Monday, Feb. 2, 2026 from 5-6:30 p.m. (PT) on Zoom and Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026 5-6:30 p.m. (PT) Zoom
The Honors College Winter 2026 Undergraduate Research Showcases will take place on Wednesday, October 29 and Monday, November 17, 2025 from 5-6:30 p.m. (PT) on Zoom. At this event, current Honors College students will present their research in a series of lightning talks and answer questions. See below for presentation titles and slides.
Monday, Feb. 2
Presenters and Slides
Kip Franich
- The Situation Table: a Model for Change in the Community
- Major: Creative Writing
Jaden Lewis
- Identifying transcript structure in the Wilted1 mutation in maize (Zea mays subspecies mays L.)
- Major: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Margaret Martin
- Empowering Families: Communicating Personalized Data from Research in Early Childhood with a Trauma-Informed Approach
- Major: Social Science
Lindsay Scales
- Clemency in the State of Oregon: How One Governor's Decisions Changed Lives
- Majors: Psychology
Benjamin Adams
- Identity and its Implications: Israel and the American Diaspora (subject to change)
- Major: Public Policy
Dean Bradley
- Buoyancy Augmented Pumped Hydro
- Majors: Engineering science
Yoko Clack
- Valorizing Grape Pomace as a Natural Fungicide Agent
- Major: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Wednesday, Feb. 25
Presenters and Slides
A recording of the event will be uploaded after Feb. 25
Prongbaramee Colling
- To Float or Not to Float: Proteomic Insights into Attachment Phenotypes of the PC12 Cell Line
- Major: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
William Rehor
- On Museums and Mites: An Examination of the Current State of Acarology Collections in the United States
- Major: Zoology
Taylor Bolls
- Assessing Bumble Bee Diversity Across Habitat Types in the Kansas City Region
- Major: Horticulture
Henry Seely
- Petrochemical Characterization of Pyrolyzed Plastic for Diesel-Likeness
- Majors: Chemical Engineer
Gavin Dotson
- Optimizing Lung-Targeted LNPs using Lipid Mixing Strategies for AAT mRNA Delivery
- Major: Bioengineering
Ezekiel Peterson
- Testing an AI-assisted approach to freshwater macroinvertebrate biomass estimation
- Majors: Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation Sciences
Florian Malnor
- Pollinator-Plant Relationships in Remnant Oak Savanna
- Major: Bioresource Research
Devri Ellett
- Tracking Biodiversity and Invasive Species in the Yukon River Using eDNA: A 15-Year Study and Analysis on Ecosystem Health
- Majors: Biology
Kaiya Gantzer
- The effects of Exposure to Non-Tuberculosis Mycobacteria (NTM) on Pre-Existing Inflammatory Cardiovascular Conditions in the Native American Population in Oregon
- Major: Bio Health Sciences
Jenna Cook
- Creating Threat Profiles of Cybercriminal Organizations Using Automation
- Majors: Computer Science