First Place – Mansi Gandhi, Bianca Gonzalez, Anjaly Kappen, Samantha Lopez, Elisabeth Loranger, Oren Gaston Nedjar, Alyssa Ortiz, Naitik Patel, Vir Patel, Narindra Ramnath-Manohar, Joel A. Sanchez, Bhavya Soni, Autumn Taylor, Sadhika Uppalapati, and Sarah Ballarin | ” Decoding Phages: Complete Genome Sequence Analysis of Two Novel Bacteriophages, Alyssamiracle and Fribs8″
Second Place – Melissa Marzouk and Daniella Hernandez | “Reducing Inoculum Effect by Modulating Growth Productivity through the Superpathway of Purine, Pyrimidine and Histidine Synthesis in Escherichia coli”
Third Place – David Kurian, Rehan Contractor, Naga Ganti, and Saipranavi Reddy Kethireddy | “Synthesis of Amino-Functionalized Methacrylamide and Methacrylate Monomers”
Oral Presentations
First Place – Anjana Reddy | “Establishing the Microbial Volatile Organic Compound (mVOC) Profile of Enterococcus faecalis, a Causative Agent of Infective Endocarditis, Using Headspace-Solid Phase Microextraction-Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (HS-SPME-GC-MS)”
Second Place – James Murray | ” Biopiracy: The Exploitation of Medicinal Plants from Countries and Communities”
Third Place – Travis Roberson | ” Closing the Racial Academic Achievement Gap in the United States through Culturally Responsive/Relevant and Social Justice Pedagogical Practices in Mathematics Education”
AAUW Award
Karen Jurado-Lopez, Shreya Madhudi, and Niral Praveen | “Postpartum Depression: The Effects of Misdiagnosis on Maternal and Infant Health”
