Peer Research Contacts are undergraduate students who are already involved in research in colleges and departments across campus and are willing to share their experiences via email correspondence. The list below is divided by field, but remember that many students' work is interdisciplinary: if you are interested in biological/biomedical research, for example, there may be useful contacts in the Engineering section, etc.

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Biological/Biomedical Sciences

Major/Minor	Research Specialization	Name
Animal Science	Sociology of Animal Industries	Sandra Molly DePue
Animal Science - Nutrition	Adipose Development in Chicken Embryos	Paula Chen
Animal Science	Neurosciences	Kristen Bartholomew
Animal Science	Equine Immunology	Mallory Kanwal
Animal Science (pre-vet track)	Ruminant microbiology/nutrition	Leanne Diese
Biochemistry	Protein Stability and Function	Kiersten Lessig
Biochemistry	Cancer Vaccine Development	Ameya Deshmukh
Biochemistry	Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy	Michael Haupt
Biochemistry	Cancer Genetics: Natural Killer Cells	Srirama Josyula
Biochemistry	Membrane Protein Insertion via Translocases	Abdul Wasey
Biochemistry	Genetic Mapping	Breonna Slocum
Biochemistry	Experimental Cancer Therapeutics	Kate Gordon
Biochemistry	Plant Protein Biochemistry	Marisol Martinez
Biochemistry	Biomaterials	Wilson Lo
Biochemistry/Molecular Genetics	Tumor Migration in the Brain	Maryknoll Palisoc
Biology	Dental Research	Laura Zweifler
Biology	Oral Biology	Kyle Boyd
Biology	EEOB: Gut Microbes of Cockroaches	Emily Walsh
Biology	Clinical Opthamology	James O'Brien
Biology/Applied Math	Plant Molecular Genetics/Mathematical Neuroscience	Yiqun Wang
Biology	Lung Cancer Metastasis and Angiogenesis	Mustafa Basree
Biology	Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia	Cameron Sheehan
Biology	Cancer Genetics	Michael Lause
Biology	Mosquito Physiology	Mary Stone
Biology	Clinical Research in Family Medicine	Andrew Leubitz
Biology	Effects of Dietary Compounds on Cancer Immunology	Zeenath Ameen
Biology	Collagen Regulation in Blood Vessels	Shuvro Roy
Biology/Public Health	Lipid Signaling, Lipidomics, and Vasculotoxicity	Zach Davidson
Biology	Anesthesiology/Gene Mapping	Jonathon Morena
Biology	Neuroimmunological Changes in Aging and Sickness	Allison Dugan
Biology	HIV Proteomics	Julia DiFiore
Biology	Acute Myeloid Leukemia	Danny Yanes
Biology	Orthopedic Research	Samantha Dyer
Biology	Cancer Genetics: Role of PTEN in Tumor Suppression	Ryan Fitzgerald
Biology	Clinical Research in Medicine - EMR	Kelsey Carter
Biology	Cancer Genetics	Chris Gaw
Biology	Cancer Genetics	Christopher Gaw
Biology	lin-28, lin-4 and Cancer	Anthony Kiragu
Biology	Limnology (Stone Lab)	Jamie Viterna
Biomedical Science	Effects of Proteins on Damaged Cardiomyocytes	Anjella Manoharan
Biomedical Science	Tuberculosis	Poornima Venigalla
Biomedical Science	Non-Autonomous Cell Signalling in Tumors	Markus Harrigan
Biomedical Science	Drug Resistant Breast Cancer	Mark Rudolph
Biomedical Science	Brain Cancer	Brian Hurwitz
Biomedical Science	Neuroscience--Strokes and Social Housing	Christine Fung
Biomedical Science	Motor Neuron Disease (ALS)	Radhika Tampi
Biomedical Science	Cardiac Ischemia Reprefusion	Katie Stanfill
Biomedical Science	Experimental Treatments for Acute Myeloid Leukemia	Ron Siebenaler
Biomedical Science	Oncolytic Virus Therapies; Brain Cancer	Nicholas Denton
Biomedical Science	Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer & Wound Healing	Monica Lachey
Biomedical Science	Bioinformatics/Computational Genetics	Russell Bonneville
Biomedical Science	Multiple Sclerosis - T cells	Nicholas Jarjour
Diagnostic Medical Sonography	Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS)	Ashley Holtzapple
Environmental Science	Plant Biomass Composition and Metabolism	Rebecca Kimmelfield
Evolution, Ecology & Organismal Biology	Aquatic Ecology and Climate Change	Chelsea Coble
Evolution, Ecology & Organismal Biology	Effects of Environmental Change on Cichlids	Matt Hodanbosi
Evolution, Ecology & Organismal Biology	Tropical Plant-Animal Mutualisms	Andrew Muehleisen
Food Science	Food Safety/Microbiolgy	Anastasia Purgianto
Forestry & Wildlife Management	Ecology	Diana Saintignon
Health Sciences/Pre-Allied Med	Pharmacology/Cardiology	Destiny Allen
Medical Laboratory Science	Collagen Regulation in Blood Vessels	Sarah Chen
Microbiology	Retroviruses	Dhatri Kotekal
Microbiology	Acute Myeloid Leukemia	John Nemer
Microbiology	Parkinson's Disease and Stroke	Ryan Tran
Microbiology	Mitochondrial/Complex I Genetic Disorders	Mike Subtelny
Microbiology	Microbial Infection and Immunity	Jacob Koopman
Microbiology	Cardiovascular Research/ Cancer Genetics/Yeast Genetics	Teena D'Cruz
Microbiology	Psychoneuroimmunology	Spiro Verija
Microbiology and Nurtition Science	Salmonella Genetics	Christopher Stahl
Microbiology and Public Health	Environmental Cardiology	Dheeraj Duggineni
Microbiology	Melanoma and Breast Cancer Research	Greg Kemper
Microbiology	Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia	Danielle Chappell
Microbiology	Antibiotic Resistance and Translation	Lindsey Solden
Microbiology	HIV Drug Discovery	Rachael Billock
Microbiology	Cellular Genetics and Molecular Cardiology	Subhra Jana
Microbiology/English	Antibiotic Resistance and Translational Pathways	Eleftheria Matsa
Microbiology	Molecular Mechanisms of Apoptosis	Justin Tossey
Microbiology	Role of PCNA in Mismatch Repair	Matt Chastang
Microbiology	Nanotechnology/Drug Delivery Techniques	Rashmi Borah
Microbiology/Political Science	Microbiology & Public Health	Alex Chaitoff
Microbiology	Immunology/Microbiology	Nandan Gokhale
Molecular Genetics	Epigenetics	Erica Thomas
Molecular Genetics	Bioinorganic Chemistry and Behavioral Neuroscience	Olivia Chen
Molecular Genetics	Pathology	Alisha Kamboj
Molecular Genetics/French	Role of ATF3 Localization in Breast Cancer	Yang Liu
Molecular Genetics	Soybean Genetics	Elizabeth Baskin
Molecular Genetics	Clinical Family Practice	Krupa Parikh
Neuroscience	Neuropharmacology	Alex Fields
Neuroscience	Alzheimer's Microglia	Sarah Royer
Neuroscience	Spinal Cord Injury	Jeremy Maylath
Neuroscience/Music	Computational Memory and Cognitive Control	Connor Spiech
Neuroscience/Music Performance	Computational Memory	Christine Wu
Neuroscience/Psychology	Social Cognitive Neuroscience	Mariam Hussain
Neuroscience	Behavioral Neuroscience	Sam Dubin
Neuroscience	Schizophrenia	Brian Upton
Neuroscience	Entomology	Rebecca Lieberman
Nutrition	Nutrition and Dentistry	Monica Bonnin
Nutrition/Community Health	Movement Analysis and Performance Lab	Amanda Perrin
Nutrition	Biological Sciences	Stephanie Petrofski
Pharmaceutical Science	Cancer Immunology Inhibitors	Zheng Che
Pharmaceutical Science	Immunological Delivery Systems	Deanna Brackman
Pre-Pharmacy	Neurosciences; Circadian System	Celynn Vaughn
Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology/ Microbiology	Plant Genetics	Sterling Field
Plant Health Management	Nutrient Effects on Greenhouse Production	Edward Luersman
Plant Pathology	Tree Fungus	Katherine Gambone
Zoology	Cardiac Proteins	Celia Camardo
Zoology	Marine Biology	Annelise Del Rio

 

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Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Major/Minor	Research Specialization	Name
Applied Math/Biology	Mathematical Neuroscience/Plant Molecular Genetics	Yiqun Wang
Astronomy/Physics/German	Observational Astronomy/Superluminous Supernovae	Jacob Jencson
Astonomy/Physics	Theoretical Astrophysics	Ethan Palay
Chemistry	Analytical Chemistry	Katherine Wehde
Chemistry	Peptide Amphiphiles for Medical Imaging	Mike Nicholl
Chemistry	Biochemistry and Enzyme Kinetics	Chris Reyes
Chemistry	Electrochemistry	Yi-Ann (Ann) Lii
Chemistry	Alternative Energy Chemistry	Jacqueline Leizerman
Chemistry/Anthropology	Archaeology	Patrick Druggan
Chemistry	FT-IR Microspectropic Data Analysis	Allie Lawson
Chemistry	Bone Growth	Hamza Dodo
Chemistry	Organic Synthetic Chemistry	Samantha King
Chemistry/Food Science & Technology	Soy Protein & Isoflavone Content	Matt Teegarden
Chemistry	Structural HIV	Jeremy Fichtenbaum
Chemistry	Theoretical Physical Chemistry	Bethany Wellen
Chemistry/Molecular Genetics	Organometallics & Polymerization: Inorganic Chemistry	Chibuokem Amuneke-Nze
Geological Sciences	Organic Chemistry and Paleontology	Victor Perez
Geological Sciences	Polar and Environmental Geochemistry	Kelsey Bisson
Geology	Paleozoic Crinoid Paleontology	Jeffrey Thompson
Mathematics	Sleep & Movement	Mary Palazzo
Mathematics/German	Mathematical Modeling	Kersey Schott
Mathematics	Knot & Graph Theory	Jonathan Michel
Mathematics/Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering	Anthropological Modeling and Quantitative Analysis	Hongyang Pi
Physics/Neuroscience	Spintronics in Semiconductor Heterostructures	Tajana Schneiderman
Physics/Astronomy	Condensed Matter Physics	Paul Zivick
Physics	Condensed Matter: High-Temperature Superconductivity	Tyler Erjavec
Physics	High Energy Density Physics	Jonathan Ruben
Physics/Astronomy	High Energy Physics and Astrophysics	Johnny Greco
Physics	Condensed Matter Theory: Impurities in Novel Substances	Brian Slusher

 

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Engineering

Major/Minor	Research Specialization	Name
Aeronautical and Astronomical Engineering	Plasma Actuators for Aerodynamic Flow Control	Ray Tan
Biomedical Engineering	Sports Biomechanics	Maria Talarico
Biomedical Engineering/Neuroscience	Neuroscience: Strokes	David Sohutskay
Biomedical Engineering	Electrospun Biomaterials	Brett Geiger
Biomedical Engineering	Cancer tracking via microbubbles/Cosmology	Kinshuk Mitra
Biological Engineering	Aquaponics Systems	Amanda Peterson
Biomedical Engineering	Enzyme Kinetics	Michael Wolfe
Biomedical Engineering	Opthamology	Jennifer Malik
Biomedical Engineering	Nanotechnology	Marcus Badgeley
Biomedical Engineering/Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering	Protein Engineering and Hormone Biosensors	Angela Chen
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering	Bacterial Bio-Sensors & Protein Purification	Robert Law
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering	Nanoengineering	Nikita Kevlich
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering	Radiology	Zach Zins
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering	Photovoltaics	Anna Dorfi
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering	Cell Culture/Drug Screening	Andrew Motz
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering	Viscosity of non-Newtonian Fluids	Joe Gauthier
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering	Fuel Cell Catalysts	Sai Uppati
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering	Brain Tumor Cell Migration	Caroline Dahlem
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering	Analytical Chemistry	Madison Spychalski
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering	Nanotechnology/Biomolecular	Ryan Gallagher
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering	Life Cycle Assesstment and Food Sustainability	Aditi Bansal
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering/Mathematics	Anthropological Modeling and Quantitative Analysis	Hongyang Pi
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering	Oral Biology	Eric Moyer
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering	Nanotechnology/Biomolecular	Kristi Olesik
Civil Engineering	Liquefaction of Silty Soils	Alison Cerrato
Computer Science and Engineering	Computer Science and Biological Mathematics	Boyu Liu
Computer Science and Engineering	High Energy Density Physics	Jonathan Ruben
Computer Science and Engineering	Script-Free HTML	Matthew Seffernick
Computer Science and Engineering	Computer Graphics	Joshua Adams
Engineering Physics (Computer Science concentration)	STM and Raman Spectroscopy	Jacob Oost
Engineering	Race Relations in the US	Kyle Meeks
Engineering	Nanoparticles and Toxicity for Medical Imaging	Vivek Chhabria
Engineering Physics	Solid State Semiconductors	Jon Cox
Engineering Physics	High Energy Particle Physics	Jonathan Timcheck
Engineering Physics	Quantum Phase Transitions (Condensed Matter Physics)	Robert Ivancic
Engineering Physics	Magnetic Trapping	Sam Stuard
Environmental Engineering	Risk Assessment of Nanoparticles	Craig Ayres
Materials Science Engineering	Computations Materials	Kimberly Lachell
Materials Science Engineering	Nickel-based Superalloys--Metallurgy	Katie Daehn
Materials Science Engineering	Electomagnetic Forming of Structural Metals	Connor Slone
Materials Science Engineering	Biophysics/Biochemistry applied to DNA research	Lindsey Kathmann
Mechanical Engineering	Biomechanics (NCAA Linemen Knee Cartilage)	Katelyn Woodling
Mechanical Engineering	Biomechanics (Total Knee Replacement)	Michelle Cullen
Mechanical Engineering	Microbial Fuel Cells	Matt Gerber
Mechanical Engineering	Electromagnetic Pulse Welding	Andrew Daehn
Mechanical Engineering	Condensed Matter Physics	Greg Payne

 

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Social and Behavioral Sciences and Business

Major/Minor	Research Specialization	Name
Accounting	Economics/Management Sciences/Psychology	Davon Norris
Accounting	Racial Effect in Ultimatum-Game Setting	Robert (Jingshan) Wang
Accounting	Accounting Choice	Yuru Liu
Anthropology	Cultural Anthropology	Emily Schueller
Anthropology/GIS	Archaeology/GIS	Alexis Niekamp
Anthopology	Archaeology/Fort Ancient Culture	Melissa French
Anthropology/Chemistry	Archaeology	Patrick Druggan
Anthropology	Environmental & Landscape Archaeology	Grant Joslin
Communication	Health Communication/Media Effects	Yiqi "Vickie" Chen
Communication	Video Game Research	Myles Mahlie
Communication	Communications	Madison Gesiotto
Criminology/Sociology	Firearm Legislation	Sara Schiavone
Economics	Organization Economics	Nick Deis
Economics/Mathematics	Develoment Economics in China	Zhen Ye
Finance/Spanish	Argentine Economic Crisis	Joshua Miera
Geography	Urban Geography and Environmental Justice	Emily Nosse-Leirer
Geography/Political Science	Urban Geography: Geography of Homelessness	Maegan Miller
International Studies/French	Non-Governmental Organizations in Haiti	Jacob Bogart
International Business	Music and Media	A.J. Veleta
International Studies/Spanish	Zapatista Movement in Chiapas, Mexico	Rebekah Kartal
Linguistics/English	Comparative Historiographies: Afro-Mexican Resistance Fighters	Stephen J. Barber
Political Science	U.S. Congress	Ross Butters
Political Science/Microbiology	Public Health and Microbiology	Alex Chaitoff
Psychology/English	Judgement and Decision Making	Kelsey Lewis
Psychology	Depressiong and Anxiety	Katie Babcock
Psychology	Social Cognitive Development	Jonathan Borden
Psychology	Cognitive Development	QingQing Xia
Psychology	Pediatric Psychology and Developmental Disability	Tamar Kodish
Psychology/Neuroscience	Developmental Disorders and Clinical Neuroscience	Taylor Wong
Psychology	Social Psychology: Culture Matching In Advertisement	Huidong (Ethan) Yang
Psychology	Childhood Mood Disorders	Olivia Bonanno
Psychology	Memory and Cognition	Amanda Morel
Psychology	Neuroscience/Cognitive Science and Health	Heather Brodie
Psychology/Anthropology	Traumatic Brain Injury	Jessica Haushalter
Psychology	Social and Clinical Psychology and Psychophysiology	Anjni Patel
Psychology	Psychophysiology/ Mood & Personality Studies	Claudia Cash
Psychology	Social Psychology: Attitudes	Jonathan Pentz
Psychology	Cognitive Neuroscience	Thomas O'Connell
Psychology	Social-Cognition as Applies to Self Control	John Entingh
Psychology/Economics	Judgment and Decision-Making	David Weiner
Psychology/Neuroscience	Clinical Neuroscience Lab and Stress & Health Lab	Mariam Hussain
Psychology/Neuroscience	Heart Rate Variability/Cancer Survivors	Lindsay Cannon
Psychology	Developmental Language & Cognition Lab/	Kerrianne Morrison
Psychology/Spanish	Behavioral Neuroscience and Social Neurochemistry	Erika Sulecki
Psychology	Anti-Cancer Drugs	Divya Subramanian
Psychology/English	Computational Memory	Emily Weichart
Psychology	Pediatric Psychology: Neurology and Palliative Care	Marci Eversole
Psychology	Mood and Personality Disorders	Joey Doherty
Psychology	Judgment and Decision Making	Qijia Chen
Psychology	Pain & Palliative Care	Rachel Weiskittle
Psychology	Source Memory/Personal Relevance	Alexis Wagner
Psychology	Depression/Social	Shelby Kretz
Psychology	Spinal Cord Injury	David Arsanious
Public Affairs	Sociology and Educational Policy	Victoria Parsons
Public Health	Tobacco Control	David Danesh
Sociology/Criminology	Workplace Ethnographies/Unions and the Workplace	Michael Bryant
Speech & Hearing Science	Dementia	Cheri Schoenberger
Speech & Hearing Science	Autism	Kaitlin Bigner
Speech & Hearing Science	Dementia/Literacy in Children	Kimberly Tarnoff
Speech & Hearing Science	Dementia	Theresa Fisher

 

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Arts and Humanities

Major/Minor	Research Specialization	Name
Classics/English	Jane Austen and Epic Poetry	Patricia Ryan
Dance/English	Interdisciplinary Arts: Terminology & Collaboration	Rachel Switlick
Engineering	Race Relations in the US	Kyle Meeks
English	Breast Cancer Treatment via Vaccination	Shelby Reimer
English/Psychology	Narrative and Appalachian Mental Health Care	Sarah Craycraft
English	Creative Writing	Jessica Sarber
English/Microbiology	Victorian/Gothic Literature	Eleftheria Matsa
History	American Revolution and Early Republic (Newark Campus)	Joseph Ross
History/French	Criminal Justice Research Center: Criminal History	Rachel Licina
History	Malaria in the Pacific Theater	Caitlin Bentley
International Studies/French	Non-Governmental Organizations in Haiti	Jacob Bogart
International Studies/Spanish	Zapatista Movement in Chiapas, Mexico	Rebekah Kartal
Jazz Studies	Music: Independent Production Process	Jon Lampley
Linguistics	Phonology and African Languages	Emily Clem
Linguistics/Spanish	Sociolinguistics	Amber Torelli
Linguistics	Perceptual Dialectology; folk Linguistics; Variation	Katie Bauer
Spanish/Finance	Argentine Economic Crisis	Joshua Miera

 

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