Kiranmayi Mangalgiri wins 3-minute Thesis Competition at GRC

Fri, 25 Mar 2016 12:10:44 -0400

Congratulations to Ph.D. candidate Kiranmayi Mangalgiri for winning 1st place in the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition at the Graduate Research Conference (GRC), which was held on Wednesday, March 23rd. The topic of her presentation was "Role of dissolved organic matter on UV transformation of antibiotics in agriculture-impacted wastewater". First prize is a trip to represent UMBC in the 3MT Competition at CSGS (Council of Southern Graduate Schools).

Also, congratulations to all of the GRC presenters from CBEE:

Karthik Boppidi - Understanding the Protein Secretory Pathway in Filamentous Fungi Using Random and Targeted Mutagenesis Approaches

Cynthia Chelius - Phosphoproteomic study of cell wall stress response in filamentous fungi

Marwa El-Sayed - Drying-induced evaporation of summertime organic aerosols: Measurement and regulatory implications

Ke He - Analysis of multiple estrogens and UV filters in biota tissue samples by a simple liquid extraction followed by SPE-LC-MS/MS

Mamatha Hopanna - Development of novel LC-DAD-MS/MS analytical methods for organometallic chemicals

Kiranmayi Mangalgiri - Role of dissolved organic matter on UV transformation of antibiotics in agriculture-impacted wastewater

Trevor Needham - Risk Based Approach to Evaluate PCB fate in an Urban Wastewater Treatment Plant

Utsav Shashvatt - Development of an automated nutrient recovery process for recovering phosphorus from poultry litter

Adil Zuber - Design and Performance of Early-Stage Prototypes for Point-of-Care Manufacturing of Therapeutic Proteins