CARD 2025

SESSION 1A - 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

SESSION 1B - 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

SESSION 2A - 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

SESSION 2B - 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

ADVERTISING

• The Hollywood Effect: TV’s Influence on Career Aspirations in PR & Advertising, Sarina Barot-Martinez, Prof.  Marthinus Johannes Coetzee Van Loggerenberg.

ART HISTORY

• The tea industry, labor, and the landscape in South Asia and China from the late 19th century to the early 20th century, Mella Lissner, Prof. Karen Fraser.

ASIA BRIDGE JUNIOR FELLOWSHIP, CENTER FOR ASIA PACIFIC STUDIES

• Gender Dynamics of Thai Lesbians in Girls’ Love Media: Representation in an Emerging Genre, Lucille Tompkins-Garoutte, Prof. Cynthia Schultes, Prof. Mana Hayakawa.

• Reconstructing Vietnamese National Identity: Transculturation Through the Perspective of Nguyễn Gia Trí’s Lacquer Painting, Elizabeth Lucia Minh-Thu Strout, Prof. Cynthia Schultes.

• Patriotism, Poverty, and Progress: Competing Visions of Education in China’s Public Discourse on Zhang Guimei, Joy Liu, Prof. Cynthia Schultes.

• Tradition or Treatment? The Influence of Culture, Healthcare Access, and Family Values on Maternal Health Choices Among Rural and Ethnic Minority Women in Vietnam, Catalina Do, Prof. Cynthia Schultes.

ASIAN STUDIES

• Filipino Comfort Women and Their Fight for Justice, Zayda De Guzman, Prof. Melissa Dale.

BIOLOGY

• Identification of Methylation Patterns, Associated DNA Methylating Proteins, and Methyltransferase Inhibitors on the Promoter Regions of DAX-1, Brandon Toy, Enguun Boldbataar, Jack Akmakjian, Prof. Christina Tzagarakis-Foster.

• Spatial Transcriptomic Characterization of Maternal and Fetal Macrophages in Placental Malaria, Corina Mong, Prof. Christina Tzagarakis-Foster.

• Optimization of GST-DAX-1 Expression for Identifying Binding Partners in Adrenal Hypoplasia Congenita, Shayla Caoile, Prof. Christina Tzagarakis-Foster.

• Examination of the Role and Molecular Mechanism of DAX-1 in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer, Haley McGee, Maria Fernandes, Prof. Christina Tzagarakis-Foster.

• Correlation of Wnt cell signaling cascade and DAX-1 expression in SW13 adenocarcinoma cells, Kalei Chin, Prof. Christina Tzagarakis-Foster.

• How Phenology and Climate Affect Cuticular Hydrocarbon Profiles and Heat Tolerance of Wild Bees in California, Rebecca Dubin, Prof. Sevan Suni.

• Intraspecific variation in bumble bee size across habitat types and effects on foraging distances in an urban area, Tanusri Gudavalli, Prof. Sevan Suni.

• Life-history drivers of plant reward to pollinators, Madeline Gregor, Prof. Sevan Suni.

• Assessing the pollen protein content of plants commonly planted to support pollinators, Wendy Lei, Prof. Sevan Suni.

• Diversity of juvenile play in Belding's ground squirrels, Paul O'Driscoll, Prof. Scott Nunes.

• Cooperation of Juvenile Play in Beldings Ground Squirrels, Finn Preston, Prof. Scott Nunes.

• Possible Evolutionary Origins of Juvenile Play in Belding's Ground Squirrels, Kasdin Hamel, Prof. Scott Nunes.

• A Model of Axenfeld-Rieger Syndrome: Characterizing the Phenotypic and Transcriptional Effects of Pitx2 in Threespine Stickleback Fish, Beck Atlas, Prof. Sophie Archambeault.

• Tooth by tooth: Identifying adaptive evolution in threespine stickleback fish, Serenity Isabella, Sheridan Moore, Matthew Mboweni, DaAujana Florence, Alec Paredes, Aja Teng, Prof. Sophie Archambeault.

• A web-based platform for exploration of scRNA-seq data in threespine stickleback, Sanjana Prasad, Prof. Sophie Archambeault.

• Phytoplankton Species Succession in San Francisco Bay (September-November, 2021-2024), Casey Clarke, Sharina Mirano, Stefanie Garcia, Prof. Deneb Karentz.

• Investigating Genes Associated with Oncogenic PKA Activity in FLC, Ananya Singh, Prof. Brian Thornton.

• Desert to Dunes: Life history trade-offs of annual plants across California’s arid landscapes, Maya Canapary, Prof. John Paul.

• Division, Death, and Differentiation: Cellular Dynamics During Asexual Fission, Keana Ravello, Leila Altawil, Prof. James Sikes.

• Determining the Subcellular Localization of TLR10 Using Flow Cytometry, Sofia Birchenall, Kiefer Tam, Jia Li Chen, Adriana Rafael, Prof. Sangman Kim.

• Barriers and Facilitators to Depression Care Among Latino Patients in a Primary Care Clinic Setting, Elysia Teruya, Prof. Bob Just.

• Lysosomal Cathepsin Change with Age in Mice, Emily Cheang, Prof. Courtney Lane-Donovan.

BIOTECHNOLOGY

• Understanding the effects of domestication on the genome of Felis catus through DCC and MyTH4 interactions, Sunaina Nayak, Prof. Cary Lai.

• Development of a low volume, direct-from-blood rapid diagnostic test for neonatal sepsis, Julia Wellons, Harita Gourabathina, Prof. Cary Lai.

CHEMISTRY

• Effect of Seasonal Variability in Methane Emissions and Iron Redox Chemistry at Terrestrial Aquatic Interfaces, Hermes C. Ruiz, Prof. Amrita Bhattacharyya.

• Green House Emissions and Iron Redox Chemistry in Terrestrial-Aquatic Interfaces: A Case Study from the East River Floodplains, Colorado, Kiana Keyhani, Prof. Amrita Bhattacharyya.

• Wildfire Threats: Impact of Lithology and Burn Severity on the Mobilization of Toxic Chromium, Valerie Sandino-Murphy, Prof. Amrita Bhattacharyya.

• Unearthing the Role of Biogeochemical Gradients in Greenhouse Gas Emissions along Terrestrial Aquatic Interfaces, Kenneth Morrissey Celis, Prof. Amrita Bhattacharyya.

• Testing Aromaticity of Soils as a Function of Moisture and Extraction Depth, Carlo Borea, Prof. Amrita Bhattacharyya.

• Unraveling Carbon Dioxide Flux: Seasonal and Spatial Variations Shape Carbon Emissions at East River, Colorado, Amber Le, Prof. Amrita Bhattacharyya.

• Pyridine-based stilbene as a photochromic switch in Donor-Acceptor systems, Lola Ibragimova, Prof. Natalia Powers-Riggs.

• Ultrafast Photophysical Analysis between Zinc Porphyrin and Imidazole-NDIs Using Non-Covalent Donor-Acceptor Assembly, Christian Alexander Necoechea, Prof. Natalia Powers-Riggs.

• Nucleotide Binding and Hydrolysis in the E. coli Methionine Transporter MetNI, Maile Gardner, Prof. Natalia Powers-Riggs, Prof. Joyce Yang.

• ATP Binding and Hydrolysis by a Bacterial Methionine ABC Importer, Emiko Uohara, Prof. Janet Yang.

• Synthetic Studies Towards the Synthesis of an Off-Switchable DNA Intercalator, Kat McIntyre, Prof. Herman Nikolayevskiy.

• Studies Towards Synthesis of (-)-Ardeemin Using Convergent Electrochemical Radical Cyclization, Enguun Boldbaatar, Prof. Herman Nikolayevskiy.

• Development of assays for the evaluation of “reverse prodrug” DNA-alkylators, Stella Bronzini, Prof. Herman Nikolayevskiy.

• Synthetic Studies Towards the Development of an Off-Switchable DNA Intercalator, Haley Roach, Prof. Herman Nikolayevskiy.

• Development of Analytical Methods for the Kinetic Analysis of 5-Hydroxy-γ-pyrone Prodrugs, Ashley Joban, Prof. Herman Nikolayevskiy.

• Elucidating the Cu(II) and Zn(II) binding site on antimicrobial peptide Holothuroidin 2, Isabella Wang, Prof. Michael Stevenson.

• Elucidating Cu(II) Binding to Holothuroidin-2 using Electronic Absorption Spectroscopy, Clarissa Molina-Rodriguez, Prof. Michael Stevenson.

• Analyzing Cu(II) and Zn(II) Binding to the Antimicrobial Peptide Cacitermin, Joaquin Salvanera, Prof. Michael Stevenson.

• Quantifying metal interactions with the antimicrobial peptide calcitermin and revealing their structural effects, Matthew Barnett, Prof. Michael Stevenson.

COMMUNICATION STUDIES

• Integrative Approaches to Health Aging: Sustainable Community Taichi Practice and Performances in Multilingual Communities, Yuting (Stephanie) Zhong, Angela Li, Livia Corsale, Ngoc (Natalie) Ha, Corina Mong, Socks Dijamco, Gary Zeng, Sunny Pak, Maria T. Chao, Jian Hao, Sherry Lifton, Joyce Leung, Nicholas Sager, Prof. Evelyn Ho.

COMPUTER SCIENCE

• Cleaning Data for Gerrymandering Analysis, Alusi, Prof. Ellen Veomett.

MS DATA SCIENCE

• Tokenization is All You Need, Ada Zhang, Nihal Karim, Hamza Louzan, Victor Wei, Prof. Cody Carroll.

• FlowZero: Monitoring River Dryness in the Western U.S. with Satellite Imagery, Aman Singh, KD Bartholomew, Prof. Cody Carroll.

• Long-Term Prediction of Glaucomatous Visual Field Loss Using FPCA and MFPCA, Amit Chaubey, Emma Juan Salazar, Prof. Cody Carroll.

• Reconstructing Methane Emissions: Bridging Technologies for Accurate Data, Shruti Kulkarni,Venkatachalam Subramanian, Prof. Robert Clements.

• Collision Course: Analyzing Traffic Incidents in San Francisco, Moises Limon, Adam Gent, Prof. Robert Clements.

ENGINEERING

• Smart Curl Detangler Brush, LaPrecious Shannon, Prof. Genna Smith.

• Developing a Modular Bioretention Cell to Mitigate Excess Stormwater in San Francisco, Patricia Sibulo, Lherylle Bunnao, Prof. Lauren Sassoubre.

• Impact of Soil Depth on the Sorption Capacity of PFOA on Agricultural Soils, Matthew Isidro, Patricia Sibulo, Prof. Amalia Kokkinaki.

• Engineering Learning Kits for Ugandan Schools, Liv Harrington, Prof. Joshua Mindel.

• Baitmate: The Smart Bait Tank, Giuseppe Cannavo, Adam Shew, Prof. Hana Mori, Prof. Joshua Mindel.

• Simulating Spin-Orbit Torque Switching of a Ferromagnet, Anthony Neo Marcos, Prof. Akshay Pattabi.

• Green Roof on SF Muni Bus Shelters for Stormwater Management, Kirstel Antonio.

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

• The Agrivoltaics Opportunity in California: Dual use of agricultural land to support energy transition and bolster climate resilience, Joy Michelle Cox, Prof. Allison Luengen.

• Assessing the Relationship between Mercury Concentrations in Coyote Fur and Tissues, Evan Eldermire, Maribel Ybanez, Makena Gichuru, Elaina Herrmann, Annette Lee, Ilyah Lisensky, Prof. Allison Luengen.

• Assessment of Microplastic Exposure in San Francisco Bay Area Coyote Populations, Elaina Herrmann, Prof. Allison Luengen.

• The University of San Francisco Lichen Collection: Into the Spotlight, Sarah Burton, Prof. John Paul, Prof. Allison Luengen.

• Evaluating San Francisco UGS, Policy, and Survey Data to Inform Future Decision-Making: How Climate Adaptation Strategies Can be Prioritized and Incorporated in Urban Park Design and Planning through a Decision-Making Tool, Holley Maassen, Prof. Simon Scarpetta.

• Bioaccumulation of PFAS contamination in San Francisco Bay aquatic food-chain, Emily Wallace, Prof. Amalia Kokkinaki.

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

• Transport of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) compounds in soils through column experiments and modeling, Rayyane Matonding, Prof. Amalia Kokkinaki.

• Do soils at Star Route Farms sequester carbon? Christopher Pry-Brown, Prof. Calla Schmidt.

• Utilizing Geospatial Analysis to Assess the Accessibility of BART and Average Income of Commuters in Alameda County, Jennavie Villatuya, Prof. Paul Nesbit.

• California Delta Chinook Salmon Rearing: Geospatial Analysis, Gabriel Baruzzi, Prof. Paul Nesbit.

• Environmental Justice in Fresno County: Examining Groundwater Contamination, Kara Kam, Abigail Ireland, Prof. Thomas MacDonald.

• Location Impacts Mercury Concentrations in the Fur of San Francisco Coyotes, Makena Gichuru, Annette Lee, Sarah Burton, Evan Eldermire, Elaina Herrmann, Prof. Allison Luengen.

KINESIOLOGY

• A Pilot Study to Examine Diversity, Equity & Inclusivity (DEI) Statements in Submission Guidelines for Peer-reviewed Journals. Do Author Guidelines Promote Representation in Scientific Research? Deanna Jun, Vivianne Felker, Alexis (Ali) Willing, Jill Maples, Matthew Garver, Joel Reece, James Navalta, Dustin Davis, Prof. Shannon Siegel, Prof. Jafrā D. Thomas.

• Examining the relationship between slacklining and static and dynamic balance, Samantha Edwards, Ben Rincon, Kennedy Moss, Prof. Karen Francis, Prof. Shannon Siegel.

• Physical Activity Resources Prior to a Physical Activity Promotion Program for Students, Pannaga Salgundi, Prof. Sarah Camhi, Prof. Stephanie Cooper.

• The repeatability of lower limb biomechanics during different drop landing tasks, Hillary Nguyen, Aryanna Martinez, Logan Thoreson, Amber Lyle, Prof. Gerwyn Hughes.

PHYSICS

• Precision Enhancement of an Interferometer for Fourier Transform Spectroscopy, Pooja Nair, Prof. Seth Foreman.

• Machine Learning in Plasma Physics, Matthew Blaisdell, Prof. Milka Nikolic.

PSYCHOLOGY

• Exploring the Intersection Between Personality Traits and Social Support Types, Sidney Tran, Prof. Indre Viskontas.

• Foster Care Youth: What Do They Actually Want in Therapy? Ryan Jung, Prof. Saralyn Ruff.

• The Barriers to Peer Support Among Nurses, Danica Tan, Prof. Courtney Masterson.

• Rethinking Aging: Does an Aging-related Course Influence Student Perceptions of Older Adults? Elizabeth Hough, Courtney Muchow, Suniska Patel, Bhumi Kotian, Prof. Lisa Wagner.

• Pronouns and Gender Perceptions: Investigating Context and Age Effects, Bhumi Kotian, Suniska Patel, Courtney Muchow, Elizabeth Hough, Prof. Lisa Wagner.

• The Changing Hue of a Crime-Ridden Blue City in the US, Mia Reeve, Serena Rajkumar, Yuka Hirata, Richard Sanchez, Austin Kyle, Kamya Mahajan, Regina Ryou, Caelyn McDonough, Prof. Violet Cheung.

• Research Design Cognition and Metacognition, Sidney Tran, Alyssa Guevara, Henna Kalumbu, Prof. Edward Munnich.

• Situationships: The effect of educational intervention on commitment and communication for Gen Z, Isabel Knight, Richard Sanchez, Prof. Saera Khan.

• Reducing Loneliness Ratings in USF Students, Kaitlin Niere, Jacquelyn Garcia, Leo Huang, Fen Wright, Prof. Saera Khan.

MUSEUM STUDIES

• The HEXAGON PROJECT, Catherine C. Sherman, Prof. Nathan Dennis, Prof. Paula Birnbaum.