Stephanie Saey
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Personal Information
Graduated (Spring 2018) Biochemistry and Biopsychology Double Major
Hometown: Galesburg, Illinois
Undergraduate Research Activities
Summer 2015: Summer Opportunity for Intellectual Activity (SOfIA) with Dr. Kristin Larson
- Reviewed literature surrounding the psychological phenomenon of the "third place"
- Developed a research proposal to study the relationship between geographical setting of the "third place" coffee shop and individual place attachment
- Wrote HSRB and developed survey
- Collected data in Chicago, Illinois, and Galesburg, Illinois
- Analyzed data using Statistical Software Minitab
Summer 2016: Freeman Grant Recipient, Travelled to Singapore for research with Dr. Kristin Larson
- Collaborated with Dr. Kristin Larson and two undergraduate colleagues to develop a research proposal to study in Singapore
- Submitted the research proposal to the ASIANetwork Student-Faculty Fellows Program
- Received the ASIANetwork grant, funded by the Freeman Foundation, to study for three weeks in Singapore
- Wrote HSRB and developed survey to study the relationship between "third places" and perceived stress levels
- Currently (Fall 2016 semester) in the process of analyzing data and writing a post-report
Summer 2016: Summer Opportunity for Intellectual Activity (SOfIA) with Dr. Bradley Sturgeon and Dr. Laura Moore
- Served as a student mentor for incoming freshmen participating in the three-week program
- Led discussions and small experiments on the chemistry of basic baking (i.e., gluten formation and yeast activity)
- Performed an extraction of gluten proteins from various types of flour dough and analyzed the extractions through SDS-PAGE
- Mentored the students in developing a presentation for the SOfIA colloquium
- Helped supervise the making of final posters for the project
Fall 2016-Spring 2017: Chem 430 with B. Sturgeon, worked as a mentee of Nadia Ayala Spring 2017: Continued research with the secondary plant metabolite, curcumin:
Curcumin Research
Fall 2017-Spring 2018: Worked to oxidize lignin monomers (mentee: Zelinda Taylor): Oxidation of Lignin Monomers
Presentations
August 2015: SOfIA Presentation
Poster Title: The Third Place Experience in Urban and Rural Coffee Shops
Spring 2016: ILLOWA Undergraduate Research Conference Macomb, IL
Title: The Third Place Experience in Urban and Rural Coffee Shops
August 2016: SOfIA Presentation
Poster Titles: The Chemistry of Baking: The Basics, The Chemistry of Baking: Experiments
Publications
Spring 2016: The 2016-17 Midwest Journal of Undergraduate Research
Publication Title: The Third Place Experience in Urban and Rural Coffee Shops
Activities
Career Goals
Psychiatry