umurj University of Michigan Undergraduate Research Journal 3790 Letter from the Editors.docx 10.3998/umurj.3790 Letter from the Editors Yu Daisey Editor-in-Chief (2022–23) yudaisey@umich.edu Angadi Amogh Editor-in-Chief (2022–23) aangadi@umich.edu Eldes Ayse Editor-in-Chief Emeritus (2022–23) aeldes@umich.edu Dagar Aniket Editor-in-Chief Emeritus (2022–23) daniken@umich.edu University of Michigan 30 4 2023 16 0 CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0

Dear Readers,

Our mission at University of Michigan Undergraduate Research Journal is to give students the opportunity to present and publish their research. We work with faculty members at the University of Michigan to review submissions to our journal and work with authors to present their research at the highest quality.

It is our pleasure to assemble another edition of our annual issue that exhibits research from life sciences, social sciences, math, physics, and humanities. The journal is proud of its interdisciplinary identity that represents the diverse academic exploration taking place on our campus.

Sincerely,

Daisey Yu, Editor-in-Chief (2022–23) Amogh Angadi, Editor-in-Chief (2022–23) Ayse Eldes, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus (2022–23) Aniket Dagar, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus (2022–23)