Biology Students Attended the 2016 MACUB Conference

On October 29,under the mentorship of Maria Agapito, Ph.D., biology students Suyapa Penalva ’18, Merna Sawaged ’19, Sophia Touri ’18, Alexandra Marques ’18, Summen Mushtaq ’17 and Luigy Alfredo Cordova Burgos ’17 represented Saint Peter’s University at the 49th Annual Fall MACUB (Metropolitan Association of College and University Biologists) Conference held at SUNY Old Westbury, N.Y.

Biology majors Catalina Melendez ’17 and Abdul-Mumin Sanni-Adam ’17 also presented their research poster, “Project FeederWatch: A Tale of Two Seasons.”

Pictured from left are Jill Callahan, Ph.D., recording secretary for the 2016 MACUB executive board, Melendez, Abdul-Mumin and Katherine S. Wydner, Ph.D., their mentor.

The research study of Penalva and Sawaged (pictured above) received first place under the development session.