Postdocs@Tech and the Office of Postdoctoral Services are proud to recognize the winning presenters from the 6th Annual Georgia Tech Postdoctoral Research Symposium held on Sept. 19, 2019.

Best Talk Overall

• Samantha Buzzard, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, “A slippery situation: modelling surface melt in Antarctica”

Best Poster Overall

• Pranav Kalelkar, School of Mechanical Engineering,  “Delivery of lysostaphin and BMP-2 to mitigate infection and facilitate bone regeneration in critical-sized segmental bone defects”

Best Presentation from the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts

• Adèle Douglin, School of Modern Languages, “What Are They Talking About? The Importance of Quality Interaction in the Study Abroad Language-Learning Context”

Best Talk from the College of Engineering

• Souryadeep Bhattacharyya, School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, “Towards Predicting Relative Humidity Modulated Degradation of Nanoporous Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks by SO2”

Best Poster from the College of Engineering

• Sanaz Paran, School of Electrical & Computer Engineering,“Designing a Simulation Platform to Analyze the Interaction of Multiple Autonomous Converters with the Grid and Each Other”

Best Talk from the College of Sciences

• Xavier Audier, School of Chemistry & Biochemistry, “A fast delay line for label-free biological imaging”

Best Poster from the College of Sciences

• Rebecca Donegan, School of Chemistry & Biochemistry, “Coproporphyrin decarboxylase coordinates the synthesis and uptake of heme in mycobacteria.”

Best Presentation from the College of Computing

• No presentations qualified

Thanks to the Executive Vice President for Research, the Deans of Ivan Allen, Engineering, Sciences, Computing, and the Office of Postdoctoral Services for sponsoring the awards. We also thank the Postdocs@Tech symposium organizing committee and all of the judges for making these awards possible.