Category: Research

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Summer 2026 Research

Summer 2026 was a blur of fun!

Members:

Saja Elsayed ’27

Lamar Amin ’28

Harmanjit Kaur ’28

Lauryn Glass ’28

Mariam Rizwan ’28

Julianne Talijan ’28

Kou Cox Zambrano ’28

Piper Jameson ’29

Jenaira Carrion Perez ’30

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Senior Spotlot: Or-El Ankori

On March 25, 2025, Or-El Ankori traveled to the Capital building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. She presented her work alongside other PA Undergraduate Research students in the Main Rotunda.


Or-El shares her concluding remarks on this experience:
“Since we were set up near the entrance, a diverse array of visitors stopped by my poster to learn more and ask questions. I spoke with people from all walks of life—students from various majors, an accountant, a security guard, and even a Muhlenberg alumna!
The most meaningful part of the experience for me was sharing my passion for science with individuals who weren’t necessarily familiar with my project and seeing their understanding grow as I explained its significance to both my lab group and the broader scientific community. I am incredibly grateful to Dr. Colabroy, Dr. Takahashi, and the Muhlenberg administration for providing me with this invaluable opportunity to engage with science and research in a way I never have before.”

See Ankori’s poster below:

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Welcome, 2025!

We’ve been back in session for one month but let’s see who’s currently working in lab with us:

Hashimoto’s

RETURNING MEMBERS

  • Bernice Owusu (’25)
  • Jon Cohen (’25)
  • Amen Taye (’25)
  • Or-El Ankori (’25)
  • Molly Durney (’26)
  • Saja Elsayed (’27)
  • Zayna Shadid (’27)
  • Lauryn Glass (’28)

NEW MEMBERS THIS SEMESTER

  • Julianne Talijan (’28)
  • Harman Kaur (’28)
  • George Hanna (’28)

So many great things to come this semester, so keep an eye out!

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Is it summer yet?

It’s 65 degrees and raining here in Allentown, Pennsylvania. It doesn’t feel much like summer…yet. But my research students get here next week, and then it won’t matter what the weather is like. It will be SUMMERTIME in the lab.

Why is summer so awesome?

No grading.

No faculty meetings.

No 8am organic chemistry labs.

Just plenty of time to think about our research and actually DO the experiments we want to do. My NSF-RUI proposal was just (finally) funded. I’m ecstatic. I’m thrilled that we will finally have the instrumentation we need to move our work forward, and that someone thought it was worthwhile to fund us. Nailing the undergraduate research niche is hard…harder than I thought. Doing high impact work that is accessible to undergrads and that you can publish at a rate that won’t get you scooped…well, I’ll let you know how it turns out.

Part of the NSF funding allows me to refresh my teaching lab, BCM 341 to bring in new original projects – so, this summer I’ll be working on rebooting that course.

TTFN

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