Past Symposium Winners

2025 GSA Graduate Research Symposium Winners

Oral/Paper Presentations

Life Sciences

Ayush Mistry (1st place)

Jamshid Tadiwala (2nd place)

Grace Echelle (3rd place) 

Physical Sciences

Samuel Azibere (1st place) 

Ashley Dent (2nd place) 

Natalie Hernandez (3rd place) 

Social Sciences 

Kellen Blum (1st place)

Lisa Saville (2nd place)

 Elizabeth Salley (3rd place)

Humanities

Cynthia Gonzalez (1st place)

Jonam Wang (2nd place)

Sarah Burt (3rd place)

Poster Presentations

Life Sciences

Brendan Walczak (1st place)

Colette Grypp (2nd place - tie)

Senuri Piyawardana (2nd place - tie)

Sinthyia Ahmed (3rd place) 

Physical Sciences

Khaled Mahamud Khan (1st place)

Steven Skaggs (2nd place)

Kyle Macy (3rd place)

Social Sciences

Rowan Elliot - (1st place)

Jewell Dehon (2nd place - tie)

Anna Hendricks (2nd place - tie) 

Charvonne Studivant (3rd place)

Humanities

William Bonifiglio (1st place)

2024 GSA Graduate Research Symposium Winners

PAPER PRESENTATIONS

Life Sciences

Noah Leith (1st place)

Elaine Beulick (2nd place)

Cass Dedert (3rd place) 

Yuktesh Kalidindi (Honorable Mention)

Physical Sciences

David Johnson (1st place) 

Tong Si (2nd place) 

Carly Finegan-Dronchi (3rd place) 

Social Sciences 

Anne Brown (1st place)

Pooja Ramankutty (2nd place)

 Stephanie Hartling (3rd place - tie)

Amy Shelton (3rd place - tie)

Humanities

Hillary King (1st place - tie)

Jonam Wang(1st place - tie)

Ryan Powers (2nd place)

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Life Sciences

Nelson Membreno (1st place - tie)

Joseph Sweet (1st place - tie)

Sarah Carlson (2nd place - tie)

Allison Faber (2nd place - tie)

Danielle Hopkins (3rd place) 

Physical Sciences

MacKenzie Hertel (1st place - tie)

Marcus Lespasio (1st place - tie)

Sithurandi Ubeysinghe (1st place - tie)

Ashley Dent (2nd place) 

Rebekah Boos (3rd place) 

Social Sciences & Humanities 

Giuliana Piccione - (1st place - tie)

Alisha Sarfani (1st place - tie)

Shafeel Umam (2nd place) 

Ganesh Kota (3rd place)

2023 GSA Graduate Research Symposium Winners

PAPER PRESENTATIONS

Biological Sciences 

Sam Stealy (1st place)

Emily Morris (2nd place)

Cass Dedert (3rd place) 

Physical Sciences

Ryan Kelly (1st place) 

Kamila Dilimurati (2nd place) 

Anirudh Boddu (3rd place) 

Social Sciences 

Amy Shelton (1st place)

Aubra Ladd (2nd place)

Carolyn O'Laughlin (3rd place)

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Biological Sciences 

Lisa Hagena (1st place)

Ammar Mahmood (2nd place)

Kyle Oberkrom (3rd place) 

Physical Sciences

Sebastian Arteaga (1st place) 

Scott Lambert (2nd place) 

Tanner Schubert (3rd place) 

Social Sciences 

Elizabeth Salley (1st place)

Anne Brown (2nd place) 

Anna Kremer (3rd place)

2022 GSA Graduate Research Symposium Winners

PAPER PRESENTATIONS

Biological Sciences 

Taylor Stone (1st place)

Elizabeth Geerling (2nd place)

Charles West (3rd place) 

Humanities

Emily McCarty (1st place) 

Beatrice Beirne (2nd place) 

Rachel Shields (3rd place) 

Physical Sciences

Samuel Stealey (1st place- tie) 

Sourav Bhadra (1st place-tie) 

Jorge Ocampo Espindo (1st place- tie) 

Social Sciences 

Lou Vinarcski (1st place)

Abigail Burrola (2nd place) 

Allie Bodin (3rd place)

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Biological Sciences 

Jemma Kim (1st place)

Rachel Schafer (2nd place)

David Johnson (3rd place) 

Physical Sciences

Major Allen Selemani (1st place) 

Khamhbawihum Cenhrang (2nd place-tie) 

Colton Doherty (2nd place-tie) 

Social Sciences 

Elisabeth Salley (1st place)

Kirstin Palovick (2nd place-tie)

Dorothy Rohde-Collins (2nd place-tie)

2021 GSA Graduate Research Symposium Winners

PAPER PRESENTATIONS

SOCIAL SCIENCES

1st Place – Amy Shelton

2nd Place – Shreya Anand

T-3rd Place – Aver Yakubu

T-3rd Place – Annamaria Szakonyi

T-3rd Place - Laura Brugger

PHYSICAL SCIENCES

1st Place – Chuan Feng

T-2nd Place – Pablo Aravena

T-2nd Place - Sungwon Cho

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

1st Place – Nina Fogel

2nd Place – Genevieve Hilliard

T-3rd Place – Elizabeth Geerling

T-3rd Place - Jenny Mullikin

T-3rd Place - Yongjun Tan

HUMANITIES

T-1st Place – Laura Hardin Marshall

T-1st Place - Rachel Shields

T-2nd Place – Colten Biro

T-2nd Place – Jaime O'Brien

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

SOCIAL SCIENCES

1st Place – Meghan Taylor

2nd Place – Andrew Oberle

3rd Place – Elizabeth Seberger

PHYSICAL SCIENCES

1st Place – Nnaoma Agwu

2nd Place – Megan Rudolphi

3rd Place – Josh Boschelli

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

1st Place – Mariah Hassert

2nd Place – Tara Steffen

3rd Place – Shubha Shakya

2019 GSA Graduate Research Symposium Winners

PAPER PRESENTATIONS

SOCIAL SCIENCES

T-1st Place – Madeline Bruce

T-1st Place – Nathaniel House

T-3rd Place – Zidong Zhang

T-3rd Place – Eyad Naseralla

PHYSICAL SCIENCES

1st Place – Teresa Baraza Piazuelo

2nd Place – Emily Deeba

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

1st Place – Katherine Carpenter

2nd Place – Anthony Macchiano

3rd Place – Leticia Classen-Rodriguez

HUMANITIES

1st Place – Anna Williams

2nd Place – Kathryn Polizzi

3rd Place – Valerie Crook

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

SOCIAL SCIENCES

1st Place – Stephen Scroggins

2nd Place – Alvin To

3rd Place – Thembekile Shato

PHYSICAL SCIENCES

1st Place – Chelsea Sondergard

2nd Place – Jennifer Tennison

3rd Place – Mason Maimaitijiang

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

1st Place – Mariah Hassert

2nd Place – Brittany Mersman

3rd Place – Andrew Wall

2018 GSA Graduate Research Symposium Winners

Paper Categories

HUMANITIES

1st Place - Nicole Koopman

2nd Place - Samuel Klee

3rd Place - Patrick Connolly

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

1st Place - Katherine Hixon

2nd Place - Alan Moss

3rd Place - Elizabeth Walker

SOCIAL SCIENCES

T-1st Place - Meghan Murray

T-1st Place - Daphne Lew

3rd Place - Tara Smith

PHYSICAL SCIENCES

T-1st Place - Adaline Buerck

T-1st Place - Adam Arce

3rd Place - Kayla Lockmiller

Poster Categories

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

1st Place - Mariah Hassert

2nd Place - Shannon Kelly

3rd Place - Lindsay Hill

SOCIAL SCIENCES

1st Place - Tara Ruggeri

2nd Place - Karin Meeker

3rd Place - Kristen Wehmeyer

PHYSICAL SCIENCES

1st Place - Erienne TeSelle

2nd Place - Chelsea Sondergard

T-3rd Place - Melissa Hopfinger

T-3rd Place - Emily Deeba