Presentation Awards

Student Presentation Awardees

Student presentation awards are given out at each year at the Annual Meeting. Oral and poster presentations are judged separately according to guidelines that include originality, presentation style, graphics, format and research data. The award guidelines and judging forms can be found in the PSG Handbook. To read the abstracts for student presentations, click here.

Congratulations to all PSG 2023 Presentation Awardees!

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Best Student Paper Award – Ph.D.:
Lisbeth Van Hassel (Université Catholique de Louvain) THE IMPACT OF DIGESTION ON THE RELEASE OF TOXICANTS FROM PLASTICS USING AN IN VITRO SEABIRD GASTRIC DIGESTIVE SYSTEM MODEL.

Honorable Mention – Ph.D.:
Samantha Monier (City University of New York, The College of Staten Island) POSITIVE ASSOCIATIONS AMONG SEABIRDS AND MARINE MAMMALS IN THE CALIFORNIA CURRENT.

Best Student Paper Award – Masters:
Madeleine Foley (Stony Brook University) ASSESSING DRIVERS OF ROUTE FIDELITY IN TWO CLOSELY RELATED GULL SPECIES.

Honorable Mention – M.S.:
Katherine Douglas (San Jose State University) ANNUAL HABITAT USAGE AND DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS OF THE WESTERN GULLS (LARUS OCCIDENTALIS) IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA.

Best Student Paper Award – Undergraduate:
Max Merrill (University of Puget Sound) CHARACTERIZING MARINE FORAGING HABITAT FOR THE ENDANGERED MARBLED MURRELET IN THE SOUTHERN PUGET SOUND.

Honorable Mention – Undergraduate:
Gretchen McPhail (Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador) AVIAN FLU WREAKS HAVOC IN NEWFOUNDLAND: GEOGRAPHIC AND TEMPORAL RADIATION OF SEABIRD MORTALITY.

Honorable Mention – Undergraduate:
Olivia Fross (University of Puget Sound) POPULATION DYNAMICS AND TRENDS OF AN ENDANGERED SEABIRD: TUFTED PUFFINS (FRATERCULA CIRRHATA) IN WASHINGTON.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Best Student Paper Award – Ph.D.:
Wieteke Holthuijzen (University of Tennessee – Knoxville) DETERMINING ARTHROPOD CONSUMPTION BY LAYSAN DUCKS TO INFORM NON-TARGET MITIGATION EFFORTS DURING RODENT ERADICATION.

Honorable Mention – Ph.D.:
Clare Flynn (Stony Brook University) CHANGES IN GENTOO PENGUIN NEST FORMATION DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

Best Student Paper Award – M.S.:
Eve Hallock (University of Washington) IMPACTS OF INVASIVE RATS ON BROWN BOOBY (SULA LEUCOGASTER) NEST SUCCESS ON TETIAROA ATOLL, FRENCH POLYNESIA.

Honorable Mention – M.S.:
Caitlin DiCarlo (Miami University) TEMPORAL TRENDS OF BROWN PELICAN ATTENDANCE AT INLAND LAKES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IN RELATION TO OCEANOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS.

Best Student Paper Award – Undergraduate:
Katherine Herrmann (California State University) FOLLOW THE EATER: A LOOK AT WESTERN GULLS’ FORAGING RELATIONSHIP WITH SEA OTTERS.

Honorable Mention – Undergraduate:
Jacob Ligorria (Pomona College) HAKE, HERRING, OR SAURY? COMMON TERNS USE DISTINCT FORAGING AREAS FOR DIFFERENT FISH IN THE GULF OF MAINE.

Past Student Presentation Awardees

  • 2016 Student Presentation Awardees, click here.
  • 2017 Student Presentation Awardees, click here.
  • 2018 Student Presentation Awardees, click here.
  • 2019 Student Presentation Awardees, click here
  • 2020 Student Presentation Awardees, click here.
  • 2021 Student Presentation Awardees, click here.
  • 2022 Student Presentation Awardees, click here.