2023 Award Winners
Undergraduate Animal Systems
1st Place: Madison Bemisderfer
2nd Place: Isabella Kruba
3rd Place: Madyson Dailey
Undergraduate Environmental & Natural Resource Systems
1st Place: Vancie Peacock
2nd Place: Ziming He
3rd Place: Bridget Reheard
Undergraduate Food Systems
1st Place: Anna Sarubbi
2nd Place: Leah Bodinger
Undergraduate Human Behavior and Social Systems
1st Place: Laura Taraboletti
2nd Place: Grace Shawer
Undergraduate Plant Systems
1st Place: Charles Colvin
2nd Place: Grant Hoffer
3rd Place: Quinn Loudy
Graduate Biological Systems - Animal
1st Place: Alanna Staffin
2nd Place: Mingyao Yang
3rd Place: Bailey Basiel
Graduate Biological Systems - Plant
1st Place: Ryan Spelman
2nd Place: Casey Cruse
3rd Place: Sydney Ostlund
Graduate Food Systems
1st Place: Cynthia Loi
2nd Place: Soomee Hwang
3rd Place: Tykeesha Jefferson
Graduate Human Behavior & Social Systems
1st Place: Arun Regmi
2nd Place: Parmveer Singh
3rd Place: Carson Letot
Graduate Microbiology & Microbiome Systems
1st Place: Tyler Chandross-Cohen
2nd Place: Jaime Manzano Alvarez
3rd Place: Heather Hunt
Graduate Physical and Engineering Systems - Food
1st Place: Weiyun Hua
2nd Place: Juan Aruigo
Graduate Physical and Engineering Systems - Plants
1st Place: Jaya Tripathi
2nd Place: James Godwin
3rd Place: Kittiphum Pawikhum
2022 Award Winners
Undergraduate Human Behavior and Social Systems
1st Place: Brandon Bixler
Undergraduate Animal Systems
1st Place: Eamonn Powers
2nd Place: Andrew Bucha
3rd Place: Hailey Reiss
Undergraduate Entomology & Environmental-Related Systems
1st Place: Ritvik Prabhi
2nd Place: Kayla Kimble
3rd Place: Ziming He
Undergraduate Microbiology/Microbiome & Food-Related Systems
1st Place: Tyler Chandross-Cohen
2nd Place: Anjali Sapre
3rd Place: Arron Wiedemer
Undergraduate Plant-Related Systems
1st Place: Christopher Pedone
2nd Place: Grant Hoffer
3rd Place: Ian Finn
Graduate Biological Systems - Plant
1st Place: Lillian Germeroth; Advisor Sara Hermann
2nd Place: Usman Ali; Advisor Sharifa Crandall
3rd Place: Ryan Spelman; Advisors Gretchen Kuldau and Paul Esker
Graduate Entomology and Environmental-Related Systems
1st Place: Casey Cruse; Advisor F. Rose Zhu and Thomas Baker
2nd Place: Sonu Koirala; Advisor F. Rose Zhu
3rd Place: Kaley Hallmark; Advisor Rudolf Schilder and Jared Ali
Graduate Microbiology/Microbiome & Food-Related Systems
1st Place: Laura Rolon; Advisor Jasna Kovac
2nd Place: Parisa Nazemi Ashani; Advisor Jeffrey Catchmark
3rd Place: Chelsea Newbold; Advisor Sharifa Crandall and Gretchen Kuldau
Graduate Physical and Engineering Systems
1st Place: Camila Gonzalez-Arango; Advisor Juliana Vasco-Correa
2nd Place: Attia Iram; Advisor Ali Demirci
3rd Place: Julia Biertempfel; Advisor Heather Preisendanz
Graduate Human Behavior & Social Systems
1st Place: Jessica Myschisin; Advisor Kevin Curry
2nd Place: Kendra Flood; Advisor Kevin Curry
3rd Place: Carson Letot; Advisor Daniel Foster
2021 Award Winners
Undergraduate Human Behavior and Social Systems
1st Place: Eamonn Powers
2nd Place: Matthew Haines
3rd Place: Hilary Snyder
Undergraduate Animal Systems
1st Place: Jasmine Morgan
2nd Place: Hailey Mattice
3rd Place: Jack Ibinson
Undergraduate Environmental & Natural Resources Systems
1st Place: Chloe Destremau
2nd Place: Chloe Roberts
3rd Place: Joshua Gershey
Undergraduate Plant Systems
1st Place: Nicholase Moose and Anjalie Sapre
2nd Place: Vancie Peacock
3rd Place: Nicole Dutzman
Graduate Biological Sciences
1st Place: Bailey Basiel; Advisors Drs. Tara Felix and Chad Dechow
2nd Place: Devyn McPheeters; Advisor Dr. Mary Ann Bruns
3rd Place: Jamine Harris; Advisor Dr. Tara Felix
Graduate Food Sciences
1st Place: Joshua Cassar; Advisor Dr. Ed Mills
2nd Place: Stiphany Tieu; Advisor Dr. John Gershenson
3rd Place: Attia Iram; Advisor Dr. Ali Demirci
Graduate Microbiology/Microbiome
1st Place: Tara Pickens; Advisor Dr. Darrell Cockburn
2nd Place: Morgan Roggenbaum; Advisor Dr. Howard Salis
3rd Place: Taejung Chung; Advisor Dr. Jasna Kovac
Graduate Physical and Engineering Sciences
1st Place: Marlene Carla Ndoun; Advisor Dr. Heather Preisendanz
Graduate Social Science & Human Behavior (Section 1)
1st Place: Kendra Flood; Advisor Dr. Kevin Curry
2nd Place: Carolyn Henzi; Advisor Dr. Matt Kaplan
3rd Place: Jana Russell; Advisor Dr. Daniel Foster
Graduate Social Science & Human Behavior (Section 2)
1st Place: Arun Regmi; Advisor Dr. Melissa Kreye
2nd Place: Hannah Whitley; Advisor Dr. Kathryn Brasier
3rd Place: Sadikshya Sharma
2020 Award Winners
No program was held due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2019 Award Winners
Undergraduate Plant & Environmental-Related Sciences
1st Place: Cullen Dixon, Plant Science; Advisor Dr. Surinder Chopra
2nd Place: Andrew May, PPEM; Advisor Dr. K.L. Hockett
3rd Place: Xiauxaun Shi, Food Science; Advisor Dr. Jasna Kovac
4th Place: Powen Pai, PPEM; Advisor Dr. Cristina Rosa
Undergraduate Human-Related Sciences
1st Place: Ashley Weaver, Cassidy Prince, Anjali Sapre, Food Science; Advisor Dr. Jasna Kovac
Undergraduate Animal-Related Sciences
1st Place: Lily Robinson, VBSC; Advisor Dr. Adam Glick
2nd Place: Rachel Wittmer, Food Science; Advisor Dr. Josephine Wee
3rd Place: Benjamin Kline, ESM; Advisor Dr. Tyler Wagner
Graduate Agricultural Education and International Agriculture
1st Place: Rashmit Arora, Agriculture Economics, Sociology and Education; Advisor Dr. Ted Jaenicke
2nd Place: Alejandro Gill, Agriculture Economics, Sociology and Education; Advisor Dr. Mark Brennan
Graduate Environmental and Natural Resources Sciences
1st Place: Talia Leventhal, Agriculture and Biological Engineering; Advisor Dr. Heather Gall
2nd Place: Faith Kibuye, Agriculture and Biological Engineering; Advisor Dr. Heather Gall
Graduate Physical and Engineering Sciences
1st Place: Beining Ouyang, Agriculture and Biological Engineering; Advisor Dr. Ali Demirci
Graduate Biological Sciences
1st Place: Xiaoquing Tan, Food Science; Advisor Drs. Jasna Kovac and Luke LaBorde
1st Place: Mengyuan Jia, Plant Science; Dr. Majid Foolad
2nd Place: Jose Urena, Food Sciences; Advisor Dr. Joshua Lambert
2nd Place: Pedro Carvalho, Animal Sciences; Advisor Dr. Tara Felix
2018 Award Winners
Undergraduate Human-Related Sciences
1st Place: Shannon Brady, Food Science; Advisor Dr. Helene Hopfer
2nd Place: Christine Kosciewicz, Food Science; Advisor Dr. Cathy Cutter
Undergraduate Animal-Related Sciences
1st Place: Arianna Ferguson, Animal Science; Advisor Dr. Paul Patterson
2nd Place: Shar Memari & Meredith Cavanaugh, Vet & Biomedical Science; Advisor Dr. Vivek Kapur
3rd Place: Chandlar Kern, Animal Science; Advisor Dr. Wansheng Liu
Undergraduate Plant & Environmental-Related Sciences
1st Place: Richard Novak, Biology; Advisor Dr. Tracy Langkilde
2nd Place: Casey Baxter, Vet & Biomedical Science; Advisor Dr. Curtis Dell
3rd Place: Chandlar Kern, Animal Science; Advisor Dr. Wansheng Liu
4th Place (tie): Shar Memari & Meredith Cavanaugh, Vet & Biomedical Science; Advisor Dr. Vivek Kapur
4th Place (tie): Chandlar Kern, Animal Science; Advisor Dr. Wansheng Liu
Graduate Agricultural Education and International Agriculture
1st Place: Ilse Alejandra Huerta, Agriculture Economics, Sociology and Education; Advisor Dr. John Ewing
2nd Place: Rebecca Wiepz, Plant Science; Advisor Dr. James Schupp
Graduate Biological Sciences
1st Place: Laura Kaminsky, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology; Advisor Dr. Terrence Bell
2nd Place: Adwitia Dey, Vet & Biomedical Science; Advisor Dr. Pamela Hankey-Giblin
3rd Place: Joshua Cassar, Animal Science; Advisor Dr. Ed Mills
4th Place: Phillip Martin, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology; Advisor Dr. Kari Peter
Graduate Physical and Engineering Sciences
1st Place: Oznur Caliskan-Aydogan, Agriculture and Biological Engineering; Advisor Dr. Virendra Puri
Graduate Environmental and Natural Resources Sciences
1st Place: Faith Kibuye, Agriculture and Biological Engineering; Advisor Dr. Heather Gall
2nd Place: Rebecca Wiepz, Plant Science; Advisor Dr. James Schupp
Graduate Social Sciences
1st Place: Sarah Eissler, Agriculture Economics, Sociology and Education; Advisor Dr. Mark Brennan
2017 Award Winners
Undergraduate Human-Related Sciences
1st Place: Cody Stubbs, Food Science; Advisor Dr. John Hayes
2nd Place: Thomas Pastor, Food Science; Advisor Dr. Cathy Cutter
3rd Place: Natalie Keller, Food Science; Advisor Dr. Ed Dudley
Undergraduate Animal-Related Sciences
1st Place: Amelia Hare, Entomology Science; Advisor Dr. David Hughes
2nd Place: Amelia Rogus, Animal Science; Advisor Dr. Burt Staniar
3rd Place: Emily Donahue, Ecosystem Science and Management; Advisor Dr. Margaret Brittingham
Undergraduate Plant & Environmental-Related Sciences
1st Place: Cullen Dixon, Plant Science; Advisor Dr. Surinder Chopra
2nd Place: Lianna Wodzicki, Plant Science; Advisor Drs. Sampurna Satter & Gary Thompson
3rd Place (tie): Grant Smith, Ecosystem Science and Management; Advisor Dr. Laura Leites
3rd Place (tie): Lauren Onofrio, Ecosystem Science and Management; Advisor Dr. Laura Leites
Graduate Agricultural Education and International Agriculture
1st Place: Kalia Thorn, Agriculture Economics, Sociology and Education; Advisor Dr. Rama Radhakrishna
2nd Place (tie): Maurice Smith, Agriculture Economics, Sociology and Education; Advisor Dr. Nicole Webster
2nd Place (tie): Jean Lonie, Agriculture Economics, Sociology and Education; Advisor Drs. Mark Brennan and Ted Alter
Graduate Biological Sciences
1st Place: Kuier Zhao, Food Science; Advisor Dr. Joshua Lambert
2nd Place: Hannah Schneider, Plant Science; Advisor Dr. Jonathan Lynch
3rd Place: Sara Klee, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology; Advisor Dr. Tim McNellis
4th Place: Adwitia Dey, Vet & Biomedical Science; Advisor Dr. Pamela Hankey
Graduate Physical and Engineering Sciences
1st Place: Eshen Mahdinia, Agriculture and Biological Engineering; Advisor Dr. Ali Demirci
Graduate Environmental and Natural Resources Sciences
1st Place: Sara Isbell, Ecosystem Science and Management; Advisor Dr. Jason Kaye
Graduate Social Sciences
1st Place: Maridel Reyes, Food Science; Advisor Dr. John Hayes
2016 Award Winners
Undergraduate Human-Related Systems
1st Place: Gabrielle Lenart, Food Science; Advisor Dr. John Hayes
2nd Place: Kris Murray, Animal Science; Advisor Dr. Burt Staniar
3rd Place: Samuel Watson, Food Science; Advisor Dr. Cathy Cutter
Undergraduate Animal-Related Systems
1st Place: David Peterson, Entomology; Advisor Dr. Jason Rasgon
2nd Place: Elizabeth Palmer, Animal Science; Advisor Dr. Burt Staniar
3rd Place: Maura Carr, Animal Science; Advisor Dr. Burt Staniar
Undergraduate Plant- and Environmental-Related Systems
1st Place: Sara McTish, Entomology; Advisor Dr. John Tooker
2nd Place: Cullen Dixon, Plant Sciences; Advisor Dr. Surinder Chopra
3rd Place: Vincent Mele, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology; Advisor Dr. Tim McNellis
4th Place: Lalita Limichart, Plant Sciences; Advisor Dr. Mary Ann Bruns
Graduate Agricultural Education and International Agriculture
1st Place: Kaila Thorn, Ag. Economics, Sociology, and Education; Advisor Dr. Rama Radhakrishna
2nd Place: Erika Pioltine Anseloni, Ag. Economics, Sociology, and Education; Advisor Drs. Mark Brennan and Ted Alter
Graduate Biological Sciences
1st Place: Freddy Magdama, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology; Advisor Dr. Maria del Mar Jimenez-Gasco
2nd Place: Minerva Rivera, Food Science; Advisor Dr. Cathy Cutter
3rd Place: Shelly Whitehead, Entomology; Advisor Dr. Matt Thomas
4th Place: Flor Edith Acevedo, Entomology; Advisor Dr. Gary Felton
Graduate Environmental and Natural Resources Sciences
1st Place: Katherine Caswell, Plant Science; Advisor Dr. Bill Curran
Graduate Physical and Engineering Sciences
1st Place: Yanqi Qu, Food Science; Advisors Drs. John Coupland and Ryan Elias
Graduate Social Sciences
1st Place: Kelsey Tenney, Food Science; Advisor Dr. John Coupland
2015 Award Winners
Undergraduate Human and Animal-Related Systems
1st Place: Rebecca Hovingh, Food Science
2nd Place: Linda Truong, Animal Science
3rd Place: Shelby A. Harkless, Ecosystem Science and Management
4th Place: Allison Walker, Animal Sciences
Undergraduate Plant-Related Systems
1st Place: Laura Reese, Plant Science
2nd Place: Hunter Swisher, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Special Pre-Collegiate Plant-Related Systems
Phillip R. Clauer, Plant Science
Graduate Agricultural Education and International Agriculture
1st Place: Erika Pioltine Anseloni, Ag Economics, Sociology and Education
Graduate Biological Sciences
1st Place: Lillian Moller-Jacobs, Entomology
2nd Place: Shannon Glisan, Food Science
3rd Place: Clair Keene, Plant Science
4th Place: Nelson J. Gaydos, Animal Sciences
Graduate Environmental and Natural Resources Sciences
1st Place: Rachel Milliron, Plant Science
2nd Place: Debasish Saha, Ecosystem Science and Management
Graduate Physical and Engineering Sciences
1st Place: Marlena K. Sheridan, Food Science
Graduate Social Sciences
1st Place: Esha Zaveri, Ag Economics, Sociology and Education
2014 Award Winners
Undergraduate Human and Animal-Related Systems
1st Place: Hannah Cooper, Veterinary and Biomedical Science
2nd Place: Amanda Smith, Animal Science
3rd Place: Sara Mueller, Ecosystem Science and Management
Undergraduate Plant-Related Systems
1st Place: Jenna Trolio, Environmental Resource Management
2nd Place: Hunter Swisher, Plant Pathology and Environ. Microbiology
3rd Place: Chelsea Kyler, Ecosystem Science and Management
Graduate Agricultural Education and International Agriculture
1st Place: Laura Markham, Food Science
Graduate Biological Sciences
1st Place: Lillian Moller-Jacobs, Entomology
2nd Place: Eric O'Neal, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
3rd Place: Karma James, Food Science
4th Place: Swayamjit Ray, Plant Sciences
Graduate Environmental and Natural Resources Sciences
1st Place: Julie Weitzman, Ecosystem Science and Management
Graduate Physical and Engineering Sciences
1st Place: Hasan Coban, Ag and Biological Engineering
Graduate Social Sciences
1st Place: Esha Zaveri, Ag Economics, Sociology and Education
2011 Award Winners
Undergraduate Students
First Place: Josh Hibit (Agricultural Sciences)
Second Place: Andrea Leshak (Environmental Resource Management)
Third Place: Lena Harper (Crops and Soil Sciences)
Graduate Physical and engineering sciences
First Place: Gistavo Camargo (Agricultural and Biological Engineering)
Graduate Biological Sciences
First Place: Rupesh Kariyat (Entomology)
Second Place: Sudathip Sae-tan (Food Science)
Third Place: Amy Brownshidle (Food Science)
Fourth Place: Ling Tao (Food Science)
Graduate Social Sciences
First Place: Laurie Schoonhoven (School of Forest Resources)
Second Place: John Eshleman (Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology)
Graduate Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences
First Place: Deepti Dabas (Food Science)
Second Place: Tanushree Dutta (Crop and Soil Sciences)
Graduate Agricultural Education and International Agriculture
First Place: Daniel Tobin (Agricultural and Extension Education)
Second Place Saadiqa Lundy (Agricultural and Extension Education)
2010 Award Winners
Undergraduate Students
First Place: Nur Sabrina Wahid (Horticulture)
Second Place: Krystal Bealing (Crop and Soil Sciences)
Third Place: Stephanie Heilman (Dairy and Animal Science)
Forth Place: Alicia Spangler (Plant Pathology)
Graduate Physical and Engineering Sciences
First Place: Mark R. Williams (Agricultural and Biological Engineering)
Graduate Biological Sciences
First Place: Jessica Tekippe (Dairy and Animal Science)
Second Place: Marty K. Soehnlen (Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences)
Third Place: Beth Houser (Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences)
Fourth Place: Emily E. Pfeufer (Plant Pathology)
Graduate Social Sciences
First Place: Carla Shoff (Rural Sociology and Demography)
Second Place: David Ader (Rural Sociology and Demography)
Graduate Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences
First Place: Tanushree Dutta (Crop and Soil Sciences)
Second Place: Vasileios Bitas (Plant Pathology)
Graduate Agricultural Education and International Agriculture
First Place: Daniel Tobin (Agricultural and Extension Education)
Second Place: Jessica M. Bagdonis (Agricultural and Extension Education)
2009 Award Winners
Undergraduate Students
First Place: Matthew Gardner (Entomology)
Second Place: Kelly Over (Ag Business Management)
Third Place: Erica Stuber (Poultry Science)
Graduate Physical and Engineering Sciences
First Place: Tanju Motwani (Food Science)
Second Place: Kuan-Chen Cheng (Ag and Biological Engineering)
Graduate Biological Sciences
First Place: Mankit Law (Veterinary and Biomedical Science)
Second Place: Danny Bruce (Veterinary and Biomedical Science)
Third Place: K. Dharmendra Singh (Intercollege Graduate Degree Program)
Fourth Place: Joseph Loguasto (Food Science)
Graduate Social Sciences
First Place: Mary Marete (Ag & Extension Education)
Second Place: Carla Shoff (Rural Sociology)
Graduate Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences
First Place: Ermita Hermandez (Horticulture, Plant Pathology)
Second Place: Shawn Rummel (IGDP Ecology, Forest Resources)
2008 Award Winners
Undergraduate Students
First Place: Michael Woods (Ag & Extension Education)
Second Place: Matthew Gardner (Entomology)
Third Place: Janelle Hartzell (Dairy & Animal Science)
Fourth Place: Shara Terrill (Dairy & Animal Science)
Fifth Place: Erin Nowelsky (Dairy & Animal Science)
Graduate Physical and Engineering Sciences
First Place: Fazaneh Rezaei (Ag & Biol. Engineering)
Second Place: Jino Chacko (Food Science)
Graduate Biological Sciences
First Place: Karen Racicot (Dairy & Animal Science)
Second Place: Courtney Smith (Poultry Science)
Third Place: Beth Houser (Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences)
Fourth Place: Mandeep Sharma (Crop & Soil Sciences)
Fifth Place: Farag Ibraheem (Crop & Soil Sciences)
Graduate Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences
First Place: Sarah Pabian (Forest Resources)
Second Place: Ashlee Dere (Crop & Soil Sciences)
Third Place: Ruth Mick (Crop & Soil Sciences)
Graduate Social Sciences
First Place: Ginger Genton (Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences)
Second Place: Bart Gill (Ag & Extension Education)
Third Place: Sabrina Chrznowski (Environmental Pollution Control)
