Research Poster Presentations & Judging will take place during two different sessions, Session 1 and Session 2, on Days 1 and 2 of the conference, Wednesday, April 10 & Thursday, April 11, 2019 in the Third Floor Atrium of Bossone Research Enterprise Center.

Please note that the following are CLOSED SESSIONS for poster presenters and judges ONLY. Conference attendees may browse the posters and talk with presenters during "Poster Viewing" on Days 1 and 2 of the conference, Wednesday April 10, 2019 6:00 - 7:00 PM and Thursday, April 11 5:00 - 6:00 PM.

See Conference Schedule for details.

Each Research Poster Presenter will present a 3-5 minute overview of their research and experience to postdoc, alumni, faculty and professional staff judges, as well as conference attendees. Awards for first and second place will be distributed at the Awards Ceremony on Thursday, April 11, 2019.

Session 1: Wednesday, April 10, 2019 4:00 - 5:00 PM

#1 Vahideh Abdolazimi
PhD Program, Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering
Liquid Crystal Based Optical pH Sensor for Esophageal Monitoring

#3 Amal Alanazi
PhD Program, Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences
Effect of Online Exam Review Session

#5 Mark Anayee
PhD Program, Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
Control of MXene surface properties

#7 Sarah Blatt
MS Program, Biomedical Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems
Characterization of the Macrophage Response to Biomaterials Through Gene Set Analysis

#9 Andrew Brzozowski
MS Program, Design Research, Westphal College of Media Arts and Design
Liberal Arts and Design in Artificial Intelligence

#13 Cheng-Han Chung
PhD Program, Microbiology and Immunology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies, College of Medicine
Chromatin accessibility affects CRISPR-mediated cleavage efficiency

#15 Rosemary DeLuccia
PhD Program, Nutrition Sciences, College of Nursing and Health Professions
Healthy Adults Do Not Meet Optimal Calcium to Magnesium Ratio

#17 Katherine Fiocca
PhD Program, Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences
Nutrition affects wasp reproductive plasticity

#19 Ebony Gary
PhD Program, Microbiology and Immunology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies, College of Medicine
Enhancing mucosal immunity to an HIV-1 DNA vaccine

#21 Kritika Hanamshet
PhD Program, Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies, College of Medicine
Role of RAD52 in BRCA-deficient cells

#23 Rosie Mae Henson
PhD Program, Health Services Research and Policy
Urban Upgrading and Health

#25 Jennifer Jakubowski
MS Program, Biomedical Science, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems
Compression of Cytology Virtual Slides

#27 Lisa Lanza
PhD Program, Nutrition Sciences, College of Nursing and Health Professions
Physical activity, protein preloads and brain activation

#29 Marisa Leib
MS Program, Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
Social Problem Solving Among U.S. Veterans with Suicidal Ideation

#31 Griffin Mallas
MS Program, Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
Stress, Personality, Performance, and Pro Soccer

#33 Pedro Edson Martins Amaral
PhD Program, Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences
High Electron Mobility of Amorphous Red Phosphorus

#35 Brian McCommons
PhD Program, Education, School of Education
Impacts of Short-Term Service Abroad

#37 Dicle Ozel
MS Program, Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
Anger, Aggression, Social Problem Solving and Suicidality

#41 Tyler Rehak
PhD Program, Physics, College of Arts and Sciences
Working Toward a Precision Neutrino Beam at Fermilab

#43 Renaldo Scott
EdD Program, Educational Leadership and Management, School of Education
Impact of Please ASK on Student Comprehension

#45 Rosalind Sutkowski
MS Program, Design Research, Westphal College of Media Arts and Design
Investigating Haptics with an Optical Medium-Feeling Photography

#47 Lavenia Thursch
PhD Program, Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering
Biochemistry Hydrogel Rheology Biomaterial

#49 Van Truong
EdD Program, Educational Leadership and Management, School of Education
Bridging the Gap Between Females of Color & STEM

#51 Yiming Xu
MS Program, Design Research, Westphal College of Media Arts and Design
Cross cultural contextual study of fashion

Session 2: Thursday, April 11, 2019 9:00 - 10:00 AM

#2 Thelmelis Abreu
MS Program, Design Research, Westphal College of Media Arts and Design
Circular Service Design:  An examination of its definition, limitations, and relationship with emerging technologies

#4 Mohammed Alghamdi
PhD Program, Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Nursing and Health Professions
Cross-Cultural Adaptation of Patient-Report Measures

#6 Mohammad Balapour
PhD Program, Civil Engineering, College of Engineering
Lightweight Aggregate Produced from Bottom Ash

#8 Sarah Bowler
MPH Program, Health Management and Policy, Dornsife School of Public Health
Process for a Systematic Literature Review

#10 Ann Campbell
MS Program, Science, Technology and Society, College of Arts and Sciences
American Type Culture Collection: Museums and Microbes

#11 Anne Castiglioni
MS Program, Environmental Science, College of Arts and Sciences
Behavioral Endocrinology of Juvenile Giant Pandas

#12 Junyi Chen
MS Program, Design Research, Westphal College of Media Arts and Design
Hypermodernism in Fashion

#14 Riley Cook
MS Program, Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
Roles of sex and APOE in MCI

#16 Bryan Featherstone
PhD Program, Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences
Phylogeny vs Environment: Effects on Gut Microbiome Composition

#18 Alanna Garavaglia
MS Program, Arts Administration, Westphal College of Media Arts and Design
Re-Engaging Communities Post-Disaster Through the Arts

#20 Holly Gerber
PhD Program, Clinical Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
Betrayal Trauma, Social Problem Solving, and Suicidal Ideation

#22 Alison Hartman
PhD Program, Clinical Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
A Historical Analysis of Psychosocial Care of Parents in the NICU: Preliminary Findings

#24 Zachary Hinton
PhD Program, Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering
The Global Impact of Interfacial Engineering

#26 Olga Kyzlova
PhD Program, Physics, College of Arts and Sciences
A Search for Sterile Neutrino Oscillations with PROSPECT

#28 Austin LaRocca
MS Program, Medical Science, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies, College of Medicine
Infant medical attributes on parental psychosocial function

#30 Sean Lewis
PhD Program, Physics, College of Arts and Sciences
Supermassive Binary Black Holes as Globular Cluster Accelerators

#32 Ague Mae Manongsong
PhD Program, Educational Leadership and Learning Technologies, School of Education
Mentoring Impacting Independent Workers’ Personal Initiative

#34 M. Marie Mastrobattista
MS Program, Interior Architecture and Design Research, Westphal College of Media Arts and Design
Creating Sustainable Community School Learning Environments

#36 Hayley O’Donnell
PhD Program, Applied Cognitive and Brain Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences
Role of Learning in Cognitive Flexibility

#38 Jonathan Painter
MS Program, Music Therapy and Counseling, College of Nursing and Health Professions
Maintaining Sense of Self in Dementia

#39 Jasmine Peake
PhD Program, Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies, College of Medicine
Alcohol and Cancer: More than just a hangover

#40 Ayda Rafie
PhD Program, Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering
Synergistic Effect of Sulfur-rich Copolymer and Host Porosity in Li-S Batteries

#42 Gabrielle Salib
PhD Program, Information Science, College of Computing and Informatics
Investigating Youth Career Advice Seeking Online

#44 Karly Soldner
PhD Program, Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering
Monitoring Rain Garden Soil Moisture with IoT

#46 Lydia Svetkovich
EdD, Educational Leadership and Management, School of Education
Multi-Tiered Instruction for Early Literacy Skills

#48 Bettina Tranquille
MS Program, Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies, College of Medicine
Mindful in the NICU

#50 Monique Woodward
PhD Program, Education, School of Education
Easely Summer Space Camp

#52 Zhenqiao Zhao
PhD Program, Electrical and Computing Engineering, College of Engineering
Understand 16S rRNA by Deep learning

Research Poster Presentation Judges - Session 1 

Lloyd Ackert, PhD
Teaching Professor, History Department, Center for Science, Technology and Society, College of Arts and Sciences

Yasmine Awais, MAAT, ATR-BC, ATCS, LCAT, LPC
Assistant Clinical Professor, Creative Arts Therapies Department, College of Nursing and Health Professions

Jean Brody, DFA
Program Director, Online Arts Administration and Museum Leadership and Teaching Professor, Westphal College of Media Arts and Design

Zoltan Buzas, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Politics, College of Arts and Sciences

Allana Forde, PhD, MPH
Postdoctoral Researcher, Urban Health Collaborative, Dornsife School of Public Health

Meikang Han, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher, Materials Science and Engineering Department, College of Engineering

Narendra Kurra, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher, Materials Science and Engineering Department, College of Engineering

Nancy Raitano Lee, PhD
Director of MS Programs and Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences

Qing Li, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher, Biomedical Science, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems

Ian McKendry, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher, Chemical and Biological Engineering Department, College of Engineering

Talibah Metcalf, PhD
Research Manager, Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine, College of Medicine

Rosell Muir, PhD
Research Associate, Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine, College of Medicine

Maruthi Mulaka, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine

Diana Nicholas, RA, AIA, NCARB
Director, MS Program in Design Research and Assistant Professor, Westphal College of Media Arts and Design

Robert Palisano, PT, ScD, FAPTA
Associate Dean for Research, Distinguished Professor, Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Nursing and Health Professions

Paakhi Srivastava, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, WELL Center, College of Arts and Sciences

Ivana Stankov, PhD
Senior Research Scientist, Urban Health Collaborative, Dornsife School of Public Health

Ferit Tuzer, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine

Peining Jimmy Xu, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, A.J. Drexel Autism Institute, Dornsife School of Public Health

Research Poster Presentation Judges - Session 2

Jean Brody, DFA
Program Director, Online Arts Administration and Museum Leadership and Teaching Professor, Westphal College of Media Arts and Design 

Mary Genevieve Carty, MHEd
Graduate Advisor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Dornsife School of Public Health

Darin Dunston
Assistant Director, PhD Programs and Inter-professional Education, Academic Affairs Committee Administrative Liaison, College of Nursing and Health Professions

Jonathan Deutsch, PhD
Professor, Culinary Arts and Food Science, Center for Food and Hospitality Management

Joe Foley, PhD
Professor, Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences

Abby Gilman, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher; Department of Nutrition Sciences, College of Nursing and Health Professions

Iryna Golovina, PhD, DSc
Research Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering Department, College of Engineering

Erin Graham, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Politics, College of Arts and Sciences

Elena Irollo, PhD
Research Associate, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, College of Medicine
Drexel Postdoctoral Association Chair of Professional Development

Bhanu Chandra Karisetty, PhD
Postdoctoral Research, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences

Arnie Kohen, MEd
Senior Career Counselor, Steinbright Career Development Center

Ian McKendry, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher, Chemical and Biological Engineering Department, College of Engineering

Andrew Lang, PhD
Research Associate, Materials Science and Engineering Department, College of Engineering

Sara Leader
Assistant Director, Student Involvement and Leadership, Campus Engagement, Student Life

Diana Norden, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences

Christopher Shuck, PhD
Postdoctoral Research, Materials Sciences and Engineering Department, College of Engineering

Todd Sullivan
Director, Fraternity and Sorority Life, Campus Engagement, Student Life

Louisiane Verger, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher, Materials Science and Engineering Department, College of Engineering

Andrew Zitcer, PhD
Program Director, Urban Strategy and Assistant Professor, Westphal College of Media Arts and Design