Derieux Awards

Each year, the Annual Meeting provides a forum for students to present their research. Presentations are judged and Derieux Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Research are presented at an Awards Ceremony. Winners of first place awards are invited to submit a full manuscript of their research to the Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science, the official journal of the NCAS. All judges use rubrics for judging posters and talks. 

2025 Derieux Awards

Posters

Ecology, Botany, & Zoology

Erika Rivera, University of North Carolina at Pembroke

Rikki Locklear, Fayetteville State University

Sierra Rowe, Fayetteville State University

Alli Eudy, Catawba College

Stacious Ward-Swan, Davidson College, Fayetteville State University

Heaven Moore, East Carolina University, Fayetteville State University

Chemistry

Tyrone Salters, Fayetteville State University

Kathryn Bering, University of North Carolina at Pembroke

Harlee Winkleman, Fayetteville State University

Kenneth Leaks, Fayetteville State University

Molecular Cell Biology

Beonka Sharpe, Fayetteville State University

Cynthia Heck, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Abouzeid Nour, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Microbiology

Abigail Hunninghake, Elon University

Carmony Hartwig, Catawba College

Priyanka Amalean, North Carolina State University

Oral Presentations

Ecology, Botany, & Zoology

Tiffany Bui, Elon University

Mason Touma, Elon University

Elijah Yang, Lenoir-Rhyne University

Chemistry

Hannah Elrod, Lenoir-Rhyne University

Julian Russick, Durham Technical Community College

Thomas Murray, Fayetteville State University

Molecular Cell Biology

Rachel VanWinkle, Campbell University

Inayat Zulfiqar, Campbell University

Ivy Throneburg, Lenoir-Rhyne University

Microbiology

Anna Miller, North Carolina State University

Christina Fisher, Lenoir-Rhyne University

Leeann Sterns, Campbell University 

Engineering

Ashley Harper, Campbell University

Allan Shade, Lenoir-Rhyne University