14 College of Science students present research at Honors Symposium

Friday, Apr 17, 2026 • Greg Pederson :

Fourteen Honors College students from the College of Science presented their research posters at the UTA Spring 2026 Honors Research Symposium on April 10 in the Central Library 6th floor atrium.

The Honors Research Symposium is a culmination of months of hard work and dedication by Honors students in conducting undergraduate research in a variety of disciplines.

Honors College students present their research posters at the Spring 2026 Honors Research Symposium in the Central Library 6th floor atrium.

 

College of Science students, faculty mentors, and titles of their projects include:

Sarah Al-Noubani, Chemistry | Faculty mentor: Kayunta Johnson-Winters

Title: Biochemical Investigations of F420-Dependent Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase from Cryptosporangium arvum

Austin Carlson, Mathematics | Faculty mentor: Hristo Kojouharov

Title: Phenological Overlap in Obligate Plant-Pollinator Mutualism

Grecia De Los Rios, Psychology | Faculty mentor: Jessica Sanchez

Title: A Qualitive Study on How Cultural Beliefs About Sexuality After Childbirth Influence Postpartum Depression

Tuong Anh Huynh, Biology | Faculty mentor: Heather Arterburn

Title: Anti-inflammatory Potential of Texas Plants: Comparative Analysis of Flavonoid Content and Egg Albumin Denaturation in Yucca Gigantea and Stachys coccinea

Justice Jones, Physics | Faculty mentor: Haleh Hadavand

Title: Testing and Qualification of Low Voltage Power Supplies for the ATLAS Tile Hadronic Calorimeter Phase-II Upgrade

Mariana Martinez, Microbiology | Faculty mentor: Alison Ravenscraft

Title: Comparative analysis of tomatine-degrading gut microbiota found in the Yellow Margined Leaf Beetle and the Colorado Potato Beetle

Stefany Neumayer, Biology | Faculty mentor: Dylan Parks

Title: Optimization of Microbial Fermentation Conditions to Enhance Bioactive Antimicrobial Compound Production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Emily Nguyen, Biochemistry | Faculty mentor: Frank Foss

Title: Progress Towards the Synthesis of Stable Amide Pheromone Analogs for Ostrinia furnacalis

Tresha Nguyen, Biology | Faculty mentor: Kytai Truong Nguyen

Title: Nanoparticle-Mediated Drug Delivery Reduces Fibrosis in Peripheral Artery Disease

Nina Parvari, Microbiology | Faculty mentor: Whitney Tholen

Title: The Hospital-Soil Interface: Investigating Antibiotic Resistance Near Clinical Environments

Irene Pham, Microbiology | Faculty mentor: Alison Ravenscraft

Title: Acquisition Behavior Response: Investigating the Influence of a “Good” Versus “Sub-Optimal” Species of Caballeronia Density on the Fitness and Development of Leptoglossus Phyllopus

Fariza Tanvir, Physics | Faculty mentor: Zihan Wang

Title: Bursty Bulk Flows: The What, the Why, and their Impact on the Earth

Pearl Thakkar, Biology | Faculty mentor: Qing Tang

Title: PstA negatively regulates the expression of the glnRA operon in Staphylococcus aureus

Tsion Woldeselassie, Data Science | Faculty mentor: Masoud Rostami

Title: Predicting Specialty Coffee Quality Using Machine Learning

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