Listed below are the undergraduate and graduate award winners for Oral and Poster Presentations at the 2017 Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in STEM.
Undergraduate Awards
Biological Sciences
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Yari Mosley, University of Arkansas Pine Bluff
Elizabeth Quaye, University at Buffalo
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Jordan Branch, Spelman College
Sarah Chaji, University of Georgia
Gina Dabbah, California State University, Monterey Bay
Ebony Hargrove-Wiley, Tuskegee University
Michael Hopkins, North Carolina Central University
Alex Valenzuela, California State University
Coty Weathersby, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Zoe Yeoh, Gettysburg College
Second Place
Robert Emeh, Alabama State University
Christian Thomas, Dillard University
Sarah Wong, University of Southern California
Third Place
Ayana Mitchell, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Philomena Nwanze, North Carolina Central University
Mahtab Waseem, Howard University
Chemistry and Chemical Sciences
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Brenda Eap, California State University, Los Angeles
Second Place
Cameron Earl, California Institute of Technology
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Kaila Holloway, Howard University
Sergio Jacinto, California State University, San Bernadino
Audrey Kishishita, California State University, Los Angeles
Donta Samuel, Clark Atlanta University
Hannah Smith, University of Illinois
Chanell Upshaw, Miami University
Second Place
Juston Crosby, Western Michigan University
Clilia Davis, University of the Virgin Islands
Third Place
Megan Taylor, Tuskegee University
Computer Sciences and Information Management
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Anthony Powell, Texas Southern University
Second Place
Andrew Morgan, Youngstown State University
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Therrick-Ari Anderson, Lincoln University of Missouri
Kofi Forsan, Delaware State University
Christian Murga, University of Texas, El Paso
Ecology, Environmental and Earth Sciences
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Margaret Carolan, Virginia Tech
Second Place
Mekiya Fletcher, Virginia State University
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Usaama Van, City College of New York
Second Place
Farjana Shati, New York City College of Technology
Third Place
Raisa Roxas, Norfolk State University
Kelvin Santana Rodriguez, University of Puerto Rico, Itumacao
Mathematics and Statistics
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Isaac Wright, Savannah State University
Second Place
William Noland, North Central College
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Chanae Ottley, University of the Virgin Islands
Nanoscience and Physics
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Jaime Moya, New Mexico State University
Camilla Schneier, University of Pennsylvania
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Kleyser Lopez, North Carolina Central University
Lauren Weiss, Amherst College
Second Place
Angelina Gallego, Hampton University
Jala Redmon, Alabama State University
Luis Rivera, Lake Sumter State College
Science and Mathematics Education|Social and Behavioral Sciences
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Karien Dixon, Tougaloo College
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Villisha Gregoire, University of the Virgin Islands
Juanita Morris, Virginia State University
Technology and Engineering
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Katy Gerace, Penn State University
Matlock Mennu, University of South Florida
Beatriz Quinones-Colon, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Kyrstyn Ong, Swarthmore College
Serrae Reed, University of Houston
Alicia Thomas, Talladega College
Stephanie Wilcox, Texas A&M University
Second Place
Zachary Shepard, Assumption College
Graduate Awards
Biological Sciences
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Sheree Finley, Alabama State University
Grace Mavodza, Howard University
Matilde Miranda, University of California, Los Angeles
Chemistry and Chemical Sciences
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Devin Guillory, Jackson State University
Second Place
Bethzaely Fernandez-Reyes, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez
Computer Sciences and Information Management
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Alexander Ing, California State University, Dominguez Hills,
Ecology, Environmental and Earth Sciences
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Ranalda Tsosie, University of Montana
Nanoscience
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Monique Farrell, Norfolk State University
Prafat Tejaswint, Norfolk State
Donald White, Tuskegee University
Physics
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Harry Burton, Delaware State
Samuel Uba, Alabama A&M University
Science and Mathematics Education
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Emily Oshita, North Carolina State University
Social and Behavioral Sciences
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Lauren Distler, University of New Mexico
Technology and Engineering
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Lucien Gassie, University of Miami
Second Place
Erica Dasi, University of Maryland Baltimore County
Third Place
Zachary Ballard, University of California, Los Angeles