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The Kentucky Academy of Science held its 2017 Annual Meeting November 3-4 at Murray State University.  More than 500 scientists and students attended the 2017 Annual meeting, and hundreds of undergraduate and graduate students from Kentucky and regional colleges and universities participated in the research competitions. 

KAS is pleased to announce award winners of the student competitions from Western Kentucky University:

Undergraduate poster presentation:

Benjamin Kash, 1^st place, Chemistry: Organic/Inorganic

Alexander Banaszak, 1^st place, Physics & Astronomy

Alex Henson, 3^rd place, Physics & Astronomy

Blaine Patty, 1^st place, Physiology & Biochemistry

Matthew Millay, 1^st place, Physiology & Biochemistry

Undergraduate oral presentation:

Ryan Lamb, 1^st place, Chemistry: Analytical/Physical

Mara Krempel, 2^nd place, Chemistry: Analytical/Physical

Kayla Steward, 3^rd place, Chemistry: Analytical/Physical

Audrey Alexander, 3^rd place, Ecology & Environmental Science

Jason Fox, 3^rd place, Geography

Samuel Kessler, 1^st place, Agriculture

Audrey Barnett, 3^rd place, Agriculture

Keelee Pullum, 3^rd place, Cellular & Molecular Biology

Wendy Cecil, 1^st place, Ecology & Environmental Science

Austin Gabhart, 1^st place, Mathematics

Graduate oral presentation:

Mason Gibson, 2^nd place, Anthropology & Sociology

Afolasayo Aromiwura, 2^nd place, Cellular & Molecular Biology

Hongyan Gao, 1^st place, Chemistry: Organic/Inorganic

Jonathan Malone, 2^nd place, Chemistry: Organic/Inorganic

Konnor Jones, 2^nd place, Chemistry: Analytical/Physical

Jesus Alejandro Berlanga, 3^rd place, Chemistry: Analytical/Physical

Samantha Thomas, 3^rd place, Ecology & Environmental Science

James Shelley, 1^st place, Geography

Kathryn Laslie, 1^st place, Zoology

Cassandra Scalf, 2^nd place, Zoology

Winners in all categories are available here, along with photos of awards winners

https://www.kyscience.org/student_research_competitions.php

 The Kentucky Academy of Science is a non-profit organization, founded in 1914, whose mission is to foster scientific discovery and understanding in Kentucky. Asbury University faculty, staff and students may become members of the Kentucky Academy of Science at www.kyscience.org.

 For more information: Amanda Fuller, Kentucky Academy of Science, (859)-227-2837; executivedirector@kyscience.org