Come see this year's Grad Slam in-person competitors present their work for a diverse, non-specialist audience.

The preliminary rounds are open to the public via Zoom. You will receive an email with the online event link after registering.

To see the full schedule of talks, please click on the Schedule tab.

Register here.

Schedule

Information last updated on March 21, 2024.

Preliminary Round 1 March 26 - 9 to 10:15 AM

• Sarah Blomquist, Nutritional Science
• Sydney Beckmann, American Indian Studies GIDP
• Diheng Zhang, Psychology
• Mary Ahern, Nutrition
• Andrew Lichter, Philosophy
• Samiha Matin, English Literature
• Tung Phung, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
• Randy Chou, Nutritional Sciences and Wellness
• Sawsan Wehbi, Genetics
• Ingrid Peterson, Toxicology and Pharmacology

Preliminary Round 2 March 26 - 11 AM to 12:15 PM

• Brock Hay, Clinical Translational Sciences
• Rachel Wesenberg, Public Health
• Kashyap Nadendla, Data Science
• Athip Thirupathi Raj, Aerospace Engineering and Electrical Engineering
• Spencer Yeager, Chemistry
• Nate Choukas, Clinical Psychology
• Katherine Gaia Barbaree, Language Reading and Culture - Early Childhood Education

Preliminary Round 3 March 26 - 2 PM to 3:15 PM

• Justin Palmer, Psychology
• Deandra Jones, Wildlife Conservation and Management
• Noah Simmons, Classics - Archaeology
• Tomasz Wlodarczyk, Environmental Science
• Alexandra Bacall , Philosophy
• Sankha Subhra Mahanti, Geosciences
• Sydni Fomas Do, Marketing
• Kara Miller , Pharmacology and Toxicology
• Vanessa Macamo, Special Education

Preliminary Round 4 March 26 - 4 PM to 5:15 PM

• Blake Caldarera, Landscape Architecture
• Nathalia Vega, Planetary Sciences
• Joseph Adams, Pharmaceutics
• Gerardo Figueroa, Biomedical Engineering
• Carlos Garcia Ramirez, Special Education
• LaCher Pacheco, Teaching, Learning, & Sociocultural Studies - Children's and Young Adult Literature
• Daniel Montez, Communication
• Amanda B. Chatterton, Optical Sciences

Preliminary Round 5 March 26 - 6 PM to 7:15 PM

• Rabeya Akter Tripty, Architecture
• Taylor Foerster , Communication and Natural Resources
• Rachael Hinkel, Epidemiology
• Tamutswa Mahari, Communication
• Devanshi Shukla, Neuroscience GIDP
• Justina Bonaventura, Optical Sciences
• Anna Roche, Physics

Preliminary Round 6 March 27 - 9 AM to 10:15 AM

• Jasmine Acosta, Agricultural Education
• Jessica Schachtner, Clinical Psychology
• Taren McGray, Health Behavior and Health Promotion
• Mruthyunjay Kubendran Sumathi, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
• Allison Yang, Animal and Compative Biomedical Sciences
• Barbora Vagnerova, Medical Pharmacology
• Felipe Davis Polk, Physiological Sciences
• Raleigh Addington, Public Health - One Health and Latin American Studies
• Sayanangshu Modak, Geography
• William Carson, Public Health

Preliminary Round 7 March 27 - 11 AM to 12:15 PM

• Elaheh Hayati, Physics and Astronomy
• Aurea Cunanan, Public Health
• Heather Gahler, Communication
• Elise Otto, Geography
• Woody March-Steinman, Applied Mathematics
• Uloma Beauty Elvis-Offiah, Physiology
• Elia Bueno, Human Development and Family Science
• Sadaf Raoufi, Computer Science
• Haris Riaz, Computer Science
• Manas Buchade, Management Information Systems

Preliminary Round 8 March 27 - 2 PM to 3:15 PM

• Rabeya Akter Tripty, Architecture
• Marcel Hudiani, Mathematics
• Yunjia Yang, Applied Intercultural Arts Research
• Anna Marcucci, Communication
• Anesu Samuel Masango, Clinical Translational Sciences
• Alexandro Salomón Escamilla, Education
• Saiful Islam Salim, Computer Science
• Robert Acio Benitez, Anthropology
• Milad Hasankhani, Nutritional Sciences

Preliminary Round 9 March 27 - 4 PM to 5:15 PM

• Mateo Pomilia, Native American Languages and Linguistics
• Meredith Brewer, Public Health
• Jillian Peterson, Dance
• Enrique Olivares-Pelayo, Geography
• Mudith Weerabaddanage, Geoscience
• Nelisha Gray, Language, Reading, and Culture
• Brianna Fulp, Education
• Lady Dorothy Elli, Public Health
• Alejandra Acedo , Public Administration
• Alexander Cloudt, American Politics

Preliminary Round 10 March 27 - 6 PM to 7:15 PM

• Ashkan Khanishayan, Clinical Translational Sciences
• Wanjiru Kamau-Devers, Medical Pharmacology
• Rollie Grinder, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
• Alexandra Jaeger, Business Administration
• Taylor Simmons, Environmental Health Sciences
• Ang Li, Educational Psychology
• Jiayi Wang, Music Education
• Mourad Abdennebi, Second Language Acquisition
• Danielle Johnson, Pharmacology and Toxicology