Scholars Week Outstanding Presentations
Scholars Week 2025
Outstanding Poster Presentations
Baylor Faculty Mentored Team Project
Students: Meena Gunda and Aramis Reyes, Daniel Arana
Mentors: Michael Muehlenbein and Tomasz Nowak
Department: Anthropology
Title: Stress, Loneliness, and Affect During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Analysis of the Relationship Between Political Affiliation and Distress
Student: Snehin Momin
Mentor: Jay Yoo
Department: Human Sciences and Design
Title: Walking Through Recovery: The Role of Exercise in Coping with Breast Cancer
Student: Ryan Mueller
Mentor: Alan Farhan
Department: Physics and Astronomy
Title: Epitaxial growth and magnetic characterization of orthorhombic Ho(Ni0.2Co0.2Fe0.2Mn0.2Cr0.2)O3 high-entropy oxide perovskite thin films
Student: Valeria Muñiz
Mentor: Elisabeth Vichaya
Department: Psychology and Neuroscience
Title: Investigating the long-term effects of pifithrin-μ on cisplatin-induced cognitive impairment
Student: Adhwaitha Nambiar
Mentor: Joseph Taube
Department: Biology
Title: The role of KDM6A in EMT/MET Regulation and Its Non-Canonical Localization in Breast Cancer.
Students: Anabelen Pons and Olivia Dechert
Mentor: Mickey Langlais
Department: Human Sciences and Design
Title: Ghosted and Restless: How Ghosting Affects Subjective and Objective Sleep
Student: Jordyn Sin
Mentor: Cory Dungan
Department: Health, Human Performance, and Recreation
Title: Myonuclear DNA Damage Drives the Induction of Insulin Resistance in Skeletal Muscle
Class Research Projects
Class Project (BIO 1406 SEA-PHAGES)
Students: Joel Thute and Adah Chamberlain, Garrett Hughes, Esther Rhee, and Ana Valade
Mentor: Jonathan Lawson
Department: Biology
Title: Discovery and Characterization of Novel Arthrobacter Phage, Altostratus
Class Project (BIO 1406 SEA-PHAGES)
Students: Anna Claire Procter and Ella Pope, Kylie Nielsen, Asiya Ali, and Lily Ford
Mentor: Jonathan Lawson
Department: Biology
Title: Discovery and Characterization of Maruru, a Novel Arthrobacter Phage
Class Project (ANT 4358)
Students: Alexis Hettinger and Alexes Thurman, Cassidy Bennet, Gabby Garcia, and Morgan Dillard
Mentor: Joseph Ferraro
Department: Anthropology
Title: Discriminating Hacksaw Blade Brands Utilizing Paint Residuals on Tibial Kerf Walls
Individual Research performed at Baylor
Student: Leighton Petty
Mentor: Katelyn McKindles
Department: Biology
Title: Historic Cyanobacteria Community Composition in Lake Waco, and the Effects it has had on Harmful Algae Blooms in the Region.
Student: Kaitlyn Rheney
Mentor: Michael Trakselis
Department: Chemistry and Biochemistry
Title: E. coli dnaE Targeted Mutants Reveal the Vital Role of α-Pol III and τ-CLC Coupling within the Replisome
Student: Lauren Jackson
Mentor: Kayla Garrett
Department: Environmental Science
Title: Climate Vulnerability Risk Perception and Realities as Indicators of Urban Resilience
Student: Brooke Cote
Mentor: Wade Rowatt
Department: Psychology & Neuroscience
Title: Evaluating the Effect of Virtual Reality Simulation on Discrete Emotions: Exploring Interactions Between Virtual Environments
Student: Madilyn Johnson
Mentor: Elisabeth Vichaya
Department: Psychology and Neuroscience
Title: Investigating the Antidepressant Effects of Dimethyl Fumarate in a Murine Model of Diabetes
Student: Noelle Smurawa
Mentor: David Jack
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Title: Characterization of the Quasi-Static and Dynamic Loading Influence on the Failure Behavior of Composite Foot-Ankle Prosthetics
Research performed outside of Baylor
Student: Calliope Curran
Mentors: Annie Ginty, Marcus Wild and Laura Zambrano-Vazquez
Department: Psychology and Neuroscience Department
Title: Impact of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) on Alzheimer's Disease
Outstanding Platform Presentations
Student: Emily York
Mentor: Joseph Taube
Department: Biology
Title: MiR-23a as a potential post-transcriptional regulator of KDM6A and CTCF protein expression in EMT
Student: Abbey Ferguson
Mentor: Mia Moody
Department: Journalism, Public Relations and New Media
Title: Selling Sex but at What Cost?: Ethical Implications and Dangerous Influence of Women’s Objectification in Television Advertisements
Student: Elizabeth Siatkowski
Mentor: Melisa Dracos
Department: English
Title: The Acquisition of the Voseo in an Argentinian Study Abroad Environment
Student: Kylie Hansen
Mentors: Gabrielle Miller and Karol Hardin
Department: Modern Languages and Cultures
Title: La salud mental en arte canónica surrealista de España y México (Mental Health in Canon Surrealist Art From Spain and Mexico)
Student: Claire Claypool
Mentor: Cristian Bratu
Department: Modern Languages and Cultures
Title: Le Féminisme et La Nouvelle Vague
Student: Grayson Shirey
Mentor:Cristian Bratu
Department: Modern Languages and Cultures
Title: Maîtres du Vogue: comment Louis XIV, Dior, Saint Laurent et Guerlain ont construit des époques et défini des générations
Student: Elena Semler
Mentor: Holly Shi
Department: Modern Languages and Cultures
Title: The Gospel Encoded: Unveiling Christianity within Chinese Characters
