The UMBC Beckman Scholars Program will lead the effort this year in hosting Lightning Round Talks at SURF. Lightning talks are short-form, unlike traditional conference presentations, panels, or lectures. Each presenter gets five minutes and must use up to 5 slides. The main goal of Lightning Talks is to spark new conversations and collaborations across disciplines with fast-paced presentations.
Six SURF presenters have been selected for a 5-minute Lightning Round talk. There will not be an opportunity for Q& following the Lightning Round talks, however, attendees may ask questions about the presenter’s poster during their designated poster session.
Lightning Talk Presenters
2024:
Katherine Carver, Meyerhoff Scholars Program at UMBC mentor Dr. Camilla Pacifici, “IMAGE EXPLORATION WITH JDAVIZ, THE JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION TOOL”
2023:
Rachal Rehling, Baltimore SCIART program, mentor Dr. Joseph Bennett
Brian Inglis, mentor Dr. Ali Tokay
Anna Adelstein, Meyerhoff Scholars Program at UMBC mentor Dr. Michael Summers
Temitope Peters, NSF REU Smart Computing Program, mentor Dr. Abu-Zaher Faridee
Adekemi Sobukunola, LS-AMP Program at UMBC mentor Dr. Fernando Vonhoff
Mary Rose Khamfong, McNair Scholars Program at UMBC, mentor Dr. Elaine MacDougall
Blake Webb, LS-AMP Scholars, mentor Dr. Ryan Robucci, “REDUCING DATA OVERLOAD IN OBJECT TRACKING: DIFFERENTIAL CAMERA SYSTEMS IN PHYSICAL AND SIMULATED ENVIRONMENTS”
Deeya Mistry, Meyerhoff Scholars Program at UMBC, mentor Dr. Tara LeGates, “ SEX-DIFFERENCES IN STRESS SUSCEPTIBILITY AND SYNAPTIC PROTEIN EXPRESSION”
Marie Abongwa, mentor Dr. Alberto Bosque-Pardos, “THE EFFECTS OF RETINOIDS IN TREATING TWO CANCER CELL LINES”
Gelila Isayas, Meyerhoff Scholars Program at UMBC, mentor of Dr. Fernando Vonhoff, “IMPACT OF COPPER EXPOSURE ON APPL GENE-INDUCED DEGENERATION: INSIGHTS FROM DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER”
Elias Gilotte U-RISE Scholars Program at UMBC mentor Dr. Govind Rao, “IMPROVING SCALE-UP EFFICIENCY FOR CELL-FREE PROTEIN SYNTHESIS WITH INTERMEDIATE-SCALE BIOREACTORS”