The UI Summer Undergraduate Research Conference, sponsored by the Graduate College, will be held on Wednesday, July 27 from 1:00 – 4:30pm in the Iowa Memorial Union, Main Lounge. Below is a list of presenting students that are affiliated with one of the Department of Biology majors (Biology, Biomedical Sciences, or Neuroscience), Biology research labs or department programs such as the Iowa Sciences Academy (formerly Iowa Biosciences Academy), Science Alliance, and UI LSAMP. Also listed below are some of Biology's faculty who served as mentors in summer research programs.

There are three presentation sessions as indicated below with the poster number in bold next to the student’s name. For additional details and a listing of all students presenting, please click on this link. 

Presentation Session I (1:30 – 2:25pm)
8 – Sarai Badillo (Mentor: Dr. Bin He)
9 – Ahmed Baig (Major: Neuroscience)
11 – Elizabeth Barroso (Program: Science Alliance)
21 – Nina Carnevale (Major: Biomedical Sciences)
22 – Daniel Carson (Program: Iowa Sciences Academy)
24 – Kiley Christopher (Major: Neuroscience; Program: Science Alliance)
27 – Cherish Cornett (Program: LSAMP)
32 – Gabrieline Dennis (Program: Science Alliance)
33 – Braiden DeSchryver (Program: Iowa Sciences Academy)
34 – Dylan Dolezal (Mentor: Dr. Dan Eberl)
37 – Sophie Draper (Mentor: Dr. John Logsdon)
42 – Floyd Evans, Jr. (Program: Iowa Sciences Academy)
43 – Alexander Evers (Mentor: Dr. Maurine Neiman)
46 – Isabelle Farmer (Major: Neuroscience; Program: Iowa Sciences Academy)
49 – Camila (Sofia) Gomez (Major: Biology; Program: Iowa Sciences Academy – MARC; Mentor: Dr. Diane Slusarski)
50 – Bailey Goodman (Program: Science Alliance)
52 – Audrey Hake (Program: Science Alliance)
56 – Molly Harris (Major: Neuroscience)

Presentation Session II (2:30 – 3:25pm)
3 – Rong Zhuo Hua (Major: Biomedical Sciences)
10 – Preston Johnson (Major: Neuroscience)
12 – Karen Kawala (Program: LSAMP)
14 – Sarah King (Major: Biomedical Sciences)
18 – Manuela Lizarazu (Major: Neuroscience)
19 – Rochelle Lopez (Major: Biology)
20 – Alexandra Loren (Major: Neuroscience)
22 – Jordan Luna (Major: Neuroscience; Program: Iowa Sciences Academy – MARC)
27 – Megan McGovern (Major: Biomedical Sciences)
32 – Delia Mozqueda (Major: Neuroscience; Program: Iowa Sciences Academy – MARC)
41 – Victory Obielodan (Program: Science Alliance)
44 – Stephanie Orellana (Program: LSAMP)
45 – Aaron Ortiz (Mentor: Dr. Chris Stipp)
48 – Precious Pate (Program: LSAMP; Mentor: Dr. Maurine Neiman)
49 – Seth Patterson (Minor: Biology)
51 – Ana Sofia Peraza Muńuzuri (Program: Iowa Sciences Academy – MARC)

Presentation Session III (3:30 – 4:25pm)
2 – Courtney Ries (Major: Biology)
3 – Dominic Rivas (Program: Iowa Sciences Academy)
5 – Shannon Rollins (Mentor: Dr. Andrew Forbes)
7 – Jurnie Rosius (Program: Science Alliance)
10 – Evan Saltz (Program: Iowa Sciences Academy)
11 – Hector Sanchez Melendez (Major: Neuroscience; Program: Iowa Sciences Academy – MARC)
12 – Emma Schopen (Minor: Biology)
14 – Nicolas Sierra (Major: Biology; Mentor: Dr. Andrew Forbes)
18 – Kartik Sivakumar (Major: Neuroscience; Program: Biology Master Student Ambassador)
23 – Jacob Steffen (Major: Biology; Mentor: Dr. Anna Malkova)
26 – Cyric Stults (Mentor: Dr. Albert Erives)
37 – Cally Tucker (Major: Neuroscience; Program: Science Alliance)
41 – Halle Van Roekel (Mentor: Dr. Jan Fassler)
43 – Rachael Volkman (Major: Neuroscience)
44 – Elizabeth Walker (Major: Biomedical Sciences and Neuroscience; Minor: Biology; Program: Iowa Sciences Academy - MARC)
51 – Autumn Woolpert (Mentor: Dr. Jan Fassler)
52 – Jim Young (Program: Science Alliance)
56 – Amy Zine (Major: Biology)