Summer Science Research | 2020 Poster Session

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Alexis Boutchie | Deoxyfluorination Reagents from 1999-Present

Alexis Boutchie ’20 (biochemistry and molecular biology) and Patrick Melvin: “Deoxyfluorination Reagents from 1999-Present”

Rachel D’Emilia | Structural Basis of the Broad Variation of MK Feedback Inhibition

Rachel D’Emilia ’22 (biochemistry and molecular biology) and Yan Kung: “Structural Basis of the Broad Variation of MK Feedback Inhibition”

Raining Huo | Investigating the Structural Basis of HMG-CoA Reductase Cofactor Specificity

Raining Huo ’21 (biochemistry and molecular biology) and Yan Kung: “Investigating the Structural Basis of HMG-CoA Reductase Cofactor Specificity”

Natalie Loui | Molybdenum Enzyme Cofactor Research During COVID-19

Natalie Loui ’21 (biochemistry and molecular biology), Sherry Liu '20 (chemistry), and Sharon Burgmayer: “Molybdenum Enzyme Cofactor Research During COVID-19”

Shaili Regmi | The role of DNA methyltransferase1 in maintaining methylation at differentially methylated regions associated with imprinted genes

Shaili Regmi ’21 (biochemistry and molecular biology) and Tamara Davis: “The role of DNA methyltransferase1 in maintaining methylation at differentially methylated regions associated with imprinted genes”

Emma Nikols | Phenotypic Analysis of Antibiotic-Producing Soil Bacterium, Streptomyces coelicolor

Emma Nikols ’21 (biochemistry and molecular biology, fine arts) and Monica Chandler: “Phenotypic Analysis of Antibiotic-Producing Soil Bacterium, Streptomyces coelicolor”

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Emily Britt | Molecules and Mechanisms of MEGF10 Mediated Efferocytosis

Emily Britt ’21 (biology) and Adam Williamson: “Molecules and Mechanisms of MEGF10 Mediated Efferocytosis”

Emma Ecker | The Reproductive Polyphenism in the Pea Aphid

Emma Ecker ’21 (biology) and Greg Davis: “The Reproductive Polyphenism in the Pea Aphid”

Jordan Ellis-Pugh | Exploration of 5hmC enrichment in 5dpp mouse liver

Jordan Ellis-Pugh ’21 (biology) and Tamara L. Davis: “Exploration of 5hmC enrichment in 5dpp mouse liver”

Arya Yue | Biotic Drivers of Macrosystems Biodiversity

Arya Yue ’21 (biology) and Sydne Record: “Biotic Drivers of Macrosystems Biodiversity”

Kass Wojcik | Investigating Salt Marsh Vegetative Community Health and Productivity with Remote Sensing

Kass Wojcik ’22 (biology) and Thomas Mozdzer: “Investigating Salt Marsh Vegetative Community Health and Productivity with Remote Sensing”

Logan Wallace Shepard and Frances Romero | Comparison of ecosystem services provided by Phragmites australis vs native plant species via meta analysis

Logan Wallace Shepard ’21 (biology), Frances Romero '22 (biology), and Thomas Mozdzer: “Comparison of ecosystem services provided by Phragmites australis vs native plant species via meta analysis”

Amara Saha | Cellular Biology of Engulfment in Drosphila melanogaster hemocytes

Amara Saha ’22 (biology) and Adam Williamson: “Cellular Biology of Engulfment in Drosphila melanogaster hemocytes”

Emily Saks | In Search of the Maternal Signal Responsible for the Reproductive Polyphenism in Pea Aphids

Emily Saks ’21 (biology) and Greg Davis: “In Search of the Maternal Signal Responsible for the Reproductive Polyphenism in Pea Aphids”

Clementine Payne | Comparison of Methylation at Imprinted and Non-Imprinted Genes

Clementine Payne ’22 (biology) and Tamara Davis: “Comparison of Methylation at Imprinted and Non-Imprinted Genes”

Vanessa Gitau | Cell Biology of the Phosphor-tyrosine Signaling Pathway of CED-1

Vanessa Gitau ’22 (biology) and Adam Williamson: “Cell Biology of the Phosphor-tyrosine Signaling Pathway of CED-1”

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Hiya Datta | Electrophilic Fluorination

Hiya Datta ’21 (chemistry) and Patrick Melvin: “Electrophilic Fluorination”

Ruby Irani | Inclusive Teaching in Primary and Post-Secondary Education

Ruby Irani ’21 (chemistry) and Jennifer Skirkanich: “Inclusive Teaching in Primary and Post-Secondary Education”

Valerie Jin | Structural Investigation of Substrate Binding in Mevalonate Kinase

Valerie Jin '22 (chemistry, mathematics) and Yan Kung: “Structural Investigation of Substrate Binding in Mevalonate Kinase”

Ellis McCarver | Palladium-Catalized Fluorination of Amino Acid Derivitives

Ellis McCarver ’21 (chemistry) and Patrick Melvin: “Palladium-Catalized Fluorination of Amino Acid Derivitives”

Claire Tuttle | Investigating the Role of the HMG-CoA Reductase C-Terminal Domain

Claire Tuttle ’21 (chemistry) and Yan Kung: “Investigating the Role of the HMG-CoA Reductase C-Terminal Domain”

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Angie Bonanno | Incorporating Human Histories into Geologic Field Trips

Angie Bonanno ’22 (geology) and Selby Cull-Hearth: “Incorporating Human Histories into Geologic Field Trips”

Rebecca Britt | Stable Carbon Isotope Analysis of the Tribes Hill Formation

Rebecca Britt ’21 (geology) and Pedro Marenco: “Stable Carbon Isotope Analysis of the Tribes Hill Formation”

Carey Parker | Using statistics to further study the impact of ditch construction in salt marshes

Carey Parker ’22 (geology) and Don Barber: “Using statistics to further study the impact of ditch construction in salt marshes”

Tianyi Zheng | Understanding Gaps within Studies of the Great Bank of Guizhou

Tianyi Zheng ’22 (geology) and Pedro J. Marenco: “Understanding Gaps within Studies of the Great Bank of Guizhou”

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Esther Xu | Optimal Control Theory

Esther Xu ’21 (mathematics) and Lisa Traynor: “Optimal Control Theory”

Liwei Yang and Johnluca Fenton | Pioneering a Path for Community Solar in Haverford Township

Liwei Yang ’21 (mathematics), Johnluca Fenton HC ’21 (mathematics), and Victor Donnay: “Pioneering a Path for Community Solar in Haverford Township”

Mallory Yu | The effect of in-plane pulsed magnetic fields on antiferromagnetically-coupled bubble skyrmion pairs

Mallory Yu ’22 (physics, mathematics), Xiao Wang, Andy Clark, Rajesh V. Chopdekar, and Xuemei Cheng: “The effect of in-plane pulsed magnetic fields on antiferromagnetically-coupled bubble skyrmion pairs”

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Antonia Caffrey | The Effect of Music on Stress and Anxiety Behaviors in Male and Female Rats

Antonia Caffrey ’21 (psychology) and Laura Grafe: “The Effect of Music on Stress and Anxiety Behaviors in Male and Female Rats”

Brighid Fitzpatrick | Genetic Liability for Anorexia Nervosa: Exploratory Analysis of Behavioral and Emotional Indicators

Brighid Fitzpatrick ’21 (psychology) and Dustin Albert: “Genetic Liability for Anorexia Nervosa: Exploratory Analysis of Behavioral and Emotional Indicators”

Yulia Iashmolkina | Stress-induced Cognitive Changes in Female Rats

Yulia Iashmolkina ’22 (psychology) and Laura Grafe: “Stress-induced Cognitive Changes in Female Rats”

Mahek Nirav Shah, Zilan Ding, and Ariel Wu | Young Brain, Old Brain: A Meta-analysis of Age Differences in Recognition Memory using ERPs

Mahek Nirav Shah ’22 (psychology), Zilan Ding ’23 (psychology), Ariel Wu '23 (psychology), and Anjali Thapar: “Young Brain, Old Brain: A Meta-analysis of Age Differences in Recognition Memory using ERPs”

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Lily Goltz and Emmy Wisz | Navigating Remote BMPL

Lily Goltz ’23 (physics), Emmy Wisz '23 (physics), and David Schaffner: “Navigating Remote BMPL”

Shiksha Pandey | Compactification without Truncation of Yang Mills Action

Shiksha Pandey ’22 (physics, mathematics) and Michael Shulz: “Compactification without Truncation of Yang Mills Action”

Yuqian Li | Confocal Microscopy Imagining of Fe particle motion in Magnetorheological Elastomers

Yuqian Li ’23 (physics) and Xuemei May Cheng, et al: “Confocal Microscopy Imagining of Fe particle motion in Magnetorheological Elastomers”

Genevieve Love and Avalon Vanis | Instantons in Quantum Mechanics

Genevieve Love ’22 (physics, mathematics), Avalon Vanis ’23 (physics, mathematics), and Michael Schulz: “Instantons in Quantum Mechanics”

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