Five young men just a month shy of graduation recently capped four years of academic success at Xaverian H.S., Bay Ridge, by presenting their work at the school’s first annual Senior Research Symposium.

Seniors Quenton Bubb, Gregory Poterewicz, Nick Walsh, Matthew DeMasi, and John Eugenis,  working closely with faculty mentors Dr. Seth Consigli, Roseann Guido and Dr. Lalita Krishnamurthy, presented their findings on a variety of subjects.

Bubb, headed to Johns Hopkins to study Bio-Physics, delved into Surgical Technology and Its Impact on Medicine. Poterewicz, bound for SUNY-Stony Brook to major in Biology, discussed the Breeding of an Endangered Fish Species. The Effectiveness of Prescription vs. Over-the-Counter Drugs in the Treatment of Acne Vulgaris was the topic tackled by Eugenis, who will enroll at Brooklyn College as a Pre-Med major. For co-presenters Walsh, who will major in Animal Sciences at Cornell, and DeMasi, who will study Engineering at NYU-Poly, the subject was Visual Search: A Replication of Ulrich Neisser (1963).

­­­In its first year, the Symposium was an absolute success, according to Sandra Mummolo, assistant principal.

“The Symposium provides a forum for students, faculty and the community to emphasize the connection between research and education,” she said.  “This is a wonderful academic event where students have an opportunity to present what they have learned through their research experiences to a larger audience.”