Student Research Profiles

Rice undergraduates perform research and creative work in many different fields. In the following research profiles, students share how Rice courses prepared them for these experiences, how they got started in research, memorable moments, and research impacts.

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Seryna Ayala

BioSciences (Cell Biology & Genetics), Art History (Minor)


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Mia Baumann

Spanish, Biochemistry and Cell Biology (Minor), Medical Humanities (Minor), Latin American and Latinx Studies (Minor)


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Jay Bethea

History, Ancient Mediterranean Civilizations, Classical Studies, & Business (Minor)

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Sarah Bradford

Biosciences


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Akin Bruce

Sociology


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Yvonne Carrillo

Sociology

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Valeria Carrillo

Psychology, Civic Leadership (Certificate)


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Ethan Case

Materials Science and Nanoengineering


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Ellie Cha

English

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Katherine Chen

Bioengineering


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Sharon Cho

Religion


Eunbi Chung
Eunbi Chung

Social Policy Analysis, Biochemistry and Cell Biology (Minor)

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Luis Clague

Computer Science


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Yufei (Nancy) Cui

Bioengineering


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Alex de Sousa

Computer Science

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Kimberly Dorsey

Computational and Applied Math, Civic Leadership (Certificate)


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Pamela Duarte

BioSciences (Cell Biology & Genetics), Medical Humanities (Minor)


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Xavier Elizondo

Philosophy and Computer Science

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Elise Erickson

Social Policy Analysis, Economics, Global Health Technologies (minor)


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Leslie Espinoza

Statistics, Computer Science, Global Health Technologies (Minor)


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Aman Eujayl

Mechanical Engineering

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Mariam Falana

Neuroscience (Cellular and Molecular), Civic Leadership (Certificate)


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Shawn Fan

Bioengineering


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Brendan Frizzell

Sociology, Spanish & Portuguese, Latin American and Latinx Studies

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Gennifer Geer

History and Asian Studies


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Sofia Gomez

Biosciences (Cell Biology and Genetics), Data Science (Minor)


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Jed Greenberg

Political Science

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Kelly Guo

Political Science, Asian Studies, Data Science (Minor)


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Abbie Ha

Biosciences (Integrative Biology), Civic Leadership (Certificate)


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Steffi Halow

Sociology

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Albert Han

Bioengineering


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Avalon Hogans

English (Concentration: Creative Writing), African and African American Studies (Minor)


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Rae Holcomb

Physics and Astronomy

Emily Huynh
Emily Huynh

Computer Science, Data Science (Minor), Statistics (Minor)


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Allison Jaffe

Biosciences


Ben at MDAnderson
Benjamin Johnson

Biosciences (Cell Biology and Genetics)

Christophe in the snow
Christophe Kwizera

Mechanical Engineering, French Studies (Minor), Physics (Minor)


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Cole Lambo

Asian Studies


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Hannah Li

Biosciences (Cell Biology and Genetics), VADA (Studio Art)

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Dyllan Lozano-Lomeli

Environmental Science (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology), Social Policy Analysis, Environmental Studies (Minor), Poverty, Justice, and Human Capabilities (Minor)


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Arryana Lyon

Cognitive Sciences (Psychology), Environmental Studies (Minor), Civic Leadership (Certificate)


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Takuma Makihara

Physics & Astronomy


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Summar McGee

Sociology and Religion


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Eli Mendoza

Psychology

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Biraj Nainabasti

Sports Medicine & Exercise Physiology, Biochemistry and Cell Biology (Minor)


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Camille Neal-Harris

Bioengineering, VADA (Studio Art-Sculpture)


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Lili Nikolova

Mathematical Economic Analysis, Environmental Studies (Minor), Financial Computation (Minor)

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Sharon Olaifa

Political Science, Social Policy Analysis, Politics, Law, and Social Thought (Minor)


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Aditi Patel

Biochemistry & Cell Biology


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Gigi Rill

Mechanical Engineering


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Arya Shetty

Neuroscience


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Anika Sonig

Cognitive Science

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Ayush Suresh

Computer Science, Biosciences (Minor)


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Nyla Vela

Psychology


Ryan Wang
Ryan Wang

Neuroscience, Computer Science, Cognitive Science

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Lily Wieland

Philosophy & Medical Humanities


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Felix Wu

Psychology


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Faith Zhang

Operations Research, Computer Science

Madison Zhao
Madison Zhao

Neuroscience, Visual Arts, Medical Humanities (minor)