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Name · Title · Session 1 or 2 · Board Number

Alphabetical by Presenter’s last name:

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

A

Elea-Maria Abisamra TUNING THE DISRUPTIVE INTERACTIONS OF MXENES AND PHOSPHOLIPID VESICLES THROUGH SURFACE MODIFICATIONS Session 2 7
Anna Adelstein STRUCTURAL STUDIES OF AN HIV-1 PACKAGING INHIBITOR THAT TARGETS THE VIRAL RNA Session 1 86
Fariha Agbere Discovering Equations for Simple Acids Dissociation Session 2 41
Suzi Agyako-Wiredu SYNTHESIS AND ANALYSIS OF SPHERICAL GOLD NANOPARTICLES Session 2 85
Fairine Ahmed NATIVE CELL MEMBRANES AS A PLATFORM FOR STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY IN NEUROSCIENCE Session 2 71
Tolulope Ajibade COMPARING SIMILAR INTEGRASE PROTEINS IN DIFFERENT PHAGES TO EVALUATE THE PRESENCE OF HORIZONAL GENE TRANSFER Session 1 49
Dipo Akinbamowo EXPLORING THE FATE OF RNA IN MOLONEY MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS Session 1 65
Christopher Appiah UNVEILING THE FASCINATING WORLD OF PENDULUMS: AN ANALYSIS VIA INCORPORATING DESIGN, SIMULATION, AND MODELING Session 1 24
Juan Arizpe-Vega MULTI-MODLE UNSUPERVISED VARIATIONAL AUTOENCODER FRAMEWORK FOR ARTIFACT DETECTION Session 2 64
Gloria Atolagme A STUDY ON TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE TO SUPPORT PERSONAL DECISION-MAKING ON A COLLEGE CAMPUS Session1 18
Shahabal Azhar INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF MOD AND ELYS GENE IN COLLECTIVE CELL MIGRATION Session2 62

B

Feyishola Bajere EFFICACY OF PHAGE ENZYME TOOLS WHEN DETERMINING PHAGE CLUSTERS Session 2 4
Abdullah Bajwah PTEN REACTIVATION IN A MOUSE MODEL OF PROSTATE CANCER Session 1 75
Samuel Barnett NICOTINE-INDUCED ASSOCIATIVE LEARNING IN CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS Session 2 10
Kaylee Barry INVESTIGATING INFLUENCE OF TRIMERIZATION ON SELECTIVITY OF THE CES DIMER BY USING A TRITRANSMEMBRANE FUSION-PROTEIN Session 2 57
Angel Bentsil IPROTEIN OPTIMIZATION OF HIV-1 MYRISTOYLATED MATRIX FOR FUTURE MEMBRANE BINDING STUDIES Session 1 37
Nicholas Berry IMPACTS OF PH AND SALT CONCENTRATION ON UPTAKE OF PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS) BY ANION-EXCHANGE MEMBRANES Not Presenting 0
Joshua Birenzvige AN AB-INITIO INVESTIGATION OF VARIOUS SULPHATES ON A CALCITE SURFACE USING DENSITY FUNTIONAL THEORY Session 2 27
Kellie Boehlert INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF DIMERIZATION AND CAP SEQUESTRATION IN SELECTIVE PACKAGING Session 1 60
Nelanne Bolima ANALYSIS OF ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS STRAIN BRANCHING PATTERNS TO DETERMINE IMPACT ON MYCELIAL MATERIAL MECHANICAL PROPERTIES Session 1 30
Wesley Bracey INVESTIGATING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SUBCLUSTER AND HOST PREFERENCE IN BACTERIOPHAGES Session 1 20
Sydney Braithwaite IMPACTS OF PH AND SALT CONCENTRATION ON THE UPTAKE OF PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS) BY ANION-EXCHANGE MEMBRANES Session 2 13
Angela Buchanan DETERMINING A HIGH-RESOLUTION STRUCTURE FOR MYRISTOYLATED MATRIX BOUND TO THE PLASMA MEMBRANE Session 2 34
Tazia Burney NVESTIGATING THE MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS BETWEEN MONOMERIC HIV-1 RNAS AND CAP-DEPENDENT TRANSLATIONAL MACHINERY, EIF4E Session 2 19

C

Jane-Frances Chia INVESTIGATING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SUBCLUSTER AND HOST PREFERENCE IN BACTERIOPHAGES Session 1 20
Alexis Christian NICOTINE-INDUCED ASSOCIATIVE LEARNING IN CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS Session 1 10
Justin Coles UNRAVELING THE ROLE OF SUGAE MODIFICATIONS IN GUIDING BORDER CELL MIGRATION Session 1 96
Sophia Conrad EFFECTS OF LISINOPRIL ON THE MOTOR NETWORK OF AGING DROSOPHILA WITH THE ABSENCE OF APP-LIKE PROTEIN Session 1 8
Riley Cox INVESTIGATING HYDROGEL DESALINATION OF EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE OBJECTS USING NMR-MOUSE SPECTROSCOPY Session 1 82
Mollie Crossman INVESTIGATING HYDROGEL DESALINATION OF EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE OBJECTS USING NMR-MOUSE SPECTROSCOPY Session 1 82

D

Alexia D’Souza PROTEIN OPTIMIZATION OF HIV-1 MYRISTOYLATED MATRIX OF FUTURE MEMBRANE BINDING STUDIES Session 2 37
Joshua Dayie COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF THE ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS KINASE DELETION LIBRARY FOR INCREASED SEPTATION UNDER CELL WALL STRESS Session 2 74
Courtney de Leon CTHE EFFECTS OF LIFELONG NICOTINE CONSUMPTION ON GROWTH AND REPRODUCTION IN CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS Session 2 2
Caitlin Doherty THE IMPACT OF NITRATES AND PHOSPHATES ON THE SURFACE OF CALCITE: FIRST PRINCIPLES ANALYSIS OF CALCIUM CARBONATE Session 2 79

E

Nariah Edmonds EFFICACY OF PHAGE ENZYME TOOLS WHEN DETERMINING PHAGE CLUSTERS Session 1 4
Olivia Edoigiawerie EXAMINING LEARNED ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN CONTEXTUAL CUES AND STRESS-INDUCING EXPERIENCES Session 1 36
Yassin El Alamy EXPRESSION TESTING OF FEOD, A NOVEL SINGLE-PASS TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN OF THE FEO SYSTEM Session 2 56
Nahed El Fiky EXAMINING THE EFFECT OF LOCATION ON PHAGES’ BACTERIAL HOST PREFERENCE Session 1 53
Chukwuemeka Emeji EXAMINING THE EFFECT OF LOCATION ON PHAGES’ BACTERIAL HOST PREFERENCE Session 2 53
Ange Epangue NICOTINE-INDUCED ASSOCIATIVE LEARNING IN CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS Session 1 10

F

Caly Ferguson DECODING HAND MOVEMENTS FROM ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC SIGNALS TOWARDS A NEAR-NATURAL PROSTHESIS Session 2 89
Elana Frazier CHARACTERIZING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CONSERVATION OF MINOR TAIL PROTEINS AND HOST RANGE IN STREPTOMYCES BACTERIOPHAGES Session 2 33

G

Samuel Geleta CHARACTERIZING THE DIMERIZATION INTERFACE OF LABILE DIMERS Session 1 32
Nhyira Ghunney EXAMINING THE EFFICIENCY AND CAPACITY FOR EFFECTIVE NANOCAPSULE SYNTHESIS Session 2 52
Seth Glassner EXAMINING THE EFFECT OF GENETIC COMPENSATION IN THE CHLAMYDOMONAS TAG PATHWAY Session 2 54
Matthew Gobantes EXAMINING THE EFFECT OF LOCATION ON PHAGES’ BACTERIAL HOST PREFERENCE Session 2 53
Darryn Greene BIOPHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF BQSR, THE RESPONSE REGULATOR OF PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA’S TWO-COMPONENT SYSTEM, BQSR/S Session 2 39
Bella Guardado SYNTHESIS OF AMINE TERMINATED MXENE THIN FILM VIA AN EPICHLOROHYDRIN CROSSLINKING TO A GLASS SUPPORT Session 1 1

H

Megan Harmon EFFECTS OF CELL-BASED PROTEIN INTERACTIONS ON PARTICULATE MATTER TOXICITY Session 2 66
Solom Harraz EFFECTS OF LISINOPRIL ON THE MOTOR NETWORKS OF AGING DROSOPHILA WITH THE ABSENCE OF APP-LIKE PROTEIN Session 2 8
Amirah Harrison CORRELATING GENOMIC MINOR TAIL PROTEIN CONTENT ON HOST RANGE EFFICIENCY IN STREPTOMYCES PHAGES Session 1 16
Dylan Hayes EFFECTS OF CELL-BASED PROTEIN INTERACTIONS ON PARTICULATE MATTER TOXICITY Session 2 66
Lesley Hernandez EXPLORING THE FATE OF RNA IN MOLONEY MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS Session 1 65
Garrett Hill INVESTIGATING HYDROGEL DESALINATION OF EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE OBJECTS USING NMR-MOUSE SPECTROSCOPY Session 1 82
Jessica Hoffman CHARACTERIZING THE ROLE OF ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 217 (ZNF217) IN OVARIAN CARCINOGENESIS Session 1 12
Madilyn Holm VISUALIZING SINGLET OXYGEN PRODUCTION OF DIFFERENT MOF CATALYSTS Session 1 45
Ahmad Hussin DEMONSTRATION OF GENETIC COMPENATION IN VOLVOX CARTERI Session 1 35

I

Brian Inglis RADAR SNOWFALL ESTIMATION IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND Session 2 76

J

Jihae Jang DETERMINING THE ROLE OF AZIN1 IN PROSTATE CANCER METASTASIS IN A MOUSE MODEL Session 2 50
Noah Johansson INVESTIGATING THE MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS BETWEEN MONOMERIC HIV-1 RNAS AND CAP-DEPENDENT TRANSLATIONAL MACHINERY, EIF4 Session 2 19
Supriya Jones NICOTINE-INDUCED ASSOCIATIVE LEARNING IN CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS Session 2 10

K

Jariatu Kargbo THE INFLUENCE OF PKA PHOSPHORYLATION ON MELANOPSIN G-PROTEIN SIGNALING Session 1 90
Allison Kende GENETIC COMPENSATION IN VOLVOX CARTERI Session 1 22
Gabriel Kengni, Jr. CHARACTERIZING THE MECHANISM OF HIV-1 GENOME DIMERIZATION Session 2 11
Mary Rose Khamfong DIGITAL STORYTELLING: WELL-BEING AND LAO AMERICAN INITIATIVE Session 1 42
Christopher Kim INVESTIGATING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SUBCLUSTER AND HOST PREFERENCE IN BACTERIOPHAGES Session 2 20
Phani Kuppa THE EFFECTS OF HIGH SUGAR DIETS IN THE BEHAVIOR OF CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS Session 2 69
Meghan Kwon GRAPH NEURAL NETWORKS FOR PREDICTION OF GENE-AUTOIMMUNE DISORDER ASSOCIATIONS Session 2 21

L

Matthew Lastner PARAMETER SENSITIVITY, IDENTIFIABILITY, AND ESTIMATION METHODS APPLIED TO IN VIVO HIV Session 2 73
Seth Le THE EFFECTS OF HIGH SUGAR DIETS IN THE BEHAVIOR OF CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS Session 1 69
Feonil Limiac COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF THE ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS KINASE DELETION LIBRARY FOR INCREASED SEPTATION UNDER CELL WALL STRESS Session 2 74
Serena Lin ADDRESSING VIEW INVARIABILITY IN SEASHIP DETECTION WITH A FEDERATED LEARNING MODEL Session 2 25

M

Matthew Macapagal COMPARING SIMILAR INTEGRASE PROTEINS IN DIFFERENT PHAGES TO EVALUATE THE PRESENCE OF HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER Session 2 49
Catalina Madariaga-Pena THE INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF STRESS AND ALCOHOL TOLERANCE IN CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS Session 2 83
Matthew Makila AN APPROACH TO CAMERA-BASED CONTACT-LESS BREATHING RATE MONITORING Session 1 28
Nqaba Mamba THE INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF STRESS AND ALCOHOL TOLERANCE IN CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS Session 1 83
Oritseneye Mebaghanje DYNAMICS OF CHAOS: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CHAOTIC BEHAVIOR IN COMPLEX NONLINEAR SYSTEMS Session 2 43
Gizaw Melese INVESTIGATING THE BINDING INTERACTIONS AND STRUCTURE OF THE HIV-1 REV PROTEIN AND REV RESPONSE ELEMENT Session 1 63
Raina Miller COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF THE ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS KINASE DELETION LIBRARY FOR INCREASED SEPTATION UNDER CELL WALL STRESS Session 2 74
Rianna Minter COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF THE ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS KINASE DELETION LIBRARY FOR INCREASED SEPTATION UNDER CELL WALL STRESS Session 2 74
Emily Molnar THE INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF STRESS AND ALCOHOL TOLERANCE IN CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS Session 2 83
Meridith Morse COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF THE ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS KINASE DELETION LIBRARY FOR INCREASED SEPTATION UNDER CELL WALL STRESS Session 2 74

N

Talal Nadeem UNVEILING THE FASCINATING WORLD OF PENDULUMS: AN ANALYSIS VIA INCORPORATING DESIGN, SIMULATION, AND MODELING Session 1 24
Vaishnavi Nair CORRELATING GENOMIC MINOR TAIL PROTEIN CONTENT ON HOST RANGE EFFICIENCY IN STREPTOMYCES PHAGES Session 1 16
Mohamed Nasser NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF A FULLY-DEVELOPED MHD FREE SURFACE FLOW Session 1 38
Hersch Nathan PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS FOR ROBOTIC NAVIGATION Session 1 67
Jeanne Ngo THE IMPACT OF NITRATES AND PHOSPHATES ON THE SURFACE OF CALCITE: FIRST PRINCIPLES ANALYSIS OF CALCIUM CARBONATE Session 2 79
Nhi Nguyen RESEARCHING THE ROLE OF HOXB13 IN SUPPRESSING PROSTATE CANCER IN THE MOUSE MODEL Session 1 77
Munachiso Nkeonye-Mbaekwe IDENTIFYING ECTOPIC SYNAPSES IN NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTIONS OF DROSOPHILA LARVAE CARRYING CANDIDATE AUTISM GENES MANIPULATIONS Session 1 23
Arian Nyandjo CHARACTERIZING THE DISTRIBUTION OF GADD45B, A CANDIDATE MEDIATOR OF HYPOXIA-ADAPTATION Session 1 40

O

Augustine Obisesan CONTRIBUTION OF PHOSPHOGLUCOSE ISOMERASE AND PHOSPHOGLYCERATE MUTASE 1 TO GLUCOSOME FORMATION AND FUNCTION IN HUMAN CELLS Session 2 87
Sarah Okome SSAR: BUILDING SCALABLE ACTIVITY RECOGNITION VIA LIMITED SUPERVISION Session 1 80
Brandon Onochie SMYD3 INHIBITION USED TO IDENTIFY AND BLOCK PROSTATE CANCER’S MAIN METASTATIC PATHWAYS Session 2 17
Andrew Opincar THE ROLE OF HEPARAN SULFATE PROTEOGLYCANS IN MEDIATING CELL MIGRATION IN DROSOPHILA EGG CHAMBERS Session 1 46

P

Emily Paz THE EFFECTS OF HIGH SUGAR DIETS IN THE BEHAVIOR OF CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS Session 2 69
Temitope Peters MULTIMODAL DOMAIN ADAPTATION FOR HUMAN ACTIVITY RECOGNITION: A SURVEY Session 1 72
Jonah Petty COMPARING SIMILAIR INTEGRASE PROTEINS IN DIFFERENT PHAGES TO EVALUATE THE PRESENCE OF HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER Session 1 49
Joseph Phillips CHARACTERIZING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CONSERVATION OF MINOR TAIL PROTEINS AND HOST RANGE IN STREPTOMYCES BACTERIOPHAGES Session 1 33

Q

Jaweria Qazi ELUCIDATING THE MOLECULAR NATURE OF THE MONOMERIC HIV-1 RNA GENOME AND THE CELLULAR CAP-DEPENDENT TRANSLATION INITIATION PROTEIN, EIF4E Session 1 94

R

Michelle Radov ISOLATING THE ROLE OF POLY-A STRUCTURE IN SELECTIVE PACKAGING Session 1 70
Lalitha Ravipati EXPLORING THE FATE OF RNA IN MOLONEY MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS Session 1 65
Rachal Rehling THE IMPACT OF CHLORIDES ON THE SURFACE OF CALCITE: A DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY ANALYSIS OF CALCIUM CARBONATE Session 2 9
Ella Reinders EXAMINING LEARNED ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN CONTEXTUAL CUES AND STRESS-INDUCING EXPERIENCES Session 1 36

S

William Sakowicz STRUCTURAL BASIS AND MECHANISM OF HIV-1 GENOME PACKAGING Session 2 15
Aarsh Shah STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE HIV-1 REV RESPONSE ELEMENT USING NMR SPECTROSCOPY Session 2 81
Malaiyah Shaw PROTEIN OPTIMIZATION OF HIV-1 MYRISTOYLATED MATRIX OF FUTURE MEMBRANE BINDING STUDIES Session 2 37
Hanifah Shoneye PREDICTIVE FLUORESCENCE ANALYTICS: EVALUATING DEEP LEARNING TOOLS APPLIED TO EXCITATION-EMISSIN MATRIX ANALYSIS Session 2 68
Viviana Smart DOES TTLL11-INDUCED TUBULIN GLUTAMYLATION ENHANCE METASTATIC PHENOTYPES TO PROMOTE BREAST CANCER METASTASIS IN VITRO AND IN VIVO? Session 1 44
Rayal Smart DATA-ENABLED COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WATER QUALITY Session 1 88
Adekemi Sobukunola THE ROLE OF ANCHOR GENE IN ALCOHOL DISORDERS IN A DROSOPHILA KNOCKDOWN MODEL Session 2 93
Niki Stonestreet INVESTIGATING HOW THE STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS OF THE HIV-1 5′-LEADER AFFECT BINDING OF THE CELLULAR CAP BINDING PROTEIN, EIF4E Session 1 58

T

Tartela Tabassum ADVANCES IN PREDICTING ICE-BED TOPOGRAPHY USING MACHINE LEARNING: A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW AND CASE STUDIES Session 1 26
Greeshma Tarimala COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF THE ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS KINASE DELETION LIBRARY FOR INCREASED SEPTATION UNDER CELL WALL STRESS Session 2 74
Christian Taylor EFFICACY OF PHAGE ENZYME TOOLS (PET 2.0) WHEN DETERMINING PHAGE CLUSTERS Session 1 4
Bersabel Tekle STRUCTURAL BASIS AND MECHANISM OF HIV-1 GENOME PACKAGING Session 1 84
Simon Thai EXAMINING THE EFFICIENCY AND CAPACITY FOR EFFECTIVE NANOCAPSULE SYNTHESIS Session 2 52
Kayla Thomas ANALYSIS OF GENETIC COMPENSATION IN THE CHLAMYDOMONAS RLS1 MUTANT/ ANALYSIS OF GENETIC COMPENSATION IN THE CHLAMYDOMONAS RLS1 MUTANT Session 2 31
Amanda Thompson VISUALIZING SINGLET OXYGEN PRODUCTION OF DIFFERENT MOF CATALYSTS Session 1 45
Trisha Grace Tomcy CORRELATING GENOMIC MINOR TAIL PROTEIN CONTENT ON HOST RANGE EFFICIENCY IN STREPTOMYCES PHAGES Session 2 16

U

Adams Ubini SITUATION-AWARE ACCESS CONTROL FOR INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS Session 1 78
Pavan Umashankar DETERMINING REGIONS IN USP15 THAT REGULATE ITS STABILITY AND TURNOVER IN OVARIAN CANCER CELLS Session 1 51

V

Sydnee Vance EVALUATING THE EFFECTS OF EARLY LIFE STRESS ON THE NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS AND HIPPOCAMPUS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED BEHAVIORS IN MICE Session 1 48
Adhithi Varadarajan FORMALIZING PHYSICS EQUATIONS IN THE LEAN THEOREM PROVER Session 1 55
Eleni Varlas THE EFFECTS OF SUCROSE EXPOSURE ON BEHAVIOR TOWARD DRUGS IN CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS Session 1 3

W

Maggie Wang INVESTIGATING HYDROGEL DESALINATION OF EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE OBJECTS USING NMR-MOUSE SPECTROSCOPY Session 1 82
Lindsay Willis PROTEIN OPTIMIZATION OF HIV 1 MYRISTOLATED MATRIX FOR FUTURE MEMBRANE BINDING STUDIES Session 1 37
Sophia Woodson AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF MMWAVE RADAR FOR OBJECT DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION Session 2 29

Y

Sarah Yoda ANALYZING CHITIN COMPOSITION OF ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS CELL WALLS IN VARIOUS STRAINS AND DIFFERENT MORPHOLOGIES Not Presenting 0
Vicki Young ENHANCING ROBOTIC NAVIGATION: AN EVALUATION OF SINGLE AND MULTI-OBJECTIVE REINFORCEMENT LEARNING STRATEGIES Session 2 47

Z

Nathan Zekarias INVESTIGATING THE IMPACT OF SHINY COWBIRDS ON PUERTO RICAN ORIOLES Session 2 59
Luke Zimmerman ANALYZING PRIVACY AND UTILITY TRADEOFFS IN SMART HOMES Session 1 61