Program

Arizona Postdoctoral Research Conference

September 18, 2019

Virginia G. Piper Auditorium, University of Arizona, Phoenix Campus

• 12:00-1:00pm Research Talks, Materials Sciences: Random Walks & New Technology

12:00 Tyler Doane, University of Arizona, “Scaling hillslope sediment transport as a miniature river network”

12:15 Shalinee Kavadiya, Arizona State University, “Aerosol routes for material synthesis and deposition”

12:30 Leila Karimi, University of Arizona, “Evaluation of Performance of Solar-Powered Membrane Distillation System for Off-Grid Applications”

12:45 Telpriore Tucker, Arizona State University, “The preparation and characterization of new basic ionic liquids with moderately high conductivity from amine-based molecules as an anionic series”

• 1:00-2:00pm Research Talks, Social Issues: Why Diet, Health Knowledge, and Educational Access Matter

1:00 Kiley Vander Wyst, Arizona State University, “Sex as a Moderator of Body Composition following a Lifestyle Intervention among Latino Youth with Obesity”

1:15 Andrew Berardy, Arizona State University, “Sustainability, Diets, and Happiness”

1:30 Karl Krupp, University of Arizona, “Cardiovascular Risk Factor Knowledge in Slum-Dwelling Indian Women in Mysore, India”

1:45 Colin Ben, Arizona State University, “Navajo students’ decision-making factors that influence access to doctoral education”

• 2:00-3:00pm Poster Sessions: Life Sciences, Health Sciences, Cancer Research, Engineering, Social Sciences
• 3:00-4:00pm Research Talks, Ecology: Response to Climate, Plants, Squirrels, and Locusts

3:00 Luiza Maria Aparecido, Arizona State University, “Evaporative cooling enables desert plants to maintain photosynthesis in extreme heat”

3:15 Maria Vittoria Mazzamuto, University of Arizona, “Environmental changes and their effect on producer-consumer relationship, species space use and population dynamics: a comparison between two ecologically similar tree squirrels”

3:30 Marion Le Gall, Arizona State University, “Meet the Senegalese locust: a vegan who does not care for protein!”

• 3:45 15-minute break
• 4:00-5:00pm Research Talks, The True Breadth of Postdoctoral Research

4:00 Heini Natri, Arizona State University, “Genome-wide DNA methylation and gene expression patterns reflect genetic ancestry and environmental differences across the Indonesian archipelago”

4:15 Daniel Gray, University of Arizona, “Auditory processing deficits are selectively associated with medial temporal lobe mnemonic function and white matter integrity in aging macaques”

4:30 J. Bryce Ortiz, University of Arizona, “Endocrinopathies as a Result of Traumatic Brain Injuries in a Pediatric Population”

4:45 Steve Elliott, Arizona State University, “Research problems”

• 5:30pm Reception at Mother Bunch Brewing