Undergraduate Research

Featured Student Research Projects

At Oberlin, all research is undergraduate research.

Our students take a central role in research, often co-publishing their findings with a professor. And our faculty mentors consider working one-on-one with students to be one of the most rewarding parts of the job.

Read on to learn about the kinds of projects you could propose — and lead — as an Oberlin student in any field of study.

Featured Projects

Integrating Survival Analysis & Machine Learning to Predict Breast Cancer Outcomes in Young Women

Maria M Mozumdar ’28

Generating Fused in Sarcoma (FUS) Knockout Cell Lines Using CRISPR

Haley Gottesman ’26

Quae tibi causa fugae: Destabilizing the Ovidian Spectacle Through Female Character Focalizers and Storytellers

Lily MacDonald ’27

Prograde and retrograde zirconium-in-rutile thermometry of the Junction School eclogite, California, USA

Alira Allen ’26

Understanding the Role of RNA/DNA-Binding Protein fused in sarcoma (FUS) in Cell Viability Using Flow Cytometry

Elizabeth Huettig ’27

Hegel and Marxist Republicanism

Amar Mujezinovic ’28

Investigating the effects of a phosphorylated variant of RNA/DNA binding protein FUS on cell viability using the colorimetric MTT assay

Madeline Deep ’27

Perceiving Minute Differences in Sound: A Percussionist’s Approach

Axel Martin ’28

Surrealness of Race: Carlos Diegues, the Carnivalesque, and Afrocentric Narratives in Brazilian Cinema 1963-1999

Olivia Hood ’27

Does Estradiol Affect Cocaine-Induced Impulsivity and Dopamine Release?

Julian Hurley ’26