Sacramento City College Undergraduate Research Initiative (SCCURI)
Undergraduate Research Conference (URC)
December 11-12, 2025
Online
Sacramento City College
3835 Freeport Boulevard, Sacramento, CA 95822
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Sacramento City College Undergraduate Research Initiative (SCCURI)
SCCURI is proud to present its inaugural online Fall Undergraduate Research Conference
SCCURI is proud to present its inaugural online Fall Undergraduate Research Conference
This follows in the footsteps of our Spring 2024 and Spring 2025 Undergraduate Research Conference and Awards Ceremonies.
Schedule
Schedule
Thursday Dec 11, 2025
Thursday Dec 11, 2025
Schedule:
5pm- Opening Comments: Dr. William Miller,
Session Technical Assistant:
5:05pm- Olivia Rodriguez, Mechanistic Investigation of Regioselective Alkene Formation from Mono and Bis Sulfonium Intermediates
5:20pm- Madi Cha, Mechanistic Investigation of diverse Allylic C-H Functionalization via Thianthrenation
5:35pm- Katayoon Formul, Refractive Indices of Alkane + Cycloalkane or aromatic compound
5:50pm- 10 minute break
6:00pm- Ananya Iyengar, Refractive Indices of Alkanes and Alcohols
6:15pm- Isaias Campiz, Refractive Index Trends in Binary Solutions of Haloalkanes
6:30pm- Amethyst Pasquiers, Refractive Indices for binary solutions of n-Alkanes and Benzene or Cyclohexane or Cyclooctane
6:45pm- 10 minute break
7:00pm- Hannah Machado, Refractive properties of n-alkane-haloalkane binary solutions.
7:05pm- Closing Comments: Dr. William Miller
Friday Dec 12, 2025
Friday Dec 12, 2025
Schedule:
8:30am- Opening Comments: Dr. Lupita Aguirre,
Session Technical Assistant: Madi Cha
8:35am- Andrey Khodakovskiy, DFT Study of 1,1-Disubstituted Contrathermodynamic Alkene Formation from 1,2-Disubstituted Alkenes
8:50am- Kimberly Trujillo, Computational Study of How Substituted Diamines Form Diastereoselective Piperazine Rings via Thianthrenium Salts
9:05am- Meclina Silva, Karla Vargas, Katherine Davies, The Role of SYD-2 in Learning and Memory in Caenorhabditis elegans
9:20am- 10 minute break
9:30am- Shaina Conliffe, Computational Investigation of Solvent-Dependent Chemoselectivity For Ni-catalyzed Cross-electrophile Coupling Reactions
9:50am- Owen Rooney, Computational Analyses of the oxidative addition of Aryl bromides using bisoxazolije anion ligands in nickel-catalyzed cross coupling reactions
10:05am- Anh Dao Nguyen, DFT Study of 1,1-Disubstituted Contrathermodynamic Alkene Formation from 1,2-Disubstituted Alkenes
10:20am- 10 minute break
10:30am- Sequin Thomas, Mechanistic Investigation of Regioselective Alkene Formation from Mono and Bis Sulfonium Intermediates
10:45am- Jashuwa Robinson, Computational Investigation of Solvent-Dependent Chemoselectivity For Ni- catalyzed Cross-electrophile Coupling Reactions
11:00am- Closing Comments: Dr. Lupita Aguirre
Schedule:
1pm- Opening Comments: Dr. Zachary Gvildys
Session Technical Assistant: Olivia Rodriguez
1:05pm- Allan Godinez, Computational Study of How Substituted Diamines Form Diastereoselective Piperazine Rings via Thianthrenium Salts
1:20pm- Sanvi Dalla, Trends in the Refractive Indices of Binary solutions of a n-Alkane and a Primary Alcohol
1:35pm- Jane Okafor, Mechanistic Investigation of diverse Allylic C-H Functionalization via Thianthrenation
1:50pm- 10 minute break
2:00pm- Valeria Velarde, Presenting initial results for the viscosity of binary solutions for Dodecane and 1-Butanol
2:15pm- Nicholas Froehlich, Computational Analyses of the Oxidative Addition of Aryl Bromides Using Bisoxazoline Anion Ligands in Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions
2:30pm- Ismael El Tareb, Trends in the Refractive Indices of Binary Solutions of Two n-Alkanes
2:45pm-10 minute break
3:00pm- Tika Gautam, DFT Study of 1,1-Disubstituted Contrathermodynamic Alkene Formation from 1,2-Disubstituted Alkenes
3:15pm- Maryam Muradi, Mechanistic Investigation of Regioselective Alkene Formation from Mono and Bis Sulfonium Intermediates
3:30pm- Closing Comments: Dr. Zachary Gvildys
Registration for Oral Presentation
Registration for Oral Presentation
Zoom presentations will be 10 min with 5 min of questions.
Are you a student or faculty researcher? If so, please register here (sorry, registration is closed). Registrations are due by Nov 21, 2025 at 11:59pm.
Sponsored by:
Sponsored by:
The Chemistry Department at Sacramento City College
The Sacramento Chemical Education Foundation
Organizing Committee:
Organizing Committee:
Tonya Atkins, Professor of Chemistry, SCC
Bill Miller, Professor of Chemistry, SCC
Portion of SCC Campus Map
Portion of SCC Campus Map
NAS: Natural Sciences Building, site of the Conference
NAS is at the corner of Freeport Blvd. and Sutterville Rd on the southwest corner of campus.
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