Congratulations to the 2025 Student Presentation Award Winners

The Mar. 12, 2025 Cleveland ACS Meeting in Miniature featured 39 talks by graduate and undergraduate students. We recognized 6 outstanding presentations with cash awards. The winners are:

Graduate
Mai RashwanPhotothermal Properties
of Nanodiamond
Hydrogels
CWRU
Ryan A. WilliamsZero-power, optical
toxic gas and vapor
sensors utilizing printed
nematic liquid crystal
patterns on selectively
reactive substrates
Kent State
Gourab AcharjeeEffect of Gold
Nanoshape Morphology
on the Chirality Transfer
Efficiency in Room
Temperature Discotic
Nematic Liquid Crystals
Kent State
David F. YanBlocking XPO1-
Chromatin Binding
Interactions Disrupts T
Cell Activation in
Autoimmune Diseases
CWRU
Undergraduate
Hannuo XieDiscovery of Unusual
Amino Acids in
Cyanobacterial
Metabolites and
Corresponding
Alterations in Biological
Activity
CWRU
Anshul NayakSynthesis of Gene-
Editing DNA Origami
Nanoparticles
CWRU
Graduate
Mai RashwanPhotothermal Properties
of Nanodiamond
Hydrogels
CWRU
Ryan A. WilliamsZero-power, optical
toxic gas and vapor
sensors utilizing printed
nematic liquid crystal
patterns on selectively
reactive substrates
Kent State
Gourab AcharjeeEffect of Gold
Nanoshape Morphology
on the Chirality Transfer
Efficiency in Room
Temperature Discotic
Nematic Liquid Crystals
Kent State
David F. YanBlocking XPO1-
Chromatin Binding
Interactions Disrupts T
Cell Activation in
Autoimmune Diseases
CWRU
Undergraduate
Hannuo XieDiscovery of Unusual
Amino Acids in
Cyanobacterial
Metabolites and
Corresponding
Alterations in Biological
Activity
CWRU
Anshul NayakSynthesis of Gene-
Editing DNA Origami
Nanoparticles
CWRU