Awards

2024 Awards of the Northeastern Weed Science Society

 

NEWSS Fellow Award
Randy Prostak
Extension Weed Specialist
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Outstanding Researcher Award
Vijay Singh
Assistant Professor of Weed Science
Virginia Tech

Robert D. Sweet Outstanding Graduate Student – Ph.D.
Uriel Menalled
Cornell University

M. Garry Schnappinger Service Recognition Award
Sudeep Mathew
Syngenta

 

Photo Contest

 

First Place:
Navdeep Godara

Second Place:
Juan Romero Cubas

 

Student Oral Presentation Contest

 

First Place:
Aleah Butler-Jones
Cornell
Confirmation of glyphosate resistant Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) biotypes in New York and responses to alternative chemistries.

Second Place (Tie!):
Eli Russell
Virginia Tech
Seed impact mills’ weed seed kill rate and horsepower draw as influenced by chaff flow rate and moisture.

Navdeep Godara
Virginia Tech
Pollinators alter their foraging behavior depending on herbicide mode of action and placement on white clover.

 

Student Poster Contest Awards

 

First Place:
Navdeep Godara
Virginia Tech
Persistence and relocation of dislodgable herbicide residue from simulated rainfall following glyphosate treatment to dormant zoysiagrass turf.

 

Second Place:
Daewon Koo
Virginia Tech
Using UV-fluorescent dye to measure multipass deposition patterns of aerial and ground application equipment.

 

2023 Graduate Student Writing Contest

 

PhD level
First Place:
Laurel Wellman
Penn State
Making the Most of Winter Cover Crops for Weed Suppression

 

Second Place (Tie!):
Navdeep Godara
Virginia Tech
Codependency of Weeds and Pollinators in Urban Landscapes

 

Noelle Connors
Penn State
Does Shorter Corn Mean More Weed Problems?

 

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