Abstracts (papers or posters) may be submitted to these sections or in one of the original permanent sections listed above (I – X). The section names and chairs/contact emails are listed below. In the abstract portal the special sections are listed. 

Special Section: Alabama Honors Scholars – Doug Marshall (USA) dougmarshall@southalabama.edu and Michael Sloane (UAB) sloane@uab.edu

Special Section: Material Science and Engineering Graduate Students Symposium – Vinoy Thomas (UAB) vthomas@uab.edu

Special Section: Interdisciplinary Health Literacy Perspectives – Lakesha Kinnerson (Samford) lkinners@samford.edu

Special Section: Neuroscience – Betsy Dobbins (Samford) egdobbins@samford.edu and Katelynn Corder-Grier (Samford) kcorder@samford.edu

Special Section: Society of Physics Students — R. Mel Blake (UNA) rmblake@una.edu