On April 25, 14 NYU Shanghai PhD students shared their research with the community at the “3rd NYU Shanghai Postdoctoral and Doctoral Research Assembly.” The assembly, which consisted of a plenary session of 8 oral presentations and 12 poster exhibitions, aimed to help young researchers develop communication skills, especially in terms of presenting their work to the general public, gain knowledge from other disciplines, and expand their networks. Three faculty judges determined Best Oral Presentation awardees and 80 public audiences making up all members of NYU Shanghai’s community voted for Audience Favorite Posters.
The list of Best Oral Presentation winners is as follows:
Jiaqiu Sun - 5th year, PhD Student in Neural Science
More than Attention: Brief Practice of Focus-attention Mindfulness Suppresses Automatic Word Meaning Processing
Qingnan Liang - 3rd year, PhD Student in Transportation Systems
Dynamic Control Protocol for a Group of Coordinated Fleets
Raj Roy - 2nd year, PhD Student in Chemistry
Radiosensitizing Potential of Halo-uracils via Low-energy Electrons: A Simulation Study
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Zhong-Ping Jiang (far left), Associate Provost for Strategic Initiatives and Professor of Mathematics Pierre Tarrès (2nd to the far right), and Dean of Graduate and Advanced Education Eric Mao (far right) presented the Best Oral Presentation Awards to (from left to right) PhD Student in Chemistry Raj Roy, PhD Student in Transportation Systems Qingnan Liang, PhD Student in Neural Science Jiaqiu Sun
The list of Audience Favorite Posters is as follows:
Jialong Wang & Yuquan Cao -1st & 5th year, PhD Students in Chemistry
Role of Electronic Polarization in the Primary Charge-transfer States of the Purple Bacteria Reaction Center: A Polarizable QM/MM Study with the Integral-exact Direct Reaction Field Method
Jianqi Yu - 1st year, PhD Student in Urban Studies
Bird Care in Fragmented Urban Landscapes: An Integrated Assessment Framework from Shanghai
Yue Xiong - 2nd year, PhD Student in Urban Studies
Decoding Public Sentiment Topics in Google Map Reviews on Urban Infrastructure Development of Belt and Road Initiative
Dean of Graduate and Advanced Education Eric Mao (far right) presented the Audience Favorite Poster Awards to (from left to right) PhD student in Chemistry Yuquan Cao, PhD Student in Chemistry Jialong Wang, PhD student in Urban Studies Yue Xiong, PhD Student in Urban Studies Jianqi Yu