Vodopia-Hasson SURF Summer Poster Competition

The intent of the Vodopia-Hasson SURF Summer Poster Competition encourages and supports excellence in effective scientific communication. Judging is focused on the excellence of the poster presentation, and not on the significance of the research results being presented. This competition occurs annually on SFP Summer Seminar Day, and, as such, is open to both the Caltech and visiting students presenting their research on that day.

We welcome you to join us for the 2026 Vodopia-Hasson SURF Summer Poster Competition, occurring at Caltech on Thursday, August 20th as part of Summer Seminar Day 2026.

More details about the Summer Poster Competition, along with the full schedule for Summer Seminar Day, are available here.

Congratulations to the 2025 Vodopia-Hasson SURF Summer Poster Competition winners! They are listed below in alphabetical surname order as the competition winners are unranked.

• Barbara Ayala (SURF, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez) with Yuki Oka (Professor of Biology; Investigator, Heritage Medical Research Institute) and Yameng Zhang (Graduate Student in Neurobiology)
• Elizabeth Huber (WAVE Fellows, Columbia University) with Jamie Bock (Marvin L. Goldberger Professor of Physics; Jet Propulsion Laboratory Senior Research Scientist) and Jamie Cheshire (David and Ellen Lee Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Physics)
• Hanna Shan (Amgen Scholar, California State University, Los Angeles) with Maxwell Robb (Professor of Chemistry) and Yu Ling Tseng (Graduate Student in Chemistry)