ESA 2023 at National Harbor, MD, was an exciting event for UMN Entomology with excellent oral and poster/infographic presentations in the student competitions for the President’s Prize, several of which won awards, the ultimate trifecta of UMN students winning all three of the national student awards in the Plant-Insect Ecosystem (PIE) section of ESA, and the UMN Pollinator Education Toolkit receiving the Science Communication Award. Also, the Minnesota-Wisconsin Mixer buzzed with UMN Entomology Alumni chatter!
Award Recipients
Student Competitions for the President’s Prize:
Graduate 10-min oral presentations: Pheylan Anderson - First Place, P-IE: IPM - Field Crops 4
Graduate Posters: Gloria Melotto - First Place, P-IE Biocontrol
Graduate Infographics: Hailey Shanovich - Second Place, Ecology, Taxonomy, and Education
Undergraduate 10-min oral presentations:
Pablo Stilwell (Insect Science Minor)- First Place, PBT: Biochemistry Physiology and Toxicology
Ellie Meys (Insect Science Minor) - Second Place, P-IE: IPM
P-IE (Plant-Insect Ecosystem) Section Student Awards (All student award recipients from UMN!)
Ellie Meys - Undergraduate Student Achievement in Entomology Award
Gloria Melotto - Master's Student Achievement in Entomology Award
Hailey Shanovich - Kenneth and Barbara Starks Plant Resistance to Insects Graduate Student Award
ESA Science Communication Award
Elaine Evans, Anne Turnham, Bridget Mendel, Katie-Lyn Bunney, Sarah Foltz Jordan for the Pollinator Education Toolkit
