#  Participant Profiles 

 



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##  Participant Profiles 

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**Jaiden Callahan**  
California State University, Northridge  
Major: Ecology & Evolutionary Biology



**Faculty Mentor:** Jeannine Cavender-Bares (OEB)



 ![Woman outdoors](/sites/g/files/omnuum6811/files/2026-01/Seren%20Castellano.jpg)

 



**Seren Castellano**  
University of Iowa  
Major: Biology & Anthropology



**Faculty Mentor:** Gonzalo Giribet (OEB)



 ![Woman in a lab wearing safety goggles](/sites/g/files/omnuum6811/files/2026-01/Madison%20Crump.png)

 



**Madison Crump**  
Umpqua Community College  
Major: Botany



**Faculty Mentor:** N. Michele Holbrook (OEB)



 ![Man wearing a suit and bow tie](/sites/g/files/omnuum6811/files/2026-01/Jace%20Ensign.jpeg)

 



**Jace Ensign**  
Sierra College  
Major: Biochemistry



**Faculty Mentor:**  Elena Kramer (OEB)



 ![Woman on a boat in the water](/sites/g/files/omnuum6811/files/2026-01/Sydney%20R%20Hawkins.png)

 



**Sydney R. Hawkins**  
SUNY Fredonia  
Major: Biology



**Faculty Mentor:**  Rachel Carmody (HEB)



 ![Person outside in front of a tree wearing glasses and a green top](/sites/g/files/omnuum6811/files/2026-01/Todd%20Hoskinson.jpeg)

 



**Todd Hoskinson**  
Belmont University  
Major: Biology with minors in Environmental Science & Chemistry



**Faculty Mentor:** Andrew Davies (OEB)



 ![Woman with long hair standing in front of a white wall](/sites/g/files/omnuum6811/files/2026-01/Shannon%20Kemp_0.jpeg)

 



**Shannon Kemp**  
Sierra College  
Major: Natural Sciences



**Faculty Mentor:**  Carolyn Elya (MCB)



 ![Man with dark hair wearing a suit and tie](/sites/g/files/omnuum6811/files/2026-01/Jayvier%20Plaza%20Henandez.jpg)

 



**Jayvier Plaza Hernández**  
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico  
Major: Biology



**Faculty Mentor:**  Erin Hecht (OEB)



 ![Man with dark hair wearing a black top](/sites/g/files/omnuum6811/files/2026-01/Abraham%20Porras-Vargas.jpg)

 



**Abraham Porras-Vargas**  
California State University, Monterey Bay  
Major: Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology



**Faculty Mentor:**  Scott Edwards (OEB)



 ![Woman outdoors holding a bird](/sites/g/files/omnuum6811/files/2026-01/Jessica%20Schmidt.jpg)

 



**Jessica Schmidt**  
St. Olaf College  
Major: Biology & Mathematics, concentration in Statistics & Data Science



**Faculty Mentor:**  Mansi Srivastava (OEB)