NM Postdoc Research Symposium

Annual New Mexico Postdoc Research Symposium 

An annual Research Symposium supporting and encouraging postdocs across the state of New Mexico to present their research, network, exchange ideas, meet future employers and collaborate. 

Friday, March 28th 9-4:30pm, University of New Mexico  

 

UNM is hosting the only statewide research symposium for postdocs on Friday, March 28, 2025. Similar to last year we are expecting participants from national labs and other academic institutions, as well as attendees from industry. This is the perfect event for you to attend if you are looking for a new position, a highly-skilled doctoral level employee, opportunities to collaborate, or you would like to share your research and see what other research is happening in our state! While abstract submission is only open to postdocs, faculty, staff, and grad students are all welcome! See links below for abstract submission and application for travel awards for presenters coming from outside of Albuquerque. We will also feature an Early Career Advice Panel and Keynote Speaker Shalini Low-Nam, Asst. Professor at Purdue University who will deliver a talk titled Molecular mechanisms of CAR T cell activation: roles for single cells and single molecules. 

RSVP and SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT (must be a postdoc to present) HERE: https://forms.gle/2UbU7Ypi7rwHtdQj7

To be considered for a short talk, please submit your abstract by February 28th

Abstract submission for poster presentations will remain open until March 14th

 

9:00 - 9:50 amRegistrationHallway outside CNPHE 1601
9:50 - 11:40 amShort TalksCNPHE 1601
12:00 - 1:00 pmKeynote AddressFitz Hall 303
1:00 - 2:00 pmLunch (Provided to registrants)CNPHE 1601
2:00 - 3:00 pmEarly Career Advice PanelCNPHE 1601
3:00 - 4:00 pmPoster PresentationsCNPHE 1601
4:15 - 4:30 pmAwards AnnouncementsCNPHE 1601

2025 NM POSTDOC SYMPOSIUM PRESENTERS

 

ORAL PRESENTATIONS 

10:00AM to 11:40AM

 

Time slot

Name

Title

1

10:00 – 10:10

Zonnie Gorman

Growing up with Heros

2

10:10 – 10:20

Bharat Poudel

Thermal Degradation Energetics of Fentanyl and Its Analogues: Furanyl Fentanyl and Ortho-Fluoro Fentanyl

3

10:20 – 10:30

Luis Amador

Determinants of genetic diversity in global amphibians

4

10:30 – 10:40

Shiba Biswal

Control of Complex Systems with Applications in Collective Behavior and Machine Learning

5

10:40 – 10:50

Geisianny Moreira

Fungal tolerance to lead exposure under varying environmentally relevant conditions

6

10:50 – 11:00

Ruth Torres

Custom Virtual Reality (VR) programs for Active Learning: New Programs from the Innovative Media Research and Extension (IMRE) Department

7

11:00 – 11:10

Sumira Phatak

Gestational ozone exposure drives cell type specific alterations in neuronal transcriptomics: insights from single nucleus sequencing

8

11:10 – 11:20

Hermann Kahle

A new star in the sky: The membrane external-cavity surface-emitting laser (MECSEL)

9

11:20 – 11:30

Daphne Siciliani

A previously undescribed arsenal of toxic molecules offers important insights over African lungfish estivation

10

11:30 – 11:40

Tyler Bateman

Learning to care about thriving and survival: Knowledge, emotion, and identity at an urban nature centre

 

 POSTER PRESENTATIONS  

3:00PM to 4:00PM

 

Name

Title

11

Kalina Fahey

Examining intersecting identities to understand opioid use and health experiences in sexual and gender minority adults

12

Nina Christie

Cannabis Use and Purchasing Behaviors in New Mexico Following Recreational Legalization

13

Rowan Converse

Validating a remote sensing / machine learning framework for wildlife monitoring

14

Aditya Venkatraman

Multi-fidelity augmented time-series emulation

15

Paprapee Buason

Beyond Traditional Linearizations: Enhancing Power Flow Approximations with Second-Order Sensitivities

16

Chinonso Ugwumadu

Multi-scale Study of Galactic Irradiation in Spacecraft Materials

17

Daniel Staros

Correlation Effects on Electrical and Magneto-Transport Properties of Actinides

18

Christopher Leon

Using Machine Learning to Speed Up the Computations of Coherent Synchrotron Radiation

19

Sun Young Kang

Unveiling the Impact of Elemental Contaminants on Liquid Alkaline Water Electrolyzers: Toward a More Resilient and Efficient System

20

Iris Denmark

Electrochemical development of graded density materials for ramp loading

21

Drew Skidmore

Characterizing the Gut Microbiome of Wild Peromyscus Sonoriensis from New Mexico

22

Yusen Yuan

Intermittent, Heterogeneous, and Transient River-Groundwater Transitions from Disconnection to Connection

23

Nikki Maphis

Drinking to Dementia: Is excessive neural firing responsible?

24

Fiona Bell

Developing Sustainable Biomaterials for 3D Printing

25

Pieter Vandenberge

Sensitivity of confinement losses in optical fibers to modeling approach

26

Joshua Williams

Machine learning approach to identifying and cataloging rampart craters on mars

27

Wassie Takele

Nanoimaging of Water Bending and Carboxylate Stretching Modes in Colloidal Nanocrystal Films

28

Alex Francian

Exploiting Mosquito Salivary Proteins to Develop Vector-Targeted Vaccines for Malaria and Arboviruses

29

Elizabeth Bailey

Effects of TCR and CD28 co-activation on PD-1 phosphorylation

30

Ryan Betters

Stress-induced changes to neurotransmitter co-transmission in the medial septum is sex-dependent and reversed by fluoxetine

31

Seaton Ullberg

Discovery of Stable and Performant Energetic Materials via High-Throughput Computations and Machine Learning

32

Vasudevan Sekar

High-Resolution Spatial Mapping Of Oral Epithelium: Role Of HuR On Oral Mucositis

33

Gabriela Chacon Palma

The Relationship between Rate of Hypernatremia Correction and Outcomes in Hospitalized Patients

34

Valeria Montenegro

Investigating the Role of HSD17b11 in Lipid Droplet Biology

35

Samu John

RNA Binding Protein FXR1 Promotes Immune Evasion and T-Cell Suppression in Head and Neck Cancer

 

 

 

Questions:

RaqThomas@unm.edu

afrancian@salud.unm.edu