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.
Kaitlyn Ho
Major: Mathematics / Minor: Secondary Education
Professional and student development in math classes
Erica Joo
Major: Molecular & Cellular Biology Honors / Minor: Journalism
Molecular mechanisms of meiotic checkpoint pathways in mammals
Mit Kotak
Major: Engineering Physics / Minor: Statistics and Computational Science & Engineering
Scientific Simulation using Supercomputers and Machine Learning Applications to Student Success Data
Holly Panfil
Major: Speech & Hearing Sciences / Minor: Spanish
Aging and cognition of individuals with mild cognitive impairment
Vani Sharma
Major: Molecular & Cellular Biology / Minor: Public Health
Examining fall prevention methods in older adults with neurological disorders
Shriya Srikanth
Majors: Information Sciences and Marketing / Minor: Computer Science
Data privacy, specifically relating to education policy
Tyler Swanson
Major: Agricultural & Consumer Economics
Impacts of Renewable Energy Policy on Energy Generation Outcomes
Anna Tsyrulnikov
Majors: Molecular & Cellular Biology and Psychology
Behavioral effects of repeated exposure to psychoactive drugs