At Muhlenberg, research is a fundamental example of hands-on learning and a distinct part of the undergraduate experience.
It provides a space where problems can be dissected, questions pulled apart — it’s a space where new ideas emerge, are tested and refined.
Our students conduct research in disciplines across campus, including the arts and humanities, as well as the natural and social sciences. Some are examining the disruption of memory in slime mold while others are exploring the liminal relationship between book and body.
Your research experience will leave you with so much more than the answers you set out to explore. The opportunity to work with faculty to design, execute and present your findings will unlock a new level of understanding in the world and your own potential.
Intensive research opportunities are available for students over the summer months. These experiences to collaborate with faculty on research in any field — be it the natural sciences or humanities — can be student- or faculty-driven and are funded through a variety of sources.
Research efforts don’t stop when classes return. It’s during the school year that many students visit conferences to present findings from research projects, including those that spanned the summer months. Find out how to continue or jumpstart research projects during the fall and spring semesters.
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Research at Muhlenberg
“I want to inspire others to be interested in what I find fascinating — how people communicate with one another.”— Riot Orellana '24 , Psychology Major
“I really enjoyed learning how to design and execute the research from every corner of it. You just really become intimate with the scientific process. And you gain a lot of discipline from that.”— Liam Safran '23 , Predental Neuroscience Major
Muhlenberg students conduct research in every field imaginable. Whether within the sciences, humanities or arts, our Mules are exploring and discovering.
Regina, a mathematics major and Asian studies minor, presented her research at the world’s largest math conference in January 2023.
Christina, a public health major and environmental science minor, is researching the initiation of substance abuse among adolescents in Guam.
Jayson, a finance major, spent the summer exploring problems and solutions in food sustainability as part of the Summer Seedbox program.
Shamim, who earned a D.D.S. from the Columbia University College of Dental Medicine, will obtain an M.D. from Harvard and serve as a general and oral and maxillofacial surgery resident at the Massachusetts General Hospital.
Zon conducted undergraduate research throughout his time at Muhlenberg and is now a Howard Hughes Medical Investigator, an honor reserved for the top 300 scientists in the country.
At Muhlenberg, Booth took a course on the transatlantic slave trade that inspired a summer research project and, later, their Ph.D. dissertation.
Andrew Gaines ’24 asked Google’s AI chatbot to build portfolios and examined the results, an experience that helped him stand out as a candidate for his current internship at Englebert Financial Advisers.
