{"id":628,"date":"2024-04-19T15:05:57","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T20:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/scimath\/?p=628"},"modified":"2024-04-19T15:05:57","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T20:05:57","slug":"biology-and-chemistry-students-recognized-at-muw-undergraduate-research-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/scimath\/news\/biology-and-chemistry-students-recognized-at-muw-undergraduate-research-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Biology and Chemistry Students Recognized at MUW Undergraduate Research Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The 2024 MUW Undergraduate Research Conference was held on Fri 12 April. Students from the Dept. of Sciences and Mathematics were well-represented with presentations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following undergraduate Biology and Chemistry majors won prizes at the conference:<br>Best Oral Presentation: <strong>Maggie Taylor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/scimath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/04\/Taylor_presenting.jpeg\" alt=\"Maggie Taylor presenting her research.\" class=\"wp-image-630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/scimath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/04\/Taylor_presenting.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/scimath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/04\/Taylor_presenting-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"965\" src=\"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/scimath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/04\/Ayoolawa_Maggie_Taylor_win-1024x965.jpg\" alt=\"Ayooluwa Ilesanmi and Maggie Taylor.\" class=\"wp-image-632\" style=\"width:448px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/scimath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/04\/Ayoolawa_Maggie_Taylor_win-1024x965.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/scimath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/04\/Ayoolawa_Maggie_Taylor_win-300x283.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/scimath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/04\/Ayoolawa_Maggie_Taylor_win-768x724.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/scimath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/04\/Ayoolawa_Maggie_Taylor_win-1536x1448.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/scimath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/04\/Ayoolawa_Maggie_Taylor_win-2048x1930.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Best Long term work, 2nd place: <strong>Ayooluwa Ilesanmi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"835\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/scimath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/04\/Ayyolawa_win-835x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Ayooluwa Ilesanmi with her award.\" class=\"wp-image-631\" style=\"width:342px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/scimath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/04\/Ayyolawa_win-835x1024.jpg 835w, https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/scimath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/04\/Ayyolawa_win-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/scimath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/04\/Ayyolawa_win-768x942.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/scimath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/04\/Ayyolawa_win-1253x1536.jpg 1253w, https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/scimath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/04\/Ayyolawa_win-1670x2048.jpg 1670w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 835px) 100vw, 835px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Best Poster Presentation, 1st place: <strong>Zarin Raya<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/scimath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/04\/Zarin_Raya_poster-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Zarin Raya at her award-winning poster.\" class=\"wp-image-633\" style=\"width:559px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/scimath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/04\/Zarin_Raya_poster-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/scimath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/04\/Zarin_Raya_poster-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/scimath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/04\/Zarin_Raya_poster-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/scimath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/04\/Zarin_Raya_poster-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/scimath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/04\/Zarin_Raya_poster-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Best Poster Presentation, 2nd place: <strong>McKenzie Middleton<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/scimath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/04\/Middleton.jpeg\" alt=\"McKenzie Middleton presenting her award-winning poster.\" class=\"wp-image-634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/scimath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/04\/Middleton.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/scimath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/04\/Middleton-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Best Proposal, part of a three-way tie for 1st place  <strong>Biraj Adhikari<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/scimath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/04\/Biraj_Adhikari_poster-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"BIraj Adhikari presenting his award-winning proposal.\" class=\"wp-image-635\" style=\"width:573px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/scimath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/04\/Biraj_Adhikari_poster-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/scimath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/04\/Biraj_Adhikari_poster-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/scimath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/04\/Biraj_Adhikari_poster-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/scimath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/04\/Biraj_Adhikari_poster-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/scimath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/04\/Biraj_Adhikari_poster-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Best Proposal, 2nd place: <strong>Wilfrid Hufton<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/scimath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/04\/Hufton_poster.jpeg\" alt=\"Billy Hufton preseting his poster.\" class=\"wp-image-637\" style=\"width:608px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/scimath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/04\/Hufton_poster.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/scimath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/04\/Hufton_poster-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations to all the winners.<br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2024 MUW Undergraduate Research Conference was held on Fri 12 April. Students from the Dept. of Sciences and Mathematics were well-represented with presentations. 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