Recent Entomology Graduate Student Awards

Recent Graduate Student Awards:

• Julia Fine, Ph.D. candidate in Entomology, awarded a Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research
  
• Anjel Helms, Ph.D. Candidate in Ecolog, 1st place for Oral Presentations by a PhD student at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Branch of the Entomological Society of America. (3/13)
  
• Salvatore Anzaldo, undergrad, 2nd place in the MS/Undergrad Poster presentations at the same eastern branch meeting. (3/13)
  
• Ian Grettenberger, Ph.D. candidate, 1st Place in the Poster Competition an the 16th Annual Environmental Chemistry and Microbiology Student Symposium. (3/13)
  
• Holly Holt, Ph.D. candidate, awarded the 2013 Foundation for the Preservation of Honey Bee Scholarship
  
• Elina Lastro Nino, awarded the John Henry Comstock Graduate Student Award from the Eastern Branch of the Entomological Society of America
  
• 2012 Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America held in Knoxville, TN, the following students won first place awards for the best presentations (talk or poster) in their sections: Jason Smith (talk), Kerry Mauck (talk), Anjel Helms (talk), Ian Grettenberger (talk), and Flor Acevedo (poster)
  
• Ian Grettenberger, Ph.D. candidate, selected to receive the Kenneth & Barbara Starks Plant Resistance to Insects Graduate Student Research Award from the Entomological Foundation of the EntSoc of America. (9/12)
  
• Maggie Douglas, Ph.D. candidate, recognized by the International Organization for Biological Control (Neatric Region Section) with the Outstanding MSc Student in Biological Control Award. (9/12)
  
• Elina Lastro Nino, received the 2012 International Congress on Insect Neurochemistry and Neurophysiology Student Recognition Award in Insect Physiology, Biochemistry, Toxicology, and Molecular Biology. (8/12)
  
• Seung Ho Chung, Ph.D. candidate, was selected as the 2012 Stan Beck Fellowship awardee from the Entomological Society of America. (8/12)
  
• Kerry Mauck, received the Henry & Sylvia Richardson Research Grant. (8/12)
  
• Eric Bohnenblust, Ph.D. candidate, received an EPA STAR Graduate Fellowship. (4/12)
  
• Ian Grettenberger, Ph.D. candidate, awarded 2nd place in the Student Oral Presentation Competition at the Eastern Branch Meeting of ESA. (3/12)
  
• Sheena Sidhu, Ph.D. Candidate, successful application for a USDA NIFA Fellowship to study wild bee resource utilization in agroecosystems. (4/12)
• Elina Lastro Nino, Ph.D. Entomology, successful application for a USDA NIFA Post-doctoral Fellowship to study the molecular and sociological basis of queen breeding. (4/12)
• Anthony Vaudo, Ph.D. Candidate, awarded a Sigma Xi Grant in Aid of Research for his studies of the role of nutrition in floral resources in shaping plant-pollinator networks. (4/12)
  
• Jason Smith, Ph.D. candidate, was awarded an AFRI NIFA pre-doctoral fellowship from the USDA. (4/12)
  
• Justin George, Ph.D. candidate, awarded the 2012 Harold K. Schilling Dean's Graduate Scholarship. (1/12)
  
• Elina Lastro Nino, Ph.D. candidate, received the Alumni Association's Dissertation Award for 2012. (1/12)
  
• Maggie Douglas, M.S. candidate, awarded the Asa Fitch Memorial Award, by the ESA Eastern Branch. (12/11)
  
• 2011 ESA Science Project Winners (Paul Ayayee, Maggie Douglas, Rupresh Kariyat, and Jason Smith)
  
• Justin George, Ph.D. candidate, 2nd place, ESA President's prize poster competition. (11/11)
  
• Maggie Douglas, M.S. candidate, winner of the ESA President's Prize for Best Talk. (11/11)
  
• Paul Ayayee, Ph.D. candidate, winner of the Entomological Foundation's Science Project contest. (10/2011)
• Becky Heinig, Ph.D. Candidate, Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research (4/11)
  
• Liz Bosak, Ph.D. candidate
  - Second Place, Student Oral Presentation, 26th International Society of Chemical Ecology Annual Meeting (8/2010)
  - Second Place, Poster Competition, Bridges STEM symposium, Graduate Women In Science National Meeting (6/2010)
  
• Holly Holt, Ph.D. candidate, awarded a Sigma Xi Grant in Aid for Research (4/2010)
  
• Ezra Schwartzberg, Ph.D. candidate, was selected as a winner in the Penn State Alumni Association Dissertation Award competition. (3/2010)
  
• Kerry Mauck, Ph.D. candidate, awarded an NSF Dissertation Improvement Grant to support her ongoing work on the chemical ecology of plant viruses (3/2010)
  
• Amanda Bachmann, Ph.D. candidate, recipient of the 2010 Evans Family Award for Graduate Student Extension (3/18/2010)
  
• ESA-Eastern Branch meeting 2010
  Linnaean Games: First place, Penn State University. (Daniel Schmehl, Robert Anderson, Ian Grettenbuger, and Paul Ayayee)
  Student Oral Presentation Competition: Third place, Penn State University. (Sheena Sidhu)