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Undergraduate Research Photo Contest Winner!

Congratulations to our first undergraduate research photo contest 1st place winner, Nicole Chanel!  

Nicole is a Textiles & Clothing major working on textile strength.  In addition to lunch with our new Associate Director, Dr. Elizabeth Nuñez and a $25 Amazon giftcard, Nicole wins a #urc t-shirt - another textile for her to test!

Liyu Mekonnen

Liyu Mekonnen, Alumni

UR Program: CAMP

Faculty Mentor: David Gold, Earth and Planetary Sciences

Research Title: Combining Lipid Extractions and Gene Expression to Test Whether Sea Sponges Could Be Responsible for Precambrian Molecular Fossils

Dilasha Shenaz

Dilasha Shenaz, Alumni 

UR Program: CAMP

Faculty Mentor: Barbara Blanco-Ulate, Plant Sciences

Research Title: Developing New tools for Early Detection of Botrytis cinerea on Strawberry Fruit​

Cameron Vasquez

Cameron Vasquez, Alumni 

UR Program: CAMP

Faculty Mentor: Joanna Chiu, Entomology & Nematology

Research Title: Characterizing the Function of CLOCK Phosphorylation in Regulating Circadian Rhythms

Yali Bai

Yali Bai, Alumni 

UR Program: MURPPS

Faculty Mentor: Tiffany Lowe-Power, Plant Pathology

Research Title: Microbial Genome-Wide Association (GWA) Mapping with Scoary

Monica Ardon

Monica Ardon, Alumni 

UR Program:  CAMP 

Faculty Mentor: Sara Thomasy, Surgical & Radiological Sciences

Research Title: Effects of Probe Sizes Used in Cryo Injury in Relation to Corneal Healing Time 
 

Francisco Jackson

Francisco Jackson, Alumni

UR Program: MURPPS

Faculty Mentor: Christopher Fassnacht, Physics and Astronomy

Research Title: Limiting Gravitational Lensing Candidates through their Spectra

Lissandro Ortega

Lissandro Ortega, Alumni 

UR Program: CAMP

Faculty Mentor: Grey Monroe, Plant Sciences

Research Title: The Genomics of Plant Adaptation to Climate Change

Kareelynn Donjuan Fernandez

Kareelynn Donjuan Fernandez, Alumni, Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior 

UR Program: CAMP

Faculty Mentor: Wilsaan M Joiner, Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior 

Research Title: Spatial Generalization of Motor Adaptation Based Solely on Explicit Visual Feedback Compared to Implicit Learning with Dynamic Perturbations

Zachary Vito

Zachary Vito, Senior, Chemistry

Research Program: MURPPS

Faculty Mentor: Susan Kauzlarich, Chemistry

Research Title: The Effect of Brønsted Bases on the Synthesis of Ge Nanocrystals From GeI4

Angel Rodas

Angel Rodas, Senior, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Research Program: CAMP

Faculty Mentor: Stephen K Robinson, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Research Title: Deep Space Habitat 

Andrew Li

Andrew Li, Senior,  Applied Chemistry

Research Program: MURPPS

Faculty Mentor: Frank E. Osterloh, Chemistry

Research Title: Cu2O/ZnO Solar Cell

Alvin Akpokli

​​​​​​Alvin Akpokli, Senior, Statistics 

Research Program: MURPPS

Faculty Mentor: Katherine Eriksson, Economics

Research Title: NNBL Chapter Effectiveness

Yarely Aguilar

Yarely Aguilar, Sophomore, Entomology

Research Program: CAMP

Faculty Mentor: Amanda Hodson, Entomology & Nematology

Research Title: Whole Orchard Recycling