Undergraduate Research
Oberlin College Summer Research Symposium 2026
July 22-23, 2026
The Oberlin College Summer Research Symposium is a two-day event showcasing the research of Oberlin Summer Research Institute (OSRI) Fellows. Presentations will be located in Dye Lecture Hall in the Science Center. Information about remote viewing will be available subsequently.
Students will be giving talks about the research they conducted during the summer 2026 under the mentorship of Oberlin faculty. Presentation information and schedule is available below.
Photo Credit: Amanda Phillips
OSRI 2026 Symposium Schedule
| 9:00 AM | Breakfast | |
| 9:30 AM | Session 1 | Moderator: Professor Nicholas Bujalski |
| 9:35 AM | Camilla Hildebrand | Katherine Thomson-Jones |
| 9:47 AM | Kiera Leitch | Rebecca Totton |
| 9:59 AM | Kaia Chang Roper | Jenny Garcia |
| 10:11 AM | Thomas Stafford | Ali Masood |
| 10:23 AM | Isaac Bullwinkle | Emir Murathanoglu |
| 10:35 AM | Gabrielle Koehler | KJ Cerankowski |
| 10:50 AM | Session 2 | Moderator: Professor Josh Davidson |
| 10:52 AM | Carol Tang | Zeinab Mohamed |
| 11:04 AM | Calvin Burkholder and Jade Hinz | Josh Davidson |
| 11:16 AM | MC McGreivey | Aaron Van Neste |
| 11:28 AM | Noah Lyford | Paul Brehm |
| 11:40 AM | Gideon Hurtado-Sher | Zeinab Mohamed |
| 11:52 AM | LUNCH | |
| 12:45 PM | Session 3 | Moderator: Professor Jason Stalnaker |
| 12:50 PM | Mahi Zarif | Zeinab Mohamed |
| 1:02 PM | Nishalya Vijay Kumar | Jennifer Chan |
| 1:14 PM | Robin Gillespie | Eli Stine |
| 1:26 PM | Session 4 | Moderator: Professor Nicholas Bujalski |
| 1:31 PM | Florian Hofweber | Pablo Mitchell |
| 1:43 PM | Jennifer Walker | Jennifer Fraser |
| 1:55 PM | Sparrow Fuller | Annemarie Sammartino |
| 2:07 PM | BREAK | |
| 2:20 PM | Session 5 | Moderated by Professor Udara Peiris |
| 2:25 PM | Junwoo Oh | Greggor Mattson |
| 2:37 PM | Belle Robles | Ledina Imami |
| 2:49 PM | Sofía Muñoz Kazakova | Amanda Zadorian |
| 3:01 PM | Lukas Verling | Udara Peiris |
| 3:13 PM | Session 6 | Moderated by Professor Aaron Beckner |
| 3:18 PM | Rivkah Gold | Aaron Beckner |
| 3:30 PM | Uri Kieu | Aaron Beckner |
| 3:42 PM | Annan Luo | Leslie Kwakye |
| 10:45 AM | Session 7 | Moderator: Professor William Underwood |
| 10:50 AM | Ray Davis | Jaime Edwards |
| 11:02 AM | Harsh Satish | Jaime Edwards |
| 11:14 AM | Lukas Feld | William Underwood |
| 11:26 AM | Vincent Jenner | Corey Barnes |
| 11:38 AM | Pijus Vasiliauskas | William Underwood |
| 11:50 AM | LUNCH | |
| 12:40 PM | Session 8 | Moderator: Professor Angie Roles |
| 12:45 PM | Sam Gorby | Gaybe Moore |
| 12:57 PM | Savannah Wright | Angie Roles |
| 1:09 PM | Alexis Croatt | Andrew Pike |
| 1:21 PM | Miles Smith | Angie Roles |
| 1:33 PM | Session 9 | Moderator: Professor Ann Cooper Albright |
| 1:38 PM | Wren long | Rian Brown-Orso |
| 1:50 PM | Molly Ferguson | Ann Cooper Albright |
| 2:02 PM | Sam Wilson | Ze Wille Kielwagen |
| 2:14 PM | Jasper Howard | Taylor Allen |
| 2:26 PM | Session 10 | Moderated by Professor Nicholas Bujalski |
| 2:31 PM | Derek Hibben | Charles McGuire |
| 2:43 PM | Kira Glanton | Samuel Gardner |
| 2:55 PM | Owen Brandes | Nicholas Bujalski |
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| 3:07 PM | Session 11 | Moderator: Professor Zeb Page |
| 3:10 PM | Quinn O'Halloran | Maximiliano Paz |
| 3:22 PM | Aether Bridges | Zeb Page |
| 3:34 PM | Lucien Regnier | Zeb Page |
| 3:49 PM | Grace Gordon | Zeb Page |
| 4:01 PM | Session 12 | Moderator: Emily Hilpman |
| 4:06 PM | Mallika Narayan & Ayaka Nakanishi | Elliot Sommer |
| 4:21 PM | Socorro Islas & Lillian Fast | Michelle Johnson |
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| 4:36 PM | Closing Remarks & Group Photo | Abby Aresty |
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| 5:00 PM | Closing BBQ |
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