Emerging Research. And Researchers.

Shreyas Puducheri (CAS’26, CAMED’26) is working with Associate Professor of Medicine Vijaya B. Kolachalama to develop an AI tool that helps diagnose dementia. Using patient health data, the platform can diagnose 10 different types of dementia and also evaluate its prediction with a confidence score.

Ranran (Angela) Zhang (CAS’24) analyzed charcoal samples from 5,000 years ago to better understand how ancient communities along the Nile lived. Identifying various types of wood used for fuel reveals a clearer picture of how ancient peoples found solutions for sustainable living. What’s old is new again.

Angela Zhang (CAS’24) conducted UROP research on wood charcoal fragments from two archaeological sites in the Nile Valley of Egypt.

Jack Martin (CAS’25) and Jasmin Tagijeva (CAS’25) are studying the roots of radicalization, especially online. The first stage of their research involves analyzing hundreds of interview transcripts, exploring how and why individuals become extremists. Overseen by Jessica Stern, a research professor at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, their work is part of a broader study of the roots of radicalization, by Stern and Harvard colleagues, which recently received a Harry Frank Guggenheim Distinguished Scholar award.

Emma Longo (COM’24) wrote a paper on climate disinformation and what’s known as “native advertising,” industry-sponsored content dressed up to look like other informative articles in mainstream publications. Her research led to a rare honor for an undergraduate: a chance to present at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. In the paper, Longo argues that the media, especially those publishing native advertising from fossil fuel companies and the like, are complicit in misleading the public.