Spring 2025 Symposium
Discover innovation and insight at Emory University’s Spring Undergraduate Research Symposium. Highlighting original research across a wide range of disciplines—including the arts, humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, mathematics, computer science, public health, and biomedical sciences.
Celebrate curiosity, creativity, and academic excellence with the Emory community.
WHEN: Friday, April 25, 2025, 10am–3:30pm
LOCATION: Emory Student Center, Multi-Purpose Rooms (MPR 1-6)
605 Asbury Circle
Atlanta, GA 30322
Symposium
| First Name | Last Name | Major | Session Type | Research Discipline | Mentor First Name | Mentor Last Name | Project Title | Abstract | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ilo | Elder | Dance/Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | Live Performance | Arts and Creative Expression | Julio | Medina | Queer B/being | 12:30-12:45 | MPR 4 | |
| Sanjay | Aiyar | Biology | Oral presentation | Arts and Creative Expression | Elena | Cholakova | Franz Liszt: Envisioning the Post-Romantic Era in the Années de pèlerinage, Première Année: Suisse | 2-2:45 | MPR 1 | |
| Neha | Bajaj | Anthropology and Human Biology | Oral presentation | Biomedical Sciences | Madeleine | Hackney | Distinct Resting-State Functional Brain Connectivity Profiles in Healthy Aging and Parkinson’s Disease-Driven Neurodegeneration | 10-10:45 | MPR 5 | |
| Laniah | Bowdery | African American Studies | Oral presentation | Humanities | Kyrah | Daniels | Reclamation & Empowerment: Black Women's Multiple Religious Allegiances to Ifá, Conjure, and Christianity | 10-10:45 | MPR 6 | |
| Myles | Dudley | Biology B.S. | Oral presentation | Natural and Physical Sciences | Kedam | Tilahun | Investigating Protease Inhibitor Effects on TMEM106B C-terminal Fragment Accumulation | 11-11:45 | MPR 5 | |
| Olivia | Gilbert | Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | Oral presentation | Humanities | Michele | Schreiber | Northern Exposure and 1990s Feminism | 11-11:45 | MPR 1 | |
| Cameron | Hart | English | Oral presentation | Humanities | Patricia | Cahill | Adapting Shakespeare’s Henry VI, Part 3, 1680 to 2016: Restoration Stages, Historic Battlefields, and TV Screens | 11-11:45 | MPR 1 | |
| Qingyang | Hu | Nursing, minor in Ethics | Oral presentation | Humanities | Molly | Kelly | Campus Surveillance and the Shaping of Student Relationships: Self, Community, and Institution at Emory University | 2-2:45 | MPR 5 | |
| Shriya | Iyer | Anthropology and Human Biology | Oral presentation | Natural and Physical Sciences | Deepali | Luthra | AT THE INTERFACE OF THE HUMAN HOST AND BACTERIA: STRESS SIGNALING VIA CYCLIC AMP AND CALCIUM | 2-2:45 | MPR 6 | |
| Rachel | Jiang | Philosophy, Politics and Law | Oral presentation | Social Sciences | Matthew | Baker | "Boys Don't Cry": The Role of Masculinity in Judicial Decision Making | 10-10:45 | MPR 1 | |
| Melissa | Leon Tamara | Human Health | Oral presentation | Public Health | Eric | Bulakites | Mental Health Resources and Attitudes toward Transgender people in Toronto and Montreal | 11-11:45 | MPR 5 | |
| Alexa | Melendez | Economics and Human Health | Oral presentation | Public Health | Ursula | Kelly | Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors among International Students in a US University: Incidence and Risk and Protective Factors | 10-10:45 | MPR 5 | |
| Leo | Mokriski | Mathematics | Oral presentation | Mathematics | Suresh | Venapally | Loop Representation of Mathematical Knots | 11-11:45 | MPR 5 | |
| Thien | Nguyen | Sociology | Oral presentation | Social Sciences | Roberto | Franzosi | A Case of Tragedy and Love: Tracking the Life of Hannah White (1845-1931) | 2-2:45 | MPR 5 | |
| Paige | Scanlon | Religion | Oral presentation | Humanities | Rose | Deighton-Mohammed | Embodying Enlightenment: Exploring Care as Pedagogy Among Buddhist Nuns at Jamyang Choling Institute | 10-10:45 | MPR 6 | |
| Mohan | Wang | Sociology & Quantitative Sciences (QSS) | Oral presentation | Social Sciences | Cathryn | Johnson | Dirty Joking: An Investigation of the Linkage between Gender, Sexual Jokes, and Perceived Status of the Joke Teller | 10-10:45 | MPR 1 | |
| Wendy | Wang | Economics and Mathematics | Oral presentation | Social Sciences | Jong | Kim | The Impact of Commitment Compensation Methods on M&A Market Reactions: Evidence from Performance Commitment Deals in China | 2-2:45 | MPR 1 | |
| Yutong (Yvette) | Wang | Psychology and Linguistics (BA) | Oral presentation | Social Sciences | Yun | Kim | Multimodal Pedagogy in Spanish Classes with Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder | 2-2:45 | MPR 5 | |
| Xea | Winters | Biology/Human Health | Oral presentation | Biomedical Sciences | Keira | Davis | Racial Disparities in Endometriosis and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Treatment Effectiveness and Research Gaps in Black Women’s Reproductive Healthcare | 10-10:45 | MPR 5 | |
| Amiee | Zhao | English | Oral presentation | Arts and Creative Expression | Sarah | Higinbotham | Hamlet in China's "Lying Flat": Resistance through Refusal | 11-11:45 | MPR 1 | |
| Isabella | Aguado | Economics | Poster | Social Sciences | Hau | Nguyen | Temporary Status, Uneven Gains: Labor Market Effects of TPS on Central American Immigrants | 2-2:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Tsiky | Andriamaromanana | Human Health | Poster | Biomedical Sciences | Don | Noble | Operantly conditioning slowed deep breathing in mice for control of spinal cord injury pain | 2-2:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Niels | Armbruster | Economics | Poster | Social Sciences | David | Jacho-Chavez | Cryptocurrency Regulation: Insights from Demographics, Crime Rates, and Traditional Banking | 2-2:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Joshitha | Arora | Economics | Poster | Social Sciences | Krzysztof | Karbownik | Housing Prices and Birth Outcomes: The Hidden Cost of a Home | 2-2:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Dixie | Baronofsky | Physics and Astronomy | Poster | Natural and Physical Sciences | Alissa | Bans | Planetary Peek-a-Boo: Exoplanet Transit Tracking at Emory | 2-2:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Cate | Bashore | Economics | Poster | Social Sciences | Maria | Arbatskaya | The Economic Impact of Amazon's Referral Fee Structure on Product Price Distributions | 2-2:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Derrick | Bayer | Biology | Poster | Biomedical Sciences | Janghee | Woo | TET2 Loss Alters Cytokine Homeostasis and Drives Immunosuppression in the Tumor Microenvironment | 2-2:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Connor | Berry | Sociology | Poster | Social Sciences | Temi | Alao | Identifying Political Coalitions in Immigration News Media | 2-2:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Blythe | Breitman | Human Health | Poster | Biomedical Sciences | Timothy | Gershon | Evaluating the Impact of Slc3a2 Gene Deletion on Medulloblastoma Survival in Translational Tumor Model | 2-2:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Clara | Cai | Human Health | Poster | Public Health | Ilana | Graetz | How Dosing Complexity and Social Needs Impact Oral Anticancer Therapy Adherence in Breast Cancer? | 2-2:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Iris | Chen | Biology | Poster | Biomedical Sciences | Peng | Jin | Neuroprotective effects of semaglutide in mouse models of Fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome | 2-2:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Ivana | Chen | Nursing | Poster | Nursing | Erin | Ferranti | Effect of Peer Support Intervention on the Cardiometabolic Health and Access to Healthcare Resources of Reproductive-Aged Black Women | 2-2:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Ben | Damon | Economics | Poster | Social Sciences | Krzysztof | Karbownik | For Business, By Business: Urban Revitalization in Property Valuation through Georgia Community Improvement Districts | 2-2:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Vinay | Devulapalli | Anthropology and Human Biology | Poster | Biomedical Sciences | Pallavi | Bhattaram | Effect of alpha-ketoglutarate on Synovial Fibroblasts in Arthritis | 2-2:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Vi | Eicher | Physics & Astronomy | Poster | Natural and Physical Sciences | Alissa | Bans | A Closer Look at the Variability of Classical Be Stars with NASA's TESS and the Emory Observatory | 2-2:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Kimela | Fongeh | Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology | Poster | Biomedical Sciences | Lauren | Daley | Longitudinal Changes in Functional Connectivity During Adolescence in Autism Spectrum Disorder | 2-2:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Jillian | Green | Biology | Poster | Natural and Physical Sciences | Cassandra | Quave | Phytochemical analysis of varying morphological features of Sassafras (Sassafras albidum) using HPLC | 2-2:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Moshen | Hu | Applied Math and Statistics | Poster | Mathematics | Lucas | Onisk | On the Choice of Subspace for the Quasi-minimal Residual Method for Linear Inverse Problems | 11-11:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Jingzhou | Huang | Economics | Poster | Social Sciences | Ian | McCarthy | Redistribution of Patients, Medical Resource Utilization, and Quality of Care after Hospital Closure | 11-11:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Anna | Hughes | Human Health | Poster | Biomedical Sciences | Michele | Marcus | Potential association between polybrominated biphenyls and other endocrine disrupting chemicals and neurological mortality: a narrative review | 11-11:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Dishita | Jallan | Psychology | Poster | Social Sciences | Claire | Coles | ACEs, Child Welfare Placement, and Emotional Development in Children | 11-11:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Robert | Jarman | Computer Science | Poster | Computer Science | Emily | Wall | Spotify Warped - How Music Listening History can pave the way for Casual User Data Engagement | 11-11:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Harish | Kalyan | Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology | Poster | Machelle | Pardue | Using Adaptive Optics in Assessing Microglia-Vasculature Relationships in the Mouse Retina | 2-2:45 | MPR 2-3 | ||
| Julia | Kamara | Biology | Poster | Biomedical Sciences | Brittany | Butts | Impact of Cardiovascular Burden on the Relationship Between Tau Biomarkers and Cognitive Function in Alzheimer’s Disease | 11-11:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Tanvi | Kamra | Neuroscience & Behavioral Biology | Poster | Biomedical Sciences | Nisha | Raj | Comparative Proteomic Analysis of Human IPSC-Derived Forebrain Organoids from FXS and DM1 Patients | 11-11:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Nandini | Kataria | Human Health with Epidemiology Focus | Poster | Public Health | Michele | Marcus | THE EFFECT OF POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS (PBB) ON JOINT PAIN AND JOINT REPLACEMENT SURGERIES | 11-11:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Cecilia | Kim | Sociology | Poster | Social Sciences | Ju Hyun | Park | The Penalization of Obesity: Investigating the Relationship Between Patients’ Sizes and Clinical Weight Discrimination Among College Students. | 11-11:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Neena | Kirlew | Anthropology and Human Biology | Poster | Natural and Physical Sciences | Kevin | Pearson | Early Active Phase Running Better Protects Against a High Fat Diet than Late Phase Running in Female Mice | 11-11:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Radhika | Kulkarni | Human Health | Poster | Biomedical Sciences | Shanti | Srinivasan | Effect of forever chemicals on the viability of enteric neurons: a potential mechanism for irritable bowel syndrome | 11-11:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Chaeeun Claire | Kwon | Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology | Poster | Social Sciences | Peter | Hitchcock | Reinforcement Learning and Working Memory in Approaching Reward and Avoiding Punishment and Their Relationship to Internalizing-Disorder Symptoms | 11-11:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Kailash | Lang | Biology | Poster | Biomedical Sciences | Judith | Fridovich-Keil | Monitoring the Effectiveness of Gene Therapies in Reducing Cataract Progression in a GALT-Null Rat Model of Classic Galactosemia | 11-11:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Elizabeth | Lavin | Chemistry | Poster | Biomedical Sciences | Eric J. | Miller | Synthesis of Tenofovir Lysophospholipid Prodrug Motifs | 11-11:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Caron | Lee | Chemistry | Poster | Public Health | Cassandra | Quave | Integrating Taxonomic, Phylogenetic, Morphological, and Chemical Approaches to Differentiate Poisonous Veratrum spp. (False Hellebore) from Allium tricoccum (Ramps) | 11-11:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Jihan | Lee | Economics/Computer Science Joint Major | Poster | Social Sciences | Esfandiar | Maasoumi | Quantitative Easing Transmission to Mortgage Market During COVID-19: Evidence from the Conforming Loan Segment | 11-11:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Rachel | Lee | Human Health | Poster | Social Sciences | Jennifer | Mascaro | Evaluation of Healthcare Chaplain Fellows' Self-reflections to Examine their Engagement with Compassion-Centered Spiritual Health (CCSH) | 11-11:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Asmita | Lehther | Human Health | Poster | Biomedical Sciences | Deanna | Kaplan | A Systematic Umbrella Review Evaluating Clinic Utility Measurements from Consumer Health Wearables | 11-11:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Ruotong | Li | Biology BS | Poster | Biomedical Sciences | Xiulei | Mo | Targeting undruggable tumor suppressor gene SMAD4 through the lens of Neo-Protein-Protein Interactions | 11-11:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Eliana | Liporace | Neuroscience & Behavioral Biology | Poster | Biomedical Sciences | Stephanie | Zlatic | Metabolic and Mitochondrial Dysfunction in CDKL5 Deficiency: A Seahorse XF Analysis | 11-11:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Enyu | Liu | Biology | Poster | Natural and Physical Sciences | Kenneth | Myers | Determining the Effects of Intellectual Disability-Related Mutants on Capping Protein Localization and Dendritic Spine Morphology | 11-11:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Briella | Lucadamo | Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology | Poster | Francisco | Alvarez | Characterizing the efficacy of diphtheria toxin mediated Renshaw cell ablation in a transgenic mouse model | 2-2:45 | MPR 2-3 | ||
| Sofia | M'mari | Human Health and African Studies | Poster | Public Health | Matthew | Segall | Family Involvement in Autism Transition Planning: Insights from 2021-2024 QI-2 Data | 11-11:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Nayan | Mallubhotla | Psychology | Poster | Biomedical Sciences | Christopher | Neufeldt | Characterizing the Antigenic Landscape of Dengue Virus 1 | 11-11:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Bryana | Malucin Freire | Neuroscience & Behavioral Biology | Poster | Biomedical Sciences | Samantha | Yeligar | Pioglitazone Reverses Alcohol-Induced HIV Replication in Alveolar Macrophages | 11-11:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Harleigh | Markowitz | Human Health | Oral presentation | Aiden | Ford | Developmental Differences in Infant Gaze Patterns as a Cue for Caregiver Greeting Between Neurotypically Developing Infants and Infants Later Diagnosed with Autism | 2-2:45 | MPR 1 | ||
| Christopher | Martini | Psychology | Poster | Social Sciences | Mikle | South | Examining Demographic and Treatment Data to Evaluate Outcomes for Autistic Adults | 11-11:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Kailash | Menon | Human Health | Poster | Biomedical Sciences | Christina | Gavegnano | Streamlined Validation of Novel Immunomodulators for Treatment or Reversal of HIV-related Neuroretinal Disorder | 11-11:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Alexa | Morales Vargas | Human Health | Poster | Public Health | Jean | Welsh | Evaluation of the Hispanic Cultural Appropriateness of the Fit Together Gwinnett Pilot Program | 11-11:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Jessica | Nastasi | Physics and Astronomy | Poster | Natural and Physical Sciences | Alissa | Bans | Case study on ATO J106.1517+08.663: W Uma Eclipsing Binary System or Giant RRc Pulsating Variable? | 11-11:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Aidan | Operana | Biology | Poster | Biomedical Sciences | Matthew | Wang | Enhancing Delivery of LNP-mRNA Systems through miR-122 Binding Sites for Precise T-Cell Targeting | 11-11:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Anita | Osuri | Quantitative Sciences | Poster | Biomedical Sciences | Christina | Gavegnano | In vitro screening platform validation to identify therapeutic interventions for rare and orphan diseases | 11-11:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Matthew | Pang | Biology | Poster | Biomedical Sciences | Stella | Papa | The effects of a striatal knockdown of the NMDAr GluN2a subunit in an MPTP-induced model of PD | 11-11:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Ettan | Patel | Economics | Poster | Social Sciences | Stephen | O'Connell | ML-based geographic sampling frames miss transitory populations in fragile regions | 2-2:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Om | Patel | Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology | Poster | Biomedical Sciences | Samantha | Yeligar | Mito-TEMPO Mitigates Ethanol-Induced Mitochondrial Dysfunction in MHS Cells | 2-2:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Emma | Ramos | Human Health and Chemistry | Poster | Public Health | Christina | Gavegnano | Religion and Healthcare Partnership: The Key to Reducing Neonatal Death in Ethiopia | 2-2:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Kaushiki | Ravi | Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology | Poster | Social Sciences | Brendan | Ozawa-de Silva | Rethinking Empathy From the Lens of Joint Action and Social Embodiment | 11-11:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Sabry | Salman | Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology | Poster | Biomedical Sciences | Dobromila | Pekala | The influence of different NMDAR subunit modulators on embryonic movements | 2-2:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Davis | Shelton | Economics | Poster | Social Sciences | Paloma | Lopez de Mesa Moyano | Fast Cars and Debutantes: Manufacturing-Induced Firm and Labor Outcomes in the South | 2-2:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Kian | Sheridan | Biology | Poster | Biomedical Sciences | Michael | Iuvone | Atypical Opsins: Potential Therapeutic Targets for ROP? | 2-2:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Logan | Viera | Philosophy | Poster | Humanities | Gautham | Reddy | Religion and Flirtation: Exhibit on LGBTQ+ South Asian Trikone Magazine Archives | 2-2:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Zoey | Walsh | Biology | Poster | Biomedical Sciences | Kenneth | Myers | The Impact of Intellectual Disability-Related Capping Protein Mutations on Dendritic Arborization | 2-2:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Mason | Wang | Applied Math; Economics; Computer Science | Poster | Social Sciences | Daniel | Fershtman | A Model for Equilibrium Consumer Search in Markets with Correlated Products | 2-2:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Emily | Woodall | NBB | Poster | Social Sciences | Stephan | Hamann | Examining how the emotional alignment between encoded stimuli and post-encoding arousal influences later memory. | 2-2:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Halle | Wulff | Chemistry | Poster | Biomedical Sciences | Christina | Gavegnano | Evaluation and bioethical consideration for targeted, blood-brain-barrier penetrant immunomodulators to ameliorate HIV-1 in the Central Nervous System | 11-11:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Larissa | Yue | QSS with a track in NBB | Poster | Biomedical Sciences | Yoland | Smith | Effects of Glutamate Delta-1 Receptor Knockout on the Ultrastructure of Thalamostriatal Glutamatergic Synapses in the Mouse Striatum | 2-2:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Nashita | Zahin | Computer Science | Poster | Biomedical Sciences | Wei | Jin | Evaluating Effectiveness of Models in Classifying Brain Injury | 2-2:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Tianqi | Zhang | Applied Mathematics | Poster | Social Sciences | Stephen | O'Connell | Social Networks in Aid Allocation:\\ A Comparative Analysis of Social Welfare | 2-2:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Yunwei | Zhang | Human Health | Poster | Public Health | Tharanga | Samarakoon | Toxic Twins: Plant Poisoning Risks in Georgia Due to Edible Lookalikes (1999–2024) | 2-2:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Jessie | Zhu | Economics & Math | Poster | Social Sciences | Krzysztof | Karbownik | Lives on the line: The effects of 988 funding on crisis lines and suicide prevention | 2-2:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Ajah | Bowser | Philosophy, Politics, and Law & International Studies | Visual Artistic | Multidisciplinary | Dilek | Huseyinzadegan | Surveillance, Cyborgs, and the Struggle for Authenticity: Navigating the Essence of Social Contracts in Technocratic Societies | 11-11:45 | MPR 6 | |
| Yizhou | Liao | Film and Sociology | Visual Artistic | Humanities | Matthew | Bernstein | From Linear TV to Livestreams: How Chinese E-Commerce Adapts Traditional Media for Modern Audiences | 11-11:45 | MPR 6 | |
| Cyreema | Marshall | Film and Media Studies | Visual Artistic | Arts and Creative Expression | Dehanza | Rogers | In All Her Glory: Decolonizing Visual Narratives of Black Femininity in the Caribbean | 11-11:45 | MPR 6 | |
| Fei | Xu | Psychology | Oral presentation | Social Sciences | Benjamin | Wilson | Regular and Complex Grammar Learning in Rhesus Macaques | 2-2:45 | MPR 5 | |
| Lilly | Shaw | Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology | Poster | Hillary | Rodman | The Effects of Atypical Blue Light Exposure on Various Brain Regions and Behavior | 2-2:45 | MPR 2-3 | ||
| Katie | Oshins | Psychology | Oral presentation | Social Sciences | Alexandra O. | Cohen | Individual Differences in Emotional Learning Across Development | 2-2:45 | MPR 6 | |
| Jiashu | Zhao | Poster | Jillian | Grennan | Statistical relationship between Institutional ownership and insider trading patterns | 11 - 11:45 | MPR 2-3 | |||
| Sandhya | Lohano | International Studies (Pre-Med) | Poster | Biomedical Sciences | Kirti | Sad | Characterizing the oncogenicity of histone H3 R131C mutation in breast cells | 11-11:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Yunqing (Ivy) | Chen | Quantitative Sciences, Economics Track | Poster | Social Sciences | Jillian | Grennan | Capital Structure of Crypto Firms: Token Issuance as a Hybrid Security versus Traditional Debt and Equity Financing | 11-11:45 | MPR 2-3 | |
| Major | Session Type | Research Discipline | Mentor First Name | Mentor Last Name | Project Title | Abstract | Time | Room |