Undergraduate Research
Featured Student Research Projects
At Oberlin, all research is undergraduate research.
Our students take a central role in research, often co-publishing their findings with a professor. And our faculty mentors consider working one-on-one with students to be one of the most rewarding parts of the job.
Read on to learn about the kinds of projects you could propose — and lead — as an Oberlin student in any field of study.
Featured Projects

Investigating the Impact of the Heavy Metal Vanadium on Huntington’s Disease
- Susan Robinson-Cloete ’24


Pesticide Toxicity in Multiple System Atrophy
- Shawn Ho ’24


Organonitrate kinetic mechanisms
- Serena Gaboury ’27


Sex Difference in Cocaine-Induced Impulsivity
- Mya Peter ’24

Party models in flux: Democratic congressional primaries since 2016
- Miles DeMille ’24

Machine Learning in Public Health
- Menard Simoya ’27

Reassembling the Self Through Objects
- Lanie Cheatham ’24