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UROP funding enables transformative learning at the intersection of research and teaching. Help听students realize the benefits of attending a world-class research institution鈥攁nd ensure a brighter future for all.

麻豆免费版下载Boulder's Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) is pleased to announce the recipients of this summer鈥檚 student grants.听 These outstanding students (named below) represent a wide range of disciplines and demonstrate how undergraduates advance the university's research and creative mission.

Well-documented as transformative learning experiences, engagement in undergraduate research and creative activities increases persistence to graduation, prepares students for the future of work, creates space for belonging鈥攁nd is an effective approach to advancing social justice.

Students awarded Assistantships ($2,000 each) will be working closely with mentors on established projects. Individual Grant ($3,000 each) recipients will be working on original ideas supported by mentors. UROP celebrates the mentors (named below) who support these students.

Project proposals were selected in a rigorous review process conducted by the UROP Review Board (named below). The UROP team thanks the research and creative community for their high-impact work evaluating proposals.

We also sincerely appreciate the many staff working behind the scenes to enable these opportunities from advisors and coordinators to the payment team in the Human Resources Service Center.听 Our programming partners in the LEAD Alliance and the constellation of research programs make our campus a vibrant community for undergraduate research and creative work.

Note: Some recipients chose to opt-out of this release, and the list of Academic Year 2023-24 recipients will be released in Fall 2023.

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Reviewers

$341,000

Awarded

131

Students

36

Departments

Summer 2023 Student Grants

Kalvyn Adams
Individual Grant
Mentor: Benjamin Oppenheimer, Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy

Mohammad Aldabbagh
Individual Grant
Mentor: Erik Knight, Psychology and Neuroscience

Jordan Ardoin
Assistantship
Mentor: Laurialan Reitzammer, Classics

Abby Asare
Assistantship
Mentor: Lauren Hartstein, Integrative Physiology

Van Baronofsky
Assistantship
Mentor: Chris Ray, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Aaron Barrios
Individual Grant
Mentor: Jason Dexter, Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences

Wesley Beckham
Individual Grant
Mentor: Marcelo Sousa, Biochemistry

Auburn Berry
Individual Grant
Mentor: Christopher DeSouza, Integrative Physiology

Sophia Berry
Individual Grant
Mentor: Andrew McAdam, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Harrison Bickham
Individual Grant
Mentor: Robert Spencer, Psychology and Neuroscience

Christy Bishop
Individual Grant
Mentor: Michael Saddoris, Psychology and Neuroscience

Dennis Boateng
Assistantship
Mentor: Christopher Lowry, Integrative Physiology

Ava Boettiger
Individual Grant
Mentor: Meghan Hayden, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Gianni Bonnici
Individual Grant
Mentor: Michael Baratta, Psychology and Neuroscience

Eeshan Borthakur
Assistantship
Mentor: Warren Sconiers, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Dani Bosse
Individual Grant
Mentor: Peter Newton, Environmental Studies

Rhiannon Bowen
Individual Grant
Mentor: Anya Cloud, Dance

Rudi Cayou
Individual Grant
Mentor: Susan Atkinson Glenn, Environmental Design

Abel Chamberlin
Individual Grant
Mentor: Scott Chamberlin, Art and Art History

Chloe Circenis
Assistantship
Mentor: Bhuvana Narasimhan, Linguistics

Paige Clippert
Individual Grant
Mentor: Kathryn Arehart, Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences

Caleb Cochran
Assistantship
Mentor: Jacob Watts, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Olivia Courtney
Individual Grant
Mentor: Francois Meyer, Applied Mathematics

Juliana Czar
Individual Grant
Mentor: June Gruber, Psychology and Neuroscience

Olivia Damgaard
Individual Grant
Mentor: Christopher Bowman, Chemical And Biological Engineering

Isabella Elkinbard
Individual Grant
Mentor: Daniel Barth, Psychology and Neuroscience

Jamaika Elliott
Assistantship
Mentor: Christopher Lowry, Integrative Physiology

Lily Elliott
Assistantship
Mentor: Boswell Wing, Geological Sciences

Kevin Ember
Individual Grant
Mentor: Michael Stowell, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology

Cybele Galai Bronkema
Individual Grant
Mentor: Zak Kopeikin, Philosophy

Dom Garr
Individual Grant
Mentor: Luke Evans, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Nicole Garza
Assistantship
Mentor: Konane Bay, Chemical and Biological Engineering

Olivia Gerber
Assistantship
Mentor: Monique LeBourgeois, Integrative Physiology

Kiara Gill
Assistantship
Mentor: Christopher Link, Integrative Physiology

Aiden Gloyd
Assistantship
Mentor: Catalina Bastias, Mechanical Engineering

Nicholas Golden
Assistantship
Mentor: Ivan Smalyukh, Physics

Dylan Gowins
Assistantship
Mentor: Christopher Lowry, Integrative Physiology

Josh Gregory
Individual Grant
Mentor: Debanjan Mukherjee, Mechanical Engineering

Samantha Harshberger
Assistantship
Mentor: Alan Weimer, Chemical and Biological Engineering

Megan Heilbron
Individual Grant
Mentor: David Root, Psychology and Neuroscience

Simone Hersh
Assistantship
Mentor: Monique LeBourgeois, Integrative Physiology

Wren Hoertdoerfer
Individual Grant
Mentor: C. Wyatt Shields IV, Chemical and Biological Engineering

Ian Horswill
Individual Grant
Mentor: Jennifer Kugel, Biochemistry

Libby Hunter
Individual Grant
Mentor: Christopher Lowry, Integrative Physiology

Savannah Huyvaert
Individual Grant
Mentor: Kelly Doran, 麻豆免费版下载Anschutz, Immunology and Microbiology

Abby Inman
Assistantship
Mentor: Monique LeBourgeois, Integrative Physiology

Noemi Ira
Individual Grant
Mentor: Mara Goldman, Geography

Ethan James
Individual Grant
Mentor: Natalia Vergara, 麻豆免费版下载Anschutz, Ophthalmology

Jennifer James (Lowderman)
Individual Grant
Mentor: Chris Ray, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Catalina Johnson
Individual Grant
Mentor: Katharine Suding, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Peyton Johnson
Assistantship
Mentor: Lauren Hartstein, Integrative Physiology

Morgan Jones
Individual Grant
Mentor: Pui Fong Kan, Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences

Julia Jupille
Assistantship
Mentor: Monique LeBourgeois, Integrative Physiology

Rachel Karnosky
Individual Grant
Mentor: David Root, Psychology and Neuroscience

Sarah Kassel
Individual Grant
Mentor: Maureen Floriano, Integrative Physiology

Teagan Kelly
Assistantship
Mentor: Konane Bay, Chemical and Biological Engineering

Ash Kerber
Individual Grant
Mentor: Stacey Smith, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Kendall Kessler
Assistantship
Mentor: Lauren Hartstein, Integrative Physiology

Declan Knowles
Individual Grant
Mentor: Rachel Isaacs, Geography

Aman Kumar
Assistantship
Mentor: Mark Rast, Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences

Kate Kwasnick
Individual Grant
Mentor: Mark Seefeldt, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Regina Leuty
Individual Grant
Mentor: Joanna Lambert, Environmental Studies

Jordan Longley
Individual Grant
Mentor: Adrian Carper, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Kaylan Madrid
Individual Grant
Mentor: Leila Gomez, Women and Gender Studies

Bella Malherbe
Individual Grant
Mentor: Brianne Cohen, Art and Art History

Isabella Manning
Individual Grant
Mentor: Julian Resasco, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Jack Manning
Individual Grant
Mentor: Anthony Pinter, Creative Technology and Design

Grant Mannino
Individual Grant
Mentor: Rachel Rowe, Integrative Physiology

Max Martin
Individual Grant
Mentor: Michael Saddoris, Psychology and Neuroscience

Kayla Mash
Assistantship
Mentor: Monica Ohnsorg, Chemical and Biological Engineering

Bianca Meurer-Zeman
Assistantship
Mentor: Monique LeBourgeois, Integrative Physiology

Zeke Miles
Individual Grant
Mentor: James Farmer, Cinema Studies and Moving Image Arts

Ryan Miller
Individual Grant
Mentor: Jennifer Kugel, Biochemistry

Miles Moore
Individual Grant
Mentor: Nancy Emery, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Ayla Nack
Individual Grant
Mentor: Greg Odorizzi, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology

Shadia Nagati
Individual Grant
Mentor: Karen Bailey, Environmental Studies

Rumi Natanzi
Individual Grant
Mentor: Nishant Upadhyay, Ethnic Studies

Arjun Novotny-Shandas
Individual Grant
Mentor: Kenneth Bickers, Political Science

Annie O'Brien
Assistantship
Mentor: Christopher Lowry, Integrative Physiology

Ian O'Brien
Individual Grant
Mentor: Annie Margaret, ATLAS Institute

Caleb Ogle
Individual Grant
Mentor: Benjamin Oppenheimer, Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy

Ketzia Ojeda
Individual Grant
Mentor: Pamela Harvey, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology

Maya Pfeiler
Individual Grant
Mentor: Peter Newton, Environmental Studies

Sarah Pierce
Individual Grant
Mentor: Noah Fierer, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Sage Polak
Assistantship
Mentor: Warren Sconiers, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Sanjana Potlapelly
Individual Grant
Mentor: Justin Brumbaugh, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology

Trevor Randall
Assistantship
Mentor: Warren Sconiers, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Madison Rice
Assistantship
Mentor: Christopher Lowry, Integrative Physiology

Marcus Richards
Individual Grant
Mentor: Carolyn Crow, Geological Sciences

Molly Ricker
Individual Grant
Mentor: Gia Voeltz, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology

Casey Ringer
Individual Grant
Mentor: Ashlyn Velte, University Libraries, Rare and Distinctive Collections

Dana Ritterbusch
Assistantship
Mentor: Lauren Hartstein, Integrative Physiology

Adison Romano
Individual Grant
Mentor: Seth Myers, Program for Writing and Rhetoric

Emmalee Roybal
Assistantship
Mentor: Christopher Lowry, Integrative Physiology

Nick Ryan
Assistantship
Mentor: Maciej Walczak, Chemistry

Gavin Schoew
Assistantship
Mentor: Katharine Suding, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Anya Schroeter
Assistantship
Mentor: Loren Hough, Physics

Andrew Schwartz
Individual Grant
Mentor: Brian Keegan, Information Science

Meghan Sellers
Assistantship
Mentor: Celeste Montoya, Women and Gender Studies

Alessia Serra
Individual Grant
Mentor: Chris Ray, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Grace Shore
Individual Grant
Mentor: Margaret Landis, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics

Jack Sibrell
Assistantship
Mentor: Lauren Hartstein, Integrative Physiology

Shawn Simmons
Individual Grant
Mentor: Karen Bailey, Environmental Studies

Sarah Smith
Individual Grant
Mentor: Nicole Stob, Integrative Physiology

Damian Sonsino
Assistantship
Mentor: Maciej Walczak, Chemistry

Lore Stacey
Individual Grant
Mentor: Deborah Whitehead, Religious Studies

Caitlyn Staudenmier
Individual Grant
Mentor: Jordy Bouwman, Chemistry

Thomas Stewart
Individual Grant
Mentor: Dan Dessau, Physics

Anya Sukiennicki
Assistantship
Mentor: Pieter Johnson, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Bryn Tillman
Assistantship
Mentor: Kim Dickey, Art and Art History

Misha Toor
Assistantship
Mentor: Kathryn Snell, Geological Sciences

Unmit Trivedi
Assistantship
Mentor: Monique LeBourgeois, Integrative Physiology

Lauren Umbach
Assistantship
Mentor: Kim Dickey, Art and Art History

Lou Watkins
Assistantship
Mentor: Pieter Johnson, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Sydney Watson
Assistantship
Mentor: Pieter Johnson, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Kendra Wegerson
Assistantship
Mentor: Christopher DeSouza, Integrative Physiology

Ezra Weible
Assistantship
Mentor: Marcelo Sousa, Biochemistry

Hunter Wiese
Individual Grant
Mentor: Wyatt Shields, Chemical and Biological Engineering

Mia Williams
Assistantship
Mentor: Zachary Schwartz, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Natalie Williams
Assistantship
Mentor: Pieter Johnson, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Tilmann Wollenberg
Assistantship
Mentor: Xiang Wang, Chemistry

Aubrey Woodard
Individual Grant
Mentor: Pamela Harvey, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology

Matthew Woodland
Individual Grant
Mentor: Guofeng Cao, Geography

Jisoo Yang
Assistantship
Mentor: Lauren Hartstein, Integrative Physiology

Matthew Yutrzenka
Individual Grant
Mentor: Pieter Johnson, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Michael Zaza
Assistantship
Mentor: Alan Weimer, Chemical and Biological Engineering

Angel Zhang
Individual Grant
Mentor: Danielle Guillen, Biochemsitry

Haoting Zhang
Individual Grant
Mentor: Christopher Lowry, Integrative Physiology

Matthew Zinkevitch
Individual Grant
Mentor: Pamela Harvey, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology

Student Testimonials

UROP was so helpful, and I truly couldn't have had this experience without their financial help. My research position was unpaid, so having funding from UROP gave me the opportunity to be able to carry out the project in another country鈥攁nd enjoy my experience while there!
Sophie Castillo

I am so excited to have had this opportunity and really appreciate the doors it has opened for me. It鈥檚 not just about the research but also about networking with great minds in a field you are interested in鈥攚hile bridging the gap between coursework and real-world applications.
Cassidy Bliss

I would recommend UROP to other students interested in doing undergraduate research. I found it a superb opportunity to work with my mentor and the rest of the lab to design and carry out a project with the flexibility necessary to allow for effective and interesting science. A fundamental part of research is failure, brainstorming, and troubleshooting鈥攁ll of which the UROP grant allowed me to grapple with as my project took unexpected twists and turns.
Keala Gapin

I would absolutely recommend the UROP to others! I am extremely thankful to have had this opportunity, so I could participate in the research process, conduct my own experiments and gain a deep appreciation for the scientific method. My entire experience was very valuable, as now I have grown confidence in conducting my own research, reviewing relevant research literature, critically evaluating research methods and results and synthesizing evidence to formulate results.听
Ashley Darrah

I was impressed with how streamlined the whole process was.听 There were no major hurdles to apply, which was a huge help during the school year.听 I will definitely recommend it to my friends!
Ben Peterson

I have had a really wonderful experience with UROP, and am so grateful for the funding that it has provided me to work this summer. It has empowered me in so many ways and helped me develop skills important in my field.
Jordan Lee

UROP was a great place to start in my pursuit of conducting research. It gave me the means as well as the freedom to explore a topic I am passionate about and has allowed me to gain my first bit of research experience for the future.
Cat Simmon

Excerpts from Summer 2022 Student's Final Survey

Mentor Testimonials

An honors project is great. An honors project with grant support earned by the student鈥攖hat offers a level of validation and a sense of accomplishment that is priceless!
Joshua Correll

I watched my mentee form relationships with families in the community, learn how to translate scientific concepts to non-scientists, and become a role model for their peers. I greatly enjoyed the opportunity to foster enthusiasm for science and research by mentoring.
Lauren Hartstein

This is the second UROP project I've been able to supervise, and it was a fantastic opportunity for my mentee. I can say without a doubt that the project would have been limited without UROP funding. I鈥檓 thankful and hope UROP is able to continue to support our students in this way.听
Pat Clark

I definitely plan to engage more with UROP! My mentee鈥檚 hard work over the past year听led to a third-author paper!听
Charles Wyatt Shields

UROP is a program central to identifying bright motivated students. Their initial training in our lab provides the first step to further research experiences.
Monique LeBourgeois

My lab has had the absolute pleasure to work with multiple undergraduates throughout the summer鈥攎ade possible by UROP funding.听 This was not only an invaluable experience for the UROP mentees to gain hands-on experience in the laboratory, but it also gave myself and the additional supervisors the opportunity to hone their mentoring skills.听
Aaron Whiteley

The UROP program is critical to introducing students to research they would not otherwise be able to participate in. It is such an enabling program and has made a huge difference in my research.
Allie Anderson

My student gained invaluable experience in the laboratory and is looking forward to generating their own project over the course of the next academic year. UROP serves as an excellent pipeline to research for 麻豆免费版下载undergraduates!
Alexandra Whiteley

Many UROP students go on to develop an honors thesis or scientific paper deriving from this opportunity, and the mentor benefits from the structure of the UROP program, which supports the student with resources to do the research and to develop an appreciation for the ethical decisions made every day by scientists.
Chris Ray

Excerpts from Summer 2022 Mentor's Final Survey

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2022-23 Review Board

Destinee Aaker
Psychology

Emily Adam
Integrative Physiology

Yoonjung Ahn
Institute of Behavioral Science

Emily Beam
Environmental Studies

Atreyee Bhattacharya
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)

Arielle Blum
Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering

Matthew Bourque
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics

Garrett Bredeson
Philosophy

Robert Buchwald
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Robin Burke
Information Science

Lijun Chen
Computer Science

Pat Clark
Critical Media Practices

Torin Clark
Aerospace Engineering

Joshua Correll
Psychology and Neuroscience

Arturo Cortez
Learning Sciences & Human Development, School of Education

Sanna Darvish
Integrative Physiology

Celine Dauverd
History

Brian DeDecker
Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology

Rebecca Dickson
Program for Writing and Rhetoric

Mona Elhelbawy
Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering

Jay Ellis
Program for Writing and Rhetoric

Christy Fillman
Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology

Maureen Floriano
Integrative Physiology

Shemin Ge
Geological Sciences

Vicki Grove
Germanic & Slavic Languages & Literatures

Pamela Harvey
Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology

Holden Hemingway
Integrative Physiology

Jonathan Henn
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Eve-Lyn Hinckley
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Allison Holt
Physics

Elizabeth Holzhausen
Integrative Physiology

Brooke Huibregtse
Psychology and Neuroscience

Ginikanda Ilangakoon
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)

Abel Iyasele
Information Science

Miriam Kadia
History

Pui Fong Kan
Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences

Vignesh Kasinath
Biochemistry

Keith Kearnes
Mathematics

Kwangmin Kim
History

Zak Kopeikin
Philosophy

Rafal Kurleto
Physics

Maureen Lynch
Mechanical Engineering

Hadi Madanian
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics

Suzanne Magnanini
French and Italian

David Meens
Educational Foundations, Policy & Practice, School of Education

Kristin Moore
Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology

Paul Neimann
English

Peter Newton
Environmental Studies

Kathy Noonan
College of Arts and Sciences

Osita Onyejekwe
Computer Science

Amy Palmer
Biochemistry

Melinda Piket-May
Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering

Ashley Potvin
Ren茅e Crown Wellness Institute

Ananya Rakshit
Biochemistry

David Reber
Renewable & Sustainable Energy Institute

Javier Rivas
Spanish and Portuguese

David Root
Psychology and Neuroscience

Tara Scott
Chemical and Biological Engineering

Katharine Semsar
Miramontes Arts & Sciences Program

Jia Shi
Integrative Physiology

Natasha Shrikant
Communication

Sabrina Sideris
INVST Community Studies

Burton St. John III
Advertising, Public Relations and Media Design

Derek Sweeney
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Lev Szentkir谩lyi
Social Responsibility and Sustainability, Leeds School of Business

Jian Tay
BioFrontiers Institute

Angela Thieman Dino
Engineering Leadership Program

Alex Thompson
Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology

Ana Torres Ocampo
BioFrontiers Institute

Dmitry Vorobiev
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics

Glenda Walden
Sociology

Xiang Wang
Chemistry

Yao Wang
Civil Engineering

Alan Weimer
Chemical and Biological Engineering

Andrew Young
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