Illinois Undergraduate
Research Ambassadors
About IURA:
Illinois Undergraduate Research Ambassadors (IURAs) are a collaborative cohort of accomplished and experienced students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
IURAs help to promote undergraduate research at the U of I and help the Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) develop and maintain student-focused programs that represent the U of I’s diverse array of disciplines. As representatives of OUR, IURAs will be responsible for promoting undergraduate research to peers by holding informational workshops on undergraduate research, serving as a liaison between OUR and academic departments, and being knowledgeable about the resources that the U of I offers its undergraduate students interested in research and creative inquiry.
Jason Chang
Major: Systems Engineering / Minor: Statistics
Operations research, supply chain/logistics and inventory
Katie Douglas
Major: Molecular & Cellular Biology and Human Nutrition
Nutrition and quality of life in cancer survivorship
Zeidy Garcia
Major: Molecular and Cellular Biology / Minor: Chemistry
Regulation of Marek’s Disease Virus UL13 Protein Kinase
Tanesha Gauba
Major: English Literature and Psychology
Developing a database of movies being shown in Mumbai during the Cold War era
Allisa Hastie
Major: Civil & Environmental Engineering / Minor: Environmental Economics & Law
Quantifying water and energy flow through the urban environment
Molly Mehta
Major: Interdisciplinary Health Sciences / Minor: Leadership Studies
Attachment, Personality, and Emotion within Human Behavior
Brenda Munguia
Major: Community Health
increasing healthy eating behaviors in Hispanic families through culturally sensitive workshops
Michelle Nutlis
Major: Psychology
Developmental Psychology, Growth/Fixed Mindsets, Parental Involvement in Education
Folashade Olumola
Major: Political Science / Minor: Arabic and African Studies
Corruption, politics, and economic development
Elena Wilson
Major: Molecular and Cellular Biology and German Language / Minor: Chemistry
Kidney Stone Formation Mechanisms from a Geobiological Perspective