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Undergraduate Research Symposium 2024
Undergraduate Oral Presentation Award Winners
First Place

Jacob Garrett

Mentor

Jerome Goddard II

Second Place

Kaleb Beasley & Lama Farris

Mentor

Douglas W. Leaman and Haewon An

Third Place

Ay’lanna Turner & Charlesea Witherington

Mentor

Jessica Stagner Bodily

Undergraduate Poster Presentation Award Winners
Symposium Award Winners
First Place

Aditya Singh

Mentor

Olcay Kursun and Robert Underwood

Second Place

Rachel Davenport

Mentor

Claudia Stein

Third Place

Michael Hayden

Mentor

Steven Arnold

Graduate Oral Presentation Award Winners
Symposium Award Winners
First Place

Aditya Singh & Vishwajeet Jadeja

Mentor

Olcay Kursun and Robert Underwood

Second Place

Akil Kumar Vijjini

Mentor

Tathagata Bhattacharya

Third Place

Vinay Alsa

Mentor

Tathagata Bhattacharya

Graduate Poster Presentation Award Winners
Symposium Award Winners
First Place

Saiteja Veeramalla

Mentor

Tathagata Bhattacharya

Second Place

Irshad Ali Mohammad

Mentor

Tathagata Bhattacharya

Third Place

Vinod Alabana

Mentor

Tathagata Bhattacharya

Undergraduate Research Symposium 2023
Undergraduate Oral Presentation Award Winners
First Place

Jacob Garrett and Savannah Humphries

Mentor

Jerome Goddard II

Second Place

Monia Yousef

Mentor

Elena J. Ciesielska and Grzegorz L. Ciesielski

Third Place

Katrina Vance

Mentor

Dr. Ben Okeke

Undergraduate Poster Presentation Award Winners
Symposium Award Winners
First Place

Lama Farris

Mentor

Elena J. Ciesielska and Grzegorz L. Ciesielski

Second Place

Daniel Spain and Rachel Davis

Mentor

John Hutchison

Third Place

Jamos Hauk and Naomi Wrench

Mentor

Jessica Stagner Bodily

Undergraduate Research Symposium 2022
Undergraduate Oral Presentation Award Winners
First Place

Carolina de Bovi Pontes

Mentor

Greg Ciesielski

Second Place

Alexandra Jackson

Mentor

Duk Daniel Kim

Third Place

Samantha Mejia

Mentor

Vanessa Koelling

Undergraduate Poster Presentation Award Winners
Symposium Award Winners
First Place

Cody Jefferys

Mentor

Greg Ciesielski

Second Place

Hyacintha M. Bisimwa

Mentor

Greg Ciesielski

Third Place

Robert W. Kiefer

Mentor

Claudia Stein and Dr. Ben Okeke

Undergraduate Research Symposium 2019
Symposium Award Winners
First Place

Christopher Smith

Mentor

Dr. Semih Dinc

Second Place

Matthew Little, Ali Yildirim

Mentor

Dr. Enoch Lee

Third Place

Natalie Donohoe, Caitlyn James

Mentor

Dr. Ann Marie O’Neill and Dr. Clark Danderson

Undergraduate Research Symposium 2018
Top Paper Award Winner

No Award for 2018

Symposium Award Winners
First Place

Martin Eastwold

Mentor

Dr. Ann Marie O’Neill

Second Place

Abby (Omoyemwen) Obakpolor, Autumn Jones

Mentor

Dr. Tim Kroft

Third Place

Felix Toussaint, Danielle Warren, Ghadeer Jan, Thinh Truong, Ashley Middleton

Mentor

Dr. Ben Okeke

Undergraduate Research Symposium 2017
Top Paper Award Winner

Inhibition of Rho activation attenuated the neuronal death induced by proNGF.
Jake Sustarich.
Mentor: Geetha Thangiah

Symposium Award Winners
First Place

Jake Sustarich

Mentor

Dr. Geetha Thangiah

Second Place

Ameer Bedwan

Mentor

Dr. Chelsea Ward

Third Place

Rakia Butler

Mentor

Dr. Daniel Kim

Undergraduate Research Symposium 2016
Top Paper Award Winner

Selection and Molecular Characterization of Antibiotic Producing Microbial Isolates from Soil.
Hakan Sahinoglu, Patrick Thomase.
Mentor: Dr. Ben Okeke

Symposium Award Winners
First Place

Jake Sustarich, Sanmeet Suchdeva

Mentor

Dr. Geetha Thangiah

Second Place

Nayeisha Daniels, Patrick Thomase

Mentor

Dr. Ben Okeke

Third Place

Shani Brasher

Mentor

Dr. Ben Okeke

Undergraduate Research Symposium 2015
Top Paper Award Winner

A novel look at Confederate women: Prospective from Augusta
Jan Evans’ Macaria. Kelhi Depace.
Mentor: Ben Severance

Symposium Award Winners
First Place

Krista Hagen

Mentor

Dr. Chelsea Ward

Second Place

Joshua Baker, Jake Sustarich, Christiane Ingram, Kelsey Rodgers, Patrick Thomase

Mentor

Dr. Geetha Thangiah, Dr. Ben Okeke

Third Place

Kelhi Depace

Mentor

Dr. Ben Severance

Undergraduate Research Symposium 2014
Top Paper Award Winner

ffect of Amblyomma rotundatom on Rhinella marina leukocyte counts
Amada Wallis
Mentor: Dr. N. Robert Estes II, Dr. Chelsea Ward

Symposium Award Winners
First Place

Christiane Ingram, Sharla Rafferty, Andrew Paulk

Mentor

Dr. Ben Okeke

Second Place

Amanda Willis

Mentor

Dr. N. Robert Estes II, Dr. Chelsea Ward

Third Place

Allen Williams

Mentor

Dr. N. Robert Estes

Undergraduate Research Symposium 2012
Top Paper Award Winner

The effect of ultraviolet light on antibody production
Stacin Halverson
Mentor: Dr. Chelsea Ward. Department of Biology

Symposium Award Winners
First Place

Stacin Halverson

Mentor

Dr. Chelsea Ward

Second Place

John Tisdale, Jason Moody, Christina Forshay

Mentor

Dr. Clarissa Arms-Chavez

Third Place

Matthew Misko

Mentor

Dr. Rosine Hall

Honorable Mentions

Augustine J. Bertagonolli

Donna Lucky, Brandi Carden, Jessica Sessions

Mentor

Dr. Clarissa Arms-Chavez

Undergraduate Research Symposium 2011
Top Paper Award Winner

Gender Stereotypes of occupations
Kelsey Hewitt
Mentor: Regina Kakhnovets, Department of Psychology

Symposium Award Winners
First Place

Joshua D. Davidson, Leah M. Sawyer, Sherilyn Gitchel, Nathan Dowhring, James Hause, Evan Broder

Mentor

Dr. Pryce Haddix

Second Place

Andrew Prescott, Yasi Deravi, Shanticia Peaks, Jamie Bishop, Leah Sawyer

Mentor

Dr. Benedict Okeke, Dr. Rosin Hall

Third Place

Kelsey Hewitt

Mentor

Dr. Regine Kakhnovets

Honorable Mentions

Ankitkumar Patel

Mentor

Dr. Duk Kyung Kim

Undergraduate Research Symposium 2010
Top Paper Award Winner

Personal Characteristics as predictors of attitudes about research participation
Jana-Lee Penney
Mentor:Dr. Regina Kahknovets, Department of Psychology

Symposium Award Winners
First Place

Leah Hayden

Mentor

Dr. Pryce Haddix

Second Place

Jana-Lee Penney

Mentor

Dr. Regina Kakhnovets

Third Place

Jeleria Williams and Lacey Mims

Mentor

Dr. Chelsea Ward

Honorable Mentions

Misty Guy, Shivam Patel, Falon Down

Mentor

Dr. Robert Estes

Alysha Myers

Mentor

Dr. Pia Knigge

Undergraduate Research Symposium 2009
Top Paper Award Winner

Interactions of the Complement System of the Anuran, Bufo marinus with Leukocytes.
Haley Deal, Iral Patel, Jonathan Wolfe
Mentor: Chelsea Ward, department of Biology.

Poster Symposium Award Winners
First Place

Iesha Barnes

Mentor

Dr. Ben Okeke and Dr. Sue Thomson

Second Place

Jana-Jonathan Hendrix, Allie Wilson, Holly Loving, Shaneka Huguley, Shaunee Tillery

Mentor

Ms. Virginia Hughes

Third Place

Brittany Miller and Stephanie Homan

Dr. Steven LoBello

Dr. Chelsea Ward

Oral Symposium Award Winners
First Place

Haley Deal, Iral Patel, and Jonathan Wolfe

Mentor

Dr. Chelsea Ward

Second Place

James Hause

Mentor

Dr. Pete Haddix

Third Place

Kaori Knights, Matt Atchison, Ariel Holway, LaTressha Roberson

Mentor

Dr. Chelsea Ward

Undergraduate Research Symposium 2008
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