Research Examples
The College of Integrative Sciences supports research that is both interdisciplinary and integrative. Students are welcome to contact potential mentors who may or may not be presently listed as CIS faculty.
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Research |
Mentor(s) |
College of Integrative Sciences*indicates CIS Major |
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Liam Bloom* |
Docking Experimentally Determined p53 Ligands to p53 Conformational Ensembles |
Thayer (CIS, Biophysics) |
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Alex Ji*, Sara Larson, and Annie Wrubel |
Measuring Efficacy in Two Types of Cognitive Remediation Therapy on Prospective and Working Memory in Schizophrenia Spectrum Illness: Interim Results |
Kurtz (Psychology, CIS)
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Kyle Quintana* |
How the Cookie Crumbles: Trends in Privacy Law Compliance Across US States |
Zimmeck (Computer Science, QAC) |
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Xinhao Shi* |
Ruling Out Values of the Ramanujan Tau Function via Congruences and Computation |
Allen (Math) |
| Steven Tu |
Closing the Gap: A Pre/Post Survey on Self-Rated Skill Growth and Its Predictors in the Integrated Chemistry Laboratory Course |
Barlow (Integrative Learning) |
Astronomy |
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Ahmed Raaef |
Inferring patterns of galaxy quenching from local star formation measurements |
Wellons (Astronomy, CIS) |
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Erica Flaherty |
It's Always Cloudy in the Milky Way: Using Spectroscopy to Discern the Properties of the Local Interstellar Medium |
Redfield (Astronomy, CIS) |
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Zesun Hossain |
One Of These Things Is Not Like The Others: Analyzing Type 2 Seyfert Galaxies in Search of “True” Type 2 Seyfert Candidates |
Kilgard (Astronomy, CIS) |
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Tanya Muangman |
What a Turn-Off: Measuring Black Hole X-ray Variability |
Moran (Astronomy, CIS) |
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Pendra Prawiradilaga |
Two Disks With One Chain: Fitting Binary Protoplanetary Disks with MCMC |
Hughes (Astronomy, CIS) |
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Ines Rollan |
Going Through a Phase: Probing X-ray Variability of Supernova Remnants in Nearby Galaxies |
Kilgard (Astronomy, CIS) |
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Max Siskin |
Blinded by the Light: Using Wesleyan’s 24-inch Telescope to Search for Transiting Exoplanets |
Redfield (Astronomy, CIS) |
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Nate Weinstein |
Honey, I Shrunk the Data: Stacking Interferometric Observations via Time/Frequency Averaging |
Hughes (Astronomy, CIS) |
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Astrid Will |
A Two-Faced Black Hole: The Deceitful Nature of a Changing Look AGN |
Moran (Astronomy, CIS) |
Biology |
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Scarlett Albertson |
Pax2/4 reveals a novel perinuclear structure in T.Scripta Germ Cells |
Tezek (Biology, CIS) |
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Karen Cruz and Vik Georgieva |
Effects of Acute Stress on Food Hoarding Behavior in Thirteen-Lined Ground Squirrels |
Feng (Biology, CIS) |
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Kitty Edwards |
Investigating Survival! Chinese Mantises vs Insecticidal Stick of Death |
Coolon (Biology, Biophysics, CIS) |
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Leila Epstein |
Investigating the Impact of Compression-Induced Epithelial Cytokines on Endothelial Cell Function |
Mitchel (Biology, CIS, CoDES) |
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Noah Huckman |
DIGGING DEEP: TUNELing to the bottom of germ cell differences in T. scripta elegans |
Tezek (Biology, CIS) |
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Marc Iradukunda |
The phasing of CAR H-bonding contributes to reading frame maintenance and frameshift probabilities |
Weir (Biology, CIS) |
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Hamid Shahbaz |
Eye-Eye Captain: Identifying Subretinal Cells in the Drosophila melanogaster eye |
Johnson (Biology, CIS) |
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Dorcas Taiwah |
The Scoop on Caterpillar Poop: How Previous Phloem Feeding Influences Host Plant Quality and Caterpillar Growth |
Singer (Biology, Environmental Studies) |
Chemistry |
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Jessica Gyamfi |
Mechanism of Miniprotein-Target Affinity Optimization |
Smith (Chemistry, Biophysics, MB&B, CIS, CoDES) |
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Julia Herlyn |
Structural & Metalation Characterization of ALS-Associated N53D SOD1 |
O'Neil (Chemistry, NS&B, CIS) |
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Daphine Kemigasa |
Expression and Purification of HepI and Extraction of Lipid A for Future Inhibitor Studies |
Taylor (Chemistry, Biophysics, Environmental Studies) |
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Yeji Kim |
Breaking the Biofilm: Expressing and Characterizing RgpA enzyme in Streptoccocus mutans |
Taylor (Chemistry, Biophysics, Environmental Studies) |
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Jeremy Kwon |
Small Particles, Large Potential: Using Cyclic Voltammetry to Investigate the Redox Behavior of Nickel Oxide and Magnetite Nanoparticles |
Gonzalez-Pech (Chemistry) |
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Jeremy Kwon |
Thermal Characterization of Peatland Soils Across Various Depths and Sites Using Thermogravimetric Analysis and Differential Scanning Calorimetry |
Gonzalez-Pech (Chemistry) |
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Felix Wei Lam |
Old Habits Dye Hard: Solvothermal Synthesis of Nickel Oxide-Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticle Clusters with Dual Polymer Addition |
Gonzalez-Pech (Chemistry) |
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Abigail Lopez |
Degradation of Organic Pollutants Using Nanomaterials: Is it Possible? |
Gonzalez-Pech (Chemistry) |
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Noah Mahoney |
Synthesizing Acenaphthylenediamine |
Northrop (Chemistry, CIS) |
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Darius Payne |
Counter Attack: Rethinking the Action of Aminoglycosides on Gram Negative Bacteria |
Taylor (Chemistry, Biophysics, Environmental Studies) |
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Trevor J. Schmeichel |
Improving mFAP Efficacy in DFHBI and DFHBI-1T |
Smith (Chemistry, Biophysics, MB&B, CIS, CoDES) |
Computer Science |
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Spencer Klem |
Measuring Measurement: Validating the methods we use to quantify web browser tracking |
Danner (Computer Science) |
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Ryan Zhu |
Measuring Measurement: Validating the methods we use to quantify web browser tracking |
Manfredi (Computer Science, CIS) |
College of Design and Engineering Studies |
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Stepahnie Kim |
Go with the Flow: Investigating Tissue Island Expansion Dynamics By Disrupting Adherens Junctions |
Mitchel (Biology, CoDES, CIS) |
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Jacob Poore |
Can a Robot Color Inside the Lines? Continuous Toolpath Planning and Geometric Validation for CMT-WAAM |
Chang-Davidson (CoDES) |
| David Rochon |
ML Potentials to Simulate Polymer Systems |
Starr (Physics, Biophysics, CoDES, MB&B, CIS) |
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Jianna Shao |
Pointless: The Curves & the Beads Talk (Predicting bead geometry in WAAM MIG curvature) |
Chang-Davidson (CoDES) |
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Ray Yao |
Wave Transport in Microwave Cavities: Diffusion VS. Localization |
Kottos (Physics, Math, CIS) |
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Yuki Yu |
Stop Straining Yourself: An Investigation into Float Length for Selective Anisotropic Stabilization in Knitted Fabrics |
Roberts (Computer Science, CoDES) |
Earth and Environmental Science |
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Jude Mourad |
Resolving XRF Differences Between German and Texas Measurements |
O'Connell (E&ES, CIS) |
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Adrienne Nguyen |
Small Distances, Big Differences: Shape Change of Rhinichthys atratulus Populations on a Microgeographic Scale |
Chernoff (Biology, E&ES, Environmental Studies) |
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Ramiro Quiñones |
The Perfect Shot: Developing Protocol for Wildlife Camera Traps |
Miller (E&ES, Environmental Studies) |
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Zoe Todd |
Reconstructing Late Cretaceous Temperature of the Almond Formation using Digital Leaf Physiognomy |
Royer (E&ES, CIS) |
Molecular Biology and Biochemistry |
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| Mohamed Kheir Basal |
Who Plays with Who?: Exploring New Potential Partners of Zip3 in S.cerevisiae |
MacQueen (CIS, MB&B) |
| Zoe McDougal |
Muscle-specific Pyruvate Kinase isoforms PKM1 and PKM2 Coordinate Molecular Regulation and Skeletal Muscle Regeneration following Injury |
Padilla-Benavides (CIS, MB&B) |
| Abigail Oduro |
Structural Characterization of a Cu-binding Regulatory Protein |
Fisher (MB&B) |
| Hugh Tevis |
Pharmacologic Inhibition of Atp7a/b Copper-Transporters Impairs Skeletal Muscle Regeneration in a Murine Model |
Padilla-Benavides (CIS, MB&B) |
Neuroscience and Behavior |
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Jacklyn Brzoska and Toshiki Kobayashi |
Beyond the Plaque: Modeling Glial Crosstalk in Alzheimer's Disease |
O'Neil (Chemistry, NS&B, CIS) |
Physics |
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| Keanu Feik Reinhart |
Translational and Rotational Cooperative Motion in a Binary Mixture of 2D Ellipsoids |
Stewart (Physics, Environmental Studies, CIS) |
| Hailey Hutchinson |
Divergants: Investigating evolution rates of individual vs. social locomotor behaviors across species in the genera Temnothorax and Leptothorax |
Mackenzie-Smith (Physics) |
| Matthew Kolb |
Comparing Vibrational Energy Transfer in Li2-Xe and Li2-Ne Collisions |
Stewart (Physics, Environmental Studies, CIS) |
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Arjun Menezes |
How We Learn Our 𝕒, 𝕓, 𝕔’s: Designing Dynamics by Designing Forms |
Voth (Physics, CoDES, CIS) |
Psychology |
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Eliza Aldrich |
The more, the merrier? How Scope Shapes Perceptions of Allyship |
DeSouza (Psychology) |
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Zaynah Almasri |
Conceptualizing Adolescent-Reported Reasons for Return Migration to Mexico |
Negrete (Psychology, CIS) |
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Gabrielle Sorin |
Distinguishing Passive-Only from Passive-Active Suicidal Ideators: Characteristics of Passive Ideation, Risk Factors, and Protective Factors |
May (Psychology, CIS) |
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Katie Sykes |
Fears of the Freshman Year: Personal Fears of Emerging Adults in their First Year at University |
Dubar (Psychology) |