2019 Scholars and Projects
Scholars |
Faculty Mentor |
Project Title |
Ravi Bajpai |
Joshua Kritzer, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, School of Arts and Sciences | Cell Penetration and Binding Optimization of NF-kB Inhibiting Peptide as Cancer Therapeutic |
Mikayla Barreiro |
David Proctor, Senior Lecturer, Department of History, School of Arts & Sciences | The Investiture Controversy in England |
Peter Bixler |
Luke Davis, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, School of Arts & Sciences | Sustainable High-Spin Molecular Light Emitters |
Scarlet Bliss |
Amy Pickering, Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering | Taking PART: Classroom Research to Detect the Prevalence of Antibiotic Resistance at Tufts |
Cassandra Cancemi |
Joshua Kritzer, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, School of Arts and Sciences | Using The Chloroalkane Penetration Assay to Quantify and Enhance the Cystosolic Localization of CPP-RNA Conjugates |
Allison Culbert |
Timothy Atherton, Ph.D., Mphys, Associate Professor, Department of Physics, School of Arts and Sciences | Girih Tiles on Curved Surfaces
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Yanchen Dong |
Sergei Mirkin, Ph.D., Professor, Department Chair, & White Family Chair, Department of Biology, School of Arts & Sciences | Trinucleotides Repeat Expansion |
Mateo Gomez |
Daniele Lantagne, Associate Professor; Civil & Environmental Engineering; School of Engineering | Reducing the Risk of Ceramic Filtration as an Intervention for Household Water Treatment |
Molly Gould |
Daanika Gordon, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, School of Arts & Sciences | An Intersectional Analysis of Racialized and Gendered Media Portrayals of Criminality |
Claudia Guetta |
Hilary Binda, Senior Lecturer in Department of Visual and Critical Studies, Director of Women's Gender, Sexuality Studies & Director of Tufts University Prison Initiative of Tisch College (TUPIT) | Tufts University Prison Initiative of Tisch College |
Ying-Jie (Tim) Ling |
Yu-Shan Lin, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, School of Arts and Sciences | Rational Design of Macrocycles for Inhibiting Cancer Proliferation |
Xuanjiang Liu (William) |
James Intriligator, Ph.D., FRSA, National Teaching Fellow (UK), Professor of the Practice in Mechanical Engineering; Director of Human Factors Engineering Programs, Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering | Soft Robotics Exosuit |
Valeria S. Lopez |
Anne Fulton, MD, Ophthalmologist, Department of Ophthalmology; Director, Pediatric Medical Retinal Service, Professor, Harvard Medical School | Effect of Topography in an In Vitro Keratoconus Tissue Mode |
Katherine (Katie) McMurphy |
Charles R. Mace, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, School of Arts & Sciences | Development of Paper-Based Infant Cereal Nutrient Test |
Alekya Menta |
Nathan Ward, Ph.D.; Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology | Using Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation to Alter Balance-Related Multitasking Performance |
Philip Miljanic |
Charles R. Mace, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, School of Arts & Sciences | Paper-Based Microfluidics |
Serra Muftu |
Mitch McVey, Professor, Department of Biology, School of Arts and Sciences | The Effect of CAG Trinucleotide Repeats on DNA Double-Stranded Break Repair in Drosophilia Melanogaster |
Paras Patnaik |
Stephen Fuchs, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology & Zarin Machanda, Assistant Professor in Anthropology; School of Arts & Sciences | Genetic Analysis of Primate Social Interactions |
Theofani (Nina) Pittas |
Madeleine Oudin, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering | Evaluating the Effect of the Extracellular Matrix on Chemoresistance in Triple Negative Breast Cancer |
Jacob Rubel |
Peter Levine, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs & Lincoln Filene Professor of Citizenship & Public Affairs, Department of Political Science, School of Arts and Sciences | Reinvigorating Federalism: Understanding Political Apathy in Local Government and How it May Be Overcome |
Phoebe Sargeant |
Steve Cohen, Senior Lecturer, Department of Education & Adjunct in History, School of Arts and Sciences | Revolutions Remembered: An Analysis of the American Revolution in Boston-Area School Curricula |
Emily Taketa |
Stephen Fuchs, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology & Zarin Machanda, Assistant Professor in Anthropology; School of Arts & Sciences | Genetic Markers Associated with Aging |
Olivia Ward |
Eileen T. Crehan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study & Human Development, School of Arts & Sciences | Impact of Sexual Behaviors of Individuals with ASD on Their Unaffected Siblings |
Miranda Yu |
Stephen Fuchs, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology & Zarin Machanda, Assistant Professor in Anthropology; School of Arts & Sciences | Exploring Genetic Diversity in Apes |
