BSRW Awardees
This year’s Baylor Student Research Week included 125 poster presentations and 77 oral presentations, alongside faculty presentations and a Career in Academia panel. The awards below highlight students whose work exemplified excellence in research and scholarly communication.
| Baylor Student Research Week 2026 Presentation Awards |
| Undergraduate student 1st Place Podium Presentation Magdalene Hernandez Utilizing Affinity-Based Protein Profiling in Commensal Human Gut Bacteria to Uncover Unprecedented Vitamin B12 Transporters and Enzyme-Cofactor Interactions |
| Undergraduate student 2nd Place Podium Presentation Eva Lampasas The Effect of Temperature on Host-Parasite Infection Growth in PLK-GLSM4 |
| Undergraduate student 3rd Place Podium Presentation Kaveen Patel Effects of Bacterial Additions to Microcystis aeruginosa and its Microbiome |
| Graduate student 1st Place Podium Presentation Brittany Carnathan Physiological Characteristics of Bacteria Influence Susceptibility to Surface Stabilized Antimicrobial Nanotherapeutics |
| Graduate student 2nd Place Podium Presentation Margret Powell Beyond the Block: Pathways from Neighborhood Disadvantage to Early Alcohol Risk |
| Graduate student 3rd Place Podium Presentation Kayla Haberman Dimensionality and Microenvironmental Composition Regulate the Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition-associated Gene Expression and migratory ability in Non-cancerous and Cancerous Breast Epithelial cells |
| Undergraduate student 1st Place Podium Presentation Maddie Leard Communicating Identity in Times of Disruption: Organizational Messages and Employee Outcomes |
| Undergraduate student 2nd Place Podium Presentation Maddie Bowen Mental and Emotional Rest Practices among Pre-Service Music Educators |
| Undergraduate student 3rd Place Podium Presentation Kevin Xiong Developing and Validating an Accessible Oboe Cane Density Tester |
| Undergraduate student Outstanding Presentation Jose Hernandez La Fiesta de la Virgen de la Candelaria: Tradition, Faith, and Cultural Identity |
| Undergraduate student Outstanding Presentation Sophie Miller The Moral Values and Modern Chinese Identity Found in the Four Great Folk Tales |
| Undergraduate student Outstanding Presentation Devynn Martin High Tide, Low Tide: How Japanese National Identity Continues to Shift Presenting |
| Undergraduate student Outstanding Presentation Meredith Wolfe L'Evolution du Verlan dans la Société Française |
| Graduate student Outstanding Poster Alia Hannon Analyses of Tumor Cell Autonomous Mechanisms of Lipocalin-2 Function During Breast Cancer Metastasis |
| Graduate student Outstanding Poster Ava Berckmueller Ventral pallidum cell and circuit opposing regulation of heroin seeking versus refraining behavior |
| Graduate student Outstanding Poster Jacqueline Vigil Advancing Physical Activity Through Policy, Systems, and Environment Strategies in SNAP-Ed Programming: The Role of Community Partnerships |
| Undergraduate student Outstanding Poster Ella Carpenter Sexual Trauma in Women Veterans: Evaluating Efficacy, Engagement, and Completion in Alternative Treatments for PTSD |
| Undergraduate student Outstanding Poster Vidhyaa Murugan Hypoxia-inducible gene expression is upregulated in hearts of mice with cancer cachexia |
| Undergraduate student Outstanding Poster Manav Kapadia Detection of Avian Haemosporidian Parasites in Mosquitoes from Cameron Park Zoo, Waco, Texas |