Previous Recipients
2024-2025
Julian Alwakeel | “Calcium Carbonate Formation Below the Groundwater Table in Response to Tree Transpiration” | Chemical Geology
Adriana Yndart Arias | “Cannabidiol, A Plant-Derived Compound, is an Emerging Strategy for Treating Cognitive Impairments: Comprehensive Reviews of Randomized Trials” | Frontiers in Pharmacology-Neuropharmacology
Anastassia Cafatti | “Predictors of Homework Engagement in Internet-Delivered Parent-Child Interaction Therapy for Children with Developmental; Delay: What About Acculturation and Enculturation?” | Frontiers-Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, section Child Mental Health and Interventions
Benjamin Deloso | “Missouri Botanical Garden’s Cycad Collection: A Journey Through Time” | Plant Species Biology
Preyojon Dey | “Trophic Transfer and Bioaccumulation of Nanoplastics in Coryphaena Hippurus and Effect of Depuration” | PLOS ONE
Alexander Eden |“Validating an Instrument for Measuring Community Cultural Wealth with Biology Majors at a Hispanic Serving Institution” | Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education
Anna Fache | “State-Level Renewable Energy Policies in the USA: A Comparative Study” | Energies
Sajad Farrokhi | “Reliable Peak Detection and Feature Extraction for Wireless Electrocardiograms” | Computers in Biology and Medicine
Adrian Figueroa | “Precipitation Drives Frugivory in a Subtropical Generalist Herbivore, the Gopher Tortoise, and Alters its Functional Role as a Seed Disperser” | Ecology and Evolution
Cassandra Fuller | “Online, Bottom-up Characterization of Histone H4 4-17 Isomers” | Analytical Chemistry
Michelle Karpinsky | “Exploring Canine Olfactory Generalization Using Odor Profile Fractions From Native Crude Oils” | PLOS ONE
Sandra Koi | “Citizen Science Engagement Reveals Patterns Of Long Term Persistence Of An At Risk Butterfly In Three Metropolitan Centers” | Journal for Nature Conservation
Nick Kukuk | “The Black Pearl of Lezama: A Content Analysis of Racialized and Stereotypical Media Presentations of Inak Williams in El Correo and Marca” | International Journal of Critical Cultural Studies
Anil Lama | “Role Of Nitrogen And Helium Gases On Microstructure And Anisotropic Mechanical Properties Of Cold Sprayed Scalmalloy Deposits” | Journal of Materials Research and Technology
Arpan Mahara |“Automated Road Extraction from Satellite Imagery Integrating Dense Depthwise Dilated Separable Spatial Pyramid Pooling with DeepLabV3+” | Applied Sciences
Md Jueal Mia | “A Secure Object Detection Technique For Intelligent Transportation Systems” | IEEE Open Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems
Samuel Miller | “Gas-Phase Structures Of Fucosylated Oligosaccharides: Alkali Metal And Halogen Influences” | Journal of Physical Chemistry
Asad Mirza | “Computational Model For Early-Stage Aortic Valve Calcification Shows Hemodynamic Biomarkers” | Bioengineering
Osmani Novoa | “The Public Health Implications of a Leaking Fire Backflow Preventer” | American Journal of Public Health – AJPH
Ivan Oyege | “Deep Learning Applications for Real Time and Early Detection of Fall Armyworm, African Armyworm, and Maize Stem Borer” | Machine Learning with Applications
Ebru Ozer | “Climate Stressors and Adaption Strategies Using Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) Systems in Urban Areas: Improving Design and Functionality” | City and Environment Interactions
Blanca Palacios | “In-situ Observation of Twinning and Grain Rotation Assisted Deformation in Wire-Arc Direct Energy Deposited (WDED) Single Phase Titanium” | Journal of Materials Research and Technology
Hector Peguero | “Well-being is an Obstacle for the Community: Latinx TGGD Perceptions of Well-being During Covid-19 Pandemic” | Behavioral Sciences
Rahmina Rubaiat | “Exploring Speech Biosignatures for Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurodegeneration: A Pilot Machine Learning Study” | JMIR Neurotechnology
Rishabh Sahani | “2D/3D Heterostructure Halide Perovskite Thin Films Through an Innovative Spray-Deposition of Bulky Organic Cation-Containing Ammonium Salts” | Advanced Materials Interfaces
Rajib Kumar Shil | “Galectin-9 – Ligand Axis: An Emerging Therapeutic Target For Multiple Myeloma” | Frontiers in Immunology, section Cancer Immunity & Immunotherapy
Miguel Valencia | “Septic Return Flow Pathlines, Endpoints, And Flows Based On The Urban Miami Dade Groundwater Model” | Groundwater
2023-2024
Jake Carrier | “Lignin-Based Platform as a Potential Low-Cost Sorbent for the Direct Air Capture of CO” | ACS Environmental AU
Stormie Collins | “The Language of Light: A Review of Bioluminescence in Deep Sea Decapod Shrimps” | Biological Reviews
Carlos Desme | “Individual Differences in Emerging Adults’ Spatial Abilities: What Role do Affective Factors Play?” | Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications
Beatriz Herrera | “Agranular Frontal Cortical Microcircuit Underlying Performance Monitoring in Macaques” | Frontiers in Neural Circuits
Zain Hussein | “High -Pressure High-Temperature Synthesis of NdRe2” | Frontiers in Chemistry
Arpan Mahara | “Multi-Spectral Band-Aware Generation of Satellite Images Across Domains Using Generative Adversarial Networks and Contrastive Learning | Remote Sens
Marissa Pokharel | “Inflammatory Lung Injury is Associated with Endothelial Cell Mitochondrial Fission and Requires the Nitration of RhoA and Cytoskeletal Remodeling” | Free Radical Biology and Medicine
Melorina Dolafi Rezaee | “Structural, Electrical, and Optical Properties of SWCNTs Synthesized through Floating Catalyst Chemical Vapor Deposition | Nanomaterials
Andres Rodriguez | “Tissue Mimicking Materials and Finger Phantom Design for Pulse Oximetry” | Biomedical Optics Express
Joseph Souchak | “Galectins as Molecular Intermediaries Between Circulating Cells and Vascular Endothelium | Frontiers in Immunology – Cancer Immunity and Immunotherapy