Our Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Works strives to embed research and creative works in the academic experience of all Adelphi undergraduate students.
Council on Undergraduate Research
Did you know that Adelphi has an enhanced membership with the Council on Undergraduate Research?
How to Start
Students interested in Guided Research and Creative Works must find an individual faculty member to serve as adviser. Students will generally work on a project that falls within one of their adviser’s active research and creative areas.
News
Congratulations to our 2024 cohort of fellows and mentors for our ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Undergraduate Research and Creative Works Summer Fellowship:
ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ OURCW Summer Research Fellows
| Student Name | Mentor Name | Department | Project Title |
| Sarah Marino | Dr. Orion Duckstein | Dance (CAS) | Process and Performance |
| Thea Crouch | Dr. Edward Reno | History (CAS) | Gone, but Not Forgotten: How Alexander T Stewart’s Death Became the Foundation for Spirituality and Higher Education in Garden City, NY. |
| Katelyn Schwab | Dr. Chana Etengoff | Psychology (Derner) | LGBTQ+ Wellbeing in Contemporary Contexts |
| Heather Gittleson | Dr. Karolina Lempert | Psychology (Derner) | Can taking the perspective of a relative in the future influence climate change risk perception? |
| Brienna Conner | Dr. Patricia Lesipnasse | African, Black, and Caribbean Studies (CAS) | The African Diaspora: Myths & Legends |
| Vishnavi Dixit | Dr. Joshua Hiller | Math and Computer Science (CAS) | Enhancing k-Nearest Neighbor Algorithm for Improved Decision Making |
Honors College Summer Research Fellows
| Student Name | Mentor Name | Department | Project Title |
| Keara Malazarte | Dr. Shana Caro | Biology (CAS) | Collective Decision-Making in Superorganisms as a Model for Human Neural Pathways |
| Jason Bier | Dr. Matt Wright | Physics (CAS) | Evaluating and Restoring Disparities in the Development of STEM Communities Due to HighTeacher Turnover in Lower-Income Districts |
| Aaron Comerford | Dr. Natalia Prado-Oviedo | Biology (CAS) | Sloth Bear: Francois End Life of Study and Reproductive Senescence in African and Asian Elephants |
| Hemish Naidoo | Dr. Sladjana Lukic | Communication Sciences and Disorders (CEd) | Meta-Analysis of Connected Speech Patterns in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders (SSD) and Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia (bvFTD) |
| Roya Parsa | Dr. Sixia Chen | Mathematics and Computer Science (CAS) | Optimizing Dual Energy CT Models for Accurate Proton Stopping Power Estimation in Pediatric Cancer Therapy |
| Noor Ellahie | Dr. Justyna Widera-Kalinowska | Chemistry (CAS) | Photocatalytic Degradation of Duloxetine Using a BiVO4/C3H3N3S3 Nanocomposite with a Mo Co-catalyst |
Landesberg Family Summer Research Fellow
| Major | Name | Mentor | Career goal | Title of project |
| Chemistry | Selin Aptoula | Dr. Justyna Widera-Kalinowska | Material scientist/medical doctor | Improving the efficiency of the Nitrogen Reduction Reaction through the use of cyanometallate catalysts |
McDonell Summer Research Fellows
| Major | Name | Mentor | Title of project |
| Chemistry | Clara Ghali | Dr. Justyna Widera-Kalinowska | Water Purification Through Nanotechnology and Solar Light |
| Chemistry | Rachel Amirova | Dr. Melissa Van Alstine-Parris | Synthesis of Phenyl Pyrrolidinol compounds to Inhibit Uridine Nucleoside Ribohydrolase Enzymes for Trichomoniasis |
| Biology | Ashley Restrepo | Dr. Jonna Coombs. | Investigating Pharmaceutical Drug Toxicity on Bacterial Strains from Salt Marshes |
| Biology | Ben Klass | Dr. Tandra Chakraborty | Neuroprotection by Ashwagandha: Combating Inflammation in Neuronal Cells |
| Physics | Carolina Guekjian | Dr. Sean Bentley | Quantum Entanglement Assisted Magnetic Field Detector |
Why Undergraduate Research is Important
Getting involved in research and creative works will provide opportunities to generate new knowledge, think critically and outside of the box, and fine-tune collaborative and communication skills. Instead of learning facts and content that others have discovered for you, doing research allows you to apply the knowledge and skills from your classes to discover new information yourself and advance your field. It can be an amazingly fulfilling and transforming intellectual and personal experience, though it can also be demanding.Â
Doing hands-on creative inquiry with faculty known in their field will refine your professional interests and establish a relationship with your mentor that often lasts beyond your time at Adelphi. If you are thinking about undergraduate research and creative works, explore our website, email us or stop in to chat with us.
Our Mission
The Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Works’ mission is to support faculty and undergraduate students as they embark on inquiry-driven, creative research endeavors.
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