Ninth Annual Postdoctoral Research Symposium

On Friday, June 9, 2017 the Graduate School's Office of Postdoctoral Scholars hosted the Ninth Annual Postdoctoral Scholars Research Symposium.

About the Postdoctoral Research Symposium

The Postdoctoral Research Symposium showcases the research done by postdoctoral scholars through a research abstract/poster competition and a three-minute oral presentation competition. The top three abstract/poster presentations and the top two three-minute presentations are recognized at the event.

The annual Distinguished Postdoc Mentor Award is also given at this event.

Winners

Distinguished Postdoc Mentor Award Winners:

Gregory G. Homish, associate professor, community health and health behavior
Wenyao Xu, assistant professor, computer science and engineering

Three-Minute Presentation Winners:

First Place: Rama Dey-Rao, dermatology
Second Place: Yingying Xie, geography

Poster Competition Winners:

First Place: Kimberly Kamper-DeMarco, Research Institute on Addictions
Second Place: Andrew Schwartz, chemistry
Third Place: Guojian Zhang, chemical and biological engineering

Event Photos

Guojian Zhang (far left) presents his poster to Xiaozhuo Liu. In the foreground, Ken Wakabayashi (blue plaid) speaks with R. Lorraine Collins.

Malta Feja, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, talks about his poster.

Siavash Sedghi, Department of Anesthesiology, talks about his poster.

Marie Saitou, Department of Biological Sciences, talks with her mentor, Dr. Omer Gokcumen, in front of her poster.

An overview of the poster presentation.

The presentation judges pose for a photo at the conclusion of the presentations.

Dr. Luis Colón welcomes everyone to the symposium.

The program cover for the Ninth Annual Postdoctoral Research Symposium.

Dr. Graham Hammill presents the 2017 Distinguished Postdoc Mentor Award.

Dr. Gregory Homish (left) accepts the 2017 Distinguished Postdoc Mentor Award from Dr. Graham Hammill.

Kanika Bansal, Department of Mathematics, presenting her poster titled "Data-driven Models of Brain Dynamics to Predict Individual Differences in Cognition".