2020 E EMERGING RESEARCHERS R NATIONAL CONFERENCE IN STEM N FEBRUARY 6–8 WASHINGTON, D.C. SCIENCE NEEDS MORE MENTORS. We need influencers like you. Join AAAS today. Every important change begins with a reaction. We need educators like you to help us empower the next generation through STEM education for all. When you join AAAS, your membership helps us advocate for government funding of research, educate policymakers, and increase public awareness of the benefits of science. Get in on the reaction. Join AAAS today. AAAS.ORG/JOINUS Co-hosted by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs (DEI) and National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Human Resources Development (HRD) Directorate of Education and Human Resources This material is based upon work supported by the Abstracts and synopses of material presented at this conference Naonal Science Foundaon Grant Nos. 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Wagstaff, AAAS Bey Calinger, AAAS Program Book Cover Design: Office of Membership, AAAS Program Book Design: Donna Behar, AAAS Overview of the Conference ...................................................................................................... 6 About ..................................................................................................................................... 7-8 Naonal Science Foundaon (NSF) .................................................................................. 7 American Associaon for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) ....................................... 8 New Collaboraons ................................................................................................................... 9 Welcome ............................................................................................................................ 10-11 Karen Marrongelle, NSF .................................................................................................. 10 Shirley M. 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Wagstaff, and Neela White, AAAS ........................................ 11 Conference Staff ..................................................................................................................... 12 Conference Agenda ............................................................................................................ 13-19 Hotel Floor Plans (Exhibion and Lobby Levels) ...................................................................... 20 Biographies (Plenary Session Speakers) .............................................................................. 21-28 Judges ...................................................................................................................................... 29 Hotel Floor Plans (Mezzanine Level) ........................................................................................ 30 Exhibitor Lisng ....................................................................................................................... 31 Exhibitor Descripons ........................................................................................................ 32-46 Abstracts (presentaon winners post-conference) ............................................................. 47-93 Abstract Index .................................................................................................................... 94-96 Naonal Society of Black Physicists (NSBP) Scholars; Research in Disabilies Educaon (RDE); and Tribal Colleges and Universies Program (TCUP). The 2020 Emerging Researchers Naonal (ERN) Conference in The objecves of the conference are to help undergraduate and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathemacs (STEM) is graduate students to enhance their science communicaon hosted by the American Associaon for the Advancement of skills and to beer understand how to prepare for science Science (AAAS), Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Programs careers in a global workforce. Towards this end, the general and the Naonal Science Foundaon (NSF) Division of Human format for the 2-1/2 day conference includes: Resource Development (HRD), within the Directorate for Educaon and Human Resources (EHR). The conference is aimed Student poster and oral presentaons. at college and university undergraduate and graduate students who parcipate in programs funded by the NSF HRD Unit, Other conference acvies include workshops focused on: including underrepresented minories and persons with Strategies for applying for and succeeding in graduate disabilies. programs and finding funding for graduate school; Career preparaon for the STEM workforce, including In parcular, the conference seeks to highlight the research of employment searches and retenon; and undergraduate and graduate students who parcipate in the Understanding STEM careers in a global context and NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs) Program idenfying internaonal research and educaon and the following NSF HRD-funded programs: opportunies for undergraduate and graduate students and Alliance for Graduate Educaon and the Professoriate faculty. (AGEP); Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology Exhibitors include representaves from academic, government, (CREST); business, and the non-profit sector with informaon about Emerging Froners in Research and Innovaon (EFRI-REM) graduate school admissions, fellowships, summer research Scholars; opportunies, professional development acvies, and EntryPoint; employment opportunies. Historically Black Colleges and Universies Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP); For more informaon, visit the website at hp://www.emerging -researchers.org/. Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Parcipaon (LSAMP) and LSAMP Bridges to the Doctorate; ` 6 Conference Program Book 2020 EMERGING RESEARCHERS NATIONAL CONFERENCE IN STEM HRD MJJ`: HRD's mission is to grow the innovave and compeve U.S. science, technology, engineering and mathemacs (STEM) workforce that is vital for sustaining and advancing the Naon's prosperity by supporng the broader parcipaon and success The Division of Human Resource Development (HRD) serves as of individuals currently underrepresented in STEM and the a focal point for NSF's agency-wide commitment to enhancing instuons that serve them. the quality and excellence of STEM educaon and research through broadening parcipaon by historically under- represented groups - minories, women, and persons with disabilies. Priority is placed on investments that promise innovaon and transformave strategies and that focus on creang and tesng models that ensure the full parcipaon of and provide opportunies for the educators, researchers, and instuons dedicated to serving these populaons. Programs within HRD have a strong focus on partnerships and collaboraons in order to maximize the preparaon of a well- trained scienfic and instruconal workforce for the new millennium. 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