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Dec. 1, 2019
Charanya Muralidharan, Indiana University
Sreejith Nair, University of California, San Diego
Martina Nesbeth, Kennesaw State University
Joseph Nickels, Medical Diagnostic Laboratories
Carlos Noel, College of William and Mary
Alissa Novak, Indiana University
Hiroaki Oda, Nagoya University
Roisin O’Flaherty, National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training
Irene Ogutu, Colorado School of Mines
Basirat Olorunlambe, Kennesaw State University
Ademola Oyagbemi, University of Ibadan
Jessica Padron, Kennesaw State University
Anil Pasupulati, University of Hyderabad
Andrew Paton, Colorado State University
Morgan Payne, Truman State University
Zach Peagler, Kennesaw State University
Bryan Penprase, Soka University of America
Elizabeth Peterson, Georgia State University
Cassandra Phillips, Providence College
Dirce Pineda Vazquez, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Nabeeha Qazi, University of Texas at Dallas
M A G Rabbani, Cleveland State University
Ashutosh Rai, Indian Institute of Science
Chloe Ramich, Virginia Tech
Auburn Ramsey, Arkansas State University
Marianne Rara
Matthew Ravosa, University of Notre Dame
Sandra Rizk, Lebanese American University
Alyssa Rowland, Arkansas State University
Jennie Roy, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Lily Russo, College of the Holy Cross
Lianne Ryan, College of the Holy Cross
Saumya Sankaran, Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine
Elizabeth Schmitz, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Erin Schnell, Tulane University
Adriano Senatore, University of Toronto Mississauga
Spiridon Sevdalis, University of Maryland, Baltimore
  Sudha Sharma, Howard University
Chanz Silkey, Truman State University
Raeann Simmonds, Northern Caribbean University
Priya Sing, College of William and Mary
David Sleat, Rutgers University
Darrell Sparks, Mississippi State University
Katya Steupert, Providence College
Luke Stock, Truman State University
Anna Stopper, Texas Woman’s University
Claire Stover, Providence College
Katalin Szaszi, St. Michael’s Hospital and University of Toronto
Sean Tarrant, College of the Holy Cross
Diamond Thomas, Kennesaw State University
Kristian Tomasic, Providence College
Alissa Turnbull, Wayne State University
Ciara Tyler, Kennesaw State University
Gabriel Valentin–Guillama, Universidad Central del Caribe
Paul Vecchiarelli, University of South Carolina
Jessica Veenstra, Truman State University
Alexander Ventauris, Providence College
Diana Wall, College of the Holy Cross
Alex Wang, Truman State University
Minglu Wang, Zhejiang University–University of Edinburgh Institute
Wei Wang, East China University of Science and Technology
Qiming Wang, University of Pittsburgh
Yuzhi Wang, Tulane University
Maggie Ward, University of Central Oklahoma
Amanda Warner, University of Arizona
Hayley Widden, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Melissa Xie, Emory University
Vaishnavi Yalala, College of the Holy Cross
Yiling Yang, Shanghai Jiaotong University
Zhang Yaoyang, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ranchana Yeewa, Nagoya City University
Katherine Zhang, The Ohio State University
lianwen Zhang, Nankai University
Chen Zheng, Vanderbilt University
Farid Zia, University of Southern Mississippi

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