Students Earn Honors at Graduate Research Symposium

Students from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences earned top honors for their research at UNC Charlotte’s 15th annual Graduate Research Symposium, held in April, 2015  in the J. Murrey Atkins Library.  This student-run conference showcased current student research taking place at UNC Charlotte.  First-place winners each received $800.

In the Physical Science Category, V Sombatsaphay, a biology doctoral student, earned first place for a paper titled  “Phylogenetic diversity, developmental expression and salinity-induced expression of aquaporins in the estuarine anemone Nematostella vectensis.”

In the Physical Science Category, two students in the College tied for first place for their posters. They are Jason Case, a doctoral student in optical science and engineering, for “Ehanced Mid IR detection of breast cancer development in vivo” and Joshua Huot, a biology doctoral student, for “WNT and notch crosstalk in aged muscle following downhill running.

In the Health Category, Coline Dony, a geography doctoral student, received first-place honors fro her paper “Spatial accessibility to public parks in Mecklenberg County, NC: comparison by travel mode.”

The Graduate Research Symposium seeks to provide an inclusive and competitive environment for UNC Charlotte students to present their work. This year’s theme, “Learning Across Disciplines,” emphasized the interdisciplinary nature of the symposium, where research from all fields is made accessible to attendees.