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Zainib Al-Jayashi
PSYCHOLOGY & ETHNIC STUDIES
Zainib Al-Jayashi is a psychology and ethnic studies major from Lincoln, Nebraska. Zainib is conducting research with Dr. Trey Andrews from the Department of Psychology.
Summer 2025 Research Poster: Help-Seeking Preferences Among Latine Immigrants: Impact of Immigration-Related Stressors on Seeking Formal vs. Informal Care
Maathir Basi
PSYCHOLOGY
Maathir Basi is a psychology major from Lincoln, Nebraska. Maathir is conducting research with Dr. Kathy Chiou from the Department of Psychology.
Summer 2025 Research Poster: Depression and Other Psychiatric Outcomes in People who Inject Drugs with a Probable Brain Injury
Harley Boutard
PSYCHOLOGY
Harley Boutard is a psychology major from Cedar Bluffs, Nebraska. Harley is conducting research with Dr. Dennis McChargue, from the Department of Psychology.
Summer 2026 Research Poster: Characterizing How and Why Sexual and Gender Minority College Students Use Cannabis in a Cannabis-Prohibitive State
Aida Burks
SOCIOLOGY
Aida Burks is a sociology major from Lincoln, Nebraska. Aida is conducting research with Dr. Seulki Kim from the Department of Sociology.
Summer 2026 Research Poster: Socioeconomic Factors and Childhood BMI: Do Parental Bonds Matter?
Caitlin Cemer
FORENSIC SCIENCE
Caitlin Cemer is a forensic science major from Aurora, Colorado. Caitlin is conducting research with Dr. Ana Maria Velez Arango from the Department of Entomology.
Summer 2026 Research Poster: Understanding the interaction of the gap genes Krüppel and hunchback in the embryological development of Diabrotica virgifera virgifera Leconte
Elizabeth Chhoeung
FORENSIC SCIENCE
Elizabeth Chhoeung is a forensic science major from Lincoln, Nebraska. Elizabeth is conducting research with Dr. Martha Rhoades from the School of Natural Resources.
Summer 2026 Research Poster: Co-occurrence of Nitrate, Nitrite and Arsenic in Lower Elkhorn Natural Resources District Groundwater Wells
Sarah Diaz
PSYCHOLOGY
Sarah Diaz is a psychology major from Hastings, Nebraska. Sarah is conducting research with Dr. Kathryn Holland from the Department of Psychology.
Summer 2025 Research Poster: Yes, but not really. The relationship between consensual unwanted sexual experiences and body image in Queer women
Justin Hernandez
PSYCHOLOGY
Justin Hernandez is a psychology major from Bellevue, Nebraska. Justin is conducting research with Dr. Anne Schutte from the Department of Psychology.
Summer 2026 Research Poster: Examining Children’s Use of Natural and Manufactured Playground Features in Early Childhood Playgrounds
Gabriel Macias-Villegas
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Gabriel Macias-Villegas is an electrical engineering major from Lexington, Nebraska. Gabe conducted his McNair Summer research project with Dr. Jung Wang, from the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering.
Summer 2025 Research Poster: Accessible and Accurate Q-Meter to Evaluate High Frequency Magnetics for the Next Generation of Power Converters
Grant Nielson
PLANT BIOLOGY
Grant Nielson is a plant biology major from Archer, Nebraska. Grant conducted his McNair Summer research project with Dr. Saet-Byul Kim from the Department of Plant Pathology. He is currently working with Dr. Dylan Mangel in the Department of Plant Pathology testing resistance screening methods for "Sudden Death Syndrome of Soybean and Soybean Cyst Nematode."
Summer 2026 Research Poster: Corn and Rust Disease Interactions
Carlo Santos
MATHEMATICS
Carlo Santos is a mathematics major from Omaha, Nebraska. Carlo conducted his McNair research with Dr. Martin Centurion from the Department of Physics and Astronomy.
Summer 2025 Research Poster: Modeling Gas Phase Ultrafast Electron Diffraction
Savannah Schutte
MATHEMATICS
Savannah Schutte is a mathematics major from Lincoln, Nebraska. Savannah is conducting research with Dr. Mark Walker from the Department of Mathematics.
Summer 2026 Research Poster: Exploring the fractal patterns in Pascal’s Triangle and the Trinomial Triangle modulo n
Alex Tapia
PSYCHOLOGY
Alex Tapia is a psychology major from Omaha, Nebraska. Alex is working with Dr. Timothy Nelson from the Department of Psychology.
Summer 2025 Research Poster: Executive Control as a Mediator Between Early Adversity and Academic Outcomes
