#1 Lois Akosua Serwaa (Grad) - Exploring the specificity of CTP in regulating ParB-mediated DNA compaction using ATP As Control

#2 Cesar H. Morales Alba (UG) - Cadmium Interaction with Synapse Associated Protein 102’s N-Terminus and Its Effects on Postsynaptic Mechanisms

#1 Shikha Bharti (Grad) - EFFECT OF DROUGHT AND HEAT STRESS ON TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION IN SORGHUM 

#2 Ngozichukwu Francis Ngozichukwu (Grad) - Effects of Elevated Temperature on Histological Alterations and Protein Expressions in the Kidney of Goldfish (Carassius auratus)

#3 Javier Ramos Jr (Grad) - Investigating the role of small RNAs in combined drought and heat stress in sorghum

#4 Joshwa Alexander Gandy (Grad) - Transcriptomic study on the effect of salt stress in sorghum bicolor seedlings 

#5 Catarina Miranda (Grad) - How does a forest sustain itself? The role of microhabitat and succession on recruitment in Tamaulipan thornscrub 

#1 Jimena Garcia-Guillen (Grad) - Decoding Gene Interactions in Insect Embryos Through Highly Multiplexed Imaging

#2 Joshua Morris  (Grad) - SCREENING FOR HEPATOZOON SPP. AND RELAPSING FEVER GROUP BORRELIA SPP. IN HOST-ASSOCIATED TICKS IN SOUTHERN TEXAS

#3 Marco Andre Silguero (Grad) - Phenotypic plasticity in response to biotic and abiotic stresses in silverleaf nightshade (Solanum elaeagnifolium)  

#4 Adryenna Danielle Perez (UG) - Impact of Megastigmus transvaalensis on the Brazilian Peppertree in the Rio Grande Valley

#5 Sofia Ayala (UG) - Habitat restoration, invasive species, and soil nutrients in the subtropical Tamaulipan Thornscrub 

#6 Airam Pozos (UG) - Habitat Restoration and Genetic Diversity in South Texas for Ocelot Recovery

#1 Rebecca Muniz (Grad) - Detection of Microplastics in the Wild Gulf of Mexico Oysters (Crassostrea virginica) Collected from Texas Coast: A Depuration and Laboratory Study

#2 Angel Velazquez (Grad) - Investigating Collective Agency and Community Resilience Among Farmworkers in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas

#3 Md Faisal Amin (Grad) - Short-Term Exposure to Antidepressant Drug Alters Tissue Morphology, dsDNA, and Induces Nitrative Stress in the American Oysters

#4 Kabir Bahadur Shah (Grad) - Spatiotemporal Analysis of PM2.5 Using Low-Cost Sensors and Satellite Data to Access Air Quality at Schools in Rio Grande Valley, South Texas 

#5 Sai Deepak Pinakana (Grad) - Long-Term Trend Analysis and Source Apportionment of PM2.5-Bound Trace Elements in Coastal Texas Cities: Houston and Corpus Christi

#1 Shahida Ferdousee (Grad) - Impacts of environmental factors on the dynamics of methanogens and methanotrophs in coastal wetlands of South Texas

#2 Mohammad Sadman Alam (Grad) - Spatio-temporal Pattern of Nutrient Dynamics in the South Texas Coastal Watershed 

#3 Angela Garcia (Grad) - Utilizing low-cost sensors to monitor Nitrogen Dioxide (NO₂) levels across the Rio Grande Valley

#4 Michelle King (Grad) - QUANTIFICATION OF BLUE CARBON WITHIN THE MARINE  ANIMAL FOREST ON THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY  ARTIFICIAL REEF

#5 Seanah Mireles (HS) - Home Remedies

#1 Claudia Garza (Grad) - Identification of Cadmium as a Structural and Functional Modulator of PSD-95 Regulating NMDARs at Postsynaptic Membranes

#2 Bryan Ramirez (Grad) - Stereoselective synthesis of medicinally privileged spiro-β-lactams

#3 Ana Barrera-Jauregui (UG) - Energy Transfer Efficiency in Organic Scintillators: Toluene-Cyclohexane Dilution and Its Scintillation Properties Under UV-Visible Excitation and Fluorescence Emission

#4 Brittany Griggs (UG) - Green Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles using Native Rio Grande Valley Plant Extracts and their Antioxidant and Reduction Activity

#5 Margarita Arrambidez (UG) - Exploring Proton Tunneling in the 4-Cyanobenzoic Acid-Formic Acid Complex: A Quantum Chemical Study

#6 Anthony Martinez (UG) - Facile Trichloroacetylation of Aniline Derivatives Using Trichloroacetic Anhydride

#1 Sidketa Ida Fofana, PhD (Doct) - Survival analysis of breast cancer patients in Texas using classical and machine learning methods.

#2 Omar Sharif (Doct) - rain Connectome-Guided Modeling of Prion Disease Dynamics with Delay and Stochasticity

#3 Wei Yin (Doct) - Comparing Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Reinforcement Learning Performance in Culex pipiens Predictive Modeling

#4 Saugata Ghosh  (Doct) - Analyzing Various Load effects on Transversely Isotropic Materials Using Strain-Limiting Theory

#1 Myrine Barreiro-Arevalo (Doct) - A Mathematical Model to Study the Heredity of Protocells

#2 Yonghong Chen (Grad) - Camassa-Holm Type Equations with Non-traveling Wave Peakon and Multi-Peakon Solutions

#3 Xavier Rios (Grad) - Prioritizing User Intervention through Weighted Numerical Integration of the Interaction Time Series

#4 Joel Williams (Grad) - Mathematical Modeling of Neurodegenerative Prion Diseases in One-Dimensional Neuronal Networks

#1 Gangadhara boregowda (PostGrad) - Existence Theory: A Neuron-Centered Spatiotemporal Model of the Unfolded Protein Response in Prion Diseases

#2 Tamer Oraby (PostGrad) - Adjustment for Berkson Error in Retrospective Risk Assessments 

#3 Thoa Thieu (PostGrad) - Modeling interactions between active and passive pedestrians moving through heterogeneous environments

#5 Efren Cumpean Saenz (UG) - Algorithmically Factoring Matrices Using LU Decomposition

#6 Efren C. Saenz (UG) - Algorithmically Factoring Matrices Using LU Decomposition

#1 Wendy Mendoza (Doct) - Compact Objects and the Physics of Accretion Survey (COPAS)

#2 Andrea Pelayo Carvajal (Doct) - Computational and experimental study on Er-, Pr-, and co-doped LiTa2O3 nanoparticles for near-infrared detectors.

#3 Manoj Chhetri (Doct) - Electronic and optical properties of perovskite type of oxynitrides (ABO2N, A = Ba, Sr, Ca and B = Ta, Nb) using the density functional theory

#4 Sara Sharifi (Doct) - Influence of Heating Rate on SiC Conversion in Polycarbosilane Integrated with MWCNT

#5 Francisco D. Santillan (Doct) - Rabi oscillations and entanglement between two atoms interacting by the Rydberg blockade studied by the Jaynes-Cummings Model

#1 parinaz Amaniabdolmalaki (Doct) - Raman Spectroscopic study of PVDF Nanofibers 

#2 Ivan Davila (Grad) - Tailored Polymeric Properties through Modified Stereolithography

#3 Yaritza Villarreal (Grad) - Designing and Evaluating Gamified Learning Modules to Improve the Conceptual Understanding of Introductory Physics Students

#4 Jan Kára (PostGrad) - Spectroscopic classification of ultra-compact white dwarf binaries

#1 Martha Asare (Doct) - AI-enhanced Real-time Additive Manufacturing Defect Detection Method

#2 AKUA SEKYIWAA OSEI-NKWANTABISA (Grad) - IMPLEMENTING AND EVALUATING AN AI-POWERED VISUAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM TO IMPROVE ANTIBIOTIC USAGE AMONG PHYSICIANS WITH A BUILT-IN ALERT WARNING SYSTEM

#3 Jose de Jesus Galarza (Doct) - A machine learning approach to detect pores in laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing  

#4 Juan Reymundo Trevino (UG) - All Terrain Vehicle automated by Artificial Intelligence

#1 Yazmin Cortes (Doct) - Development and Characterization of Electrostatic Sprayed UHMWPE/Al2O3 Nanocomposite Coatings for Bio-tribological Applications

#2 Julia Isidora Salas Toledo (Doct) - In situ growth of lead-free perovskite crystals (MASnICl2) on fine fibers for flexible solar cell manufacturing

#3 Amber Garcia (Doct) - Synthesis of Nucleoside-passivated AuNPs: Utilizing Caffeine as a Competitor for the Active Site of Adenosine A1 Receptor

#4 Allan Cedillo (Doct) - Assessing the various polymorph transitions and microstructural changes of PVDF-co-HFP induced by fiber processing methods

#5 MD ANWAR SADAT ANIK (Grad) - Improving Structural and Mechanical Properties of Fungal Mycelium Composites via Nutritive Optimization

#1 Diego De Leon Galindo (Grad) - Synthesis of Highly Porous Carbon Nanofibers for Enhanced Li-ion Battery Performance 

#2 Matthew Lin (HS) - Examining the Effect of Iron-Manganese Concentrations and Thermal Cooling Rates on Na0.67FexMn1−xO2 Battery Performance

#3 Arthur Lawrence Legaspi Cabo (UG) - The modification of Carbon Nanotube Fibers to create a Thermoelectric Generator 

#4 Ashwin James (UG) - Synthesis and Morphology of Polyaniline/Polystyrene Blend Nanofibers for Biosensing Applications

#1 Javier Isai Ramirez (Grad) - Nonlinear Mechanics and Failure Mechanisms of Composite Nanofiber Mats

#1 Nisha Sthapit (Grad) - Cross-Frame Effects and Design Optimization for Skewed Steel I-Girder Bridges

#2 Alejandro Jesus Elias Espinoza (Grad) - Efficient Photoelectrochemical Degradation of PFOA Using Indium Oxide Photoanodes in a Three-Electrode System

#3 Karla Sierra Flores (Grad) - Metakaolin/coal fly ash-based porous geopolymer for grouting applications

#1 Gaukhar Nurbek (Doct) - A Deep Learning Framework for Complex Astrophysical Signal Detection.

#2 Navadeep Budda (UG) - WitBench: A New Sarcasm Benchmark for Evaluating Large Language Models

#1 Ines Mendiola (UG) - Student Performance and Understanding of Very Large Scale Integration at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

#1 Olga Ibarra-Sanchez (Grad) - Observer Error Assessment for Sex Estimation Using CT-Scans of the Femoral Head: A study of the New Mexico Decedent Image Database

#2 Aracely Balderas-Leal (Grad) - An Osteometric Cross-validation Study of the Proximal Femur in Central and South American Cohorts: A CT-scan-based Approach

#1 Miguel Angel Lopez (Grad) - A Peculiar Pancreatitis: Investigating the Adverse Effects of Mesalamine

#2 Miguel Lopez (Grad) - Regional Disparities in the Diagnostic Age of Skin Carcinomas: An Analysis of the Rio Grande Valley

#3 Chun (Cathy) Xu (UG) - STEM Education and Student Research Involvement in Cognitive Impairment Study

#1 Breana Marie McCormack (Doct) - A Review of Bilingual Versus Monolingual Adult and Elderly Participants in Brain Imaging Studies

#2 Andy Torres (Doct) - DACA Status Correlates with Traumatic Instances in a Sample of College Students in a US-Mexico Border Region

#3 Samantha Isabel Arevalo (UG) - The Interplay of Genetics, Culture, and Health: T2D and Alzheimer’s Disease Among Rio Grande Valley Hispanics  

#4 Kylie Torres (UG) - Recreational Nitrous Oxide use can be detrimental and Professional Administration using harm reduction can be Beneficial in Reducing Nitrous Injury

#5 Carlos Antonio Cisneros (UG) - Exploring Myelin-Related Contributions to Reward Learning and Addiction in Nf1+/– Mice