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.
Curtis Althaus
Major: Chemistry and Astrophysics
Experimental Battery Research through Electroanalytical Chemistry
Curtis will hold meetings in August
Sharanya Bhardwaj
Major: Information Sciences
Affordable and Personalized Machine Learning Through Distillation
Sharanya will hold meetings in August
Kaitlyn Ho
Major: Mathematics / Minor: Secondary Education
Professional and student development in math classes
Kaitlyn is graduating! Congratulations, Kaitlyn!
Husna Hussaini
Major: Sociology
Human Factors Research to Create Innovative Health Technology for Aging Populations
Husna is graduating! Congratulations, Husna!
Erica Joo
Major: Molecular & Cellular Biology Honors / Minor: Journalism
Molecular mechanisms of meiotic checkpoint pathways in mammals
Erica is graduating! Congratulations, Erica!
Mit Kotak
Major: Engineering Physics / Minor: Statistics and Computational Science & Engineering
Scientific Simulation using Supercomputers and Machine Learning Applications to Student Success Data
Mit is graduating! Congratulations, Mit!
Kira Martin
Major: Materials Science & Engineering
High-power impulse magnetron sputtering
Kira will hold meetings in August
Anwesha Mishra
Major: Computer Science + Economics
Using NLP, AI, and Data Parsing to Create an Interactive bot for Patients
Anwesha will hold meetings in August
Holly Panfil
Major: Speech & Hearing Sciences / Minor: Spanish
Aging and cognition of individuals with mild cognitive impairment
Holly will hold meetings in August
Emma Prybylski
Major: Animal Sciences
Impact of Cecal Starch Infusion on Rumen in vitro Digestibility
Emma will hold meetings in August
Rachel Selvaraj
Majors: Mathematics & Statistics
Neuroscientific Electrogram Analysis of Children for Prenatal Depression in Mothers
Rachel will hold meetings in August
Vani Sharma
Major: Molecular & Cellular Biology / Minor: Public Health
Examining fall prevention methods in older adults with neurological disorders
Vani will hold meetings in August
Tyler Swanson
Major: Agricultural & Consumer Economics
Impacts of Renewable Energy Policy on Energy Generation Outcomes
Tyler is graduating! Congratulations, Tyler!
Anna Tsyrulnikov
Majors: Molecular & Cellular Biology and Psychology
Behavioral effects of repeated exposure to psychoactive drugs
Anna is graduating, Congratulations Anna!
Jingyi Xiang
Major: Electrical Engineering
Perceiving and Tracking Deformable Linear Objects from RGB-D Camera Streams
Jingyi will hold meetings in August