Science, Technology, and Diversity for a Healthy World

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

7:30 AM-7:00 PM

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

1:00 PM-3:45 PM

Modern Mathematics Workshop
Suzanne Lenhart, PhD, Kelly Sturner, MS, Ricardo Cortez, PhD, Ivelisse Rubio, PhD, Ruth Crane, PhD and Jeff Brock, PhD

Undergraduate Mini-course I in Mathematics: Sage Software Workshop
Alejandra Alvarado, PhD

Undergraduate Mini-course II in Mathematics: Inferring gene regulatory networks: an algebraic geometry - systems biology connection
Kelly Sturner, MS

3:45 PM-4:10 PM

Mathematics Coffee Break

4:00 PM-8:00 PM

Registration (Students Only), Cyber Café, and Networking Lounge

4:15 PM-5:00 PM

Modern Mathematics Keynote Address
Suzanne Lenhart, PhD and Ricardo Cortez, PhD

5:00 PM-6:30 PM

New Student Orientation: Getting the Most Out of the SACNAS Conference

5:15 PM-6:25 PM

NSF Mathematics Institutes Panel Presentation
Leslie Hogben, PhD, Suzanne Lenhart, PhD, Janis Oldham, PhD, Jill Pipher, PhD, Chehrzad Shakiban, PhD, Christian Ratsch, PhD, Alissa Crans, PhD, Helen Chamberlin, PhD and Snehalata Huzurbazar, PhD

6:30 PM-8:00 PM

Mathematics Reception

7:00 PM-9:00 PM

Joint Fred Hutchinson and University of Washington Reception

Thursday, October 11, 2012

6:30 AM-7:30 AM

Breakfast

GENA: The Role of Genes in Cancer and Use of Biospecimens
Linda Burhansstipanov, PhD and Lynne Bemis, PhD

Graduate School Game Plan: Time to Get in the Game!
John Augusto, PhD and Roberta Pokphanh, PhD

Making New Contacts: Learning to Network Strategically
Brianna Blaser, PhD and Erica Chavez

Pathways to Funding your Education—Successful Scholarship and Fellowship Recipients Describe their Experience Applying for and Securing Funding
Liv Detrick, MS

Strategic Indigenous Leadership in Sustainable Development
David Karabelnikoff, MS

Test
Jana Marie Toutolmin and Joseph Barbieri, MD/PhD

World Domination: Starting (Reactivating) a SACNAS Chapter at Your School
Nancy Hurtado-Ziola, PhD and Lino Gonzalez, PhD

8:30 AM-11:45 AM

Creating a Winning Resume & CV
Allyn Kaufmann, PhD and Jorge Naciff, PhD

Postdoc Preparation Workshop
Alberto Roca, PhD

The Leadership Development Plan: An Introduction
Richard Weibl, EdD

Theories of Organizational Leadership
Daniel Stewart, PhD

8:30 AM-1:40 PM

2012 SACNAS Community College Day

9:00 AM-12:00 PM

Modern Mathematics Workshop (continued)
Ricardo Cortez, PhD, Suzanne Lenhart, PhD, Kelly Sturner, MS, Ivelisse Rubio, PhD and Jeff Brock, PhD

10:15 AM-11:45 AM

Best Chapter Practices: How to Become an Award-Winning SACNAS Chapter
Amber Caracol, PhD

Cellular and Genetic Experimental Models of Human Conditions
Benjamin Ortiz, PhD, Allison Gammie, PhD and Luis Vidali, PhD

Engaging underrepresented communities with science using social networking platforms
Yaihara Fortis Santiago, PhD

Entrepreneurship 10101101: How to Start Your Own Company and Why
Greg Villareal, PhD

Expand Your Network: How to Identify Advisors, Mentors, Sponsors, and Collaborators for a Successful Career
Kermin Martinez-Hernandez, PhD, Mary Garcia-Cazarin, PhD, Nahyr Rovira-Figueroa, MS and Lino Gonzalez, PhD

Finding your Niche – Basic, Translational or Clinical Research – and the NIH Training Programs to Advance Your Career Development
Wendy Fibison, PhD

Fry Bread and Indian Ed.-- A Contrast of Native Science vs. Western Science
Tyson Hawk Oreiro, BA

Navigating Pathways To NIH Support
Deborah Philp, PhD

The Keys to Success: More than just surviving a Ph.D.
Kiran Dhillon, PhD

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Networking Lunch

1:30 PM-4:30 PM

Exhibitor: Move In

1:45 PM-3:00 PM

Insights to Success: Real-Life Adventures of SACNAS Scientists
Ricardo Cortez, PhD

2:00 PM-2:30 PM

Student Presentations: Judges Orientation for Graduate Student Scientific Symposia (Orals)

2:30 PM-3:00 PM

Judges Subcommittee Chairs Meeting

4:00 PM-5:15 PM

SACNAS Welcome Ceremony

5:15 PM-6:15 PM

SACNAS Networking Dinner and Cultural Program

6:30 PM-7:45 PM

Grad Oral Presentations - Bio/Agr/Env Life Sciences: Biochemistry/biophysics

Grad Oral Presentations - Bio/Agr/Env Life Sciences: Cell/Molecular Biology I

Grad Oral Presentations - Bio/Agr/Env Life Sciences: Cell/Molecular Biology II

Grad Oral Presentations - Bio/Agr/Env Life Sciences: Ecology & Environmental Science

Grad Oral Presentations - Bio/Agr/Env Life Sciences: Genetics I

Grad Oral Presentations - Bio/Agr/Env Life Sciences: Genetics II

Grad Oral Presentations - Bio/Agr/Env Life Sciences: Microbiology

Grad Oral Presentations - Bio/Agr/Env Life Sciences: Physiology/pathology & Zoology

Grad Oral Presentations - Computer & Information Sciences

Grad Oral Presentations - Education

Grad Oral Presentations - Engineering: Bioengineering

Grad Oral Presentations - Engineering: Chemical Engineering

Grad Oral Presentations - Mathematics and Statistics: Applied Math

Grad Oral Presentations - Mathematics and Statistics: Statistics

Grad Oral Presentations - Physical Sciences: Chemistry (except biochemistry) I

Grad Oral Presentations - Physical Sciences: Chemistry (except biochemistry) II

Grad Oral Presentations - Physical Sciences: Earth sciences and other geological sciences

Grad Oral Presentations - Psychology & Traditional Knowledge

8:15 PM-9:45 PM

Conversations with Scientists - Bio/Agr/Env Life Sci: Animal Sciences and Zoology/Entomology

Conversations with Scientists - Bio/Agr/Env Life Sci: Biochemistry/ biophysics

Conversations with Scientists - Bio/Agr/Env Life Sci: Botany, Forestry, Plant Sciences, Other Agricultural Sciences

Conversations with Scientists - Bio/Agr/Env Life Sci: Cell/ Molecular Biology and Microbiology

Conversations with Scientists - Bio/Agr/Env Life Sci: Ecology and Evolution

Conversations with Scientists - Bio/Agr/Env Life Sci: Environmental Science/Studies

Conversations with Scientists - Bio/Agr/Env Life Sci: Food Sciences, Nutrition Sciences, and General Biology

Conversations with Scientists - Bio/Agr/Env Life Sci: Genetics

Conversations with Scientists - Bio/Agr/Env Life Sci: Pharmacology, Physiology/Pathology, and Other Biological Sciences

Conversations with Scientists - Computer & Information Sciences

Conversations with Scientists - Education & Traditional Knowledge

Conversations with Scientists - Engineering

Conversations with Scientists - Health

Conversations with Scientists - Industry

Conversations with Scientists - Mathematics & Statistics: Applied Mathematics, General Mathematics, Operations Research, and Other Mathematics

Conversations with Scientists - Mathematics & Statistics: Statistics

Conversations with Scientists - Physical Sciences: Atmospheric Sciences/Meteorology, Earth Science/Other Physical Sciences, Oceanography, and Other Geological Sciences

Conversations with Scientists - Physical Sciences: Chemistry (Except Biochemistry)

Conversations with Scientists - Physical Sciences: Physics and Astronomy/Astrophysics

Conversations with Scientists - Psychology & Social Sciences

Friday, October 12, 2012

7:00 AM-7:30 AM

Poster Setup: Undergraduate & Graduate Student Poster Session 1 - Friday

7:00 AM-7:00 PM

Registration, Info Booth, Cyber Café, and Networking Lounge - Friday

7:15 AM-8:45 AM

Student Presentations: Judges Orientation

8:00 AM-9:45 AM

Exhibitor: Move In - Friday

8:00 AM-8:00 PM

Native American Gathering Room - Friday

8:30 AM-9:45 AM

Exhibitor Orientation & Networking

8:30 AM-10:00 AM

Advances in Research in Sustainable Energy Technologies
Karen Goldberg, PhD

Biology Education Research: Using Science To Teach Science More Effectively
Nancy Aguilar-Roca, PhD and Gloriana Trujillo, PhD

Cancer Health Disparities 101: What You Need to Know Now!
Beti Thompson, PhD

Cells, Tissues, Action! - New Approaches to Exploring our Biological Environment
Yolanda Vasquez, PhD

Computational Nanoscience: where Chemistry, Materials Science, and Physics meet
Mario Borunda, PhD

Computer Science and Technology Creating a Healthy World
Natalia Villanueva-Rosales, PhD

From Climate Change to Cancer: How Innovative Statistical Methodology Enables State of the Art Interdisciplinary Research
Gina-Maria Pomann, BA

Gene Networks and Endless Things Most Beautiful in Cell, Developmental and Evolutionary Biology
Billie J. Swalla, PhD

Glycoscience - A Sweet Combination of Scientific Disciplines
Nancy Hurtado-Ziola, PhD and Ruben Almaraz, PhD

Making our Voices Heard: Negotiating the Promises and Challenges of STEM Education for Historically Under-represented Youth
Sylvia Celedón-Pattichis, PhD

Problems in Number Theory
Alejandra Alvarado, PhD and Edray Goins, PhD

Science and Technology for a Healthy Ocean
Corey Garza, PhD and Sarah Mesnick, PhD

Science in Context: Biomedical and Behavioral Research to Benefit Native People and other Diverse Groups
Kathleen Etz, PhD and Clifton Poodry, PhD

Statistics Can Change Your Life: Cure Cancer, Decode Facebook, and Beat the Stock Market
Daniela Witten, PhD

The Science of the Sun and Stars
Ramon Lopez, PhD

This Land is OUR Land: Traditional Uses and Perspectives of the Land and its Chemistry
John Harada, PhD, Jorge Vivanco, PhD and Maria Elena Zavala, PhD

Using Technology to Detect and Track Disease Outbreaks
Marcelo Sztainberg, PhD

Water (Data) is Everywhere – So Where Do I Find What I Need? The Emerging Field of Hydro-informatics: New Ways to Share, Access, Understand and Interpret Water Data for Better Science and Societal Applications.
Jennifer Arrigo, PhD and Antony Berthelote, MS

8:30 AM-11:45 AM

Life in the Ring of Fire: Earthquake and Tsunami Hazards along the Pacific Rim
Benjamin Gutierrez, PhD

10:00 AM-12:00 PM

Exhibit Hall Open-Friday Morning

10:00 AM-7:00 PM

Indigenous Marketplace - Friday

10:15 AM-11:45 AM

Computational and Mathematical Models: Leading the Fight against Infectious Disease
Joan Lakoski, PhD and Phillip Palmer, PhD

A Mathematical Invitation to Knot Theory
Dagan Karp, PhD, Robin Wilson, PhD and Mariel Vazquez, PhD

Contributions from all fields to Materials Physics: Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Engineering
Luz J Martinez-Miranda, PhD

Cutting Edge Research in the Biophysical Chemistry of Nucleic Acids and Proteins
Luis Marky, PhD

Discipline-based STEM Education Research: What is it?
Ximena Cid, PhD

Distortions in Spacetime: the Search for Gravitational Waves from Violent Events in the Universe
Michael Landry, PhD

Ethnicity vs. Genetic Ancestry: Knowing The Hand You Are Dealt
Beverly Torok-Storb, PhD

Evolution and Ecology: Impacting the Health of our Planet and Ourselves
Jory Weintraub, PhD

Explorations of Culture and Diversity in the Science of Learning: The Case of How People Learn Science
James Banks, PhD

Fisheries and Wildlife in a Changing Environment: Lessons learned from current studies
Miguel Mora, PhD

Geographic Information Systems and Contributions to Preserving Tribal Lands
John Fernandez, PhD

How safe are we from Cyber attacks? Protecting our infrastructure and computers from intruders
Graciela Perera, PhD

Looking for lowlifes: Exploring the geomicrobiology of the subsurface
Everett Salas, PhD

Mathematics Teaching that Matters! Re-focusing Teacher Attention to Mathematics Education Needs of Our Students, Communities and Families.
Julia Aguirre, PhD

Nuclear and Particle Physics: Recent Discoveries
David Ernst, PhD

Theory and applications of random matrices
Javier Rojo, PhD

Up-to-the-minute Reports on Mathematical Epidemiology
Ricardo Cortez, PhD

You Got Nerve
Michelle T. Juarez, PhD and Maria Castillo, PhD

12:00 PM-1:15 PM

Lunch-Friday

12:45 PM-1:15 PM

Keynote Address: Dr. Steven Strogatz

1:30 PM-6:00 PM

Exhibit Hall Open-Friday Afternoon

2:00 PM-4:00 PM

Undergraduate Student Poster Session 1

4:30 PM-5:45 PM

Poster Setup: Postdoc/Graduate Student Poster Session and Resource Fair

5:00 PM-6:00 PM

National Society of Hispanic Physicists Meeting

5:30 PM-5:45 PM

Poster Takedown: Undergraduate Student Poster Session 1

6:00 PM-7:00 PM

Friday Dinner

6:50 PM-7:20 PM

Keynote Address: Dr. Karina Walters

7:30 PM-8:30 PM

SACNAS VIP Dessert Reception

8:00 PM-9:30 PM

Native Community Reception

OUT and UP: Building a LGBTQA Network with PRIDE
Brit Ventura, BS

SACNAS Chapter Recognition Ceremony

8:00 PM-10:00 PM

Movie Night at SACNAS: Exploring Issues in Evolution and Ecology through Film
Jory Weintraub, PhD

Postdoc and Graduate Student Poster Session and Resource Fair

9:45 PM-11:55 PM

SACNAS Dance - ¡Pachanga!

10:00 PM-10:15 PM

Poster Takedown: Postdoc & Graduate Poster

Saturday, October 13, 2012

7:00 AM-7:30 AM

Poster Setup: Undergraduate Poster Session 2

7:15 AM-8:15 AM

Breakfast & Who Wants to Be a Mathematician? Game
Michael Breen, PhD and Bill Butterworth, PhD

8:00 AM-8:45 AM

Student Presentations: Judges Question/Answer Session & Breakfast

8:00 AM-2:00 PM

Registration, Info Booth, Cyber Café, and Networking Lounge - Saturday

8:00 AM-8:00 PM

Native American Gathering Room - Saturday

8:30 AM-7:00 PM

Indigenous Marketplace - Saturday

9:00 AM-11:00 AM

Undergraduate Student Poster Session 2

9:00 AM-12:00 PM

Exhibit Hall Open

11:30 AM-11:45 AM

Poster Takedown: Undergraduate Student Poster Session 2

12:00 PM-12:45 PM

Lunch - Saturday

12:00 PM-1:30 PM

Student Presentations: Judges Tally and Lunch

12:45 PM-1:15 PM

Keynote Address: Dr. Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz

1:15 PM-3:00 PM

Exhibitor: Move Out

1:30 PM-3:00 PM

Academic Faculty Jobs at Predominantly Undergraduate Institutions
Alberto Roca, PhD and Meda Higa, PhD

Common Core State Standards for Mathematics: Leveling the Playing Field or Another Set of Obstacles to Overcome for Latin@ and Native American Students?
Julia Aguirre, PhD and Rochelle Gutierrez, PhD

Don't Get Derailed: Stay On Course In The Workplace
Jacquelyn Bolman, PhD, Guillermo Acosta, PhD and Sacha Patera, PhD

Exploring the Diversity of Careers in Science & Engineering – from Associate Degrees to PhDs
Daniel Poux, MS

Industry Careers in STEM - Practical Strategies and Programs to Identify, Transition, and Excel in the Private Sector.
Greg Villareal, PhD

Institutionalizing Diversity Programs: Challenges and Opportunities for Colleges and Universities
Beth Traxler, PhD and Barbara Wakimoto, PhD

Irrigating the Fields to Grow Engaged and Broadened Professional Minds
Joseph Yracheta, BS

Letting Go—A Counter-Intuitive Approach to Achieving Beyond Your Wildest Dreams
Michael Penn, MD/PhD

Linking Science and Policy: Cultivating Leaders to Effect Evidence-based Policy that Serves Society
Salaeha Shariff, MPS

Preparing and Applying to Graduate School and the Interview Process
Cristina Villalobos, PhD and Luis Melara Jr., PhD

Tell Me About Yourself: The One-Minute Biosketch
Emil Chuck, PhD

The Affinity Research Group Model: Creating and Maintaining Effective Research Teams
Ann Gates, PhD

Workshop on NSF Funding for Graduate School
Marcelo Vinces, PhD and Wilson Francisco, PhD

1:30 PM-4:45 PM

Effectively Managing Conflict
Donna Blancero, PhD

Leading Change
Joseph Garcia, PhD

Special Interest Forums

3:15 PM-4:45 PM

A Balancing Act: Achieving Work/Life Balance in Your Career
Karen Peterson, PhD

Applying Universal Design: Preparing to Teach in a Diverse Classroom or Lab
Sheryl Burgstahler, PhD

Blogging and Twitter Fundamentals: Promoting Your Science Online
Alberto Roca, PhD and Danielle Lee, PhD

Communities at Risk: Linking science with communities to address environmental and occupational health concerns
Richard Fenske, PhD, MPH

Developing a Workforce to Support a Healthy Ocean
Liesl Hotaling, MS/MAT, Corey Garza, PhD and Gail Scowcroft, MS

Graduate School Funding: Scholarships, Fellowships & Institutional Resources
Christine O'Brien, MS and MariaTeresa Velez, PhD

I Graduated! ...Now What? Career Opportunities in STEM
Omayra Ortega, PhD and Sara Del Valle, PhD

I can’t see the light at the end of the tunnel, don’t worry you are not alone
Kermin Martinez Hernandez, PhD, Maximiliano Vallejos, MS, Marcelo Vinces, PhD, Lino Gonzalez, PhD, Mary Garcia-Cazarin, PhD and Nahyr Rovira-Figueroa, MS

Interested in Making a Global Impact? Consider a Career in Science Policy and Science Diplomacy
Ana Ferreras, PhD

NIH Career Center Job Search Skills Blitz
Sharon Milgram, PhD

Networking with Grad Admissions Experts & Building your Grad Application Portfolio
Minnetta Gardinier, PhD

Opening Up Academic Career Choices: Liberal Arts Colleges 101
Perla Myers, PhD

Test Driving Research: Exploring Your Options Through a Summer Research Internship
Lisa Majkowski, MS and Michael Pullin, PhD

5:00 PM-6:00 PM

2013 SACNAS Local Organizing Committee (LOC) Meeting
Yvonne Rodriguez, PhD

6:00 PM-6:40 PM

Saturday Dinner

6:50 PM-7:20 PM

Keynote Address: Dr. JoAnn Trejo

7:20 PM-8:45 PM

SACNAS Awards Ceremony

9:15 PM-11:55 PM

20th Annual SACNAS Pow Wow & Social Gathering

Sunday, October 14, 2012

8:00 AM-2:00 PM

COAChing Strong Women in the Art of Strategic Performance
Geraldine Richmond, PhD

Professional Skills Training in Negotiation for Graduate Students and Postdocs
Geraldine Richmond, PhD