Loyola University Chicago

Department of Physics

Research Fellowships

Loyola University Chicago offers several research fellowships for undergraduates through the Loyola Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (LUROP) by the LUC Center for Experiential Learning. Students work with a faculty mentor to develop a research proposal and receive a stipend and funds for research supplies. Physics faculty have mentored numerous students that have been recipients of these fellowships. Bold indicates current academic year awardees.

YearStudentMentorAwardProject
2023  Savannah Lehrman  Rasha Abbasi  Provost 
Study of Cosmic Rays Using 10 Years of IceTop Detector Data
2023  Gunwati Agrawal  Rasha Abbasi  Mulcahy 
Ten-Year Update on Energy-Dependence of Cosmic Ray Anisotropy with IceTop
2023  Davide Mazzucco  Rasha Abbasi  Mulcahy 
Studying the origin of Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes at the Telescope Array Detector 
2023  Themistoklis Tzellos  Walter Tangarife Mulcahy  The Boltzamann equation and the freeze-in mechanism for dark matter 
2023  Andrew Rogers  Walter Tangarife  Mulcahy  The Mechanism Of Strongly Interacting Massive Particles And Their Application As A Model For Thermal Relic Dark Matter 
2023  Jaiswal Rohan  Brian Cannon  Carbon 
Investigating Epithelial EphA1-ephrinA1 Binding in Embryonic Rodent Lingual Epithelium
2023 Isabella Vari Brian Cannon Mulcahy Dynamics of DNA Triplexes Associated with Friedreich Ataxia
2022 Kiet Nguyen Walter Tangarife Mulcahy Mass varying neutrinos and dark matter
2022 Leah Smith Brian Cannon Mulcahy The Effect of Sequence  Defects on DNA Looping 
2022 Nicole Todd Brian Cannon Mulcahy Single-molecule Imaging of DNA Supercoiling
2021 Katherine Gruchot Rasha Abbasi Mulcahy Studying the time dependence of the cosmic ray anisotropy by the IceCube neutrino observatory
2021 Zach Long Walter Tangarife Mulcahy Sterile neutrinos and dark matter
2021 Andrew Moy Rasha Abbasi Mulcahy Studying the energy dependence of the cosmic ray anisotropy by the IceCube neutrino observatory 
2021 Kiet Nguyen Walter Tangarife Mulcahy Sterile neutirnos in non-standard cosmologies
2021 Kaleigh O’Brien Rasha Abbasi Mulcahy Studying the cosmic ray rate variation during thunderstorms at the Telescope Array detector
2021 Natalie West Brian Cannon Mulcahy Single-molecule Imaging of DNA looping
2020 Grace Bartrud Walter Tangarife Mulcahy Phenomenology of Fuzzy Dark Matter 
2020 Zalia Cook Robert Polak Mulcahy Combatting Invasive Species with Electric Barriers
2020 Luke Ignall Walter Tangarife Mulcahy Black holes and the membrane paradigm 
2020 Jack Krause Walter Tangarife Mulcahy The relic abundance of dark matter 
2020 Josh Washington Jon Bougie Mulcahy Modeling a Robust Electrical Barrier to Deter Invasive Species
2019 Emily Hodge  Brian Cannon Carbon Structural studies of MocR DNA transcriptional regulators 
2018 Alec Lancaster Jon Bougie Mulcahy REAL Wind: Feasibility study for wind power on campus
2018 Deema Martini Brian Cannon Mulcahy Dynamics and energetics of ALS-related DNA Hairpins
2018 Jerin Matthew Brian Cannon Mulcahy Interaction of damaged DNA substrates with Fpg 
2018 Joseph Mazich Jon Bougie Mulcahy REAL Wind: Feasibility study for wind power on campus
2017 Nicholas Corkill Jon Bougie Mulcahy Stability analysis of shaken layers of grains
2017 Anirrudh Krishnan Jon Bougie Mulcahy Optimizing computer simulations of granular flow
2017 Marisa Mitchell Brian Cannon Mulcahy Dynamics of hairpins associated with spinocerebellar ataxia  
2017 Natalia Obrzut Brian Cannon Mulcahy Interaction of amyloid β peptides with  membranes
2016 Sarah Anderson Jon Bougie Mulcahy Simulations and analysis of granular patterns
2016 Marisa Mitchell Brian Cannon Mulcahy Single-molecule study of DNA trinucleotide repeats 
2016 Justin Stuck Jon Bougie Mulcahy Optimizing computer simulations of  granular flow
2015 Robert Schaller Jon Bougie Mulachy Simulations and analysis of granular patterns
2015 Matthew Schmidt Robert Polak Mulachy 3D demonstration projector system
2015 Akshar Kumar Robert Polak Mulcahy 3D demonstration projector system
2015 Thao Tran Brian Cannon Mulcahy, Provost Molecular crowding effects on DNA mismatches
2014 Alex Gilman Jon Bougie Mulachy Analysis of granular oscillations and patterns
2014 Thomas Predey Jon Bougie Mulachy, Provost Heat Transfer Fluidization in Gas Fluidized Beds
2013 Alex Gilman Jon Bougie Provost Analysis of granular oscillations and patterns
2013 Farheen Syeda Jon Bougie Mulachy Density inversion in shaken grains
2012 Stephanie Moertl Jon Bougie Mulachy Stripe patterns in granular layers
2012 Joshua Panfil Jon Bougie Mulachy Density inversion in shaken grains
2011 Roxanne Able Jon Bougie Mulachy, Provost Shear-thickening non-Newtonian fluids
2011 Michael Hollowed Jon Bougie Mulachy Computer simulations of shocks and patterns in oscillated grains
2010 Veronica Policht Jon Bougie Mulachy Density inversion in granular beds
2010 Eric Wilkinson Jon Bougie Mulachy Impact into granular layers
2009 Kyle Duckert Jon Bougie Mulachy Shocks and patterns in oscillated grains