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Contact
Travis Zimpfer
(573) 882-6212
ZimpferT@umsystem.edu

WHAT

Representing each of the four 911±¬ÁÏÍø System universities, a handful of high-achieving students will travel to the Missouri Capitol to showcase their research at Undergraduate Research Day. This annual event marks an opportunity for students to share their research innovations with state legislators. This research spans a breadth of topics, including agriculture, biology, chemistry, education, engineering, health, history, physics, psychology, social services and transportation and infrastructure. 

In total, 43 students will present their research projects to Missouri lawmakers: 13 from the 911±¬ÁÏÍø-Columbia, 12 from the 911±¬ÁÏÍø-Kansas City, 11 from the Missouri University of Science and Technology and seven from the 911±¬ÁÏÍø-St. Louis.

WHEN

10 a.m. – noon, Thursday, April 4

WHERE

Missouri Capitol, Jefferson City
3rd floor rotunda
 

Please see below for a list of students attending Undergraduate Research Day and their hometowns.
 

2024 Undergraduate Research Day Student Attendees

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA

• Julianna Bayless, junior, Gerald, Missouri

• Ellen Gates, junior, Columbia, Missouri

• Amy Brandt, senior, Jefferson City, Missouri

• Robin Vanderbeck, senior, St. Charles, Missouri

• Olivia Woody, sophomore, Gallatin, Missouri

• Gillian Hark, senior, Hannibal, Missouri

• Ilay Kielmanowicz, junior, Chesterfield, Missouri 

• Ahhyun Lee, senior, Columbia, Missouri

• Kaiya Lynch, junior, Kansas City, Missouri 

• Jane Manson, senior, Barnhart, Missouri

• Randi Noel, senior, Butler, Missouri

• Nivedita Prabhu, senior, Fenton, Missouri

• Kyler Richard, senior, Columbia, Missouri
   

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY

• Sophia Baugher, junior, Independence, Missouri

• Emily Bledsoe, junior, Overland Park, Kansas

• Chris Ekengren, senior, Raytown, Missouri

• Austin Evans, freshman, Neosho, Missouri

• Maryam Oyebamiji, senior, Kansas City, Missouri

• Sydney Rogers, sophomore, Blue Springs, Missouri

• Anna Shaw, sophomore, Independence, Missouri

• Olivia Sours, senior, Independence, Missouri

• Emma Stauffer, senior, Kansas City, Missouri

• Mya Thomas, junior, Columbia, Missouri

• Brady Wolff, senior, Lake Winnebago, Missouri

• Isaac Woodward, junior, Riverside, Missouri
   

MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• Ezekiel Allen, senior, Pleasant Hill, Missouri

• Michael Davis, junior, Louisiana, Missouri

• Jessica Frame, senior, St. Peters, Missouri

• Joshua Gary, senior, Lake St. Louis, Missouri

• Charles Green, sophomore, Kansas City, Missouri

• Elena Zobel, sophomore, Dardenne Prairie, Missouri

• Gracie May James, junior, House Springs, Missouri

• Amelia Markwell, sophomore, Chesterfield, Missouri

• Joshua Perkins, junior, St. Louis, Missouri

• Mikaela Ritchie, senior, Union, Missouri

• Guy Timbrook, senior, Lentner, Missouri
   

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS

• Brittney Bounds, St. Louis, Missouri

• John Granicke, junior, Hazelwood, Missouri

• Jesse Laseter, senior, St. Louis, Missouri

• Zachary Pfeiffer, senior, St. Louis, Missouri

• Cory Perkins, senior, Ballwin, Missouri

• Julia Talbert, junior, O’Fallon, Missouri

• Addison Vogt, senior, Wentzville, Missouri