Undergraduate Research Scholars

Anna Mason
Project Title: Demonstration of the Feasibility of using Synthetically Generated Condensed Water Vapor Plume Imagery to Train an AI Model to Automatically Segment Real Imagery
Mentor: Dr. Carl Salvaggio

Gabriel Peters
Project Title: Pre-training Architecture Design for Computer Vision Applications and Remotely-sensed Overhead Feature Transfer
Mentor: Dr. Carl Salvaggio and Dr. Derek Walvoord

Micah Ross
Project Title: Extracting Audio from High Speed Video
Mentor: Dr. Bob Kremens

Peggy Chen
Project Title: A CTPase Nudix Hydrolase from Mycobacterium Tuberculosis as a Potential Novel Antibiotic Target
Mentor: Dr. Suzanne O'Handley

Gabriela Gonzalez
Project Title: Antibiotic Impact on the Release of Extracellular Vesicles from E.coli
Mentor: Dr. Lea Michel

James Hasslebeck
Project Title: Understanding the Detailed Intermolecular Interactions Between Crystallin Proteins from the Eye Lens
Mentor: Dr. Lea Michel

Hunter Heineman
Project Title: Surface Modification of Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) and Synthesis of Novel Cross-Membrane Fluorometric Probes
Mentors: Dr. Gerald Takacs and Dr. Christina Goudreau

Matt Henry
Project Title: Synthesis of NIR dyes and their Assembly into Targeted Molecular Imaging Agents for Cancer
Mentor: Dr. Hans Schmitthenner

Aidan Lynch
Project Title: Structure Determination of a Diadenosine Polyphosphatase from the Nudix Hydrolase Superfamily in M. tuberculosis
Mentors: Dr. Suzanne O'Handley and Dr. Michael Gleghorn

L. James Macisco
Project Title: Multidimensional Fluorescence Spectroscopy with Chemometrics Studies on Natural Products
Mentor: Dr. Todd Pagano

PJ Nikolai
Project Title: A Catalytic Lactone Opening Toward the Synthesis of Difluorometric Probes
Mentors: Dr. Christina Goudreau and Dr. Christopher Collison

Benjamin Rippel
Project Title: Surface Modification of Polymers Used as Membranes in Hydrogen Fuel Cells
Mentor: Dr. Gerald A Takacs

Lee Schoneman
Project Title: X-ray Crystal Structure of a Ligand–G-quadruplex Complex
Mentor: Dr. Michael Gleghorn

Andrew Seyler
Project Title: Diadenosine Polyphosphatases of the Nudix Hydrolase Superfamily in M. tuberculosis and M. leprae
Mentor: Dr. Suzanne O'Handley

Navraj Singh
Project Title: Investigating the Effects of Antibiotics on the Production of Extracellular Vesicles in E. coli
Mentor: Dr. Lea Michel

Martina Videva
Project Title: Using Bacterial Outer Membrane Vesicles to Detect Gram-negative Sepsis in Human Sera
Mentor: Dr. Lea Michel

Nidhi Baindur
Project Title: Integrating Climate Networks with Machine Learning in ENSO Prediction
Mentor: Dr. Nishant Malik

Jennifer Bogart
Project Title: Fundamentals of Markov Chain Monte Carlo Sampling and Bayesian Model Calibration
Mentor: Dr. Tony Wong

Zach Eggleton
Project Title: Cyber Actuarial Science
Mentor: Dr. Mary Lynn Reed

Taylor Kenna
Project Title: Solving Nonlinear Ordinary Differential Equations using Power Series
Mentor: Dr. Tony Wong

Clara Pitkins
Project Title: Comparison of Modern Optimization Algorithms: Application to Image Deblurring
Mentor: Dr. Basca Jadamba

Ash Bista
Project Title: Empathetic Action in Physics: Faculty Perspective and Roles
Mentors: Dr. Scott Franklin and Dr. Jeyhan Kartaltepe

Owen Cheevers
Project Title: Nucleolar Growth & Decay Mechanisms Research, SAXS Through Beta-Crystallin Eye Lens Proteins, and Asymptotic Approximants
Mentors: Dr. Libishanya Mohapatra, Dr. Michael Pierce, and Dr. Nathaniel Barlow

Jake Chetney
Project Title: Ionic Transportation in Oxide Heterostructures
Mentor: Dr. Pratik Dholabhai

Vincent Fittos
Project Title: Measuring High Dimensional Spatial Photon Entanglement
Mentor: Dr. Greg Howland

Stephen Fritz
Project Title: Studying Structure-Property Relationship in Oxide Heterostructures with Molecular Dynamics
Mentor: Dr. Pratik Dholabhai

Andy Gonzalez
Project Title: Assessment of Cerebrovascular Reserve Using ASL With Acetazolamide Challenge and BOLD resting state Functional MRI; Impact of Dynamic Permeability Reduction on Flow Distribution in Porous Media
Mentors: Dr. Shima Parsa and Dr. Madalina Tivarus

Elise Guth
Project Title: Length Control of Flagella in the Microbe Giardia
Mentor: Dr. Lishibanya Mohapatra

Hunter Heineman
Project Title: Understanding Wound Resilience in the single-celled organism Stentor Coeruleus, and Retention of Nanoparticles in Porous Mediaa
Mentor: Dr. Moumita Das and Dr. Shima Parsa

Fiona Hufford
Project Title: TIME: Harnessing Preliminary Data with our Python Pipeline
Mentor: Dr. Jeyhan Kartaltepe and Dr. Zemcov

Wynter Petersen
Project Title: Cosmic Paleontology: Examining the Structure of Galaxies Across Cosmic Time
Mentor: Dr. Jeyhan Kartaltepe

Wren Sanders
Project Title: Quantum State Engineering Using Micro-Ring Resonators
Mentor: Dr. Greg Howland and Dr. Edwin Hach

Cori Sutton
Project Title: Linearization of Synaptic Weight Updates for Applications in Neuromorphic Computing
Mentor: Dr. Ke Xu

Ollie Yakimow
Project Title: SeSP Plinko: Dynamics of C-Shaped Particles Moving Through an Obstacle Field
Mentor: Dr. Scott Franklin

Zakia (Zak) Azad
Project Title: Optimization of Factors Impacting Phage Growth
Mentor: Dr. Julie Thomas

Skye Bixler
Project Title: Examining Viral Resistance Mechanisms for the Development of VSV as an Oncolytic Agent; Skeletogenesis and Coelomic Stacking during Brittle Star Development
Mentor: Dr. Maureen Ferran and Dr. Hyla Sweet

Zach Black
Project Title: Determination of the Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Components that Regulate NF-kB -dependent Antiviral Responses in Resistant Prostate Cancers
Mentor: Dr. Maureen Ferran

Hannah DeFelice
Project Title: The Impacts of Roadside Habitat Restoration on Animal-vehicle Accidents in New York State; Impacts of Permafrost Thaw on Methane Cycling in a Northern Peatland
Mentor: Dr. Kaitlyn Stack Whitney and Dr. Carmody McCalley

Shui Li Eu-Balint
Project Title: Characterizing Phytohormone and Lipid Signaling in Mother of Millions, an Emerging Model for Crassulacean Acid Metabolism
Mentor: Dr. Eli Borrego

Jordan Magurk
Project Title: Development of VSV as an Oncolytic Agent
Mentor: Dr. Maureen Ferran

Ethan Potter
Project Title: Effects of the Emerald Ash Borer Invasion on Methane Emissions Temperate Wetlands
Mentor: Dr. Carmody McCalley

Jack Smercynski
Project Title: Development of VSV as an Oncolytic Agent 
Mentor: Dr. Maureen Ferran

Lilly Travers
Project Title: Molecular Sex Determination in Eastern Screech Owls and Magnolia Warblers using Feather DNA
Mentor: Dr. Susan Pagano

Sarah Upwood
Project Title: Development of VSV as an Oncolytic Agent
Mentor: Dr. Maureen Ferran

Lauren Walter
Project Title: Investigating Bird Plumage Coloration using Reflectance Spectroscopy
Mentor: Dr. Susan Pagano