Undergraduate students in the College of Arts and Sciences will participate in research with a faculty mentor this fall.
Nebraska’s Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experiences Program supports undergraduates to work with faculty mentors in research or creative activities. Students receive stipends of $3,600 to engage in intensive research or creative activity for 10 hours per week. The students’ projects span academic disciplines including chemistry, modern languages and literatures, psychology, and more.
UCARE participants will present posters on their research and creative activities during Student Research Days, April 15-16, at the Nebraska Union. For more information on undergraduate research at Nebraska, click here.
- Alana Watson, Anthopology, "UNL Camus Archeology Project."
- Joiner Pfister, Chemistry, "Nanoparticle Necklace Network Living Transistor to Expidite Antibiotic Resistance Characterization."
- Fatimah Abdulaali, Biochemistry, “Investigating the Diversity of Bifidobacterium adolescentis Through Isolation and Analysis of Strains from Animals.”
- Avery Marquis, Spanish, "Alzheimer's Disease Antidote May Be in the Form of a Viral Peptide."
- Jo Sayer, History, "Animating History."
- Lisa Fruehling, English (Raikes School), "Fanny Fern in the New York Ledger."
- Nyanhial Pal, Psychology, "The Relationship Between Ethic Identity and Alcohol Use Severity."
- Bryan Suriano, Biochemistry, “Human Cytomegalovirus UL4 Interacts With TNSF10, Which Upregulates Proinflammatory Cytokines.”
- Nayla Torres ruiz, Anthropology, “Bicultural Identities and Sense of Belonging Among Spanish-English Bilingual Immigrants in Lincoln, Nebraska.”
- Caden Anderjaska, Biological Sciences, “Brain Networks for Pre- and Beginning School-Aged Readers: A Resting-State fMRI Study.”
- Joe Stalder, Geology, "Understanding the Fire History of the Nebraska Sandhills Using a Lake Sediment Core from Dewey Marsh, Nebraska."
- Josh Miller, Biological Sciences, "The Impact of Obesity on Satellite Cells Action in the Skeletal Muscle."
- Ahmad Al-Hilfy Leon, Biochemistry, “Surface Association Phenotypes of Acinetobacter baumannii from International Clone I and Clone II Groups.”
- Jasmine Amaya, Political Science, "Nebraska Stories of Humanity Website."
- Griffin Bellamy, Psychology, "Predicting Rape Empathy for Both Victims and Perpatrators in Men."
- Naomi Chamberlain, Psychology, "The Effects of Media Consumption on Gender Dynamics in Parents During COVID-19."
- Justin Fintel, History, "The Strain of Campaigns."
- Jordan Harper, English, "Fanny Fern in the New York Ledger."
- Halfeen Khudada, Biochemistry, “Discovery of Small Molecules for Anti-Filovirus Infection by Targeting Receptors Binding Sites.”
- Andy Knopik, Women's and Gender Studies, "Petitioning for Freedom: Habeas Corpus in the American West."
- Grace Kononoff, Psychology, “Impact of Emotional Dysregulation and Peer Norms of Alcohol Use.”
- Maxwell Lottes, Psychology, "Parental Emotional Socialization of Preschoolers."
- Leo Lu, Biological Sciences, “Testing for a Flight-Reproduction Trade-Off in Male Wing-Dimorphic Variable Field Crickets, Gryllus lineaticeps.”
- Morgan Madsen, Geology, “Correlating Previously Mapped Landslide Deposits with Newly Established Propagator Wakes in Southern Cascadia Subduction Zone.”
- Marissa Mendez-Santiago, Biochemistry, “Comparing the Production of Reactive Oxygen Species in the Presence of Unsaturated Fatty Acids in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.”
- Paige Myers, Chemistry, “Wild Bee Species Abundance and Floral Preference on University of Nebraska-Lincoln Campus.”
- Lilian Nguyen, English, “(Re)Connections Through Time: Developing a Model for Multi-Modal Storytelling About Indigenous Communities and Their Collections.”
- Tracy Nguyen, Psychology, "The Role of Parents' Mental Health for Parenting Distress."
- Karam Omari, Biological Sciences, “Investigating Environmental Factors Influencing Egg-Laying Site Selection Behavior.”
- Noelle Pinneo, English, "Fanny Fern in the New York Ledger."
- Evin Rasho, Data Science, “Evaluating Academic Disparities: Analyzing Student Performance Across Schools, Districts and Subgroups Through Rubric Measurements.”
- Dillon Richert, Psychology, "Stressful Aspects of Nature and Their Cognitive Implications."
- Bre Sabin, Biological Sciences, “Characterization of C. elegans Genes that Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Targets to Evade Host Insulin-Like DAF-2/16 Pathway Defenses.”
- Zein Saleh, Political Science, “Examining the Effects of Moral Convictions and Racial System Justification on Support for Equality-Promoting Policy.”
- Alora Schneider, Enviromental and Sustainability Studies, “Relationship Between Species Rarity and Extinction Risk in Mammals.”
- Natasja Swanson, History, “Anticolonials: A World History”; Rohan Tatineni, senior, biochemistry, “Crystallization and Mutagenesis of LaPhzS Into a TetX-Like Enzyme.”
- Nyankoor Timothy, Political Science, "South Sudanese Exodus."
- Jacey Tran, Biological Sciences, “Inactivation of RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase Genes RDR3a, RDR3b and RDR3c in Arabidopsis thaliana Using Gene Editing.”
- Jenna Wakefield, Biochemistry, “Creating a Cross-Protective Vaccine for Canine Influenza with Adenoviral Vector Delivery System.”
- Jagger Spiering, Biochemistry, “Identification and Characterization of Novel Metalloproteins in Archaea.”
- Tori Randolph, Psychology, “Investigating Environmental Factors Influencing Egg-Laying Site Selection Behavior.”
- Korey Theye, Psychology, "On That Damn Phone So Much: Short-Form Media and Its Effect on Attention."
- Nick Baesler, History, "Transcribing and Translating the Stories of the Holocaust."
- Isabelle Berlin, Biological Sciences, “Lysophosphatidylcholine Induces Trophoblast Lipoapoptosis in Maternal Obesity.”
- Abhinav Bettadapura, Biochemistry, “Determining the Role of ANKLE2 as an Anti-Poxviral Protein Via BAF Dephosphorylation During Infection.”
- Amara Bryant, Biological Sciences, “Immune Senescence in Human Cytomegalovirus.”
- Caden Connealy, Biochemistry, “West Nile Virus Helicase Enzyme and Its Effects on Viral Fidelity.”
- Tessa Fiore, Enviromental Studies, “Assessing Fungicide Resistance in the Soybean White Mold Pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in Nebraska.”
- Ryan Herman, Biological Sciences, “Ion Permeability of M2 Proteins from Influenza A Virus.”
- Kaden Hughes, Biological Sciences, “Effect of Local Human Environmental Impacts on Crab Spider Condition.”
- Abhi Karri, Biochemistry, “Protection from Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease by Recovering Copper Deficiency.”
- Laura Kirshenbaum, Biochemistry, “Expanding the Dynamic Range of Methanosarcina acetivorans Through Recombinant Expression of the T7 Promoter System.”
- Carsyn Loncke, Global Studies, “Economic Impact of Immigrants and Refugees in Nebraska.”
- Kylee Matousek, Meteorology-Climatology, “What is the Spatiotemporal Distribution of Deep Convection Initiation in the Eastern United States?”
- Gavin Milliken, Physics, "How Large Objects Affect Planet Evolution: H.O.P.E."
- Arjun Rishi, Biochemistry, “Quantification of Nitric Oxide Near Mitochondria for Healthy and Diseased Cells.”
- Karen Rodriguez, Philosophy, “Consequences of and Solutions to Mitigate Perceived Fear of Deportation among Immigrants in Nebraska.”
- Palmer Wright, Biological Sciences, “Mucosal Immune Pathways in Taste Papillae.”
- Blake Gross, Biochemistry, “Affinity-Guided Labeling of Tuned Aryl Diazonium Groups in Biologically Active Peptides.”
- Hayley Moree, Biological Sciences, “Determining if Palmitoleate Prevents Inflammation, Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Apoptosis During West Nile Virus Infection.”
- Ash Ballentine, History, “Religion, Women and Media: How the IBLP Uses Social Media to Control the Lives of Women.”
- Lauren Fleenor, Psychology, “Equitable Access to Civil Justice: Interdisciplinary Research Project.”
- Madeira Henclewood, Anthropology, "Analysis of a Fremont Flaked Tool Assemblage."
- Claire Novak, Chemistry, “Mutations of the T7 RNA Polymerase to Increase RNA Yield and Purity.”
- Amy Conner, Meteorology-Climatology, “Can Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Behavior Distinguish Between Tornadic and Non-Tornadic Supercells During Merger Events?”
- Ayden Topping, Psychology, “Equitable Access to Civil Justice: Interdisciplinary Research project.”
- Caden Bottorff, Psychology, "Virtual Reality and Skill Retention."
- Ellie Reznicek, Psychology, "Psychopathy and Substance Use in Collegiate Populations."
- John Daugherty, Physics, “How Large Objects Affect Planet Evolution: H.O.P.E.”
- McKenna Varlack, Psychology, "Women and Right-Wing Extremism."
- Kaitlyn Lewison, Biochemistry, “Developing a GFP-Based Transcriptional Reporter Assay to Test the Degree of Pathogenicity of S. maltophilia to C. elegans.”
- Anne Lammes, Meteorology-Climatology, "Transport of Silica by Iron-Silicate Complexes in Aqueous Enviroments."
- Sajid Raihan Akash, Physics, “Improve n(z) and Antenna Position Knowledge With Calibration Data from 2023 Field Season for the Radio Neutrino Observatory in Greenland.”
- Meklit Aga, Psychology, "Exploring Social Functioning and Networks in Rural vs. Urban Settings Following Traumatic Brain Injury."
- Shaghayegh Rouhi, Data Science, "Nonlocal Models for the Analysis of the Stock Prices."
- Rebecca Pecora, Biochemistry, "Identification of Small Molecule Inhibitors for Anti-Flavivirus Infection by Targeting RNA Polymerase."
- Misora Okuoka, Global Studies, "Global Refugee Crisis: The Case of Thailand."
- Shams Hassiki, Physics, "Redisigning the Trigger System for the Askaryan Radio Array Detector."
- Arlie Nghiem, Microbiology, "Identification of Small Molecule Inhibitors for Anti-Flavivirus Infection by Targeting RNA Polymerase."
