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 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona. Learn more about the Student Competition for the President's Prize, and see results from other years.
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| Graduate MUVE: Behavior, Insecticide Resistance, and Forensic Entomology | 1st Place | Connor Alexander Cavett | New Mexico State University |
| 2nd Place | Paige S. Alexander | The Pennsylvania State University | |
| Graduate MUVE: Biocontrol, Pollinators, and Biodiversity | 1st Place | Destiny Nicole Mann | University of Delaware |
| 2nd Place | Anthony Ayers | York University | |
| Graduate MUVE: Ecology and Vector Biology and Management | 1st Place | Zoe Narvaez | Rutgers University |
| 2nd Place | Megan E. Dobson | University of Idaho | |
| Graduate MUVE: Medical and Veterinary Entomology | 1st Place | Afsoon Sabet | The Ohio State University |
| 2nd Place | Victoria Pickens | Kansas State University | |
| Graduate MUVE: Medical and Veterinary Entomology and Vector Biology and Management | 1st Place | Regan Daniels | North Carolina State University |
| 2nd Place | Hayley L. Sutherland | Purdue University | |
| Graduate MUVE: Urban and Structural Pests 1 | 1st Place | Elizabeth Wiles | North Carolina State University |
| 2nd Place | Simona Principato | University of Kentucky | |
| Graduate MUVE: Urban and Structural Pests 2 | 1st Place | Fang-Ling Chloe Liu | Virginia Tech |
| 2nd Place | Benjamin Ronald Grady | University of Kentucky | |
| Graduate MUVE: Vector Control and Surveillance | 1st Place | Vilma M. Montenegro | University of Florida |
| 2nd Place | Chip F. Markwardt | Kansas State University | |
| Graduate PBT: Apiculture | 1st Place | Brandon Patrick Shannon | The Ohio State University |
| 2nd Place | Edward Hsieh | University of Illinois | |
| Graduate PBT: Behavior | 1st Place | Xixian Ng | University of Nebraska |
| 2nd Place | Joseph Antwi | Southern Illinois University | |
| Graduate PBT: Biocontrol and Invasive Species | 1st Place | Brendan Riske | University of Arizona |
| 2nd Place | Ashritha Dorai, Ph.D. | University of Melbourne | |
| Graduate PBT: Chemical Ecology and Toxicology | 1st Place | Shannon Rollins | University of New Mexico |
| 2nd Place | Syeda Mehreen Tahir | Arizona State University | |
| Graduate PBT: Ecology and Climate Change | 1st Place | Kristin M. Robinson | University of Southern Mississippi |
| 2nd Place | Isobel Mifsud | Columbia University | |
| Graduate PBT: Genetics - Functional and Molecular | 1st Place | Kaitlyn Camp | University of Georgia |
| 2nd Place | Angel Haller | The Ohio State University | |
| Graduate PBT: Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology | 1st Place | Alexandra Nicole Morales | University of Georgia |
| 2nd Place | Mason Clark | Texas A&M University | |
| Graduate PBT: IPM, Insecticide Resistance, and Pollinators and Pollination | 1st Place | Chisom Irene Molokwu | Oregon State University |
| 2nd Place | Bruna Wojahn | Iowa State University | |
| Graduate PBT: Physiology | 1st Place | Zhuo Chen | Michigan State University |
| 2nd Place | Shabbir Ahmed | Vanderbilt University | |
| Graduate P-IE: Apiculture | 1st Place | Samantha Mowery | University of Illinois |
| 2nd Place | Mary-Kate Frances Williams | Utah State University | |
| Graduate P-IE: Behavior | 1st Place | Becca Rain Robertson | University of Kentucky |
| 2nd Place | Ryan Chave | Oregon State University | |
| Graduate P-IE: Behavior and Ecology | 1st Place | Devin Barry Calpo | Virginia Tech |
| 2nd Place | Ren Johnson | University of Rhode Island | |
| Graduate P-IE: Behavior and Pollinators | 1st Place | Jae E. Kerstetter | Rutgers University |
| 2nd Place | Miranda Jones | Utah State University | |
| Graduate P-IE: Biocontrol - General 1 | 1st Place | Thabu Mugala | University of Delaware |
| 2nd Place | Luke Christopher Reynolds | The Pennsylvania State University | |
| Graduate P-IE: Biocontrol - General 2 | 1st Place | Mia Kanako Lippey | University of California |
| 2nd Place | Lara Maria Amiri-Kazaz | Colorado State University | |
| Graduate P-IE: Biocontrol - Parasitoids | 1st Place | Sarah Lisak | University of Minnesota |
| 2nd Place | Sahil Vinod Pawar | The Pennsylvania State University | |
| Graduate P-IE: Biocontrol - Pathogens | 1st Place | Wyatt J. Bailey | Iowa State University |
| 2nd Place | Morgan H. Swoboda | Cornell University | |
| Graduate P-IE: Biocontrol - Predators | 1st Place | Luis Alberto Ochoa Cadena | New Mexico State University |
| 2nd Place | Hannah Stowe | University of Nebraska | |
| Graduate P-IE: Biodiversity | 1st Place | Caroline Kanaskie | University of New Hampshire |
| 2nd Place | Ivin Lam | Texas A&M University | |
| Graduate P-IE: Chemical Ecology | 1st Place | Kelly McIntyre | Virginia Tech |
| 2nd Place | Morgan Thompson | Texas A&M University | |
| Graduate P-IE: Climate Change | 1st Place | Nina Gropp | The Pennsylvania State University |
| 2nd Place | Benjamin Turnley | University of Oklahoma | |
| Graduate P-IE: Conservation | 1st Place | Skylar Ciccolini | University of Missouri |
| 2nd Place | Nicole Bailey | Colorado State University | |
| Graduate P-IE: Ecology | 1st Place | Alexela Hoyt | The Pennsylvania State University |
| 2nd Place | Hailee Amethyst Nolan | Colorado State University | |
| Graduate P-IE: Ecology and IPM | 1st Place | Emma Schoeppner | North Carolina State University |
| 2nd Place | Kashish Verma | University of Nebraska | |
| Graduate P-IE: Ecology and Toxicology | 1st Place | River Daniel Raymond Mathieu | Michigan State University |
| 2nd Place | Hazel Fae Scribner | Kansas State University | |
| Graduate P-IE: Host-Plant Resistance | 1st Place | Schyler M. Lee | Louisiana State University |
| 2nd Place | Tyler Ray Tagle Musgrove | Louisiana State University | |
| Graduate P-IE: Insecticide Resistance | 1st Place | Tatum Dwyer | University of Minnesota |
| 2nd Place | Mary Jane Lytle | Mississippi State University | |
| Graduate P-IE: Invasive Species | 1st Place | Olivia Kay Andrews | Virginia Tech |
| 2nd Place | Benjamin Crossman Johnson | University of Maine | |
| Graduate P-IE: IPM - Field Crops 1 | 1st Place | Hunter Daniel Ness | University of Minnesota |
| 2nd Place | Taynara Possebom | North Carolina State University | |
| Graduate P-IE: IPM - Field Crops 2 | 1st Place | Caleb Robert Rice | Mississippi State University |
| 2nd Place | Brett Farmer | Mississippi State University | |
| Graduate P-IE: IPM - General | 1st Place | Nathan Curtis Arey | University of Tennessee |
| 2nd Place | Edwin T. Harris | Oregon State University | |
| Graduate P-IE: IPM - General and Field Crops | 1st Place | Sujan Panta | North Carolina State University |
| 2nd Place | Ray Putri Rantz | Michigan State University | |
| Graduate P-IE: IPM - Horticulture | 1st Place | Breh Ruger | The Ohio State University |
| 2nd Place | Ignatius Putra Andika | Michigan State University | |
| Graduate P-IE: IPM - Sustainable Agriculture | 1st Place | Usha Panta | Virginia Tech |
| 2nd Place | Carly Rae Sharp | University of Georgia | |
| Graduate P-IE: Pollinators and Pollination - Honey Bees and Native Pollinators 1 | 1st Place | Kirstie Kandaris | USDA-ARS |
| 2nd Place | Celeste Curran Huff | University of Wisconsin | |
| Graduate P-IE: Pollinators and Pollination - Honey Bees and Native Pollinators 2 | 1st Place | Asia A. Kaiser | University of Colorado |
| 2nd Place | Jen Nisha Schlauch | University of California | |
| Graduate P-IE: Social Insects | 1st Place | Rebecca Carranza | University of Illinois |
| 2nd Place | Marie Muniz | The Pennsylvania State University | |
| Graduate P-IE: Vectors of Plant Disease 1 | 1st Place | Nikhitha Gangavarapu | University of Nebraska |
| 2nd Place | Anders Wohler | Oregon State University | |
| Graduate P-IE: Vectors of Plant Disease 2 | 1st Place | Mandeep Tayal | Clemson University |
| 2nd Place | Melody Bloch | University of Florida | |
| Graduate SysEB: Behavior 1 | 1st Place | Marissa Celine Sandoval | University of California, Davis |
| 2nd Place | Audélia Mechti | Texas A&M University | |
| Graduate SysEB: Behavior 2 | 1st Place | Liam T. Sullivan | Entomology & Insect Science GIDP |
| 2nd Place | Savanna Grace Ploessl | University of Kentucky | |
| Graduate SysEB: Biodiversity 1 | 1st Place | Taylor Kennedy | Montana State University |
| 2nd Place | Alexander J. Harman | Oklahoma State University | |
| Graduate SysEB: Biodiversity 2 | 1st Place | Hannah M. Bodmer | University of Toronto |
| 2nd Place | Julianna Rose Yager | Binghamton University | |
| Graduate SysEB: Biodiversity and Conservation | 1st Place | Kali Layne Swichtenberg | Arizona State University |
| 2nd Place | Spencer Len Pote | University of Hawaii | |
| Graduate SysEB: Biogeography | 1st Place | Ashley Y. Bui | University of California |
| 2nd Place | Chloe Maddison Jelley | Cornell University | |
| Graduate SysEB: Ecology | 1st Place | Eleanor M. Fausett | University of California |
| 2nd Place | Alyssa T. Gooding | University of Minnesota | |
| Graduate SysEB: Evolution and Ecology | 1st Place | Abigail Williams | Drexel University |
| 2nd Place | Mataya Duncan | University of Arkansas | |
| Graduate SysEB: Genetics and Genomics | 1st Place | Charles T. Bradley | University of Arizona |
| 2nd Place | Joshua Molligan | Université Laval | |
| Graduate SysEB: Morphology and Phylogenetics | 1st Place | Jacquelyn Lee Fitzgerald | Northwestern University |
| 2nd Place | Jackson Linde, MSc | Texas A&M University | |
| Graduate SysEB: Phylogenetics | 1st Place | Aaron M. Goodman | American Museum of Natural History |
| 2nd Place | Ziv Ellis Lieberman | University of California | |
| Graduate SysEB: Phylogenetics and Behavior | 1st Place | Justine Bich Lien Nguyen | Marquette University |
| 2nd Place | Ember Clodfelter | University of Illinois | |
| Graduate SysEB: Systematics and Evolution | 1st Place | Nathalia Florez Gomez | Cornell University |
| 2nd Place | Laura Fricke | University of Minnesota | |
| Undergraduate MUVE and PBT: Behavior, Pollinators, and Chemical Ecology | 1st Place | David Narayanan | The Ohio State University |
| 2nd Place | Seokin Yang | Vanderbilt University | |
| Undergraduate PBT: Behavior, Chemical Ecology, and Physiology | 1st Place | Alex Christopher Kurtt | Iowa State University |
| 2nd Place | Pablo Stilwell | University of Minnesota | |
| Undergraduate P-IE: Behavior, Biodiversity, Climate Change, and Conservation | 1st Place | Jenalyn Ann Ostendorf | University of Minnesota |
| 2nd Place | Addison Ashe Copen | The Ohio State University | |
| Undergraduate P-IE: IPM and Ecology | 1st Place | Toviah T. Bass | Rutgers University |
| 2nd Place | Melanie Amber Eichler | Ashland University | |
| Undergraduate SysEB: General 1 | 1st Place | Kathryn Juliet Marra | Rutgers University |
| 2nd Place | Danielle Bosse | University of Colorado | |
| Undergraduate SysEB: General 2 | 1st Place | Megan E. DuVal | University of Utah |
| 2nd Place | Solomon V. Hendrix | University of Delaware | |
| Undergraduate SysEB: General 3 | 1st Place | Caitlyn Nicole Castillo Campbell | University of California |
| 2nd Place | Rachel Seamons | Brigham Young University | |
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| Graduate MUVE: Behavior, Biocontrol, and Biodiversity | 1st Place | Valeria Lee | The Pennsylvania State University |
| 2nd Place | Natalie M. Johnston | University of Nebraska | |
| Graduate MUVE: Medical and Veterinary Entomology | 1st Place | Jun Seok Ryoo | University of Kentucky |
| 2nd Place | Alexander Esquivel, B.S. | San Francisco State University | |
| Graduate MUVE: Vector Control, Urban and Structural Pests, and Social Insects | 1st Place | Sonja Savic | Arizona State University |
| 2nd Place | Callista Wayde Vandegriff | University of Kentucky | |
| Graduate PBT: Apiculture, Behavior, Biochemistry, and Insecticides | 1st Place | Natasha Hiromi Umezu | University of Nebraska |
| 2nd Place | Minh Nguyet Nguyen | Johns Hopkins University | |
| Graduate PBT: Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology | 1st Place | Collin Valentin | Texas A&M University |
| 2nd Place | Courtney Nicole Wynn | Mississippi State University | |
| Graduate P-IE and FIT: Biodiversity and Conservation | 1st Place | Arnold Ariel Gomez | The Ohio State University |
| 2nd Place | Christopher B. Brown | Michigan State University | |
| Graduate P-IE: Biocontrol - General | 1st Place | Ethan Stahura | ACRPC |
| 2nd Place | Emily Le Falchier | University of Florida | |
| Graduate P-IE: Biocontrol - Parasitoids and Pathogens | 1st Place | Soohyun Kim | Kyungpook National University |
| 2nd Place | Venkatesh Padimi | Colorado State University | |
| Graduate P-IE: Chemical Ecology and Behavior | 1st Place | Olivia Grace Carter | Colorado State University |
| 2nd Place | Minxing Zhu | University of Illinois | |
| Graduate P-IE: Climate Change and Pollinators | 1st Place | Marnesha Nicole Jones | University of Arizona |
| 2nd Place | Lincoln Nian Taylor | University of Colorado | |
| Graduate P-IE: Ecology and Vector Control | 1st Place | Kristin Stark | University of Nebraska |
| 2nd Place | Maria Paula Mejia | Colorado State University | |
| Graduate P-IE: Host-Plant Resistance | 1st Place | Sanket Shinde | University of Nebraska |
| 2nd Place | Lorrana F. Oliveira Almeida | University of Florida | |
| Graduate P-IE: Invasive Species | 1st Place | Sukhman Singh | The Pennsylvania State University |
| 2nd Place | Aerianna Littler | Auburn University | |
| Graduate P-IE: IPM - Field Crops | 1st Place | Bhawana Regmi | University of Nebraska |
| 2nd Place | Emile Dayara Rabelo Santana, Ph.D. | University of Nebraska | |
| Graduate P-IE: IPM - General | 1st Place | Max R. Schmidtbauer | Colorado State University |
| 2nd Place | Rajesh Vavilapalli | University of Georgia | |
| Graduate SysEB: Biodiversity and Conservation | 1st Place | Jessica L. Mullins | University of California |
| 2nd Place | Kathryn Isabella Naherny | University of Colorado | |
| Graduate SysEB: Ecology and Behavior | 1st Place | Andres Felipe Herrera Motta | University of Kansas |
| 2nd Place | Alexa Brunet | McGill University | |
| Graduate SysEB: Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics | 1st Place | Jordy Hernandez | Michigan State University |
| 2nd Place | Kit Lam Tang | University of Illinois | |
| Graduate SysEB: Applied Ecology, Pollinators, and Genetics | 1st Place | Mary Margaret McSpadden | University of Central Arkansas |
| 2nd Place | Samantha Hittson | Oklahoma State University | |
| Undergraduate MUVE: Biodiversity, Ecology, and Behavior | 1st Place | Trey Zinsmeister | Northern Kentucky University |
| 2nd Place | Jamie Beach | University of Florida | |
| Undergraduate MUVE: Forensic, Medical, and Veterinary Entomology and Vector Biology and Management | 1st Place | Ethan G. Waddle | Northern Kentucky University |
| 2nd Place | Jasmine Kennedy | University of Cincinnati | |
| Undergraduate PBT: Behavior, Social Insects, and Pollinators | 1st Place | Astrid Elizabeth Gomez | University of Southern Mississippi |
| 2nd Place | Noah Abdulqawi | University of Scranton | |
| Undergraduate PBT: Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Toxicology | 1st Place | Ella Grace Mullins | University of St. Thomas |
| 2nd Place | Russel Taiyo Shiga | University of Florida | |
| Undergraduate P-IE and FIT: Conservation, Education, and Outreach | 1st Place | Lillian Cruz Landre | University of California |
| 2nd Place | Charley Williams | Augustana College | |
| Undergraduate P-IE: Biocontrol and IPM | 1st Place | Ricardo Fuchs de Pinho | University of Nebraska |
| 2nd Place | Anthony Mendoza | University of Texas | |
| Undergraduate P-IE: General Ecology, Behavior, and Chemical Ecology | 1st Place | Gabriel Pearson | University of Arizona |
| 2nd Place | Kealani Simpson | USDA-ARS | |
| Undergraduate SysEB: Ecology, Biodiversity, and Conservation | 1st Place | Lisa Nicole Rollinson | Texas A&M University |
| 2nd Place | Ella Monet Randolph | Saginaw Valley State University | |
| Undergraduate SysEB: Evolution, Phylogenetics, and Systematics | 1st Place | Aimee Fraser | McGill University |
| 2nd Place | Elizabeth Carlson | Oklahoma State University | |
| Undergraduate SysEB: Social Insects, Genetics, and Molecular Biology | 1st Place | Liam Alexander Wrixon | University of Kansas |
| 2nd Place | Stephen J. Butler | University of Scranton | |