2025 Candidates—K

KAKKAR, ISHITA — COMPUTER SCIENCE; MATHEMATICS 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Persistent Use of Synthetic Data in Postvarsortability Causal Discovery 
David Jensen, Information & Computer Science 

KAM, NICHOLAS — BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Economic Policy to Fund the Transition to Renewable Energy 
Muzzo Uysal, Isenberg School of Management 

KAMKAR, LAKSHMI — PSYCHOLOGY 
Advanced Scholarship—Departmental Honors 
Local Use-Dependent Changes in Slow Oscillation Coupling 
Rebecca M. C. Spencer, Psychological & Brain Sciences 

KANDEPUNENI, TANVI — COMPUTER SCIENCE 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Evaluating Noise Impact on Electroencephalogram (EEG)-Based Seizure Detection: A Study of Channel Sensitivity and Noise Types 
Phuc VP Nguyen, Information & Computer Science 

KANDINOV, SIVAN — COMPUTER SCIENCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 

KANE, ISABELLA R. — MARKETING 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Designing a Personalized Digital Platform to Support Patient Success Through Bariatric Endoscopy 
Heidi E. Bailey, Isenberg School of Management 

KARIM, HAMZA N. — BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Effects of Physical Activity on Overnight Sleep Quality and Sleep Pressure in Early Childhood 
Christine St. Laurent, Kinesiology 

KARIMUNDACKAL, THERESA J. — ENVIRONMENTAL & NATURAL RESOURCE ECONOMICS 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Bridging the Energy Gap: Investigating the Distribution of Community Solar Projects in the United States 
Christine L. Crago, Resource Economics 

KARTHIK, MANASA D. — COMPUTER SCIENCE 
Advanced Scholarship—Departmental Honors 
Breaking the Tracker: A Systematic Review of Browser Fingerprinting Evasion Strategies 
Amir Houmansadr, Information & Computer Science 

KASPER, RILEY Z. — FINANCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Private Equity in U.S. Health Care: Consequences on Costs, Care, and Efficiency on Patient and Community Outcomes 
Dean E. Robinson, Political Science 

KEANEY, ANNABELLA R. — BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Food Insecurity in the Greater Amherst Region: Supporting the Work of a Community Kitchen 
Ellen Correa, Civic Engagement & Service Learning 

KEENAN, ELIZA R. — ENGLISH 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Something We Fear to Be Made Of 
Connie Griffin, Commonwealth Honors College 

KEISER, SHANE A. — PHYSICS 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 

KELLY, EMMA H. — FINANCE 
Advanced Scholarship—Departmental Honors 
Brazil as an Emerging Market: Unveiling Its Economic Potential and Global Influence 
Robert Feingold, Isenberg School of Management 

KEPPLER, NATALIE C. — NUTRITION; PSYCHOLOGY 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 

KHALIFA, AWAD — ARCHITECTURE 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
Using Modular Construction for Refugee Housing in Boston 
Jordan A. Kanter, Architecture 

KHAN, JAIYANA E. — PSYCHOLOGY; SPANISH 
Advanced Scholarship—Departmental Honors 
The Biopsychosocial Model of Gender Identity: Reviewing Gender–Sex Incongruence and the Social Aspect of Gender Dysphoria 
Kirby D. Deater-Deckard, Psychological & Brain Sciences 

KHOND, NIKHIL A. — CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
The Engineering of Genetically Encoded Heavy Metal Sensors in Bacteria and the Use of Bacteria for Soil Heavy Metal Adsorption and Bioremediation 
Lauren B. Andrews, Chemical Engineering 

KHURMI, ADITYA — MATHEMATICS; COMPUTER SCIENCE 
Advanced Scholarship—Departmental Honors 
P-Resolutions and Kollár's Conjecture 
Paul Hacking, Mathematics & Statistics 

KIM, EMILY H. — ACCOUNTING 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
AI in Financial Audits: Capabilities, Limitations, and Future Prospects 
Graham F. Gal, Isenberg School of Management 

KIRRANE, MADISON H. — KINESIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Beyond Support: Expanding Access to Grief Resources for Children and Families 
Ellen Correa, Civic Engagement & Service Learning 

KISS, ZSUZSA — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Investigating a Potential Exosite in Caspase-8 Prodomain 
Jeanne A. Hardy, Chemistry 

KLENNER VALENCIA, MANUELA J. — ARCHITECTURE 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 

KLINGSBERG, AIDAN — MUSIC; ENGLISH 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 

KLOTZ, MIA S. — ENGLISH 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Bridging the Digital Divide: Empowering Education in Nucchu, Bolivia, Through Open Education and Technology 
Theresa Dooley, University Libraries 

KOKKULA, NAMISH V. — CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Molecular Dynamics Investigation of CO₂ and N₂ Diffusion in Amine-Functionalized HSPP Zeolite 
Peng Bai, Chemical Engineering 

KOMAISZKO, ALEXANDER I. — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Departmental Honors 
The Effects of Denatured Versus Native Prepared ch-RALF1 on Biological Activity and Cell Wall Integrity in Arabidopsis thaliana 
Alice Y. Cheung, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 

KOPOLOVIC, LIOR — INDIVIDUAL CONCENTRATION: THE NEUROSCIENCE OF PEDIATRIC BRAIN CANCERS 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 

KOT, PRISCILLA S. — PSYCHOLOGY 
Advanced Scholarship - Departmental Honors 
Exploring the Relations Between Diet, Physical Activity, Sleep, and Language Development in Toddlers 
Rebecca M. C. Spencer, Psychological & Brain Sciences 

KOTTURU, NEHA — COMPUTER SCIENCE 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Enhancing Deep Learning Models for Facial Expression Recognition in Mental Health Care 
Hossein Pishro-Nik, Electrical & Computer Engineering 

KREBS, ILANA — INDIVIDUAL CONCENTRATION: ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Evaluating the Effects of Long-Term Warming on Antimicrobial Resistance Among Alphaproteobacteria, an Abundant Soil Microbe 
Kristen M. DeAngelis, Microbiology 

KRISHANA, RISHI — COMPUTER SCIENCE; MATHEMATICS 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 

KRITAM, NANDINI — BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors 
Copolymer Nanovector for siRNA Treatment of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer 
Vincent M. Rotello, Chemistry 

KUBI, BRIAN A. — BIOLOGY 
Advanced Scholarship—Multidisciplinary Honors 
Unveiling Fusarium Wilt Resistance in Solanum neorickii: Insights from Wild Tomato Accessions 
Ana Caicedo, Biology 

KUCHMA, BENJAMIN T. — PHYSICS; COMPUTER SCIENCE 
Advanced Scholarship—Departmental Honors 
Iterative Optimization of Bosonic State Preparation 
Chen Wang, Physics