2022 Alumni
KEYS Slam
Research Showcase Booklet
High School: Sahuaro High School
City: Tucson
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Arvinder Sandhu
Research Project: Polarization-dependent Efficiency of a Diffraction Grating
High School: Central High School
City: Phoenix
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Alicia Allen
Research Project: Literature Review: Can Oxytocin Help Women Postpartum with Opioid Use Disorder?
High School: Basis Tucson North
City: Tucson
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Nima Toosizadeh
Research Project: Assessing Frailty Through Heart Rate Complexity
High School: Hamilton High School
City: Chandler
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jamie Edgin
Research Project: Estimating Hippocampal Subfield Volume in Typical and Atypical Youth
High School: BASIS Tucson North
City: Tucson
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Kirsten Limesand
Research Project: Determining Cell Proliferation and the Impact of YAP Following Irradiation
High School: University High School
City: Tucson
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Laura Meredith
Research Project: Water Harvesting and Soil Resilience
High School: BASIS Tucson North
City: Tucson
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Barton
Research Project: Effects of Saline Flush on Plicae Displacement in Fallopian Tubes
High School: BASIS Oro Valley
City: Oro Valley
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Michael Marty
Research Project: Interactions between Alpha-Synuclein Mutants Proteins and the Lipid Bilayer, and how GCG can affect this Interaction
High School: Cibola High School
City: Yuma
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Laura Meredith
Research Project: Observing the Relationship between Sphagnum Gas Exchange and Moisture Dynamics
High School: Marana High School
City: Tucson
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Craig Aspinwall
Research Project: Scanning Ion Conductance Microscopy and Human Platelets
High School: BASIS Chandler
City: Chandler
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Bonnie LaFleur
Research Project: Normal Cognitive Aging: Demographics and Predictors
High School: Mountain Ridge High School
City: Glendale
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Alicia Allen
Research Project: A Review on the Impact of Caregiving Mechanisms on Postpartum-Induced Hormones Influencing Opioid use Disorder
High School: BASIS Chandler
City: Chandler
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Travis Sawyer
Research Project: Machine Learning Detection of Abnormal Brunner's Glands in Duodenal Gastrinoma
High School: Hamilton High School
City: Chandler
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jason Karnes
Research Project: Warfarin Pharmacogenomics in Hispanic & Latino Populations: A Candidate SNP Study
High School: BASIS Chandler
City: Chandler
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Vignesh Subbian
Research Project: Developing an Ontology to Model Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV2-2 Infection
High School: BASIS Tucson North
City: Tucson
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Teske
Research Project: Effect of Low Glycemic Index Potatoes on Blood Glucose and Weight Gain in Rats
High School: Academy of Tucson High School
City: Tucson
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Thomas Gianetti
Research Project: Creation of Tethered Dual Photocatalysts
High School: Paradise Valley High School
City: Phoenix
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Bonnie LaFleur
Research Project: Use of the National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center Data to Examine Normative Cognitive Aging
High School: University High School
City: Tucson
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Anna Dornhaus
Research Project: Search Tortuosity in Temnothorax rugatulus Ants When in Marked and Unmarked Territory
High School: BASIS Tucson North
City: Tucson
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Robin Polt
Research Project: Molecular Modeling Drug Design
High School: University High School
City: Tucson
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Michael Brown
Research Project: Modeling Rhodopsin Activation Utilizing Molecular Dynamics and Electronic Structure Methods
High School: Catalina Foothills High School
City: Tucson
Faculty Mentor: Dr. David Baltrus
Research Project: Genetically Proving Tailocin-Based Killings in E. Coli O157:H7
High School: Gilbert Classical Academy
City: Gilbert
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Melanie Culver
Research Project: Genetic Relatedness of Threatened Northern Crested Caracaras (Caracara plancus)
High School: Rio Rico High School
City: Rio Rico
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Thomas Tomasiak
Research Project: Structural and Functional Analysis of CPS1: A Virulence Factor in Valley Fever
High School: Catalina Foothills High School
City: Tucson
Faculty Mentor: Jeong-Yeol Yoon
Research Project: Detecting Autofluorescence in Staphylococcus Bacteria Using a Smartphone-Based Device
High School: Corona Del Sol High School
City: Tempe
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Minkyu Kim
Research Project: Determining Polymeric Hydrogel Microstructure Through Characterization of Polymer Thermoresponsiveness
High School: BASIS Tucson North
City: Tucson
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Teodora Georgieva
Research Project: De-mouse-tifying Valley Fever with CRISPR/Cas9
High School: BASIS Tucson North
City: Tucson
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Kaveh Laksari
Research Project: Analyzing Immediate Head Impact Response in MMA
High School: Gilbert Classical Academy
City: Gilbert
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Koenraad Van Doorslaer
Research Project: Rescuing a Minicircle Producing E. coli Bacterial Stock
High School: University High School
City: Tucson
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Nancy Horton
Research Project: Regulation of Glycolytic Enzymes Through Filamentation
High School: Hamilton High School
City: Chandler
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Gondy Leroy
Research Project: Analysis of Gender Bias in Autism Diagnosis Through DSM-4 Criteria and Natural Language Processing
High School: University High School
City: Tucson
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Yitshak Zohar
Research Project: An Improved Prostate-on-a-Chip Model for Prostate Cancer Research
High School: Sonoran Science Academy
City: Tucson
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Todd Schlenke
Research Project: How Does the Size and Amount of Wasp Eggs Affect How Wasps Reproduce
High School: University High School
City: Tucson
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Tyson Swetnam
Research Project: Improving Usability of Community Datasets in Google Earth Engine
High School: University High School
City: Tucson
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Pascale Charest
Research Project: Studying the Interaction Between GPCR & G-Protein Subunits in Pico Level Using BRET2 Technology
High School: BASIS Tucson North
City: Tucson
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Michael Brown
Research Project: Modeling Rhodopsin Activation using Molecular Dynamics and Electronic Structure Methods
High School: BASIS Scottsdale
City: Scottsdale
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey Pyun
Research Project: Characterization of Sulfenyl Chloride Polymer
High School: Tanque Verde High School
City: Tucson
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Wei Wang
Research Project: Efficacy of ARV-771 in Treating Senescent Cancer
High School: BASIS Tucson North
City: Tucson
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Michael Johnson
Research Project: The correlational study of cell density and optical density of two mutants and a wild type of Streptococcus pneumoniae
High School: University High School
City: Tucson
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Erika Eggers
Research Project: Retinal Microglia Morphology and Distribution in Mice Fed a High-Fat Diet for 18 Weeks
High School: BASIS Tucson North
City: Tucson
Faculty Mentor: Dr. George Sutphin
Research Project: Arsenic Hormesis in Caenorhabditis Elegans
High School: University High School
City: Tucson
Faculty Mentor: Dr. John Schaibley
Research Project: Fabrication of an hBN/CrI3/InSe/hBN Device
High School: BASIS Oro Valley
City: Oro Valley
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jared Churko
Research Project: Studying ACM Through the Lense of Mouse Models and IPSCs
High School: BASIS Chandler
City: Chandler
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Gondy Leroy
Research Project: Analysis of Electronic Health Records to Explain the Gender Discrepancy in Autism Diagnosis
High School: Salpointe Catholic High School
City: Tucson
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Andrews
Research Project: Qualitative coding to find alternative treatments and medications for symptom management of EDS and hEDS
High School: BASIS Tucson North
City: Tucson
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Malak Tfaily
Research Project: Isolation and Identification of the Semi-Arid Ecosystem Soil Bacteria of the Saguaro National Park during Pre-Monsoon Season
High School: BASIS Peoria
City: Peoria
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Michael Hammer
Research Project: Differential Expression of SCN8A in Human iPSC-Derived Neurons During Stages of Differentiation
High School: BASIS Oro Valley
City: Oro Valley
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Donna Zhang
Research Project: Determining the Structure of the DNA-binding Domain of NRF2
High School: BASIS Peoria
City: Peoria
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Eli Chapman
Research Project: Developing an HSP70 Inhibitor to Treat Cancer
High School: University High School
City: Tucson
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jekan Thanga
Research Project: Slugbot
High School: BASIS Tucson North
City: Tucson
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Philipp Gutruf
Research Project: Characterizing Lifespan of Conformal Encapsulation for Implantable Devices
High School: University High School
City: Tucson
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Stuart A. Craig
Research Project: The Efficacy of a Stainless Steel Probe with Teflon Adhesive at Detecting Dust Particles in a Hypersonic Wind Tunnel
High School: Sonoran Science Academy
City: Tucson
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Zhongguo Xiong
Research Project: N Terminus of Pepino mosaic virus Capsid Protein Affect Host Range, Symptoms, and Infection Dynamics
High School: BASIS Oro Valley
City: Oro Valley
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Dongkyun Kang
Research Project: Cornea Movement Assessment
High School: Hamilton High School
City: Chandler
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Frank Duca
Research Project: Impact of Various Plant-Derived Fibers on Inflammation and Metabolic Homeostasis