
Grad Slam
2016 Winners
Congratulations to our 10 Grad Slam Finalists for 2016! Finalists presented their research on April 6, 2016, to an enthusiastic audience.
First Place was awarded to Michael Nayak, who represented UC Santa Cruz at the University of California system-wide finals on April 22 in San Francisco. Below are the videos of the First Place Winner Michael Nayak, Second Place Winner Joseph Stewart, and People’s Choice Awardee Damla Ozcelik.
All 2016 UCSC Grad Slam presentations are viewable on the Division of Graduate Studies YouTube site.
First Place
Michael Nayak, Earth Sciences
Planetary Dynamics Around Cramped Exoplanet Star System
Second Place
Joseph Stewart, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology,
Wildlife and Plant Conservation in the Era of Rapid Climate Change
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