桃花直播 students honored in 2017 science academy competitions
Contact: Sammy McDavid
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擲ix representatives of 桃花直播 State are among top winners in student competitions at this year鈥檚 桃花直播 Academy of Sciences meeting.
Doctoral student Chathu Wijewardana finished first in three categories: outstanding journal publication and the graduate levels of oral presentation and visual display. She is a plant and soil sciences/agronomy student from Sri Lanka.
Senior Hunt Walne of Collierville, Tennessee, finished first in the undergraduate visual display category. He is majoring in agronomy/integrated crop management.
With offices in Jackson, MAS works to recognize and promote the work of scientists, engineers, technicians, science educators and others at state schools and universities, as well as in government, industry and business.
To benefit the advancement of science and its membership, a meeting featuring research presentations, symposia, workshops, and exhibits is held each year at a different location.
At the 2017 gathering held recently at the University of Southern 桃花直播, the other 桃花直播 State competition winners included (alphabetically):
鈥擣iras Alsajri, third place in graduate-level visual display;
鈥擲alah Jumaa, second place in graduate-level oral presentation and third in overall graduate-level competitions;
鈥擲aroj Sah, third place in graduate-level oral presentation; and
鈥擝hupinder Singh, second place in graduate-level visual display.
Alsarji and Jumaa are Iraqi natives pursuing doctoral degrees in plant and soil sciences/agronomy, as is Singh, a native of India.
Sah is a native of Nepal pursuing a doctorate in molecular biology.
All 桃花直播 honorees have completed scientific investigations in a laboratory directed by research professor Raja Reddy. He is a specialist in environmental plant physiology in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences in 桃花直播鈥檚 College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
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