Each year during the ESA Annual Meeting, students are offered the opportunity to present their research and win valuable prizes. Listed below are the results from the Student Competition for the President's Prize at Entomology 2023 in National Harbor, Maryland. Learn more about the Student Competition for the President's Prize, and see results from other years.
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| Ecology, Taxonomy, and Education | 1st Place | Grace Sward | The Ohio State University |
| 2nd Place | Hailey Shanovich | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Student Competition Poster | |||
| Graduate MUVE: Ecology and Urban and Structural Pests | 1st Place | Md Naim Uddin | Arkansas State University |
| 2nd Place | John Adam Lawrence | University of Hawai'i | |
| Graduate MUVE: Vector Biology | 1st Place | Benjamin P. Gregory | University of Maryland |
| 2nd Place | Anjali Karki | New Mexico State University | |
| Graduate MUVE: Vector Control and Surveillance | 1st Place | Victoria Pickens | Kansas State University |
| 2nd Place | Sangwoo Seok | University of Florida | |
| Graduate PBT: Ecology | 1st Place | Sabita Ranabhat | Kansas State University |
| 2nd Place | Urita Agana | Mississippi State University | |
| Graduate PBT: Physiology and Toxicology | 1st Place | Hasim Hakanoglu | Louisiana State University |
| 2nd Place | Funmilayo B. Egunjobi | Duke University | |
| Graduate P-IE and SysEB: Education, Outreach, and Extension | 1st Place | Usha Panta | Virginia Tech University |
| 2nd Place | Helen Craig | University of Maryland | |
| Graduate P-IE: Biocontrol | 1st Place | Gloria Melotto | University of Minnesota |
| 2nd Place | Haley E. Butler | Oklahoma State University | |
| Graduate P-IE: Biodiversity | 1st Place | Alaina K. Smith | University of Denver |
| 2nd Place | Brady Thexton | Georgetown University | |
| Graduate P-IE: Ecology | 1st Place | Adam N. Scherr | Pennsylvania State University |
| 2nd Place | Rachel C. Vargas | University of Texas | |
| Graduate P-IE: Invasive Species | 1st Place | Anne Johnson | Pennsylvania State University |
| 2nd Place | Heather L. Callahan | University of Delaware | |
| Graduate P-IE: IPM - Field Crops | 1st Place | Kashish Verma | University of Nebraska |
| 2nd Place | Jyoti Sharma | Louisiana State University | |
| Graduate P-IE: IPM - General | 1st Place | Rashmi Singla | Oklahoma State University |
| 2nd Place | Amber Stiller | The Ohio State University | |
| Graduate P-IE: Pollinators and Pollination 1 | 1st Place | Brooke R. Donzelli | The Ohio State University |
| 2nd Place | Jared M. Brabant | University of Missouri | |
| Graduate P-IE: Pollinators and Pollination 2 | 1st Place | Tori Strausser | Utah State University |
| 2nd Place | Lauren Jennings | Mississippi State University | |
| Graduate P-IE: Vectors and Diseases | 1st Place | Savana M. Becerra | University of California |
| 2nd Place | Stephen Onayemi | Washington State University | |
| Graduate SysEB: Biodiversity | 1st Place | Abigail Williams | Drexel University |
| 2nd Place | Morgan E. Brown | University of Illinois | |
| Graduate SysEB: Evolution and Behavior | 1st Place | Riya Miller | Quinnipiac University |
| 2nd Place | Andres Herrera | University of Kansas | |
| Undergraduate MUVE and PBT | 1st Place | Abigail B. Horst | Millersville University |
| 2nd Place | Emma Marie Cartelli | University of Illinois | |
| Undergraduate P-IE and SysEB: Miscellaneous | 1st Place | Clara Tyson | North Carolina State University |
| 2nd Place | Reganne Leigh Hales | Brigham Young University | |
| Undergraduate P-IE: Behavior, Education, and Outreach | 1st Place | Otavio Silva Xavier | University of Nebraska |
| 2nd Place | Jaden R. Reed | USDA-ARS | |
| Undergraduate P-IE: Ecology | 1st Place | Jordania Urquizo | Rutgers University |
| 2nd Place | Stefan Stefanovic | University of Nebraska | |
| Undergraduate P-IE: IPM and Biocontrol | 1st Place | Aleksandra Lepovic | University of Nebraska |
| 2nd Place | Barbara Rafaella Rodrigues Silveira | University of Nebraska | |
| Undergraduate SysEB: Behavior | 1st Place | Skye Austin | Shenandoah University |
| 2nd Place | Ian Ashton | Brigham Young University | |
| Undergraduate SysEB: Biodiversity 1 | 1st Place | Gwenyth Coleman | Luther College |
| 2nd Place | Emmelyn Cullen | Luther College | |
| Undergraduate SysEB: Biodiversity 2 | 1st Place | Sebastian Gallego | Farmingdale State College |
| 2nd Place | Leo Percy Carpenter | Missouri State University | |
| On-Demand Student Competition Posters | 1st Place | Marielle Wilson | University of British Columbia |
| 2nd Place | Jack Orebaugh | University of Tennessee | |
| Student Competition 10-Minute Paper | |||
| Graduate MUVE: Biocontrol and IPM | 1st Place | Richard Orion Murphy | Auburn University |
| 2nd Place | Kyle Oswalt | Auburn University | |
| Graduate MUVE: Biodiversity, Behavior, and Ecology | 1st Place | Tzu Chia Chen | National Taiwan University |
| 2nd Place | Sydney Wilson | University of California | |
| Graduate MUVE: Medical, Veterinary, and Forensic Entomology | 1st Place | Zoe Narvaez | Rutgers University |
| 2nd Place | Jessica Elaine Brown | Pennsylvania State University | |
| Graduate MUVE: Urban and Structural Pests 1 | 1st Place | Kaitlin Gazdick | University of Florida |
| 2nd Place | Hunter Shay Bergbower | University of Florida | |
| Graduate MUVE: Urban and Structural Pests 2 | 1st Place | Isabelle M. Lucero | University of Kentucky |
| 2nd Place | Benjamin Ronald Grady | University of Kentucky | |
| Graduate MUVE: Vector Biology and Management | 1st Place | Tobias L. Moyneur | University of California |
| 2nd Place | James N. Radl | The Ohio State University | |
| Graduate MUVE: Vector Control and Surveillance | 1st Place | Stephanie Hurd | University of Maine |
| 2nd Place | Christopher C. Hayes | North Carolina State University | |
| Graduate PBT: Apiculture | 1st Place | Rose Ann McGruddy | Victoria University of Wellington |
| 2nd Place | Allyson M. Martin Ewert | Louisiana State University | |
| Graduate PBT: Biochemistry and Chemical Ecology | 1st Place | Laura C. McHenry | Virginia Tech University |
| 2nd Place | Michael Gilbert | University of Pennsylvania | |
| Graduate PBT: Biocontrol and IPM | 1st Place | Mason Clark | Texas A&M University |
| 2nd Place | Cole J. Meier | Vanderbilt University | |
| Graduate PBT: Biomechanics and Molecular Biology | 1st Place | Michelle Z. Hotchkiss | University of Ottawa |
| 2nd Place | Yuan Li | Duke University | |
| Graduate PBT: Functional Genetics | 1st Place | Jinmo Koo | University of Kentucky |
| 2nd Place | Jacob Nathaniel Dayton | Tufts University | |
| Graduate PBT: Genetics and Genomics | 1st Place | Kelly McNeill Tims | University of Georgia |
| 2nd Place | Carissa Gilliland | University of Georgia | |
| Graduate PBT: Insecticide Resistance | 1st Place | Thomas Patrick Dunn | University of Georgia |
| 2nd Place | Heather Marie Hernandez | University of Nebraska | |
| Graduate PBT: Physiology | 1st Place | Abdulsalam Adegoke | University of Southern Mississippi |
| 2nd Place | Yi-Ting Hung | National Chung Hsing University | |
| Graduate PBT: Pollinator Biology | 1st Place | Brandon Patrick Shannon | The Ohio State University |
| 2nd Place | Emily A. Carlson | Oregon State University | |
| Graduate PBT: Thermoregulation and Climate Change | 1st Place | Christopher Brennan | Texas A&M University |
| 2nd Place | Lindsay E. Martin | Vanderbilt University | |
| Graduate PBT: Toxicology | 1st Place | Haylie Julianna Brown | West Virginia University |
| 2nd Place | Francesca M. Ferguson | Pennsylvania State University | |
| Graduate P-IE: Apiculture | 1st Place | Shawn Christensen | University of California |
| 2nd Place | Courtney M. Walls | Virginia Tech University | |
| Graduate P-IE: Behavior and IPM | 1st Place | Taynara Possebom | North Carolina State University |
| 2nd Place | Shucong Lin | Louisiana State University | |
| Graduate P-IE: Biocontrol - Parasitoids | 1st Place | Angela M. Saenz | University of Maryland |
| 2nd Place | Subin Babu Neupane | University of Georgia | |
| Graduate P-IE: Biocontrol - Pathogens | 1st Place | Bruna Wojahn | Federal University of Santa Maria |
| 2nd Place | Morgan Swoboda | Cornell University | |
| Graduate P-IE: Biocontrol - Predators | 1st Place | Hannah E. Stowe | University of Nebraska |
| 2nd Place | Leah Gastonguay | University of Missouri | |
| Graduate P-IE: Biocontrol and IPM 1 | 1st Place | Bijay Subedi | Pennsylvania State University |
| 2nd Place | Amna Ghani | Clemson University | |
| Graduate P-IE: Biocontrol and IPM 2 | 1st Place | Tanner C. Sparks | Louisiana State University |
| 2nd Place | Julian B. Cosner | University of Tennessee | |
| Graduate P-IE: Biodiversity and Ecology | 1st Place | Avery Pearson | University of North Texas |
| 2nd Place | Sheryl C. Hosler | University of Illinois | |
| Graduate P-IE: Chemical Ecology 1 | 1st Place | Amanda Quadrel | Rutgers University |
| 2nd Place | Chih-Chung Lee | University of Nebraska | |
| Graduate P-IE: Chemical Ecology 2 | 1st Place | Seanne Reyes Clemente | University of Massachusetts |
| 2nd Place | Jackson Strand | Montana State University | |
| Graduate P-IE: Chemical Ecology 3 | 1st Place | Robert Witkowski | Pennsylvania State University |
| 2nd Place | Sanket Shinde | University of Nebraska | |
| Graduate P-IE: Climate Change Impacts | 1st Place | Michelle Kirchner | North Carolina State University |
| 2nd Place | Phuong Nhu Nguyen | York University | |
| Graduate P-IE: Conservation and Ecology | 1st Place | Ellen Danford | The Ohio State University |
| 2nd Place | Dylan Simpson | Rutgers University | |
| Graduate P-IE: Ecology | 1st Place | Erika Wright | The Ohio State University |
| 2nd Place | Lydia Fyie | The Ohio State University | |
| Graduate P-IE: Host-Plant Resistance 1 | 1st Place | Tyler Ray Tagle Musgrove | Louisiana State University |
| 2nd Place | Hayley Adair Schroeder | Cornell University | |
| Graduate P-IE: Host-Plant Resistance 2 | 1st Place | Jae Eve Kerstetter | Rutgers University |
| 2nd Place | Yamikani Maya Ng | The Ohio State University | |
| Graduate P-IE: Insecticide Resistance | 1st Place | Eliott M. Smith | Iowa State University |
| 2nd Place | Taylor Sydnor | Virginia Tech University | |
| Graduate P-IE: Invasive Species 1 | 1st Place | Thomas G. Paul | The Ohio State University |
| 2nd Place | Kristy M. McAndrew | Mississippi State University | |
| Graduate P-IE: Invasive Species 2 | 1st Place | Morgan C. Knutsen | University of Kentucky |
| 2nd Place | Lena Rose Schmitt | Clemson University | |
| Graduate P-IE: IPM - Field Crops 1 | 1st Place | Anna DiPaola | Cornell University |
| 2nd Place | James Michael Huoni, Jr. | Mississippi State University | |
| Graduate P-IE: IPM - Field Crops 2 | 1st Place | John P. Schepis | Virginia Tech University |
| 2nd Place | Alexis Middleton Alsdorf | North Carolina State University | |
| Graduate P-IE: IPM - Field Crops 3 | 1st Place | Natasha Umezu | University of Nebraska |
| 2nd Place | Pragya Gupta | University of Nebraska | |
| Graduate P-IE: IPM - Field Crops 4 | 1st Place | Pheylan Alan Anderson | University of Minnesota |
| 2nd Place | Marcelo Dimase | University of Florida | |
| Graduate P-IE: IPM - Horticulture | 1st Place | Arnol A. Gomez | The Ohio State University |
| 2nd Place | Leonardo D. Salgado | Cornell University | |
| Graduate P-IE: Pollinator Biology | 1st Place | Alexia Nichole Martin | University of California, Davis |
| 2nd Place | Tristan Barley | University of Illinois | |
| Graduate P-IE: Pollinator Conservation | 1st Place | Ella Stroh | Purdue University |
| 2nd Place | Michelle A. Pham | The Ohio State University | |
| Graduate P-IE: Pollinator Ecology | 1st Place | Max William McCarthy | Rutgers University |
| 2nd Place | Amber N. Fredenburg | The Ohio State University | |
| Graduate P-IE: Vectors of Plant Disease | 1st Place | Lidia Komondy | Cornell University |
| 2nd Place | Erik L. Roldan, Sr. | University of Florida | |
| Graduate SysEB: Behavior | 1st Place | Andie C. Miller | Texas A&M University |
| 2nd Place | Mia Phillips | Dartmouth College | |
| Graduate SysEB: Biodiversity and Evolution | 1st Place | Christine Elliot | Purdue University |
| 2nd Place | Stephania Sandoval Arango | Pennsylvania State University | |
| Graduate SysEB: Biogeography | 1st Place | Iris L. Quayle | UC Davis |
| 2nd Place | Kayun Lim | Utah State University | |
| Graduate SysEB: Climate Change | 1st Place | Hadil L. Elsayed | York University |
| 2nd Place | Julie Anne Mendes Cruz | Pennsylvania State University | |
| Graduate SysEB: Conservation | 1st Place | Alessandra Pandolfi | University of Central Florida |
| 2nd Place | Josh Paul Klostermann | University of Missouri | |
| Graduate SysEB: Ecology 1 | 1st Place | Casey Gregory | Virginia Tech |
| 2nd Place | Chelsea M. Smith | Auburn University | |
| Graduate SysEB: Ecology 2 | 1st Place | Chiao-Jung Han | National Taiwan University |
| 2nd Place | Mason Shane Ward | Pennsylvania State University | |
| Graduate SysEB: Genetics | 1st Place | Elizabeth Mae Sakulich | The Ohio State University |
| 2nd Place | Melissa Margaret Carpenter | Drexel University | |
| Graduate SysEB: Genomics | 1st Place | Kristie J. Schmidt | University of Kentucky |
| 2nd Place | Hannah Cook | Washington State University | |
| Graduate SysEB: Morphology 1 | 1st Place | Julian Katzke | Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology |
| 2nd Place | Sarah Elise Schroeder | University of California | |
| Graduate SysEB: Morphology 2 | 1st Place | Davide Dal Pos | University of Central Florida |
| 2nd Place | Jamie Phelps | Louisiana State University | |
| Graduate SysEB: Phylogenetics | 1st Place (Tie) | Ember Clodfelter | University of Illinois |
| 1st Place (Tie) | Olivia M. Gearner | Purdue University | |
| Graduate SysEB: Systematics | 1st Place | Aaron M. Goodman | American Museum of Natural History |
| 2nd Place | Aswaj Punnath | University of Florida | |
| Undergraduate MUVE, PBT and P-IE: Biocontrol, Genetics, and Ecology | 1st Place | Maria Fiorta | The Ohio State University |
| 2nd Place | Nicolas Jose Galvez | North Carolina State University | |
| Undergraduate PBT: Biochemistry, Physiology, and Toxicology | 1st Place | Pablo Stilwell | University of Minnesota |
| 2nd Place | Sarah Jendresky | Texas A&M University | |
| Undergraduate P-IE: Behavior and Ecology | 1st Place | Sankara Ganesh | University of Florida |
| 2nd Place | Harrison Hunter Miles | University of Mary Washington | |
| Undergraduate P-IE: IPM | 1st Place | Logan Tohline | University of Massachusetts |
| 2nd Place | Eleanor L. Meys | University of Minnesota | |
| Undergraduate SysEB: Biodiversity and Morphology | 1st Place | Avery Beaune Roe | University of Florida |
| 2nd Place | Tabitha Vincentsen | University of Florida | |
| Undergraduate SysEB: Ecology and Behavior | 1st Place | Anna Elizabeth Wynne | University of Southern Mississippi |
| 2nd Place | Ellen Elizabeth Williams | University of Kentucky | |
| Graduate and Undergraduate Education, Outreach, and Extension | 1st Place | Vashti Tatman | University of Florida |
| 2nd Place | Caralee Shepard | The Ohio State University | |
| On-Demand Student Competition 10-Minute Papers | 1st Place | Damián Villaseñor-Amador | Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico |
| 2nd Place | Paula Castillo | Louisiana State University | |