Undergraduate Research Program

URL Profiles

2022-2023

Semira Beraki

Major: Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Mentor: Cholpisit Kiattisewee, Molecular Engineering; Diego Alba Burbano, Chemical Engineering

Contact: sberaki@uw.edu

Current Research project: Characterizing Multi-Guide RNA CRISPR Activation Genetic Circuits for Large Scale Gene Regulation

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Nisha BK

Major: Neuroscience
Mentor: Edward Kelly (School of Pharmacy)

Contact: nishasen@uw.edu

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Abby Burtner

 

Major: Biology (Intended)
Mentor: Chris Law, UW Biology

Contact: aburtner@uw.edu

Current research project:1) The evolution of mammalian body plans: a case study in squirrels and 2) Understanding the origin of bat flight: evolutionary modeling of mammal limb morphologies

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Carson Butcher

Major: Cellular, Molecular, and Developmental Biology
Mentor: Cole DeForest, Chemical Engineering

 

Contact: chb13@uw.edu

Current research project: Near-Instantaneous, 4D Control of Protein Photoactivation in Hydrogel Biomaterials

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Nuria Alina Chandra

Major: Computer Science (Minor in Global Health)
Mentor: Sara Mostafavi, Computer Science, and Rekha Thomas, Mathematics

Contact: nchand@uw.edu

Current research project: Predicting Surgical Outcomes with In-Hospital Function in Adolescents Undergoing Major Musculoskeletal Surgery

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Zoe Lu Chau

Major: Bioengineering
Mentor: James Lai, Department of Bioengineering; Kushang Patel, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

Contact: zoechau@uw.edu

Current research project: DiagnosDisk for Rapid and Sensitive COVID-19 Detection; Utilizing Novel Trigger-based Ecological Momentary Assessments to Investigate Movement-evoked Pain in Older Adults with Knee Osteoarthritis

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Jianyi (Jenny) Du

Major: MCD Biology
Mentor: Dan Doherty, Pediatrics

Contact:jd0812@uw.edu

Current research project: Validating Noncanonical Splice Variants in Patients with Joubert Syndrome


Rodrigo Gallardo

Major: Biology
Mentor: Megan Kennedy, Director UW Resilience Lab

Contact: rodrig5@uw.edu

Current research project: Undergraduate Well-Being, Retention, and Graduation

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Nathan Greenwood

Major: MCD Biology, Microbiology
Mentor: David Baker (Biochemistry), Jason Zhang (Biochemistry)

Contact: forest77@uw.edu

Current research project: Designing and Testing Binders for Chaperones (Hsp70) and Signaling Proteins (Ras)

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Shannon Hong

Major: Neuroscience
Mentor: Samira Moorjani, Physiology and Biophysics

Contact:shong07@uw.edu

Current research project: Strengthening Motor Pathways in Intact Non-Human Primates and Spinal Cord-Injured Rats; Evaluating Engagement with a Digital Health Psychological Intervention for Youth with Chronic Pain

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Annabelle Huang

Major: Biology (Physiology); Philosophy
Mentor: Dr. Hans-Peter Kiem, UW School of Medicine, Fred Hutch Clinical Research Division; Dr. Stefan Radtke, Fred Hutch Clinical Research Division

Contact: azhuang@uw.edu

Current research project: Lentiviral Vector Stem-Cell Based Gene Therapy Treatments for Fanconi Anemia

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Arush Joshi

Major: Molecular, Cell, Developmental Biology
Mentor: Lisa Maves, Seattle Children’s Research Hospital – UW Medicine department of Pediatrics

Contact: ajoshi02@uw.edu

Current research project: Modeling Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy in Zebrafish using CRISPR Transgenics

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Elizabeth Karas

Major: Biochemistry
Mentor: Jesse Zalatan, Chemistry

Contact:elikaras@uw.edu

Current research project: Investigations Into Scaffold-Mediated Pathway Insulation

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Zoe Kolics

 

Major: Economics
Mentor: Dr. Barbara Jung (Department of Medicine), Dr. Mark Wiley (Department of Medicine)

Contact: zkolics@uw.edu

Current research project: Investigating the Role of Activin A in Colorectal Cancer

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Teng-Jui Lin

Major: Chemical Engineering: Nanoscience and Molecular Engineering
Mentor: Elizabeth Nance, Department of Chemical Engineering

Contact:tlin10@uw.edu

Current research project: Quantifying morphology-function relationships in cellular and subcellular responses to neuroinflammation

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Srinidhi Naidu

Major: Intended: Neuroscience and ACMS (Scientific Computing and Numerical Algorithms)
Mentor: John Tuthill (Physiology and Biophysics), Brandon Pratt (Physiology and Biophysics)

Contact: srinidhienaidu@gmail.com

Current research project: Understanding the neural circuitry of proprioceptive control and body position in Drosophila melanogaster

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Matthew Nguyen

Major: Biology: MCD
Mentor: Stephen Plymate, Medicine

Contact:m2nguyen@uw.edu

Current research project: SGI’s Impact on Hexokinase 2 Function and Localization

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Daniel Ong

Major: Chemistry & Biochemistry
Mentor: Jesse Zalatan, Department of Chemistry

Contact: dong09@uw.edu

Current research project: Directed Evolution of Non-Heme Iron(II)/2-Oxoglutarate Dependent Enzymes for Non-Native C-H Functionalization of Amines

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Saad Rahman

Major: Public Health – Global Health
Mentor: Kimberly Alonge, Medicinal Chemistry in the School of Pharmacy

Contact: saadr@uw.edu

Current research project: Perineuronal net reorganization, Alzheimers disease, Neuropsychiatric disorders

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Ingrid Redford

 

Major: Biochemistry, Neuroscience, Scandinavian Area Studies
Mentor: Jarrad Scarlett, Pediatrics; Elli Theobald, Biology

Contact: ingridre@uw.edu

Current research project: 1) Role of endogenous hypothalamic fibroblast growth factor 1 (FGF1) in the regulation of energy homeostasis. 2) A comprehensive analysis on humanization of science in introductory biology textbooks.

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Joseph (JT) Rimorin

Major: Intended Neuroscience & Psychology
Mentor: Chris Tschumi PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Mi-Seon Kong PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Contact:jtrim@uw.edu

Current research project: Nucleus Accumbens Neuronal Activity During Social Behavior

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Kira Rosenlind

Major: Business Administration
Mentor: Sioban Keel, UWMC Hematology

Contact:kmrosen@uw.edu

Current research projects:Genetic Studies on Marrow Failure and Related Disorders (UWMC), Investigating Genetic Mutations in Patients With Immune Thrombocytopenia (Fred Hutch)

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Sharlene Shirali

Major: Neuroscience
Mentor: Jennifer Chao, Ophthalmology; Rayne Lim, Ophthalmology

Contact: sharls@uw.edu

Current research projects: Investigating anabolic pathways in Early-Onset Macular Drusen (EOMD) iPSC-RPE cells

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Megana Shivakumar

Major: Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Mentor: Dr. Paul Drain, Global Health and Medicine

Contact: megana19@uw.edu

Current research projects: Hepatitis B Prevalence and Risk Factors among Adults Living with HIV in South Africa

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Sarah Stucky

Major: Biochemistry
Mentor: Dr. Alexander St. John, UW Emergency Medicine

Contact: stucka81@uw.edu

Current research project: Dysregulation of Platelet-von Willebrand Factor Interaction in Trauma-Induced Coagulopathy; Type O Whole Blood and Assessment of Age During Prehospital Resuscitation Trial; Direct Versus Video Laryngoscope Trial

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Pavithra Sundaravaradan

Pavithra in front of a cherry blossomMajor: Microbiology
Mentor: Elia Tait Wojno, Immunology

Contact: pavitsun@uw.edu

Current research project: How the Notch Signaling Pathway Regulates Basophil Gene Regulation and Function in the Helminth-Infected Intestine

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Tara Young

Major: Biochemistry
Mentor: Dr. Monica Guo, Microbiology

Contact: taramyou@uw.edu

Current research project: Interrogating the Mechanism of Action of GapR, a Topoisomerase Activator

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Bill Young

Major: Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology & Psychology
Mentor: Pathology – Daniel Promislow, Benjamin Harrison

Contact:younbil@uw.edu

Current research project: Impact of Neuronal Tau on Response to Traumatic Brain Injury

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Peter Yu

Major: Civil Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Yinhai Wang, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Contact: peteryu2@uw.edu

Current research project: Enhancing the Safety and Operational Performance of Diamond Interchanges with the One-Sided Diverging Diamond Interchange Design

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Joia Zhang

Major: Statistics
Mentor: Dr. Sat Gupta (Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of North Carolina at Greensboro), Dr. Sadia Khalil (Department of Statistics, Lahore College for Women University)

Contact: joiaz@uw.edu

Current research project: Mitigating Respondent Lack of Trust in Quantitative RRT Models

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