Conference Presentations

NYUAD offers competitive grants to NYU Abu Dhabi students whose posters, papers, and creative works have been accepted for presentation at academic conferences.

Presentations vary across disciplines; from research papers presented at scientific conferences, to exhibitions in museums, and film screenings at film festivals.

Presenting my research at the International Society of Microbial Ecology Conference was an extremely enriching experience. As an aspiring young scientist, it was educational and inspiring being able to listen and interact with world-class researchers from all over the world, as well as being able to present my own work.

Arya Gautam presented her research at the International Society of Microbial Ecology (ISME18) Conference.

Arya Gautam, Class of 2023

Presentations

Academic Year 2022-2023

Mahmoud Elbeh

Mahmoud Elbeh presented his research at the BMES Student Design Competition in the USA.

Zaina Awan

In spring 2023, Zaina Awan presented her research at the Oxford Undergraduate Research Conference in the UK.

Arya Guatam

Arya Guatam presented her research at the Society of Molecular Biology and Evolution Conference in Italy.

Daniel Ahn

Daniel Ahn presented the results of his research in the International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry in Iceland.

Noora Jabir and Sudit Sahoo

Students Noora Jabir and Sudit Sahoo presented their individual research projects at the National Collegiate Research Conference at Harvard University.

Sekou Jabteh

Sekou Jabteh presented his research at the American Political Science Association’s (APSA) 2022 Annual Meeting and Exhibition in Canada.

Sudit Sahoo

Sudit Sahoo presented the results of his research at the Middle East Studies Association Undergraduate Research Workshop and Poster Session in the USA.

Wing Kwan Hannah Chi and Aysha Hamkari

Students Wing Kwan Hannah Chi and Aysha Hamkari presented their individual research projects at the Vision Sciences Society Conference in the USA.

Ngoc Hoang, Rameen Mahmoud, Yulia Grajewska, and Dimitrios Mastrogiannis

Students Ngoc Hoang, Rameen Mahmoud, Yulia Grajewska and Dimitrios Mastrogiannis each presented their research projects virtually at the IEEE MIT Undergraduate Research Technology Conference.

Brian Chesney

Brian Chesney presented his research at the 18th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering in France.

Jordan Simspon

Jordan Simspon presented his research at the NYU Undergraduate Research Conference in New York.

Dimitrios Mastrogiannis

Dimitrios Mastrogiannis presented his research online at the 10th International Workshop on Computer and Networking Experimental Research using Testbeds (CNERT 2023) in the USA.

Previous Presentations

Past Presentations

Academic Year 2021-2022
- Muyan Jiang presented his research at the 2021 IEEE MIT URTC (Undergraduate Research Technology Conference) in fall 2021.
- Students Treedom (Beiyin) Zhang, Davit Jintcharadze, and Jakub Podmokly were awarded funding to present their individual research projects at the 2022 Vision Sciences Society (VSS 2022) in spring 2022.
- In spring 2022, Prajjwal Bhattarai presented his research at the Joint Conference in Digital Libraries (JCDL 2022).
- Students Arya Gautam and Tsedenia Denekew each presented their research at the International Society of Microbial Ecology (ISME18) Conference in summer 2022.
- In spring 2021, Ariya Chaloemtoem presented her research virtually at the American College of Cardiology's 70th Annual Scientific Session.
- In spring 2021, a number of undergraduate students presented their research virtually at the National Conference of Undergraduate Research, hosted by the Council of Undergraduate Research.
- Tom Abi Samra presented his research virtually in fall 2020, at the panel 'Communication Mediation in the Digital Age' as part of the 54th Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA).
- Mark Xu presented his research at the The Third International Conference on Economic Research in Tukey, in fall 2019.
- Catherine Palmer presented at the American Society of Cell Biology | European Molecular Biology Organization in the USA, in fall 2019.
- Christos Plachouras presented a paper he co-authored at the International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference in the Netherlands, in fall 2019.
- Hamza Haider was invited to present his NYUAD Precious Plastic research at Dutch Design Week 2019, in fall of 2019.
- Jessica Abdala and Nada Ammagui presented their individual projects at the annual meeting of MESA (Middle East Studies Association) 2019, in the USA, in fall 2019.
- Shawaiz Tabassum and Edison Murairi each presented their research at the 235th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, in the USA, in January 2020.
- Diego Kleiman was invited to present his research at the 64th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, in the USA, in spring 2020.
- Alice Huang presented her research at the Consciousness Research Conference 2019 in Japan.
- Ethan David Lee directed Red is the Blood of the People, which was presented at Short+Sweet Dubai in spring 2019.
- Carl Alexander Burlin presented at the 8th Annual Undergraduate Research Conference, in Qatar, in spring 2019.
- Maria Paula Calderon was invited to present her project Extinction at the Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival, Interaction and Immersion Showcase, in Germany, in spring 2019.
- Saad Sultan presented his research at the Sixth International Conference on Water, Energy and Environment in the UAE, in spring 2019.
- Gjorgji Shemov presented his research in China, at the 2019 IEEE International Conference on Power, Intelligent Computing and Systems.
- Daniel Watson was invited to present his research in fall 2018 at the Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing, in Belgium.
- Students Araz Aslanian and Seoyoung Lee each presented their Capstone research at the Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision, in Japan, in summer 2019.
- Miraflor Santos’ abstract was accepted for presentation at the Association of Limnology and Oceanography’s 2019 Aquatic Sciences Meeting in Puerto Rico.
- Michael Rosenthal presented his research at the 233rd Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, in spring 2019, in USA.
- As part of a team, Tamara Gjorgjieva presented at the biotech leadership summit GapSummit 2019 at The Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT.
- Will Held presented his Capstone research at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics, in Italy in summer 2019.
- Amber Nomani presented her research at the Society for Neuroscience in fall 2017, in the US.
- Anna Balysheva presented at the XVI International Mikhail Bakhtin Conference “Bakhtin in the Post-Revolutionary Era" in fall 2017, in China.
- Keerthana Prakash presented at the Material Science and Technology 2017 Conference, in fall 2017.
- Khairunnisa Semesta presented her research at the Chromatin, Epigenetics & Transcription Conference, in China.
- Raunak Shrestha presented at the WasteEng 18 — 7th International Conference on Engineering for Waste and Biomass Valorisation, in Czech Republic, summer 2018.
- Students Gloria Jansen and Merima Sabonovic presented their research poster at the Forum of Neuroscience, in July 2018, in Germany.
- Luis Felipe Morales Navarro presented his research at the Forward/Story 2016, an advanced storytelling and technology residential lab and conference in Costa Rica.
- Sarah Batbold gave an oral presentation at the Tuskegee University Bioethics Center's 5th annual Public Health Ethics Intensive Course Conference in the US.
- Shien Yang Lee was funded to present at the IMPACT2 Conference in France. She was part of the NYUAD research and development team for the UAE Drones for Good Award.
- Louis Plottel presented his Capstone research at the 6th International Symposium of Indonesia Journal of Anthropology in Indonesia.
- Students Arianna Gayle Stucki and Isabella Peraltaeach presented their research at the 2015 Arthur Miller Symposium in the US.
- Shien Yang Lee took part in an oral presentation of his research at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America.
- A number of Emirati students presented their pieces at an art exhibition curated by Tarek Al Ghoussein. This was organized by the UAE Embassy in Baju, Azerbaijan, in celebration of UAE National Day.
- Zahida Rahemtulla presented her research, Tracing the Small Things: The Way We Feel History in the God of Small Things, at the 8th Annual South Asian Studies Conference in Salt Lake City, US.

As I reflect on my time at the conference, I am filled with a sense of gratitude and accomplishment. It was truly a privilege to be a part of this prestigious event, where I had the opportunity to network with top professors and researchers, as well as showcase my own research in front of a knowledgeable audience. The chance to exchange ideas, share perspectives, and learn about the latest developments in the industry was truly invaluable.

Dimitrios Mastrogiannis, Class of 2023