Congratulations to Our EarthWeek Plenary Session Winners!

March 31, 2026

By Martha PL Whitaker

Congratulations to the following HAS students (boldface font) on winning awards for their presentations at the Earth Week Plenary last week.

The research showcased was outstanding, and it was a pleasure to engage with such thoughtful and impactful work.

Bravo and brava to all the award winners!

Graduate Poster Presentations

1^st Place – Lois Polashenski (ENVS)
2^nd Place – Kelsey Graves (ENVS)
3^rd Place – Aldo Andres Tapia (HAS) for Honey, I blew up the forcings: Evaluating the robustness of Deep Learning-based rainfall-runoff models
4^th place - Deandra Jones (SNRE) and Ronnel C. Nolos (ENVS)

Undergraduate Poster Presentations

1^st Place - Zoe Gineris
2^nd Place - Dominic Barcelo, Edie Lamar, Vivian Barbian (Vivian is a GEOS major, HAS minor) (presenters) and Noah Sherman, Zoe Gineris, Brooklyn Hanania, Illiana Samorano, Lily Yu, and Abigail Zettlemoyer, co-authors for the CURE Project: Quantifying Flash Flood Warning Thresholds in Pima County, AZ
3^rd Place - Clair Lewis
Honorable Mention - Doan Goolsby

Audience Choice Award

Marcy Nadel (HAS) Determining site-specific soil screening levels for PFAS at an airport source area

Contacts

Martha PL Whitaker