11th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium

Presenters and Research Titles (alphabetical by last name)

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Student Name	Major	Research Title	Faculty Mentor	University
Ashlyn Anderson	College Scholars: Food Security and Public Health Nutrition	Suggested and Practiced Interventions Addressing College Student Food Insecurity across the Socioecological Model: A Literature Review	Cristina Barroso	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Maya Bian	College Scholars: Global Health Equity	The Commodification of Care: A Case Study in a Private Long-Term Care Facility in Northeastern China	Jon Shefner	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Jennifer Clark	Nutrition	Current Understanding of Gender Dimorphism Regarding Type 2 Diabetes	Guoxun Chen	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Rachael DeBoe	Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology	EPFL Genes and their Role in Flower Development in Arabidopsis thaliana	Elena Shpak	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Ellie Decker	Neuroscience	Effect of cognates on intra-sentential codeswitching	Harriet Bowden	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Shannon Dugger	Religious Studies and Spanish	Deification or Demonization: Jesus’ Post-Resurrection Body in Luke 24:36-40	Erin Darby	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Brett Emery	Neuroscience	Investigating the cortical expression of perineuronal nets in male mouse model of CDKL5 disorder in hemisphere and sub region specific manner	Keerthi Krishnan	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Adriana Ford	Geography	Leveraging LiDAR to Assess Solar Suitability in Energy Poverty Alleviation	Yingkui Li	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Brooke Frohlich	Psychology	The Role of Demand Characteristics in Facial Feedback Experiments	Jeff Larsen & Nickolas Coles	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Amber Gentry	Animal Science	Novel Insights into the Role of Soluble Epoxide Hydrolase in Adipogenesis	Ahmed Battaieb & Dallas Donohoe	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Ja’Cara Gillis	Chemistry	Synthesis of a New Lead-Based Complex	Tasneem Siddiquee	Tennessee State University
Savana Green	Biochemistry	A Genetic Approach to Antibiotic Discovery from Bacteria	Paul Straight	Texas A&M University
Makayla Hyde	Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering	Conceptual Processes that Recover Thorium and Several Rare Earth Elements from Monazite Ore	Robert Counce	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Matthew Jenkins	Neuroscience, Microbiology	Acute Social Defeat-Induced Alterations of Microglia/Marcophage: Interactions with Subsequent LPS Challenge	Matthew Cooper	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Matthew Jenkins	Neuroscience, Microbiology	Responses of Juvenile Eastern Garter Snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis) to Own, Conspecific, and Clean Odors	Gordon Burghardt	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Creighton Kellum	Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology	19F-NMR as a Tool for Identifying Potential Inhibitors of the Antibiotic-Resistant Enzyme, R67 Dihydrofolate Reductase	Gladys Alexandre & Michavel Duff	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Justin Kemp	Biochemistry & Celluar and Molecular Biology	Insulators Interact with Early DNA Damage Response Components to Aid Chromosomal Stability	Mariano Labrador & Ryan Simmons	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Madeline Loveday	Materials Science	A Comparative Analysis of High Entropy Ceramics Prepared Via Steric Entrapment and Solid State Synthesis Methods: Structure, Homogeneity, and Grain Size	Mariya Zhuravleva	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Zachary Orig	Architecture	Mapping Food and Infrastructure in Early Medieval Rome: A Critical Analysis of the Fourth Century Forum Boarium	Gregor Kalas	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Shannon Perrone	Language World Business-Hispanic Studies and Global Studies	On the Outside Looking In: How our Differently Abled and Immigrant Communities Face the Trials and Tribulations of American Society	Lisa Parker	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Mason Rodriguez	Neuroscience	Status-dependent Differences in Acute Stress-induced Neuroinflammation and Degeneration in the Hamster vmPFC	Mathew Cooper	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Alexandra Scearce	Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.	Oak regeneration after Chimney Tops II fire is influenced by pine seedling neighbors but not fire-altered soil microbes	Jennifer Schweitzer	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Brynn Seaton	Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology	Comparing HPV Vaccination Rates between Rural and Urban Female Undergraduate Students at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Cristina Barroso	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Timothy Smith	Psychology	Sulk ‘Til You Hulk: An Examination of the Effects of Angry Facial Expression Poses on Emotional Experience	Jeff Larsen & Nicholas Coles	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Morgan Steckler	Geography	Nashville-basin tornadoes: using storm types to elucidate the local climatology and forecast challenges	Kelsey Ellis	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Jeff Stevens	Ecology and Evolutionary Biology	At First Glance: TWRA Winter Trout Stocking at Bicentennial Greenbelt Park, Maryville, TN	Sally Petre	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Gabrielle Thress	Nursing	Impact of education on health care providers’ knowledge and attitude towards prenatal probiotics	Kathleen Thompson & Sheila Taylor	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Cole Tipton	Sociology & Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies	Autoethnographic Implications for Research and Research Teams Focusing on and/or Working with Trans-Identified Individuals	Jennifer Jabson-Tree & Kirsten Gonzalez	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Ronnie Tran	Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology	The Role of Plant Hormone Auxin in Leaf Elongation	Elena Shpak	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Maria Valerio	Anthropology	What are College Student’s Opinions on Housing as a Human Right?	Courtney Cronley	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Kellie Veltri	Psychology and English – Literature Concentration	Special Kids: An Analysis of Autism on Contemporary Television	Maria Stehle	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Dinesh Velu	Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology	Enhancing Polyketide Synthase Pathways through Cofactor Modification	Constance Bailey	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Kara White	Business Analytics, International Business	The Cost of Big Data: Evaluating the Effects of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation	Larry Fauver	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Jonathan Winfiele	Architecture	Architecture’s Narratives	Jennifer Akerman	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Courtney Wombles	College Scholars: Biomedical Visualization and Health Literacy	Medical Illustrations for Improving Health Literacy	Benjamin Auerbach & Beauvais Lyons
Sydney Wyatt	Neuroscience	Understanding the role of perineuronal nets in experience-dependent neural plasticity	Matthew Cooper	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Mahircan Yagan	Biochemistry and Neuroscience	Investigation of cortical perineuronal net expression in rat dams	Keerthi Krishnan	University of Tennessee, Knoxville