Graduate Research Seminar 2026/2027

Graduate Research Seminars and Graduate Development Workshops
Fridays, 3:30-4:45 pm

Join us every Friday for graduate research discussions! Graduate students showcase their exciting research at our departmental seminars, followed by an interactive Q&A session. Graduate students learn from peers’ presentations and Q&A sessions, gaining perspectives that can inform and refine your own research.

Fall 2026

August 28, 2026

Workshop
Presenter: Bradley Cameron (he/him/his)
Psychologist at the School of Medicine
Georgetown University

September 11, 2026

Workshop
Presenter: Lionell Daggs III (he/they)
Office of Student Equity & Inclusion
Georgetown University

Charli

September 18, 2026

Charli Minsavage-Davis
Hamilton Lab
Mentor: Dr. Matthew Hamilton
Testing for adaptation in the clonal salt marsh grass Spartina patens with DNA-sequence fingerprinting.”

September 25, 2026

Paul Zhou
Coate Lab
Mentor: Dr. Thomas Coate
“Otic Mesenchyme Cells Might Promote Inner Ear Spontaneous Activity”.

October 2, 2026

Danna Camelo
Brinsmade Lab
Mentor: Dr. Shaun Brinsmade
Investigating MbcS-dependent membrane biogenesis in Staphylococcus aureus supported by cross-fed Enterococcus faecalis metabolites.

Verena Conkin

October 16, 2026

Verena Conkin
Mann Lab
Mentor: Dr. Janet Mann

October 23, 2026

Alp Demirhan
Coate Lab
Mentor: Dr. Thomas Coate

Fabiana

October 30, 2026

Fabiana Málaga
The Brinsmade Lab
Mentor: Dr. Shaun Brinsmade

Juliana

November 6, 2026

Juliana Taube   
Bansal Lab
Mentor: Shweta Bansal

November 13, 2026

Haeli Lomheim    
Silva Lab
Mentor: Dr. Elena Silva

November 20, 2026

Emmanuel Olotu
The Rolfes Lab
Mentor: Dr. Ronda Rolfes

Anngely Leeds

December 4, 2026

Anngely Leeds
The Ries Lab
Mentor: Dr. Leslie Ries

Spring 2027

Kenneth Lee

January 22, 2027

Kenneth Lee
The Huang Lab
Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey Huang

Vanessa Morales

January 29, 2027

Vanessa Morales
The Wimp Lab
Mentor: Dr. Gina Wimp

February 19, 2027

Workshop
Presenter: Shauna Bennett
Department of Biology
Georgetown University

Annika Dean

March 12, 2027

Annika Dean (speaker 1)
Mann Lab
Mentor: Dr. Janet Mann

GU

March 12, 2027

Trendelina Iseni (speaker 2)
Cervantes-Sandoval Lab
Mentor: Dr. Isaac Cervantes-Sandoval

Diana Alvarado

March 19, 2027

Diana Alvarado (speaker 1)
Mann Lab
Mentor: Dr. Janet Mann

March 19, 2027

TBD (speaker 2)

Peter Kann

April 2, 2027

Peter Kann (speaker 1)
The Weiss Lab
Mentor: Dr. Martha Weiss

April 2, 2027

Jennifer Dukov (speaker 2)
The Coate Lab
Mentor: Dr. Thomas Coate

Mac Luu

April 9, 2027

Mac (Macawan) Luu (speaker 1)
The Wimp Lab
Mentor: Dr. Gina Wimp

Cassidy Alspaugh

April 9, 2027

Cassidy Alspaugh (speaker 2)
The Rolfes Lab
Mentor: Dr. Ronda Rolfes

Benjamin Baah Konadu

April 16, 2027

Benjamin Baah Konadu (speaker 1)
The He Lab
Mentor: Dr. Haiyan He

Hannah Snyder

April 16, 2027

Hannah Snyder
The Zarrella Lab
Mentor: Dr. Tiffany Zarrella