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Summer 2026 Symposium


Discover innovation and insight at Emory University’s Summer 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.

Symposium

First NameLast NamePresentation TypeMentor First NameMentor Last NameTitleTimeRoomBoard
SakethAgavaPoster PresentationJinheeJeongMapping CKD Myopathy with Quantitative MRI: Novel Muscle Inflammation and Fat Infiltration Biomarkers10am-11amMPR 41
MariaAntonio GomezPoster PresentationDr. SamanthaHillSupporting The Supporters: A Qualitative Study on Strategies to Facilitate Sexual Health Conversations with Adolescents and Young Adults in the Southern United States10am-11amMPR 425
SalaamAwadPoster PresentationLeilaRieder

Evolutionary Conservation of Histone Gene Regulation between Drosophila Sister Species  

11am-12pmMPR 415
HilaryBarkeyPoster PresentationNegarFaniPhysiological Impacts of Racial Discrimination: Evidence from Longitudinal Ecological Assessments in Black Americans10am-11amMPR 422
JenniferBeltranPoster PresentationVincentMarconiEvaluating the Relationship Between Brain Metabolites, Age, and Sex in Patients with Long COVID using Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy12:30pm-1:30pmMPR 443
Amanda BennehPoster PresentationGonzaloVazquez ProkopecExamining the Intergenerational Effects of Larval Nutritional Stress on Fitness and Reproductive Traits in wAlbB-Infected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes11am-12pmMPR 423
KaylahBentonPoster PresentationCynthiaWinhamNew Combinations to Enhance an Established Therapy for Medulloblastoma: Adding a Novel SHMT2 Inhibitor12:30pm-1:30pmMPR 432
SadieBergPoster PresentationWhitneyRiceTransforming the Landscape of Abortion Care: Demographics and Trends of a Miscarriage and Abortion Hotline Resource 11am-12pmMPR 444
NatalieBoorjianPoster PresentationJindanYuThe Impact of the Intracellular Interaction Between RNA-binding Protein NF90 and the Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex on Prostate Cancer Cell Growth12:30pm-1:30pmMPR 433
Sha'Myia BurgessPoster PresentationSohailKhoshnevisInvestigating eIF3 and FAS1 Co-Purification in Candida albicans10am-11amMPR 414
ChloeBusracamwongsPoster PresentationJangheeWooA Novel Method for Profiling BCL-2 Family Interactions in BIM-Mutant Myeloma10am-11amMPR 446
CamilaCardozoPoster PresentationKyleMillerCharacterization of Replication Stress Responses Using BLOCK-ID 12:30pm-1:30pmMPR 41
GiaChambersPoster PresentationEliseBezoldEfforts Toward Total Synthesis of Pinocicolins12:30pm-1:30pmMPR 448
AmberCheungPoster PresentationThomasGillespieDetermining life-stage trends of respiratory pathogens in wild chimpanzees throughout Gombe National Park.11am-12pmMPR 413
Kyndall Coker Poster PresentationDr. Zanthia Wiley Longitudinal Analysis of COVID-19 Antibody Levels in Patients with Persistent Symptoms and Recovered Controls12:30pm-1:30pmMPR 431
ElizabethCortesPoster PresentationCarlosMorenoInvestigating the Role of FGFR3 Inhibition on Prostate Cancer 12:30pm-1:30pmMPR 43
Ayelen CruzPoster PresentationCesar Romero Effect of Blood Pressure Medication on Urinary Na/K Ratio: role of intrarenal activation12:30pm-1:30pmMPR 414
GracieDatersPoster PresentationNicholas Varvel Targeting the JAK/STAT Pathway in Epilepsy
 
12:30pm-1:30pmMPR 423
AshleyDavidsonPoster PresentationFrancesco Evangelista

“Theoretical Prediction of Low-Lying Electronic States & Properties of Linear Beryllium Dioxide”

11am-12pmMPR 412
DanielDengPoster PresentationKatherineDavisSecret Tunnels: Exploring Promiscuity of Heme Transporters in the Assembly of Artificial Metalloenzymes12:30pm-1:30pmMPR 450
ShreyaDeshpandePoster PresentationEmilyMcLeanInvestigating Differential desat1 Gene Expression Across Social Environments in Drosophila melanogaster10am-11amMPR 442
David DongPoster PresentationEdmundWallerTesting Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide (VIP) Antagonism in a Subcutaneous Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) Mouse Model 11am-12pmMPR 425
BankeFalebitaPoster PresentationMengZhangUnderstanding DLL3 heterogeneity in High-Grade Neuroendocrine Tumors12:30pm-1:30pmMPR 434
TaylorFlaggPoster PresentationMarSanchezIndividual Differences in Contextualized Conditioning Responses and Cognitive Task Performance in Adult Female Rhesus Macaques12:30pm-1:30pmMPR 415
KylieFloresPoster PresentationCecileLahiriElucidating the Link Between HIV Reservoir Size and Non-AIDS Comorbidity Burden in People with HIV in Atlanta, Georgia10am-11amMPR 433
CollinFrancePoster PresentationGraemeConnMechanistic insights into the novel role of the PUA-like domain of RsmF methyltransferase in ribosomal protein S12 recognition 12:30pm-1:30pmMPR 447
MaxineFraserPoster PresentationKyle BiegasiewiczAbigail Halloran Immobilization of Vanadium-Dependent Haloperoxidase Enzymes for Sustainable Enzymatic Halogenations12:30pm-1:30pmMPR 444
Albert GaoPoster PresentationRafick-Pierre SekalyBile Acid Signaling Shapes Proviral and Antiviral Programs in HIV Persistence12:30pm-1:30pmMPR 421
CarlyHarrisPoster PresentationPengZhaoTargeting Stat3 in Ptpn11-Mutated Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia 12:30pm-1:30pmMPR 435
CameronHartPoster PresentationJimMoreyEncoding the Pricke of Conscience11am-12pmMPR 43
PatrickHerreraPoster PresentationLetianDouUltra-High-Molecular-Weight Recyclable Muconate–Isoprene Copolymers for Recyclable Elastomer Platforms11am-12pmMPR 411
ArianaHrihorisanPoster PresentationDr. Hannah Ford 

Leveraging Sunthetics AI to Develop Fe and Ni Catalyzed Aryl Aminomethylation

10am-11amMPR 423
BriannaJordanPoster PresentationAndrewHongDecoding the Renal Landscape: A Histologic Investigation of Sickle Cell-Associated Nephropathies10am-11amMPR 431
KirinKarverPoster PresentationLefterisMichailidisDiscovery, Characterization, and Validation of IFI44 as a Key Hepatocyte ISG Restricting Hepatitis B Virus Infection10am-11amMPR 445
OmarKhatriPoster PresentationReneeReadKinome Profiling in Human Vestibular Schwannoma12:30pm-1:30pmMPR 412
MadisonKnavelPoster PresentationDavidWeissHeteroresistance explains the cefazolin inoculum effect in methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus12:30pm-1:30pmMPR 425
YukiKobayashiPoster PresentationMingjiDai

Harnessing Nitrogen Deletion for the Synthesis of Strained Compounds

12:30pm-1:30pmMPR 449
SylvieLandmanPoster PresentationJuliaTulkeConstructing Criminality: Evaluating the Role of the Media in the Case of the Menendez Brothers ​11am-12pmMPR 44
SoleilLarochePoster PresentationSophiaHussenThe Intersection of Hunger and Health: An Exploration of Food Insecurity, Mental Health, and Care Engagement Among Black Sexual Minority Men in Atlanta, GA11am-12pmMPR 442
PhillLeePoster PresentationBillWuestProgress Towards Convergent Synthesis of Cremimycin11am-12pmMPR 450
EliLewisPoster PresentationKhalidSalaitaDeveloping a dark-quenched Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) tension sensor: expression-normalized signal without bleed-through correction 11am-12pmMPR 421
TinaLiPoster PresentationAryamanGalaBrain wave activity during walking and turning in people with Parkinson's disease and deep brain stimulation10am-11amMPR 424
IceyLiPoster PresentationJianZhouCharacterizing the Effect of Pathogenic PHF14 G461E Mutation on Its Interaction with TCF20 Using Co-Immunoprecipitation12:30pm-1:30pmMPR 441
ElianaLiporacePoster PresentationVictorFaundezIntegrative Bioenergetic Profiling and Rescue of Mitochondrial Dysfunction in CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder10am-11amMPR 423
MichelleLuPoster PresentationKiranjChaudagarTherapeutic targeting of TP53-mutant acute myeloid leukemia10am-11amMPR 444
EhsaasMadanPoster PresentationNicholasBoulisEffect of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) on Neuron Populations in the Red Nucleus and Motor Cortex10am-11amMPR 411
PranaviMarellaPoster PresentationPeterHitchcockDoes the Pavlovian-Instrumental Conflict Extend to Cognitive Actions?11am-12pmMPR 441
OmMehtaPoster PresentationSohailKhoshnevis

A GRACE Library Screen of Methyltransferases Identifies Spb1 as a Potential Target of Sinefungin in Candida albicans

10am-11amMPR 415
SammyMendezPoster PresentationRoxanaChicasUrine Albumin Creatinine Ratios in Migrant Farmworkers10am-11amMPR 448
EthanMillerPoster PresentationAustinScharfInfluence of meso- aryl group variation on the optical properties of dipyrrins11am-12pmMPR 446
EthanMillerPoster PresentationAustinScharfInvestigation of meso-substituted aryl dippyrin compounds and their optical properties11am-12pmMPR 447
MakaniMsangiPoster PresentationDouglasEatonMLP-1 Regulates Gamma-ENaC Function Without Altering Protein Abundance10am-11amMPR 421
AlisonMyers-BeckPoster PresentationNicVegaEffects of Phage Cocktails on Crop Growth and Beneficial Plant-Microbe Interactions11am-12pmMPR 424
JakobNarrowPoster PresentationDanielaBuccellaOptimization of Chromophores for the Development of Vibrational Probes for Redox Species in Biology12:30pm-1:30pmMPR 445
ElinaNatuPoster PresentationJeanieParkDoes Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation Enhance Neurovascular Modulation by Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in Chronic Kidney Disease?12:30pm-1:30pmMPR 411
KaitlinNguyenPoster PresentationHilaryRodmanEarly Hippocampal Damage Alters Inhibitory Circuitry in the Auditory Cortex: A Pilot Study in a Monkey Model of Neurodevelopmental Disorders11am-12pmMPR 445
SamuelNiederPoster PresentationBrendanBrowne

Development and Validation of a Novel Multi-Sensor Silicone Kidney Model for Intrarenal Pressure Measurement During Ureteroscopy

10am-11amMPR 412
AustinOgbuefiPoster PresentationAubreyReedGM2A as a Local Regulator of Antigen Presentation and Antigen-Presenting Cell Differentiation in Transplant Immunity12:30pm-1:30pmMPR 413
AlexPagePoster PresentationAustinScharfInfluence of meso- aryl group variation on the optical properties of dipyrrins11am-12pmMPR 446
AlexPagePoster PresentationAustinScharfInvestigation of meso-substituted aryl dippyrin compounds and their optical properties11am-12pmMPR 447
Maria Clara Pedroza Santos Poster PresentationBernard FragaCo-Racial Voting and Ticket-Splitting in a Battleground: ​Evidence from Georgia's 2024 Cast Vote Record ​11am-12pmMPR 435
SelenePercherPoster PresentationAnitaCorbettIdentification of Extragenic Suppressors for RNA Exosome-Linked Neurodegenerative Disease Using Budding Yeast Models​10am-11amMPR 449
ChaunessyPlaterPoster PresentationChristine Dunham

Investigating the Role of PA5471 RNA Ligase Activity in MexXY Expression

10am-11amMPR 450
MahitaPolineniPoster PresentationVanessaBrown Computational Correlates of Skin Conductance Responses (SCR) During Fear Learning 11am-12pmMPR 433
EvanPolleyPoster PresentationJitendraThakurFoundations of Genome Stability: Mapping Genome-wide R-loop Enrichment​11am-12pmMPR 422
BluePraxisPoster PresentationRobertHamptonPreliminary Evidence for Auditory Information-Seeking in Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta)11am-12pmMPR 42
Jahianna Ramírez MontalvoPoster PresentationErin SchererGenerating and Characterizing HPV 16 L1 Mutants to Investigate the Impact of Antigen Valency on the Longevity of Antibody Responses10am-11amMPR 44
Jeremiah RichardsonPoster PresentationCarlSuddlerThe Role of Music in Emotional Coping Among Black Men11am-12pmMPR 448
AshaRolandPoster PresentationPatriciaBrennanThe Role of Neighborhood Collective Efficacy on Parenting Stress and Child Externalizing Behavior11am-12pmMPR 432
GyasiRuffinPoster PresentationYongTengTherapeutic Targeting of Head and Neck Cancer via BDP9066-induced PANoptosis12:30pm-1:30pmMPR 422
Peter RyuPoster PresentationSoolimJeongAssociation between Inflammation and Exercise Blood Pressure with Bicarbonate Supplementation in Chronic Kidney Disease10am-11amMPR 42
SavvyScottPoster PresentationStellaLourencoThe Face of Leadership: Children's perceptions of dominance and prestige11am-12pmMPR 443
NiaScott Poster PresentationShrutiben BhattIdentifying survival dependencies of targeted therapy induced persister Cells in acute myeloid leukemia (AML)10am-11amMPR 43
SaachiSharmaPoster PresentationJasonCobbEvaluating Supportive Care With SGLT2 Inhibitors in APOL1-Mediated Kidney Disease12:30pm-1:30pmMPR 446
YoobinSongPoster PresentationIsabelWallgrenExamining the Degradation Rates and Satellite Cells Released from Fibrin Clot Scaffolds in the Presence and Absence of Platelet-Like Particles (PLPs) 12:30pm-1:30pmMPR 424
JohnnyStumpffPoster PresentationRobertHamptonEffects of repetition and delay on familiarity in Rhesus macaques11am-12pmMPR 41
KatieSwanPoster PresentationNikkiBoonQuantification of Skeletal Muscle Sympathetic Innervation Provides a Framework for Studying Metabolic Dysfunction following Neurotrauma or Neurodegenerative Diseases10am-11amMPR 45
IanTamPoster PresentationBushraAlam

Activity-Cliff Explanation-Supervised Graph Neural Networks for Solubility Prediction

12:30pm-1:30pmMPR 442
DairaTavarezPoster PresentationMirkoPaiardiniCharacterization of NKG2A+CD8+ T-Cells During SIV Infection in Rhesus Macaques12:30pm-1:30pmMPR 44
LiamTaylorPoster PresentationPengfeiWuCombining Two Natural Products to Create Recyclable Polymers with Enhanced Physical Properties11am-12pmMPR 431
MarianaVega ArandaPoster PresentationCaitlinKjeldsenDevelopment of Motor-Free EEG and Eye-Tracking Paradigms for Assessing Cognition in Young Children With Motor Impairment10am-11amMPR 432
SamWangPoster PresentationYuanzheXiRole-Stage Allocation of Finite Polynomial Polar Approximation for Muon-Type Optimization11am-12pmMPR 449
SusannaWangPoster PresentationJaapDe RoodeInvestigating involvement of the monarch gut microbiome in parasite resistance using antibiotics11am-12pmMPR 45
RaynaXiaoPoster PresentationWendyMcKimpsonAssessing Off-target Effects of Gut Insulin⁺ Cell Therapy for Type 1 Diabetes10am-11amMPR 441
LucasXuePoster PresentationSvjetlanaMiocinovicOptimizing computational deep brain stimulation models ​using motor-evoked potentials12:30pm-1:30pmMPR 42
ErinYooPoster PresentationCheng-KuiQuAberrant Regulation of Trained Immunity in Noonan Syndrome11am-12pmMPR 414
HansZhangPoster PresentationImaniBunnTesting the Truth: How Retrieval Practice Modulates Statement Believability and Recognition Memory11am-12pmMPR 434
KhushiAgarwalOral PresentationAnitaCorbettIdentification and Validation of Putative Suppressors of rrp40-W195R (EXOSC3) in the RNA Exosome Using Budding Yeast10am-10:55amMPR1NA
JasonAhnOral PresentationCandaceFleischerDevelopment of Metabolic Biomarkers for Prognostication in Disorders of Consciousness Using Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy 10am-10:55amMPR1NA
Carly Aikens Oral PresentationDevakaPremawardhanaIn God's Hands: An Exploration of Faith Practices and Political Dissidence in Black Churches of Atlanta11am-11:55amMPR 1NA
AbbyArroyoOral PresentationSeemaLakdawalaCharacterizing the antibody repertoire against human seasonal influenza viruses following the outbreak of H5N1 in dairy cattle10am-10:55amMPR1NA
LaniahBowderyOral PresentationKyrah Daniels Reclamation & Empowerment: Black Women’s Multiple Religious Allegiances to Conjure and Christianity10am-10:55amMPR 2NA
NayantaraChandrasekharOral PresentationMarjoriePakReckoning With What's "Reasonable": A Corpus-Linguistic Approach to Understanding the Criminal Burden of Proof11am-11:55amMPR 1NA
Emily ChenOral PresentationMalavikaMuruganWired for Work or Reward?  The Role of the Anterior Cingulate Cortex  in Social Foraging Strategies in Mice10am-10:55amMPR 3 NA
BritneyChenOral PresentationJaapDe RoodeThe Role of Sensory Organs in Oviposition Preference of Monarch Butterflies10am-10:55amMPR1NA
EstelaDe León CorderoOral PresentationIliana YamilethRodriguez

From Archival Silence to Public History: The Case of Latinx History in an Elite Southern Institution

10am-10:55amMPR 2NA
JuliaDietrichOral PresentationRodnie Colon ortizRegulation of Peripheral Immune Cells by Cocaine and CBD Co-Exposure and Implications for Reward-Addiction Neuroimmune Pathways11am-11:55amMPR 2NA
Eliza Dinenberg Oral PresentationFlorian PohlMapping the Peace Mission: Using ArcGIS to Visualize Historical Correspondence1:30pm-2:30pmMPR 1 NA
AdityaDuttaOral PresentationJoon-SeokKimStigmergic Graph Memory: An Environment-Aware Approach for Many-to-Many Multi-Agent Pickup and Delivery11am-11:55amMPR 2NA
BinnyFloresOral PresentationAdrianaChiraA Critical Analysis of the AIDS Pandemic in Mexico from the 1980s to the 1990s10am-10:55amMPR 2NA
MiyaFuOral PresentationRoxaniMargaritiThe Indian West Coast in a 14th Century Chinese Mariner’s Eyes: An Annotated Translation of Daoyi Zhilue12:30pm-1:25pmMPR 1 NA
MatthewGentnerOral PresentationAndrewHongComputational Discovery and Validation of UBE2C Inhibitors in Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumors11am-11:55amMPR 3 NA
B.HaynesOral PresentationJaneriaEasleyOntologically Adrift: The Exploration of African American Composition in Charles Johnson's Middle Passage10am-10:55amMPR 3 NA
JenniferHeOral PresentationSimbaNkomoThe Effect of Increasing Bromate Concentration on the Group Behavior of Belousov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) Oscillators10am-10:55amMPR 3 NA
DominicKassingOral PresentationKatherineDavisWatching Enzymes Work: Toward the first structural snapshots of serotonin biosynthesis in action11am-11:55amMPR 3 NA
JoshuaKhoOral PresentationMalavikaMuruganMarking and Defending Your Territory: Constructing and Comparing two Social Dominance Assays in mice12:30pm-1:25pmMPR 2NA
NicolasLaraOral PresentationPaulKelleherRevolution by Redemption: Charles Dickens’ character driven approach to the French Revolution in A Tale of Two Cities.12:30pm-1:25pmMPR 1 NA
JosefinaLogrippoOral PresentationAngelaPorcarelli“Hegemony and the Contemporary Erotic Experience”12:30pm-1:25pmMPR 1 NA
ViolaMingOral PresentationAnita DevineniDrosophila neural circuits mediating cross organ sensory integration10am-10:55amMPR 3 NA
AlexNuckolsOral PresentationPatrickStillsonEvaluating in vitro thermal responses of horizontally transmitted symbiont strains1:30pm-2:30pmMPR 2NA
CabotPostolOral PresentationAdrianaChiraIron & the Bomi Hills: Liberia, the United States, and Postwar Resource Sovereignty, 1944-197712:30pm-1:25pmMPR 1 NA
YilinQiaoOral PresentationDaniel HassAnalyzing Changes in Retinal Metabolic Flux in a Transducin-Knockout Mouse Model1:30pm-2:30pmMPR 2NA
AmmarRazzakOral PresentationNegarFaniAssociation Between Sternal Vibration and Low-Frequency Heart-Rate Variability Trajectories in Trauma-Exposed Adults11am-11:55amMPR 3 NA
AvaReeseOral PresentationSandraBlakely

Unraveling the Fabric of Antiquity:​ an ongoing experiment in ancient weaving technique

1:30pm-2:30pmMPR 1 NA
TimRichterOral PresentationJedDiekfussCharacterizing the Progression of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Autograft Maturation with Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Effects of The Lateral Extra-articular Tenodesis Procedure12:30pm-1:25pmMPR 2NA
DanielSunOral PresentationJasonYusteinTargeting MYC-Driven Osteosarcoma through TGF-β Receptor Inhibitor Vactosertib12:30pm-1:25pmMPR 2NA
MandySunOral PresentationKristinWilliamsGoubian Reader: Creation of an Interactive Crochet Literacy Application to Enhance Pattern Sense-Making11am-11:55amMPR 2NA
Thomas WainwrightOral PresentationCourtneyFreer

Reassessing the Islamist Advantage: Political Islam and Electoral Mobilization Strategies in Israel

11am-11:55amMPR 1NA
KevinWangOral PresentationHaiLeBroadening Access to Agent-Based Modeling through a No-Code Steering Behavior Simulation Platform11am-11:55amMPR 2NA
AndrewWangOral PresentationDanielLudwinskiPolitical Proximity and Corporate Governance in Chinese Enterprises: Does Distance to Beijing Matter?11am-11:55amMPR 1NA
LitongWangOral PresentationJoGuldiSecularization as Conceptual Change: What a Century of Irish Parliamentary Language Reveals About the Modern State1:30pm-2:30pmMPR 1 NA
ArbaZhaoOral PresentationYoungminHanOptimization of Chromatin Immunoprecipitation Sequencing for Profiling of Transcription Factor-Mediated Regulation of Gene Expression through Epigenetic Modulations1:30pm-2:30pmMPR 2NA
JasmineZhouOral PresentationGordonBermanPiecewise-Stationary Temporal Autoencoders for Causal Inference in Multivariate Time Series 1:30pm-2:30pmMPR 2NA
Richard ZhuOral PresentationAliZarrabiMushrooms and mindfulness: A Project on Harm Assessment in Psychedelic and Meditation Research12:30pm-1:25pmMPR 2 NA
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