November 7, 2025
from 2-5 pm
in the UC Ballroom
Event schedule:
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2:00 – 2:15 pm: Opening Remarks with Dean LaCourse
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2:15 – 3:15 pm: Lightning Round Talks
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3:15 – 3:30 pm: Coffee Break
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3:30 – 4:15 pm: Poster Session 1
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4:15 – 5:00 pm: Poster Session 2
Lightning Round Talks
Lightning talks are short speeches that differ from traditional conference presentations. Each speaker gets five minutes and must use a limited number of PowerPoint slides (1-5 slides). The main goal is to spark new conversations and collaborations across disciplines with fast-paced presentations.
This year’s presenters:
Presenter: Lara Scott
Department: Mathematics and Statistics PhD student
Advisor: Bradford Peercy
Title of talk: Agent-Based Modeling of Clustered Cell Migration in Drosophila Egg Chambers
Presenter: Megha Pandya
Department: Biological Sciences PhD student
Advisor: Achuth Padmanabhan
Title of talk: Oncogenic Role of ADCK5 is Dependent on the p53 Status of Ovarian Cancer Cells
Presenter: Peng Yan
Department: Chemistry & Biochemistry PhD student
Advisor: Joseph Bennett
Title of talk: Data and Machine Learning Enabled Discovery of Two-Dimensional van der Waals Layered Materials for SWaP Sensor Development
Presenter: Lizbeth Joy Tan
Department: Physics PhD student
Advisor: Eileen Meyer
Title of talk: Optical Jets From Quasars With Significant Radio-Optical Positional Offsets
Presenter: Sean Ravel
Department: Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology (IMET) Master’s student
Advisor: Yonathan Zohar
Title of talk: Shedding Light on Early Maturation: The Effect of Irradiance on Sexual Maturation of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo Salar) in Land-Based Aquaculture
Presenter: Muhammad Jali Ahmad
Department: Mathematics and Statistics PhD student
Advisors: Animikh Biswas and Kathleen Hoffman
Title of talk: Parameter Sensitivity, Identifiability, and Estimation of the Lorenz System
Presenter: Andrew Wolff
Department: Biological Sciences Postdoc
Advisor: Daniel Lobo
Title of talk: Planarian shape dynamics during regeneration and degrowth
Poster Presentations
Our goal is to offer a welcoming environment where you can display your research project and engage with fellow students. If your project is still in the early stages of the research process, you are welcome to present your research proposal, current plans, or any initial findings.
See the 2025 poster presenters here.
Attendees
We kindly ask that non-presenter attendees register so that we have an idea of how many may be attending and to contact you with any updates or schedule changes:
Registration Form