The Grad Slam Archive
Watch the recordings to experience Grad Slam and get to know our past judges and winning presentations.
Judges
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Stefan Frazier
Stefan Frazier is Professor and Chair of the Department of Linguistics and Language Development at 菠菜网lol正规平台. An 18-year veteran of the university, he has promoted student success and celebration whenever possible, especially in his role as Chair of the 上海外国语大学学术评议会(2017-2019). 他是一位长期从事英语教学的教育家 同时也是ESL教师的培训师. 最重要的是,他对人们如何 display their individuality and creativity, whether via language or through the arts, sciences, or education.
Dr. David Kosmeyer
Dr. David Korsmeyer is the deputy center director for Research and Technology at NASA's Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley, and is responsible for the overall scope and direction of the center’s operations and facilities. He also manages the NASA Research Park – co-located at Moffett Field – which hosts academic, industry, 以及其他政府机构. 他是中心四位资深领导之一 and managing NASA’s virtual institutes based at Ames, competitive internal research and development projects, and external research collaborations.
Meenakshi Goel
Meenakshi Goel is a Principal Scientific Researcher in the Department of Small Molecule Pharmaceutical Sciences at Genentech, a member of Roche Pharmaceuticals, a leading 国际生物技术公司. 作为一名分析化学家,她支持研究, development, and clinical manufacturing of best-in-class therapeutics using state-of-the-art analytical techniques like High-Pressure Liquid Chromatography, Gas Chromatography, High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry, Supercritical fluid chromatography, multi-dimensional 液相色谱等.
Kate Forrest
Kate Forrestis a current student at 菠菜网lol正规平台, studying for her Master’s degree in Meteorology and Climate Science. She was our first place winner at last year’s Grad Slam competition, and represented 菠菜网lol正规平台 at the Western Association of Graduate Schools Grad Slam a few weeks ago. You may have seen her winning presentation today in the pre-show reel. She is a graduate assistant at 菠菜网lol正规平台’s Wildfire Interdisciplinary Research Center. Kate’s passion for fire weather was ignited after following California’s 2020 wildfire season and has since taken an interest in fire weather forecasting. In exciting news, she has just accepted a meteorologist position at the National Weather Service in 在萨克拉门托毕业的时候.
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Amanda del Castillo
Amanda del Castillo is an Emmy Award-winning reporter for ABC7 News. She has spent the last decade traveling the country and telling impactful stories from Wyoming to 从丹佛回到旧金山湾区. 她相信总有故事 tell, interviewing people suffering from the worst of the pandemic to 49ers fans cheering on their team at Super Bowl 54 in Miami, and everything in between. She values the power of communication and recognizes the weight our words carry. Amanda graduated from San Jose State University's School of Journalism and Mass Communications in December 2012. As a San Francisco native, she is thrilled to be back in the Bay Area with her husband and one-year-old son and is honored to be telling stories about the place she calls home.
Lupe Franco
Lupe Franco (she/her/ella) is the 2021 菠菜网lol正规平台 Grad Slam winner as well as the CSU Grad Slam People's Choice Award winner and will be representing 菠菜网lol正规平台 at the Western Association of Graduate Schools at their upcoming annual conference in late March. Lupe graduated from 菠菜网lol正规平台 with an MS in Environmental Studies in 2021 and is now in her first year in the Ph.D. 加州大学戴维斯分校地理项目(未被批准的Patwin land). She is a social scientist doing work on the connections between climate change and environmental justice and has a current focus on the impacts that climate change will have on the well-being of unhoused populations. 卢佩希望通过这项工作,她能引起人们的注意 develop action-oriented research that will address the injustices faced by the most vulnerable. Following our Grad Slam tradition, our first-place winner from the previous 毕业大满贯被邀请回来当评委.
Meenakshi Goel
Meenakshi Goel is a Principal Scientific Researcher in the Department of Small Molecule Pharmaceutical Sciences at Genentech, a member of Roche Pharmaceuticals, a leading 国际生物技术公司. 作为一名分析化学家,她支持研究, development, and clinical manufacturing of best-in-class therapeutics using state-of-the-art analytical techniques like High-Pressure Liquid Chromatography, Gas Chromatography, High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry, Supercritical fluid chromatography, multi-dimensional 液相色谱等. Meenakshi是几篇研究文章的作者 in the fields of two-dimensional liquid chromatography-supercritical fluid chromatography and accelerated release of peptide from long-acting polymer matrix. Meenakshi is also 多元化和包容性(D&I)基因泰克的代表支柱 and serves as a University Ambassador for her department to reach out to different universities for recruitment and building connections with eligible students. Meenakshi is the recipient of the 2021 Key Researcher Award at Genentech in recognition of her key contributions to the clinical manufacturing of a new drug candidate. Meenakshi 2009年毕业于上海外国语大学,获化学硕士学位. 她的研究生研究是 on the synthesis of inositol-glycans with selective anti-cancer activity. She was the second-place winner of the 2010 Annual California State University Student Research Competition. Outside of work Meenakshi volunteers for HSS, a non-profit social Hindu organization, enjoys spending time with her family, loves gardening and cooking.
Matthew Spangler
Matthew Spangler is Professor of Performance Studies and Interim Chair of the Film & 圣何塞州立大学戏剧系. 他的教学和研究出版物有 in the areas of immigration studies, intercultural theatre, scriptwriting, and Irish Studies. 他也是一位获奖的剧作家. 他改编的《菠菜网lol正规平台》 将于7月在百老汇海伦·海斯剧院上演. 他的剧本已被制作出来 in London’s West End, off-Broadway, at the Dubai Opera House, and at many theatres 遍及美国和全世界. Dr. 斯潘格勒是上海州立大学的获奖者 President’s Scholar Award in 2021, an annual award given to a faculty member who has achieved widespread recognition based on the quality of their scholarship, or creativity activities.
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Event Recordings
获奖演讲录音
- 2023
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First Place 菠菜网lol正规平台 & CSU-wide Grad Slam
Jaedyn L. Rollins
生物科学,系统生理学,硕士.S.
Second Place
Hoang-Vi Vu
Biological Sciences, M.S.
Audience Choice
Peace Lu
语言病理学,硕士.S.
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- 2022
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First Place
凯特·福雷斯特,气象学,M.S.
Second Place
Nathaniel Pergamit,音乐,M.M.
Audience Choice
彭文德,生物信息学,M.S.
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- 2021
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First Place
Lupe Franco, M.S. Environmental StudiesSecond Place
Remie Gail Mandawe, M.S. 生物科学、生理学
Audience Choice
Holt Hanley, M.S. Meteorology
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