Chad Alexander 
Psychology Major Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Minor 
Faculty Mentor: Bill Griesar, PhD 
Research Project: The impact of serotonergic psychedelics on dispositional mindfulness: A Literature Review 
 

Marge Belcastro 
Geology Major 
American Sign Language Minor 
Faculty Mentor: Ashley Strieg, PhD
Research Project: New age data to refine the recurrence of the last 5 earthquakes on the Cascadia Subduction Zone 

Jaqueline Barnabe Garcia 
Biology Major 
Faculty Mentor: Michael Bartlett, PhD 
Research Project: A new tool for controlling gene expression in Pyrococcus furiosus 
 

Paola Cabrera Perez 
Social Work Major 
Faculty Mentor: Lainey Sevillano, PhD, MSW 
Research Project: Understanding Navigating the American College Experience with different identities 
 

Jose Camara-Lavadores 
Biology Major 
Faculty Mentor: Jason Podrabsky, PhD 
Research Project: The microbiome of Austrofundulus limnaeus with respect to vertebrate Diapause

Pascal Caraccioli Salinas 
Data Science Major,  Mathematics Minor
Faculty Mentor: John Lipor, PhD 
Research Project: Accounting For the Expected Natural Distribution of Hydrothermal Systems Leads to Better Model Performance

Conner Corbett 
Psychology Major, Neuroscience Minor 
Faculty Mentor: Rebecca Derman, PhD 
Research Project: Viral Inhibition of HDAC-3 in the Infralimbic Cortex During Pavlovian Conditioning followed by Behavioral Extinction

Johnathan Dutra 
Biochemistry Major 
Faculty Mentor: Mark Woods, PhD 
Research Project: An investigation of water exchange and cellular metabolism of Saccharomyces cerevisiae 
 

Galilea Estrada Sanchez 
Sociology & Social Work Chicano/Latino Studies 
Faculty Mentor: Jamie Peterson, MD, PhD 
Research Project: Kinder Ready Coaching Appointments in Primary Care: Designed for and by Latino Families 
 

Lex Fowler-Roberts 
Sociology and Sexuality, Gender, & Queer Studies 
Faculty Mentor: Ben Anderson-Nathe, PhD 
Research Project: Contemporary Library Censorship Tactics: Reviewing the Literature

Kaisa Holt 
Community Health Promotion Major, Systems Science Minor 
Faculty Mentor: Shirely Jackson, PhD 
Research Project: Teaching Inclusion before Diversity and Equity: How to teach life-long learning to transform beyond dissonance and negative implicit bias recognition for DEI training efficacy to achieve social belonging

Avery Jehry 
Biology Major 
Faculty Mentor: Justin Courcelle, PhD 
Research Project: Identifying the composition of the ‘completosome’ 
 

Andrew Jozwiak 
Physics Major 
Faculty Mentor: Erik Sanchez, PhD 
Research Project: The Gertsenshtein Effect and Superluminal Travel 
 

Lydia Lyall 
Environmental Science & Management Major 
Faculty Mentor: Elise Granek, PhD 
Research Project: Marine Disease in Macroalgae and Seagrasses

Wileen Mongami 
Environmental Science & Management Major 
Faculty Mentor: Melissa Haeffner, PhD 
Research Project: Socio-demographics trust influence on Coastal Flooding Mitigation

Chau Nguyen 
Psychology Major 
Faculty Mentor: Alan Teo, MD 
Research Project: Hikikomori: A Systematic Review 
 

Natalia Ochoa 
Architecture Major 
Faculty Mentor: Anna Goodman, PhD 
Research Project: Architectural Post-Occupancy Evaluation: A Holistic Understanding of the Occupant’s Experience

Miriam Ortega Virelas 
Biology Major 
Faculty Mentor: Jason Podrabsky, PhD 
Research Project: Does the embryonic immune system support extreme stress tolerance in embryos of the Annual Killifish, Austrofundulus limnaeus?

Jonathan Palacios 
Psychology Major, Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Minor 
Faculty Mentor: Angela Ozburn, PhD 
Research Project: Metformin Reduces Acute and Chronic Binge-Like Ethanol Drinking in Mice

Bander Qadan 
Economics Major 
Faculty Mentor: John Hall, PhD 
Research Project: Designing the Future: The Influence of Lloyd J. Reynolds on American Product Innovation 
 

Sammy Saikrajang Romolor 
Biology Major (pre-med) 
Faculty Mentor: Alma M. Ouanesisouk Trinidad, PhD 
Research Project: A Pasefika Voice to Intimacy: An Autoethnography on the Conflicting Messages Surrounding Sex Education
 

Jennifer Sacayon Rojas 
Double Major in Child, Youth, & Family Studies and Social Science Psychology Minor 
Faculty Mentor: Karlyn Adams-Wiggins, PhD 
Research Project: Culturally-Responsive Approaches to NGSS-Aligned Informal Science Learning at the High School Level

Cassidy Smith 
Film Major 
Faculty Mentor: Benjamin Mendelsohn, PhD 
Research Project: The Prescient and Political Ideology in the Films of Yvonne Rainer: A Retrospective Look at Seven Feminist Films 
 

Kadi Rae Smith 
Psychology & Neuroscience Double Major 
Faculty Mentor: C.K. Miller, PhD 
Research Project: The Role of Neuroscience in Mental Health Management Within the ADHD Population 
 

Isaac Vanhook 
English Major 
Faculty Mentor: Marie Lo, PhD 
Research Project: Evocative Rhetoric: Parkland Mass Shooting as a Political Semantic in the Trump-Era 
 

James Vo 
Biology Major 
Faculty Mentor: Hsin-Yun Lin, MS, PhD 
Research Project: The TLK-ASF1 histone chaperone pathway plays a critical role in IL-1-mediated AML progression 
 

Desmond Willson 
Biology Major, Chemistry Minor 
Faculty Mentor: Mitch Cruzan, PhD 
Research Project: Isolation of Gametophytic Selection and Selective Embryo Abortion in Mimulus guttatus 
 

Gabriela Cano-Hernandez 
Social Work Major
Faculty Mentor: Sonja Taylor, PhD 
Research Project: What does belonging look like for first year first-generation Latine students at Portland State University?

Amanda Cochran 
Biology Major 
Faculty Mentor: Susan Masta, PhD 
Research Project: Creating a revised identification key for pseudoscorpions of the Pacific Northwest