Senior Theses from 2024
Analyzing Lipid Composition in Latent Fingerprints Using Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) for Forensic Applications, Devonny Banks
Sex Differences in the Effects of Cortisol on Muscle Characteristics: A Meta-Analysis, Natalie Bitetti
The Intersection of PCOS, Diabetes Diagnosis, and Fatphobia: A Latinx Perspective, Jaquelyn Jaramillo Ramirez
Mental Imagery Contributes to Loss Aversion by Amplifying Negative Emotions, Daniel Kroshchuk
Semaglutide Effect on Working Memory, Tommy Lu
The Effects of Age on Jumping and Swimming Performance, Susan Park
Decreasing Cross-Coupling in the Tianlai Radio Antenna Array, Nadia Marie Schwartz Bolef
Senior Theses from 2023
The Impact of Sugar Sweetened Beverages (SSBs) Taxes on Consumption and Health Outcomes in Latinx Youth Residing in Los Angeles County, Jacquelyn Campos-Araujo
Puberty Blockers, Margo Collazo
Treatment of Anxiety by Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation: A Retrospective Chart Review, Rhea Gandhi
Preparing for Uncertain Water Futures: An Analysis of Climate Change Impacts on Southern Sierra Nevada Snowpack, Infrastructure Vulnerability, and Implications for San Joaquin Valley Groundwater Management, Kyle Greenspan, Branwen Williams, and Heather Williams
Exploring Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) in Informal Urban Settlements “Favelas” of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Maria Guizler Bonilla
Geographic and Environmental Patterns in Infection by Oyster Macroparasites Along the Georgia Coast, Sofia Markiewicz
Cultivating Carrots, Community, and Health-Conscious Children: Investigating the Effects of Community Garden Implementation on Nutrition Attitudes of Elementary Students in the Los Angeles Unified School District, Hannah Michele Tiedemann
Senior Theses from 2022
Horticultural Therapy Program for Individuals with Substance Use Disorder: A Mixed-Method Evaluation, Emily Maia Bisaga
The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Bay Area’s Homeless Population, Natasha Brown
Cortisol and COVID-19 Depression: Investigating the Moderating Role of C-Reactive Protein, Natalie Clark
Premenopausal Hormone-associated Dietary Patterns and Breast Cancer Risk, Sable Fest
Diving into the Depths of Consciousness and the Ocean, Eva Polanco Gruszynski
Mapping the Milk: Integrating Donor Human Milk into Infant Nutrition Systems, Delaney Hartmann
A Serological Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in the Obstetric Population, Sophia Rose
Theoretical Pathways to Genetic Parenthood for Queer Couples with Same-Sex Gametes, Raven Twilling
An Agent-Centered Approach to COVID-19 Vaccinations, Nila Venkat
Senior Theses from 2021
“Can’t Get That Song Out of My Head”: Neural Correlates of Involuntary Musical Imagery for Pop Music, Anisha Advani
Understanding the Epigenetic Role of 8-oxoguanine and OGG1 in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Kyrellos Ibrahim
Heat Stress During Larval Stages on Coral Survivorship for M. Capitata, Sarah Woo
Senior Theses from 2020
Effects of Sleep Deprivation and the Link to Alzheimer’s Disease in Night Shift Workers, Aracelia Aldrete
Childhood Obesity in California: The Impact of School Lunch Options and Physical Education Standards in Public Elementary Schools, Audrey Connell
Investigating the Role of Centromeric Repeats in Female Meiotic Drive, Jocelyn Crawford
The Path to Pregnancy: Fertility Services and Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Olivia H. Gilbert
An Exploration of 5G Wireless Network Attenuation Using Finite Element Analysis in COMSOL Multiphysics, Matthew Johnson
Thermostabilization of substrate-specific firefly luciferase mutants, Whitney Lieberman
Characterizing Changes in the Colonic Epithelium of Lrig3 Null Mice, Natalie Pedicino
Vaccine Hesitancy: California Senate Bill 276, Sarah Wilson
Senior Theses from 2019
Evolutionary Patterns of small RNA Pathway Genes in Hymenopteran Insects, Lauren Au
The Feasibility of Whole-Blood-System Genotyping: A Case Study using the San Diego Blood Bank, Connor Bloom
A Composite Review of the Proposed Molecular Mechanisms and Genetic Components Underlying Parkinson’s Disease, Paige Brodrick
Truth or Consequence?: Navigating Barriers to Sexual and Reproductive Health Resources for Sexual Minority Women, Isabel Chavez
Developing a Recombinant Plant Virus Nanoparticle Vaccine for Rift Valley Fever Virus, Elizabeth M. Chun
Racial Disparities in Maternal Mortality Rates in the United States, Jassmin Del Rio
Preventable Illness: the Costs of Catheter-associated UTI in Modern Healthcare, Haley Gibbs
Negotiating the Credibility of Chronic Lyme Disease: Patient Participation in Biomedical Knowledge-Creation, Jodie Horowitz
Cooperative Success Under Shared Cognitive States and Valuations, Shannon Marie Klotz
A Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Uranium Concentrations at the Abandoned New Hope Method Mine in the Mojave Desert, Jahnavi Kocha
Anthracroronene in Astrophysical Water-Ice Analogs, Julie Korsmeyer
The EGS Collab Hydrofracture Experiment: Seismic Velocity and Elastic Moduli Characterization, Dorothy Linneman
Carbo-Loaded: Sexual Dimorphism in Carbohydrate and Lipid Metabolism in Male and Female Endurance Athletes, Rebecca Li
Reproducing Injustice: The Unusual Case for Latinx Birthing Parent Mortality and Its Sociological Factors: Literature Review, Julia Martinez
Identification of Antibiotic GE37468A from Pseudonocardia Symbionts of Trachymyrmex Septentrionalis Ants, Krithika Rao
Towards a More Equitable Future: A Single-Dose HPV Vaccine to Reduce the Global Burden of Cervical Cancer, Annabella Ribeiro de Oliveira
The Rise of Mass Incarceration: Black Oppression as a Means of Public “Safety”, Maleny Santiago
The Use of High-Throughput Virtual Screening Software in the Proposal of A Novel Treatment for Congenital Heart Defects, Caitlin D. Suh
Evidence-based Probiotic Intervention for Behavioral and Social Deficits in Autism Spectrum Disorder, Allisen To
Senior Theses from 2018
A Link Between Gut Microbes & Depression: Microbial Activation of the Human Kynurenine Pathway, Christina Cobb
Production of a Cost-Effective, TMV-Based Rabies Vaccine through Recombinant DNA Technology, Briana Halle
Do the Lifetime Prevalence and Prognosis of Schizophrenia Differ Among World Regions?, Cheryl Lynn Smith
Senior Theses from 2017
The Future of Marine Travel: The Fully-Electric, High-Performance Motor Boat, Riley P. Hall
Prevention of Ovarian and Endometrial Cancer by Combined Oral Contraceptives: A Demographics Study, Joanna S. Heywood
Manipulating Lipid Spreading Domain Formation with Compositional Gradients and Plasmonic Nanoparticles, Chen-min Hung
Exploring the physicochemical properties of Gram-negative bacteria and how they affect cell membrane permeability and antibiotic uptake, Kristen Munoz
Maximum Mass Restraint of Neutron Stars: Quarks, Pion, Kaons, and Hyperons, Garrett Ryan
Molecular Modeling of Novel Tryptamine Analogs with Antibiotic Potential Through Their Inhibition of Tryptophan Synthase, Jared Schattenkerk
Matrix Model Analysis of a Coastal Northern California Subpopulation of the Western Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus), Jaclyn Grace Stewart
Senior Theses from 2016
Analyzing Option B+ Model For Preventing Mother To Child Transmission of HIV in Resource Limited Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, Elizabeth Ach
Using Linear Mixed Models to Analyze Native and Non-Native Species Abundances in Coastal Sage Scrub, kaylee anderson
Intersections of Vulnerabilities: Intimate Partner Violence, Sexual Health, and the Immigrant Woman's Experience, Hannah E. Atlas
Evaluation of an Augmentative and Alternative Communication Intervention for Individuals with Aphasia., Michelle Lam
Cognitive Contributions to Academic Procrastination: Investigating Individual Differences of Personality and Delayed Discounting of Rewards, Alyssa J C Lew
Antibiotic Efficacy and Interaction in Escherichia coli during Varying Nutrient Conditions, Kristina K. Millar
CRISPR-Cas9 Mediated Restoration of Dystrophin Expression and Inhibition of Myostatin: A Novel Gene Therapy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Apoorva Rangan
Development of a Dengue Fever Vaccine from Recombinant DENV2 Protein and Tobacco Mosaic Virus, Tianna Sheih
HPLC and MS/MS Method for the Separation and Identification of Inositol Phosphates in C. Reinhardtii, Travis Y. Tu
Senior Theses from 2015
'Makin' it Out': The Cost of Dropping out of High School on the Health Status of Afro-American Women in Urban Slums, Sesa E. Bakenra-Tikande
Investigating the Influence of CHD1 on Gene Expression in Drosophila Melanogaster Using Position Effect Variegation, Phuongngan Thi Bui
Simulation Modeling of a Tropical Cave Ecosystem, Hannah B. Cotter
Role of Alpha Oscillations in Reweighting Multiple Attributes During Choice, Samuel I. Dunham
Progressive Drug Policies and the Impacts of Supply-Side Control, Michael C. Elhardt
The Relationship Between Vagal Tone, A Marker of Parasympathetic Activity, and Pro-Social Behavior, Emily A. Goodlin
Exploration of Materials Used in 3-Dimensional Printing for the Dental Industry, Holly Chang Hayden
African Elephant (Loxodonta Africana) Conservation in Tanzania, Zoe M. Jacobs
Individual Differences in Dissociation and EEG Responses to Emotional Pictures, Shruti Kannan
Investigating the Influence of CHD1 on Newly Deposited Histones in Drosophila Melanogaster, Catherine S. Kim
Variables in VBAC Success: A Retrospective Review of Trial of Labor After Cesarean (TOLAC) and Labor Support, Jenna A. Koblentz
Implications of Heavy Metal Pollution on Wildlife in the Rio Parrita Watershed, Costa Rica, Martha M. Kresz Bierut
An Analysis of Heavy Metals in Sediment and Water of Southwestern Costa Rican Watersheds Using ICP-MS, Moriah I. Lerner
