Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Thirteen ISA students are presenting their research at the Spring Undergraduate Research Festival (SURF) on Wednesday, April 22nd! Students will showcase their work to a variety of judges from the University of Iowa (peers, faculty, and graduate students) and the surrounding community, who will discuss student work and provide valuable feedback. 

NameProgramMajorPoster TitleMentorPresentation Time
Braden CarneLatham FellowPhysics & Astronomy, MathematicsElectron Behavior Across the Alfvén Surface: Recent Findings from Parker Solar ProbeDr. Jasper Halekas4:50 - 5:50pm
Damien DeAnda ValadezScience AlliancePhysics & AstronomyHybrid Surface-Phonon-Plasmon Polaritons Modes of GaN in the IRDr. Thomas Folland4:50 - 5:50pm
Avery EckhardtScience AlliancePhysics & MathematicsVirasoro GeodesicsDr. Vincent Rodgers3:40 - 4:40pm
Alayna GalleryScience AllianceBiochemistry and Molecular BiologypCREB Expression in Spinal Dopamine D1 Receptor NeuronsDr. Kathleen Sluka3:40 - 4:40pm
Kylee HarfordUI-IINSPIREActuarial Sciences, MathematicsRisk Management and Curation of Collections in MuseumsDr. Tiffany Adrain3:40 - 4:40pm
Riley McCoyUI-IINSPIREBiomedical SciencesPrenatal poly(I:C) exposure leads to social deficits and hypoactivity of brain network regulating social behavior 4:50 - 5:50pm
Alexi MichanicouScience AlliancePhysics & AstronomyExtracting Luminosity Metrics from Pulsating AuroraDr. Allison Jaynes4:50 - 5:50pm
Abby MyrothScience AllianceNeuroscienceThe Developmental Emergence of Sleep Spindles in Juvenile RatsDr. Mark Blumberg3:40 - 4:40pm
Keegan NissenScience AllianceSpeech and Hearing ScienceBridging the Gap: Barriers, Impacts, and Pathways to Addressing Rural Hearing Healthcare Inequities in IowaDr. Elizabeth Walker3:40 - 4:40pm
DeAndre StegerScience AllianceInformatics, PsychologyEvaluating the Convergent Validity of Digital Processing-Speed Assessments: An Analysis of DSST, Letter Comparison, and Pattern Comparison TasksDr. Michelle Voss3:40 - 4:40pm
Anand SubramaniamLatham FellowPsychologyUnderstanding media literacy in current society and educating on ways of combating misinformation in online spaces.Dr. Aubrey Chan3:40 - 4:40pm
Ellie WojcikowskiScience AllianceNeuroscienceA Psychometric Evaluation of Heart Rate Variability to Index Social-Emotional Functioning in SchizotypyDr. Bengi Baran4:50 - 5:50pm
Isabelle YoderScience AllianceNeuroscienceDistinguishing Mild Cognitive Impairment from Normal Aging: Domain-Specific Cognitive DifferencesDr. Natalie Denburg3:40 - 4:40pm