Best Undergraduate Student Poster Presentation Awards
1st Place – Undergraduate Research Poster
Page Hepfer
“A Slimy Situation: Landscape Effects on Slimy Sculpin (Cottus Cognatus) Morphology Within West Branch Susquehanna Watersheds”
Freshwater Research Institute
Susquehanna University
(Sara Ashcroft Faculty Mentor)
2nd Place – Undergraduate Research Poster
Ngan Trinh
“Using Near-Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy for Sex Discrimination in Eastern Hellbenders (Cryptobranchus A. Alleganiensis)”
Clean Water Institute
Lycoming College
(Matthew Kaunert, Faculty Mentor; Samuel Mathes, Samantha Shablin, and Austin Simpson co-authors)
3rd Place – Undergraduate Research Poster
Eric Belfanti
“Even Nature Likes to Flash: Finding Correlations Between Stream Flashiness and Land Development”
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Susquehanna University
(Daniel Ressler and Sara Ashcraft, Faculty Mentors)
Best Graduate Student Poster Presentation
1st Place – Graduate Student Poster Presentation
Henry Kibuye
“Assessing Active and Passive Sampling Techniques for Emerging Contaminants Using Nested Watershed Monitoring”
Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
The Pennsylvania State University
(Tamie Veith, Tyler Groh, and Heather Preisendanz, Faculty Mentors)
Best Graduate Student Oral Presentation Awards
1st Place – Graduate Student Oral Presentation
Isaac Carachilo
“A Landscape Transcriptomics Approach for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Riparian Buffers to Reduce Stress in Brown Trout (Salmo Trutta)”
Department of Ecosystem Science and Management
The Pennsylvania State University
(Megan Croke and Jason Keagy, faculty mentors)
2nd Place – Graduate Student Oral Presentation
Matthew Chotlos
“PFAs and Fish Consumption: PER- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Invasive Channa Argus Populations”
Department of Ecosystem Science and Management
The Pennsylvania State University
(Megan Schall, Faculty Mentor; Geoffrey Smith and Jason Keagy, co-authors)
The annual River Symposium is an educational community outreach event sponsored by the Bucknell Center for Sustainability & the Environment, the Susquehanna River Heartland Coalition for Environmental Studies, and the Pennsylvania Water Resources Research Center at Penn State University.
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