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