2024 ERN Conference Student Oral and Poster Presentation Award Winners
Listed below are the undergraduate and graduate award winners for Oral and Poster Presentations at the 2024 Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in STEM.
Undergraduate Awards
Biological Sciences
Oral Presentations
First Place
Kelci Lawrence, Alabama State University | View Abstract
Aliyyah Roberson, University of Maryland, Baltimore County | View Abstract
Poster Presentations
First Place
Caspar Carson, Binghamton University | View Abstract
Vanella Tadjuidje, Alabama State University | View Abstract
Yumie Lee, University of California, Merced | View Abstract
Yavier Nazario, University of Puerto Rico, Aguadilla | View Abstract
Nicholas Haas, University of Tennessee at Martin | View Abstract
Mojisoluwa Awolowo, Morgan State University | View Abstract
Daliyah Brown, Bowie State University | View Abstract
Morgan Williams, University of Missouri | View Abstract
Wilgeyshka S. Acevedo, University of Puerto Rico Aguadilla | View Abstract
Second Place
Jaisha Shumpert, Ball State University | View Abstract
Stephanie Cruz, University of California, Santa Cruz | View Abstract
Maya Leon, Lane College | View Abstract
Stephanie M. González- Avilés, University of Puerto Rico-Aguadilla | View Abstract
Varsha Subramanyam, University of California, Los Angeles | View Abstract
Zacchaeus Wallace, University of Southern Mississippi | View Abstract
Jazzmine Meekie, Harris -Stowe State University | View Abstract
Taylor Bias, Ball State University | View Abstract
Third Place
Joaquin Parrilla-Garcia, University of Puerto Rico – Mayaguez | View Abstract
Jasira Jzar, Howard University | View Abstract
Computer Science and Information Management, and Data Science
Poster Presentations
First Place
Vivian White, Western Washington University| View Abstract
Yaniel Rivera Vega, University of Puerto Rico at Cayey | View Abstract
Second Place
Eddy Figueroa Picon, University of Puerto Rico – Arecibo | View Abstract
Papa Manu, University of Maryland Baltimore County | View Abstract
Third Place
Camille Catolos, Skyline College | View Abstract
Benjamin Barrera-Altanta University of South Florida | View Abstract
Chemistry and Chemical Sciences
Oral Presentations
First Place
Victoria Ogbeinfun, Missouri State University| View Abstract
Poster Presentations
First Place
Kiarah Richards, Florida A&M | View Abstract
Simeon Newman, Florida A&M | View Abstract
Second Place
Arianna Malon Davis, Florida A&M | View Abstract
Endia Douglas, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff| View Abstract
Third Place
Jameal Lee, Livingstone University| View Abstract
Brenda Davila, Miami Dade College| View Abstract
Ecology, Environmental and Earth Sciences
Oral Presentations
First Place
Mariana Garcia-Diaz, University of The Sacred Heart | View Abstract
Second Place
Meilin Scott, Western Washington University | View Abstract
Poster Presentations
First Place
Emiliano Gonzalez, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona | View Abstract
Aisha Malik, CUNY Hunter College | View Abstract
Second Place
Jordan Newton, Texas Southern University | View Abstract
Edmarie Rivera Sánchez, University of Puerto Rico, Arecibo Campus | View Abstract
Third Place
Joshua Farley, Texas Southern University| View Abstract
Victor Garcia, Texas A&M University Kingsville| View Abstract
Mathematics and Data Science
Poster Presentations
First Place
Shawn Koohy, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth | View Abstract
Second Place
Darsh Gandhi, University of Texas at Arlington | View Abstract
Third Place
Taseen Islam, CUNY Macaulay Honors College | View Abstract
Juan Torres New Mexico State University | View Abstract
Nanoscience or Materials Science
Oral Presentation
First Place
Frances Lopez, University at Buffalo | View Abstract
Second Place
Lea Hebert, Grambling State University | View Abstract
Poster Presentations
First Place
Mikayla Smith, Florida A&M | View Abstract
Second Place
Curtis Jordan, Norfolk State University| View Abstract
Chevel Samuels, Norfolk State University | View Abstract
Third Place
Stephanie Garcia, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico | View Abstract
Neuroscience
Oral Presentation
First Place
Angelis Mary Morales Rivera, University of Puerto Rico at Cayey | View Abstract
Poster Presentation
First Place
Alyssa Davis, Georgia State University | View Abstract
Second Place
Bassil Ahmed, University of Missouri| View Abstract
Ian Andrés Mercado Suárez, Universidad de Puerto Rico Recinto de Rio Piedras | View Abstract
Physics
Oral Presentations
First Place
Matthew Li, University of North Texas | View Abstract
Poster Presentations
First Place
Joe Popp, Saint Joseph’s University | View Abstract
Second Place
Rachel Gilbert, Texas Southern University| View Abstract
Third Place
Jasmine Freeman, Valdosta State University| View Abstract
Science and Mathematics Education, and Social and Behavioral Science
Oral Presentations
First Place
Theodore Wimberly, Morgan State University | View Abstract
Poster Presentations
First Place
Asia Rogers, Bennett College | View Abstract
Second Place
Ahmed Ebada, University of Missouri- Columbia | View Abstract
Third Place
Angel Nyaga, Carnegie Mellon University | View Abstract
Engineering and Technology
Oral Presentations
First Place
Brianna Barbee, Elizabeth City State University | View Abstract
Astrid Daugherty, FAMU-FSU | View Abstract
Poster Presentations
First Place
Neha Jayarajan, University of Texas at Austin | View Abstract
Jada Iwuoha, University of Maryland, Baltimore County | View Abstract
Second Place
Sayre Tillery, University of Oklahoma | View Abstract
Chloe Yoder, Manchester University| View Abstract
Thomas Kalach, University of South Florida | View Abstract
Third Place
Nikafareed Papari, University of Texas at Austin | View Abstract
Shivani Karanth, North Carolina State University | View Abstract
Graduate Oral Presentations
Biological Sciences
First Place
Alisha R. Kennedy, Columbus State University Biological Sciences | View Abstract
Second Place
Mary Jean Savitsky FAMU-FSU | View Abstract
Chemistry and Chemical Sciences
First Place
Normanda Brown, Clark Atlanta University | View Abstract
Second Place
Angela Cruz, Univ. Of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras | View Abstract
Computer Science and Information Management
First Place
Amaya McNealy, Georgia Institute of Technology | View Abstract
Second Place
Gabriel Plaza, University Of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras | View Abstract
Ecology, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
First Place
Trinity Johnson, Louisiana State University | View Abstract
Second Place
Tameka Taylor, Morgan State University | View Abstract
Third Place
Janyl Madykova, Texas Southern University | View Abstract
Nanoscience and Materials Science
First Place
Rogine Gomez, The Ohio State University| View Abstract
Neuroscience
First Place
Nanki Chugh, Rice University| View Abstract
Physics
First Place
Kaylah Breanne McGowan, Fisk University | View Abstract
Science and Mathematics Education, and Social and Behavioral Science
First Place
Maria M. De Jesus, Auburn University | View Abstract
Technology and Engineering
First Place
Ivana Barley, Southern Univ and A&M College | View Abstract
Mark Swift, Norfolk State University | View Abstract
Engineering
First Place
Camila S. Cué Royo, Carnegie Mellon University | View Abstract
Second Place
Uchechukwu Agwu, Carnegie Mellon University | View Abstract
Third Place
Kevin Ahmad Moone, Norfolk State University| View Abstract
REM Award Winners
Undergraduate
Winner: Naima Akter, Hamilton College
1st Runner Up: Maxwell Barrueta, University of California- Santa Barbara
2nd Runner Up: Lillian Elam, The University of New Mexico
3rd Runner Up: Addie Bell, University of Michigan
High School
Winner: Patrick Hoang, University of Houston
1st Runner Up: Kaydence Hall, Purdue University
Teacher/Educator
Winner: Michelle Young, University of Wisconsin – Madison
1st Runner Up: Sharon Bottu, Brooklyn High School for Law and Technology