2013 SACNAS National Conference

Funding Sources/Applying For Graduate Fellowships & Beyond
Christine O'Brien, MS, Jane Dell' Amore, BS, Marcus Huggins, PhD, Gisele Muller-Parker, PhD, Ashanti Johnson, PhD, Maria Teresa Velez, PhD, Liv Detrick, MS, Allyson Fauver, JD and Allison Hall, PhD

Linking Science and Policy To Increase Innovation and Leadership In STEM
Olga Francois, MS, Robert Barnhill, PhD, Mary Garcia- Cazarin, PhD, Richard Weibl, EdD and Andrea Giuffrida, PhD

Entrepreneurship In Academia: Concept, Capital, Commercialization
Greg Villareal, PhD, Clyde Phelix, PhD, Claude Longoria, MBA and Randy Goldsmith, PhD

Managing The Dissertation Process
Roberta Pokphanh, PhD and Amanda Ostreko, PhD

MD-PhD: Is It Right For Me?
Jana Marie Toutolmin, MD/PhD, Joseph Barbieri, MD/PhD, José E Cavazos, MD/PhD, Gabriel Reyes, BA in progress and Mikael Guzman, BS

Digital Scholarship: What You Need To Know About Open Access, Data Management, and Science Communication On The Web
Megan Toups, MS, Claudia Scholz, PhD, Michael Hughes, MS and Luke Rosenberger, MS

The PhD: Personal Stories, Decisions and Academic Career Paths
Victoria Freedman, PhD, Nancy Schwartz, PhD, Alfredo Torres, PhD, Carlos Orihuela, PhD, Rosie Albarran-Zeckler, PhD, Lory Santiago-Vasquez, PhD, Jason Torres, BA and Raquel Castellanos, MS

Off The Beaten Path – Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Careers In STEM
Sara Del Valle, PhD, Marina Ramon, PhD, Elisa Maldonado, PhD, Marcelo Vinces, PhD, Robert Valtierra, PhD and Emil Chuck, PhD

Which Type Of Academic Career Fits Me?
Mark Levandoski, PhD, Adán Colón-Carmona, PhD, Daniela Kohen, PhD and Perla Myers, PhD

Great Expectations: Thriving In Research At Predominantly Undergraduate and Emerging Research Institutions
Jean L Flagg-Newton, PhD, John C. Kilburn, Jr., PhD, Marisol Vera-Colon, PhD, Maria Lopez-Class, PhD and Jean L. Flagg-Newton, PhD

Life After Failure: Strategies To Get Your Career Back On The Path Of Success After Facing Adversity
Nzola De Magalhães, PhD

Academic Success Boot Camp For STEM Majors
Timothy Scott, PhD, Adrienne Bentz, BA, Analee Mattice, BS, Shannon Walton, PhD and Sara Thigapin, BS

Mentoring 101 – Essential Skills For Mentors and Mentees
Zia Isola, PhD and Malika Bell, MS

On Getting Tenure
David Burgess, PhD, Maria Elena Zavala, PhD and Luis Gonzalez, PhD

Effective Time Management In Graduate School
Alberto Roca, PhD, Edward Krug, PhD, Ivelisse Rubio, PhD and Kamuela Yong, PhD

8:30 AM-11:45 AM

Improving Your Scientific Writing Skills
Susan Marriott, PhD

Leading Change
Joseph Garcia, PhD

9:00 AM-12:00 PM

Student Presenters Peer Mentoring - Thursday Morning

Modern Mathematics Workshop Day 2

10:15 AM-11:45 AM

Recent Discoveries From Our Solar System
Ramon Lopez, PhD

Water, Water Everywhere: New Ways Of Collecting, Understanding, and Sharing Information About Water In Science and Society
Jennifer Arrigo, PhD

The Mathematical Geosciences: Using Mathematical Models To Explore The Earth
Benjamin Gutierrez, PhD and Chris Andronicos, PhD

Implementing The Common Core State Standards For Mathematics: Supporting Or Stalling Advancement Of Latin@ and Native American Students In STEM?
Julia Aguirre, PhD

Exciting New Results In Particle and Nuclear Physics
David Ernst, PhD

Frontiers In Cold Plasma Research: Food Safety, Medicine and Bio-Medical Applications
Magesh Thiyagarajan, PhD

Materials Challenges for Our Future: How Science Will Improve Our World
Mario Borunda, PhD

Cutting-Edge Research In The Electrostatics Of Nucleic Acids, Proteins and Their Interactions
Blanca Barquera, PhD and Luis A. Marky, PhD

Resources For Teaching and Researching In Systems Security and Information Assurance
Graciela Perera, PhD

Starting (Reactivating) a SACNAS Chapter At Your School
René Moreno, BS and Nancy Hurtado-Ziola, PhD

Advances and Opportunities In Neuroscience
Charles Wilson, PhD

The Diverse Applications Of Protein Biochemistry In The Life Sciences
Lino Gonzalez, PhD and Everett Salas, PhD

When Life Isn’t Fair: Competing, Collaborating and Dealing With Unfair Treatment
Robert Sellers, PhD

The Leadership Development Plan: An Introduction
Richard Weibl, EdD

Cutting Edge Research From SACNAS Postdocs In Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Marina Ramon, PhD

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Networking Lunch

12:00 PM-1:30 PM

SACNAS Leadership Lunch

1:00 PM-2:00 PM

Native American Welcome Gathering

1:30 PM-5:00 PM

Exhibitor: Move In - Thursday

1:45 PM-3:00 PM

Insights To Success: Real-Life Adventures Of SACNAS Scientists

2:00 PM-3:00 PM

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

2:00 PM-5:00 PM

Student Presenters Peer Mentoring - Thursday Afternoon

3:00 PM-4:00 PM

Meet SACNAS Founders and Elders - Thursday Late Afternoon

4:00 PM-5:15 PM

SACNAS Welcome Ceremony & Keynote Address: Clifton Poodry, PhD (Seneca)

5:15 PM-6:15 PM

SACNAS Networking Dinner and Cultural Program

6:30 PM-8:15 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

8:30 PM-10:00 PM

Native Community Reception

SACNAS Chapter Recognition Ceremony

Out and Up- Building a LGBTQA Network With Pride
Brit Ventura, MS and David Bradley, PhD

SACNAS VIP Reception: Honoring Our Founders & Elders (by invitation only)

Friday, October 4, 2013

7:00 AM-7:30 AM

Poster Set-Up: Undergraduate & Graduate Student Poster Session 1

7:00 AM-7:00 PM

Registration & Info Booth - Friday

Cyber Café - Friday

SACNAS Welcome Area - Friday

Childcare - Friday

7:15 AM-8:00 AM

Mentoring Orientation For The Postdoc and Graduate Student Resource Fair

7:15 AM-8:45 AM

Student Presentations: Judges Orientation and Breakfast

7:30 AM-8:15 AM

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

7:30 AM-8:30 AM

Friday Breakfast

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 Activity

8:30 AM-10:00 AM

Entrepreneurship In Engineering and IT: The Nuts and Bytes Of a Start-Up
Greg Villareal, PhD, Dawnlee Roberson, PhD and Janie Gonzalez, BS

Postdoc Fundamentals: Selecting a Training Experience To Match Your Career Goals
Alberto Roca, PhD and Sibby Anderson-Thompkins, PhD

Voices From The Field – Successful Scholarship and Fellowship Recipients Describe Their Experience Applying For and Securing Funding
Liv Detrick, MS, Chris Cash, BA, Melanie Harrison, PhD, Heriberto Reynoso, BS, Amanda Hintz, MS and Marsha Cole, PhD

Introduction To Networking: Get Started Now!
Barbara Bruno, PhD and Austin Shelton III, BS

Applying To Graduate School and The Interview Process
Luis Melara Jr., PhD, Cristina Villalobos, PhD and Luis Martinez, PhD

Finding Mentorship In All The Right Places
Sandra Sgoutas-Emch, PhD, Perla Myers, PhD, Jane Friedman, PhD, Drew Talley, PhD, Shannon Talbott, PhD and William Velez, PhD

Mathematics + Mathematics Education Research = A Partnership For a Better Education
Cynthia Anhalt, PhD, Ricardo Cortez, PhD, Minerva Cordero-Epperson, PhD, Hortensia Soto-Johnson, PhD and Alfinio Flores, PhD

Summer Research As a Part Of Your Graduate School Application
John Augusto, PhD and Roberta Pokphanh, PhD

Ocean Science: An Interdisciplinary Science Addressing Global To Community Issues
Liesl Hotaling, MS, Corey Garza, PhD, Gail Scowcroft, MS, Ernesto Muñoz, PhD and Claudia Benitez-Nelson, PhD

Training Opportunities For a Successful Career In Biomedical Research
Alison Lin, PhD, Peter Ogunbiyi, PhD, Michael Sesma, PhD and Sharon Milgram, PhD

Am I In The “Right” Lab? Strategies In Assessing and Selecting Good Research Mentors
Corey Welch, PhD, Lynn Villafuerte, MA and Scott Edwards, PhD

Expand Your Network: How To Identify Advisors, Mentors, Sponsors, and Collaborators For a Successful Career
Mary Garcia-Cazarin, PhD, Kermin Martínez-Hernández, PhD, Yaihara Fortis-Santiago, PhD, Mónica Feliú-Mójer, PhD, Nahyr Rovira-Figueroa, PhD and Mary García-Cazarín, PhD

How To Prepare a Professional CV/Personal Statement For Positions In Academia
Renato Aguilera, PhD, Healani Chang, PhD and Carlos Gutierrez, PhD

The Delicate Balance Between a Research Career and Family
Talithia Williams, PhD, Leticia Márquez-Magaña, PhD, Gloriana Trujillo, PhD, Otakuye Conroy-Ben, PhD and Nestor Rodriguez, PhD

Avoiding Graduate School He**: Finding The Right Advisor
Everett Salas, PhD, Maggie Werner-Washburne, PhD, Jake Bailey, PhD and MariaTeresa Velez, PhD

Internships In Industry, Government, and Nonprofit
Allyn Kaufmann, PhD, Jorge Naciff, PhD, Marina Ramon, PhD and Mike Lopez, PhD

8:30 AM-6:30 PM

Indigenous Marketplace - Friday

9:00 AM-12:00 PM

Student Presenters Peer Mentoring - Friday Morning

9:30 AM-10:30 AM

Meet SACNAS Founders and Elders - Friday Early Morning

10:00 AM-12:00 PM

Exhibit Hall Open - Friday Morning

10:15 AM-11:45 AM

Discipline-Based STEM Education Research
Ximena Cid, PhD

Current Contributions By Women Mathematicians
Pamela Harris, PhD and Shannon Talbott, PhD

Mathematical Modeling In Context
Ricardo Cortez, PhD

The Universe From Smallest To Largest
Jesús Pando, PhD

Creating Robotic Systems That Assist Humanity
Edgar Lobaton, PhD

How Leadership, Diversity, and Innovation In Marine Science Promotes Healthy Oceans and Informs The Blue Economy
Corey Garza, PhD, Serena Moseman-Valtierra, PhD, Elisa Maldonado, PhD and Sarah Mesnick, PhD

Computational Simulations As Cyber-Tools To Learn About Our Planet
Marcelo Sztainberg, PhD

Data Science: Telling The Stories Behind The Data
Natalia Villanueva-Rosales, PhD

Low Dimensional Topology: Introduction and Open Problems
Dagan Karp, PhD and Mariel Vazquez, PhD

Why Ecologists Need Genetics: Genomics Innovations in the Study of Biodiversity and Ecology
Kyle Hernandez, PhD and Deborah Overath, PhD

Up, Up and Away: Unmanned Aerial Systems Research and Operations
David Bridges, PhD

From Land, To Sea, and Under The Sea: Using Technology To Understand Ocean and Earth Systems
Cynthia Joseph, MEd and Nievita Bueno Watts, PhD

Toxicology – Integrating Chemistry, Physics, and Biology To Understand Contemporary Issues Of Health and Environment
Bill Atchison, PhD

Rethinking Mathematics Teacher Preparation To Meet The Needs Of Latin@ and Native American Youth: Integrating Mathematics, Power, Culture, and Language
Julia Aguirre, PhD

The Developing Embryo: Perspectives From Different Animal Models
Carmen Domingo, PhD

HIV Pathogenesis and Vaccine Development
Renato Aguilera, PhD

Cutting-Edge Research From SACNAS Postdocs In Molecular Biology
Marina Ramon, PhD

10:30 AM-11:30 AM

Meet SACNAS Founders and Elders - Friday Late Morning

12:00 PM-12:30 PM

Lunch - Friday

12:30 PM-1:15 PM

Keynote Address: Dr. Robert E. Megginson, PhD (Oglala Sioux)

1:30 PM-2:30 PM

Meet SACNAS Founders and Elders - Friday Early Afternoon

1:30 PM-3:30 PM

Undergraduate Student Poster Session 1

1:30 PM-5:00 PM

Exhibit Hall Open - Friday Afternoon

1:30 PM-6:30 PM

NARCH Meeting

2:30 PM-3:30 PM

Meet SACNAS Founders and Elders - Friday Late Afternoon

3:00 PM-4:00 PM

Poster Set-Up: Postdoc/Graduate Student Poster Session and Resource Fair

3:30 PM-3:45 PM

Poster Take-Down: Undergraduate Student Poster Session 1

4:00 PM-6:00 PM

Postdoc and Graduate Student Poster Session and Resource Fair

Graduate Student Oral Presentations: Cellular/Molecular Biology I

Graduate Student Oral Presentations: Cellular/Molecular Biology II

Graduate Student Oral Presentations: Cellular/Molecular Biology III

Graduate Student Oral Presentations: Biochemistry/Biophysics, Bioengineering/Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry I

Graduate Student Oral Presentations: Biochemistry/Biophysics, Bioengineering/Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry II

Graduate Student Oral Presentations: Chemistry III

Graduate Student Oral Presentations: Botany, Plant Sciences

Graduate Student Oral Presentations: Zoology/Entomology, Ecology I

Graduate Student Oral Presentations: Zoology/Entomology, Ecology II

Graduate Student Oral Presentations:Traditional Ecological Knowledge

Graduate Student Oral Presentations: Environmental Science I

Graduate Student Oral Presentations: Environmental Science II

Graduate Student Oral Presentations: Microbiology I

Graduate Student Oral Presentations: Microbiology II

Graduate Student Oral Presentations:Physiology/Pathology, Genetics, Health: Medicine, Neuroscience

Graduate Student Oral Presentations: Education

Graduate Student Oral Presentations: Psychology & Social Sciences

Graduate Student Oral Presentations: Applied Mathematics

Graduate Student Oral Presentations: Mathematics & Statistics

Graduate Student Oral Presentations: Chemical Engineering, Engineering Sciences, Materials Engineering, Physics

Graduate Student Oral Presentations:Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Atmospheric Sciences/Meterology, Computer Systems Engineering, Computer/Information Science

Graduate Student Oral Presentations:Electrical/Electronics/Communications Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

6:00 PM-6:15 PM

Poster Take-Down: Postdoc/Graduate Student Poster Session and Resource Fair

6:30 PM-7:00 PM

Friday Dinner

7:00 PM-7:45 PM

Keynote Address: Dr. Annie I. Antón, PhD

8:00 PM-10:00 PM

21st Annual SACNAS Pow Wow & Social Gathering

Saturday, October 5, 2013

7:00 AM-7:30 AM

Poster Set-Up: Undergraduate Poster Session 2

7:00 AM-7:00 PM

Childcare - Saturday

7:15 AM-8:45 AM

Student Presentations: Poster Judges Orientation Breakfast

7:30 AM-9:00 AM

Postdoc and Professional Networking Breakfast

8:00 AM-9:00 AM

National Society Of Hispanic Physicists (NSHP) Meeting

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

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Exhibit Hall Open - Saturday

8:00 AM-2:00 PM

Registration & Info Booth - Saturday

Cyber Café - Saturday

SACNAS Welcome Area - Saturday

8:00 AM-8:00 PM

Native American Gathering Room - Saturday

8:30 AM-5:00 PM

Indigenous Marketplace - Saturday

9:00 AM-10:00 AM

Meet SACNAS Founders and Elders - Saturday Early Morning

9:00 AM-11:00 AM

Undergraduate Student Poster Session 2

Internship Opportunities For American Indian Students
Richard White, BS, MariaTeresa Velez, PhD and Rita Devine, PhD

10:00 AM-12:00 PM

Meet SACNAS Founders and Elders - Saturday Late Morning

11:00 AM-11:30 AM

Poster Take-Down: Undergraduate Student Poster Session 2

11:00 AM-1:00 PM

Family Engagement In STEM

12:00 PM-12:30 PM

Lunch - Saturday

12:00 PM-3:00 PM

Student Presentations: Judges Tally and Lunch

Exhibitor: Move Out - Saturday

12:30 PM-1:15 PM

Keynote Address: Dr. Judith Salmon Kaur, MD (Choctaw/Cherokee)

2:15 PM-3:45 PM

Getting The Scores You Want On The General GRE: The Psychology Of Test Prep
Joseph Brown, PhD

Graduate School Game Plan: Time To Get In The Game!
Roberta Pokphanh, PhD, John Augusto, PhD and Mary Sanchez-Lanier, PhD

Careers in the Biomedical Private Sector
Greg Villareal, PhD, Wanda Vila-Carriles, PhD and Annette Garza-Meilandt, PhD

“Get Your Foot In The Door” Of This Federal Agency: USDA/Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
Craig Wilson, PhD, Beto Peréz de Léon, DVM/PhD and Ruby De La Garza, MBA

Starting and Supporting a SACNAS Chapter By Building On- and Off-Campus Collaborations
Sonia Zarate, PhD, Martina Ramirez, PhD and Ellen Harju, MS

Continuing Education for Active Researchers in the Biological Sciences
Charla Lambert, PhD, William Reznikoff, PhD, Lisa John, BS and Stephanie Perez, MS

Jump-Start Your Career: Become An Early Career Reviewer At The Center For Scientific Review, NIH
Karyl Swartz, PhD, Monica Basco, PhD and M. Danet Lapiz Bluhm, PhD

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

Mentoring Up: Proactively Manage Your Relationship With Your Research Mentor By Assessing and Applying Your Communication Preferences
Steve Lee, PhD

Native American Researchers: From The Rez To World-Class Research
Julius Yellowhair, PhD, Stanley Atcitty, PhD, Erik J Sorensen, PhD, Matthew Anderson, PhD and Clifton Poodry, PhD

Stories From The Other Side Of The Blurry Tunnel: It Gets Better After All!
Kermin Martínez-Hernández, PhD, Nahyr Rovira-Figueroa, PhD, Mary García-Cazarín, PhD, Yaihara Fortis-Santiago, PhD, Mónica Feliú-Mójer, PhD, Ron Hunter, PhD and Marcelo Vinces, PhD

Mentoring Responsible Researchers
Claudia Scholz, PhD, Debora Zamora, PhD, Alexis Maiella, BS in progress, Vanessa Romano, BS in progress, Richard Bovio, BS in progress and Victor Rodriguez, BS in progress

A Forum On MOOCs: An Opportunity For Minority Serving Institutions?
José Herrera, PhD, Marilyn Suiter, PhD, Dorothy Jones-Davis, PhD and Shanna Jaggars, PhD

Senior Members and Founders Think Tank
Greg Villareal, PhD and Maggie Werner-Washburne, PhD

The First Year: Making The Transition From Graduate TA To Teaching Faculty
Juan Burciaga, PhD

Getting a Foot In The Door: Developing Your CV/Resume and Excelling At Interviews For Jobs In Industry Or Government
Lino Gonzalez, PhD, Sonia Ortega, PhD and Allyn Kaufmann, PhD

Barriers To Entrepreneurship
Daniel Stewart, PhD