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The 23rd Annual Celebration of Undergraduate Research was held on Monday, April 25, 2022, from 2-5 pm in the Blue Zone of Kenan Stadium. Approximately 400 students presented more than 225 posters at three sequential poster sessions, and more than 700 attendees came to the event. Please see below for a full list of student presenters, posters, and abstracts.


View presentation videos and posters by many undergrads who conducted research in our labs and participated in the 2021 and 2022 Celebration of Undergraduate Research

(Go to OUR website and type “biochem” into the search bar) Note there are additional undergrads who conducted research in our joint and adjunct faculty labs.


Here are some of our excellent researchers from 2021 and 2022: Aakanksha Gundu (Strahl lab), Alecia Rajesh (Cook lab), Emily Ertmann, Maia Vierengel, Wenya Jian, Heemaja Mewada, James Metts, Roger Yu (Button lab), Claire Chang (Jaing lab), Emily G. Clark (Bergmeier lab), and Paloma Ruiz (Strahl lab). We are thankful for all our undergrads who conduct research our labs.

Aakanksha Gundu
Aakanksha Gundu undergrad researcher in Strahl lab (Photo by Jess Abel)
Alecia Rajesh, undergrad researcher in Cook lab
Alecia Rajesh, undergrad researcher in Cook lab
Claire Chang 2021
Claire Chang , under research in Jaing lab
Emily Gracie Clark
Emily Gracie Clark, under in Bergmeier lab
paloma ruiz
Paloma Ruiz undergrad researcher in Strahl lab