2023
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2023 Grad Slam Champion
Annette Hilton
Environmental Science & Management
Turning on the Tap
2023 Grad Slam Runners-up
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Fabio Ricci
Isoperimetric problems and Optimal transport (why pizza are usually round)
2023 Grad Slam Runners-up
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Samantha Fiallo
Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology
Mitochondrial Purifying Selection
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Abdullah Salehuddin
Communication
Resilience as a Predictor for Why Some Marital Relationships Flourished and Others Struggled During the Initial Months of COVID-19
2023 Grad Slam Finalists
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Anna Alvarez
Mechanical Engineering
Jumping on Air
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Samantha Fiallo
Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology
Mitochondrial Purifying Selection
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Annette Hilton
Environmental Science & Management
Turning on the Tap
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Kseniia Karnaukh
Chemistry
"Just Add a Little Bit of Ions: Strategy for Ending Plastic Recycling Crisis"
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Fabio Ricci
Isoperimetric problems and Optimal transport (why pizza are usually round)
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Abdullah Salehuddin
Communication
Resilience as a Predictor for Why Some Marital Relationships Flourished and Others Struggled During the Initial Months of COVID-19
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Vaishali Surianarayanan
Computer Science
Algorithms for Kidney Exchange
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Gil Vitro
English
Tis but a Scratch! Seeking Death in the Canterbury Tales
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Chongzheng Wei
Counseling, Clinical & School Psychology
Stop being WEIRD: Centering Chinese bisexual people's experience of stigma
2023 Grad Slam Preliminary Rounds Runners-Up
Sai Sukruth Bezugam
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Need to learn from nature to compute - Neuromorphic Computing
Cedar Brown
Politics of change: Creation and maintainance of trans language norms
Nakoa Farrant
Environmental Science & Management
Looking to the Past to Feed the Future
Chantel Haughton
Communication
Family Mental Health Communication: A Culturally-Bound Process
Markus Merk
Biological Engineering
On the hunt for the first heartbeat
Alexandria Muller
Education
Engineering the Education of Today for Success in the World of Tomorrow
Joanna Tang
Ecology, Evolution, & Marine Biology
Restoring Vernal Pool Wetlands
Kira Wyckoff
Chemistry
Designing Tiny Highways for Lithium Ions
Shuying Yu
Walking in Circles: Navigating Menopause
2023 Grad Slam Presenters
Paul Alessio
Earth Science
Thicker than Mud and Water: A Tale of Two Debris Flows
Kristy Ali
Language finds a way
Anna Alvarez
Mechanical Engineering
Jumping on Air
Amarsh Anand
Technology Management
International money transfer using Blockchain
Maira Anaya-Lopez
Counseling, Clinical & School Psychology
The Needs of Students with Dependents
Amanda Andersen
Education
"Yes, and!" How improvisation supports facilitator confidence engaging diverse communities
Elijah Baker
Environmental Science & Management
Mapping Prison Environmental Injustice
Alisa Bedrov
Can you keep a secret?
Sai Sukruth Bezugam
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Need to learn from nature to compute - Neuromorphic Computing
Cedar Brown
Politics of change: Creation and maintainance of trans language norms
Miriam Burnett
Education
Sense Of Belonging: Being Black at PWCU
Nir Chemaya
Economics
Learning Your Own Risk Preferences
Yibei Chen
Communication
(Y)our brain(s) on the movie
Jackie Chin
Counseling, Clinical & School Psychology
The Black Family Unity Project!
Nikolas Claussen
Physics
Blind sculptors: How cells shape tissues via force-sensing
Jacqueline Comstock
Marine Science
Feeding the Deep: Microbes Shine New Light on the Journey of Marine Snow from the Ocean Surface into the Twilight Zone
Lee Cui
A Longitudinal Sentiment Analysis of Twitter Data before and after US Supreme Court Decisions on Same-Sex Marriage
Noa Cykman
Sociology
The Forest Society: Sociology for the Climate Crisis
Ryan D'Onofrio
Methuselah Mosquitos - or how I stopped worrying and learned to live forever
Maya Dentzel
Global Studies
Blockchain for Climate: Techno-Solutionism or the Solution?
Viraj Dharod
Physics
Quantum spin-mechanical systems in diamond: A revolutionary platform for Quantum Information
Austin DuBose
Chemistry
Pathways to neurodegenerative diseases: unfolding the mini-mechanism
Courtney Durdle
Fighting False Identifications: Improving Eyewitness Photo Lineups with Cognitive Neuroscience
Kristina Esopo
Counseling, Clinical & School Psychology
In Therapy and Beyond: Getting Latinx, LGBTQ+ Youth the Care They Deserve
Nakoa Farrant
Environmental Science & Management
Looking to the Past to Feed the Future
Samantha Fiallo
Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology
Mitochondrial Purifying Selection
Yuri Fraccaroli
Feminist Studies
Queering Migrations from the Global South
Seth Frazer
Ecology, Evolution, & Marine Biology
Opsins: A Model System for Bridging the Gap Between Genotype and Phenotype
Damaris Garcia
Education
Feelings of closure, and healing returning to our birthland: exploring the experience of undocumented immigrants
Jamila Gonzalez
Religious Studies
How to Prepare the Planet for the New Jerusalem
Louis Graup
Environmental Science & Management
Riparia
Chantel Haughton
Communication
Family Mental Health Communication: A Culturally-Bound Process
Will Heo
Economics
International Spillover Effects of Air Pollution
Annette Hilton
Environmental Science & Management
Turning on the Tap
Dozie Itie
Earth Science
Interatheriidae Teeth Identifying Lands
Isaiah Jones
Counseling, Clinical & School Psychology
It's Not Just How Hard You Work, but Who You Work With: The Power of Micro- Aggressions and Affirmations
Molly Kaplan
Physics
Decoding Quantum Gravity: Understanding the Validity of Holographic Tensor Networks
Siavash Karbasizadeh
Materials
First-principles calculations of shallow impurities
Kseniia Karnaukh
Chemistry
"Just Add a Little Bit of Ions: Strategy for Ending Plastic Recycling Crisis"
Jack Keefer
Economics
There is Such Thing as a Free Lunch - Analyzing Community Eligibility Provision Application Groupings
Jesse King
Communication
High Risk, High Reward: Social Networking Online in Low-Income Communities
Swaroopa Lahiri
Global Studies
What do land rights mean for women farmers in India?
Dingyue (Kite) Liu
Economics
Estimating Investor Preferences for Blockchain Security
Markus Merk
Biological Engineering
On the hunt for the first heartbeat
Angela Morales
Reducing the spread of vector-borne disease one taste at a time
Alexandria Muller
Education
Engineering the Education of Today for Success in the World of Tomorrow
Richard Nedjat-Haiem
Comparative Literature
"Pluri-Arabism: How the Gulf is Shaping a New Pan-Arab Cultural Identity"
Dogukan Ozgen
Education
Web3 Literacies
Mathilde Papillon
Physics
PirouNet: The AI that dances like you
Nicol Parker
Environmental Science & Management
Click Bait
Sahil Patel
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Riding the Wave to the next Generation of Quantum Computing
Jamie Pillsbury-Fischler
Education
Producing Change Through Reflective Leadership
Amaranta Ramirez
Counseling, Clinical & School Psychology
The queer online experience. It's actually different!
Fabio Ricci
Isoperimetric problems and Optimal transport (why pizza are usually round)
Elizabeth Rizor
Your brain on sex hormones: structural fluctuations across the menstrual cycle
Abdullah Salehuddin
Communication
Resilience as a Predictor for Why Some Marital Relationships Flourished and Others Struggled During the Initial Months of COVID-19
Jing Su
Education
Mental Health of Chinese International Students
Vaishali Surianarayanan
Computer Science
Algorithms for Kidney Exchange
Joanna Tang
Ecology, Evolution, & Marine Biology
Restoring Vernal Pool Wetlands
Pratyush Tripathy
Geography
Turning to Skies to Save Lives On Ground
Malik Tuerkoen
Quantum Mechanics on Curved Surfaces
Viviana Valle
Feminist Studies
Sugar Baby University: Medias Influence in Understanding Sex Work Within the University
Jacey Van Wert
Ecology, Evolution, & Marine Biology
Heart break of a salmon
Ashvini Varatharaj
Understanding the effect of structure on implicit language learning
Gil Vitro
English
Tis but a Scratch! Seeking Death in the Canterbury Tales
Maharshi Vyas
Religious Studies
Hymns for Homes, Hymns from Hearts: Religion in the Margins of South Asia
Chongzheng Wei
Counseling, Clinical & School Psychology
Stop being WEIRD: Centering Chinese bisexual people's experience of stigma
Kira Wyckoff
Chemistry
Designing Tiny Highways for Lithium Ions
Richen Xiong
Physics
Bosonic Mott insulator in moire superlattice
Ming Yin
Instance adaptive and optimal offline reinforcement learning
Shuying Yu
Walking in Circles: Navigating Menopause
2023 Grad Slam Final Round Judges
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Sabine Fruhstuck
Professor, East Asian Languages & Cultural Studies, UC Santa Barbara
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Dr. John La Puma '78
Board-Certified Specialist in Internal Medicine, Speaker, Chef, and Author
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Geoff Meyerhof
UCSB Graduate Student, Biomolecular Science & Engineering, 2022 UCSB Grad Slam Winner
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Joe Sabado '97
Deputy Chief Information Officer, UC Santa Barbara
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Mark Sherwin
Professor, Physics, UC Santa Barbara
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Marina Stoilova
UCSB Undergraduate Student, Biology, 2022 Undergrad Slam Runner Up
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