Kassandra Gracia Monjaraz
Major: Biology; Minor: Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Michael Botwin
Mariah Sadeddin
Major: Chemistry
Mentor: Dr. Hubert Muchalski
Melanie Dominguez
Major: Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Christine Edmond
Angelia Leggett
Major: Biochemistry
Mentor: Dr. Hubert Muchalski
Project Title: Rate-Accelerated Effects of Gallium(III) Triflate Lewis Acid on Transition Evaluation
of Metal-Catalyzed Reactions
Chaeson Sears, II
Major: Engineering
Mentor: Dr. The Nguyen
Project Title: Affordable prosthetic arm
Danica Belman
Major: Biology
Mentor: Dr. Ulrike Muller
Project Title: How bladderworts catch their prey: functional response models applied to an aquatic
carnivorous plant
Jessica Perez
Major: Biology
Mentor: Dr. Martin Shapiro
Project Title: Exploring Teachers' Perspectives on Drug Harms and Disciplinary Actions: Insight into
Fresno, Clovis, and Madera Unified School Districts.
Ian Heu
Major: Biochemistry
Mentor: Dr. Masaki Uchida
Project Title: Designing Dec based on computational Dec mutants
Melissa Jauregui
Major: Biology
Mentor: Dr. Alejandro Calderon-Urrea
Project Title: Exposing Caenorhaditis Elegans to flourscent chalcones to identify specific targeted
anatomical regions
Xavier Martinez
Major: Biology
Mentor: Dr. Martin Shapiro
Project Title: The effects of energy drinks on the autonomic nervous system and risky decision-making
(with a reward framed as a gain)
Arcana O'Regan
Major: Biology
Mentor: Dr. Morgan Hawker
Project Title: Allylamine plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition to enhance amine content of PTFE
for heart patches
Ivan Soto
Major: Biology
Mentor: Dr. Cynthia Hsu
Project Title: Light drives an increase in sleep through
oxidative stress
Andy Cabrera
Major: Biology
Mentor: Dr. Joel Slade
Project Title: Leukocyte profiles and bloodborne parasites as a predictor of condition in a songbird
Benjamin Awad
Major: Physics
Mentor: Dr. Mihai Gherase
Project Title: Microdistribution of major and trace elements in baby teeth slices using a microbeam
2D XRF raster scanning technique
Fabiola Amaya Reyes
Major: Psychology
Mentor: Dr. David Lent
Project Title: The effects of sleep dystregulation on the progression of Alzheimer's disease in a
fruit fly model
Jacob Caraccilo
Major: Mathematics
Mentor: Dr. Mario Banuelos
Project Title: Modeling Environmental Factors Effects on Valley Fever Incidence Rates
John Gutierrez
Major: Biochemistry
Mentor: Dr. Masaki Uchida
Project Title: Encapsulation of Gold Nanoparticles into Protein Cages Through Genetically Modified
Viral Proteins
Mai Her
Major: Biology
Mentor: Dr. David Lent
Project Title: Assessing the effects of luteolin on reducing zinc-induced hyperphosphorylation of
tau and its impacts on behavior in a fruit fly model of Alzheimer’s Disease
Sydney Rivera
Major: Engineering
Mentor: Dr. The Nguyen
Project Title: Affordable prosthetic arm
Wendy Hernandez
Major: Animal Sciences
Mentor: Dr. David Lent
Project Title: Investigating the Effectiveness of Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors in Reducing Visuomotor
Planning Deficits of Alzheimer's Disease in Drosophila melanogaster
Yazmine Bedolla
Major: Biology
Mentor: Dr. Cory L. Brooks
Project Title: Structural Insight Into an Anti-tumor Antibody Bound to a MUC1 Peptide
Keyara Piri
Major: Biology
Mentor: Dr. Qiao-Hong Chen
Project Title: Development of dehydroabietylamine derivatives is potential prostate cancer therapeutics
Karen Medina
Major: Biology
Mentor: Dr. Hubert Muchalski
Project Title: Metal-Catalyzed Preparation Fluorine-Tagged Peroxyesters of 4-Aryl-3-Butenoic Acids
Isabella Garcia
Major: Biochemistry
Mentor: Dr. Hubert Muchalski
Project Title: Robustness Screen of Palladium-Catalyzed Tandem Sonogashira Cross Coupling-Cyclization
