St. Bonaventure University

Arts & Sciences Exposition 2025


Visitors look at a laptop in front of the project's poster.
Oluwadamilare Akabashorun ‘26, Boray Tuna Goren ‘26, Ross Linderman ‘26, Joie-Rose Stangle ‘26, and Mikolaj Synowiec ‘26 present their Software Engineering class's final project, “Attendance Verification System,” at the 2025 Expo.

Expo 2025 was held Thursday, May 1 and Friday, May 2. The event featured 46 participants and about 36 projects, including all senior Honors students and their Honors Projects.

For numerous photos of the reception, visit .

 

Participants, Projects, and Mentors

The projects are indexed by the mentors’ departments/programs.

The 2025 Arts & Sciences Exposition 
Biology
Lillian Crane '25: “The Effect of Pesticides on the Rate and Intensity of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Infections in Local Amphibian Populations.” Honors Project.
Mentor: Dr. Karie Altman
Tara Kaul '25: “The Effect of Glutamine Inhibitors on Mitophagy in AML Cells.” Honors Project.
Mentor: Dr. Kaitlyn Dykstra
Yujin Kim ’25: “Effect of Menin Inhibitors on SKIDA1 expression in MLL-Rearranged Acute Myeloid Leukemia.”
Mentor: Dr. Kaitlyn Dykstra
Nicholas Gebbia '27 & Will O'Connor '26: “Effects of glutaminase and autophagy inhibitors on acute myeloid leukemia cell lines.”
Mentor: Dr. Kaitlyn Dykstra
Cameron Heinig '27 & Kartik (Krishna) Agarwal ‘27: “Exploring Fez1’s Role in Leukemia Cell Fate.”
Mentor: Dr. Kaitlyn Dykstra
Tessa Fabiniak ‘25, Mara Delucia ‘25, & Josh Long ‘26: “The Effect of 3,5-Dichlorosalicylic Acid (DCSA) on Craniofacial Development in Zebrafish.”
Mentor: Dr. Sean Ryan
Amanda Albert ’26 & Riley Hacic ‘26: “Microbe Identity Crisis.” BIO 321 – Microbiology course project.
Mentor: Dr. Johanna Schwingel
Tara Kaul, ’25: “Microbe Mysteries Unveiled: Identifying Gram-Positive, Gram-Negative, and Unknown Organisms.” BIO 321 – Microbiology course project.
Mentor: Dr. Johanna Schwingel
Biochemistry
Samuel Griffin ‘27 & Kelly Offoha ‘25: “Disrupted Dialogues: Investigating the Effect of SR45 on FNR2 Protein Abundance & Carbon Fixation in Arabidopsis thaliana.”
Mentor: Dr. Xiaoning Zhang
Iesh Gujral ‘26 & Anvitha Rajasekhar ‘28: “Serine/Arginine-rich 45 Promotes Arabidopsis thaliana Reproduction by Alternative Splicing of RAD4.”
Mentor: Dr. Xiaoning Zhang
Luke Pagett ‘27: “Under Stress: Investigating Reactive Oxygen Species Levels in the sr45-1 Arabidopsis thaliana ѳܳٲԳ.”
Mentor: Dr. Xiaoning Zhang
Chemistry
Jacob Smeraldo ‘27: “Self-Assembled Monolayers: A Transition from Disordered to Ordered, and Their Applications in the Industrial and Biomedical Fields.”
Mentor: Dr. Alexander J. Rupprecht
Niamh Hanna ‘27: “Capturing Forever Chemicals.”
Mentor: Dr. Scott Simpson
Shruti Kasireddy ‘28: “PFAS Toxicity: Chlorination’s Potential Effects.”
Mentor: Dr. Scott Simpson
Aiden Marques ‘26: “N-Heterocyclic Carbenes: A Versatile Molecular Family.”
Mentor: Dr. Scott Simpson
Samay Saxena ‘25: “The Impact of Carbon Chain Length and Ether Location on Polyfluorinated Alkyl Acids Physiochemical Properties Utilizing COSMO-RS.”
Mentor: Dr. Scott Simpson
Jordan Stec ‘28: “Reversible Binding of H2 to Single Atom Alloys.”
Mentor: Dr. Scott Simpson
Computer Science
Oluwadamilare Akabashorun ‘26, Boray Tuna Goren ‘26, Ross Linderman ‘26, Joie-Rose Stangle ‘26, & Mikolaj Synowiec ‘26: “Attendance Verification System.” Final project for CS 390 - Software Engineering.
Mentor: Dr. Chris Bopp
Elementary Education
Domini Dalfonso ‘25: “Improving Client Perception of Veterinary Services Through Assessment and Evaluation.” Honors Project.
Mentor: Dr. Adam Brown
English
Holden Matteson ‘28: “The Role of God Changing in a Modernizing English Society.” ENG 204 – English Literature II course project.
Mentor: Dr. Lauren Matz
Tanner Pasi ‘26: “Deathly Desires.” ENG 204 – English Literature II course project.
Mentor: Dr. Lauren Matz
Rose Pfeiffer ‘27: “Folklore in Victorian Literature.” ENG 204 – English Literature II course project.
Mentor: Dr. Lauren Matz
Health & Society
Domini Dalfonso ‘25: “What’s in the Bowl? Evaluating Traditional and Holistic Diets in Canine Disease Management.” Health & Society senior research project.
Mentor: Dr. Russell Woodruff (Philosophy)
History
Claire Wirt ‘28: “V’s Georgics through an Ecocritical Lens: A Medium for Examining Modern Relationships with the Environment.” Independent study for LAT 312 – Special Topics in Latin.
Mentor: Dr. Kathryn Caliva Smart
Theodore O'Connor ‘25: “The Extraordinary Ordinary Life of Sam Roberts.” Honors Project.
Mentor: Dr. Steven Pitt
Psychology
Marion Naple ’26 & Kaitlyn Wojtowicz ‘27: “Easy or Difficult Task: Which to Do First?.”
Mentor: Dr. Chuan Luo
Sean Morfin ‘25: “Hate at the Ballot Box.”
Mentor: Dr. Robin Valeri
Sociology & Criminology
Kiara Roque ‘25: “Exploring the Nordic Model in Combating Human Trafficking.” Capstone Project.
Mentor: Dr. Samantha Gavin 
Keli Smith ‘253: “The Impact of Education on Crime.” Honors Project.
Mentor: Dr. Samantha Gavin 
Julia Babcock ‘27: “Online Communities' Effect on Communication and Control in Pro Anorexia Spaces.”
Mentor: Dr. Benjamin Gross
Visual and Performing Arts
Jalen Morales ‘26: Photography.
Mentor: Anne Mormile, M.F.A.
Maxwell Wolfe ‘26: Encaustic paintings.
Mentor: Anne Mormile, M.F.A.
Elisabeth Ptacek ‘25: Two Abstract acrylic works.
Mentor: Anne Mormile, M.F.A.
Mary Trost ‘26: Graphite still life and pastel landscape.
Mentor: Anne Mormile, M.F.A.
Hana Wienckowski ‘28: Acrylic and Oil works.
Mentor: Anne Mormile, M.F.A.
Andrew Hale ‘26: Graphic design poster project.
Mentor: Anne Mormile, M.F.A.