Bottom row: Ahhyun Lee, Kaiya Lynch, Jane Manson, Randi Noel, Nivedita Prabhu, Kyler Richard
April 2, 2024
Contact: Courtney Perrett, 573-882-6217, cperrett@missouri.edu
WHAT:
Thirteen ambitious Tigers are preparing to represent the University of Missouri at the 2024 University of Missouri System Undergraduate Research Day. This annual event marks an opportunity for students to share their research innovations with state legislators. This research spans a breadth of topics, including agriculture, biology, chemistry, education, engineering, health, history, physics, psychology, social services and transportation and infrastructure.
WHEN:
10 a.m. – noon, Thursday, April 4
WHERE:
Missouri Capitol, Jefferson City
3rd floor rotunda
WHO:
This year’s Mizzou participants at the UM System Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol:
- Julianna Bayless, junior, Gerald, Missouri
Project: “Early Universe Behind a Lens: The Hidden Matter Revealed by the James Webb Space Telescope” - Ellen Gates, junior, Columbia, Missouri
Project: “Early Universe Behind a Lens: The Hidden Matter Revealed by the James Webb Space Telescope” - Amy Brandt, senior, Jefferson City, Missouri
Project: “Are Nursing Students Immune to COVID Vaccine Hesitancy?” - Robin Vanderbeck, senior, St. Charles, Missouri
Project: “Are Nursing Students Immune to COVID Vaccine Hesitancy?” - Olivia Woody, sophomore, Gallatin, Missouri
Project: “Are Nursing Students Immune to COVID Vaccine Hesitancy?” - Gillian Hark, senior, Hannibal, Missouri
Project: “Ligaments and Tendons Respond Differently to Exercise: Implications for Injury and Repair” - Ilay Kielmanowicz, junior, Chesterfield, Missouri
Project: “Public Opinion and Israel’s Decision to Go to War, 1967” - Ahhyun Lee, senior, Columbia, Missouri
Project: “Artificial Intelligence for Enhancing Protein Function Prediction” - Kaiya Lynch, junior, Kansas City, Missouri
Project: “Minority Focused News as a Locus of Empowerment” - Jane Manson, senior, Barnhart, Missouri
Project: “Relationship Between Amygdalar Functional Connectivity and Camouflaging in Autistic Young Adults” - Randi Noel, senior, Butler, Missouri
Project: “Biochemical-Based Solutions to NextGen Agriculture” - Nivedita Prabhu, senior, Fenton, Missouri
Project: “Rates of Insomnia and Treatment Interest Among Veterans of Color” - Kyler Richard, senior, Columbia, Missouri
Project: “Evidence of Political Conformity Among Black Adults”
