Summer Showcase 2022
The Summer Showcase of research, internships, projects, and entrepreneurial endeavors celebrates the depth and breadth of Macalester students’ summer experiences and their close collaboration with faculty, staff, and community partners.
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Host organization: Ignite Afterschool
Student: Hufsa Ahmed
Exp. Graduation: Spring 2024
Hometown: Saint Paul, Minnesota
Major(s): Economics, Political Science
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Concentration(s):
Mentor(s): Professor Julie Dolan, Kari Denissen Cunnien (Ignite Afterschool), Zong Vue (Ignite Afterschool)

Dog Genotyping Project
Student: Dalila Amaya
Exp. Graduation: Fall 2023
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Major(s): Biology
Minor(s): Anthropology, Spanish
Concentration(s):
Mentor(s): Professor Mary Montgomery

Digital Global Health Scholars
Student: Zara Ammar
Exp. Graduation: Spring 2024
Hometown: Brookfield, Wisconsin
Major(s): English (Literature)
Minor(s): Chemistry
Concentration(s):
Mentor(s): Kristina Krohn, MD

Novel Bishydrazides
Student: Journey Amundson
Exp. Graduation: Spring 2023
Hometown: Iron River, Wisconsin
Major(s): Chemistry (Biochemistry)
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Concentration(s):
Mentor(s): Professor Dennis Cao

Potential Quiescence Effect of Novel Breast Cancer Therapeutic
Student: Genevieve Anex
Exp. Graduation: Spring 2023
Hometown: Madison, Wisconsin
Major(s): Biology
Minor(s): Neuroscience
Concentration(s):
Mentor(s): Joyce Schroeder, University of Arizona

Ultra-Conserved Element (UCE) derived phylogeny and species distribution modelling of the New Zealand arachnid genus Rakaia
Student: Peter Aspholm
Exp. Graduation: Spring 2023
Hometown: Winthrop, Washington
Major(s): Biology
Minor(s): Data Science
Concentration(s):
Mentor(s): Professor Sarah Boyer

SayKid
Student: Johan Azambou
Exp. Graduation: Spring 2024
Hometown: Buea, Cameroon
Major(s): Computer Science, Mathematics
Minor(s): Philosophy
Concentration(s):
Mentor(s): DeLonn Crosby

Future River Research Project
Student: Nili Barnoon
Exp. Graduation: Spring 2024
Hometown: Cambridge, Massachutts and Tacoma, Washington
Major(s): Biology
Minor(s): Educational Studies
Concentration(s):
Mentor(s): Professor Roopali Phadke

Electrolysis Catalysts
Student: Lance Bartol
Exp. Graduation: Spring 2023
Hometown: Grand Marais, Minnesota
Major(s): Physics
Minor(s):
Concentration(s):
Mentor(s): Professor James Doyle

Artificial Intelligence for Indoor Robot Navigation
Student: Bea Bautista
Exp. Graduation: Spring 2024
Hometown: Manila, Philippines
Major(s): Computer Science
Minor(s): Data Science
Concentration(s):
Mentor(s): Professor Susan Fox

Eye size and investment in salamanders as a function of ecological factors
Student: Nicole Bednarik
Exp. Graduation: Spring 2023
Hometown: Elmhurst, Illinois
Major(s): Biology
Minor(s): Anthropology, History
Concentration(s):
Mentor(s): Rayna Bell

Cooperation Cannon River
Student: Carly Benusa
Exp. Graduation: Spring 2023
Hometown: Moorhead, Minnesota
Major(s): Educational Studies, History
Minor(s): English
Concentration(s):
Mentor(s): Professor Brian Lozenski

TAT1 S237A Mutation’s Role in Pancreatic Cancer
Student: Eleanor Berkenblit
Exp. Graduation: Spring 2024
Hometown: Sharon, Massachusetts
Major(s): Biology (Biochemistry)
Minor(s): Chemistry, Spanish
Concentration(s):
Mentor(s): Nam Lee (University of Arizona), Paola Cruz Flores (University of Arizona)

Jewish Memory Work in Spain
Student: Ana Berman
Exp. Graduation: Spring 2023
Hometown: New York, New York
Major(s): History, Religious Studies
Minor(s): Spanish
Concentration(s):
Mentor(s): Professor Susanna Drake, Professor Jessica Pearson

Genomic Ancestry and Risk of Hepatoblastoma
Student: Nicole Branch
Exp. Graduation: Spring 2023
Hometown: Edina, Minnesota
Major(s): Biology
Minor(s): Computer Science
Concentration(s): Community and Global Health
Mentor(s): Dr. Erin Marcotte

Trinification Symmetry Breaking with a Bi-Adjoint Higgs Field
Student: Seth Buesing
Exp. Graduation: Spring 2024
Hometown: Saint Paul, Minneosta
Major(s): Physics
Minor(s):
Concentration(s):
Mentor(s): Professor Saki Khan

2R - App
Student: Tri Bui
Exp. Graduation: Spring 2025
Hometown: Hanoi, Vietnam
Major(s): Computer Science, Economics
Minor(s): Data Science
Concentration(s):
Mentor(s): Professor Susan Fox

Role of Peptide Conformation on Catalytic Activity
Student: Xavier Alexander Calicdan
Exp. Graduation: Spring 2024
Hometown: Las Vegas, Nevada
Major(s): Chemistry
Minor(s):
Concentration(s): Biochemistry
Mentor(s): Professor Leah Witus

Mathematical Models of Neuron Action Potentials
Student: Uditi Chandrashekhar
Exp. Graduation: Spring 2024
Hometown: India
Major(s): Physics, Psychology
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Concentration(s):
Mentor(s): Professor James Doyle

Metallicity-Dependent Galactic Isotopic Decomposition for Nucleosynthesis
Student: Bill Mengxi Chen
Exp. Graduation: Spring 2023
Hometown: Beijing, China
Major(s): Physics (Astronomy)
Minor(s): Music
Concentration(s):
Mentor(s): Professor Christopher West