Research forum logo
Apr. 18, 2024

Congratulations to the award winners of the 26th Annual Graduate and Professional Student Association Research Forum! Listed below are the award winners of from the GPSA Awards, Podium, Creative Expression and Poster sessions respectively. Each of these winners will scholarship award for their achievements

 

GPSA AWARDS

Outstanding Mentor:

Dr. Lisa Bendixen & Dr. Edwin Oh

 

Distinguished Contribution Award:

Alissa Gardner & Jimmy Jones

 

Expanding the Knowledge Frontier Award:

Madison Dao-Whitten & Xiaowei Zhuang

 

Southern Nevada Community Impact Award:

Cheresa Taing & Kamilah Bywaters

 

The Best of UNLV Award:

Kristine Jan Espinoza

 

Podium Session Winners
Podium A
1st Clarice Cuda
2nd Katie Fisher (¡Katie B Funk!)
 
Podium Session B:
1st Patrick Brannan
2nd Myjae Maloy-Robertson
 
Podium D:
1st Leonardo Lopez-Cristobal
2nd Kamali'ilani Wetherell
 
Podium E:
1st  Todd Jenning  
2nd Bailey Way
 
Podium F
1st   Issac Berk
2nd Emma Letourneau
 
Podium G:
1st Kara Jones
2nd Jaimee Nix
 
Podium H:
1st Shangjia Zhang
2nd Fernando Licea
 
Podium I
1st Taylor Gerson
2nd Nasibeh Arabameri
 
Podium J
1st  Mattea Pezza
2nd Ching-Lan Chang
 
Podium N
1st Sarah Kazemeini
2nd  Samrawit Misiker
 
Podium O
1st Carlos Tkacz
2nd Leah Olson
 
Podium P
1st Keoni Castellano
2nd Whitney Mulaj
 
Podium Q
1st Dante Miller
2nd Esther Pla-Cazares & Maria Hermosillo
 
Podium R
1st Mayra Marquez-Mendez
2nd Monica Johnson
 
 
Creative Expression Winners
 
CE Session 1:
1st Leah Mell-Carrington
2nd Kayla Lockwood
 
CE Session 2:
1st Paige Borak
2nd Karla Lagunas
 
Poster Session Winners
 
Poster Session 1
1st Maegan Nation
2nd Miklo Alcala
 
Poster Session 2
1st Laurencia Bonsu
2nd Nikki Bennett
 
Poster Session 3
1st Justin Alvarez
2nd Randy Sterbentz
 
Poster Session 4
1st Bree Balsamo
2nd Lily Liu
 
Poster Session 5
1st Jennifer Fletcher
2nd Linnea Bacon
 
Poster Session 6
1st Carter Gehlken
2nd Samantha Pipkin
 
Poster Session 7
1st Robin Shrestha
2nd Yuzi Ji
 
Poster Session 8
1st Erin Dunn
2nd Margoth Rodriguez
 
Poster Session 9
1st Kaelia Lyn Saniatan
2nd Carli Barnum
 
Poster Session 10
1st David King
2nd Brandon Williams
 
Poster Session 11
1st Apoorva Chauhan
2nd Charlotte van der Nagel
 
Poster Session 12
1st Miles Mercer
2nd Sharlene Lim
 
Poster Session 13
1st Jacquelyn Fields
2nd Nicholas Strafa
 
Poster Session 14
1st Jake Johnson
2nd Stephanie Wang
 
Poster Session 16
1st Dayanira Lopez
2nd Adjoa Mensah
 
Poster Session 17
1st Madelyn Colbert
2nd Danna Shaw & Lesly Ruiz Jewel Granados
 
Poster Session 18
1st Grace Goodwin
2nd Jennifer Le
 
Poster Session 19
1st Savanna Vacek
2nd Ernesto Hernandez

 

Poster Session 20

1st Alanna Osmanski

2nd Stacey Moeller Juthapan