Student Presentation Awards:
Becker Award --
Kaylee Herzog: “Host specificity and population genomics in marine tapeworms (Eucestoda: Trypanorhyncha).”
Dresden Award --
Isabel Pen: “The fauna of Tetragonocephalum (Cestoda: Lecanicephalidea) in species of the whipray genus Pateobatis.”
Honorable Mention (Graduate Award)
Allison Bryant: “Mediterranean parasites in North America: Coccidia from introduced populations of the Mediterranean house gecko, Hemidactylus turcicus and other species of Hemidactylus.”
Honorable Mention (Undergraduate Award)
Emma Martinez: “Investigating the immune responseelicited by the ray species Urogymnus asperrimus1 (Elasmobranchii: Batoidea) caused by the attachment of a species of Tetragonocephalum (Cestoda: Lecanicephalidea).”
Student Research Grants
Shea Sera: “Tenebrio molitor as a paratenic host for Chordodes morgani and Paragordius varius.”