Student Award Winners
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Student Presentations submitted to the 2020 Hawaiʻi Conservation Conference will be considered for our Student Awards Program*. Awards are given out based on scoring by volunteer judges attending Conference. Students are scored according to creative ability, scientific procedures, thoroughness, competence, and communication. Prizes are awarded for the top two student presentations in the below categories. Mahalo nui loa to The Wildlife Society Hawaiʻi Chapter for supporting our Student Award Program and providing cash prizes to our Student Award Winners!
Award Winners will be announced and posted on Thursday September 24th, 2020.
*Only those who indicated on their Call for Abstract submission form that they would like to participate in the Student Award Program will be considered.*
Graduate Student Presentations
Outstanding Graduate Student Oral Presentation
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- Name: Austin Greene
- Presentation Title: #449: White Syndrome: Insights from a decade of coral disease monitoring in Guam
- Prize: $450 & a Brown Bag Session hosted by the Hawaiʻi Conservation Alliance & Foundation
Honorable Mention Graduate Student Oral Presentation
- Name: Alexandra Hilary Nance
- Presentation Title: #315: Taking invasive rodent management to greater heights
- Prize: $300 & a Brown Bag Session hosted by the Hawaiʻi Conservation Alliance & Foundation
Outstanding Graduate Student Speed Talk Presentation
- Name: Maria Sara Costantini
- Presentation Title: #574: Metabarcoding of fecal samples to determine foraging ecology of two insectivorous honeycreepers
- Prize: $450 & a Brown Bag Session hosted by the Hawaiʻi Conservation Alliance & Foundation
Honorable Mention Graduate Student Speed Talk Presentation
- Name: Lukanicole Zavas
- Presentation Title: #587: (re)Establishing Pilina: Understanding the relationship between communities and ʻalae ʻula
- Prize: $300 & a Brown Bag Session hosted by the Hawaiʻi Conservation Alliance & Foundation
Undergraduate Student Presentations
Outstanding Undergraduate Student Oral Presentation
- Name: Sofia Ferreira
- Presentation Title: #500: Examining coral community composition and 3D habitat structure on shipwrecks located in Apra Harbor, Guam
- Prize: $300 & a Brown Bag Session hosted by the Hawaiʻi Conservation Alliance & Foundation
Outstanding Undergraduate Student Speed Talk Presentation
- Name: Kai Mottley
- Presentation Title: #629: Using Geographic Information Systems to Model Sea Level Rise Refugia for Endangered Species
- Prize: $300 & a Brown Bag Session hosted by the Hawaiʻi Conservation Alliance & Foundation
Honorable Mention Undergraduate Student Speed Talk Presentation
- Name: Felicia Lusero & Jade Lee
- Presentation Title: #717: Phos-Chek LC95A Native Hawaiian Plant Sensitivity Study
- Prize: $200 & a Brown Bag Session hosted by the Hawaiʻi Conservation Alliance & Foundation
