Apr. 18, 2024
Congratulations to the award winners of the 26th Annual Graduate and Professional Student Association Research Forum! Listed below are the award winners of from the GPSA Awards, Podium, Creative Expression and Poster sessions respectively. Each of these winners will scholarship award for their achievements.
GPSA AWARDS
Outstanding Mentor:
Dr. Lisa Bendixen & Dr. Edwin Oh
Distinguished Contribution Award:
Alissa Gardner & Jimmy Jones
Expanding the Knowledge Frontier Award:
Madison Dao-Whitten & Xiaowei Zhuang
Southern Nevada Community Impact Award:
Cheresa Taing & Kamilah Bywaters
The Best of 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Award:
Kristine Jan Espinoza
Podium Session Winners
Podium A
1st Clarice Cuda
2nd Katie Fisher (¡Katie B Funk!)
Podium Session B:
1st Patrick Brannan
2nd Myjae Maloy-Robertson
Podium D:
1st Leonardo Lopez-Cristobal
2nd Kamali'ilani Wetherell
Podium E:
1st Todd Jenning
2nd Bailey Way
Podium F
1st Issac Berk
2nd Emma Letourneau
Podium G:
1st Kara Jones
2nd Jaimee Nix
Podium H:
1st Shangjia Zhang
2nd Fernando Licea
Podium I
1st Taylor Gerson
2nd Nasibeh Arabameri
Podium J
1st Mattea Pezza
2nd Ching-Lan Chang
Podium N
1st Sarah Kazemeini
2nd Samrawit Misiker
Podium O
1st Carlos Tkacz
2nd Leah Olson
Podium P
1st Keoni Castellano
2nd Whitney Mulaj
Podium Q
1st Dante Miller
2nd Esther Pla-Cazares & Maria Hermosillo
Podium R
1st Mayra Marquez-Mendez
2nd Monica Johnson
Creative Expression Winners
CE Session 1:
1st Leah Mell-Carrington
2nd Kayla Lockwood
CE Session 2:
1st Paige Borak
2nd Karla Lagunas
Poster Session Winners
Poster Session 1
1st Maegan Nation
2nd Miklo Alcala
Poster Session 2
1st Laurencia Bonsu
2nd Nikki Bennett
Poster Session 3
1st Justin Alvarez
2nd Randy Sterbentz
Poster Session 4
1st Bree Balsamo
2nd Lily Liu
Poster Session 5
1st Jennifer Fletcher
2nd Linnea Bacon
Poster Session 6
1st Carter Gehlken
2nd Samantha Pipkin
Poster Session 7
1st Robin Shrestha
2nd Yuzi Ji
Poster Session 8
1st Erin Dunn
2nd Margoth Rodriguez
Poster Session 9
1st Kaelia Lyn Saniatan
2nd Carli Barnum
Poster Session 10
1st David King
2nd Brandon Williams
Poster Session 11
1st Apoorva Chauhan
2nd Charlotte van der Nagel
Poster Session 12
1st Miles Mercer
2nd Sharlene Lim
Poster Session 13
1st Jacquelyn Fields
2nd Nicholas Strafa
Poster Session 14
1st Jake Johnson
2nd Stephanie Wang
Poster Session 16
1st Dayanira Lopez
2nd Adjoa Mensah
Poster Session 17
1st Madelyn Colbert
2nd Danna Shaw & Lesly Ruiz Jewel Granados
Poster Session 18
1st Grace Goodwin
2nd Jennifer Le
Poster Session 19
1st Savanna Vacek
2nd Ernesto Hernandez
Poster Session 20
1st Alanna Osmanski
2nd Stacey Moeller Juthapan