2020 GSA Research Symposium Winners
Winners are organized by categories within each type of presentation
Research Oral Presentations (15 minutes)
1st Place
Muchin Bazan
Women in STEM: The Role of Role Models
2nd Place
Harsh Sanghavi
Measuring the influence of anger on takeover performance in semi-automated vehicles
3rd Place
Esha Dwibedi
Trust and Economic Freedom: A Multi-country Study
1st Place
Ernie Osborn
Forest disturbance has long-term effects on soil bacterial and fungal communities in Appalachian ecosystems
2nd Place
Sarah Kuchinsky
Assessing susceptibility to Usutu virus in avian models
3rd Place
Holly Morrison
Redness, swelling, and heat, oh my! – Inflammation Results in Cancer Development
1st Place
Bronson Weston
A Novel Methodology to Extend Our Understanding of the Microbiome in Human Health and Disease
2nd Place
Madeline Bruce
Multisensory Integration in Social and Nonsocial Events and Emerging Language in Toddlers
3rd Place
Christina Devine
Development of a Standardized Scaling Test Protocol for Evaluation of Scale Reduction Devices and Technologies
1st Place
Akshay Jain
Converting waste heat using thermoelectric generator to power microbial electrolysis cell for sustainable wastewater treatment
2nd Place
Michael Holden
Investigating Changes in Population Size of Virginia Bog Turtles (Glyptemys muhlenbergii)
3rd Place
Lauren Bochicchio
Understanding the Harmful Effects of STING-Mediated Neuroinflammation in TBI
1st Place
Alison Cash
Insights into a novel regulator of blood brain barrier dysfunction following traumatic brain injury
2nd Place
Chris McCullough
Ticks in the Pollinator Mix
3rd Place
Joelle Martin
Identifying dynamic regulators of glutamate transport in glioblastoma multiforme
Flash Talk Presentations (5 minutes)
1st Place
Christian Heryakusuma
Thioredoxin-based Stabilization of Methyl Coenzyme-M Reductase (Mcr), a Tool for Bioconversion of Methane to Liquid Fuel
2nd Place
Margaret Nagai-Singer
Destination Mitochondria: The roadmap to understanding NLRX1 as a tumor suppressor
3rd Place
Jessica Resor
Parents and Children Negotiating Family Interactions with Alexa
1st Place
Joanna Reinhold
Mosquitoes and Frogs: Discovering the factors underlying this unusual relationship
2nd Place
Danny Fritsch
Breaking the Sound Barrier: Understanding the Physics of Aerodynamic Noise
3rd Place
Chloe Moore
Does commonness confer connectivity? A genomics case study of a backyard frog
1st Place
Christina Mounzer
From Stem Cell to Mini Organ: Cultivating Organoids to Better Understand Cancer Development
2nd Place
Abdelaziz Alsharawy
Risk Aversion: Arousal, Attention and Incentive Effects
3rd Place
Yirui Chen
Mathematical modelling gliding motility control and coordination in Myxococcus xanthus
1st Place
Parul Sharma
Strain-level identification of tomato pathogens from metagenomic sequences obtained with the ONT MinION
2nd Place
Tawni Paradise
Understanding Habits of Engagement in Engineering Thinking Among Parent-Child Dyads
3rd Place
David Scherr
Characterizing Algae using Raman Spectroscopy and the generating reducing equivalents using photosynthetically active algal extracts
Poster Presentations
1st Place
Tyler McFayden
Measurement-Based Care to Evaluate Psychological Treatment Outcomes in Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder
2nd Place
Alexandra Russell
Physical and Chemical Characterization of Rare Earth Elements in Coal Refuse
3rd Place
Renata Carneiro
Check-If-Apply: A Sensory Approach to Improve Communication Between Consumers and The Drinking Water Industry
1st Place
Alexandra Kaloss
Improving blood flow through EphA4 inhibition as a novel stroke therapy
2nd Place
Hazem Sharaf
Novel field-based interactions between soybean and symbiotic root nodule bacteria
3rd Place
Hanna Kiryluk
Brucella abortus is recognized by the negative regulator NLRX1 of the innate immune system
1st Place
Joseph Sarver
Linking Plastic Behavior at High Pressure to the Development of Commercial Products: From Laboratory Benchtop to Tennis Shoe
2nd Place
Lauren Buttling
Maternal residential proximity to Central Appalachian surface mining and adverse birth outcomes
3rd Place
Bradford Stucki
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren in Central, North Central, and South Central Appalachia - An Examination of Local Service Types and Availability
1st Place
Morgan Roth
Sampling Varroa destructor and Screening for Acaricide Resistance
2nd Place
Sarah Power
Remote characterization of Antarctic microbial mat communities
3rd Place
Allison Zeher
Investigating Changes in Immune Cell Populations in Pancreatic Tumors After Novel Treatments