Congratulations to the following Postdocs for winning awards at the Graduate Student Union and Office for Postdoctoral Scholars 6th Annual Research Symposium!
From left to right: Haitao Wang, 2nd place in Engineering; Erin Grey, 2nd place in Science; Jessica Meixner, 1st place in Engineering; and Aaron Sheppard 1st place in Science.
Thanks to all the Postdocs who participated in the Symposium. They and their research topics are listed below.
ND Postdoc Participants
Name |
Department/Division |
Research Topic |
Aaron D. Sheppard - 1st Place Science | Biological Sciences/ Postdoc | Light-regulated blood-feeding behavior and a light phase response curve for the Anopheles gambiae malaria mosquito |
Erin K. Grey - 2nd Place Science | Environmental Change Initiative/Postdoc | Forecasting Ship-born Invasive Species |
Jessica Meixner - 1st Place Engineering | Engineering/Postdoc | Discontinuous Galerkin Methods for Spectral Wave/Circulation Modeling |
Haitao Wang - 2nd Place Engineering | CEEES/Postdoc | Wet chemical preparation of catalysts layers for growth vertical aligned carbon nanotube arrays |
Benxin Jing |
CBE/Postdoc |
Interaction of Ionic Liquids with Lipid Biomembrane: Implication from Supramolecular Assembly to Cytotoxicity |
Krishna Priya Arjunan, Sylwia Ptasinska | Radiation Research Lab/Postdoc | Surface Sterilization by Cold Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet |
John Cheriyan, Christina Mezes and Francis J. Castellino |
Science/ Postdoc |
Regulatory potential of the ligand binding region of NMDA receptor- New insights for possible therapeutics |
Claire Booyjzsen |
Science/Postdoc |
Streptococcus pyogenes strain A20: M1 or M23? |
Ian Sander |
Biological Sciences/Postdoc |
3D Printed Replicas of Patient Anatomy for Improved Outcomes in Sinus Surgery |
Jeffrey Mayfield |
Science/Postdoc |
Mutations in the Control of Virulence Sensor Gene from Streptococcus pyogenes After Infection in Mice Lead to Clonal Bacterial Variants With Altered Gene Regulatory Activity and Virulence |
Taebum Lee |
Engineering/Postdoc |
CO2 Capture Chemistry of Azolide-based Ionic Liquid |
Mariya Vyushkova, Evgenii Kalneus |
Science/Postdoc |
Optically Detected Electron Paramagnetic Resonance and Magnetically Affected Reaction Yield Spectra of Fluoroalkylarene Radical Anions |
Diego Fernando Echeverri-Garcia |
Biology/ Postdoc |
Prevalence of malaria and Glucose 6 Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency in the Western Province, Solomon Islands |
Sarbani Bhattacharya, Zhong Liang, Victoria A Ploplis, Francis J Castellino |
Science/Postdoc |
Characterization of Functional Components in PAM, a Group A Streptococcus Virulence Factor |
Houyu Zhu |
Engineering/Postdoc |
Theoretical insight into the Structure and Stability of Palladium/alumina Interface |