Meyerhoff Scholars at URCAD!

Fri, 04 Apr 2025 11:22:29 -0400
meyerhoff, research, urcad

Michael Ack | Impact of E-Cigarette Aerosol Exposure on the Morphology of the Anterior and Posterior Olfactory Epithelium | Biological Sciences | Weihong Lin

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 1:00-2:00 | POSTER 1

Suzi Agyako-Wiredu | Dendronized Gold Nanorattles Loaded with Doxorubicin as a Drug Delivery Platform | Chemistry and Biochemistry | Marie-Christine Daniel

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 10:00-11:00 | POSTER 4

Kiah Alabi | The Role of RWP-RK Transcription Factors in the Evolution of Cell Differentiation in Volvox Carteri | Biological Sciences | Stephen Miller

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 1:00-2:00 | POSTER 4

Kafui Ameko | BEYOND THE CLOUDS: POTENTIAL IMPACT OF E-CIGARETTE AEROSOL EXPOSURE ON THE MOUSE OLFACTORY SYSTEM | Biological Sciences | Weihong Lin

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 1:00-2:00 | Poster 2

Daniel Amon-Kotey | Evaluating User Interactions with AI Creative Tools | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering | Richard Souvenir

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 10:00-11:00 | POSTER 8

Ajeetha Arudchandran | Investigating the Mechanisms underlying Convergence of the neural Folds | Biological Sciences | Rachel Brewster

Oral Presentation | UC 204 | 10:40-10:55

Ben Bazarsuren | Designing Structural Members Using Bio-Inspired Design Primitives | Mechanical Engineering | Paris Von Lockette

Oral Presentation | UC 204 | 2:00-2:15

Nicholas Bartolomeo | Evaluating the Effects of Hurricanes on Rent Affordability Across Florida | Mathematics and Statistics | Kelsea Best

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 1:00-2:00 | Poster 9

Rusham Bhatt | Standardizing Genome Sequencing Analysis for Detection and Interpretation of Genetic Variants in M. Tuberculosis | Bioinformatics and Computational Biology | Maha Farhat

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 1:00-2:00 | POSTER 11

Brianna Byrd | Characterizing the Behavioral Role of GPR155 in a Knockout Mouse Model | Biological Sciences | Laurie Sutton

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 10:00-11:00 | POSTER 20

Jalene Campbell | Investigating the Effectiveness of Estradiol Replacement Methods | Biological Sciences | Tara LeGates

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 10:00-11:00 | POSTER 22

Kevin Carbajal Rodriguez | Shortcuts to Adiabaticity in a System of Two Linearly Coupled Quantum Harmonic Oscillators | Physics | Sebastian Deffner

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 1:00-2:00 | POSTER 15

Mufaro Chiduza | Investigating the Impact of E-cigarette Exposure on Olfactory Guided Behavior and Cognitive Performance in Mice | Biological Sciences | Weihong Lin

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 10:00-11:00 | Poster 27

Kendall Clark | Investigating Tissue-Specific Gene Upregulation in Zebrafish Embryos Under Hypoxia | Biological Sciences | Rachel Brewster

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 10:00-11:00 | Poster 28

Darrell Davis | Age Related Changes in Aromatase Expression in the Ventromedial PrefrontalCortex, Claustrum, and Nucleus Accumbens | Biological Sciences | Todd Gould

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 10:00-11:00 | POSTER 32

Joshua Dayie | Engineering CRBN for Improved Assay and Structural Enablement Using DeNovo Protein Scaffolds | Engineering CRBN for Improved Assay and Structural Enablement Using DeNovo Protein Scaffolds |Nicole LaRonde

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 10:00-11:00 | Poster 33

Nathan Dayie | Filter Bank Common Spatial Pattern on Motor Imagery EEG Data | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering | Ramana Vinjamuri

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 10:00-11:00 | Poster 34

Shenali De Silva | RNA SEQ Screen Reveals a Subset of Tailbud Genes Expressed in the Posterior Tail Bud | Biological Sciences | Rachel Brewster

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 1:00-2:00 | Poster 21

Jeremiah Destry | The Effect of Temperature on Asexual Reproduction in Hydra Vulgaris | Biological Sciences | Aide Macias-Muñoz

ORAL PRESENTATION | UC 310 | 9:20-9:35

Olivia Edoigiawerie | Examining Childhood Adversity, Trauma Exposure, and Protective Factors in Caregivers of Infants | Psychology | Kay Connors

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 10:00-11:00 | Poster 40

Evalynn Ellison | Ultrasound-Responsive Phospholipid-Coated Microbubbles for Controlled Drug Delivery Across Mucosa | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering | Canan Dagdeviren

Oral Presentation | UC 310 | 3:00-3:15

Caly Ferguson | Using Computational Simulations to Inform Mutagenesis in Connexin Proteins | Mechanical Engineering | Kafui Dzirasa

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 1:00-2:00 | POSTER 24

Raine Gibson | Leveraging Longitudinal Datasets to Improve Genetic Associations with Alcohol Use | Biological Sciences | Luke M. Evans

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 1:00-2:00 | POSTER 28

Elias Gilotte | Uncovering the Relationship Between Oxygen Availability and Energy Sources in Cell-free Protein Synthesis | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering | Govind Rao

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 1:00-2:00 | POSTER 29

Lily Handwerger | WNT Signaling Regulators in Cell Lines Derived from a Genetically Engineered Mouse Model of Aggressive Prostate Cancer | Biological Sciences | Charles Bieberich

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 10:00-11:00 | Poster 49

Lesley Hernandez | Optimization of In-Vitro Capping in the Moloney Murine Leukemia Virus | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Michael Summers

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 1:00-2:00 | POSTER 40

Jessica Hoffman | Characterizing the Role of Zinc Finger Protein 217 in Ovarian Carcinogenesis | Biological Sciences | Achuth Padmanabhan

ORAL PRESENTATION | UC 204 | 11:20-11:35

Aeon Kaplowitz | Exploring Linker Functionalization in Zirconium-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks for Curcumin Encapsulation and Release | Chemistry and Biochemistry | Lisa Kelly

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 1:00-2:00 | Poster 47

Aditi Katragunta | N-MYC Downstream Regulated Gene 1A, a Candidate Generalist Stress Protein That Responds to Hypoxia and Salinity Changes | Biological Sciences

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 1:00-2:00 | Poster 48

Oluwaseun Kintunde | Evaluating the Function of Set6 in Proteostasis | Biological Sciences | Erin Green

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 10:00-11:00 | Poster 60

Tonderai Kodzwa | Effect of Temperature on Aqueous Zinc Ion Batteries | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering | Ozgur Capraz

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 10:00-11:00 | Poster 61

Jacob Lombardo | Next-Generation Scalable and Environmentally Friendly MXene-Tetrahedrite Flexible Thermoelectric Generators | Mechanical Engineering | Deepa Madan

Oral Presentation | UC 204 | 9:20-9:35

Rileigh Mansfield | Parameter Identifiability, Sensitivity, and Estimation for a Cholera Model | Mathematics and Statistics | Kathleen Hoffman

ORAL PRESENTATION | UC 204 | 1:40-1:55

Emmanuel Mekasha | Exploring Mutational Resilience of Transcription Factor Binding Site Specificity Mechanisms | Bioinformatics and Computational Biology | Ivan Erill

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 11:00-12:00 | Poster 59

Deeya Mistry | Sex Differences in Stress Susceptibility and Synaptic Protein Expression | Biological Sciences | Tara LeGates

ORAL PRESENTATION | UC 204 | 2:20-2:35

Jackson Moore | Diurnal Cycle of Cloud Cover in the Amazon Rainforest from an All-sky Imager | Physics | Henrique Barbosa

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 1:00-2:00 | Poster 59

Yazlin Moujalled | Smart Orchard Management: Leveraging Computer Vision for Advanced Species Classification | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering | Pratik Chaudhari

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 2:30-3:30 | Poster 2

Lea-Pearl Njei | Muscarinic Receptor Regulation of Human Colon Cancer Cell Microtentacle Formation | Biological Sciences | Jean-Pierre Raufman

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 11:00-12:00 | Poster 6

Munachiso Nkeonye-Mbaekwe | Identifying Ectopic Synapses in Neuromuscular Junctions of Drosophila Larvae with Candidate Autism Genes Manipulations | Biological Sciences | Fernando Vonhoff

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 11:00-12:00 | Poster 7

Asantewaa Nyanteh | Microheater Arrays to Modulate Stiffness for Dynamically Turnable Friction | Mechanical Engineering | Kevin Turner

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 2:30-3:30 | Poster 10

Emmanuel Omole | Investigating MCB-613 as a Post-Translational Regulator of USP15 in Ovarian Cancer Cells | Biological Sciences | Achuth Padmanabhan

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 11:00-12:00 | Poster 12

Brandon Onochie | SMYD3 Inhibition Used to Identify and Block Main Metastatic Pathways Within Prostate Cancer | Biological Sciences | Erin Green

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 11:00-12:00 | Poster 12

Gabriel Otubu | Ndrg1b Regulates N-cadherin Trafficking in Response to Hypoxia | Biological Sciences | Rachel Brewster

ORAL PRESENTATION | UC 204 | 10:20-10:35

Daisy Parry | Determining a Role for The MicroRNA, Bereft, During Border Cell Migration | Biological Sciences | Michelle Starz-Gaiano

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 11:00-12:00 | Poster 15

Tithi Prajapati | Noninvasive Wearable Device for Transcutaneous CO2 Based Early Detection of Opioid-Induced Respiratory Depression | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering | Venkatesh Srinivasan

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 2:30-3:30 | Poster 15

Matthew Quintanilla | Characterization of Transmembrane Transporters Linked to Cell Wall Stress Response | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering | Mark Marten

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 2:30-3:30 | Poster 16

Aliyyah Roberson | Novel Dual-mode Fluorescence and Phosphorescence Probes for Ratiometric in Vivo Oxygen Sensing | Chemistry and Biochemistry | Marcin Ptaszek

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 2:30-3:30 | Poster 20

Ariana Rodriguez | Investigating the Interaction Between HIV-1 RRE S1A, Rev, and Gag: Binding Mechanisms at the Purine-Rich Bulge | Chemistry and Biochemistry | Michael Summers

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 2:30-3:30 | POSTER 21

Turibius Rozario | UMBC Multidisciplinary Capstone: Design and Development of an Autonomous Fixed-Wing UAV For Long-Range Payload Delivery | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering | E.F. Charles LaBerge

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 11:00-12:00 | Poster 22

Gia Oriana Santos | LLM-Assisted IoT Knowledge Graph | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering | Roberto Yus

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 2:30-3:30 | Poster 24

Sebastian Seda | Durable & Flexible Chitosan-Based Polymer Gel Electrolyte for Rechargeable Zinc Manganese Dioxide | Mechanical Engineering | Deepa Madan

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 11:00-12:00 | Poster 27

Nigel Seymour | A Data-Informed Model of Dengue Transmission | Mathematics and Statistics | Kathleen Hoffman |

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 11:00-12:00 | Poster 28

Mesha Shajahan | Optimizing Cell-Free Biomanufacturing to Facilitate Personalized Immunotherapy Production in Clinical Settings | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Govind Rao

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 2:30-3:30 | POSTER 25

Evan Sheldon | Periodic Solutions and Resonance in Wave-Heat Systems | Mathematics and Statistics | Justin Webster

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 11:00-12:00 | Poster 31

Felix Siewe | Investigating Hypoxia Induced Sensory Hair Cell Regeneration in Zebrafish Neuromast | Biological Sciences | Rachel Brewster

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 2:30-3:30 | Poster 29

Jessica Slaughter | Suite of Bioinformatic-Analysis Apps for Better Understanding Dynamic Omics Data | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering | Mark Marten

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 11:00-12:00 | Poster 33

Kieran Soliday | Optimized INeuron Reprogramming from Dermal Fibroblasts for Investigating Pathogenic Variants in Rare CNS Diseases | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | May Christine Malicdan

ORAL PRESENTATION | UC 310 | 9:40-9:55

Marelen Soto | Multi-Dimensional Mural: A Live Performance of Art, Sound, and Movement | Biological Sciences | Weihong Lin

AUDIO-VISUAL EXHIBIT | UC BALLROOM STAGE | 2:00-2:30

Aryan Srivastava | Analyzing the Conservation of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 Rev Response Element Through a Computational Approach | Michael Summers

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 11:00-12:00 | POSTER 35

Greeshma Tarimala | Using Gene Editing and Fluorescent Microscopy to Characterize the PrkA Kinase in Aspergillus Nidulans | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering | Mark Marten

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 2:30-3:30 | Poster 35

Ayeoritse Tuedon | Evaluating Cell Viability in a 3D Liver Model Constructed With Thiol-Modified Hydrogels | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering | Chengpeng Chen

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 11:00-12:00 | Poster 39

Pavan Umashankar | Characterizing the Role of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 15 (MAPK15) in Ovarian Cancer | Biological Sciences | Achuth Padmanabhan

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 2:30-3:30 | POSTER 40

Sydnee Vance | Identifying Areas of Convergence Between Dorsal and Ventral Hippocampal Pathways in the Nucleus Accumbens | Biological Sciences | Tara LeGates

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 2:30-3:30 | POSTER 41

Julia Van Der Marel | Monitoring of NADH Concentrations in Cell-Free Systems | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering | Govind Rao

POSTER PRESENTATION | UC BALLROOM | 11:00-12:00 | POSTER 40

Christian Verastegui | Void Spot Assays as a Noninvasive Method for Detecting Prostate Inflammation in a Mouse Model of CP/CPPS | Biological Sciences | Charles Bieberich

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 2:30-3:30 | Poster 45

Zorah Williams | Utilizing Manganese-Oxide as an Electrode Material for Aqueous Zn-ion Batteries | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering | Ozgur Capraz

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 11:00-12:00 | Poster 44

Ariel Wilson-Gray | Production of Extracellular Vesicles from Mammalian Cells Modulated by a Biomimetic Surface | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering | Jorge Almodavar

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 11:00-12:00 | Poster 45

Briana Young | Gadd45ba, a Regulator of Blood Cell Production in Response to Anoxia | Biological Sciences | Rachel Brewster

Oral Presentation | UC 204 | 10:00-10:15

Nathan Zekarias | Predicting Social Determinants of Health Using Machine Learning on Environmental Data | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering | Marzyeh Ghassemi

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 2:30-3:30 | Poster 52