Annual Research Symposium
The Science Influencers‘ Annual Research Symposium provides undergraduates with opportunities to disseminate their REEU scholarly outputs. If you are currently participating in an REEU program as part of the USDA’s Research and Extension Experiences for Undergraduates program, you are welcome to submit your abstract for presentation consideration at the Research Symposia.
As part of the year-long Science Influencers program, students present their summer research and extension internship projects at the Annual Research Symposium. Science Influencers‘ presentations are included below by year of participation. Starting in 2024, students participating in USDA-funded REEU programs were invited to submit an abstract for presentation at the Annual Research Symposium.
2026 Cohort
2025 Cohort
2024 Cohort
| Participants | Abstracts | Slides/Videos |
| Alexandra Ash | Bioremediation of Sargassum | Bioremediation…Poster |
| Caleb Crubaugh | Microbiome of Caves | Microbiome of Caves…Slides |
| Davis Johnson | Matrigel Co-Flow | Matrigel Co-Flow Slides |
| Ava Takenaka | Developing a Biosensor… | Development…Slides |
| Marisol Vazquez | Urban Heat Island (UHI) | Urban Heat Island… Slides |
| Marc Villa (Cal State) | Combined Effects on Leaf Function… | Combined Effects on Leaf Function… Slides |
| Brandon Kuen Ng (Cal Poly) | Effects of dietary carrot pomace… | Carrot Pomace… Slides |
| Francheska Caraballo (UPR) | Effects of dietary fiber… | Impact of Dietary Fibers… |
| Jesús Cortés (Tarleton) | Cortical frequencies and… | Cortical frequencies… Slides |
| Luke Sprecker (Cal State) | Hydrogeologic Study | Hydrogeologic Study… Slides |
| Rett Lewis (Clemson) | Fermentation | Fermentation… Poster |
| Yessenia Garza (Cal State) | Community Science… | Community Science… Poster |
| Sabrina Valdés (Tarleton) | Exploring surface electroencephalography… | Exploring surface electroencephalography…Slides |
2023 Cohort
2022 Cohort
| Participants | Abstracts | Slides |
| Aanjaneya Chaturvedi | Nest Ecology… | Nest Ecology… Slides |
| Kiara Carrasco | ||
| Steven Graham | Social Media… | |
| Lucie Hartman | Jellyfish don’t fossilize… | Jellyfish.. Slides |
| Joshua Moses | Effectively communicating… |