Graduate & Professional

Master
First place: Alaina McLaughlin, School of Environment and Natural Resources; Advised by Christopher Tonra
Second place: Alec Ogg, School of Environment and Natural Resources; Advised by Scott Demyan​
Third place: Alexandre Rehbinder, School of Environment and Natural Resources; Advised by Douglas Jackson-Smith

Ph.D.
First place: Fiorella Ramon-Ccana, Food Science and Technology; Advised by Monica Giusti
Second place: Md Nayem Hasan Munna, School of Environment and Natural Resources; Advised by Rattan Lal​
Third place: Xucheng Hu; School of Environment and Natural Resources; Advised by Jim Ippolito​

Postdoctoral Scholar
First place: Frederico Hickmann, Entomology; Advised by Andrew Michel​
Second place: Sana Zeeshan Shirazi; Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering; Advised by Darren Drewry​
Third place: Yiming Wang; School of Environment and Natural Resources; Advised by Kaiguang Zhao​

Research Scientist
First place: Sanjeev Karki, Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering; Advised by Ajay Shah​
Second place: Meghan Edwards, Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering; Advised by Ajay Shah​
Third place: Amit Timilsina, Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering; Advised by Ajay Shah​

Undergraduate

First place: Micheal Grimes, Horticulture and Crop Science; Advised by Eugene Law​
Second place: Kate Bowers, Horticulture and Crop Science; Advised by Leah McHale​
Third place: Molly McGuire, Plant Pathology; Advised by Horacio Lopez-Nicora​

Graduate & Professional

Master
First place: Aleacia Laird, Plant Pathology Advised by Francesca Hand
Second place: Lindsey Shimoda, Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Advised by Peter Ling
Third place: Brynn Johnson, Horticulture and Crop Science, Advised by Tyler Carr

Ph.D.
First place: Nicole Volk, Agricultural Communication, Education, and Leadership, Advised by Cara Lawson
Second place: Xinyue Fan, Food Science and Technology, Advised by Monica Giusti
Third place: Suraksha Baral, Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, Advised by Brian Roe

Postdoctoral Scholar
First place: Ricardo Henrique Ribeiro, Horticulture and Crop Science, Advised by Marilia Chiavegato
Second place: Aline de Camargo Santos, School of Environment and Natural Resources, Advised by Manbir Rakkar
Third place: Fariba Babaeian, Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Advised by Vinayak Shedekar

Research Scientist
First place: Asmita Khanal, Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Advised by Ajay Shah
Second place: Zak Ralston, Plant Pathology, Advised by Horacio Lopez-Nicora
Third place: Arshad Ansari, Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Advised by Sami Khanal

Undergraduate

Animal Sciences
First place: Alma Anzalone
Second place: Mina LaFrance
Third place: Hollis Baroody

Entomology
First place: Alma Anzalone
Second place: Rhose Cellah Demarest
Third place: Allison Davis

Environmental and Plant Sciences
First place: Francesca Pilutti advised by Dr. Andrea Gschwend
Second place: Grant DeBruin advised by Dr. David Barker
Third place: Hannah Bernstein advised by Dr. Virginia Rich
Honorable Mention: Ashley Malenfant advised by Dr. Scott Demyan
Honorable Mention: Henry Schuellerman advised by Dr. Ryan Winston

Food Sciences
First place: Lexi Herbert
Second place (tie): Hannah Bernstein
Second place (tie): Brittany Lewis

Social Sciences
First place: Malachi List
Second place: Hazel Calis
Third place: Kritika Gaur

Other
First place: Mike Penka
Second place: Layla Ramsey-Sapp
Third place: Olivia DiGiovine

Graduate & Professional

Master
First place: Nicole Volk, Agricultural Communication, Education, and Leadership, advised by Dr. Annie Specht & Dr. Joy Rumble
Second place: Saroj Khatiwada, Animal Sciences, Center for Food Animal Health, Entomology, advised by Dr. Scott Kenney
Third place: Sandeep Dhakal, Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, advised by Dr. Ajay Shah

Ph.D.
First place: Courtney Anderson, School of Environment and Natural Resources, advised by Dr. Stan Gehrt
Second place: Kush Yadav, Animal Sciences, Center for Food Animal Health, advised by Dr. Scott Kenney
Third place: Veeramani Karuppuchamy, Food Science and Technology, advised by Dr. Osvaldo CampanellaBalasubramaniam

Postdoctoral Scholar
First place: Peiyang Li, Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, supervised by Dr. Lingying Zhao
Second place: Sachin Naik, Horticulture and Crop Sciences, supervised by Dr. Michelle Jones
Third place: Srishti Gaur, Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering, supervised by Dr. Darren Drewry

Research Scientist
First place: Rachel Cole, Food Science and Technology, supervised by Dr. Martha Belury
Second place: Emanoella Otaviano, Horticulture and Crop Science, supervised by Dr. Marilia Chiavegato
Third place: Asmita Khanal, Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, supervised by Dr. Marilia Chiavegato

Undergraduate

Animal Sciences
First place: Melva Tacuri Vera advised by Dr. Ben Wenner
Second place: Danielle Latif advised by Dr. Alvaro Garcia Guerra
Third place: Molly Cordonnier advised by Dr. Alvaro Garcia Guerra
Honorable Mention: Gabriella Rivera Fernandez advised by Dr. Maurice Eastridge
Honorable Mention: Katherine Jones advised by Dr. Sara Mastellar

Entomology
First place: Addison Copen advised by Dr. Mary Gardiner

Environmental and Plant Sciences
First place: Francesca Pilutti advised by Dr. Andrea Gschwend
Second place: Grant DeBruin advised by Dr. David Barker
Third place: Hannah Bernstein advised by Dr. Virginia Rich
Honorable Mention: Ashley Malenfant advised by Dr. Scott Demyan
Honorable Mention: Henry Schuellerman advised by Dr. Ryan Winston

Food Sciences
First place: Talia Katz advised by Dr. Rafael Jimenez-Flores
Second place: Rachel Barrett advised by Dr. Jessica Cooperstone
Third place: Eric Armstrong advised by Dr. Luis Rodriguez-Saona
Honorable Mention: Nick Fox advised by Dr. Hua Wang

Social Sciences
First place: Nicole Pickard advised by Dr. Kimberly Cole
Second place: Ryanna Tietje advised by Dr. Margaret Jodlowski
Third place: Sheriden Schuerman advised by Dr. Cara Lawson

People's Choice Awards - poster session attendees voted on their favorite poster for each session

Undergraduate
Danielle Latif, Animal Sciences, advised by Dr. Alvaro Garcia Guerra
Addison Copen, Entomology, advised by Dr. Mary Gardiner
Ryanna Tietje, Social Sciences, advised by Dr. Margaret Jodlowski

Graduate and Professional
Kush Yadav, PhD, Animal Sciences, Center for Food Animal Health, Advised by Dr. Scott Kenney
Jenna Moore, PhD, Plant Pathology, Advisor: Dr. Horacio Lopez-Nicora

Graduate & Professional

Master
First place: Valerie Anderson, Entomology, advised by Dr. Luis Canas
Second place: Ellen Danford, Environmental Sciences Graduate Program & Entomology, advised by Dr. Mary Gardiner
Third place: Connor Johnson, Plant Pathology, advised by Dr. Horacio Lopez-Nicora

Ph.D.
First place: Grace Sward, Entomology, advised by Luis Canas
Second place: Rachel Combs-Giroir, Horticulture and Crop Sciences, advised by Dr. Andrea Gschwend
Third place (tied): Hetian Hu, Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, advised by Dr. V. M. Balasubramaniam
Thrid place (tied): Brianda Gonzalez-Orozco, Food Science and Technology, advised by Dr. Valente Alvarez

Postdoctoral Scholar
First place: Javier Campos, Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering, supervised by Dr. Erdal Ozkan
Second place: Joonbum Lee, Animal Sciences, supervised by Dr. Kichoon Lee
Third place: Srishti Gaur, Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering, supervised by Dr. Darren Drewry

Research Scientist
First place: Nuris Acosta, Entomology, supervised by Dr. Pete Piermarini
Second place: Ashish Manandhar, Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering, supervised by Dr. Imed Dami and Dr. Ajay Shah

Undergraduate

Animal Sciences
First place: Hannah Largen advised by Dr. Kim Cole
Second place (tied): Alexandra Incarnato advised by Dr. Alvaro Garcia Guerra
Second place (tied): Kara Flaherty advised by Kush Yadav and Dr. Scott Kenney

Entomology
First place: Sydney Robare advised by Dr. Megan Meuti

Environmental and Plant Sciences
First place: Olivia Marrero advised by Dr. Katrina Cornish and Dr. David Barker
Second place: Keely McQuain advised by Dr. Horacio Lopez-Nicora
Thrid place: Matthew Lincicome advised by Dr. Mazeika Sullivan and Dr. Jason Bohenek

Food Sciences
First place: Gabriella Gephart advised by Dr. Ahmed Yousef

Social Sciences
First place: Michaela Mason advised by Kareem Usher and Dr. Doug Jackson-Smith
Second place: Hayley Milliron by Dr. Amanda Bowling

"People's Choice" Awards - poster session attendees voted on their favorite poster for each session

Columbus Campus Undergraduate
Amanda Ackerman, BS, Animal Sciences, advised by Dr. J. A. Pempek (tied)
Hannah Largen, BS, Animal Sciences, advised by Dr. Kim Cole (tied)

Columbus Campus Graduate and Professional
Daniela Gutierrez Yanez, MS, Plant Pathology, advised by Dr. Francesca Hand (tied)
Eric Hobson, Plant Pathology, MS, advised by Dr. Jonathan Jacobs (tied)

Wooster Campus Graduate and Professional
Carolyn Lee, PhD, Animal Sciences/ Center for Food Animal Health, advised by Dr. Scott Kenney

Graduate & Professional

Master
Third Place: Brandon Shannon, Entomology & Environmental Sciences Graduate Program, advised by Dr. Reed Johnson
Second place: Camila Gutierrez Manriquez, Horticulture and Crop Sciences, advised by Dr. Jonathan Fresnedo Ramirez
First place: Yuan Li, Entomology, advised by Dr. Peter Piermarini

Ph.D.
Third place: Bethany Williams, School of Environment & Natural Resources, advised by Dr. Suzanne Gray and Dr. Lauren Pintor
Second place: Caralee Shepard, Entomology, advised by Dr. Mary Gardiner
First place: Michelle Pham, Entomology & Environmental Sciences Graduate Program, advised by Dr. Mary Gardiner

Postdoctoral Scholar
Third place: Dong-Hwan Kim Animal Sciences, advised by Dr. Kichoon Lee
Second place: Luis Martinez, Entomology, advised by Dr. Sarah Short
First place: Gonzalo-Miyagusuku Cruzado, Food Science & Technology, advised by Dr. Monica Giusti

Research Scientist
Second place: Nuris Acosta, Entomology, Luis Canas and Andy Michel labs
First place: Pat Boley, Animal Sciences, Scott Kenney lab

Undergraduate

Animal Sciences - Health
Third place: Hailey Main advised by Dr. Christopher Hadad and Dr. Christopher Callam
Second place: Elizabeth Ohl advised by Dr. Alvaro Garcia Guerra
First place: Madison Pinkerton advised by Dr. Jessica Pempek

Animal Sciences - Nutrition
Second place: Elizabeth Due advised by Dr. Sheila Jacobi
First place: Sophia Kienzle advised by Dr. Jeffrey Firkins

Entomology
Third place: Nicole Sammons advised by Dr. Reed Johnson
Second place: Isabel Nazarian advised by Dr. Reed Johnson
First place: Aleacia Laird advised by Dr. Francesca Hand

Environmental and Plant Sciences
Second place: Joshua Chaney, advised by Scott Demyan
First place (tied): Lillian Ostrander, advised by Stephen Matthews
First place (tied): Esha Sharma, advised by Andrea Gschwend

Food Sciences
Third place: Thania Ortiz Santiago advised by Dr. Monica Giusti
Second place: Cameron McCurdy advised by Dr. Kichoon Lee
First place: Talia Katz advised by Dr. Chris Simons and Aishwarya Badiger

Social Sciences
Third place: Kiley Holbrook, Callee Aviles, Haley Schmersal advised by Erica Summerfield
Second place: Maddie Allman advised by Dr. Ken Martin & Dr. Joe Campbell
First place: Shanvanth Arnipalli advised by Dr. Feng

Graduate & Professional

Master
Third place: Kushal KC, Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering, advised by Sami Khanal
Second place: Danielle Voss, Food Science and Technology, advised by Monica Giusti
First place (tied): Dylan Ricke, Entomology, advised by Reed Johnson
First place (tied): Emily Walker, Entomology, advised by Reed Johnson

Ph.D.
Third place: Colby Gregg, Agricultural Communication, Education, and Leadership, advised by Amanda Bowling
Second place: Molly Mills, Environmental Science Graduate Program, advised by Jiyoung Lee
First place: Lydia Fyie, Entomology, advised by Mary Gardiner and Megan Meuti

Postdoctoral Scholar
Third place (tied): Ashish Manandhar, Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering, advised by Ajay Shah
Third place (tied): Bo Li, Horticulture and Crop Science, advised by Andrea Gschwend
Second place: Carlos Esquivel, Entomology, advised by Luis Canas
First place: Wenshuang Xie, Plant Pathology, advised by Lucy Stewart

Research Scientist
Third place: Anirudh Akula, Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering, Ajay Shah Lab
Second place: Esha Shrestha, Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering, Ajay Shah Lab
First place: Erick Martinez Rodriguez, Plant Pathology, Luis Canas Lab

Undergraduate

Animal Sciences - Health
Third place: Andrew Brower & Isabelle Schlachter (team), advised by Kichoon Lee
Second place: Annika Diaz, advised by Maurice Eastridge & Anastasia Vlasova
First place: Hailey Jermolowicz, advised by Benjamin Wenner

Animal Sciences - Nutrition
Third place: Shiling Zhao, advised by Andreas Chavez
Second place: Cameron White, advised by Sheila Jacobi
First place: Antoinette Foliart, advised by Jeffrey Firkins

Entomology
Third place (tied): Valerie Anderson, advised by Christopher Ranger
Third place (tied): Christiana Arkorful-Bondzie, advised by Megan Meuti
Second place: Joseph Urso, advised by Megan Meuti
First place: Olivia Blanco, advised by Megan Meuti

Environmental and Plant Sciences
Second place: Joshua Chaney, advised by Scott Demyan
First place (tied): Lillian Ostrander, advised by Stephen Matthews
First place (tied): Esha Sharma, advised by Andrea Gschwend

Food Sciences
Second place (tied): Anna Carroll, advised by Rafael Jimenez-Flores
Second place (tied): Justyna Korneluk & Anna McSurley (team), advised by Gonul Kaletunc
First place: Peter Kolev, advised by Rafael Jimenez-Flores

Social Sciences
Second place: Milan Pozderac, advised by Tracey Kitchel
First place: Joel Shoup, advised by Ben Brown