Volume 15 • 2021

University of Michigan Undergraduate Research Journal is a student-run research journal with a mission is to build connections between undergraduate students, graduate students, and the public, as well as among the different academic disciplines, through the publication of non-technical articles in all fields of research.

Latest Interviews and Blog Posts Posts

An Interview with Kenneth Cadigan, Ph.D.

Posted by Grace Abbud on 2022-01-22

Interview with Dr. Kenneth CadiganInterview by Grace Abbud Dr. Kenneth Cadigan is a Professor and Chair of the Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology department at the University of Michigan. He received his PhD from Dartmouth University and was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Basel, Switzerland and Stanford University. He heads the Cadigan Lab, where his research focuses [...]

An Interview with Felix Warneken, Ph.D.

Posted by Hannah Park on 2022-01-14

Interview with Dr. Felix Warneken Interview by Hannah Park Dr. Felix Warneken is an Associate Professor at the University of Michigan, Department of Psychology, and Principal Investigator at the Social Minds Lab. He received his PhD from the Max Plank Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany and has previously worked as an Associate Professor at Harvard University. His [...]

An Interview with Catherine Scull, PhD

Posted by Rafee Mirza on 2022-01-10

Interview with Catherine Scull, PhDInterviewer: Rafee MirzaDr. Catherine Scull is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Walter Lab in the Department of Chemistry. Her research seeks to better understand the co-transcriptional folding of riboswitch RNA. Dr. Scull received a B.S. in Cell, Molecular, and Microbial Biology from Auburn University and went on to complete her PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular [...]

An Interview with Julie Biteen, Ph.D.

Posted by Amy Liu on 2022-01-05

Interview with Julie BiteenInterviewer: Amy LiuDr. Biteen is the Associate Chair of Graduate Studies and a professor of chemistry and biophysics at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on the use of single-molecule fluorescence imaging for investigating fundamental questions in bacterial cell biology and metal nanoparticle plasmonics. She received her PhD from the California Institute [...]

An Interview with Aimée Classen, Ph.D.

Posted by Evelyn Faust on 2021-12-07

Interview with Aimée ClassenInterviewer: Evelyn FaustPhoto courtesy of Classen LabDr. Aimée Classen is a Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and the Director of Biological Station at the University of Michigan. She received her B.A. in Biological Science at Smith College in 1995 and Ph.D. in Biology at Northern Arizona University in 2004.Evelyn: Can you share your current research and [...]