Judges Serving at SURCA 2026

We extend our deepest gratitude to the visiting community members and WSU faculty, staff, administrators, and post-candidacy doctoral students who are volunteering as judges at SURCA 2026. Their time and expertise are greatly appreciated and are crucial in making SURCA not only possible, but also an extraordinary opportunity for our students to present their work to an expert.

Judges External to WSU

First Name	Last Name	Position Title(s)	Organization
Katherine	Albert	Senior Director Clinical Science	Immunovant
Adam	Bacon	Electrical Engineer	METER Group
Jared	Brickman	Senior Vice President, Research	Carnegie
Zachary	Cartwright	Principal Food Scientist; Adjunct Faculty	Aqualab; WSU School of Food Science
Suresh	Duraisamy	Senior Software Engineer	Microsoft
Joshua	Hughes	Engineering Manager	Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
Roopal	Jani	Hydrogeologist Project Manager	Alta Science and Engineering, Inc.
Rajinder	Kaur	Research Scientist	Geneshifters, LLC
Niki	Lee	Quality Assurance Manager	Anatek Labs, Inc.
Darwin	Nesheim	Associate Data Scientist	Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
Jeganraja	Rajamani	Senior Data Engineer	Amazon
Kanwardeep	Rawale	Research Scientist	Geneshifters, LLC
Robert	Rieck	Chemical Engineer – Computer Systems Administrator (Retired)	Amentum
Urvi	Sharma	Senior Software Engineer, AI Browser, Microsoft AI	Microsoft AI
Nancy	Shrope	Assistant Director Research Admin, Retired	Formerly WSU Office of Grant and Research Development
Julie	Simpson	Air Quality Program Coordinator	Nez Perce Tribe
Zachary	Tindell	Software Engineer	Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
Wende	Wilson	Senior Operations Manager	Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
Rajya Laxmi	Yellajosyula	Senior AI Product Manager - Technical	Microsoft

Judges Internal to WSU

First Name	Last Name	Position Title(s)	Unit(s) and College(s)
Shalini	Abeysinghe	Doctoral Student	Biological Systems Engineering, CAHNRS
Owusu Fordjour	Aidoo	Postdoctoral Research Associate	Entomology, CAHNRS
Blessing	Akinrotimi	Doctoral Student	Educational Psychology, CESHS
Irene K	Akunda	Doctoral Student	Paul G. Allen School for Global Health, CVM
Portia	Amoa-Danquah	Doctoral Student	Kinesiology and Educational Psychology, CESHS
Shirley	Arbizu	Postdoctoral Research Associate	Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, ESFCOM
Sakcham	Bairoliya	Postdoctoral Research Associate	Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, VCEA
Vijay	Banerjee	Postdoctoral Research Associate	School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, VCEA
Niña Alyssa	Barroga	Postdoctoral Research Associate	CAHNRS
Laura	Bartley	Associate Professor	Institute of Biological Chemistry, CAHNRS
Nancy	Bell	Professor	English (Linguistics), CAS
Erin	Benson	Assistant Professor	School of the Environment, CAS
Miranda	Bernhardt	Scholarly Associate Professor	School of Molecular Biosciences, CVM
Biswajit	Bhowmick	Postdoctoral Research Associate	CVM
Karin	Biggs	Licensing Associate	Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Office of Research
Mark	Black	Scholarly Assistant Professor, Career Track	Digital Technology and Culture, CAS
Trevor	Bond	Dean of Libraries	Libraries
Dori	Borjesson	Dean	Veterinary Clinical Sciences, CVM
Hector	Botello	Doctoral Student	Economics, CAHNRS
Theresa	Bowden	Assistant Teaching Professor	Pre-Licensure, College of Nursing
Lindsey	Brown	Director	Office of Assessment for Curricular Effectiveness, DAESA
Nathan	Brown	Doctoral Student	School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, VCEA
Leah	Brueggeman	Associate Professor of Teaching	Crop and Soil Sciences, CAHNRS
Paul	Buckley	Professor	Chemistry, CAS
Kathryn	Cabbage	Assistant Professor	Speech and Hearing Sciences, ESFCOM
Douglas	Call	Regents Professor	Paul G. Allen School for Global Health, CVM
Lisa	Carloye	Professor, Career Track	School of Biological Sciences, CAS
Mariana	Castro	Academic Coordinator/Advisor	School of Food Science, CAHNRS
Avishek	Chanda	Assistant Research Professor	Composite Materials & Engineering Center, VCEA
Sam	Charpentier	Plant Introduction Technician	Crop and Soil Sciences, CAHNRS
Katie	Cooper	Associate professor/associate Dean	School of the Environment, CAS
Emily	Corbridge	Doctoral Student	School of Biological Sciences, CAS
Abigail	Cortez	Scholarly Assistant Professor	Mathematics and Statistics, CAS
Erica	Crespi	Professor	School of Biological Sciences, CAS
Colin	Criss	Assistant Scholarly Professor	Honors College
David	Crowder	Professor	Entomology, CAHNRS
Lee	Daffin	Associate Chair of Undergrad Studies	Psychology, CAS
Shenghai	Dai	Associate Professor	Kinesiology and Educational Psychology, CESHS
Punam	Dalai	Technology Licensing Associate	Chemistry, CAS
Hongtao	Dang	Assistant Professor	School of Design and Construction, VCEA
Aqib	Dar	Postdoctoral Research Associate	Chemistry, CAS
Dennis	DeHart	Professor	Art, CAS
Jamie	DeLong	IT Customer Support - Manager	Administrative Services Information Systems, Student Affairs
Daniel	Dolan	Professor	Physics and Astronomy, CAS
Jenna	Douglas	Doctoral Student	School of Molecular Biosciences, CVM
Wes	Dowd	Professor	School of Biological Sciences, CAS
Iwona	Driskell	Scholarly Assistant Professor	School of Molecular Biosciences, CVM
Jennifer	Duckworth	Assistant Professor	Human Development, CAHNRS
Blythe	Duell	Scholarly Professor	Psychology, CAS
Chloe	Dydasco	Doctoral Student	Educational Psychology, CESHS
Martina	Ederer	Assistant professor	School of Molecular Biosciences, CVM
Erica	England	First-Year Experience Librarian	Research Services, Libraries
Muluken	Enyew	Postdoctoral Research Associate	School of Biological Sciences, CAS
Joel	Essien	Doctoral Student	Institute of Biological Chemistry, CAHNRS
Deborah	Fabiyi	Doctoral Student	Kinesiology and Educational Psychology, CESHS
Deirdre	Fahy	Senior Scientific Assistant	School of Molecular Biosciences, CVM
Mary	Fennimore	Teaching Assistant Professor	Chemistry, CAS
Luciano	Fernandes	Postdoctoral Research Associate	Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience, CVM
Raissa	Fon	Faculty	Crop and Soil Sciences, CAHNRS
Rita	Fuchs Lokensgard	Professor	Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience, CVM
Marwan	Gagaa	Postdoctoral Research Associate	School of Molecular Biosciences, CVM
Girish	Ganjyal	Professor and Extension Food Processing Specialist	School of Food Science, CAHNRS
Jose Maria	Garcia Carrasco	Postdoctoral Research Associate	Entomology, CAHNRS
Matthew	Garneau	Plant lipid specialist	Institute of Biological Chemistry, CAHNRS
Armine	Ghalachyan	Assessment specialist	Office of Assessment for Curricular Effectiveness, DAESA
Mark	Gibson	Professor (Career Track)	School of Economic Sciences, CAHNRS
Samantha	Gizerian	Associate Professor	Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience, CVM
Lisa	Gloss	Associate professor	School of Molecular Biosciences, CVM
Prabu	Gnanasekaran	Research Associate	Plant Pathology, CAHNRS
Alan	Goodman	Associate Professor	School of Molecular Biosciences, CVM
Chad	Gotch	Associate Professor	Kinesiology and Educational Psychology, CESHS
Tomie	Gowdy-Burke	Associate Professor	English, CAS
Abigail	Greenway	Doctoral Student	Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience, CVM
Will	Gregg	Manuscripts Librarian	Manuscripts, Archives, Special Collections; Libraries
Dene	Grigar	Director	Digital Technology and Culture, CAS
Bronwyn	Gunn	Assistant Professor	Paul G. Allen School for Global Health, CVM
Dipinte	Gupta	Post Doctoral Research Associate	Plant Pathology, CAHNRS
Dogan	Gursoy	Professor	School of Hospitality Business Management, CCB
César	Haas	Assistant Professor	School of Music, CAS
Teshan Udayanga	Habarakada Liyanage	Doctoral Student	Biological Systems Engineering, CAHNRS
John	Hadish	Postdoctoral Research Associate	Grass Breeding and Ecology Farm, CAHNRS
Lauren	Hamilton	Assistant Research Professor	School of Molecular Biosciences, CVM
Khan Md Ariful	Haque	Assistant Professor	Finance and Management Science, CCB
Peng	He	Assistant Professor	Teaching and Learning, CESHS
Talia	Head	Postdoctoral Research Associate	School of Biological Sciences, CAS
Zach	Heiden	Associate Director	Nuclear Science Center, Office of Research
Hanjo	Hellmann	Plant Stress Physiology	School of Biological Sciences, CAS
Angela	Henricks	Assistant Professor	Psychology, CAS
Shawna	Herzog	Associate Professor, CT	History, CAS
Indunil	Hewage	Lecturer	Mathematics and Statistics, CAS
Kelly	Hewitt	Doctoral Student	Psychology, CAS
Sergio	Hidalgo	Assistant Professor	Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience, CVM
John	Hinz	Associate Teaching Professor	School of Molecular Biosciences, CVM
Tia	Hoisington	Doctoral Student	School of Molecular Biosciences, CVM
Rachel	Horowitz	Assistant Professor	Anthropology, CAS
Md Nazmul	Hossain	Doctoral Student	Animal Sciences, CAHNRS
Lucas	Huckaby	Assistant Professor	Psychology, CAS
Jodi	Humann	Research Associate	Horticulture, CAHNRS
Jenna	Hyatt	Associate Vice Provost for Student Affairs and Dean of Students	Office of the Provost, CESHS
Nazua	Idris	Lecturer in English	English, CAS
Mohammad Aminul	Islam	Assistant Professor	Paul G. Allen School for Global Health, CVM
Cori	Jaeger	First Generation Student Services Manager	Access & Opportunity, Student Affairs
Kuppuraj	Jagadeesan	Postdoctoral Research Associate	Institute of Biological Chemistry, CAHNRS
Catherine	Jarrett	Assistant Professor	Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, ESFCOM
Samodya	Jayasinghe	Postdoctoral Research Associate	Plant Pathology, CAHNRS
Kexin	Jiang	Doctoral Student	Kinesiology and Educational Psychology, CESHS
Ananth	Jillepalli	Scholarly Assistant Professor	School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, VCEA
Asma	Jodeiri Akbarfam	Assistant Professor	VCEA
Corey	Johnson	Instruction and Assessment Librarian	Research Services, Libraries
Amanda	Johnston	Student Success Advisor	OAE - STEM SSS, DAESA
Elizabeth	Jones	Doctoral Student	Mechanical Engineering, VCEA
Hira	Kamal	Postdoctoral Research Associate	Plant Pathology, CAHNRS
Ram	Kasimanickam	Associate Professor	Veterinary Clinical Sciences, CVM
Christopher	Keane	Professor	Physics and Astronomy, CAS
Wyatt	Kiff	Doctoral Student	Mechanical and Materials Engineering, VCEA
Michelle	Kistler	Assistant Professor, Teaching Track	Strategic Communication, Murrow
Itsuhiro	Ko	Doctoral Student	Plant Pathology, CAHNRS
Roberta	Koku	Postdoctoral Research Associate	CVM
Mike	Konkel	Professor	School of Molecular Biosciences, CVM
Alla	Kostyukova	Professor	Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, VCEA
Maryam	Kriama	Doctoral Student	Language Literacy and Technology, CESHS
Robert	Langat	Staff Scientist	Paul G. Allen School for Global Health, CVM
Mary Sánchez	Lanier	Professor, Assistant Vice Provost	School of Molecular Biosciences, CVM; Office of the Provost
Nathan	Law	Assistant Professor	School of Molecular Biosciences, CVM
Jeremy	Lessmann	Director, Office of Undergraduate Research; Scholarly Associate Professor	DAESA; Chemistry, CAS
Meijing	Liang	Doctoral Student	Crop Science, CAHNRS
Hsin-Ya	Liao	Associate Professor	Psychology, CAS
Bob	Loftus	App Development	Enrollment
Xiaonan	Ma	Assistant professor	CCB
Sara	Mahuron	Assessment Specialist	DAESA, CESHS
Eugenie	Mainake	Doctoral Student	Teaching and Learning, CESHS
David	Makin	Professor	Criminal Justice and Criminology, CAS
Joseph	Malan	Patient Services Coordinator	Veterinary Teaching Hospital, CVM
Jonathan	Male	Director of Energy Systems Research Support	Office of Research
Allyson	Martin	Postdoctoral Research Associate	Entomology, CAHNRS
Kevin	Mayo	Assistant Professor	Finance and Management Science, CCB
Kimberly	McBride	Associate Professor	School of Molecular Biosciences, CVM
Sean	McCotter	Postdoctoral Research Associate	Plant Pathology, CAHNRS
Bayley	McDonald	Doctoral Student	School of Molecular Biosciences, CVM
Megan	McGraw	Doctoral Student	Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience, CVM
Sean	McGuire	Doctoral Student	Institute of Biological Chemistry, CAHNRS
Kim	Meidenbauer	Assistant Professor	Psychology, CAS
Morgan	Menaker	Regional Extension Specialist - Agronomy	WSU Extension Ag & Natural Resources, CAHNRS
Julie	Menard	Assistant Professor Career Track	School of the Environment, CAS
Mackenzie	Meyer	Doctoral Student	School of Molecular Biosciences, CVM
Angela	Mitchell	Writing Program Director	DAESA, Office of the Provost
Philip	Mixter	Professor Emeritus	School of Molecular Biosciences, CVM
Nathaniel	Morgan	Doctoral Student	Chemistry, CAS
Natalia	Moroz	Research Associate	Plant Pathology, CAHNRS
Deepanjan	Mridha	Postdoctoral Research Associate	Crop and Soil Sciences, CAHNRS
Taras	Nazarov	Postdoctoral Research Associate	Institute of Biological Chemistry, CAHNRS
Kelly	Newlon	Director of Education Abroad	Education Abroad, International Programs
Eric	Nilsson	Research Associate Professor	School of Biological Sciences, CAS
Krista	Nishida	Teaching Associate Professor	Chemistry, CAS
Niharika	Nonavinakere Chandrakanth	Doctoral Student	Molecular Plant Sciences, CAHNRS
Jon	Oatley	Regents Professor	School of Molecular Biosciences, CVM
Pearl	Oladele	Doctoral Student	Health Communication, Murrow
Oluwadamilola	Olanrewaju	Doctoral Student	School of Molecular Biosciences, CVM
Funso	Oje	Doctoral Student	Computer Science, VCEA
Levi	O'Loughlin	Associate Director and University Biosafety Officer	Assurances, Office of Research
Kelly	O'Sullivan	Doctoral Student	Human Development, CAHNRS
Steve	Overfelt	International Engagement Specialist	Office of International Programs, International Programs
Julie	Padowski	Research Associate Professor	School of the Environment, CAS
Rahele	Panahabadi	Postdoctoral Research Associate	Honors College
Anita	Paneru	Doctoral Student	Plant Pathology, CAHNRS
Seong Jun	Park	Lecturer	Mathematics and Statistics, CAS
Prakash	Paudel	Doctoral Student	English, CAS
Matt	Peck	Training Program Coordinator	Paul G. Allen School for Global Health, Institute of Biological Chemistry; CVM, CAHNRS
Michael	Pelch	Associate Professor	School of the Environment, CAS
Patricia	Pendry	Professor of Human Development	Human Development, CAHNRS
Wei	Peng	Assistant Professor	Strategic Communication, Murrow
Michael	Placke	IT System Administrator	ESG/ASO, ITS
Kannapiran	Ponraj	Research Associate	Chemistry, CAS
Marina	Popova	Teaching Assistant Professor	Chemistry, CAS
Dee	Posey	Scholarly Professor	Psychology, CAS
Anunay	Pulukuri	Postdoctoral Research Associate	Chemistry, CAS
Lindsay	Quisenberry	Broadcast Operations/Traffic Manager	Northwest Public Broadcasting, Murrow
Tazin	Rahman	Doctoral Student	EECS, VCEA
Mustika	Rahmawati	Scientific Assistant	School of Molecular Biosciences, CVM
Rajeev	Ranjan	Postdoctoral Research Associate	Institute of Biological Chemistry, CAHNRS
Kristopher	Rapeta	Doctoral Student	Molecular Plant Sciences, CAHNRS
Sarah	Richardson	Assistant Professor	Anthropology, CAS
Daniel	Rieck	Web Coordinator	Office of the Provost
Sian	Ritchie	Scholarly associate prof	School of Biological Sciences, CAS
Ricardo	Rivero	Doctoral Student	Paul G. Allen School for Global Health, CVM
Alejandra Antonella	Rivolta	Scientific Assistant Senior	Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, CVM
Amanda	Robinson	Community Partnerships Coordinator	Student Affairs, Center for Civic Engagement
Samuel	Rodriguez	Director Team Mentoring Program (STEM & Pre-Health)	Office for Access & Opportunity, Student Affairs, CESHS
Sindhuja	Sankaran	Professor	Biological Systems Engineering, CAHNRS
Nicole	Scalise	Assistant Professor	Human Development, CAHNRS
Mandy	Schenkenmeyer	Academic Advisor	CESHS
Tekla	Schmaus	Scholarly Assistant Professor	Honors College
Maureen	Schmitter-Edgecombe	Regents Professor	Psychology, CAS
Christoph	Schneider	Associate Professor	MISE, CCB
Jon	Schoenfelder	Reference Coordinator and Undergraduate Services Librarian	Research Services, Libraries
April	Seehafer	Director, Distinguished Scholarships Program	DAESA, Office of the Provost
Stephanie	Seifert	Assistant Professor	Paul G. Allen School for Global Health, CVM
Jill	Shafer	Academic Advisor	Data Analytics and Mathematics, CAS
Sammuel	Shahzad	Postdoctoral Research Associate	Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, CVM
Jing	Shang	Postdoctoral Research Associate	Institute of Materials Research, VCEA
Pragya	Sharma	Postdoctoral associate	Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience, CVM
Joni	Shaw	Clinical Assistant Professor	PL-BSN, College of Nursing
Zeyang	Shen	Assistant Professor	School of Molecular Biosciences, CVM
Mingxin	Shi	Research Associate	School of Molecular Biosciences, CVM
Geeta	Shrestha	Partnerships/Commercialization Coordinator	CAS
Arpita	Sinha	Lecturer	Anthropology, CAS
Andrii	Smertenko	Professor	Institute of Biological Chemistry, CAHNRS
Kristopher	Smith	Assistant Professor	Anthropology, CAS
Christine	So	Assistant Professor	Psychology, CAS
Angel	Sobotta	Assistant Professor	Teaching and Learning, CESHS
Clif	Stratton	Associate Professor	History, CAS
Amanda	Stueber	Career track professor	Psychology, CAS
Remington	Swensson	Assistant Professor, Director of Online Program - Psychology	Psychology, CAS
Prabhat	Talukdar	Research Assistant Professor	Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, CVM
Kiwamu	Tanaka	Associate Professor	Plant Pathology, CAHNRS
Marcella	Teixeira	Visiting Scholar	Plant Pathology, CAHNRS
Michael	Thomas	Scholarly Assistant Professor	English, CAS
Jeremy	Thompson	Associate Professor	School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, VCEA
Dmitri	Tolkatchev	Assistant Professor	Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, VCEA
Angela	Tower	Doctoral Student	Department of Mathematics and Statistics, CAS
Charles	Ugwu	Doctoral Student	Paul G. Allen School for Global Health, CVM
Chibuike	Ugwu	Doctoral Student	Computer Science, VCEA
Diane	Ugwu	Doctoral Student	School of Molecular Biosciences, CVM
Viveka	Vadyvaloo	Associate Prof	Paul G. Allen School for Global Health, CVM
Heather	Van Mullem	Associate Professor	Sport Management, CESHS
Aryn	Vaughan	Doctoral Student	Human Development, CAHNRS
Niccolò	Veronesi	Postdoctoral Research Associate	Physics and Astronomy, CAS
Jeff	Vervoort	Professor	School of the Environment, CAS
Rubikah	Vimonish	Postdoctoral Research Associate	Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, CVM
Lisa	Waananen Jones	Scholarly Associate Professor	Journalism & Media Production, Murrow
Kate	Watts	Professor and UCORE Director	English, CAS
Christina	Webster	Doctoral Student	Chemical Engineering, VCEA
Charles	Weller	Assoc Prof of History (Career)	History, CAS
Xiaoming	Wen	Teaching Assistant Professor	Mathematics and Statistics, CAS
Christian	Wentzell	Doctoral Student	Chemistry, CAS
Christopher	Wilson	Assistant Professor	School of Music, CAS
Michael	Winey	Research Scientist	Institute for Shock Physics, CAS
Daria	Winterer	Lecture Outreach Demonstration Technician	Physics, CAS
Huiyun	Wu	Assistant Professor	Civil and Environmental Engineering, VCEA
Karen	Wuestney	HR Analyst	Human Resource Services
Raelene	Wyse	Assistant Professor of Spanish, Career Track	School of Languages, Cultures, and Race; CAS
Intissar	Yahia	Adjunct faculty/ Writing Portfolio Reader	Writing Program, CESHS
Brayden	Young	Doctoral Student	School of Molecular Biosciences, CVM
Jack	Zhang	Associate Professor	Chemistry, CAS
Zihui	Zhao	teaching assistant professor	Apparel Merchandizing Design and Textile, CAHNRS
Meijun	Zhu	Professor	School of Food Science, CAHNRS
Christy	Zlatos	Research Librarian	Research Services, Libraries