Chemistry Undergraduate Research Poster Symposium
The Chemistry Undergraduate Research Poster Symposium is a wonderful opportunity to showcase your research to your fellow students and the chemistry faculty and staff. The event occurs annually at the end of April following the departmental awards ceremony. All students participating in research, whether just starting out or with years of experience, are encouraged to participate! This is a great chance to learn how to make a poster and present to a friendly and supportive audience.
The 2025 Poster Session will be held on April 23, 2026 from 4:30 – 6:30 pm in the North Tower Atrium.
Dinner will be provided for all presenters. Presenters can choose to enter the poster award competition, where a panel of judges will select the best posters. Poster award winners will receive a $300 award.
All presenters will also have a chance to win a chemistry-themed prize through a random drawing.
Get the poster abstract template here
Submit your abstract using this Google Form
How to Design and Print Your Poster
- Get a 4 ft (length) x 3 ft (width) poster template from your mentor/group or download this one: ChemistryUndergraduatePosterTemplate-2024.
- Check out these resources on how to make an effective poster:
- Impactful Scientific Posters (UW-Madison Chemistry Department)
- Creating a Poster (UW-Madison Writing Center)
- Research Posters (DesignLab)
- Poster Presentation Rubric (for presenters who want to be judged)
- If you would like poster design feedback, please contact the Chemistry Undergraduate Research Office at least 1 week before the symposium date.
- Get your poster printed AT LEAST 6-7 days in advance at the Chemistry FastCopy center. (Be sure to get your PI’s approval to print a poster!)
What to Expect on the Day of
- Please plan to arrive about 30 minutes before the poster session begins.
- You will be assigned a number that will correspond to your easel. Please set up your poster at the appropriate easel. We will have thumbtacks available for you to use.
- If you are attending the departmental awards ceremony, please drop off your poster at the Chemistry Undergraduate Research Office (Chem 7408) before the awards ceremony, so it can be hung up for you.
Previous Poster Award Winners
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2025
Grace Gooley – Herman Group – Mentor: Dylan Walsh
GM Shield – Yoon Group – Mentor: Max Neumann
Austin MacIntyre – Jin Group – Mentor: Richard Botzoc
Hypatia Newton – Yang Group – Mentor: Yiwen Wang
Audrey Lyp – Bertram Group – Mentor: Rebecca Fenselau
2024
Jordan G. Boysen – Huang Group
Jiawn Huang – Gellman Group
Jonathan Schimmels – Jin Group
Lexi Sun – Hermans Group
2023
Jerome Evans – Hermans Group
Kylie Plouff – Jin Group
Rodrigo Villanueva – Yoon Group
Riley Lehman – Gellman Group
2022
Prizes awarded from a lottery system.
Cade Harkner – Hoskins Group
Aadhishre Kasat – Buller Group
Elise Burkhartzmeyer – Sherwood Group
Casey Winter – Wickens Group
Guy Pillon (Prof. Tehshik Yoon)
2021
Anna Allen – Cavagnero Group – Mentors: Valeria Guzman-Luna and Andrew Fuchs
Jasmine Machhi – Cavagnero Group – Mentor: Miranda Mecha
Deseree Dufek – Gellman Group – Mentor: Adam Kleman
Dylan Snider – Nathanson Group – Mentor: Xianyuan Zhao
Xi Chen – Cavagnero Group – Mentors: Rachel Hutchinson and Ningkun Zhou
Honorable mention:
Erin McCann – Yu Group – Mentor: Xin Yao and Yue Gui
Kevin England – Cavagnero Group – Mentors: Justin Dang, Siyu Li and Valeria Guzman-Luna
2020
Grace Carlson – Buller group
Kevin England – Cavagnero group
Erin McCann – Yu group
Samantha Ausman – Dumesic group
Aadhishre Kasat – Buller group
Honorable mention:
Nicholas Juntunen – Brunold group
Xinyu Ye – Gellman group
2019
Kaylin Flesch – Stahl Group
Stephen Halada and Artun Kadaster -Record Group
Wenqi Shen – Blackwell Group
Kaining Mao – Stahl Group
Helena Pliska – Nathanson Group
Natalie Feider – Cavagnero Group
2018
Tess Carlson – Cavagnero Group
Rezwana Karim – Record Group
Hawa Keita – Yoon Group
Yoo Jin Song – Cavagnero Group
Jennifer Sowin – Stahl Group
Honorable Mention:
Ethan Young – Hermans Group
2017
Lucas Oxtoby – Schomaker Group
Zach Heim – McMahon Group
Sam Rider – Weisshaar Group
Yoo Jin Song – Cavagnero Group
Mengzhou Hu – Li Group
2016
Alexander Peterson Chartier
Zachary Heim
Clare Kai Cimperman
Kunal Dani
Natasha Cornejo
LuLu Callies
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