Graduate and undergraduate students presented research to the campus community April 15 during the University of Nebraska–Lincoln's 2019 Spring Research Fair in the Nebraska Union.
To recognize students’ creative and scholarly achievements and accomplishments, prizes were awarded to top posters and exhibits.
Graduate winners receive a $400 travel grant to present their research at a regional or national conference. Undergraduate winners receive a $250 award sponsored by their college.
Graduate
- Brigette Corder, doctoral student, biological sciences, "Efficacy of Novel Universal Influenza Vaccine Immunogens"
- Thilini Ekanayaka, doctoral student, physics and astronomy, "Effects of Mn Doping on ZnS and CdS Quantum Dot Inks"
- Kyle Hull, doctoral student, political science, "Does My Wheelchair Slow Me Down? Attitudes Towards Disabled Political Candidates"
- Ashley Woolfork, doctoral student, chemistry, "Rapid Screening of Drug-Protein Interactions by High Performance Affinity Chromatography"
Undergraduate
- Simone Droge, senior, history and English, "Encoding Prose: The Complete Letters of Willa Cather" under Andrew Jewell
- Aaron Halvorsen, senior, psychology and biological sciences, "Changes in Hemodynamic Responses to Faces, Scenes, and Objects in a Visual Statistical Learning Task: an fMRI Analysis" under Matthew Johnson
- Sonoor Majid, senior, biochemistry and chemistry, "Evaluation of n-3 fatty acid status of pregnant women in Zambia with relation to HIV infection" under Concetta DiRusso
- Olivia Miller, senior, biological sciences, history, and classics and religious Studies, "Determining How Temperature Shapes Metabolic Enzyme Performance in the New Zealand Mudsnail" under Kristi Montooth
- Sarah Tjards, senior, biochemistry, "The Effects of Antibiotics on the Microbiota Through a Cross-Generational Study of D. magna" under Clay Cressler
- Joshua Warren, senior, psychology and English, "The ZBox Illusion: Examining the Vulnerability of Our Perception" under Michael Dodd
