{"id":9006,"date":"2024-05-01T12:47:53","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T17:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/chemistry\/?p=9006"},"modified":"2024-05-01T12:48:04","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T17:48:04","slug":"16th-annual-uwm-undergraduate-research-symposium-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/chemistry\/16th-annual-uwm-undergraduate-research-symposium-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"16th Annual UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium Highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.uwm.edu\/ug-research-symposium-24\/category\/school-college\/college-of-letters-science\/chemistry-biochemistry\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sixteen undergraduate<\/a> Chemistry and Biochemistry students presented their work at the annual <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/our\/programs\/symposium\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Undergraduate Research Symposium<\/a>. The symposium celebrates the collaborations of our undergraduate students with our research-active faculty and staff across all of our schools and colleges.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.uwm.edu\/ug-research-symposium-24\/2024\/03\/28\/a-qualitative-and-quantitative-study-exploring-anxiety-in-undergraduate-level-chemistry-courses\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Preston Burdett<\/a> was awarded Outstanding Presentation Award for the poster presentation <em>A Qualitative and Quantitative Study: Exploring Anxiety in Undergraduate Level Chemistry Courses<\/em>. Below are the following students who presented:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.uwm.edu\/ug-research-symposium-24\/2024\/03\/22\/from-intrinsic-to-amotivation-the-validation-of-an-instrument-to-better-understand-student-motivation-in-chemistry\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mira Beranek<\/a> &#8211; mentor Prof. Murphy<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.uwm.edu\/ug-research-symposium-24\/2024\/03\/28\/synthesis-of-new-gabaa-receptor-ligands-for-the-development-of-new-drug-candidates-for-asthma\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Grace Wheeler<\/a> &#8211; mentor Prof. Arnold<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.uwm.edu\/ug-research-symposium-24\/2024\/04\/01\/cancer-studies-enhanced-activation-of-ros-responsive-prodrugs-via-prooxidant-ros-generation\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alexis Peterson<\/a> &#8211; mentor Prof. Peng<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.uwm.edu\/ug-research-symposium-24\/2024\/04\/01\/creation-of-sustainable-inventory-management-protocols-and-safe-chemical-storage-methods\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Owens<\/a> &#8211; mentor Prof. Arnold<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.uwm.edu\/ug-research-symposium-24\/2024\/03\/29\/effects-of-short-term-carmofur-dosing-on-ceramide-levels-in-cancer-cells\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anna Evans<\/a> &#8211; mentor Ethan Kub<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.uwm.edu\/ug-research-symposium-24\/2024\/03\/28\/generation-of-hydrogen-peroxide-in-cancer-cells-advancing-therapeutic-approaches-for-cancer-treatment\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">John Brzezinski<\/a> &#8211; mentor Prof. Peng<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.uwm.edu\/ug-research-symposium-24\/2024\/03\/29\/identifying-unique-fragmentation-of-ceramides-via-gas-chromatography-mass-spectrometry\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Grace Feucht<\/a> &#8211; mentor Prof. Mirza<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.uwm.edu\/ug-research-symposium-24\/2024\/04\/15\/investigations-of-aeq67_06425-and-aeq67_06430-enzymes-of-unknown-function-from-pseudomonas-sp-rit-pi-q\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kyle Price and Samuel Tarman<\/a> &#8211; mentor Prof. Silvaggi<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.uwm.edu\/ug-research-symposium-24\/2024\/04\/01\/phenylboronic-acid-nitrogen-mustards-induce-p53-upregulation-inhibiting-cell-migration-and-invasion-in-breast-cancers\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Julia Jakusz<\/a> &#8211; mentor Prof. Peng<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.uwm.edu\/ug-research-symposium-24\/2024\/04\/01\/protein-purification-of-his-tagged-cytochrome-c-nitrite-reductase-variants\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">William Neuberger<\/a> &#8211; mentor Prof. Pacheco<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.uwm.edu\/ug-research-symposium-24\/2024\/04\/01\/purification-of-a-truncated-hemoglobin-n-variant\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joseph Parlier<\/a> &#8211; mentor Prof. Pacheco<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.uwm.edu\/ug-research-symposium-24\/2024\/03\/28\/stability-of-gallium-maltolate-in-water-using-liquid-chromatography-mass-spectrometry\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nicholas Cavaliero<\/a> &#8211; mentor Prof. Mirza<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.uwm.edu\/ug-research-symposium-24\/2024\/03\/28\/the-ability-of-metabolic-enzymes-to-utilize-nicotinamide-adenine-dinucleotide-covalently-attached-to-rna-5-ends\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zoe Wardle<\/a> &#8211; mentor Prof. Frick<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.uwm.edu\/ug-research-symposium-24\/2024\/04\/01\/the-discovery-of-novel-anti-inflammatory-drugs-targeting-protease-activated-receptor-1\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Emma Stutler<\/a> &#8211; mentor Prof. Arnold<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sixteen undergraduate Chemistry and Biochemistry students presented their work at the annual Undergraduate Research Symposium. 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