2026 Candidates—P
KAYLA P. PACHECO — Environmental Science
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Using Morphometrics to Identify Freshwater Mussel Glochidia on Host Fishes
Allison H. Roy, Environmental Conservation
SAGNIK PAL — Computer Science
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
VISHWESH PALANI — Computer Science
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Investigating Infinite AIFV-2 Coding Schemes for Geometric Probability Distributions
Mordecai Golin, Information & Computer Science
KAAVYA PANDEY — Chemical Engineering
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Phos-For-Us: Carbon Source and Dosing Optimization for Biofilm-Based Phosphorus Recovery
Caitlyn Butler, Civil & Environmental Engineering
ZACHARY PARSONS — Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Neuroscience
Advanced Scholarship - Multidisciplinary Honors
Visual Depth as an Influence on the Area Coherence Illusion
Joonkoo Park, Psychological & Brain Sciences
CASSIE PASSIAS — Economics
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
LUKE PASTERCZYK — Economics, Mathematics
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Trajectory Design: Comparing Statistically Optimal Solutions to Large Language Model Planning
Hossein Pishro-Nik, Electrical & Computer Engineering
ANIKA PATCHALA — Informatics
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Translating Generation Z College Student Pickleball Motivations into Strategic Marketing Advantage
Heidi E. Bailey, Isenberg School of Management
DARSH P. PATEL — Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Map Minutes: A Time Bank Exploring Anti-Capitalist Exchange at UMass Amherst
Deborah M. Keisch, Civic Engagement & Service Learning
VISHVA PATEL — Operations & Information Management
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Time Banking as a Tool for Connectivity Among University and Community Members
Deborah M. Keisch, Civic Engagement & Service Learning
SHIVEN U. PATEL — Computer Science
General Studies & Departmental Honors
Bridging the Sim-to-Real Gap: Robust Vision-Based Navigation for Robotic Guide Dogs
Donghyun Kim, Information & Computer Science
RUSHIL B. PATEL — Biomedical Engineering
General Studies & Departmental Honors
Spatiotemporal Analysis of Cell Monolayer Dynamics: A Deep Learning Approach to Layered Wound Closure
Yubing Sun, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
BRIANNA K. PEASE — Political Science, Economics
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Juvenile Justice: The Dismantling of a System Perpetuating Inequality
Kathleen A. Brown-Pérez, Commonwealth Honors College
TYLER PELT — Environmental Science
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Temporal Acoustic Trends of the Striped Cusk-Eel (Ophidion marginatum) in Wellfleet Harbor, Massachusetts
Scott Jackson, Environmental Conservation
ELEANOR M. PELTZ — Classics
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Συλαγωγῶν Διὰ Τῆς Φιλοσοφίας (‘Carried Away by Philosophy’): Considering Scientific Language in Colossians
Brian W. Breed, Classics
CELIA A. PERKS — Legal Studies
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
The Red Curtain
Dean Robinson, Political Science
MCKENNA N. PERRY — Psychology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Supporting Families, Protecting Infants: Paid Family Leave and Vaccination Timeliness in Massachusetts and Canada
Dean Robinson, Political Science
ALAN D. PERRY — German and Scandinavian Studies, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
THUYEN PHAM — Computer Science, Mathematics
Advanced Scholarship - Multidisciplinary Honors
Automated Wing Landmark Detection for Morphological Classification of Winter Moth Species
Hossein Pishro-Nik, Electrical & Computer Engineering
MAI HA PHAN — Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Investigating Nitric Oxide Production in Alveolar Macrophages During Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection
Alissa Rothchild, Veterinary & Animal Sciences
BENJAMIN M. PHILPOT — Economics, Environmental Science
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
New York Ores Permitting Timeline Analysis
Christine L. Crago, Resource Economics
LUCA M. PILLIDGE — Environmental Science, Natural Resources Conservation
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
High Developmental Stress Is Associated with Increased Pathogen Infection in One of Two Bumble Bee Species
Lynn S. Adler, Biology
ISABEL D. POLAK — Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
The Relationship Between Executive Functions and Grammatical Processing in Early Childhood
Jill R. Hoover, Communication Disorders
ELISE A. POLIZZI — Electrical Engineering, Physics
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
First-Principles Studies of Semiconductor Oxide Materials
Ashwin Ramasubramaniam, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
MEGAN E. POWELL — Pre-Veterinary Science
General Studies & Departmental Honors
Use of a Conditional Knockout of Glutamic Oxaloacetic Transaminase 2, a Component of the Malate-Aspartate Shuttle, to Examine Its Function During Murine Organogenesis
Kim D. Tremblay, Veterinary & Animal Sciences
LILY J. POWER — Political Science
Advanced Scholarship - Multidisciplinary Honors
AVA E. PRETZEL — Neuroscience
Advanced Scholarship - Departmental Honors
Evidence for a Dissociation of Static and Dynamic Intuitive Physics
Lauren Aulet, Psychological & Brain Sciences
HUNTER M. PROULX — Political Science, French & Francophone Studies
Advanced Scholarship - Multidisciplinary Honors
Chinafrique or Françafrique? Political Alignment and Bilateral Trade Patterns in Francophone Africa
Ka Zeng, Political Science
JIMENA PUEYO-GARCIA — Legal Studies, Political Science
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
Authoritarian Trauma: What Francisco Franco Left Behind
Signe Louise Predmore, Political Science
KRIPA RAVI PURSWANI — Marketing
General Studies & Multidisciplinary Honors
One Conversation
Daniel J. Pope, Humanities & Fine Arts