POSTER PRESENTATIONS    

• First Place: Abuk Akeck
  Project: "Simulating the Effects of Visual Cataract on Facial Recognition"
  Mentor: Benjamin Balas, PhD, Psychology

• Second Place: Alyssa Willis
  Project: "The impact of social networks on life satisfaction in older adults"
  Mentor: Heather Fuller, Ph.D., Human Development and Family Science

• Third Place [TIE]: Grant Parker & Isaac Wanner
  Project: "Exploring the Role of Nitrosylation in Insulin Resistance"
  Mentor: Natasha Fillmore, Ph.D., Pharmaceutical Sciences

• Third Place [TIE]: Kimaria Stevenson
  Project: "Vitamin D and its roles in immune function and reproduction in the nocturnal Leopard Gecko (Eublpharis macularius)"
  Mentor: Matthew Smith, Ph.D., Biological Sciences

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

• First Place: Kaylin Trosen
  Project: "Examining the role of checkpoint kinase target sites within replication factor A2 upon challenge with chemotherapy-like DNA damaging agents"
  Mentor: Stuart Haring, Ph.D., Civil, Chemistry and Biochemistry

• Second Place: Andrea Clarisse Corrales
  Project: "Temperature-dependent corrosion inhibition of soybean extract on carbon steel in acidic medium"
  Mentor: Eugene Caldona, Ph.D., Coatings and Polymeric Materials

POSTERS

• First Place: Debarati Kole, Doctoral Student, Developmental Sciences
  Project: "Self-Esteem as a Mediator of the Association between
  Helping Others and Wellbeing in Older Adults"
  Mentor: Heather Fuller, Ph.D., Human Development and Family Sciences

• Second Place: Teala Matiur, Master's Student, Microbiology
  Project: "VIP Receptor Deficiency negatively impacts
  Gut Epithelial and Immune Cell Homeostasis"
  Mentor: Glenn Dorsam, Ph.D., Microbiology

• Third Place: Redemptor Zhou, Doctoral Student, Pharmaceutical Sciences
  Project: "Sex-dependent Protective Effects of Alamandine in
  Cardiac Aging"
  Mentor: Natasha Fillmore, Ph.D., Pharmaceutical Sciences

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

• First Place: Theo Knowles, Master's Student, Natural Resource Sciences 
  Project: "Floral Frenzy: Reintroducing Wildflowers into North Dakota Grassland Restorations"
  Mentor: Shawn DeKeyser, Ph.D., School of Natural Resource Sciences

• Second Place: Gopal Marwaha, Master's Student, Natural Resource Sciences
  Project: "Nitrogen and Plant Competition: Exploring Native-Invasive Species Interactions in a Greenhouse"
  Mentor: Rakhi Palit, Ph.D., School of Natural Resource Sciences

• Third Place: Matheus Belin, Doctoral Student, Pharmaceutical Sciences
  Project: "From Waste to Remedy: Bergamot Byproduct Prevents Obesity-Related Cardiovascular Diseases"
  Mentor: Jagdish Singh, Ph.D., Pharmaceutical Sciences

POSTERS

• First Place: Marisol Morocho, Plant Sciences
  Project: "Salinity affects seed germination and vigor in spring and winter camelina"
  Mentor: Marisol Berti, Ph.D., Plant Sciences

• Second Place: Katrina Kratzke, Natural Resource Sciences
  Project: "Short Term Impacts of Grazing Cover Crops on Profitability and Soil Health"
  Mentor: Miranda Meehan, Ph.D., Animal Sciences

• Third Place: Maria Batool, Soil Sciences
  Project: "Long-Term Soil pH Changes in Southwestern North Dakota"
  Mentor: Larry Cihacek, Ph.D., Natural Resource Sciences

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

• First Place: Dinesh Poudel, Plant Pathology
  Project: "Evaluation of breeding lines for resistance to soybean cyst nematode, a devastating pest in soybean"
  Mentor: Guiping Yan, Ph.D., Plant Pathology

• Second Place: Dayne Tallier, Soil Science
  Project: "Optimizing Phosphorus for Soybean: Impacts on Yield and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi"
  Mentor: Lindsay Malone, Ph.D., Natural Resource Sciences

• Third Place: Ashley Barstow, Plant Sciences
  Project: "Variant filters using segregation information improve mapping of nectar-production genes in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.)"
  Mentor: Brent Hulke, Ph.D., USDA Agricultural Research Service