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2021 Grad Slam Champion

Logan Kozal

Ecology, Evolution, & Marine Biology

Hot Dads and Super Moms? Musseling up against Marine Heatwaves

2021 Grad Slam Runners-up

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Danae Hernandez Cortes

Economics

Do Environmental Markets Cause Environmental Injustice? Evidence from California's Carbon Market

2021 Grad Slam Runners-up

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Deeksha Dangwal

Computer Science

Leave No Trace: Private System Design
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Nora Wolcott

Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology

From mice to men: interrogating the role of the hippocampus in Alzheimer's disease

2021 Grad Slam Finalists

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Viktoriya Babenko

The Mighty Stress of Modern Life, the Lion Sleeps Tonight
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Deeksha Dangwal

Computer Science

Leave No Trace: Private System Design
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Kelsey Dowdy

Ecology, Evolution, & Marine Biology

The song of the pain of the world: addressing landscape degradation through the weed Arundo donax
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Emily Hardison

Ecology, Evolution, & Marine Biology

Feeding Nemo
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Danae Hernandez Cortes

Economics

Do Environmental Markets Cause Environmental Injustice? Evidence from California's Carbon Market
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Nora Kassner

What Makes a Family?
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Greta Koumarianou

Chemistry

How to search for life on other planets
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Logan Kozal

Ecology, Evolution, & Marine Biology

Hot Dads and Super Moms? Musseling up against Marine Heatwaves
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Nora Wolcott

Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology

From mice to men: interrogating the role of the hippocampus in Alzheimer's disease
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Katelyn Zigner

Geography

Risk and Resilience: Identifying regions of high wildfire threat

2021 Grad Slam Presenters

Eun-Joo Ahn

Capitalist Astronomy: attaining a fuller picture of science

Brett Aho

Global Studies

Beyond Surveillance Capitalism: Data Governance Trajectories of the US, EU and China

Shashank Aswathanarayana

Media Arts & Technology

The Beautiful World of 3D Audio

Viktoriya Babenko

The Mighty Stress of Modern Life, the Lion Sleeps Tonight

Tannishtha Bhattacharjee

Shidol and a Gendered History of food and Migration in North East India

Anna Boser

Environmental Science & Management

West Nile virus risk maps from space

Kevin Brackett

Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology

Manipulating the Viral Genome

Soham Chowdhury

Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology

Decision Point: Preparing the Endoplasmic Reticulum for Cell Division

Jacqueline Comstock

Marine Science

Coral Reefs and Chlorophyll: Using bacteria to solve a 60 year old mystery

Tom Costigan

Organized Social Groups and the Supreme Court

Deeksha Dangwal

Computer Science

Leave No Trace: Private System Design

Violaine Desgens-Martin

Environmental Science & Management

Where do our Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products Go?

Cameron Dexter Torti

Education

Equitable Literacy Approaches in Education

Natalie Dornan

Marine Science

Elucidating the Seacrets of Seaweeds

Kelsey Dowdy

Ecology, Evolution, & Marine Biology

The song of the pain of the world: addressing landscape degradation through the weed Arundo donax

America Edwards

Communication

Some Pig: Communicating Biosecurity in the Swine Industry

Louis Graup

Environmental Science & Management

Snow Drought

Emily Hardison

Ecology, Evolution, & Marine Biology

Feeding Nemo

Chantel Haughton

Communication

Resilience in Interracial Relationships: Relationship Maintenance and Communal Orientation as Protection Against Network Stigma

Danae Hernandez Cortes

Economics

Do Environmental Markets Cause Environmental Injustice? Evidence from California's Carbon Market

Nora Kassner

What Makes a Family?

Vikram Khanna

Chemical Engineering

Digital Design of Crystals

Greta Koumarianou

Chemistry

How to search for life on other planets

Logan Kozal

Ecology, Evolution, & Marine Biology

Hot Dads and Super Moms? Musseling up against Marine Heatwaves

Jedrzej Kozerawski

Electrical & Computer Engineering

The Teachers of AI: How to Increase the Learning Efficiency

Natasha Krell

Geography

Using mobile phone surveys to monitor farmers' decisions in real-time

Athith Krishna

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Wide-Bandgap CMOS - Pathway towards next generation of electronics

Alexis Kunz

The Automated Compass: Did We Lose Our Way?

KE-CHU LEE

Mechanical Engineering

Koopman Analysis: a New Tool to Build a Flying Car

Michael Lloydhauser

Education

The Road Less Traveled: Teacher Education Pathways for Special Education Teachers

Rue Mansour

Education

Homeless Youth

Amara McCune

Physics

Particle Discovery with a Cosmological Collider

Cynthia McLeod

Communication

Black Twitter: Removing the Deficit

Ryan Minor

The Continuing Myth of Africa as the Dark Continent in Western culture.

Keene Morrow

Environmental Science & Management

Multiple Benefits of Local Clean Energy

Guillermo Najarro

Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology

Understanding Viral Control On The Unfolded Protein Response

Gordon Pace

Chemical Engineering

Glue That Conducts Too

Caroline Reilly

Materials

Transitioning to better transistors

Eugene Riordan Jr

Global Studies

Don't Be Too Nervous: Pornography, Anxiety, and You

Kirstin Rollins

Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology

How a mini-brain senses smells

Amir Tahmasebipour

Mechanical Engineering

micro 3D printing with sound science

Melvin Thomas

Chemistry

Sustainable reduction reactions in water (by replacing toxic solvents)

Jordan Tudisco

Comparative Literature

Transing Trauma -- How Seeing Trauma through a Trans Lens Can Improve Healing for All

Kaitlyn Ugoretz

Shinto in the Time of COVID-19

Rebecca Vincent

Materials

Better Batteries for a Carbon-Free Future

Krystal Vo

Chemistry

Life Under The Sun

Maharshi Vyas

Religious Studies

Are emotions rational? - Religious Conversions in Tribal India

Nora Wolcott

Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology

From mice to men: interrogating the role of the hippocampus in Alzheimer's disease

Madison Wong

Chemistry

Chemistry in Water

Madison Wong

Chemistry

Chemistry in Water

Kira Wyckoff

Materials

Batteries for a Sustainable Future

Katelyn Zigner

Geography

Risk and Resilience: Identifying regions of high wildfire threat