Student Awards
2022 Award Recipients

Charlie Holguin
Virginia Tech
Best Graduate Student Poster
Investigating the Temperature-Size Rule in Eurycea cirrigera

Nicole Dahrouge
University of Connecticut
Best Student Oral Presentation
Environmental Factors and Individual Susceptibility Shape Ranavirus Epidemics in Experimental Lithobates sylvaticus Populations

Samara Davis
Ossining High School
Best Undergraduate/High School Student Poster
Detection of Threatened Pool-Breeding Amphibians with eDNA Analysis
2021 Award Recipients

Brady Inman
University of Massachusetts
Best Graduate Student Presentation
Development of a Skin Probiotic to Mitigate Chytridiomycosis in Eastern Newts in Massachusetts

Nicole Dahrouge
University of Connecticut
Best Graduate Student Poster
Larval Temperature and Salinity Conditions Influence Juvenile Wood Frog Growth

Maya Rayle
Harvard University
Best Undergraduate Student Poster
Transmission Dynamics of Ranavirus in Lithobates sylvaticus Juvenile Frogs
2019 Award Recipients

Nicole Fusco
Fordam University
Best Student Oral Presentation
Exploring Genetic Connectivity of Stream Salamander populations within Stream Systems in the New York Metropolitan Area

David Muñoz
Penn State University
Best Graduate Student Poster
Range-wide Impacts of Variation in Metabolic Rate and Thermal Plasticity under Current and Future Climates for the Salamander, Plethodon cinereus

Shakira Jinez
Canisius College
Best Undergraduate Student Poster
Photo Identification of the Eastern Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) Using i3S Spot
2018 Award Recipients

Ariel Kruger
Rutgers University
Best Student Oral Presentation
Monitoring with Microbes: Predicting Amphibian Disease Susceptibility Using Lab-Based Microbial Challenge Assays

Lauren Ash
University of Vermont
Best Graduate Student Poster
Ranaviruses in amphibian communities of Vermont

Elizabeth Signore
College of the Atlantic
Best Undergraduate Student Poster
Employing an External Backpack Radio Transmitter to Track Post-Breeding Movements of Yellow-Spotted Salamanders

Jakub Zegar
Drexel University
Best Undergraduate Student Poster
Predicting the Range of Anuran Body Temperatures in the Field Using Agar Models and Mechanistic Niche Modelling
2017 Award Recipients

David Muñoz
Penn State University
Best Graduate Student Oral Presentation
Responses of Individual Growth Rates to Warm Weather Conditions in Five Populations of the Red-backed Salamander, Plethodon cinereus

Brandon LaBumbard
University of Massachusetts, Boston
Best Graduate Student Poster
Inhibition of Pathogenic Fungi Using Volatile Organic Compounds Produced by Bacteria

August Blackman
Oberlin College
Best Undergraduate Student Poster
Novel Salamander Guild Differentially Affects Small- and Large-Bodied Species through Niche Partitioning
2016 Award Recipients

Kristine Hoffman
University of Maine
Best Student Oral Presentation
Pitfalls of Analyzing Pitfall Data on Amphibian Orientation

Jamie Shinskie
Bloomsburg University
Best Student Poster
Historic and Recent Canopy Cover and Stream Habitat Variables Affecting Eastern Hellbender Persistence with the Susquehanna Rive Drainage of Pennsylvania