Board 1: Traffic Modeling: A Computational Model For Traffic Jams Student Scientist: Hassan Mushtaq ’24 Research Mentor: Hanliang Guo (OWU Department of Mathematics & Computer Science)
Board 2: Uncovering New Members of the Plant Gravity Signaling Pathway Student Scientists: Phoenix Ball ’24, Chandler Carr ’24, Madison Coleman ’24, Chloe Sullivan ’24, Jasmyn Zimmerman ’25 Research Mentor: Chris Wolverton (OWU Department of Biological Sciences)
Board 3: The Role of Stigma and Religion/Spirituality in Predicting Parenting Desires and Intentions Among LGBTQ+ Adults Student Scientist: Ginny Faeth ’24 Research Mentor: Krystal Cashen (OWU Department of Psychology)
Board 4: Male Mating Preferences for Familiar and Unfamiliar Females in the Sailfin Molly Fish, Poecilia latipinna Student Scientist:LanDo ’24 Research Mentor: Shala Hankison (OWU Department of Biological Sciences)
Board 5: Imaging the Stellar Surface of LO Pegasi Using Light-Curve Inversion Student Scientists:NickChurch ’24 and MalcolmHenderson ’24 Research Mentor: Robert Harmon (OWU Department of Physics & Astronomy)
Board 6: Identification and Characterization of New Nematodes Student Scientist:AubreyGerhardt ’24 Research Mentor: Danielle Hamill (OWU Department of Biological Sciences)
Board 7: Knocking Out MSBP1 Gene in Wild Type Plants to See How It Affects Auxin Transport in Seedlings Student Scientist:MaddieColeman ’24 Research Mentor: Chris Wolverton (OWU Department of Biological Sciences)
Board 8: “Come on Baby, Do the Locomotion”: The Differences Between Male and Female Running Strategies in the Common Wall Lizard Student Scientist: Alyssa Head ’24 (co-authors: LoganFraire ’24, EmmaFoster ’26, MayaMoore ’24, and Emily Virgin) Research Mentor: Eric Gangloff (OWU Department of Biological Sciences)
Board 9: What Factors Affect Thermoregulatory Decisions in Wall Lizards? Student Scientist:LoganFraire ’24 (co-authors: SierraSpears ’22, Alyssa Head ’24, MayaMoore ’24, and EmmaFoster ’26) Research Mentor: Eric Gangloff (OWU Department of Biological Sciences)
Board 10: Specialized Sentiment Dictionaries for Human Rights Texts Student Scientist:GabrielleMagid ’24 Research Mentor: Nick Dietrich (OWU Department of Mathematics & Computer Sciences)
Board 11: Investigating Thermal Convection in an Enclosed Porous Medium Student Scientists: Ronald Netawat ’25 Research Mentor: Matthew McCurdy (OWU Department of Mathematics & Computer Science)
Board 12: Are You Game? Examining the Effects of Video Games on Cognition Student Scientists: Audrey Propp ’25 and Matt Rease ’24 Research Mentor: Kira Bailey (OWU Department of Psychology, OWU Neuroscience Program)
Board 13: Utilizing 2’,7’-Dichlorodihydrofluorescein as an Agent to Predict Abnormalities in Gravity Response Student Scientist:Chloe Sullivan ’24 Research Mentor: Chris Wolverton (OWU Department of Biological Sciences)
Board 14: Determining the Effects of Early Adolescent Stress on Psychiatric-Related Behaviors of C57BL/6J Adult Mice Student Scientists:ClaireHammond ’26 and Kayla Saikaly ’25 Research Mentor: Chelsea Vadnie (OWU Department of Psychology, OWU Neuroscience Program)
Board 15: Effects of Lead on Performance Measures in the Common Wall Lizard Student Scientist:MayaMoore ’24, EmmaFoster ’26 (co-authors: AliAmer ’23, LoganFraire ’24, Alyssa Head ’24, Annelise Blanchette, and Alex Gunderson) Research Mentor: Eric J. Gangloff (OWU Department of Biological Sciences)
Board 16: Using Multispectral Remote Sensing for High-Resolution Environmental Mapping in Coastal Costa Rica Student Scientist: Ben Buroker ’24 Research Mentor: Nathan Rowley (OWU Department of Environment & Sustainability)
Board 17: Assembling the Tropical Tree Genus Xylopia: Analysis of Nuclear Dna Sequences to Determine Evolutionary History Student Scientist:Keegan Floyd ’26 Research Mentor: David Johnson (OWU Department of Biological Sciences)
Board 18: Salinization Effects on Freshwater Zooplankton Communities Student Scientists: Josephine Stark ’25 and BrandonEdwards ’24 Research Mentor: Amy Downing (OWU Department of Biological Sciences)
Board 19: Discovering Relationships Between Gravity-Regulated Genes Through Co-expression Analysis Student Scientist: Chandler Carr ’24 Research Mentor: Chris Wolverton (OWU Department of Biological Sciences)
Board 20: Impact of Legislative Context on Family Formation Decision Making Among LGBTQ+ Individuals Student Scientist: Elisabeth Madore ’25 Research Mentor: Krystal Cashen (OWU Department of Psychology)
Board 21: Enzymatic Activity & Detection of Nitrifying Microorganisms in Purple Pitcher Plants on Beaver Island, Michigan Student Scientist: Jack Gensler ’26 Research Mentors: Peter Kourtev (Department of Biology at Central Michigan University)
Board 22: Auditory-Driven Activity in Cell Type-Specific Populations of Mouse Posterior Parietal Cortex Student Scientist: Annie Marazita ’24 Research Mentors: Chengcheng Huang (Department of Mathematics, Department of Neuroscience at the University of Pittsburgh)
Board 23: Antibiotic Properties of Environmental Bacilli and Actinomycetes Student Scientist: Spencer Yates ’24 Research Mentors: Kou-San Ju (The Ohio State University Department of Microbiology)
Board 24: Executive Functioning Skill Differences in Homeless Youth Based on Acquired Brain Injury Status Student Scientists: Katie Chittum ’24 Research Mentors: Jennifer Lundine (Department of Speech & Hearing Science, The Ohio State University)
Board 25: The Confines of Human Consciousness and Integration of AI Student Scientist: Natalie Ryan ’26 Research Mentor: Kevin Schmidt (Air Force Research Laboratory)
Board 26: Bridging Software for Accurate Chemical Compliance Student Scientist: Nicholas Mankowski ’25 Research Mentor: Steven Davies (3E Company)
Board 27: Prolonged Heart Preservation: Assessment of Cardiac Function With Intermittent Left Atrial Perfusion Student Scientist: Spencer Amacher ’25 Research Mentors: Alvaro Rojas-Pena and Robert H Bartlett (ECLS Laboratory, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan)
Board 28: Assessing the Vulnerability of Coastal Aquifers to Saltwater Intrusion in Arrowsic, ME Student Scientist: Aninditha Nair ’26 Research Mentor: Melissa Allen-Dumas (Oak Ridge National Laboratory Department of Project)
Board 29: GPU Acceleration of Machine Learning Inference at the Large Hadron Collider CMS Experiment Student Scientist: Hannah Green ’24 Research Mentors: Dmitry Kondratyev and Mia Liu (Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University)
Board 30: RFID Control and Management Manipulator Student Scientist: Shlok Mundhra ’26 Internship: Corporate IT Intern (Worthington Industries)
Board 31: Moderate Ethanol Exposure Enhances Hippocampus Neuronal Activity in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease Student Scientist: Kaitlynn Quinn ’24 Research Mentor: Doo- Sup Choi (Mayo Clinic Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics)
Board 32: Contact Resistance of Metals With Tungsten Diselenide Student Scientist:Niladri Deb ’25 Research Mentors: Matthew Swann and Roland Kawakami (Department of Physics, The Ohio State University)
Board 33: Internships at the Columbus Zoo and Ohio Wildlife Center Student Scientist: Lily Hambric ’24 Internships: Columbus Zoo and Ohio Wildlife Center
Board 34: Fighting Aquatic Invasive Plants Student Scientist:HannahCox ’24 Research Mentor: John Krygier (OWU Department of Environment & Sustainability)
Board 35: Enhancing Digital Experience and Efficiency at Open Gov Hub and Data-Driven Decision-Making and Outreach at Cialfo Student Scientist: Dhruv Sekhawat ’26 Supervisors: Anthony Rodriguez (Open Gov Hub) and Audrey Duhaime (Cialfo)
Board 36: Historical Redlining and Present-Day Health Outcomes in Ohio Student Scientist:Gia Hailu ’24 Research Mentor: Jeffrey J. Wing (College of Public Health, The Ohio State University)
Board 37: Summer at the Ohio State University’s Stone Laboratory Student Scientist:Sophia Holupka ’24 Research Mentor: Kevin Hart (Stone Laboratory, The Ohio State University)
Board 38: Internship at the Ohio State University Museum of Biological Diversity Student Scientist:Chase Ellis ’26 Supervisor: Marc Kibbey (The Ohio State University Museum of Biological Diversity, Fish Division)
Board 39: The Role of RPS26-Deficient Ribosomes in Sugar Metabolism Student Scientist: Mindi Klaus ’25 Research Mentor: Katrin Karbstein (Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Herbert Wertheim University of Florida Scripps Institute for Biomedical Research Innovation and Technology)
Board 40: Assessing Differences in Aliger gigas Populations Inside and Outside of the East Harbor Conch and Lobster Reserve Student Scientists: Grace Luxon ’26 and Myrhissa Ortega (St. Edwards University) Research Mentor: Kassie Dudek (The School for Field Studies, Center for Marine Resource Studies)
Board 41: Acute Febrile Illness Surveillance for the Epidemiological Investigation of Dengue Viral Infections Student Scientist:Nandini Arora ’24 Research Mentor: Kristy Murray (Department of Human Immunobiology at Texas Children’s Hospital)
