Summer 2024 Cohort
Grace DeCostanza
Ursinus College
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, June 2025
Research Mentor: Dr. Marisa Kozlowski
Project Title: “Generation of C-H Activation Reaction Data Set for Unsupervised Machine Learning”
Alec Driver
Tufts University
Chemistry, June 2025
Research Mentor: Dr. Zahra Fakhraai
Project Title: “Thermal Stability and Crystallization Dynamics of Polyethylene Oxide in Nanoconfined Thin-Films”
Christopher Flores
Williams College
Chemistry, June 2026
Research Mentor: Dr. Dirk Trauner
Project Title: “Accessing a Photoswitchable Blebbistatin Derivative Through Amidine Coupling”
Julie Gerstner
Roger Williams University
Chemistry, June 2025
Research Mentor: Dr. Neil Tomson
Project Title: “Investigating the Reactivity of a Bridging Methylidene Diiron Macrocyclic Ligand”
Annabelle Hannah
Simmons University
Chemistry, June 2025
Research Mentor: Dr. Tom Mallouk
Project Title: “High-Throughput Screening of Non-Precious Metal Alloy Catalysts for Hydrogen Oxidation Reactions in Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells”
Emily Hansen
Pikes Peak State College
Chemistry, June 2026
Research Mentor: Dr. Dan Mindiola
Project Title: “The Reactivity of a Titanium Bis(Tellurido) Complex”
Caleb Rokosky
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Biochemistry, June 2025
Research Mentor: Dr. Jeffery Saven
Project Title: “Computational Design and Modeling of Protein Coiled-Coils”
Marisa Sloan
Stevenson University
Biochemistry, June 2025
Research Mentor: Dr. Eric Schelter
Project Title: “C-F Bond Activation of gem-Difluorocyclopropenes via Rare Earth Triflates”
Margaret Steward
College of Wooster
Chemistry, June 2026
Research Mentor: Dr. Karen Goldberg
Project Title: “[H(BPI)Pd(Me)][BF4] Catalyst Development Towards Selective C-H Activation in the Conversion of Methane to Methanol”
Ian Vogelsang
Hamilton College
Chemistry, June 2025
Research Mentor: Dr. Andrew Rappe
Project Title: “Efficient Hydrogen Evolution Catalysis in the Covalent Organic Framework: Mercury-Tin Phenylene Organic Framework”
Funded by University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships
Sofia Murra Vicario
University of Pennsylvania
Chemistry
Research Mentor: Dr. Patrick Walsh
Project Title: “Synthesis of Organic Compounds as Stable Glass Materials”