Meeting

ANAS Annual Meeting

Each Spring the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science hosts an interdisciplinary gathering to discuss science, mathematics, and engineering at an academic institution in either Arizona or Nevada.

Faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, resource agency personnel, and others are invited to present their research in all areas of science and mathematics during oral paper sessions or a combined poster session.

The 67th Annual ANAS Meeting was held at the Arizona Museum of Natural History and The Post in Mesa Arizona on April 18th, 2026.

Thanks for a fantastic 67th Annual Meeting. Proceedings can be found at the UA Campus Repository. When you share your photos and memories on social media, please be sure to tag us @asaznv. We hope to see you next year for our 68th Annual Meeting. Date and Location TBA.

STUDENT WINNERS: 

Oral Presentations:

SUSTAINABLE INVENTORY CONTROL WITH DYNAMIC PRICING 
Manjula Mahesh Kumara Ranpati Dewage1, Alain Bensoussan2, Viswanth Ramakrishna2, and Fouad El Ouardighi3, 1Ottawa University Arizona, Surprise, AZ; 2University of Texas, Dallas, TX; 3ESSEC Business School, France 

A GGT TRINUCLEOTIDE CORE AT CRISPR ARRAY BOUNDARIES SUGGESTS A NONCANONICAL SIGNAL FOR CRISPR TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION 
Trey Gonzalez, Chad Albert, Jonathan Hill, and James Tuohy, Glendale Community College, Glendale, AZ 


CG34168, A NOVEL MEMBER OF THE MALE-SPECIFIC RNA (MST) FAMILY OF GENES, REGULATES WING DEVELOPMENT AND FERTILITY IN THE FRUIT FLY, DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER 
Karah Mayer, Safoora Syeda, Zollee Williams, Jennifer Hackney Arizona State University, Glendale, AZ 

WALLPAPERS: HIDDEN PATTERNS OF THE PLANE 
Ethan L Pierson and Frank S Marfai, Phoenix College, Phoenix AZ 


Posters:

HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION: 

NOVEL HYDROGEL FORMULATION FOR TRANSCATHETER DELIVERY FOR BRAIN ANEURYSMS
Aratrika Mondal, Hamilton High School


COLLEGE DIVISION:
First Place
EXPERIMENTAL EVOLUTION REVEALS SHARED OXIDATIVE STRESS PATHWAYS IN DEINOCOCCUS GOBIENSIS (#109)
Shrusti Pandit, Emily Criste, Diya Chelluboyina, Chad Albert, Jonathan Hill, James Tuohy, Glendale Community College, Glendale Arizona

Second Place
DESICCATION-PRIMED STRESS RESPONSES IN DEINOCOCCUS GOBIENSIS UNDER SIMULATED LOW EARTH ORBIT UV EXPOSURE (#113)
Diya Chelluboyina, Emily Criste, Shrusti Pandit, Chad Albert, James Tuohy, Glendale Community College, Glendale, AZ


Third Place
THE SUSCEPTIBILITY OF SPECIALIST NATIVE BEE GENERA TO URBANIZATION IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES (#231_
Arella Clark, Alexandra Sweet, Zalli Salaiz, Alyssa Benavides, Madalynn Zepp, Amari Crayton, Jarod Raithel, Estrella Mountain Community College, Avondale, AZ

A digital copy of the Proceedings from the meetings can be found at the University of Arizona repository.