Final Poster Schedule 2026

Mount David Summit 2026 Schedule

The Summit’s three general poster sessions are held in Perry Atrium, Pettengill Hall.

Summit Session	Time	Jump to Schedule
Session 1	1:45 – 3 PM	Jump to Session 1
Session 2	3:15 – 4: 30 PM	Jump to Session 2
Session 3	4:45 – 6 PM	Jump to Session 3

Complete Schedule

The complete schedule below allows for searching of names and keywords as well as filtering Summit session.

Session	Session Time	Wall #	Name	Title	Advisor
1	1:45 PM – 3:00 PM	1	Zach Richards ’26	Rationalizing the Assad Regime’s Use of Photography to Document its Victims During the Syrian Civil War	Senem Aslan, Politics
1	1:45 PM – 3:00 PM	2	Hadley Blodgett ’26	Holocene Reconstruction of a Greenland Ice Sheet Outlet Glacier in Inutoqqat Nunaat (Peary Land), Northern Greenland	Nich Balascio, Earth and Climate Sciences
1	1:45 PM – 3:00 PM	3	Izzi Sander ’26	Application of Charcoal and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons to Reconstruct the Holocene Fire History of North-Central Maine	Nich Balascio, Earth and Climate Sciences
1	1:45 PM – 3:00 PM	4	Lucy Whitelam ’26	A c. 13,000-year Record of Wildfire Activity from Ossipee Lake, New Hampshire	Nich Balascio, Earth and Climate Sciences
1	1:45 PM – 3:00 PM	5	Amanda Power ’26	Population Genetics of Mytilus edulis in Maine	Justin Baumann, Environmental Studies
1	1:45 PM – 3:00 PM	6	Amanda Jenkins ’26	Analysis of Epigenetic Modifications as a Response to Varying Ocean Temperature in the Gulf of Maine	Justin Baumann, Environmental Studies
1	1:45 PM – 3:00 PM	7	Madison Pavao ’26	Role of 5-HT2C Receptors and GABA-A Receptors in the Depressive Phase of the Biphasic Hypoxic Ventilatory Response	Ryan Bavis, Biology
1	1:45 PM – 3:00 PM	8	Sophia Green ’26	Effect of hypoxic conditions on rat pups’ metabolic and ventilatory rates	Ryan Bavis, Biology
1	1:45 PM – 3:00 PM	9	Lindley Friedman ’26	Disentangling Hypoxic Ventilatory Depression from Metabolic Depression in Neonatal Rats	Ryan Bavis, Biology
1	1:45 PM – 3:00 PM	10	Bronwyn Madan ’26	In Collaboration with The Dempsey Center: Cancer-Related Cognitive Impairment	Jason Castro, Neuroscience
1	1:45 PM – 3:00 PM	11	Mavy Ho ’26	Biological and Cultural Influences on Odor Pleasantness Across Populations	Jason Castro, Neuroscience
1	1:45 PM – 3:00 PM	12	Alan Pham ’26	Digitization of Olfaction	Jason Castro, Neuroscience
1	1:45 PM – 3:00 PM	13	Sergio Beltran ’26	Can A Sniff Predict Your Brain’s Health?	Jason Castro, Neuroscience
1	1:45 PM – 3:00 PM	14	Maddie Smith ’26	The Olfactory System and Its Link to Memory: Odors as a Diagnostic Tool For Neurodegenerative Disease	Jason Castro, Neuroscience
1	1:45 PM – 3:00 PM	15	Sophie Garber ’26	All in the nose? Does genetic variation among odorant receptors predict variability in odor experience?	Jason Castro, Neuroscience
1	1:45 PM – 3:00 PM	16	Justine Sherry ’26	Is Concentration the Key: Linking Olfactory Receptor Encoding to Behavioral Variability?	Jason Castro, Neuroscience
1	1:45 PM – 3:00 PM	17	Kailah Greenberg ’26	Multi-Pass Laser Spectroscopy of Dilute Methane for Air-Broadening Research	Ryan Cole, Physics
1	1:45 PM – 3:00 PM	18	Emma Yen ’26	Energy Transport and Dissipation in the Heliosphere Due to Landau Damping	Sarah Conley, Physics
1	1:45 PM – 3:00 PM	19	Leith Chikh Rouhou ’26	Optical Properties and Plasmonic Behavior of Gold Nanowires	Matthew Côté, Chemistry and Biochemistry
1	1:45 PM – 3:00 PM	20	Luke Halligan ’26	Quantifying the Polarization-Dependence of a Lab-Built Optical Harmonic Confocal Microscope	Matthew Côté, Chemistry and Biochemistry
1	1:45 PM – 3:00 PM	21	Grace LaFountain ’26	Inside a Cosmic Windstorm: JWST Reveals the Engine of Makani’s Outflows	Aleks Diamond-Stanic, Physics and Astronomy
1	1:45 PM – 3:00 PM	22	Ava Singh ’26	“We Believe It’s in God’s Hands”: Negotiating Faith and Medical Authority at the End of Life Across Immigrant Generations	Francesco Duina, Sociology
1	1:45 PM – 3:00 PM	23	Karen Chen ’26	Assessing Host Neutral Lipid Alterations in HCoV-229E Infection Using Thin Layer Chromatography	Scotty Farley, Chemistry and Biochemistry
1	1:45 PM – 3:00 PM	24	Sanae Hagino ’26	Quantifying HCoV-229E-Induced Changes to Sphingolipid Levels Using Thin-Layer Chromatography	Scotty Farley, Chemistry and Biochemistry
1	1:45 PM – 3:00 PM	25	Ella Maher ’26	Development of Degradable Polyoxazoline Analogues via Anionic Ring-Opening Polymerization of Amide-Containing Cyclic Carbonates	Dylan Freas, Chemistry and Biochemistry
1	1:45 PM – 3:00 PM	26	Mia Wetzel ’26	Understanding the Degradability of Functionalized PEG Derivative in Water	Dylan Freas, Chemistry and Biochemistry
1	1:45 PM – 3:00 PM	27	Delaney Rankin ’26	The Synthesis of Degradable Polyoxazolines via Anionic Ring-Opening Polymerization Utilizing Ethyl Nonanoate	Dylan Freas, Chemistry and Biochemistry
1	1:45 PM – 3:00 PM	28	Hannah de Fontaine ’26	Functionalization of Polyethylene Glycol Through Acetalization	Dylan Freas, Chemistry and Biochemistry
1	1:45 PM – 3:00 PM	29	Luke Singer ’26	Predicting and Contextualizing Chronic Absenteeism in the Lewiston Public School System	Yun Garrison, Psychology
1	1:45 PM – 3:00 PM	30	Alden Zhang ’26	Exploring Racial Socialization, Belonging, and Self-Esteem Among Transracial Asian American Adoptees	Yun Garrison, Psychology
1	1:45 PM – 3:00 PM	31	Molly Quinlan ’26	Educational Reentry Models for Rural Justice-Impacted Women: A Multi-State and Neuroscientific Analysis	Justin Hulbert, Neuroscience
1	1:45 PM – 3:00 PM	32	Matt Wiley ’26	The Relationship Between Electrical Stimulation and Dielectric Properties of Bone	Geneva Laurita, Chemistry and Biochemistry
1	1:45 PM – 3:00 PM	33	Darien Chiang ’26	Developing a Simulation Education Package in Python	Barry Lawson, Digitial and Computational Studies
1	1:45 PM – 3:00 PM	34	Yuchen Zhang ’26	The Role of Positive and Negative Affect in Attentional Control Among College Students	Kathy Mathis, Psychology
1	1:45 PM – 3:00 PM	35	Nate Pierce ’26	Comparing Carbon Removal Strategies Using a One-Dimensional Climate Model	Becca Payne, Earth and Climate Sciences and Physics
1	1:45 PM – 3:00 PM	36	Soren Davidson ’26	Distinguishing between large injections of CO2 and CH4 in the atmospheres of Earth-like exoplanets	Becca Payne, Earth and Climate Sciences and Physics
1	1:45 PM – 3:00 PM	37	Amanda Yolles ’26	The Four Roots of Resilience: How Early Childhood Outdoor Education Prepares Children for Climate Change	Sonja Pieck, Environmental Studies
1	1:45 PM – 3:00 PM	38	Amara Ogbonna ’26	Exploring the Movement of Chromium Through Solid/Liquid Interfaces	Ida Piedmonte, Chemistry and Biochemistry
1	1:45 PM – 3:00 PM	39	McKayla Kendall ’26	Elucidation of the Impact of Soil Composition on Chromium Mobility in the Environment	Ida Piedmonte, Chemistry and Biochemistry
1	1:45 PM – 3:00 PM	40	Maximillian Cory ’26	Investigating the Redox-Driven Mobility of Iron in Natural and Acid Mine Drainage Impacted Systems	Ida Piedmonte, Chemistry and Biochemistry
1	1:45 PM – 3:00 PM	41	Kate Lee-Gilligan ’26	Characterization of Unique Transporters, Channels and Organelles within the Thin Limb and Distal Nephron of Mouse and Rat Kidney Using Super Resolution and Confocal Microscopy	Paula Schlax, Chemistry and Biochemistry
1	1:45 PM – 3:00 PM	42	Abigail Davis ’26	Religion, Violence, and Nonviolence: Case Studies	Cynthia Baker, Religious Studies
1	1:45 PM – 3:00 PM	43	Elizabeth Asada ’26	Religion, Violence, and Nonviolence: Case Studies	Cynthia Baker, Religious Studies
1	1:45 PM – 3:00 PM	44	Josei Rothman ’29	Religion, Violence, and Nonviolence: Case Studies	Cynthia Baker, Religious Studies
1	1:45 PM – 3:00 PM	45	Matea Podgursky ’29	Religion, Violence, and Nonviolence: Case Studies	Cynthia Baker, Religious Studies
1	1:45 PM – 3:00 PM	46	Conrad Zheng ’29	Religion, Violence, and Nonviolence: Case Studies	Cynthia Baker, Religious Studies
1	1:45 PM – 3:00 PM	47	Nicholas Dalessio ’28	Religion, Violence, and Nonviolence: Case Studies	Cynthia Baker, Religious Studies
1	1:45 PM – 3:00 PM	48	Luca Bernardin ’29	Religion, Violence, and Nonviolence: Case Studies	Cynthia Baker, Religious Studies
1	1:45 PM – 3:00 PM	49	Sardar Mohammad Ruhan’26	Religion, Violence, and Nonviolence: Case Studies	Cynthia Baker, Religious Studies
1	1:45 PM – 3:00 PM	50	Erik Lindolm ’26	Regenerative Agriculture: Effect of Tomato Intercropping Practices on Soil Health	Levi Adams, Biology
1	1:45 PM – 3:00 PM	51	Kendall Reed ’26	The Relationship Between Support for Death Penalty and (Mis)Perceptions of Frequency of Wrongful Convictions	Kathy Mathis, Psychology
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	1	Sophie Leight ’26	The Blue Mussel in a Warming World: Influence of Latitude and Location on Mytilus edulis Response to Thermal Stress	Justin Baumann, Environmental Studies
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	2	Kelly Siegal ’26	Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in our Bodies: The Effects of PFAS on Reproductive, Maternal, and Newborn Health in Maine’s Underprivileged and Rural Communities	Jason Castro, Neuroscience
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	3	Yuleibi De Los Santos ’26	Which Molecular Features Are Represented In Olfactory Maps?	Jason Castro, Neuroscience
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	4	TBD	TBD	TBD
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	5	Kylee Fuller ’26	Plasmons in Gold Nanowires	Matthew Côté, Chemistry and Biochemistry
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	6	Sam Bunar ’26	Visualizing Chaos: 3D and 2D Modeling of the Geometries of Galactic Outflows with the MaNGA survey	Aleks Diamond-Stanic, Physics and Astronomy
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	7	Sophie Rasol ’26	Multiple Exposure to Criminal Suspects: Does Double-Blind Administration Prevent Eyewitness Errors?	Amy Douglass, Psychology
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	8	Qwynn Kobertz ’26	Optomechanical Design for a Liquid Xenon SiPM Test Chamber	Wesley Gillis, Physics
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	9	Sebenele Lukhele ’26	Optimization of the Purification of BbMurE, a Unique Peptidoglycan Biosynthesis Enzyme from the Lyme Disease Spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi	Brittany Hart, Chemistry and Biochemistry
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	9	Ava Varrell ’27	Optimization of the Purification of BbMurE, a Unique Peptidoglycan Biosynthesis Enzyme from the Lyme Disease Spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi.	Brittany Hart, Chemistry and Biochemistry
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	10	Willa Laski ’26	Crying Wolf: Lethal Wolf Control and the Livestock Industry	Leshui He, Economics
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	11	Kyra Ong ’26	Comparative Genomic and Transcriptomic Characterization of Secreted Frizzled-Related Proteins in genomes of freshwater sponges	April Horton, Biology
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	12	Colin Pierce ’26	Spatial Localization of Cancer/Testis Antigens in Glioblastoma	Justin Hulbert, Neuroscience
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	13	Charlotte Hansen ’28	The Effects of Respiration on Memory Recall and Sensory Processing	Justin Hulbert, Neuroscience
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	13	Anna Lawlor ’28	The Effects of Respiration on Memory Recall and Sensory Processing	Justin Hulbert, Neuroscience
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	13	Abbey Rowe ’26	The Effects of Respiration on Memory Recall and Sensory Processing	Justin Hulbert, Neuroscience
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	14	Liza Bell ’26	Community Gardening as an Instrument for Social Belonging: A Neuropsychosocial Framework for Enhancing Social Connectedness of Deaf Populations	Justin Hulbert, Neuroscience
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	15	Riley Baker ’26	Impacts of Agricultural Alterations in Sprague Marsh’s West Branch through Carbon Isotope Signatures	Bev Johnson, Earth and Climate Sciences
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	16	Evelyn Marchand ’26	Establishing δ13C Amino Acid Patterns for Kelp Derived Organic Matter in Sediments	Bev Johnson, Earth and Climate Sciences
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	17	Olivia Faucera ’26	Impact of Comorbid Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Attention Deficit-Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) on Suppression of Irrelevant Information	Kim Olivia, Neuroscience
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	18	Vyshu Viju ’26	The Effects of Secondary Motor Task Interference on Explicit Strategy Acquisition and Retention During Visuomotor Adaptation	Kim Olivia, Neuroscience
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	19	Edward Cho ’26	Influence of Task Engagement on Cerebellar-related Motor Learning	Kim Olivia, Neuroscience
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	20	Avery Cadorette ’26	Implicit Motor Learning Across Computer-Based and Virtual Reality Tasks After Stroke	Kim Olivia, Neuroscience
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	21	Lily Zink ’26	Proposed Organic Synthesis of Luteoside B: A Compound with the Potential to Treat Respiratory Syncytial Virus and Other Viral Infections	Jennifer Koviach-Côté, Chemistry and Biochemistry
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	22	Mohammed Mohammed ’26	Synthesis of Phenylpropanoid Glycoside Luteoside B: A Potential Therapeutic against Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)	Jennifer Koviach-Côté, Chemistry and Biochemistry
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	23	Evan Skufca ’26	Synthesis of Linderofruticoside A	Jennifer Koviach-Côté, Chemistry and Biochemistry
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	24	Annie Menden ’26	Studies Toward the Synthesis of Linderofruticoside A	Jennifer Koviach-Côté, Chemistry and Biochemistry
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	25	Helena Jankovic ’26	Modeling Gene Expression Through IRBIT Knockout	Martin Kruse, Biology and Neuroscience
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	26	Ava Guleserian ’26	Genetic Rescue of Neuronal Plasticity: Restoring IRBIT and Ca2+ Signaling	Martin Kruse, Biology and Neuroscience
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	27	Ami Evans ’26	Characterization of Ca2+-signaling in wild-type and IRBIT-/- in HEK293 cells in relation to IRBIT and IP₃	Martin Kruse, Biology and Neuroscience
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	28	Ansley Higgins ’26	The Analysis of IRBIT’s Role in Phosphoinositide Metabolism	Martin Kruse, Biology and Neuroscience
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	29	Natalia Correa ’26	Analysis of IRBIT’s Role in Regulating Intracellular Calcium Signaling and Phosphoinositide Metabolism by RT-qPCR and Western Blot	Martin Kruse, Biology and Neuroscience
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	30	Jacob Garces ’26	Exploring The Risk: How Cannabis Legislation and Social Influences Impact College Student’s Perceptions of Cannabis Use Risk	Susan Langdon, Psychology
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	31	Eva Boucher ’26	The Influence of Tobacco and Nicotine Use on Nutrition and Recovery	Susan Langdon, Psychology
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	32	Gabrielle Hill ’26	“Microbiome Heroes” and Media Literacy: A Strengths-Based Nutrition Workshop for Middle School Students	Susan Langdon, Psychology
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	33	Estelle Feinberg ’26	Substance Use Prevention Among At-Risk Adolescents	Susan Langdon, Psychology
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	34	Lane Foushee ’26	How the Efficacy of Mobile Art Programs Positively Impacts Emotional Health and Well-Being in Under-Resourced Areas	Susan Langdon, Psychology
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	35	Tess Griffith ’26	Enhancing Mental Engagement Among Collegiate Athletes: A Sport Psychology and Marketing Evaluation of Koomba at Bates College	Susan Langdon, Psychology
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	36	Sophia Cocchiarella ’26	The Power of Education: Practical Implications for Initiating Partnerships Between Reentry Programs and Colleges	Susan Langdon, Psychology
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	37	Carmen Liang ’26	Rethinking Asynchronous Learning for Early Childhood Engagement: Insights from Educators Across Community and Academic Settings	Susan Langdon, Psychology
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	38	Zoe Norall ’26	More than Athletics: Exploring the Association Between Girls’ Sports, Safe Spaces, and Mental Well-Being	Susan Langdon, Psychology
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	39	Josie Kim ’27	Connecting Motivations and Consequences: Comparisons Across College Student Alcohol and Cannabis Use	Susan Langdon, Psychology
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	40	Frances Hochleutner ’28	Connecting Motivations and Consequences: Comparisons Across College Student Alcohol and Cannabis Use	Susan Langdon, Psychology
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	41	Maia Seigerman ’26	Making Homecoming: How Nature Shapes Wellbeing and Belonging for Youth in Lewiston, Maine	Susan Langdon, Psychology
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	42	Luca Norquist ’28	Synthesis and Characterization of Blue Ceramic Pigments	Geneva Laurita, Chemistry and Biochemistry
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	42	Ben Sparks ’27	Synthesis and Characterization of Blue Ceramic Pigments	Geneva Laurita, Chemistry and Biochemistry
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	42	Noor Hoban ’27	Synthesis and Characterization of Blue Ceramic Pigments	Geneva Laurita, Chemistry and Biochemistry
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	43	Ingrid Lam ’26	Structural Characterization of Er-based Pyrochlores through Neutron Total Scattering	Geneva Laurita, Chemistry and Biochemistry
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	44	Kyle Beebe ’26	Synthesis and Characterization of Cobalt-Free Inorganic Blue Pigments	Geneva Laurita, Chemistry and Biochemistry
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	45	Rosina Makwabe ’26	Promises, Participation and Power: An Analysis of Community Based Natural Resource Management and An Africanfuturism Reimagination of Conservation in Africa	Eric LeFlore, Biology
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	46	Alexander Voglmayr ’27	Phase Separation in RNA – Polypeptide Coacervate Systems	Richard Booth, Chemistry and Biochemistry
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	47	Lucas Braun ’27	Metal-Histidine Coacervates as Catalytic Microreactors	Richard Booth, Chemistry and Biochemistry
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	47	Tim Ruppet ’27	Metal-Histidine Coacervates as Catalytic Microreactors	Richard Booth, Chemistry and Biochemistry
2	3:15 PM – 4:30 PM	48	Zachary Rosenthal ’26	Make No Little Plans: The Burnham Plan and the Progressive Remaking of Chicago’s Lakefront	Frances Bell, History
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	1	Anzal Isaak ’26	Introduction of Degradable Linkages into Polyethylene Glycol via Photochemical Hydrogen Atom Transfer	Dylan Freas, Chemistry and Biochemistry
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	2	Dionne Chen ’26	Culturally Adapting the DAHLIA into English: A Swedish Biopsychosocial Digital Intervention for Chronic Pain	Justin Hulbert, Neuroscience
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	3	Eli Terrell ’27	Road Salt Contamination in a Local Urban Watershed, the Hart Brook, Lewiston, ME	Bev Johnson, Earth and Climate Sciences
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	3	Kate Norry ’28	Road Salt Contamination in a Local Urban Watershed, the Hart Brook, Lewiston, ME	Bev Johnson, Earth and Climate Sciences
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	3	Fahren Sweet ’29	Road Salt Contamination in a Local Urban Watershed, the Hart Brook, Lewiston, ME	Bev Johnson, Earth and Climate Sciences
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	3	Izzie Switanek ’29	Road Salt Contamination in a Local Urban Watershed, the Hart Brook, Lewiston, ME	Bev Johnson, Earth and Climate Sciences
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	3	Izzy Kent ’28	Road Salt Contamination in a Local Urban Watershed, the Hart Brook, Lewiston, ME	Bev Johnson, Earth and Climate Sciences
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	3	Joely Stone ’28	Road Salt Contamination in a Local Urban Watershed, the Hart Brook, Lewiston, ME	Bev Johnson, Earth and Climate Sciences
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	3	Pacific Ricke ’29	Road Salt Contamination in a Local Urban Watershed, the Hart Brook, Lewiston, ME	Bev Johnson, Earth and Climate Sciences
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	3	Haskel McKee-Seegal ’29	Road Salt Contamination in a Local Urban Watershed, the Hart Brook, Lewiston, ME	Bev Johnson, Earth and Climate Sciences
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	3	Alessandra Williams ’29	Road Salt Contamination in a Local Urban Watershed, the Hart Brook, Lewiston, ME	Bev Johnson, Earth and Climate Sciences
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	4	Sally Thornburg ’26	Organic Synthesis of Luteoside B: Glycosylation of L-Rhamnose Thioglycoside, a Promising Therapeutic for Respiratory Syncytial Virus	Jennifer Koviach-Côté, Chemistry and Biochemistry
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	4	Liina Koch ’26	Organic Synthesis of Luteoside B: Glycosylation of L-Rhamnose Thioglycoside, a Promising Therapeutic for Respiratory Syncytial Virus	Jennifer Koviach-Côté, Chemistry and Biochemistry
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	5	Graham Bracken ’26	Development of a Synthetic Route to Luteoside B	Jennifer Koviach-Côté, Chemistry and Biochemistry
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	5	Andrew Hoffman ’26	Development of a Synthetic Route to Luteoside B	Jennifer Koviach-Côté, Chemistry and Biochemistry
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	6	Isabelle Baumann ’26	Hormonal Acne Pathogenesis in Adolescent Females in Relation To Aerobic Exercise	Geneva Laurita, Chemistry and Biochemistry
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	7	John Harun-DeLong ’26	Investigating novel doped anion-deficient pyrochlores.	Geneva Laurita, Chemistry and Biochemistry
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	8	James Kilbride ’26	“Building a Laser Intensity Stabilizer for an ultracold atomic physics apparatus”	Nathan Lundblad, Physics
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	9	Paloma Rodriguez Thorne ’26	Development and Characterization of a Blue-Detuned Optical Dipole Trap for Bose-Einstein Condensates	Nathan Lundblad, Physics
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	10	Catie Berg ’26	Towards Diagnostic Anchoring: The Interpretive and Attributional Role of Diagnostic Labels	Kathy Mathis, Psychology
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	11	Lucy Paynter ’26	Endurance Training and Long-Term Decision-Making Outside of Sport	Kathy Mathis, Psychology
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	12	Lexi Wachen ’26	AI: An Antagonist or Aid?	Kathy Mathis, Psychology
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	13	Claudia Klingbeil ’26	Is Brain Rot Real? The Effects of Short-form Videos on Sustained Attention and Mind-wandering	Kathy Mathis, Psychology
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	14	Richie Fearey ’26	The Role of Creative Self Efficacy in the Creativity and Well-Being Relationship	Kathy Mathis, Psychology
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	15	Cece Marshall ’26	Sacred Steps: The Effect of Religiosity on the Relationship Between Synchrony and Cooperation Among College Students	Kathy Mathis, Psychology
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	16	Wangtiancheng Zhu ’26	When Is “Sorry” Enough? The Roles of Apology Quality, Timing, and Offense Severity in Sincerity, Forgiveness, and Trust	Kathy Mathis, Psychology
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	17	Owen Wang ’26	Adverse Childhood Experiences and Identity-Expressive Appearance: The Mediating Role of Self-Concept Clarity	Kathy Mathis, Psychology
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	18	Ella Laurita ’26	Confidence Calibration, Gender, and Domain: Effects on Observer Perceptions of Competence and Likeability	Kathy Mathis, Psychology
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	19	Sophia Rumsey ’26	The Role of Racial Framing in Romantic Outcomes Among Asian American Women	Kathy Mathis, Psychology
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	20	Shay Campolongo ’26	A Thousand Paper Cranes, A Thousand Stories: Meditation on and Memorialization of the Buddhist Experience in the American Internment Camps	Alison Melnick, Religious Studies
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	21	Zoe Ash ’26	Exploring the Effects of Trawling Boats and Seasonality on the Social Dynamics of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Northeast Adriatic Sea	Andrew Mountcastle, Biology
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	22	Peace Ekechukwu ’26	Efunroye Tinubu & The Nigerian Transatlantic Slave Trade	Patrick Otim, History
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	23	Kevin Chen ’26	Observing amount effect in Maine	Becca Payne, Earth and Climate Sciences and Physics
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	24	Sam Hallett ’26	Earth’s Atmospheric Climate Sensitivity to Rapid High-Emission Greenhouse Gas Scenarios	Becca Payne, Earth and Climate Sciences and Physics
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	25	Alexander Duchin ’26	Comparative Study of Lithium-Ion and Sodium-Ion Batteries for Electric Vehicle Applications	Ida Piedmonte, Chemistry and Biochemistry
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	26	Kate Ares ’26	The Influence of Organic Matter on Chromium Mobility Using Simulated Rainfall Leaching: A Column Study of The Leeds Metal Site, Maine	Ida Piedmonte, Chemistry and Biochemistry
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	27	Karsten Stiner ’26	Examining Trends in First Row Transition Metal Nanoparticles on Molten Salt Systems	Ida Piedmonte, Chemistry and Biochemistry
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	28	Mary DeWitt ’26	Mourning as Civic Practice: Material Culture, Memory, and Responsibility after Mass Shootings	Melinda Plastas, Gener and Sexuality Studies
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	29	Xavier Drouin ’28	HELZ2 knockout vs WT Mouse Macrophage IFN anti DENV Response	Bruno Salazar-Perea, Biology
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	30	Sydney Bernstein ’26	Social Distance of Ingroup Versus Outgroup and Consumer Behavior	Michael Sargent, Psychology
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	31	Enathe Muhawenimana ’26	Bacterial Skin Infections in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus: The Role of Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus Species.	Paula Schlax, Chemistry and Biochemistry
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	32	Lexi Inger ’26	Investigating B-Cell Responses to Brucella ovis Infections in Sheep	Paula Schlax, Chemistry and Biochemistry
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	33	Sam Caplan ’26	A Mechanistic Overview of Cofactor Riboswitches	Paula Schlax, Chemistry and Biochemistry
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	33	Gianna Ferrara ’26	A Mechanistic Overview of Cofactor Riboswitches	Paula Schlax, Chemistry and Biochemistry
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	33	Aleisha Martinez Sandoval ’26	A Mechanistic Overview of Cofactor Riboswitches	Paula Schlax, Chemistry and Biochemistry
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	34	Xucheng Zheng ’27	CheA-dependent Regulation of Twitching Motility in Response to Environmental Stimuli in Kingella kingae	Ifrah Shahi, Biology
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	35	Dalia Cape ’27	Hemoglobin Dependent Control of Type IV Pili in Kingella kingae	Ifrah Shahi, Biology
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	36	Mia Jaenike ’26	Reddit Sentiment and Stock Returns: Evidence from AI Product Launches	Austin Smith, Economics
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	37	Deniz Yucel ’26	Paying the Price: How College Affordability Has Changed in the United States in the Last 15 Years	Austin Smith, Economics
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	38	Miles Kaufman ’26	The Mystery of Vat. gr. 1851: Dating a Medieval Greek Manuscript	Mark Tizzoni, Classical and Medieval Studies
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	39	Luka Di Fabio ’29	Evaluating the Impact of Microplastic Induced Oxidative Stress from NFE2 Gene Expression in Danio Rerio	Larissa Williams, Biology
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	39	Max Murthi ’29	Evaluating the Impact of Microplastic Induced Oxidative Stress from NFE2 Gene Expression in Danio Rerio	Larissa Williams, Biology
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	40	Zain Ali ’27	tbx20 is Required for Atrial Development	Larissa Williams, Biology
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	41	Lucy Sterba ’26	Development and synapse formation of induced vs. endogenous retinal ganglion cells	Mollie Woodworth, Neuroscience
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	42	Kayla Burnham ’26	Effects of Gap43 on Retinal Ganglion Cell Axon Pathfinding during Regeneration	Mollie Woodworth, Neuroscience
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	43	Lauren Cockrill ’26	Blood, Sweat, and Tears: A Comprehensive Review on the Menstrual Cycle and its Biochemical Relation to Exercise, Diet, and Recovery	Matthew Côté, Chemistry and Biochemistry
3	4:45 PM – 6:00 PM	44	Omar Yaish ’26	Effects of Microwave Phase Noise on Rabi Oscillations Decay in a Bose-Einstein Condensate of Rb-87	Nathan Lundblad, Physics
3	1:45 PM – 3:00 PM	45	Sivani Arvapalli ’26	Development of a Dual-Camera Optical Imaging System for the Laser Speckle-based Analysis of Mechanical Vibration and Fluid Flow	Matthew Côté, Chemistry and Biochemistry