Physics graduate student Freddy Cisneros has been awarded the best oral presentation award in Physics and Astronomy at the annual SACNAS conference in San Antonio, Texas for his work on using machine learning to study rare events in condensed matter systems. The Presentation Awards recognize the next generation of scientists and STEM leaders for exemplary science. Cisneros is currently performing this work with the Tiwary research group in the Institute for Physical Science & Technology and the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and is currently the UMD SACNAS chapter president.