v
2004 American
Association for the Advancement of Science
Ø
National
Conference Poster Competition: Seattle, Washington
ö
Science is a
Foreign Language: Cognitive Neurophysiology
of Reading
Comprehension in Middle School
English Language Learners
·
See Science
Magazine, April 16, 2004, page 365
v
2001
Societyfor theAdvofChicanosandNative
AmericansinScience
Ø
National
Conference Poster Competition: Phoenix, Arizona
ö
Global
Unified Earth Systems Studies: Native American
Methodologies
of Scientific Observation.
v
2000
Societyfor theAdvofChicanosandNative
AmericansinScience
Ø
National
Conference Poster Competition: Atlanta, Georgia
ö
Proposed
in-situ hydrothermal condensation reactions
of biological
molecules
on catalytic metal sulfides and smectite.
·
Excellence
in Geoscience
v
2000 American
Association for the Advancement of Science
Ø
National
Graduate Student Poster Competition: Washington DC
ö
Proposed
in-situ Hydrothermal condensation reactions of
biologically
relevant molecules on catalytic metal sulfides
and smectite.
·
Honorable
Mention: Highest undergraduate award in USA
v
1998
Societyfor theAdvofChicanosandNative
AmericansinScience
Ø
National
Conference Poster Competition: Washington DC
ö
Solar
Terrestrial Physics of Grand Prismatic Spring,
Yellowstone
National Park, Wyoming: Preliminary
investigation
of electromagnetic Terminator effects on
phototrophic
microbes:
Implications
for precursors to the origin of life.
v
1997
Societyfor theAdvofChicanosandNative
AmericansinScience
Ø
National
Conference Poster Competition: Houston, Texas
ö
Bionomy of
Mars and Earth preliminary investigation of the
bioorganic
and inorganic domains on Mars and Earth.
v
1996
Societyfor theAdvofChicanosandNative
AmericansinScience
Ø
National
Conference Poster Competition: Los Angeles, CA
ö
Experimental
Characterization of the Molecular Structure and
Therapeutic
Properties of a Clay Mineral.