2023 Grad Slam Prelim Round #5 | Math & Brain Sciences

Join us for another preliminary round of the 2023 Grad Slam Showcase!

Our presenters are:

Alisa Bedrov (Psychological & Brain Sciences)
“Can You Keep a Secret? The Dark (and Light) Sides of Keeping and Sharing Secrets”

Ryan D'Onofrio (Dynamical Neuroscience)
“Methuselah Mosquitos - or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Live Forever”

Courtney Durdle (Psychological & Brain Sciences)
“Fighting False Identifications: Improving Eyewitness Photo Lineups with Cognitive Neuroscience”

Angela Morales (Dynamical Neuroscience)
“Reducing the Spread of Vector-Borne Disease One Taste at a Time”

Fabio Ricci (Math)
“Optimal Transport and Isoperimetric inequality (And Why Pizzas are Usually Round)”

Elizabeth Rizor (Dynamical Neuroscience)
“Your Brain on Sex Hormones: Structural Fluctuations across the Menstrual Cycle”

Malik Tuerkoen (Math)
“Can You Hear the Shape of a Drum?”

Shuying Yu (Psychological & Brain Sciences)
“Walking in Circles: Navigating Menopause”

Lee Cui (Psychological & Brain Sciences)
“A Longitudinal Sentiment Analysis of Twitter Data before and after US Supreme Court Decisions on Same-Sex Marriage”

Over $1,500 in prize money will be given out each round, including:

• $1,000 for 1st place and advancement to the Final Round on April 14
• $500 for the runner up
• $25 gift cards for raffled off for all other presenters (5 per round)

Our esteemed judges for this round are:

• Emily Jacobs (Associate Professor in Psychological & Brain Sciences)
• Medina Price (Graduate Student Advisor in Mathematics)
• Bryn Morgan (Graduate Student in Geography and 2020-21 Fulbright Student)
• Megan Sun (Undergraduate Student in Molecular, Cellular, & Dev. Biology and ONDAS Peer Mentor)
• Deborah Bettencourt (Former Vice President of Human Resources & Corporate Administration at Sientra)

This round will be emceed by Interim Graduate Dean Leila Rupp.

The GSRC is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities. For information or to request disability accommodation, please email Baron Haber at baronhaber@ucsb.edu.

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