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EXPO 2026 Detailed Agenda

Day 1 - Updated Regularly

Day 2 Agenda

Day 1

April 30th, 2026

Registration Opens

(7:30 am in the prefucntion area of the Live Oak Ballroom, Setzer Student Center)

Poster Session 1

(8:00 am at the Live Oak Ballroom, Setzer Student Center)

Opening Remarks by Dr. Brett Welch, Provost

(at 9 am)

Introduction by Dr. Rebecca Boone, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences

(at 9:10 am)

Dr. Greg Morrison's Plenary Talk

(from 9:15 to 10:00 am)

Break

(10:00 am)

STEM Plenary Session - Live Oak Ballroom
Chairs: TBA
Table displays a schedule for the STEM Plenary Session in the Live Oak Ballroom.
10:15 AM
Uche Oparaji
The University of Texas Medical Branch - Galveston
 Mentor: Dr. Lauren Richardson 
 "The Fetal–Maternal Interface Reconsidered: Cellular and Lineage Perspectives on the Placenta and Fetal Membranes."
10:30 AM Campbell Fuller, Lamar U. Mentor: Dr. Susantha Ganegamage
"Design and Synthesis of Carbazole-Derived Mono- and Dual-Emission Fluorescent Probes for Selective Recognition of Telomeric G-Quadruplex DNA"
10:45 AM Layali Abusaleh, Lamar U., Texas Academy Mentor: Dr. Sylvestre Twagirayezu
"Temperature-Dependent Analysis of Petroleum Mixtures by Molecular Rotational Resonance Spectroscopy"
11:00 AM Xin Chang, University of Texas at Austin Mentor: Dr. Wennie Wang 
"Chirality induced spin selectivity (CISS) in donor-acceptor(DA) cocrystals: A spin-adapted approach"
11:15 AM Yingjie (Jackie) Gao, Lamar U. Mentor: Dr. Sidney Lin
"High-resolution Simulation of Energy Storage by Microencapsulated Phase Change Material"
11:30 AM Sneha Jobby, Lamar U. Mentor: Dr. Ashwini Kucknoor
"Role of lncRNAs in Modulating Leishmania Amazonensis Infectivity in Macrophages"
11:45 AM

Sneha Jobby, Isabella Tran, and Homero Tijerina, Lamar U.

 Beck Fellowship
"The David J. Beck Fellowship: From Idea to Interview"
12:00 PM Mohamed Irhabi, Lamar U.
Research done at the Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar    
 Mentor: Dr. Ioannis Petropoulos
"Retinal OCT Angiography as a Window to Neurovascular Small-Vessel Disease in Ischemic Stroke"

Group Photo 

(12:15 pm in front of Setzer Center)

Lunch 

(12:30 pm at the Live Oak Ballroom, Setzer Student Center)

Poster Session 2

(1 to 2 pm at the Live Oak Ballroom, Setzer Student Center)

Breakout Sessions

(2 to 4 pm, various locations)

Poster Session 3

(4 pm at the Live Oak Ballroom, Setzer Student Center)

Banquet

(5:30 to 6:15 pm in the Live Oak Ballroom, Setzer Student Center)

Introduction by Dr. Joby John, Dean of College of Business

(at 6:10 pm)

Dr. Pierre Berthon - Banquet Talk

(from 6:15 to 7:00 pm)

Opening Remarks by Heena Karani

Awards Conferred by Dr. Samuel Jator, Sr. Associate Provost

for Academic Affairs & Dean of Undergraduate Studies

FMA Awards Ceremony

Presented by Dr. Gina Hale and Dr. Matt Hoch

SURF Awards Ceremony

Recognition for Best Narrative in the Paper Competition

Presented by Ms. Elizabeth Sanders and Ms. Casey Ford

(from 7 to 8 pm, at the Live Oak Ballroom, Setzer Student Center)