Conferences

Dr. Roman was a featured speaker for the 2024 NSURP cohort. The NSURP is a community-driven initiative that creates rewarding, remote summer research experiences for underrepresented minoritized undergraduate students in Microbiology, Immunology, Cancer Biology, and Biomedical Engineering.

HM Abdul (pictured) presented his MSc capstone research project at the iSchool's iShowcase event at the Marriot in the UA campus.

Ani Chitransh (pictured) presented her MSc capstone research project at the iSchool's iShowcase event at the Marriot in the UA campus.

Jiayue He (pictured 3rd from the left) attended the 2024 Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration conference. The SME Annual Conference & Expo is widely recognized as the most distinguished forum for the publication of multidisciplinary mining research.

Dr. Román-Palacios attended the Urban Eco-Evol and Nature-based solution workshop hosted by Dr. Marina Alberti at the University of Washington

Our PI, Cristian attended the UN-COP16 in Colombia along with Dr. Rachel Gallery and Dr. Jessie Golding from the University of Arizona. You can read more about his experience here.

Paige Cherry, Undergraduate student in the lab, represented the college of Information Science at a special meeting hosted by the Arizona Board of Regents. In her poster, Paige discussed a her perspectives a personal pipeline and representation in the information science world. She also got to highlight the progress her assisting Dr. Kiran Basava. Congrats Paige!!

Dr. Kristen Martinet and Dr. Kiran Basava (postdocs at the lab) presented their research at the 6th annual Arizona Postdoctoral Research Conference. Dr. Martinet was selected as one of two Best Poster Presentation awardees. Congrats to both Kristen and Kiran for presenting!

Danielle Van Boxel (pictured) presenting her research at the iSchool's iShowcase event at the Marriot in the UA campus (Tucson, AZ). The iShowcase focuses on presenting interactive research and creative projects by iSchool's students.

Danielle Van Boxel (pictured in the very back left-hand corner) attended the Arizona Women's Symposium in Mathematics in Flagstaff, AZ. Danielle was a featured speaker in the conference and was also a research poster presenter. The AWSiM provides a forum for women to share information about their projects with each other and with community members.

Dr. Román-Palacios presented BarrioMap along with Mackenzie Waller (Assistant Professor, University of Arizona) and Ariana Cantu (Assistant Professor, University of Washington)

Dr. Román-Palacios presented along with members of Esperanza Community Housing on 'GIS and community health'.

Yi Chien Lee (pictured) was in attendance of the Grace Hopper Celebration for Women in Computing in Orlando, Florida. GHC aims to bring the research and career interests of women in computing to the forefront. Career fairs, sessions and poster presentations were all main parts of the event

Dr. Román-Palacios was the keynote speaker at the 2023 Simposio Estudiantil at INECOL (Xalapa, Mexico) for the Climate Change component of the event. In the photo, organizers and two speakers.

Dr. Román-Palacios attended and presented in the iSchool's Spring 2024 Faculty Research Blitz. The Blitz is a fast-paced series of presentations on the latest information-related research, apps publications and more.

Dr. Román-Palacios was named 'Afro-Colombian' of the Year by the oldest newspaper in Colombia and Fundacion Color de Colombia. Dr. Román-Palacios gave a brief speech, in Spanish. You can check out the whole event in the following link

Dr. Román-Palacios help put together a fraction of the slides and discussion + recording on Biology, particularly focused on how to understand phylogenetic trees. In Spanish. Link

Dr. Román-Palacios have a brief talk to high schoolers on his career path, research etc. In Spanish. Link

Dr. Román-Palacios presented his research on polyploidy at the Polyploidy webinar organized by Michael S. Barker (Checkout his amazing website for more information and videos). Youtube Video

Dr. Román-Palacios was interviewed very briefly by Dr. Katrina Mangin. In this podcast, he speaks about some of his research and touch upon some general and personal advice on science and academia. Link

Dr. Wiens and Dr. Román-Palacios discuss our climate change paper with folks at the Climate Pod. '...Then, we are joined by the University of Arizona's Dr. John J. Wiens and Cristian Román-Palacios, who recently published a study that made headlines for its analysis on the potential extinction crisis looming if warming temperatures continue. They explain the major drivers behind extinction patterns and where plant and animal most likely to occur.' Link

Dr. Román-Palacios gave a talk on his PhD research at Universidad del Valle, Colombia.

Dr. Román-Palacios gave a talk on his PhD research at Universidad del Quindío, Colombia.

Dr. Román-Palacios gave a talk on his PhD research at Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia. Youtube video.