2023 Cohort
Diego Arevalo Molina
Major: Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Amie Zarling, Department of Human Development and Family Studies
Research Project: Development of a Culturally Appropriate Protocol to Prevent IPV and Improve Healthy Relationships in Hispanic/Latino Men
Alba Bon
Major: Physics
Faculty Mentor: Matthew Wetstein, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Research Project: Seeing light from ghosts – Neutrino detection in liquid media
Derek Correa
Major: Microbiology
Faculty Mentor: Steven Harris, Department of Plant Pathology, Entomology, Microbiology
Research Project: Understanding the Molecular Mechanisms behind OAS3 Condensation
Stephanie Diaz
Major: Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Alison Phillips, Department of Psychology
Research Project: Physical Activity Across the Transition to Adulthood: Investigating Rural-Urban Differences in Hispanic/ Latino Populations
Laurna Evans Lindsay
Major: Human Development and Family Studies
Faculty Mentor: Amie Zarling, Department of Human Development and Family Studies
Research Project: Adapting the ProActive Program for Adolescents: Promoting Healthy Relationships and Preventing Teen Dating Violence
Andrew Hokanson
Major: Agronomy
Faculty Mentor: Maria Salas Fernandez, Department of Agronomy
Research Project: Plant Exploration in Central Honduras: Collecting and Conserving Maize Landrace Diversity
Cindy Lara
Major: Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Monica Marsee, Department of Psychology
Research Project: Does Emotional Dysregulation Moderate the Association Between Delinquency and Cyberaggression?
Edson Lopez
Major: Environmental Engineering
Faculty Mentor: Joe Charbonnet, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering
Research Project: Use of Solid Phase Extraction and TOP Assay to Determine the Fate and Transport of PFAS Throughout Wastewater Treatment Facilities
Lauren McDonald
Major: Animal Ecology
Faculty Mentor: Anna Tucker, Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management
Research Project: Evaluating Spatial Error in Radio-Tracking of Blanding Turtles in Terrestrial Habitats in Iowa
Eduardo Milach Teixeira
Major: Aerospace Engineering
Faculty Mentor: Hartanto Wibowo, Department of Civil Engineering
Research Project: Erosion Rate and Surface Topography of Lunar Regolith Simulant Abrasion of 6063-T5
Aluminum
Liya Mooradian
Major: Genetics
Faculty Mentor: Donald Sakaguchi, Department of Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology
Research Project: Differentiation and Proliferation of AHPC Neurospheres Plated on Gold Substrates Subjected to E-stim
Charles Taylor
Major: Physics
Faculty Mentor: Yuji Furukawa, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Research Project: Ferromagnetic spin fluctuations in the Kagome metal Sc3Mn3Al7Si5 revealed by 27Al nuclear magnetic resonance measurement
Catalina Villalpando
Major: Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Kevin Blankenship, Department of Psychology
Research Project: How Students Cope with Loss