Photo Gallery: Wrigley Institute Annual Research Symposium 2023

ByUSC Wrigley Institute March 29, 2023

USC Wrigley Institute-affiliated faculty and their lab groups, Faculty Innovation Award recipients, postdocs, and graduate fellows were invited to present at the inaugural Wrigley Institute Research Symposium. With a total of 14 Lightning Talk presentations and 13 student posters, we were delighted to showcase and celebrate the interdisciplinary research groups in the Wrigley Institute community and celebrate the exceptional environmental and sustainability work happening across campus.

Awardees

Thabassum Nattikallungal, Student Lightning Talk Winner, Sustainable photosensitizers for solar fuel production

Kayley Butler, Student Lightning Talk Runner Up, Aerosol-cloud parameters through the lens of machine learning

Sara Spears, Student Poster Winner, Environmentally Sustainable Electrochemical Alternative to Primary Iron Production

Lauren Kelly, Student Poster Runner Up, Troubled Waters: A Post-1930 Environmental History of the Owens Valley

USC Wrigley Institute Director Joe Árvai speaks to an audience in a room that has various screens

Dr. Gale Sinatra presents their research at a podium that features a water bottle in front of a screen while holding a microphone and a clicker

Dr. Patrycja Sleboda presents their research at a podium in front of a screen while speaking into and holding up a microphone

Lauren Kelly gestures emphatically in front of a screen at a podium with a clicker in one hand and a microphone in the other while presenting research

A researcher in a suit coat stands in front of a screen at a podium while holding up and speaking into a microphone

A researcher wearing a cardigan stands in front of a screen at a podium while holding up and speaking into a microphone

Mick Dalrymple, the chief sustainability officer raises one hand and speaks from the audience in a suit and tie

An audience member gestures with both hands up, palms facing each other in a salmon button-up shirt

A researcher stands at a podium in front of a screen with a microphone in hand and a clicker in the other

A researcher holds a microphone with both hands while presenting their research to an audience in front of a screen

A grad student points up toward the screen with a clicker in hand while presenting to an audience and holding up a microphone

A researcher stands in front of a screen while speaking into a microphone that they're holding and pointing downward at their podium

A presenter stands in front of a screen which they point to with one hand that also holds a clicker, while the other hand holds up a microphone

People in the audience clap after a research presentation

An audience member claps after a presentation

An audience member asks a question while sitting in a chair and gesturing with one hand

Kelly Sanders discusses their research for an audience while holding a microphone in one hand and a clicker in the other

A presenter stands in front of a screen while speaking into a microphone. Their right hand is up in a fist

A researcher presents to an audience about their research while holding a microphone in one hand and a clicker in the other

Dr. Will Berelson presents to an audience about their research while holding a microphone in one hand and gesturing with the other hand that holds a clicker

A researcher presents their research using a poster to people passing by who are interested

A researcher presents their research while gesturing to a poster to interested passersby

A presenter in a brown coat talks about their researcher to a passerby wearing a backpack

A researcher uses their fingers to count while talking to a person about their research in front of a poster depicting the research

Lauren Kelly laughs while talking to someone else in front of a display depicting their research

From left, Thabassum Nattikallungal, Sara Spears, USC Wrigley Institute Director Joe Árvai, Lauren Kelly, Kayley Butler. ⁠

USC Wrigley Institute Director Joe Árvai opened the Annual Research Symposium with an overview of the Institute and its initiatives.

Dr. Gale Sinatra | Professor | Education and Psychology | Words Matter: Public Perceptions of Climate Change Terminology

Dr. Patrycja Sleboda | Postdoctoral Scholar | Environmental and Health Behavior | Don’t say vegan or plant-based: Focusing on health and sustainability improves choices for food baskets without meat and dairy

Lauren Kelly | Graduate Student | History | Troubled Waters: A Post-1930 Environmental History of the Owens Valley

Dr. Bill Deverell | Professor | History, Spatial Sciences, and Environmental Studies | The West on Fire

Lauren Kelly | Graduate Student | History | Troubled Waters: A Post-1930 Environmental History of the Owens Valley

Obin Sturm | Graduate Student | Atmospheric Composition & Earth Data Science | Filling in the graph: exploring the atmospheric chemical system using machine learning and graph theory

Lauren Kelly | Graduate Student | History | Troubled Waters: A Post-1930 Environmental History of the Owens Valley

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