Echevarria wins Sigma Xi second place award for research
Rachel Echevarria, who has majors in Environmental Sciences and Geology, in the Gilman Mineralogy and Petrology Lab in Houghton Hall Room 132.
Rachel Echevarria, a senior from Fredonia, NY, majoring in Environmental Sciences and Geology, won second place (and a cash prize) in the undergraduate division at the virtual conference, the 2024 Sigma Xi Student Research Showcase, presented by the scientific research honor society.
Her virtual poster, “An Ontogenetic Study of Clam Shrimp Using SEM Imagery,” detailed the Fredonia High School graduate’s study of the larval growth of a local clam shrimp – recently discovered in Western New York for the first time in an area south of Fredonia.
Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences Associate Professor Thomas Hegna is Ms. Echevarria’s mentor. She has minors in Psychology and Biology.
More conference information is available here.
