by Whitney Harder
(Dec. 18, 2014) — Thirteen ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú students took home top honors at the Kentucky Academy of Science 100th Annual Meeting in November, where hundreds of undergraduate and graduate students from Kentucky colleges and universities participated in research competitions.
Winners included graduate and undergraduates from the , , , and .
Graduate oral presentations:
- Congming Zou, a doctoral candidate in from Chongqing, China, won first place in agricultural sciences;
- William Witt, a graduate student in from Lexington, won first place in anthropology and sociology;
- Xinyi Zhang, a doctoral candidate in from Beijing, China, won second place in cellular and molecular biology;
- Zhaoshuai Wang, a doctoral candidate in chemistry from Tianjin, China, won third place in cellular and molecular biology;
- Trenede M. Garrison, a doctoral candidate in from Lexington, won second place in geology;
- Qian Chai, a graduate student in chemistry from Lexington, won first place in physiology and biochemistry; and
- Yuechen Zhu, doctoral candidate in from Suzhou, China, won third place in physiology and biochemistry.
Undergraduate oral presentations:
- Heidi Vollrath, a and senior from De Pere, Wisconsin, won first place in anthropology and sociology;
- Kelly Snowden, a junior from Gibsonia, Pennsylvania, won second place in anthropology and sociology;
- Holden Hemingway, a biology sophomore with a minor in psychology from Tiffin, Ohio, won third place in anthropology and sociology;
- Michael Bale, a chemistry and senior with a minor in from Dayton, Ohio, won second place in cellular and molecular biology; and
- Jerrad Grider, a geological sciences senior from Jamestown, Kentucky, won second place in geology.
Undergraduate poster presentations:
- Samuel Potter, a member of the and and biology senior with a minor in , from Pikeville, Kentucky, won third place in science education.
More than 800 scientists and students attended the centennial meeting. In addition to student presentations, attendees also had the opportunity to hear from UK professors , biology, and , . Kristen McQuerry, project manager for the and student in the , Neil Moore, a bioinformatician in the Department of Computer Science, and former UK President Lee Todd Jr. also spoke at the event.
The Kentucky Academy of Science encourages scientific research, promotes the diffusion of scientific knowledge and unifies the scientific interests of the Commonwealth. Faculty, staff and students of the ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú may become members of the Kentucky Academy of Science at no cost, thanks to .