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Award Winners

MSNO STUDENT AWARDS*

  • Taras Turiv, Kent State University – “Living cells patterned by liquid crystals” (Advisor: Prof. Oleg Lavrentovich)

  • Sonal Bhadauriya, The University of Akron – “Tracking the Stability of Imprinted Nano-composite Structures via Atomic Force Microscopy”

  • Michael Presby, The University of Akron – “Characterizing Impact Damage of Ceramic Matrix Composites using Micro-Computed Tomography and Optical Microscopy”
    (Advisor: Prof. Greg Morscher)

  • Dinesh Lolla, The University of Akron, “Inside Nanofibers- Where atoms, molecules and fibers are seen” (Advisor: Prof. Darrell Reneker)

  • Harry Scott, Case Western Reserve University, “Architecture of the Schizosaccharomyces Pombe Ccq1-Tpz1-Poz1 telomeric complex” (Advisor: Prof. Derek Taylor)

  • Samantha Mock and Thomas Stoner, Youngstown State University, “Morphological Support Effects in Metal-CeO2 Catalysts for CO Oxidation” (Advisor: Prof. Ruigang Wang)

  • ?Emmanuel Anim-Danso, The University of Akron, “?Shedding Light on Water and Ice Interactions With Solid Surfaces” (Advisor: Prof. Ali Dhinojwala)

MSNO MEMBER APPRECIATION AWARDS**

  • Dr. Regan Silvestri, Lorain County Community College
  • Dr. Lu Zou, Kent State University

Dr. Lu Zou, Kent State University
  • *MSNO Student Awards: We present 1-2 awards to excellent student microscopy research each year. The award includes $100 monetary prize and a sponsorship to attend national microscopy meetings (up to $500).

  • **MSNO Member Appreciation Awards: We present 1-2 awards each year to the most helpful non-board members in organizing MSNO events.

SAS/MSNO/ACS/AVS/ACESS MAY CONFERENCE STUDENT AWARDS 2019 (63 RD)

Biological Sciences Section

1st prize:

  • Steve Mares, Lorain County Community College, “Analysis of a Complete Knockout of the CCR5 Gene by CRISPR/Cas9”

2nd prize:

  • Taehwan Kim, Youngstown State University, “Encapsulation of Ciprofloxacin within Modified Tough Poly (acrylamide-co-alginate) Hydrogel for Drug Delivery in Wound Dressings”

Physical Sciences Section

1st prize:

  • La’Nese Lovings, The University of Toledo, “Synthesis and Characterization of AlxSc2-xMo3O12 using Non-hydrolytic Sol-gel Methods”

2nd prize:

  • Eleana Cintron, Lorain County Community College, “Evaluating Ceramic Electrolyte Morphology Composed of Several Compositions via the Phase Inversion Method”