2026 Campus Center Poster Session – 2:45-4 p.m.

Campus Center 102 –Anthropology; Computer Science; Data Sciences; Center for Environment, Ecological Design & Sustainability; Psychology

Eva Larson ’27 :: 3

How Stress Bares Its Teeth: Testing the Osteological Paradox Across Diverse Stress Contexts; poster deriving from classwork with Brigitte Holt, Department of Anthropology, University of Massachusetts

Evelyn Ray ‘28 :: 4

Simulating Load Sharing in an Internet of Things Network; poster deriving from research lab with Michael Robson, Department of Computer Science

Meron Oumer ’28, Nargiz Akhmetova ’28 :: 5

Improving Machine Learning Tuning with Efficient Bayesian Optimization; poster deriving from special studies and research lab with Michael P. Robson, Department of Computer Science

Evelyn Dinh ’28, Amber Zhang ’27 :: 8

Justice when Accompanied: Influence of peer presence on young adults’ perceptions of police fairness.; poster deriving from research lab with Yael Granot, Department of Psychology

Grace McGehee ‘28, Samantha Kotkin ‘26 :: 9

Impacts of Slow Motion Bias on Juror Instructions; poster deriving from research lab with Yael Granot, Department of Psychology

Campus Center 103-104 – Exercise and Sport Studies, Jandon Center for Community Engagement, Physics, Mathematical Sciences

Aiden Fisher ’28 :: 13

Menstrual Cycles, Performance, and Perception; poster deriving from research lab with Sarah Witkowski, Department of Exercise and Sport Studies

Elizabeth Schretzenmayer ’27J :: 14

Handedness Impacts on Postural Control; poster deriving from special studies with Ingo Helmich, Department of Exercise and Sport Studies 

Weina Lu ’28, Zoey Wire ’27, Sasha Lewis ’27 :: 15

Shared Premotor Resources Underlie Dual-Task Interference Between Speech and Balance; poster deriving from research lab and SURF with Ingo Helmich, Department of Exercise and Sport Studies

Mary Rukhotskiy ’29, Katherine Benko ’28, Weina Lu ’28, Sasha Lifton Lewis ’27, Maria Flores ’28, Amarjot Ranu-Laverdiere ’29, Tania Palomino ’29, Grace Li ’28, Kaneesha Maken ’29 :: 16

Spatial imagery Increases Nonverbal Hand Movements; poster deriving from STRIDE and research lab with Ingo Helmich, Department of Exercise and Sport Studies

Colleen Lynch ‘27, Taylor Agena ‘26, Sophie Scialla ‘29, Zoe Khan ‘27, Anabel Fletcher ‘26, Julia Twomey ‘27 :: 20

Status of Smith College’s Food Rescue Network; poster deriving from student organization with Charlotte Ljustina, Jandon Center for Community Engagement 

Chiashi Yang ’28, Ellie Meyerson ’28 :: 21

Impacts of Government Administration on Local Nonprofits; poster deriving from STRIDE with Hannah Gates, Jandon Center for Community Engagement

Lucy Guo ’26 :: 23

Beyond the Numericals: mathematics and physics education outreach; poster deriving from research lab with Gary Felder, Department of Physics, and Patricia Cahn, Department of Mathematical Sciences

Addie Hoermann ’26 :: 24

Preparation and TEM Studies of Thin Cermet Films; poster deriving from research lab with Joyce Palmer-Fortune, Department of Physics

Jingyuan Zhou ’26, Yuzhang Fu ’26 :: 26

Modeling Weekly Pneumonia and Influenza Mortality Using Time Series Methods; poster deriving from classwork with Rebecca Kurtz-Garcia, Department of Mathematical Sciences

Alice Dai ’28, June Murray ’29, Katarina Peteranderl ’28, Julia Steinberg ’27 :: 28

Stranding Web Graphs; poster deriving from research lab with Julianna Tymoczko, Department of Mathematical Sciences

Campus Center Mezzanine Lounge – Geosciences

Leah Zarin ’27 :: 31

New Geochemical and Petrographic Data for Mafic Dikes on Appledore Island, ME; poster deriving from special studies and SURF with Sarah Mazza, Department of Geosciences


Campus Center Flex Lounge – Geosciences

Rheva Wolf, ’28 :: 34

Melting Mount Baker: Growing Olivine from High-Mg# Basaltic Andesites in Piston Cylinder Melting Experiments; poster deriving from STRIDE with Sarah Mazza, Department of Geosciences

Dahlia Riddington ’26, Emily Gunnlaugsson ’29 :: 35

Annual Sedimentation Patterns in a Proglacial Lake in Svalbard; Implications for a  Changing Arctic Climate and Hydrologic Cycle; poster deriving from special studies with Greg de Wet, Department of Geosciences

Eloise Cullen ’28, Asfia Jawed ’27 :: 36

Investigating Seasonal Influence on Paleoclimate Proxies in Glacial Lake Hitchcock Varved Sediments; poster deriving from special studies and research lab with Greg de Wet, Department of Geosciences


Campus Center 203 – Art, Biological Sciences, Neuroscience, Psychology, Center for Mass Spectrometry

Vimala Albert ’29, Jessica Mohanty ’29, Clare Harned ’27 :: 37

Cerium Induces Secondary Metabolism in Streptomyces via a ppGpp Dependent Pathway; poster deriving from AEMES Research, STRIDE, and research lab with Robert Samples, Center for Mass Spectrometry

Clare Harned ’27, Vimala Albert ’29, Jessica Mohanty ’29, Olive Bradford ’29, Layla Ibrahim ’29 :: 38

Reconstruction of a Historical Spanish Liqueur Using Spectroscopic Techniques; poster deriving from AEMES Research, STRIDE, and research lab with Robert Samples, Center for Mass Spectrometry, and Cati Bestard Rotger, Department of Art

Annabelle Li ’26 :: 42

On the Same Wavelength: Parent-Child Neural Synchrony During Shared Problem-Solving; poster deriving from research lab and honors thesis research with Maya Rosen, Program in Neuroscience, Catherine Mikkelsen, Program in Neuroscience, Maddie Scricco, Program in Neuroscience, and Brianna McMillan, Department of Psychology

Ella Luo ’27, Ysabella Leonelli ‘28 :: 43

Effects of Adolescent High-Fat Diet Consumption on Social-Preference Behavior and Amygdala Microglia; poster deriving from classwork with Jocelyn Breton, Program in Neuroscience

Rahel Ghebrehiwet ’28, Addy Martinez de la Rosa ’28, Breanna Thompson ’28 :: 44

Effects of High Fat Diet on Sucrose Consumption and Dopamine Cells in the VTA in Male and Female Rats; poster deriving from classwork with Jocelyn Breton, Program in Neuroscience

Jeremiah Hickman-Maynard ’27 :: 45

Prosocial Behavior in Adult Rats After Early Life Adversity: an investigation of neuronal identities in the prefrontal cortex; poster deriving from research lab and SURF with Jocelyn Breton, Program in Neuroscience

Sofia Muliawan ’28, Ayah Muhiddin ’26, Marisol Jenkins-Sorensen ’27 :: 46

Coping with Heat Stress: Thermal induction of Bacteriocin Production; poster deriving from special studies with Rob Dorit, Department of Biological Sciences

Meris Li ’28 :: 47

The More You Use, The More You Lose: Antibiotic Resistance Trends in the U.S.; poster deriving from special studies with Rob Dorit, Department of Biological Sciences

Claire Rhody ’28, Carly Aitken ’26 :: 49

Testing for Phenotypic Plasticity of Shell Morphology in Northern and Southern Populations of Littorina littorea and Littorina obtusata; poster deriving from special studies, STRIDE, and research lab with L. David Smith, Department of Biological Sciences 

Carly Aitken ’26, Lily West ’28 :: 50

Run or Hide: Measuring Behavioral Responses in Native Intertidal Snails to Predatory Chemical Cues of Invasive Crabs; poster deriving from special studies with L. David Smith, Department of Biological Sciences

Sophia Liu ’27, Hanyu Li ’28, Lilly Mearsheimer ’25 :: 52

Investigating Meteorin and Meteorin-Like as Candidate Regulators of Muscular Development in Zebrafish; poster deriving from special studies, STRIDE, and research lab with Michael Barresi, Department of Biological Sciences, and Narendra Pathak, Program in Neuroscience

Rameen Farrukh ’27, Li Le Kaplow ’27, Camila Merino ’28 :: 53

A Spatial Transcriptomics Framework to Study Cellular Trajectories During Zebrafish Forebrain Commissure Formation; poster deriving from research lab, honors thesis, and master’s thesis with Michael Barresi, Department of Biological Sciences, and Narendra Pathak, Program in Neuroscience

Hannah Zhang ’29, Alexa Konstantopoulos ’28, Maile Matubrew ’29 :: 55

Investigating the Roles of Meteorin and Meteorin-like in Early Zebrafish CNS Development; poster deriving from research lab with Michael Barresi, Department of Biological Sciences, and Narendra Pathak, Program in Neuroscience

Angueline Villar Alvarez ’29, Olivia Irala ’29 :: 56

Immunostaining to visualize forebrain commissure formation; poster deriving from research lab with Michael Barresi, Department of Biological Sciences

Campus Center Art Wall – Engineering, Chemistry

Pauline Mallari ’27 :: 58

Synthesizing Dual-Functionalized Fn3 Protein-Drug Conjugates for Targeted Cancer Therapy; poster deriving from AEMES research, special studies, and research lab with Sarah Moore, Picker Engineering Program

Ashley Cheng ’27, Jiawei Yu ’27 :: 59

Inter and Intracellular Trafficking of Engineered Anti-Mesothelin Fn3 Proteins; poster deriving from special studies, STRIDE, and research lab with Sarah Moore, Picker Engineering Program

Yuki Yang ’27 :: 60

Abiotic Production of Vitamin B6 from Methylglyoxal and Ammonium Phosphate; poster deriving from special studies with Andrew Berke, Department of Chemistry

Pauline Baranger-Hartwig ’26 :: 61

Investigating the Metabolomes of Three Strains of Dyella terrae from Ely Copper Mine; poster deriving from research lab and honors thesis with Lesley-Ann Giddings, Department of Chemistry, and Robert Samples, Center for Mass Spectrometry

Sandra Adrianna Constantino ’26, Amie Gronert ’28 :: 62

Iron-rich Life at Subzero: Siderophore and Cholic Acid Biosynthesis in Antarctic Kocuria sp.; poster deriving from special studies and research lab with Lesley-Ann Giddings, Department of Chemistry, and Robert Samples, Center for Mass Spectrometry

Riko Mukoyama ’26, Evelyn Adkins ’28, Camil Piperni ’28 :: 63

Comparative Analysis of Broadly-Specific N-Hydroxylases Involved in Desferrioxamine Biosynthesis; poster deriving from honors thesis with Lesley-Ann Giddings, Department of Chemistry, Madison Knapp, Department of Chemistry, Robert Samples, Center for Mass Spectrometry, and Riccardo Racicot, Center for Molecular Biology

Jacqueline Brannan ’28 :: 64

Mining Metal Pollution for Environmental Solutions: Siderophore-Producing Bacteria at Ely Copper Mine; poster deriving from research lab with Lesley-Ann Giddings, Department of Chemistry, Robert Samples, Center for Mass Spectrometry, and Madison Knapp, Department of Chemistry

Campus Center 204 – Chemistry, Engineering

Ada Fiala ’27, Hayden Reblitz ’27 :: 65

Dibromomaleimide as a Versatile Linker Molecule in Protein-Drug Conjugates; poster deriving from special studies and research lab with Maren Buck, Department of Chemistry, and Sarah Moore, Picker Engineering Program

Lauren Lee ’27J, Acadia Vaughn ’28, Joyana Saha ’28, Montserrat Marentes Dominguez ’26, Karyme Medina Castillo ’26 :: 66

Design of Self-Rolling Azlactone Hydrogels for Applications in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine; poster deriving from special studies and research lab with Maren Buck, Department of Chemistry

Ray Winig ’28, Gwynn Canfield ’28, Chidinma Chikezie ’28 :: 67

Combinatorial Synthesis of Protein-Polymer Conjugates from Functionalized Side-Chain Reactive Polymers; poster deriving from special studies and research lab with Maren Buck, Department of Chemistry, Sarah Moore, Picker Engineering Program, and Avery Cook, Department of Chemistry

Evaline Flamer ’28, Lilah Weinstein ’28, Tenzin Sangmo ’28, Ronin Akurosawa ’26 :: 68

Chemically Fueled Hydrogel Actuators for the Development of Partial Autonomous Soft Robots; poster deriving from special studies with Maren Buck, Department of Chemistry 

Sylvia Burkman ’26, Hannah Martin ‘27, Margot Konetzka ‘27, Luna Yang ’28, Molly Shay ’28, Zahra Salar ’28, Faith Nwanso ‘28, Suner Chopra ‘29 :: 71

Investigating Nanodisc Self Assembly; poster deriving from special studies, STRIDE, research lab and SURF with Olivia Fiebig, Department of Chemistry

Yuyao Zhu ’27, Mandy Mi ’29, Emily Whitney ’28 :: 72

Study of a Multi-step Synthesis Toward Nitrogen-Containing Heterocycles via an Iron-catalyzed Pathway; poster deriving from special studies, research lab and SURF with Alexandra Strom, Department of Chemistry