2015 Weinberg Undergraduate Research Grant Winners
Please join the Office of Undergraduate Research and the Undergraduate Research Grants Committee in congratulating the following Weinberg students who were awarded Summer Undergraduate Research Grants for 2015.
Vineet Aggarwal (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Economics; Political Science), “Peacekeeping Success Revisited.”
Faculty Sponsor: Marina Henke, Political Science
Stephen Antonoplis (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Psychology; Economics), “Facebook and Self-Concept Clarity.”
Faculty Sponsor: Mesmin Destin, Psychology; Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College
Edwin Argueta (McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, Chemical Engineering), “Calculation of Charges in MOFs.”
Faculty Sponsor: Randall Snurr, Chemical Engineering
Joshua Aronson (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Philosophy), “The Uniform-Architecture Hybrid.”
Faculty Sponsor: Michael Rakowitz, Art Theory & Practice
Brittany Bair (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Undeclared), “Traumatic Brain Injury in Drosophila.”
Faculty Sponsor: Ravi Allada, Neurobiology
George Baker (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Biology), “Gli Inhibition in Hedgehog Pathway.”
Faculty Sponsor: Thomas Meade, Chemistry
Erik Baker (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Mathematics; Earth and Planetary Science), “Non-Euclidean Geometry in the 1800s.”
Faculty Sponsor: Sean Duggan, Philosophy
Alana Basil (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, English; Art History; International Studies), “African Adventure in Victorian Lit.”
Faculty Sponsor: Jules Law, Department of English
Jessica Beard (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Chemistry), “Oligonucleotide-Peptide Conjugates.”
Faculty Sponsor: SonBinh Nguyen, Chemistry
Steven Bennett (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Philosophy), “Reconciling blame in Aristotle and Kant.”
Faculty Sponsor: Stephen White, Philosophy
Karalyn Berman (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Integrated Science;; Earth and Planetary Science), “The Eutrophication of Auburn Lake; WI.”
Faculty Sponsor: Yarrow Axford, Earth and Planetary Sciences
Paul Blake (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Psychology), “Non-Adjacent Sequence Learning.”
Faculty Sponsor: Paul Reber, Psychology
Lucy Blumberg (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, American Studies; Gender and Sexuality Studies), “Jane’s Enduring Legacy.”
Faculty Sponsor: Shana Bernstein, Center for Legal Studies
Caroline Brown (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, English Major/Spanish Minor), “Representations of Seafaring Women.”
Faculty Sponsor: Harris Feinsod, English
Calvin Cable (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Biological Sciences), “EphA2 Endocytosis Regulation of EGFR.”
Faculty Sponsor: Spiro Getsios, Dermatology; Feinberg School of Medicine
Gabriela Carr (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Biological Sciences), “Soil in Prairie Restoration.”
Faculty Sponsor: Daniel Larkin, Biological Sciences
Rosalie Chan (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; Medill School of Journalism, Journalism; Computer Science), “Hakka youth cultural connection.”
Faculty Sponsor: Jill Blackman, Medill School of Journalism; Media; Integrated Mar
Ping Chin (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Anthropology ; International Studies), “College Students' Diet Acculturation.”
Faculty Sponsor: William Leonard, Anthropology
Jeffrey Clark (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Chemistry), “MRG15; PALB2 Mononucleosome Recognition.”
Faculty Sponsor: Ishwar Radhakrishnan, Molecular Biosciences
Aaron Clarke (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, African American Studies), “Queering Hip Hop.”
Faculty Sponsor: E Johnson, Communications and African American Studies
Harriet Colie (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, History), “Western Sahara Conflict.”
Faculty Sponsor: Henri Lauziere, History
Emily Comstock (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Undeclared), “Nature's Course or Vaccine Interference.”
Faculty Sponsor: Keith Woodhouse, History
Savannah Couch (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; School of Communication, Theatre; Chinese Language and Culture), “Theatre Special Education.”
Faculty Sponsor: Lynn Kelso, Theatre; School of Communication
Molly Crane (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Sociology; Political Science), “Alcohol Abuse: Zambian Youth.”
Faculty Sponsor: William Reno, Program of African Studies
Gautier Dagan (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Economics; Computer Science), “The Economical Sustainability of Bitcoin.”
Faculty Sponsor: Matthew Notowidigdo, Economics
Arighno Das (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Biological Sciences), “Mechanism of Neutropenia.”
Faculty Sponsor: Seth Corey, Pediatrics-Hematology
Leonardo Dionisio (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Cognitive Science; Biology), “Does Time of Day Influence Intuition.”
Faculty Sponsor: Ken Paller, Psychology
Ninah Divine (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Anthropology), “Multiculturalism in Trinidad.”
Faculty Sponsor: Monica Rodriguez, Anthropology
Matthew Du (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Chemistry), “Conversion of Fructose to HMF using POP.”
Faculty Sponsor: SonBinh Nguyen, Chemistry
William Edwards (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, History; Spanish), “Argentine Indigeneity & Desert Conquest.”
Faculty Sponsor: Paul Ramirez, History
Ese Ehimiaghe (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Chemistry), “Probing the Nano/Bio Interface.”
Faculty Sponsor: Franz Geiger, Chemistry
Madison Ernst (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences), “MMP Inhibiting Stent.”
Faculty Sponsor: Guillermo Ameer, Interdepartmental Biological Sciences
Ryan Evenson (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Chemistry), “Optimizing 2-Aminoquinoline Inhibitors.”
Faculty Sponsor: Richard Silverman, Chemistry
Elliotte Flaum (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Physics), “Chromosome segregation in C.elegans.”
Faculty Sponsor: Sadie Wignall, Biology
Tomas Galluzzi (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Psychology), “Drug Prevention in Hawaii.”
Faculty Sponsor: Deborah Puntenney, School of Education and Social Policy
Basia Gawin (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, I am in the process of declaring a major in Environmental Science.), “Microplastics in Lake Michigan.”
Faculty Sponsor: Neal Blair, Earth & Planetary Sci; Civil & Envr Engineering
Nadia Ghazali (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Undecided), “Effects of NALCN on Circadian Behavior.”
Faculty Sponsor: Ravi Allada, Neurobiology
Nicholas Giancola (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Biological Sciences; Art History), “HKDC1 & glucose homeostasis (in vivo).”
Faculty Sponsor: Brian Layden, Medicine; Endocrinology Division; Feinberg School
Jazib Gohar (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Biological Sciences; Economics; Physics), “Examination of Transmembrane Proteins.”
Faculty Sponsor: Heather Pinkett, Molecular Biosciences
Melissa Goldberg (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Biological Sciences), “Mutations in HDAC4 and Hh Signaling.”
Faculty Sponsor: Robert Holmgren, Biological Sciences
Jeromy Gotschall (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Biology and Psychology), “HAS and its role in fungal pathogenicity.”
Faculty Sponsor: Luke Flores, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Kelsey Gradwohl (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Psychology), “Novel Technique to Boost Memory in Sleep.”
Faculty Sponsor: Ken Paller, Psychology
Jeremy Green (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Biological Sciences), “Transendothelial Migration Regulation.”
Faculty Sponsor: Joan Cook-Mills, Allergy Division
Shannon Grogans (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Cognitive Science;; Psychology), “Reward-Reactivity & Gratification Delay.”
Faculty Sponsor: Robin Nusslock, Psychology
Araminta Gwynne (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Mathematics), “Expos? on Toric Varieties.”
Faculty Sponsor: Mihnea Popa, Mathematics
Christopher Hansen (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Physics), “Galactic Magnetic Field Research.”
Faculty Sponsor: Giles Novak, Physics and Astronomy
Shannon He (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Neurobiology), “Estrogen & Feeding Affects Weight Gain.”
Faculty Sponsor: Fred Turek, Neurobiology
Rafael Henriquez (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, History), “Environmentalism Black Churches Chicago.”
Faculty Sponsor: Keith Woodhouse, History
Stephen Hippleheuser (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Biological Sciences), “Investigation of hsp-16.2 in C. elegans.”
Faculty Sponsor: Erik Andersen, Molecular Biosciences
Matt Hong (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Mathematics), “Evaluations of the Connected Scatterplot.”
Faculty Sponsor: Steven Franconeri, Psychology
Hayley Hopkins (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Political Science), “The Impact of Voting Restrictions.”
Faculty Sponsor: Jacqueline Stevens, Political Science
Christopher Howard (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Philosophy), “FQ Resistance in Tuberculosis Patients.”
Faculty Sponsor: Sally McFall, Biomedical Engineering
Amaka Ibeh (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, I will declare Materials Science and Engineering in the spring quarter.), “3D Printing of NiTi-Nb Scaffolds.”
Faculty Sponsor: David Dunand, Materials Science and Engineering
Nicholas Irons (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, None yet declared), “Mapping Amsacrine Response in C. elegans.”
Faculty Sponsor: Erik Andersen, Molecular Biosciences
Andrew Jennings (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Statistics), “Impact of Reporting on School Shootings.”
Faculty Sponsor: Luis Amaral, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Wendy Jiang (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Biology), “Editing Genetic Barcodes in Stem Cells.”
Faculty Sponsor: Xiaozhong Wang, Molecular Biosciences
Sarah Johnson (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Psychology and Cognitive Science), “Language & Cognition in Preterm Infants.”
Faculty Sponsor: Sandra Waxman, Psychology
Melissa Jones (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Anthropology), “Effects of Spanish Colonization.”
Faculty Sponsor: Cynthia Robin, Anthropology
Maria Kaufman (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Biology), “Exploring KIFC5B's Role in Cancer.”
Faculty Sponsor: Sadie Wignall, Molecular Biosciences
Alex Kern (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Biological Sciences; Mathematics; Integrated Science), “Num1 Function in Temperature-Sensitivity.”
Faculty Sponsor: Laura Lackner, Molecular Biosciences
Stephan Kienzle (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Economics; Biology(undeclared)), “Maternal Care and Infantile Seizures.”
Faculty Sponsor: Sookyong Koh, Feinberg-Pediatrics
Jooshim Kim (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Psychology), “Infants' Object Knowledge of Sand.”
Faculty Sponsor: Susan Hespos, Psychology
Melissa Kim (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Biology), “Thermosensation in Drosophila.”
Faculty Sponsor: Marco Gallio, Neurobiology
Charles Kimball (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Physics), “Black Hole Formation in X-Ray Binaries.”
Faculty Sponsor: Vicky Kalogera, Physics and Astronomy
William Kirkland (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, History; Political Science), “Silicon Valley and the New Right.”
Faculty Sponsor: Michael Allen, History
Alexa Klein-Mayer (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Religious Studies; History; Classics), “Practicing Peace at Plum Village.”
Faculty Sponsor: Sarah Jacoby, Religious Studies
David Kocoj (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Biological Sciences), “Entrainment of Drosophila Clock.”
Faculty Sponsor: Marco Gallio, Neurobiology
Aaron Kollasch (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Integrated Science Program), “Lifespan extension in glp-1 mutants.”
Faculty Sponsor: Richard Morimoto, Molecular Biosciences
Changyow Kwan (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; School of Communication, Biological Sciences - Biochemistry; Communication Sciences and Disorders), “Zinc Exocytosis in Mammalian Oocytes.”
Faculty Sponsor: Teresa Woodruff, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Thomas Lee (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Sociology), “The Hobby Stigma Problem.”
Faculty Sponsor: Karrie Snyder, Sociology
Amanda Leung (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Biology), “Dependency of DAC on ipRGC development.”
Faculty Sponsor: Tiffany Schmidt, Neurobiology
Parker Levinson (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Integrated Science), “Information brain uses for eye movement.”
Faculty Sponsor: Mark Segraves, Neurobiology
Emily Liao (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Comparative Literary Studies), “German and Chinese Modernist Literature.”
Faculty Sponsor: Christopher Bush, Comparative Literary Studies
Taran Lichtenberger (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Biological Sciences), “Diversity and Prairie Restoration.”
Faculty Sponsor: Andrea Kramer, Biological Sciences
Patrick Lim (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Biological Sciences), “Mechanism for Depression and Dementia.”
Faculty Sponsor: Eva Redei, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Feinberg School
William Lindstrom (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Undecided), “Characterizing the effects of GM-CSF on OPCs.”
Faculty Sponsor: Stephen Miller, Department of Immunology
Emily Liquin (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Cognitive Science; Psychology), “How Children Use Tablets as Symbols.”
Faculty Sponsor: David Uttal, Psychology
Grace Lu (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, ISP; Physics), “Valley Structure in Stacked Monolayers.”
Faculty Sponsor: Nathaniel Stern, Physics and Astronomy
Julian Matra (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; School of Education and Social Policy, Human Development and Psychological Services & Psychology), “Social Anxiety in Junior Tennis Players.”
Faculty Sponsor: Benjamin Gorvine, Psychology
Abdullah Memon (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Biological Sciences; Economics), “Interactions in the Tectorial Membrane.”
Faculty Sponsor: Jing Zheng, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surge
Andriana Mitrakos (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Psychology), “Reward Sensitivity and Risky Decisions.”
Faculty Sponsor: Robin Nusslock, Psychology; Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Carlos Mucharraz (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Biology), “Optimization of Nitric Oxide Release.”
Faculty Sponsor: Guillermo Ameer, Interdepartmental Biological Sciences
Ajay Nadig (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Cognitive Science), “Neurodevelopment and Social Disorders.”
Faculty Sponsor: Carmen Sandi, Brain Mind Institute
Pooja Nayak (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Biological Sciences), “Role of Su(fu) and Rdx.”
Faculty Sponsor: Robert Holmgren, Molecular Biosciences
Rachel Ng (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Biology), “Separase in C. elegans Meiosis.”
Faculty Sponsor: Sadie Wignall, Molecular Biosciences
Katelyn Noronha (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Biological Sciences), “Light exposure and ipRGC stratification.”
Faculty Sponsor: Tiffany Schmidt, Neurobiology
Ilayda Ozsan (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Biology), “Stress Modulation & Neuron Morphology.”
Faculty Sponsor: Peter Penzes, Physiology
Joseph Palasz (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Chemistry; Integrated Science), “lead perovskite solar cells.”
Faculty Sponsor: Samuel Stupp, Chemistry
Pallavi Pandey (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Biology; Psychology), “Multiculturalism in Trinidad.”
Faculty Sponsor: Monica Rodriguez, Administration; Anthropology
Marie Peeples (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, History; English Literature), “Legalized Prostitution in Civil War TN.”
Faculty Sponsor: Kate Masur, History
Anna Preston (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Undeclared), “Co-sb amyloid inhibitors.”
Faculty Sponsor: Thomas Meade, Chemistry
Alekya Rajanala (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Biological Sciences), “Eye Movement Abnormalities.”
Faculty Sponsor: Y. Liao, Stanford Department of Ophthalmology
Sarah Rasmussen (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Chemistry), “Organic Ferroelectric Materials.”
Faculty Sponsor: Samuel Stupp, Chemistry
Jen Reese (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Anthropology), “Mapping and Ceramic Dating in Aventura.”
Faculty Sponsor: Cynthia Robin, Anthropology
David Rice (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Integrated Science; Physics and Astronomy; Earth and Planetary Sciences), “Planetary System Instability.”
Faculty Sponsor: Jason Steffen, CIERA
Vincent Rinaolo (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Chemistry), “Biological Activity of Maoecrystal V.”
Faculty Sponsor: Regan Thomson, Chemistry
Elyssa Roberts (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Biology), “CCL19 and CCL21 Concentration Levels.”
Faculty Sponsor: Qi-Quan Huang, Rheumatology/Medicine
Ethan Roubenoff (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Chemistry), “Developing zinc-specific chelators.”
Faculty Sponsor: Thomas O'Halloran, Chemistry
Asli Salihoglu (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Economics; International Studies), “Services for Syrian Refugees in Turkey.”
Faculty Sponsor: Wendy Pearlman, Political Science
Joseph Salvo (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Biological Sciences), “3D Neural Mapping.”
Faculty Sponsor: Gordon Shepherd, Physiology
Natalie San (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Chemistry), “Natural Products as Serotonin Inhibitors.”
Faculty Sponsor: Karl Scheidt, Chemistry
Tyler Scaletta (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Biology), “Social Anxiety in Junior Tennis Players.”
Faculty Sponsor: Benjamin Gorvine, Psychology
Minji Seok (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Chemistry), “2-D Spectroscopy Processing of Laser Dye.”
Faculty Sponsor: Elad Harel, Chemistry
Aakash Shah (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Biology and Economics), “Epidermal Cell Differentiation.”
Faculty Sponsor: Christian Petersen, Molecular Biosciences
Jiaqi Shang (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Biology), “GLYX-13's effect on Learning in Rabbits.”
Faculty Sponsor: Craig Weiss, Physiology; Feinberg School of Medicine
Hayden Sharma (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Chemistry; Philosophy), “Development of a New Catalytic Reaction.”
Faculty Sponsor: Karl Scheidt, Chemistry
Bethany Shieh (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Undeclared), “Proboscis Extensions and Waste Clearance.”
Faculty Sponsor: Ravi Allada, Neurobiology Department
Rebecca Sinard (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Biology and Psychology), “Simultaneity Judgment Tasks.”
Faculty Sponsor: Mark Wallace, Vanderbilt Brain Institute
Libby Slosburg (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Biology; Psychology), “EEG: Anxious Arousal versus Apprehension.”
Faculty Sponsor: Robin Nusslock, Psychology
Sam Spector (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; School of Communication, Communication Studies; History), “Student Activism Holocaust.”
Faculty Sponsor: Daniel Greene, History
Rachel Suen (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Biological Science; Economics), “Generation of a Tissue-Engineered Artery.”
Faculty Sponsor: Guillermo Ameer, Biomedical Engineering
Taylor Tate (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Environmental Science), “Pollinator and flower characteristics.”
Faculty Sponsor: Krissa Skogen, Program in Biological Sciences
Tiffany Teng (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Physics), “Olfactory receptor gene expression.”
Faculty Sponsor: Thomas Bozza, Neurobiology
Weldon Terrill (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, History; Economics), “Progressivism and the 1912 Absinthe Ban.”
Faculty Sponsor: Susan Pearson, History
Neil Thivalapill (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; School of Education and Social Policy, Biological Sciences; Human Development & Psychological Services), “Novel Drug Development for Brain Cancer.”
Faculty Sponsor: Andrew Mazar, Center for Developmental Therapeutics
Chuyu Tian (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Philosophy and Economics), “Confucius' and Aristotle's ethics.”
Faculty Sponsor: Richard Kraut, Philosophy
Jordan Todes (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Integrated Science Program; Earth and Planetary Sciences), “Organic Traces in Carbonate Concretions.”
Faculty Sponsor: Magdalena Osburn, Earth and Planetary Sciences
Stacy Tsai (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Undeclared), “Circadian clock and hypoxia.”
Faculty Sponsor: Joseph Bass, Endocrinology Division;Feinberg School of Medicine
Marisol Villanueva (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Biology), “Testing miRNA for angiogenic activity.”
Faculty Sponsor: Olga Volpert, Urology
Hannah Waldfogel (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Psychology), “Mental Control and Prosocial Behavior.”
Faculty Sponsor: Daniel Molden, Psychology
Ashley Walters (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Psychology; Cognitive Science), “Native American Mascot on non-Natives.”
Faculty Sponsor: Douglas Medin, Department of Psychology
Fei Wang (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Economics; Psychology), “FGF8 Spliceforms in the Neural Crest.”
Faculty Sponsor: Carole LaBonne, Molecular Biosciences
Yilan Wang (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Undeclared), “nanocarriers for immunomodulation.”
Faculty Sponsor: Evan Scott, Biomedical Engineering; Robert R. McCormick School
Stephanie Werner (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Chemistry), “Growth Mechanism of Nanostars.”
Faculty Sponsor: Teri Odom, Chemistry
Michael Weston (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Biology), “Cortical thinning in bipolar subjects.”
Faculty Sponsor: Robin Nusslock, Psychology
Deborah Wu (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Psychology; Music), “Effect of Gender Nonconforming Features.”
Faculty Sponsor: Wendi Gardner, Psychology
Pan Xiao (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; Bienen School of Music, Chemistry; Piano Performance), “Metal Triflate Hydrothiolation Reactions.”
Faculty Sponsor: Tobin Marks, Chemistry
Matthew Xu (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Integrated Science Program), “Regulation of EHF for Cystic Fibrosis.”
Faculty Sponsor: Ann Harris, Pediatrics-Human Molecular Genetics
Chuyue Yang (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, ISP; Biology), “Usage of SD sequence in bacteria genomes.”
Faculty Sponsor: Luis Amaral, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Angela Yang (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, biology and psychology), “ULK1 and autophagy.”
Faculty Sponsor: Leonidas Platanias, Feinberg School of Medicine
Ji Yoon (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Biological Sciences & Psychology), “Time-restricted Alcohol Consumption.”
Faculty Sponsor: Fred Turek, Neurobiology & Neurology
Gakit Yu (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Integrated Science Program; Biology), “Drosophila Circadian Rhythm Gene Screen.”
Faculty Sponsor: Ravi Allada, Neurobiology; Weinberg College
Odette Zero (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Anthropology), “Perception of Diabetes in Guatemala.”
Faculty Sponsor: Peter Locke, Anthropology
Northwestern University’s Office of Undergraduate Research offers Summer URGs of $3,000, and much more. For the full list of summer grant winners across all schools, please see the SURG 2015 Winners List.
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