calendar-with-clock-icon-uc-santa-barbara Friday, February 27th, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm
location-icon-uc-santa-barbara Student Resource Building, Multipurpose Room

Presenters:

Kara Dunn (Earth & Biological Sciences)
"Boosting the Brain's Cleanup Crew to Protect Memory"

Marianna Karagiannis (Earth & Biological Sciences)
"When Sugars Stink and Carbon Sinks: The Role of Sulfur in Marine Carbon Burial"

Jennifer Lai (Earth & Biological Sciences)
"Understanding How Visual Information is Extracted for Navigation"

Felipe Rojas Vilches (Earth & Biological Sciences)
"Where is Water Coming From? Tracing Water Sources in Volcanoes Using New Isotope Sampling"

Cristhian Salas (Earth & Biological Sciences)
"Deep Signals: What Earthquakes Tell Us About the Deep Earth"

Michaela Sten (Earth & Biological Sciences)
"Carbon Collab: Where Should We Grow Seaweed to Mitigate Climate Change?"

Judges:

Our esteemed judges for this round are:

  • Kohanya Groff, Ph.D. (Anthropologist)

  • Anika Kitson (Associate Director of Disabled Student Services)

  • Enri Lala (Internal Vice President of the Associated Students)

  • Kate McDonald (Associate Professor in the History Department)

  • Emile Morin (Ph.D. Candidate in Organic Chemistry)