2026 Research Symposium Schedule
Please note: Non PNNL Staff will not be permitted on campus. Non PNNL Staff are welcome to join the virtual presentations.
- 9:00 AM - 9:05 AMWelcome and opening remarksZoom
- 9:05 AM - 9:25 AMKeynote SpeakerCailene Gunn | Earth Scientist and Science Communicator
- 9:25 AM - 9:30 AMTransition break
- 9:30 AM - 11:00 AMRemote sessionZoom
VIRTUALLY VIA ZOOM - BR 1
9:30 AM Yara Al-Shorman, TPIAgent: Improving Chip Testability with Artificial Intelligence
9:42 AM Kevin Kurian, Evaluating In-Context Reward Hacking in Multi-Agent Systems
9:54 AM Gabriela Nicacio, AI learning pathways for scientists
10:06 AM Danny Abraham, LLM Based Classifiers for Geothermal Permitting Documents
10:18 AM Ryan Page, Integrating Machine Learning into PRIMRE Database Management
10:30 AM Lauren Miller, Detector Simulation of β-decay into 136Xe
VIRTUALLY VIA ZOOM - BR 2
9:30 AM Anisha Kalgi, Recommending New Categorical Exclusions to Fast-Track Geothermal Permitting in the US: A Statistical Analysis of the NEPA Record
9:42 AM Lauren Henderson, Dispatch-Responsive Reserves Reduce Procurement Costs in High-Renewable Power Systems
9:54 AM Alexander Meza, Wirelesstrap
10:06 AM Jordan Perkins, Physiological and Behavioral effects of Particle Motion on fishes and invertebrates
10:18 AM Dante Whitehead, Contamination in Orbital and Surface Environments: A Sequential Decision Framework
- 11:00 AM - 11:30 AMIntermission
- 11:30 AM - 12:10 PMPoster session 1Richland - Discovery Hall | Seattle - 5th Floor Kitchen
RICHLAND - DISCOVERY HALL | 11:30 AM - 12:10 PM
Matthew Duran, Development of a Raspberry Pi Based Monitoring System for Ice Nucleation Experiments
Sofia del Toro, Characterization of Coastal Ecosystems Along Lake Erie
Anna St. Hilaire, Soil chemistry across a coastal forest ecosystem
Bade Habib, Management Client for Wildfire Mitigation Plans Database
Zachary Fox, Decoupling Concentration and Magnetic-Field Effects in Lanthanide Coordination Chemistry
Justice Sidney, Corrosion product monitoring in molten salt using optical spectroscopy
Carl Olson, Building a Machine Learning Spectral Database for AIMAX using Mechanical Exfoliated Monolayers of WS2
Lyla Parker, Development of Atomically Thin Mica and Clay Platform for Nanoscale Study of Rare Earth Elements
Lucy Tervo, Chromatographic lead-barium separation as surrogate study for radium purification
Jedrick Espiritu, Finetuning ALIGNN For Bandgap Prediction
Emma Johnson, Mild Vapor-Phase Solvolysis Recycling of Epoxy-Amine Carbon Fiber Composites
Daniel Torres-Duque, Forecasting and Optimization Toward Adaptive Manufacturing
Andrew Evangelista, LLM Agents for Atmospheric CCN Data Analysis using ARM BNF Dataset
Sophia Diaz, Comparison Between Bacterial and Fungal data in a Multi Omics Foundation Model
Charile Hoang, Developing Quality Control Pipeline for Automated Liquid Handling Systems
Maxwell Kavanah, CdTe Detectors for Coincidence Counting in Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
Eduardo Tapia-Morales, Implementing Multiple Sources into Frequency Clocks
Kunal Shankar, Quantifying BESS Resilience Benefits Using Avoided Outage Costs
Nolan Kowitt, Parametric study for microcalorimeter optimization
SEATTLE - 5TH FLOOR KITCHEN | 11:30 AM - 12:10 PM
Alision Tan, Building a Multi-Agent LLM Driven Workplace Simulation
Grace O'Brien, Where did you learn that? Data attribution in deep neural networks
Jonas Goim, Enhancing Graph Algorithms Using Vertex and Edge Information
Ellie Lim, Finding electrical vulnerabilities through orchestrated contingency analysis
Nick Giovine, Developing a Wind Energy End of Life (EoL) Framework for Tethys
Maleen Schoenberg, The Environmental Effects of Marine & Wind Energy: Knowledge Accessibility and Curation
Sierra Stilling, Understanding the Impacts & Outcomes of DOE-R&D Investments through Technology Tracking
- 12:10 PM - 12:15 PMTransition break
- 12:15 PM - 12:55 PMPoster session 2Richland - Discovery Hall
RICHLAND - DISCOVERY HALL | 12:15 PM - 12:55 PM
Brenna Apri, Unconventional Lithium Resource; Round Top of Sierra Blanca Complex, Trans-Pecos, Texas
Thomas Tust, Improving Bioaerosol Identification with Machine Learning and an Integrated Particle Classification Program
Hannah Chang, Exploring the pre-operative plasma proteome of surgical groups susceptible to chronic pain development
Jillard De Fiesta, Observing photolysis-induced physical and chemical changes of Secondary Organic Aerosols with a countertop environmental chamber
Joshua Boyle, Improving Accessibility to Science-Backed Building Resources
Stella Arce, Supporting Energy Skilled: Data Management & Workbook Automation
Alexander Kalashnikov Soules, Discrete Modeling of Complex Fracture in Engineered Structures: Adhesively Bonded Joints Under Impact
Mason Miazga, Lanthanide Separation Using MoS2 Laminate Membranes​
Barkhas Senguun, Investigating Charge Transfer between Monolayer MoS2 and MoS2-Supported Hexavanadate
Rachel Tucker, Applications of Noble Gas Mass Spectrometry for Fission Gas Isotopic Composition Analysis
Mariana Zurita, Transition Metal-Triazine Electrocatalysts for Carbon Oxygenate Transformations and Long-Duration Energy Storage
Rana Eyit, Solvent Extraction of Biocrude from the Hydrothermal Liquefaction Product Emulsion
Ben Waldner, Characterizing Quantum Amplifiers for Axion Dark Matter Detection
Adam Baji, AI/ML for Reactor Defense-in-Depth (D3) and Common Cause Failure (CCF) Analysis
Alex Beidalah, Simulating Hydraulic Stressors on Fish in a Kaplan Turbine
Dat Phan, Cost-Effective System for Digital Map Tiles of Wildfires through Satellite Imagery: Rapid Analytics for Disaster Response (RADR) - CDK
Armando Orozco, Agentic AI for Multi-Objective Optimization of Alloys Using Molecular Dynamics and Isotope Generation Simulations
Mansur Yassin, Automating Flow Cytometer Performance Tracking
Izzy O'Reilly, Spectral Characterization and Predictive Modeling of Garnet
- 12:55 PM - 1:00PMClosing RemarksOSEWD
Please note: Non PNNL Staff will not be permitted on campus. Non PNNL Staff are welcome to join the virtual presentations.