SERA Student Presentations
Moderated by Kyla Esguerra

1:00pm – Jocelyn Jarvis, “Association Between Perceived and Objective Neighborhood Safety on Behavioral Inhibition Among Youth”
Mentors: Krista Lisdahl and Ryan Sullivan, Psychology 

1:15pm – Sofia Mattson, “Effects of Differentially Conditioned Stimuli on Working Memory Processes”
Mentor: Christine Larson, Psychology 

1:30pm – Louis Chapman, “Modified Material for Removal of Ammonia from Water”
Mentor: Marica Silva, Global Water Center 

2:00pm -Ismael Coello Ramirez, “Decoking Performance of Alumina Forming Alloys”
Mentors: Benjamin Church and Lizeth Ortiz, Materials Science & Engineering

2:15pm – Anna Kaminski, “A Modern 3-Year Climatology of North Atlantic and Western North Pacific Extratropical Cyclones”
Mentor: Clark Evans, Atmospheric Science

2:30pm – Noah Wolfe, “Using Inductive Generalization Principles in the Mathematics Classroom”
Mentor: Chris Lawson, Educational Psychology

2:45pm – Paul Newcomb, “Community Archiving and Safety Concerns in Documenting Social Activism”
Mentor: Rachel Buff, History 

Oral Presentations – Block 1 
Moderated by Tamara Long

1:00pm – Taylor Wilcox, “Development of New Treatments for Neuropathic Pain Based on Imidazodiazepines”
Mentor: Alexander Arnold, Chemistry & Biochemistry

1:15pm – Leticia Cortes and Kintressa Gosz, “Navigating Spaces in Higher Ed: Collaborating for Inclusion of Underrepresented Voices in Teacher Ed“ 
Mentors: Elizabeth Rollins and Leanne Evans, Teaching & Learning

1:30pm – Stephen Drena, “The Influence of Monsoon Season on Buddhist Monasticism“ 
Mentors: Nigel Rothfels and David Divalerio, History

1:45pm – Humza Siddiqi and Nou Thao, “Developing Protocols to Histologically Assess Murine Bones”
Mentor: Priyatha Premnath, Biomedical Engineering

Oral Presentations – Block 2 
Moderated by Danielle Hobach

1:00pm – Erik Hansen and Kaveri Salunke, “Self-Healing Biocompatible Materials and Applications“ 
Mentor: Pradeep Rohatgi, Materials Science & Engineering

1:15pm – Manav Menon, “Microfabrication of LOC Device Utilizing Micro Pump and Micro Valve Flow Mechanisms“ 
Mentors: Marcia Silva and Alice Lecus, Global Water Center

1:30pm – Alina Urbansky, “Methods on the Extraction and Adsorption of PFAS“ 
Mentors: Yin Wang and Yanan Zhao, Civil & Environmental Engineering

1:45pm – Sparrow Roch, “Geodetic Precession and Pulse Profile Changes Over Time of The Hulse-Taylor Binary Pulsar“
Mentors: Joe Swiggum and David Kaplan, Physics

2:00pm – Cing Kiim, “Functions of the Diverse Antimicrobial Compounds Produced by Xenorhabdus szentirmaii”
Mentor: Steven Forst, Biological Sciences

 Oral Presentations – Block 3 
Moderated by Jessica Schuld

2:00pm – Larsen Birdsong, “The Development of a Beta-Sheet Mimic“ 
Mentors: Alan Schwabacher and Trevor Hagemann, Chemistry & Biochemistry

2:15pm – Autumn Routson, “From Life to Fossil: Horseshoe Crabs and the Preservation of Their Fluorescence”
Mentor: Victoria Mccoy, Geosciences

2:30pm – Brandon Schultz, “Impact of Low Concentrations of Ciprofloxacin on Mutation Rates in the Genus Aeromonas“ 
Mentor: Troy Skwor, Biomedical Sciences

2:45pm – Nate Tennies, “Where will it Grow? Bull Kelp Distribution Modeling in the Salish Sea“ 
Mentor: Filipe Alberto, Biological Sciences

Oral Presentations – Block 4 
Moderated by Nigel Rothfels

2:00pm – Matida Bojang, “Racial/Ethnic Disparities in NICU Utilization/Outcomes and the Potential Effects of Community and Hospital/NICU Segregation in Wisconsin“ 
Mentor: Emmanuel Ngui, Public Health

2:15pm – Sanya Kathuria, “Effect of 670 nm Photobiomodulation on Retinal Function and Energy Metabolism in Aging Mice“ 
Mentor: Elizabeth Liedhegner, Biomedical Sciences

2:30pm – Michael Levandoski, “Healing Men to Reduce Re-Offending: Trauma Resolution Treatment in Prisoner Reentry Programs“
Mentor: James Topitzes, Social Work

2:45pm – Benjamin Delebreau, “A Mathematical Model of Liposome-Mediated Drug Delivery in Brain Blood Vessel Networks”
Mentor: Peter Hinow, Mathematical Sciences