College Poster Session

The annual College of Natural Sciences Poster Session is an established event where students, faculty, and clubs have the opportunity to present their original research or student activities to the College, University, and Chico Community.

This event is organized by college faculty members.

Spring 2022 Winners

The 18th annual poster session was held on Monday, May 2nd, Colusa 100A/B

Judges Award Categories:

Student Class Project 

1^st place 

Assessing the Impact of Supplemental Instruction on Student Success at Chico State 

• Skip Moses, Joseph Shifman, Rica Rebusit, Faith Fatchen
• Instructor: Robin Donatello 

2^nd place 

Girls On The Run 

• Janet Curiel, Tanya Torres, Ashley Gilmore, Chanpreet Mehmi 
• Instructor: Mary Lucas 

3^rd place 

Wildcat Food Pantry 

• Priya Kumar, Emily Dinh, Jennifer Ramirez, Pegah Keshavarz, Yulisa Vargas-Cisneros 
• Instructor: Sarah Brown Blake  

Undergraduate-Faculty Research Category 

1^st place:  

Metal bioaccumulation in benthic macroinvertebrates from watersheds affected by the 2018 Camp Fire 

• Maurice Ledoyen, Sandrine Matiasek, Daniel Pickard
• Advisor: Sandrine Matiasek 

2^nd place: Tie 

Correlating pyroxene crystals in lavas of Mt. Yana with clasts in volcaniclastic debris flow deposits of the Tuscan Formation 

• Henry Marine, Rachel Teasdale, Andrew Harp
• Advisor: Rachel Teasdale and Andrew Harp 

Investigations in Synthesizing Biologically-Active Molecules 

• Daniel Zamudio, Monica Lopez, Dr. Carolynn Arpin
• Advisor: Carolynn Arpin 

3rd place:   

Post-fire Recovery of Blue Oaks during Prolonged Drought 

• Natalie Pangilinan
• Advisor: Kristen Kaczynski  

Graduate-Faculty Research Category 

1^st place: 

Wastewater Surveillance of Trends in SARS-CoV-2 Prevalence on Campus 

• Molly Tuttle, Zoey Anderson, Nery Bautista, Nayellie Barragan-Mejia, Tawny Bolinas, Shannon Hibner, Elena Macias, Dylan Schindel
• Advisors: Troy Cline, Gerald Cobian 

2^nd place:  

Traditional Food Access among the Pit River Tribe of Northern California 

• Emilio Siaz, Seth Klobodu PhD, Browning Neddeau EdD, Keiko Goto PhD
• Advisors: Seth Klobodu, Browning Neddeau, Keiko Goto 

3rd place tie: 

Knowledge of Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes and Prediabetes among Latinx Students. 

• Adriana Pompa, Kathryn Silliman, PhD, RDN, Lauren McNamara, MS, RDN
• Advisor: Kathryn Silliman 

Potential Naturally Occurring Asbestos in Metavolcanic and Serpentinized Ultramafic Rocks in Paradise, CA 

• Elisabeth Kennedy, Hannah Aird 
• Advisor: Hannah Aird 

People’s Choice Awards 

Student Class Project 

• Emily Dinh 

Undergraduate Research (TIE) 

• Tawny Aeriel Bolinas, Leeah Schultz, and Gerald Manuel Cobián 

• Julia Penick, Monica So 

Seasonal Variation of Avian Influenza Viruses in a Sacramento Valley Wood Duck Population 

• Caylin Stanley 

 A special thanks to college faculty who organized this event.

Click here to view the abstracts! (PDF)