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College Science Scholars Research Symposium
September 30th, 2026, 4 – 5:30pm, 109 Shannon House
Meribel Pan, 2nd year CSS Student
“CitH3 as a driver and therapeutic target of kidney injury in lupus nephritis”
Mentor: Prof. Jianjie Ma, UVa School of Medicine Department of Surgery; Topic Area: Translational Medicine
Sarayu Mandalapu, 2nd year CSS Student
“Sensory Associative Learning and Development in Postnatal Mice”
Mentor: Prof. Adema Ribic, UVa Department of Psychology; Topic Area: Neuroscience
Tyler Long, 2nd Year CSS Student
“#KingsOfProtest: structure and formation of the No Kings network on Bluesky”
Mentors: Dr. Nicholas Landry, Dr. Daniel Kaiser, UVa Department of Biology; Topic Area: Network Science
Christian Stewart, 4th year CSS Student
“Engineering of a human CD8 scFv probe for precision T cell painting”
Mentor: Dr. Jinghang Xie, UVa Molecular Physiology & Biophysics; Topic Area: Immunoimaging
Kate Scheerer, 4th year CSS Student
“Homogeneous Molecular Catalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction”
Mentor: Prof. Charles Machan, UVa Department of Chemistry; Topic Area: Inorganic Chemistry
Many thanks go to the generous donors to the College Science Scholars program who make these summer research awards possible: Charles Henry Leach, II, Foundation, Mr. Steve Van Besien; Entigence Corporation; Lois A. Fitton & W. Christopher Draper, Jr.; Sharon B. Parente & John W. Risner; The Jefferson Trust; Robert Atkinson; Lowe Family; Dean’s discretionary gifts