CAFNR Research Council announces 2026 symposium poster session winners




The Sixth Annual CAFNR Research Symposium was held Oct. 7, bringing students, faculty and staff to Memorial Union for a day of discovery and connection. In addition to keynote speakers, lightning talks and panel discussions, the symposium featured two poster presentation sessions for undergraduate students, graduate students and postdocs.

Below are the poster session winners, selected by the CAFNR Research Council.

Undergraduate

First Place: Muslima Ilhomjonova — School of Natural Resources

Second Place: Leah Bellof — Animal Sciences

Third Place: Noah Davis — Plant Science and Technology

Graduate

First Place: Drushya Ramesh — Food, Nutrition and Exercise Sciences

Second Place: Govinda Khanal — Applied Social Sciences

Second Place: Sudha Bhandari — School of Natural Resources

Third Place: Gabriela Dasqueve — Animal Sciences

Postdoctoral

First Place: Gabriel Lemes Jorge — Biochemistry

Second Place: Rishi Bhandari — Plant Science and Technology

Third Place: Tasrin Sultana — Animal Sciences

To see photos of the winners and the rest of the CAFNR Research Symposium, visit CAFNR’s Flickr page at https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjD7vhH.