2024 BioEPIC Virtual Research Slam
Join Berkeley Lab’s Biosciences and Earth & Environmental Sciences Areas to celebrate BioEPIC during Earth Month 2024! Lead investigators from each of the four Science Focus Areas (SFAs) that will be housed in the building—Belowground Biogeochemistry, ENIGMA, m-CAFEs, and Watershed Function—will give a brief overview of their program. Scientists from each SFA will share their research in three-minute presentations for a general audience. Attendees will vote for their favorite talks.
The 2024 Standings:
- BioEPIC Research SLAM Champion: Kelsey Crutchfield-Peters, postdoctoral researcher, Belowground Biogeochemistry, “Rooting for Carbon: Rhizospheres, Redox, and Belowground Carbon Cycling in a Warmer World”
- First Runner Up: Veronica Escalante, postdoctoral researcher, mCAFEs, “Aromatic Acids in the Spotlight: Unraveling Their Influence on Plant-Microbe Interactions”
- Honorable Mention: Stijn Wielandt, research scientist, Watershed Function, “What can waves tell us about water?”
Co-hosts:
Mingfei Chen,
2023 BioEPIC
Slam Champion
Jeremy Snyder,
Earth & Environmental Sciences Area
Communications Specialist
Representatives:
Belowground Biogeochemistry
Margaret Torn
Lead Scientist
Eoin Brodie
Task Lead
Peter Nico
Task Lead
Kelsey Crutchfield-Peters
Postdoctoral Researcher
ENIGMA
Paul Adams
Lead Scientist
Adam Arkin
Lead Scientist
Joshua Huang
Graduate Student
Jinwoo Im
Postdoctoral Researcher
m-CAFEs
Trent Northen
Lead Scientist
Adam Deutschbauer
Lead Scientist
Veronica Escalante
Postdoctoral Researcher
Ilija Dukovski
Research Assistant Professor
Watershed Function
Eoin Brodie
Lead Scientist
Ken Williams
Lead Scientist
Stijn Wielandt
Research Scientist
Nicholas Thiros
Postdoctoral Researcher