Physics and Astronomy REU 2026

May 26 - July 31

 

 

 

Projects

 

Degradation of Microplastics

Star Amponsah - Jacksonville State University
Mentor: Dr. Brian Grady


[5-minute talk]

Stellar Age Estimates through use of Machine Learning

Mason Beaty - University of Oklahoma
Mentor: Dr. Michael Hayden


[5-minute talk]

High Energy Physics and Detection of t+c with ATLAS

Laura Belt - Brigham Young University Idaho
Mentor: Dr. Brad Abbott


[5-minute talk]

Identification and Classification of eclipsing Be stars

Gabriel Centeno - University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez
Mentor: Dr. Michael Hayden


[5-minute talk]

Antibiotic Resistance: The Mechanisms of Efflux Pumps

Madeleine Cigan - William & Mary
Mentor: Dr. Helen Zgurskaya


[5-minute talk]

Galaxies in Silhouette

Jaden Cooper - University of Oklahoma
Mentor: Dr. Nikole Nielsen


[5-minute talk]

Visualizing 2D Materials Using Multi-Layered Structures

Mariah Ellis - Mercer University
Mentor: Dr. Lloyd Bumm


[5-minute talk]

Stellar Label Estimates through use of Machine Learning

Leigh Harwell - University of Oklahoma
Mentor: Dr. Michael Hayden


[5-minute talk]

Surface Phonon Polaritons and Engineered Reststrahlen Bands

Richard Hill - Wisconsin Lutheran College
Mentor: Dr. Joe Tischler


[5-minute talk]

Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer at Cerium-Based Cluster Interfaces

Lyne Laribi - Scripps College
Mentor: Dr. Hyunho Noh


[5-minute talk]

Developing a Liquid-Liquid Interface Growth Strategy for Alkoxy-Substituted Quadrupolar Fluorescent Dye Thin Films

Jiawen Lin - University of Oklahoma
Mentor: Dr. Madalina Furis


[5-minute talk]

Studying Damped Lyman-alpha Systems Using Quasar Spectra

Natalie Meyer - University of Florida
Mentor: Dr. Sean Matt


[5-minute talk]

Higgs Phenomenology

Connor Mills - University of Oklahoma
Mentor: Dr. Chung Kao


[5-minute talk]

Making a BaTiO3 Electrode with E-Beam Lithography

Shirsha Mukherjee - University of Oklahoma
Mentor: Dr. Thirumalai Venkatesan (Venky)


[5-minute talk]

CGM & KCWI Data Cubes

Abhinu Mysore - University of Oklahoma
Mentor: Dr. Nikole Nielsen


[5-minute talk]

Optical Characterization and Quantum Spin Control of Erbium Doped Cerium Dioxide

Adam Powell - University of Oklahoma
Mentor: Dr. Alisa Javadi


[5-minute talk]

How Galactic Chemical Evolution Influences the Distribution of Stellar Rotation Rates

Jacob Seldon - University of Oklahoma
Mentor: Dr. Sean Matt


[5-minute talk]

Intermediate Mass Black Holes in Minor Mergers

Julia St. Pierre - Central Connecticut State University
Mentor: Dr. Marko Micic


[5-minute talk]

Quantum Dot Localization and Photonic Structure Nanofabrication

Benjamin Summers - University of Oklahoma
Mentor: Dr. Alisa Javadi


[5-minute talk]

Independent Laser System for Strontium Atom-Interferometer Gyroscope

Claude Valdez Luna - Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute
Mentor: Dr. Grant Biedermann


[5-minute talk]

Galactic Archaeology and the Formation of the Elements

Madeline van Staveren - University of Oklahoma
Mentor: Dr. Michael Hayden


[5-minute talk]

High Energy Physics and Detection of t+c with ATLAS

Thomas Vukic - Williams College
Mentor: Dr. Brad Abbott


[5-minute talk]

 

 

 

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