Listed below are the undergraduate and graduate award winners for Oral and Poster Presentations at the 2020 Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in STEM.
Undergraduate Awards
Biological Sciences
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Nora Gillam, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
Second Place
Jira White, Claflin University
Brittany Hume-Dawson, Alabama State University
Third Place
Larry Stokes, University of Mississippi
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Helene Mantineo, Wheaton College, MA
Sanika Pandit, Chapman University
Rhythm Williams, Lawson State Community College
Karen Mae Bacalia, University of Guam
Dijani Laplace, University of the Virgin Islands
Second Place
Rebekah Townsley, University of Arkansas
Paris Taylor, Louisiana State University
Kaiya Mitchell, Georgia Institute of Technology
Daijah Lofton, Virginia State University
Francisco Torres-Torres, University of Puerto Rico at Cayey
Jacee McCoy, Oklahoma State University
Third Place
Hang Nguyen, Yale University
Stephen Gonzalez, California State University, Fullerton
Justin Sharp, Jarvis Christian College
Sanjeev Gurshaney, University of Central Florida
Chemistry and Chemical Sciences
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Karis Barnett, University of Maryland Baltimore County
Second Place
Jose Ramirez, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Alexander Gonzales, California State University, Bakersfield
Julie Colon, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus
Second Place
Jessica Fletcher, Carthage College
Vennesa Valentine, Alcorn State University
Third Place
Dominique Joseph, University of Missouri-Columbia
Brianna Burton, Xavier University of Louisiana
Caleb McIver, Oakwood University
Computer Sciences and Information Management
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Zahra Rasuli, Fisk University
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Tenecious Underwood, Livingstone College
Second Place
Gabriella Tilahun, Alabama State University
Jahmelia Atkinson, Fort Valley State University
Ecology, Environmental and Earth Sciences
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Derek McFarland, Harris-Stowe State University
Second Place
Maria Alejandra University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Erinn Dady, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Tione Grant, University of the Virgin Islands
Second Place
Stefanie Moncayo, Dominican College of Blauvelt
Benicia Harrison, Alabama A&M University
Third Place
Keanu Rochette-Yu Tsuen, Kapi’olani Community College
Mathematics and Statistics
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Roman Vazquez, University of Central Florida
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Ashley Alfred, Southern University A&M College
Nanoscience
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Gabriel Torres-Mejias, University of Puerto Rico at Ponce
Nanoscience
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Washat Ware, Fayetteville State University
Second Place
Zahria Duncan, Tuskegee University
Physics
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Ayman Abdullah-Smoot, Texas Southern University
Kaitlynn Lilly, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Kiyomi Sanders, University of Hawaii Manoa
Second Place
Austin DeMurley, Suffolk County Community College
Science and Mathematics Education
POSTERS PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Eden Harrison, Spelman College
Social and Behavioral Science, Economic Sciences, and Math Education
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Cheyane Mitchell, Spelman College
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Martina Hakim, Tuskegee University
Second Place
Esirioghene Emeje, University of Missouri-Columbia
Technology and Engineering
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Keenan Leatham, University of the District of Columbia
Second Place
Alexander Edmonson, Hampton University
Third Place
Kristen Trinh, University of Arkansas
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Briana Gonzalez, Florida International University
Jennifer Chinen, Kapi’olani Community College
Second Place
Isaac Medina, San Antonio College
Third Place
Carly Rowe, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Technology and Engineering/Biomedical Engineering
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Carolina Colón, Florida Institute of Technology
Second Place
Kaela Evans, Washington University in St. Louis
Third Place
Alexxa Cruz-Bonilla, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez
Abigal Turcheck, Arizona State University
Graduate Awards
Biological Sciences
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Fadeke Adeola, The University of New Orleans
Ebony Nottingham, Florida A&M University
Chemistry and Chemical Sciences
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Shejla Pollozi, City University of New York, The Graduate Center & Lehman College
Second Place
Joshua Patterson, Delaware State University
Computer Sciences and Information Management
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Bhaskar Roberts, Princeton University
Zahra Rasuli, Fisk University
Ecology, Environmental and Earth Sciences
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Lenneisha Gilbert, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Mathematics and Statistics
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Tony Haines, Old Dominion University
Nanoscience
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Rhodesherdeline Limage, Binghamton University
Social, Behavioral, Economic Sciences and Math Education
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Kathryn Starkey, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs
Technology and Engineering
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
First Place
Melissa Mendoza, Hampton University
Second Place
Gianfranco, Perez-Greco Florida International University