| Student | Major | University | Research Mentor(s) | 
|  Jamal Adan
 | Biology | Georgia Perimeter College | Rebecca Cademartiri | 
| 
 Adriana Benavides | Chem Engr | ITESM – Mexico | Laura Jarboe | 
|  Cassidy Bergloff
 | Biotech/Spanish | Des Moines Area Community College | Ludovico Cademartiri | 
|  Sean Giza
 | Biology/Chemistry | Grand View University | Qun Wang | 
|  Christopher Isely
 | Chem Engr | Iowa State University | Katie Bratlie | 
| Omar Jair Casillas
 | Biotechnology | ITESM – Mexico | Robert Brown and Xianglan Bai | 
|  Ashley Johnson
 | Mech Engr | Des Moines Area Community College | Monica Lamm, Keith Woo and Marit Nilsen-Hamilton | 
|  Queenster Nartey
 | Biological Chemistry | Grinnell College | Derrick Rollins | 
|  Nam Nguyen | Pharmacy | Des Moines Area Community College | Zengyi Shao | 
|  Jonathan Tufts
 | Biological Sciences | North Carolina State University | Balaji Narasimhan | 
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