Adelphi connects undergraduate students with a variety of summer research opportunities—from summer research fellowships with faculty mentors through the Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Works and the Honors College to external research fellowships that fund student efforts.
Becoming an Undergraduate Summer Research Fellow
Applications for the Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowships will open in Spring 2025. If you have any questions or would like to learn about other opportunities, please email the Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Works at ourc@adelphi.edu.
2024 Undergraduate Research and Creative Works Summer Fellowship
Congratulations to Adelphi University’s 2024 cohort of undergraduate summer research fellowship recipients!
| 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 |
| Vaishnavi 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 |
| Vincent Calvagno |
Dr. Michael LaCombe |
History (CAS) |
Troubled Waters: Contrast and Conflict Over New England Rivers, 1620-1800 |
| Antonio Ruiz |
Dr. Edward Reno |
History (CAS) |
Church Reform and Geopolitical Reorganization: Western Europe 1000-1300 |
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 |