K-State Graduate Research, Arts, and Discovery (K-GRAD) Forum

The K-State GRAD Forum is an annual showcase of K-State graduate student research, scholarly work, and discovery. This on-campus event provides graduate students from all disciplines an opportunity to share their work with the K-State community and to gain experience presenting their work in a professional setting. Read the news release recognizing the awardees.

Congratulations to the 2025 K-GRAD award recipients!

Poster Presentations

Elana Arazi, MS in agronomy,
“Analysis of yield and phenotypic differences in sorghum under organic and conventional farming practices"

Bindusri Naraharasetti, MS in grain science
“The effect of different gums on the quality characteristics of corn tortillas"

Jessica Stancic, MS in biology
“The role of alpha-galactosidase on alpha gal syndrome"

Reagan Gomez, MS in biological and agricultural engineering
“Your grain, our gain: purifying human serum albumin using rice byproduct"

Avery Neer, master’s in regional and community planning
“Environmental justice for all: a narrative review of literature on environmental justice and brownfield redevelopment"

Noah Renken, MS in human development and family science, couple and family therapy
“An examination of gender differences across intimate partner violence and animal abuse”

2025 poster presentation winners

Oral Presentations

Claudio Dias da Silva Jr., PhD in plant pathology
“Decoding stripe rust management: how environmental factors influence fungicide timing of application"

Sabreena Parray, MS in agronomy
“Pearl millet for the future: discovering drought-tolerant forage lines"

Brian Wolfe, MS in veterinary biomedical science
“Sex differences in influenza vaccine-induced immunity and protection in mice with obesity”

Amirsalar Bagheri, PhD in chemical engineering
“Improving soil water predictions with ai: a physics-informed machine learning approach"

Conrad Kabus, PhD in grain science
“Non-thermal preservation of tilapia: optimizing gelatin and sorghum polyphenols for shelf-life extension”

Seungmin Yang, PhD in economics
“Cultural peer effects on doctoral students”

2025 Oral Presentation Winners