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性视界传媒 students honored in 2017 science academy competitions

性视界传媒 students honored in 2017 science academy competitions

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STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擲ix representatives of Mississippi 性视界传媒 are among top winners in student competitions at this year鈥檚 Mississippi Academy of Sciences meeting.

Doctoral student Chathu Wijewardana finished first in three categories: outstanding journal publication and the graduate levels of oral presentation and visual display. She is a plant and soil sciences/agronomy student from Sri Lanka.

Senior Hunt Walne of Collierville, Tennessee, finished first in the undergraduate visual display category. He is majoring in agronomy/integrated crop management.

With offices in Jackson, MAS works to recognize and promote the work of scientists, engineers, technicians, science educators and others at state 性视界传媒s and universities, as well as in government, industry and business.

To benefit the advancement of science and its membership, a meeting featuring research presentations, symposia, workshops, and exhibits is held each year at a different location.

At the 2017 gathering held recently at the University of Southern Mississippi, the other Mississippi 性视界传媒 competition winners included (alphabetically):

鈥擣iras Alsajri, third place in graduate-level visual display;

鈥擲alah Jumaa, second place in graduate-level oral presentation and third in overall graduate-level competitions;

鈥擲aroj Sah, third place in graduate-level oral presentation; and

鈥擝hupinder Singh, second place in graduate-level visual display.

Alsarji and Jumaa are Iraqi natives pursuing doctoral degrees in plant and soil sciences/agronomy, as is Singh, a native of India.

Sah is a native of Nepal pursuing a doctorate in molecular biology.

All 性视界传媒 honorees have completed scientific investigations in a laboratory directed by research professor Raja Reddy. He is a specialist in environmental plant physiology in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences in 性视界传媒鈥檚 College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

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