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Snap Talks is an annual fast-paced and fun event celebrating food systems research at UVM.

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FSRI Snap Talks 2026 Awards

Audience Award 

1st Place (tie): Zachary Dounane: Bottom-Up Modeling of Agricultural Phosphorus Mass Balance in the Little Otter Creek Headwaters Watershed, Vermont

1st Place (tie): Willa Hoerauf: RETURN TO SENDER: Characterizing Retriever-Mediated Recycling of Plasma Membrane Proteins in Plants

3rd Place: Andrew J. Van Leuven: Convenience Store Chain Expansion and the Rural Food Retail Landscape

FSRI Snap Talks 2025 Awards

Best Visual Design: Chris Skinner: Mouse Mixology: How Do Different Sweeteners and Alcohol Impact Health?

Best Delivery: Tadeu da Silva: CalfSim Tool: Understanding and Optimizing Calf Growth and Welfare

Best Use of Time: Bailey Kretzler: Microbiome Complementarity in the Three Sisters 

Most Fun Research Idea: Alicia Rosato: Evaluating Vermont’s Diet and Physical Activity: A Comparison to National Guidelines

Audience Award: Regina Visconti: RNA-Sequencing of Arabidopsis to Identify Genes Involved in Root Hair Growth

Shiva Soroushnia and Saadatu Abdul-Rahaman chatting at a table


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