A three quarter portrait of a young man in a courtyardPeter Wilschke
“The Political Economy of State Fiscal Cyclicality”
Political Science
Eric Stoken

 

5/29/2024