To learn more about the Villanova Undergraduate Research Fellows (VURF) program and travel grants, contact Catherine Stecyk, Associate Director
- 2020
- Hannah Rao used her travel grant to present research at the Conjuring the Past: Reception in Classical, Medieval, and Early Modern Studies meeting hosted by Penn State University at the University Park Campus in Pennsylvania.
- Hannah Rao used her travel grant to present research at the Conjuring the Past: Reception in Classical, Medieval, and Early Modern Studies meeting hosted by Penn State University at the University Park Campus in Pennsylvania.
- 2019
- Bridget Ringenwald used her travel grant to present research at The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) Conference in Austin, Texas.
- Erin Bogacki used her travel grant to present research at The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology’s (SICB) Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas.
- Jadyn Anczarski used his travel grant to present research at the 235th American Astronomical Society Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii.
- Kathlyn Purcell used her travel grant to present research at the American Astronomical Conference in Honolulu, Hawaii.
- Mikaela Uricheck used her travel grant to present research at 69th Annual Society for the Study of Social Problems Conference in New York City.
- Bridget Ringenwald used her travel grant to present research at The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) Conference in Austin, Texas.
- 2018
- Junior Biology major, Gwen Saccocia, used her travel grant to present research at the 177th Annual Acoustical Society of America Meeting in Louisville, Kentucky.
- Junior Psychology, Peony Wong, used her travel grant to present research at the Society of Personality Assessment’s annual convention in New Orleans.
- Political Science and Psychology major, Katherine Precourt, used her travel grant to present research at the Society for Personality Assessment Annual Convention in New Orleans, LA.
- Senior Biology major, Rhiann Sato, used her travel grant to present research at the American Association for Cancer Research in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Senior Biochemistry major, Claudia Macpherson, used her travel grant to present research at the the American Physical Society’s March Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts.
- Junior Cognitive & Behavioral Neuroscience major, Julia Ferrante, used her travel grant to present research at the 2019 Experimental Biology conference in Orlando, Florida.
- Junior Geography and Environmental Science major, Josephine Papotto, used her travel grant to present research at the The Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography 2019 Aquatic Sciences Meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- Senior Biology major, Taylor Heuermann, used her travel grant to present research at the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology Annual Meeting in Tampa, FL.
- Senior Astronomy And Astrophysics major, Joseph Manuel, used his travel grant to present research at the 233rd American Astrophysical Society Meeting in Seattle, WA.
- Junior Physics major, Jadyn Anczarski, used his travel grant to present research at the 233rd American Astronomical Society Meeting.
- Freshman Electrical Engineering major, Kelly Delawder, used her travel grant to present research at Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers International Magnetics Conference and the Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials in Washington, DC.
- Senior Psychology major, Nicole Feeley, used her travel grant to attend and present at the Auditory Perception, Cognition, and Action Meeting (APCAM) and the the Psychonomic Society’s conference.
- Senior Physics major, Thomas Longo, used his travel grant to attend and present at the the American Physical Societie’s (APS) Mid-Atlantic November Meeting at the University of Maryland.
- Senior Physics major, Sarah Choate, used her travel grant to attend and present at the the annual meeting of the APS Mid-Atlantic section at the University of Maryland.
- Cognitive & Behavioral Science major, Dillon McGovern, used his travel grant to attend and present at the Society for Neuroscience Conference in San Diego, CA.
- Sophomore Physics and Electrical Engineering major, Kaixuan Ji, used his travel grant to present research at the American Physics Society Mid-Atlantic Section Meeting.
- Master's Biochemical Engineering major, Emily Harris, used her travel grant to present research at the American Association for Cancer Research.
- Junior Electrical Engineering major, Christopher Israel, used his travel grant to present research at the 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (APS).
- Senior Biology major, Alexandra Quatrella, used her travel grant to present research at the Society of Developmental Biology’s Annual Meeting in Portland, OR.
- Junior Computer Science major, Paul Balog, used his travel grant to present research at the 28th USENIX Security Symposium, located in Baltimore, MD.
- Senior Humanities and Cognitive & Behavioral Neuroscience major, Emily LaPorte, used her travel grant for a research assistantship at the University of Michigan in the Emotion and Self Control Lab.
- Junior Cognitive & Behavioral Neuroscience major, Elisabeth Dimitratos, used her travel grant to present research at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Conference in San Diego, CA.
- Senior Physics major, Connor Williams, used his travel grant to present research at the 2018 Division of Nuclear Physics (DNP) in Kona, HI.
- Senior Mathematics major, Alexander Vetter, used his travel grant to present research at a conference dedicated to undergraduate research in mathematics at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
- Senior Biology major, Marielle Dineen-Carvey, used her travel grant to collect purple sea urchin specimins in San Francisco, CA.
- Senior Biology major, Prisca To, used her travel grant to to collect purple sea urchin specimins in San Francisco, CA.
- Senior Communication and Peace & Justice major, Madison Edwards, used her travel grant to present research at the 2018 National Communication Association Convention.
- Senior Biology major, Lukas Troha, used his travel grant to collect purple sea urchin specimins in San Francisco, CA.
- Senior Biology major, Julia Morris, used her travel grant to present research at the Nemours Summer Undergraduate Research Program (NSURP) at Nemours/A.I. duPont Hospital for Children.
- Chemistry and Mathematics major, Emily Legaard, used her travel grant to present research at the 256th American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition in Boston, MA.
- Senior Environmental Science major, Libby O' Brien, used her travel grant to present research at Botony 2018.
- Senior English major, Elizabeth Eby, used her travel grant to present research at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting in New York City.
- Senior Cognitive Behavioral Neuroscience major, HwaPyung Yoo, presented his research at the American Education Research Association 2018 conference in New York City.
- In March, Psychology senior, Nicole Mastracchio, presented her research at the Society for Personality Assessment in Washington D.C.
- Alumni, Stephen Purcell, recently published research in the peer-reviewed journal Christianity and Literatu
- Senior Psychology major, Kristen Ryan, presented her research at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association in March.
- Claire Teahan, Senior Chemistry major, presented her research at the 255th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in New Orleans, Louisiana in March.
- Junior Biology major, Gwen Saccocia, used her travel grant to present research at the 177th Annual Acoustical Society of America Meeting in Louisville, Kentucky.
- 2017
- Senior Biochemistry major, Chang Jeong, used his CRF Conference grant to attend the SFRBM Conference in 2017.
- Senior Physics major, Demetrios Papakostas, presented his research at the Mid-Atlantic Physics Section annual meeting.
- David Greene, senior Physics major, presented research at the American Physical Society Conference in Newark, New Jersey.
- Senior Physics major, Connor Williams, presented research at the American Physical Society Conference.
- David Stilwell, a junior Physics major, presented research at the NJIT meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Region of the American Physical Society.
- Senior Biology major,Taylor Heuermann, presented her research at the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology conference in San Francisco.
- Andrew Lee, senior Mechanical Engineering major, attended the Material Research Society Fall Meeting in Boston.
- Kathryn Cushing, a senior Cognitive Behavioral Neuroscience major, presented her research in Vancouver
- Senior Astronomy major Joseph Michail, presented his research at both the American Astronomical Society 231st Meeting and the American Physical Society, Mid-Atlantic Section Meeting.
- Senior Biology major Emily Burton, attended the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology’s (SICB) annual conference in San Francisco this past January.
- Senior Astronomy major Elizabeth Johnson, attended the 231st American Astronomical Society Meeting in Washington DC.
- Junior Communication major Sarah Harris, filmed a documentary in Ghana with her social justice documentary class
- Sophomore Computer Science major Mackenzie Jorgensen, presented at MIT Undergraduate Research Technology Conference in November 2017.
- Senior double major in Comprehensive Science and Criminology Christie Cannarozzi, conducted research at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia this summer.
- Senior Math major Ronald Berna, conducted research at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia this summer.
- Michael Medina, senior Biochemistry major, conducted research at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia this summer.
- Senior biology major, Madona Farag, received a VURF travel grant to intern this summer at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Roberts Center.
- Junior double major in Neuroscience and Humanities, Emily LaPorte served as a research assistant in the Emotion and Self-Control lab at the University of Michigan this summer.
- Junior Biology major Alissa Coonfield, received a VURF travel grant to conduct research this summer at Friday Harbor Labs.
- Junior Psychology major Nicole Blekhter, presented at the Villanova University Symposium in September 2017
- Senior double major in Criminology and Sociology Anna DalCortivo, presented at the Villanova University Symposium in September 2017.
- Senior Computer Science Darryl Hannan, presented at the Villanova University Symposium in September 2017.
- Senior double major Biology and Humanities Simran Kripalani, presented at the University of Delaware, Villanova and Nemours duPont Hospital for Children in July 2017.
- Senior English major Elizabeth Eby presented her research at the International Seminar on Amplifying Student Voice and Partnership in July 2017.
- Senior environmental science major Kate Henderson presented her research at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research in April 2017.
- Kinjal Dave presented her research at the ASU Women of Color in STEM Entrepreneurship Conference in 2017.
- Junior psychology major Morgan Reid received a VURF travel grant to present her research at the the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development in April 2017.
- Amber Shelton, a senior biology major, presented her research at the Annual Meeting for the American Association for Cancer Research in 2017
- Senior biology major Megan Foley presented her research at the National Conference for Undergraduate Research and the Soil Ecology Society, CSU Fort Collins in 2017
- Senior chemistry major Marianne Donley presented her research at the National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in Spring 2017
- Kasia McLellan, a senior computer science major, received a VURF travel grant to present her research at the National Conference for Undergraduate Research in 2017
- Senior computer science major Rachel Malloy received a VURF travel grant to present her research at National Conferences on Undergraduate Research in 2017.
- Senior biochemistry major Luke Izzo presented his research at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Annual Meeting in April 2017.
- Laura Meissner, a senior biology major, presented her research at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Annual Meeting in April 2017.
- Senior math major Tasha Boland received a VURF travel grant to present her research at the Nebraska Conference for Undergraduate Women in Mathematics in February.
- Christie Leonard, a senior English major, received a VURF travel grant to present her research at the Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies Conference 2017 in Philadelphia.
- Shantel Silva, a senior math major, received a VURF travel grant to present at the Nebraska Conference for Undergraduate Women in Mathematics in February.
- Senior Brendan Carchidi, who majors in Global Interdisciplinary Studies, French and Francophone Studies, and Arab and Islamic Studies, received a VURF travel grant to visit Montréal, Québec to interview staff members from HELEM, the first Arab LGBTQIA organization in the world.
- Senior Biochemistry major, Chang Jeong, used his CRF Conference grant to attend the SFRBM Conference in 2017.
- 2016
- Devin Smith, a senior Environmental Science major, presented her research at the 2016 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, where she was awarded Outstanding Student Poster in the Environmental and Engineering Division Geology Student Research Competition.
- Valerie Bernstein, a senior Astronomy & Astrophysics major, presented her research at the American Geophysical Union 2016 Fall Meeting in San Francisco, CA. She also designed a t-shirt that was sold at the conference.
- Biology major Michael Nolan-Tamariz received a VURF travel grant to present his research Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology (SICB) Conference in New Orleans.
- Psychology major Kathryn Cushing presented about her research on Cognitive Control at the Annual Psychonomics Conference in both 2016 and 2015.
- Kathleen O'Hora, a senior Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience major, received a VURF travel grant to present her research at the Psychonomics Society's Annual Meeting 2017.
- Senior Computing Sciences major Christopher Moritz presented at the International Symposium for Visual Computing in Las Vegas.
- Laura Campbell, an education major, received a VURF travel grant to present her research at the Middle States Council for the Social Studies Conference.
- Environmental science major Cara Mathers participated in the Basic Environmental Soil Science Training REU at NC State University during the summer of 2016. She presented this research at the ASA, CSSA & SSSA International Annual Meeting in Phoenix, AZ, where her poster won second place in the undergraduate poster competition within the "Soils and Soil Health" division. She also presented her 2015 VURF research at the Geological Society of America 2015 Meeting in Baltimore.
- Gina Talamo, a junior environmental science major, presented her VURF research at the Geological Society of America's annual conference in Denver, Colorado.
- Caytlin Nichols received a VURF travel grant to present her research at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) Conference.
- Samantha Cranford received a VURF travel grant to present at the Annual Convention for the Society of Personality Assessment.
- William Dewey, a senior in the Biochemistry Department, received a VURF travel grant to present his research at the 50th Protein Symposium in Baltimore.
- Alissa Welker, an environmental science major with a peace and justice concentration and spanish minor, received a VURF Travel Grant to attend the National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) Food-Energy-Water Nexus: 16th National Conference and Global Forum on Science, Policy, and the Environment in Washington, DC.
- Erin Peterson, a senior in the Chemistry Department, presented her research on spectroelectrochemical studies at the American Chemical Society Meeting and Exposition.
- Stephanie Neumann received a VURF travel grant to present her research at the American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Conference.
- Jani Swiatek received a VURF travel grant to present her research at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) annual meeting.
- Gina Mancini received a VURF travel grant to present at the American Education Research Association annual conference in Chicago.
- Devin Smith, a senior Environmental Science major, presented her research at the 2016 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, where she was awarded Outstanding Student Poster in the Environmental and Engineering Division Geology Student Research Competition.
- 2015
- Biology major Breanna Bennett presented her VURF research on songbird exploratory behavior at the AFO/SCO/WOS Conference in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- Anna Briker, a junior biochemistry major, presented her VURF research on transcription factors in mice at the annual meeting of the Society for Redox Biology and Medicine (SFRBM) in Boston.
- Biology major Laura Graf presented her research on Parkinson's Disease at The American Society for Cell Biology 2015 Meeting.
- Kate Henderson, an environmental science major, presented about her research about the magnitude and chemistry of suspended sediments in the ephemeral streams of Taylor Valley, Antarctica at the Geological Society of America's annual meeting in Baltimore.
- Stephen Purcell, alumni, recently published research he worked on with the help of the VURF grant in the peer-reviewed journal Christianity and Literature.
- Biology major Breanna Bennett presented her VURF research on songbird exploratory behavior at the AFO/SCO/WOS Conference in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada.