Many of our majors have attended and presented original work at several national and regional conferences. These conferences provide our students with a unique opportunity to network with professional scientists, teachers and their peers from all over the country. Some highlights are pictured below.

18th Undergraduate Research Symposium in the Chemical and Biological Sciences

The Undergraduate Research Symposium in the Chemical and Biological Sciences is hosted by the University of Maryland-Baltimore County and highlights original undergraduate research in chemistry, biology and biochemistry.

Matt Bowen ('16) and Matt Davisson ('16) present their work on synthetic nucleic acid monomers.

2016 National Conference on Science Education

The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), has roughly 55,000 members and is the world's largest organization promoting excellence in teaching science.

Lainey Scarvey ('16) will be a student in JMU’s MAT program next fall. She is the President of the JMU’s NSTA (National Science Teacher Association) Student Chapter and is also a pre-service teacher representative to the NSTA Pre-service Teacher Committee. In April, she traveled to the NSTA National Meeting to serve on her committee and learn about all of the opportunities available to pre-service teachers.

60th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society

The Biophysical Society was founded in 1958 to promote biophysics, a multidisciplinary branch of science that applies and develops the tools of physics, mathematics, chemistry and computation to study life processes at all levels. The annual meeting features hundreds of presentations from all across the globe.

Taylor Light ('16) of the MacDonald lab presents his work on ion interactions with peptides.

Daniel Marzolf ('18) of the Kokhan lab explains his research on porphyrins and proteins.

251st American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition

The American Chemical Society is the world's largest scientific society and the national meetings host over 10,000 chemists and related processionals from all over the world.

Wil Andahazy ('17) of the Baber lab presents his work on carbon dioxide chemistry.

David Boyle ('17) of the Baber lab presents his work on ethanol chemistry.

Aaron Davis ('17) of the Sumner lab presents his work enzyme catalysis.

Walker Jones ('17) of the Sumner lab presents his work enzyme catalysis.

2016 Meeting of the Virginia and North Carolina Chapters of the American Fisheries Society

The American Fisheries Society is the world’s largest and oldest organization dedicated to the scientific management of aquatic resources. The North Carolina and Virginia chanters were established in 1989 and 1990, respectively.

Christian Cabino ('16) of the Downey lab presents his work on lake evaporation.

Kevin Pyska ('17) of the Downey lab presents his work on stream rehabilitation.

American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 2016 Annual Meeting

The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology is dedicated to advancing biochemistry and molecular biology and has over 12,000 members.

Alanna Huthinson-Lundy ('16) and Austin Crithary ('16) of the Watkins lab present their enzymology work.

Cassidy Jackson ('17) of the Berndsen lab explains her work on enzyme catalysis.

Jonathan Schmitz of the Watkins lab presents his research on choline oxidase.

Hamilton Young ('16) of the Berndsen lab explains his work on the enzyme, GCN5.

2016 Colonial Academic Alliance Undergraduate Research Conference

The Colonial Academic Alliance is composed of 10 colleges and universities and comprises over 160,000 students.

Daniel Corbin ('17) of the Boardman Lab presents his work on photovoltaic materials.

Rachel Policke ('17) of the Wright lab is talking about her research on muscle proteins.

Kevin Pyska ('17) of the Downey lab presents his work on stream rehabilitation.