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First Place: Hannah Ericson (Genetics) – Catalyzing Change: What Helps Department Heads Be Successful?
Runner Up: Jordan Parker (Comparative Biomedical Sciences) – Stem Cells In: The Journey to Sites of Injury
People’s Choice: Viviana Bravo (Odum School of Ecology) – Tiny Clues, Big Discoveries: Harnessing Envirionmental DNA to Study Macroinvertebrates Communities
Finalists:
- Viviana Bravo – Odum School of Ecology, “Tiny Clues, Big Discoveries: Harnessing Environmental DNA to Study Macroinvertebrates Communities”
- Keiko Bridwell – Department of Linguistics, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, “The Influence of Culture, Community, an d Identity on Individual Southern Accents”
- Hanna Ericson – Department of Genetics, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, “Catalyzing Change: What Helps Department Heads Be Successful?”
- Jouman Hassan – Department of Food Science and Technology, Center for Food Safety, College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences, “Dangerous Liasons: Antibiotic Resistance Genes and Seafood”
- Abarna Murugan – Comparative Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, “The Road to Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease”
- Jordan Parker – Comparative Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, “Stem Cells In: The Journey to Sites of Injury”
- Colin Peterson – Odum School of Ecology, “Cultivating Avian Conservation in Paddy Fields in Madagascar”
- Rachel Rackers – Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Genomics, College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences, “Plant Powered Planes: Harnessing Biofuel Sorghum for Sustainable Aviation”
- Breanna Timani – Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, “Zika: Coming to a Neighborhood Near You”
- Mikaela Warner – Department of English, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, “Henry VIII and Disability Studies”