About the Competitors
Listed below will include the names, presentation titles, and abstracts of this year's competitors, once they are announced.
To view competitors from prior years, visit our previous competitors section.
Noran Amin
Idaho State University
Ph.D.: English
"The Superpowers of the Interrogative Mode"
Maribel Alfaro
University of Idaho
Master’s student in Civil & Environmental Engineering
Advisor: Erik Coats, Ph.D.
"Microbial Metabolomics: From Manure to Bioplastics"
Cristina Barber Alvarez-Buylla
Boise State University
Ph.D. Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
Advisor: Trevor Caughlin, Ph.D.
"Modeling Natural Regeneration at Landscape-Scale to Improve Cost-Effective Landscape Restoration Plans"
Jacob R. Gibson
Idaho State University
Experimental Psychology Ph.D.
"The Impact of Prior True or False Information on Personality Trait Judgment Accuracy"
Gabrielle Becker
University of Idaho
Master’s student in Animal & Veterinary Science
Advisor: Brenda Murdoch, Ph.D.
"Gaining a Better Understanding of Parasite Resistance in Sheep"
Dylan Gomes
Boise State University
Ph.D. – Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
Advisor: Jesse Barber, Ph.D.
"Phantom Rivers: How Wildlife Respond to a Landscape-Scale Noise Playback Experiment"
Averi L. McFarland
Idaho State University
M.S. in Microbiology, Department of Biological Sciences,
"Manganese influences production of protective capsule in Pneumonia causing bacteria"
Kimberly Davenport, M.S.
University of Idaho
Doctoral student in Animal & Veterinary Science
Advisor: Brenda Murdoch, Ph.D.
"Characterizing Genetic Regulatory Elements in Sheep"
Rachel Phinney
Boise State University
MHS – Health Sciences
Advisor: Cynnie Curl, Ph.D.
"Agricultural Workplace Compliance with the Environmental Protection Agency’s Worker Protection Standard: An Idaho Analysis"
Josh Whicker
Idaho State University
Doctor of Audiology
"Canine Hearing: Barking about BAERs"
Marie Janneke Schwaner, M.S.
University of Idaho
Doctoral student in Biological Sciences
Advisor: Craig P. McGowan, Ph.D.
Jump and Swing Your Tail:
"What We Can Learn From Escaping Kangaroo Rats"
Lisa Roggenbuck
Boise State University
MFA – Visual Arts
Advisor: Chad Erpelding, MFA
"Separating the Self from the Body"