2019 Oral and Poster Presentation Winners

Listed below are the undergraduate and graduate award winners for Oral and Poster Presentations at the 2019 Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in STEM.

Undergraduate Awards

Biological Sciences

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

First Place

Besmira Alija, City University of New York- Hunter College | View Abstract

Second Place

Natashia Benjamin, University of the District of Columbia | View Abstract

Third Place

Evan Buckner, University of Arkansas | View Abstract

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

First Place

Benny Alexander, Oakwood University | View Abstract

James R. Ball, University of Missouri | View Abstract
Brian W. Basinski, Grand Valley State University | View Abstract

Aarin M. Huffman, Tuskegee University | View Abstract

Luil Menberu, Delaware State University | View Abstract

Yasmine Oprea, CUNY Hunter College | View Abstract

Aliyah Patterson, University of the District of Columbia, Washington D.C | View Abstract

Jamila Perkins, Syracuse University | View Abstract

Leah Rowe, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | View Abstract

Angel Noel Santiago Colon, University of Puerto Rico- Mayaguez | View Abstract

Second Place

Malcolm Bass, Norfolk State University | View Abstract

Mallory Brayer, University of Scranton | View Abstract

Karina Matos Fernandez, University of Puerto Rico, Ponce | View Abstract

Makeda Mills, University of the Virgin Islands | View Abstract

Evelyn Sadler, Central State University | View Abstract

Third Place

Lam Vo, University of Tennessee at Knoxville | View Abstract

Chemistry and Chemical Sciences

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

First Place

Rickey Terrell, University of Cincinnati | View Abstract

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

First Place

Christian Loo, California State University, Long Beach | View Abstract

Second Place

Shekinah Bass, Winston-Salem State University | View Abstract

Jade Stanley, Tuskegee University | View Abstract

Computer Sciences and Information Management

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

First Place

Adrianne Wu, Mount Holyoke College | View Abstract

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

First Place

Christopher Feltner, University of Central Florida | View Abstract

Georgiana Wright, Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University | View Abstract

Ecology, Environmental and Earth Sciences

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

First Place

Margaret Flowers, Simpson College | View Abstract

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

First Place

Edgar Gomez, CUNY New York City College of Technology | View Abstract

Mohamed Layachi, City College of New York | View Abstract

Second Place

Maria Alejandra Chardon Suarez, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus | View Abstract

Paige Hodges, Howard University | View Abstract

Third Place

Alexandria Ambrose, Savannah State University | View Abstract

Mathematics and Statistics

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

First Place

Howard Weatherspoon, Albany State University | View Abstract

Nanoscience

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

First Place

Brenda Yu, University of California, Merced | View Abstract

Nanoscience & Physics

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

First Place

Paula Angarita Rivera, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis and Marian University| View Abstract

Chinwendu Chukwu, Rutgers University | View Abstract

Nina Sowah, University of Connecticut | View Abstract

Nanotechnology, Physics, & Technology

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

First Place

Benny Alexander, Oakwood University | View Abstract

Jasmine Gay, Florida State University | View Abstract

Sydnei Head, Tuskegee University | View Abstract

Johnathan Mitchell, Tuskegee University | View Abstract

Second Place

Katrina Verlinde, The Pennsylvania State University | View Abstract

Third Place

Princess M. Walker, Ball State University | View Abstract

Physics

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

First Place

Lewis Campbell, Morehouse College | View Abstract

Social and Behavioral Sciences

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

First Place

Darien McElwee, Emory University | View Abstract

Azriel A. Williams, University of the Virgin Islands | View Abstract

Technology and Engineering

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

First Place

Jaime Rios, University of the District of Columbia | View Abstract

Graduate Awards

Biological Sciences

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

First Place

Roy L. Davis II, Texas A&M University | View Abstract

Evelyn Luna, Arizona State University | View Abstract

LaTonya Simon, University of Wisconsin-Madison | View Abstract

Chemistry and Chemical Sciences

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

First Place

Jacob M. Garcia, Arizona State University | View Abstract

Computer Sciences and Information Management

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

First Place

Mehrnoosh Shakarami, University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) | View Abstract

Ecology, Environmental and Earth Sciences

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

First Place

Dayana A. Abdullah-Smoot, Texas Southern University | View Abstract

Mathematics and Statistics

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

First Place

Omomayowa Olawoyin, University of Texas at Arlington| View Abstract

Nanoscience

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

First Place

Kelsea Yarbrough, Norfolk State Universty | View Abstract

Physics

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

First Place

Amanatullah Khan, University of California, Irvine | View Abstract

Science and Mathematics Education|Social and Behavioral Sciences

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

First Place

Sergio Lozoya, University of New Mexico | View Abstract

Technology and Engineering

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

First Place

Sarah Chaji, University of Georgia | View Abstract

Sean Jackson, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | View Abstract