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
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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
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