114th Technical Meeting of the Oklahoma Academy of Science
Collegiate Academy Awards (2025)
Outstanding Undergraduate Oral Presentation Awards (by section)
Section A: Biological Sciences - Botany
REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE BASED ON SALIX NIGRA HERBARIUM COLLECTION. Michael Sherwood, Seth Brecheen, Denna Bussinger, Dakota Cao, Caden Elizalde, Amy Howard, Emree Hutchens, Grace Scott-Lang, and Elissa Yardy (East Central University).
Section A: Biological Sciences - Zoology
DIVERGENCE IS SIK3 OF DROSOPHILA SPECIES. Jadie Brister1, Lainy Lewis1, Lindsey J. Long1, and Laura Reed2 (1Oklahoma Christian University; 2Genomics Education Program-University of Alabama).
Section C: Physical Sciences
INVESTIGATING ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES OF OOBLECK. Chance Krueger (East Central University).
Section G: Applied Ecology & Conservation
SURVEY OF THE ASSEMBLAGE OF DUNG BEETLES IN CIMARRON COUNTY, OKLAHOMA AND THE EFFICACY OF TWO DUNG TYPES AS BAIT. Byron Ross1, Sue Fairbanks2, Mary Liz Jameson3, and George Wang1 (1East Central University; 2Oklahoma State University; 3Wichita State University).
Section H: Microbiology
INVESTIGATING E. COLI MECHANISMS FOR POTENTIAL THERAPIES IN BLADDER CANCER. Shane Holmes, Alejandro Lopez, and Janaki Iyer (Northeastern State University).
Section I: Engineering Sciences
LABORATORY INVESTIGATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ON COSMIC RAY CASCADES. Elena Gregg, Pavel Navitski, Wesley Klehm, Gabriel Pendell, Kolby Mostrom, Prem Thannickal, and John McLaughlin (Oral Roberts University).
Section J: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
FUNGAL ESTROGENS: EXPLORING PHALLUS IMPUDICUS AS A NOVEL MODULATOR OF ESTROGEN RECEPTOR SIGNALING. Anna Wilson (Oral Roberts University).
Section L: Mathematics, Statistics, & Computer Science
STEPS TO SUCCESS: HOW WELLNESS DRIVES FLOURISHING. Duoduo Cai, Emily Walz, Ella Howard, Kennedy Seggelke, Chloe Winkler, Myra Bloom, Scarlet Jost, Andrew Lang, Nancy Mankin, Philip Nelson, and Enrique Valderrama (Oral Roberts University).
Section M: Environmental Sciences
EVALUATING SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES ON OKLAHOMA SOILS: THE ROLE OF BIOCHAR AMENDMENTS. MaKayla Friend, Jonathan Medellin, Nimalka Weerasuriya, and Benedicte Bachelot (Oklahoma State University - Stillwater).
Section N: Biomedical Sciences
EXPOSURE TO ‘ALTERNATIVE’ FLAME RETARDANTS ALTERS RAT AORTIC SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL FUNCTION IN VITRO AND DECREASES HEART RATE IN OVO. Alex Webb, Melville Vaughan, Austin Aduddell, Matthew Roberts, and Christopher G. Goodchild (University of Central Oklahoma).
Outstanding Undergraduate Paper
FUNGAL ESTROGENS: EXPLORING PHALLUS IMPUDICUS AS A NOVEL MODULATOR OF ESTROGEN RECEPTOR SIGNALING. Anna Wilson (Oral Roberts University).
Outstanding Undergraduate Poster
MECHANISMS OF HEME IRON ACQUISITION IN MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS. Trevor Hensley, Taylor Menard, Emilyn Rainbolt, and Avishek Mitra (Oklahoma State University - Stillwater).
Best Graduate Paper of Academy
ABUNDANCE GRADIENT OF INVASIVE BOTHRIOCHLOA ISCHAEMUM IN A MIXED-GRASS PRAIRIE: VARYING IMPACTS ACROSS LEVELS OF ECOLOGICAL ORGANIZATION. Emani Rust, Caitlin Hodges, Xiangming Xiao, Heather McCarthy, and Lara Souza (University of Oklahoma).
Outstanding Graduate Poster
A PRECIPITATION-DRIVEN MICROBIAL SHIFT: BACTERIAL VS FUNGAL CORRELATES OF CARBON STORAGE IN OKLAHOMA FORESTS. Rustem Fatih Albayrak (Oklahoma State University - Stillwater).
Section A: Biological Sciences - Botany
REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE BASED ON SALIX NIGRA HERBARIUM COLLECTION. Michael Sherwood, Seth Brecheen, Denna Bussinger, Dakota Cao, Caden Elizalde, Amy Howard, Emree Hutchens, Grace Scott-Lang, and Elissa Yardy (East Central University).
Section A: Biological Sciences - Zoology
DIVERGENCE IS SIK3 OF DROSOPHILA SPECIES. Jadie Brister1, Lainy Lewis1, Lindsey J. Long1, and Laura Reed2 (1Oklahoma Christian University; 2Genomics Education Program-University of Alabama).
Section C: Physical Sciences
INVESTIGATING ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES OF OOBLECK. Chance Krueger (East Central University).
Section G: Applied Ecology & Conservation
SURVEY OF THE ASSEMBLAGE OF DUNG BEETLES IN CIMARRON COUNTY, OKLAHOMA AND THE EFFICACY OF TWO DUNG TYPES AS BAIT. Byron Ross1, Sue Fairbanks2, Mary Liz Jameson3, and George Wang1 (1East Central University; 2Oklahoma State University; 3Wichita State University).
Section H: Microbiology
INVESTIGATING E. COLI MECHANISMS FOR POTENTIAL THERAPIES IN BLADDER CANCER. Shane Holmes, Alejandro Lopez, and Janaki Iyer (Northeastern State University).
Section I: Engineering Sciences
LABORATORY INVESTIGATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ON COSMIC RAY CASCADES. Elena Gregg, Pavel Navitski, Wesley Klehm, Gabriel Pendell, Kolby Mostrom, Prem Thannickal, and John McLaughlin (Oral Roberts University).
Section J: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
FUNGAL ESTROGENS: EXPLORING PHALLUS IMPUDICUS AS A NOVEL MODULATOR OF ESTROGEN RECEPTOR SIGNALING. Anna Wilson (Oral Roberts University).
Section L: Mathematics, Statistics, & Computer Science
STEPS TO SUCCESS: HOW WELLNESS DRIVES FLOURISHING. Duoduo Cai, Emily Walz, Ella Howard, Kennedy Seggelke, Chloe Winkler, Myra Bloom, Scarlet Jost, Andrew Lang, Nancy Mankin, Philip Nelson, and Enrique Valderrama (Oral Roberts University).
Section M: Environmental Sciences
EVALUATING SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES ON OKLAHOMA SOILS: THE ROLE OF BIOCHAR AMENDMENTS. MaKayla Friend, Jonathan Medellin, Nimalka Weerasuriya, and Benedicte Bachelot (Oklahoma State University - Stillwater).
Section N: Biomedical Sciences
EXPOSURE TO ‘ALTERNATIVE’ FLAME RETARDANTS ALTERS RAT AORTIC SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL FUNCTION IN VITRO AND DECREASES HEART RATE IN OVO. Alex Webb, Melville Vaughan, Austin Aduddell, Matthew Roberts, and Christopher G. Goodchild (University of Central Oklahoma).
Outstanding Undergraduate Paper
FUNGAL ESTROGENS: EXPLORING PHALLUS IMPUDICUS AS A NOVEL MODULATOR OF ESTROGEN RECEPTOR SIGNALING. Anna Wilson (Oral Roberts University).
Outstanding Undergraduate Poster
MECHANISMS OF HEME IRON ACQUISITION IN MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS. Trevor Hensley, Taylor Menard, Emilyn Rainbolt, and Avishek Mitra (Oklahoma State University - Stillwater).
Best Graduate Paper of Academy
ABUNDANCE GRADIENT OF INVASIVE BOTHRIOCHLOA ISCHAEMUM IN A MIXED-GRASS PRAIRIE: VARYING IMPACTS ACROSS LEVELS OF ECOLOGICAL ORGANIZATION. Emani Rust, Caitlin Hodges, Xiangming Xiao, Heather McCarthy, and Lara Souza (University of Oklahoma).
Outstanding Graduate Poster
A PRECIPITATION-DRIVEN MICROBIAL SHIFT: BACTERIAL VS FUNGAL CORRELATES OF CARBON STORAGE IN OKLAHOMA FORESTS. Rustem Fatih Albayrak (Oklahoma State University - Stillwater).
